The Lexington advertiser., 1915-07-16
terday. The following proceedings

terday. The following proceedings
were then and there held
P. E. Garnett, administrator of es-
tate of T. W. Garnett. is ordered, for
good and sufficient reason, relieved of
assessment of $1,000, and the sheriff
and tax collector credited with same,
and assessment rolls corrected.
John d. GWln is granted PERMISSION
to erect telephone line from his planta-
ton to connect with Cumberland tele-
phone line, provided poles and wires
are erected in such manner as not to
interfere with travelling the roads.
1t appearing to the board from the
sworn statement of W. l.. Smith, sher-
if and tax collector for Holmes county,
Miss. this day presented to the board,
and now on file with the clerk of the
board, covering his settlements for
taxes collected for the months of Octo-
ber, November and December, 1914,
and January. February and March,
1915, that by mistake, inadvertence
and omission, he had paid into the ad.
valorem road fund the sum of $7598. 80,
in excess of the amount properIy due
said fund 1t also appearing further
from said statement that this amount
should have been distributed and paid
into the following funds in the follow
ing amounts, to-Wit; State fund,
S32lO. 20; county fund, $3199. "a; inter
est on bonds, $266. Is; sinking fund,
1856. Is; bridge fund, $133. %; agricul-
tural high school fund, S523. O9. 1t also
further appearing to the board that
the said sheriff and tax collector had
requested the board to authorize the
transfer of these amounts to the proper
fund as above set forth in order to
correct said error and it further ap-
pearing to the board that said state
ment is correct and that said correction
should be made; it IS therefore ordered
that the county depository transfer
from its adValorem road fund the
amount of S7598. 80 appOrtioned to the
respective funds as above set forth,
and that the clerk of this board furnish
the county depository certified copy
of this order
Distribution of adyalOrem road dis
trict and district road funds, to the
municipalities of county in accordance
with Section 1859 of code Of 1906 as the
same has been construed by the su-
preme court: 1t is ordered by the
board that the following amounts be
and they are hereby allowed to the sew
era municipalities of the county, out
of the district road and adyalorem road
funds, being one-half Of the taxes COL
| lected on real and personal property
| for road purposes within the corporate
! limits of said municipalities, as shown
| by statement of the sheriff and tax
collector now on file with the clerk Of
/ this board, and that warrant issue to
said municipalities and from said funds
as follows: From District ! road fund
for city of Lexington, $ll33; from
Tchula road district fund for town of
Tchula, Sl75: from Cruger road fund
for town of Cruger, $l24 from advalo"
rem road fund for town of Durant,
1865: for town of Goodman, $500; for
town of Pickens, 1851; for town of
West, Sl28; for town of Ehenezer, AZ;
fc.' communication road district No. z,
S2l62O2 for communication road Dis
trict No. 3, $2l62.02.
This day came the Merchants 4
Farmers Bank & Trust Co., county de-
pository, and filed their regular month
| " report, showing the following bal
ances in the various funds, to-wit: !:
County fund, $2094S. 62; school fund,
S574. so agricultural high school, ,Sll. SO;
road District No. /, $4744.6 &c; commu-
tation road, Beat 2, $722 II; commuta-
tion road, Beat 3, $87l5l; road Dis
trict No. 4, 22c; Cruger road dis rict,
O5c: Tchula road district, $4994. 65 ;
Black creek drainage, S77l08; 2 and
| 3 per cent fund, $2.05; twp, 10, range
2 west, Sl92 Sc; twp Is, range 3 east,
1887. So; twp. Is, range 4 east, $l5L97;
twp. l3, range 3 east, S8782 twp. IA,
range 4 west, SS2. AZ; twp. II, range
l east, Gle; twp. 1G, range l east,
$40. 81: twp l6, range 2 east, $5S;
twp. 10. range 2 east, $50. 62; twp.
Is. range east, $3.50 twp. l6, range
8 east, S24O. twp, ID, range east,
5000. 40; twp. l4,range west, SAT- Is;
twp. Ia, range west, 1856 "a; sinking
fund, S3339. 80; bond interest fund,
Sl467. 50: forest game protection,
S6l. so; pension fund, $3.50. 45 bridge
fund, $l905. 30; advalorem road,
Sl7Oi2. "a Hancock county fund, $l5I37; /;
institute fund, S5l1.5O; road District
No. A, interest account, SSl9.2S; spe-
clal school, Acona, Sl64, l9; special
school. Bethesda, S44 special school,
Harmony, S29l. 80; special school, West,
$35. 20.
Ordered that the interest on the gen.
eral county funds be passed to the Gre
dit of the county fund.
Ordered that the interest on the
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