The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1913-01-18
JANUARY PROCEEDINGS OF SUPERVISORS.

praying for public road, beginning a
or near Fenton, running in a north
westerly direction to the intersection O
! Gross Road at or near White Cypres
Still, in section 5, township 6, south o
range Ia west, was read in open board
| approved and ordered flied, and it wa,
further ordered that committee be ap.
pointed to view the contemplated route
and lay out and mark same, If practica
BILE. The president. therefore, ap-
pointed Jos. L. Favfs, OF Beat No. 5
and himself wiley t5mi Of Beat 2
to act as a committee TO view and lay
out said route and report their action to
the Board At its Eaxt meeting.
Report Of County Treasurer Received and Filed.
| The Treasurer Of Hancock County
presented his report for the guar ter end
ing January ist, 1918. showing the fol :
ling balances, to-wit: Balance in gen.
eral county fund, 5000; balance in
school fund, s24.97; balance in bond
fund. S7495.4l; balance in road ard
bridge fund, $1,000; balance in county
road fund, $I2.20; balance in forestry
and game protection fund, s13tt96;
balance in institute fund, $50. 40; bal
ance in pension fund, S40S0; and bal
ance in 10th section fund, principal
and interest, S4593 98; and said report
being examined by the Board and the
vouchers exhibited with same compared
Herewith, and the Board being now
satisfied chat said report is in all things
correct, as stated, it is ordered that
same be filed, approved and accordingly
recorded.
Ordered by the Board that same ad :
journ until tomorrow morning at $50
o'clock.
WILEY SMITH,
Pres. B. of S.
Tuesday morning, January 7th, at 8
o'clock a. m, the Board met pursuan t
to adjournment. Present, as on yes
terday, plus H. S. Weston, who was
absent on yesterday.
The loans made from the 10th section
funds of township 6, south of range is
west, and township I, south of range Is
west, to the general county fund by or
der of this Board at its July, 1912,
meeting being now due. principal and
interest, it is ordered that the Trea surer
of Hancock County be, and he is, here :
by directed to pay out Of the general
county fund to the fuais of township 6,
south of range Iasw@st the sum OF
aI545. 90, and TO ss.s.nsssp II south oi
range 10 west, the SUM Of s721.o0, being
amounts, principal and interest, due
said township upon said loans, as afore-
said.
$4,000 Tax on Nicholson Dwelling, Des troyet
by Fire, Relieved for Year 1912.
The petition of Leonard H. Nicholson
to the Hon. Board of Supervisors, ask
ing said Board to reduce the assessment
on lots 80, 40, AZ and 43 of the 1st ware
of the Town of Waveland, Hancock
County, Miss, assessed at SIT 10000, te
S5, ,00O.00, as there was situated on sale
land large two-story resid dence, which
cost over Si2,00000. This residence
was totally destroyed by fire during the
year 1911, which casualty caused de
terioration in the value of said land
After due consideration, as per section
1912 of the Code of 1906, the Board
therefore, ordered the assessment re-
duced to 100000, as prayed for, and
the said property relieved of the taxes
for the said decrease of the taxes of the
year 1912.
New County Road Leading From Bay St. Louis
| To Be Granted Petitioners.
Comes on for hearing the petition Of
j. D. Mauffray, Jerome j. Cuevas, Jo-
seph Cospolich, E. H. Hoffman, and
various other freeholders, householders
of said county to establish public road
in Supervisors District No. of said
county, commencing on the west line oi
Dunbar avenue, First Ward, city of Bay
ST. Louis, Miss, opposite where Fell
city street intersects the said line, thence
north 10 degrees west along the north
line of the'land OF Mrs. r. L. Breath,
the north line of said property being
the north line of said road to the line
of the Barabino land claim, thence to
run across said claim in a southeasterly
course to the land of Jerome Cuevas,
thence following the west line of said
land to Bayou Lardasse, thence across
said Bayou to the line of Section %, T
s SR Ia, thence south along said section
line to the Blue Meadow road; and, it
appearing TO the Board that all the land
owners through which said proposed
road is to run have signed said petition,
and having duly considered the same, it
is hereby ordered that the prayer OF
petitioners be granted and that n. T..
Mauffray and ], e. Smith, members of
this board, are hereby appointed COM
mittee to examine and view the contem-
plated route of said road, and, if they
find it practicable to lay out the same, to
report their proceedings in writing to
the next meeting of this Board.
E. S. Drake Authorized to Make Township Maps.
Or1ered hv the Board that f. g Drake