The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1914-09-19
DEBTS


DEBTS
Excess and double col reads. $108. 90
Excess and double col polls 135. 90
Excess m double colreal an per 5.827. 90
Additional assessments land..- 3,40O. 90
Additional assessment personal q, 265. 90
Raised realty--------------- 1850. 90
Total--------------------- 96O.W
Ordered this Its day Of Sept. 1914.
State of Mississippi. County OF Bolivar,
Second Judicial District.
l, E. H. Wtay, clerk of the chancery
court and ex ofiicio clerk Of the board
Of supervisors, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is . true and correct copy
of an order of the board Of supervisors,
as the same appears on page--of the
minute book "a" Of the records Of my
affice at Cleveland, Miss.
Witness my hand and seal this the 7th
day of Sept, 1914.
(seai.) E. H. WRAY, Clerk,
By ]. F. WRAy, q. C.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervis-
ors Of Bolivar County, 16ississippi.
Pursuant to alnotiee given and rost-
ed in three or more public places in
township Fl. range west. Bolivar coun-
ty. Mississippi. for more than s days
prior to the time fixed for the meeting
to-wit: For more than s days prior to
Aug, 22, 1914. the heads Of families Of
the said township and range, attended
. meeting pursuant to such call, or no.
tice given, At q conviently located
school he use of the said township to.
wit: At Poplar Grove school house, In
the said township, and on the day nam.
ed to-wit: Aug. 22, 1914. the under
signed trustees attended said meeting
and organized said meeting and took
the sense thereof as to whether or moi
the lands described below should be leas'
ed for ? term Of years, and the sense o.
said meeting md agreement reached
thereat WAS as follows:
That III the land described below b.
leased for term Of s years beginning
Jan. lat 1916, and ending Dec. 81, 1919
to-wit: For the years 1Sl5-16-l7-l8 ant
l9. at sum Of $7.60 per acre per yea
for each Of said years on the terms ant
conditions set out IN full hereinafter. t
the parties, in such amounts, and each
lot of land known and described a. fol
lows:
Lot No. /, known a. 8. A Smith ieass
consisting Of q acres, to san Bani6om
Lot no. 2, known a. Clifford lease be-
ing 20 acres. to w. r, Clifford:
Lot no. 8, known a. Coalter lease, be
ing 80 acres, to A. R. Coalter.
Lot no. 4, known % the Heard lease
being 29 acres, to w. B. Dempsey;
Lot no. 5. known as Fonville lease be
ing 80 acres to A. R. Coalter;
Lot no. 6, known az Markham lease
being % acres, to G. w. Parham;
Lot no. Z, known - R. L. Banson
lease, being Al acres. to l.. H. Cum
Minis;
Lot no. 8 known as Emmerson lease
being 20 acres to G. B. Williamson;
Lot no. 9 known az Coalter lease. be
ing 23 acres. to G. j.. Runnels.
Lot no. lu. known as Cleary lease be
ing q acres, to c. v. johnson;
Lot no IL. known as Peoples lease be
ing II acres. to NJ. L. Hammond.
That all the parties who lease sais
land be required to agree that said lease'
are not transferable, and II they fol
any reason give up said lease. or remove
from said land, then the said land shai
90 back to the school section and b,
released according to law.
That it was the further sense Of tht
meeting that none of the Tartiss shoult
cut from the land. any post oak. whit
oak or overcup oak for the purpose o.
using same for fuel. This timber beini
reserved for cost purposes. It beinf
the sense Of the meeting that the lesee
shall be allowed to use the timber ol
the land for that purpose provided sucl
posts are put on the land leased.
That it was the further sense Of th,
meeting that the lesees shall keep q
the improvements now on the land il
good condition, and II they should fai
to do so, that the trustee shall have thu
right to have such improvements made
or repaired ana charge it up to thu
Lessee and collect it from him with thu
rent note next maturing.
That it waa the further sense Of thu
meeting that should the crops be dam
aged to a great extent by the boil wee.
vii, then the rent shall be reduced In
proportion to the damage done by the
boil weevil, but it was distinctly the
sense Of tho said meeting that the ques-
tion Of how much damage was done and
how much the rent should be reduced in
any year shall be left to the determine
tion of the township trustees.
We, the undersigned township trus-
tees, hereby recommend to the board Of
supervisors that the said meeting be
approved. and that the superintendent
Of education BE- ordered to execute leases
and contracts according 70 law and on
the terms and conditions pet ont u said