Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-11-20
MINUTES AND PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of Supervisors of va
ZOO County for November.

OF the Board of Supervisors of Va
ZOO County for November.
Begun and held on the first Mon
day in November, 1914.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stubbleheld was al
lowed 50 for the support OF FRANK
Adams two months.
On recommendation of the trustees
of T. ~, R. l E, the following appro-
rr;ot;ons were made out Of the funds
Of said township: $S5 to supplement
teachers salary, $3.50 for sehO0'
house, etc, $4.79 for nails, etc, bought
from w. NJ. Saxton, $1.50 for school
supplies.
The contracts for furnishing the
county with articles of stationery eec'
wore awarded as follows: Yazoo o''s
uoro,d classes /, 2 and 8; Yazoo Sen
tinel, class a; w. T. Hegman & Son,
class 5.
DIR. A. S. Gray was appointed town.
ship trustee in the place and stead OF
w. H. Carroll, who has moved out OF
the township, said township being IA,
Range west.
On recommendation of the trustees
of r. ID. r. 2 west, $735 was appro-
priated out of the funds of said town
ship for supplementing the salaries
of the teachers of Silver City school.
Leases of parts of Section 16, I. II,
R.. Il. E, to c., P. Mann and d. G.,
Bridges for five years, were signed In
duplicate in open session Of the Board.
]. /. Adams was reelected Man
arer of the County Farm, and his
salary was fived at SIS per month and
$50 for guard.
Mrs. R. N. Fatheree was reelected
superintendent Of the poor house, and
her salary was fixed at $12 per month
and 80 cents a day for boarding each
pauper and lunatic.
Mr.. w. R. Ritch was employed at a
salary of $1,000 year for one year,
beginning Dec. /, 1914, the Board hav-
! ing waited a month for counter petit
Etions to be filed, and it appearing to
the Board that those petitioning for
outnumbered over two to one those
petitioning against.
Mr.. R. N. Pearce reported that ne
had sold some old bridge lumber for
$40, and he was directed to pay same
into the County treasury.
Mr.. R. N. Pearce reported that in
the matter of the change Of public
road near Pickens, that after examina-
ton he thought the change prayed
for should be made, and the petition
having the required number OF horse
holders and free holders it was order
ed by the Board that the change asked
for be made, it being understood that
the new route is to be put in condi-
ton for the grader by the petitioners.
The claim of the Yazoo Grocery Co.
for one key of nails sold to R. G.
Bullock was continued.
Petition was received for the estab-
lishment of a public road in Beat a,
said public road to run as follows: Be-
gin at Cannon place, on the Yazoo
City and Eden road, now owned by W.
B. Crowder, thence in a Southwestern
" direction, through said w. B.
Crowder place, Rowe place, Brooks
place, (another place. to the Lexing-
ton hill road at about one-half mile
north of Zion Church, said road to
run 100 yards west of Crowder resi-
dence. 1t appearing that the public
interest and convenience requires this
road; that the right of way through
each place will be given by the re-
spective owner, it was ordered that
Regan and Pierce be appointed to lay
out said road and make report to the
Board at its next term. When deeds
to the right of way are filed, the road
will be established, road to he made
ready for grader.
The Clerk was instructed to adver-
tise that the contract to build bridge
over Piney Creek, near Mrs. Deskins',
will be let on Monday, Dec. Z, 1914.
On petition it was ordered that