The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-10-19
PROCEEDINGS BOARD
Of SUPERVISORS.
State of Mississippi,
Hancock County,
October meeting, 1912. /.

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meeting of the Board of Supervisor
was begun and holden in and for sait
county at the courthouse thereof in tn,
City of Bay st. Louis, on the 1st Mon
day in October, A. d. 1912. The same
being the 7th day of said month and tn,
time and place for holding said meet
| ing.
There were present to-wit:
Wiley Smith, president; II. S. Wes-
ton, j. E. Smith, N. j. Mauffray, Jos
L. Favre, associate members; E. Var
Whitfield, sheriff of said county; and
A. A. Kergosien, clerk of said board.
The report of the county superintend-
ent of education for the month of Sep
tember was read in open board, ap-
proved and ordered filed.
The annual report of the county su-
perintendent of education of disburse-
ments made for the last scholastic year
was read in open board, approved and
ordered filed.
The report of the county health off,
Ger for the month of September was ap-
proved and ordered filed.
The petition of E. H. Hoffman, ct al.
to shell the Gainesville Road to where
the lower Bay road intersects said road,
or to where Nicholson avenue crosses
said road at least, was read in open
board, filed and same ordered laid over.
The treasurer of Hancock county
presented his report for the quarter
ending September Both, 1912, showing
the following balances, to-wit:
Balance in general county fund, S4.O6;
in bond fund, S6406.52; in road and
bridge fund, s24.0O; in county road
fund, S12.06; in forestry and game pro-
lection fund, S97t.38; in school fund,
$0.73; in institute fund, S22.14; in six
teenth section fund, $4797.81.
And said reporti being examined by
the board and the vouchers exhibited
with same compared .therewith and the
board being now satisfied that said re-
port in. all the things is correct as
stated it is ordered that same be filed T.,
approved and accordingly recorded.
The Board of Supervisors of Hancock
county having at a former meeting of
the board made and entered upon it's
minutes an order authclizing the presi-
dent of the board to sell and dispose of,
at private sale, at the best obtainable
price and at no less than par, the
remaining S41,500.00 Hancock. county
road and bridge bonds or so much there
of as is necessary to meet the expenses
of the public road work in progress in
said county. And it appearing that the
president of the board reported to the
clerk thereof that on October 1st, 1912,
he sold, as authorized to do, to E. H
Hoffman, (24) twenty-four bonds num-
bered 1T to 200 inclusive, being the last
and remainder of the said S4l 10000
Hancock county road and bridge bonds,
for the sum of s12, ,t80.10. with accrued
interest to October the 1st, 1912, being
S1260.00, making total of $13, $4,000.
1t is now ordered by the board that the
sale of said (24) bonds, numbered from
III to 200 incl, sold by the president OF
the board in vacation on October the
1st, 1912, be, and the same is, hereby
approved, ratified and confirmed, and
said bonds for said S13 $4,000 are here
by sold to said E. H. Hoffman,, and he.
having paid said sum of money to the
treasurer of said county, said bonds are
delivered to said purchaser after the
clerk had affixed the official seal Of the
board thereto, as directed to do. 1t is
further ordered that the action of said
president, as we'll as all others apper-
tanning to the sale and disposition OF
said Sal 5000 Hancock county road and
bridge bonds be in all things ratified
and confirmed as of the final action OF
this board. 1t having been necessary
to sell all of said bonds for the purpose
set forth in said order authorizing the
sale thereof, it was ordered by the board
that it adjourn until 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Tuesday morning, 8 O'Clock, October
5. 1912.
Board met pursuant to adiournm ent
"Present as yesterday"
Sheriff's report of county prisoners
was read and approved and ordered
filed.
Ordered that the petition of J. A. Zin-
gerling and others, to work the Carver
road from the junction of Gainesville
road to the double bridges in beat No
5 be and same is hereby rejected by the
board.
Ordered that the petition of A. c
Brown and others, to shell the Gaines
vile road to the five mile post, be lait
over and continued for hearing at th'
next meeting of the board.
Comes on for hearing the petition o
r. M. Haas and others, home holder
and free holders of said county, t
lchange the public road known as tn
aCrossroadD as follows, to-wit:-T
start from what is known as "Cypres
i Branch, and running in southwest
Ierly direction to intersect the Cata
fboula road near the residence of Lizzi