The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-02-06
PROCEEDINGS OF the BOARD
Regular February Meeting
Held in Rosejale

State of Mississippi,
| County of Bolivar
Pirst Judicial District. J
Be it remembered that regular
meeting Of the Board of Supervis-
ors was begun aud held in Rosedale
on the 1st Monday of February,
same being the 1st day Of February
|1o15. There being present and
presiding, W. A. Speakes, Presi-
dent, S. D, Kuowlton, c. Jacobs.
II. L, Smith and B. F, Lemons,
L. +. Edwards, Sheriff. and E. H..
Wray, Clerk. After due proclama
ition by the Sheriff the following
proceedings were had to-wit:
| Ordered that loan made to Mrs.
l H, Jones of $3.50, 90 be and same
is extended for 2 years providing
Interest is paid promptly yearly
when principal was due.
Ordered that c. T. Jacobs and
Is. D. Knowlton be appointed as a
committee to purchase FIVE mules
for r. B, No, 8.
TO the Board of Supervisors of
Bolivar County Miss.
Gentlem:-On the assessment
rolls for the second district Of the
county am assessed with poll tax.
Since am exempt by law from
the paymens Of such tax, aud have
never paid same, l request that
you order this assessment for poll
tax stricken from the roll.
Very respectfully,
{. S. Glassco.
Ordered that assessment of poll be
stricken from the roll.
To the Hon norable board Of snper-
visors of Bolivar county, Miss.
Pursuant to notices given and
posted in three or more public pla-
ces on township %. range west,
Bolivar county. Mississippi. for
more than nve days prior to the
time fixed for the meeting. to- wit,
fore than FIVE days prior to the 9TH,
day of September, 1912, the hands
Of families of the said township
aud range attendeded meeting
pursuant to such call or notice, at
a conviently located sthool house,
on the said township. to-wit, at
the Malvina school house, i'll the
said township and OH the day
named to-wit. Sept, 9TH. 1912. we
the undersigned trustees attend
said meeting aud organized said
meeting and took the sense thereof
as to whether or not the lands de-
scribed below should be leased for
term of years. and the sense of
the said meeting and agreement
reached thereat was as follows:
That the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 16.
township %, range 7 west be leas-
ed to Moore & Williams for term
of seven years, to begin Jan. l..
1918 and be complete on Dec. 81 i,
1919, on the following terms and
conditions: Said Moore & Will
| Jams shall clear up and put in
high state of cultivation all land in
said southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of said section sus-
ceptible to cultivation. and shall
build thereon two houses of fra ne
marerial to be put upin good work
manlike manner, and shall make
all other necessay improvements,
such as putting in pumps, building
Necessary barnes, cotton houses, out
houses. etc.
| We, the undersigned township
torstees. hereby reccomend to the
board of supervisors that the pro
Iceedings of the said meeting be
approved, and that the superinten'
tendent Of Education be ordered tc
execute lease contract according te
law, and on the termes and con-
ditions ser out in said report as be-
! lug the sense Of the meeting.
/ Witness and subscribed before
me this the 18th day of JAM. 1915
4 P. O'Donnell,
Robt Arnold,
Township Trustees, S. 16, T. 23,
| r. 7. west,
| >..l e,,h.~rthod hef6rf