The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-11-16
PROCEEDINGS BOARD
Of SUPERVISORS.
State of Mississippi, I
Hancock County.

Hancock County.
! Be it remembered that regular meet
! ing of the Board OF Supervisors wai
| begun and holden in and for said county
at the courthouse thereof, in the City O.
Bay ST. Louis, on the 1st Monday o.
November, 1912, the same being the 4tt
day of said month and the place fol
holding said meeting. There were
present, to-wit: Wiley Smith, presf-
dent; N. It. Mauffray, J. E. Smith and
Jos. L. Favre, associate member; E
Van Whitfield, sheriff of said county;
A. A. Kergosien, clerk of said Board.
The report of the county superinten-
dent of education was read in open
Board, approved and ordered filed.
The report of prisoners by the sheriff
was read in open Board, approved and
ordered filed.
The report of J. E. Smith and JOS. l.
Favre, a committee appointed to make
change in Cross Road from Cypress
Branch to Catahoula Road, thence to
Kiln and Bay Road, was read in open
Board, approved and ordered filed, and
same is declared a public road.
Ordered by the Board that the fol-
lowing amounts be allowed and paid out
of the general county fund, as per bills
On file:
The Sea Coast Echo-printing $500
presidential and congressional tickets,
S47.50; ditto, 2500 special election
tickets, 25 90; ditto, 900 legal-eize
blanks, double, 20 90; ditto, 200 war
rants, 3 90; Power Drug Co., drugs,
55c; Jos o Mauffray, 3 tin boxes for
election, 2 05; Bay Mercantile Com
pany, sundries, 10 45; Dameron-Pier-
son Co., fixtures for sheriff's office,
III so; Bay ST. Louis Ice, Light C
Bot. Works, l ton coal, so; ditto,
lighting city hall and Jail, 20 OIL; w c..
Smith, 51a days painting st. Bridge,
II 90; VIM Page, 51a days painting ST.
Bridge, II 90; Abb Hosey, fee for ana
lying beer, so 90; A J Depreo, juror
lunacy case, (Chas S., 90; Rayford
Murphy, ditto, 90; Cyril Ladner, ju-
ror, 90; Joe Manieri, juror ditto, l 90;
Frank Taconi, juror ditto, 90; Robt
Perre, juror ditto, 90; Alfred Besan-
son, juror llnacy case (Jas Bloom>,
90; Fl T Fayard, juror ditto, | 90;
Sylvan Ladner, juror ditto, / 90; Jos
o Mauffray, juror ditto, l 90; w L
Bourgeois, juror ditto, 90; Thos Quin-
TIM, juror ditto, / 90; A, A. Kergosien:
balance ex-officio services, 25 90; max
ing copies r r assessment, 10 90; 10
days attending circuit court, self and
deputy, go 90; drawing 2 venires, 5 90;
3 days attending to chancery court,
self and deputy, Is 90; stamps for Of
flee, so; Sam .Breard, janitor SER
vices, % 90; E Van Whitfield: sun
dries and stamps, II t8; conveying
prisoners to road, 80; summoning
Jurors, etc., IS 90; conveying H R
Maxell to Charity Hospital, 5 80; 8 DIS.
self and deputy chanc. court, Il 90;
conveying prisoners from Gulfport,
8 90; fees in lunacy case, 6 90; Eictu-
aling prisoners, 58 90; Sam Breard,
extra January services circuit court,
20 90; Sam Breard, extra Jan. services
chancery court, 3 90; Sam Breard,
washing towels, 35c; j. A. Schnltheis,
repairs on court house, 20 80; John
Craft, stamps for office, 5 90; Mrs.
Mary Mars, keeping county home,
% 90; w B Rutherford, ferryman SER
vice, 25 90; The Gulf Coast Progress,
stationery for superintendent's office,
20 %; A A Kergosien, fees in 2 lunacy
inquiries, 8 40.
Ordered by the Board that the follow
ing amount be allowed and paid out OF
the school fund as pro rata salary OF
Supt. OF Education John Craft, GA 90.
Ordered by the Board that the fol-
lowing amount be allowed and paid out
of the road and bridge fund; Jos L
! Favre, 1 day as committee, 8 90.
Ordered by the Board that same ad-
iourn till 8 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.
WILEY SMITH,
Pres. Board of Supervisors
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 5. 1912.
Present as on yesterday, plus Il $
Weston.
The report of the county health Off
Ger was read in open board, received
and ordered filed.
It appearing to the Board that the use
of vehicles, commonly known as the
carry log or log cart, on the public
roads OF the county is injuring same, i
is, therefore, ordered, that the use o.
said vehicles, when loaded, on said roads
be and the same is hereby prohibited
as an uncommon use of said roads, ano
it is further ordered, that the carrying
over said roads of load in any yehicis
of more than 5000 pounds in weight bt
and the same is hereby prohibited.
Ordered by the Board, that the fol.
lowing amounts be allowed and paid ou
OF the road and bridge fund as per bill
approved and on files
j E Smith, | day Inspecting road
$500; Louis Mitchell, 5 days labor q
/ 2 90, 16 90; Otis Smith, 81 days labo
at 2 90, II 90; JT Thigpen, io1s day
labor at f 80, I5 10; Budy Mitchell, y
days labor at so, 8 75; Henry Dill
lard, 311a days at / so, 5 25; Eugen