The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-16
BOARD or SUPERVISORS.


Rankin county met on Monday
morning, September 9th. 1915,
with all members and officers
present, when the following bus
mess was had and done, to-wit:
Superintendent of Education
Bullock made the following re-
port: Amount paid to teachers
from August 1st, 1915, to Sep
TENDER 9Th, 1915, $233; salary
for August 500; postage for
August $3.48.
In Re Turnpike Graveled
Road BE it ordered by the Board
of Supervisors of Rankin county,
Miss, that there is an especially
bad place on the Jackson and
Brandon public road, beginning
at a point two miles east of Pearl
river bridge, and ending at jack
sons store, and that said bad
place will be graveled and made
a first class road.
In Re Turnpike Graveled Road
Be it ordered by the Board of
Supervisors of Rankin county,
Miss, that there is an especially
bad place on the Jackson and
Fannin public road, beginning at
the junction of the Brandon and
Jackson road, with the Jackson
and Fannin road, and extending
one mile towards Fannin, and
that said bad place be graveled
and made first class road.
In Re Turnpike-Be it ordered
by the Board of Supervisors of
Rankin county, Miss, that con-
sent is hereby given to the Board
of Supervisors of Kinds county,
Miss, for said Kinds county
Board of Supervisors to be caus-
ed to be worked and repaired at
the expense of the said Kinds
county, the Brandon and jack
son public road for distance of
two miles, beginning at the
Pearl river bridge and extending
easterly two miles.
In Re Road Gravel-Bids will
be received by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Rankin county,
Miss, at Brandon, Miss, Octo-
Der 4th, 1915, until IL O'Clock
noon, for such gravel or gravels
as may be ordered for building
two miles of road. All bids
shall be made per ton f. o. b.
pit on sliding scale basis, prices
to be quoted in bulk from 100 to
500 cars and it's equivalent ton
mage, each bid shall state the
pit at which the gravel will be
put on cars. All gravel or
gravels shall be suitable for road
building purposes and acceptable
to the engineer, having not less
than so per cent stone, not more
than 35 per cent sand, and not
less than Is per cent clay. The
board reserves the right to &C
cept or reject any or all bids.
Notice that such bids will be re-
ceived shall be published by tn
clerk as required by law.
Ordered that the following al
lowances be made, towit:
Pat Henry, J. P, cost in
Lewis case 4 70
E. H. Corley, bridge work 81 so
J. J. Wilmington, nails | 90
Alig & Childres, lumber 9 81
DR.. N. R. Currie, services 26 90
J. A. Lindsey, postage Aug 2 Is
Y. C. )Shepperd, vat expse 20 65
P. w. Tomkin, vat exp'se- 2 Is
Enochs Lumber & Mfg.
Co., lumber for road - 5 90
J. w. Patrick, lumber - 15 90
Ed Warren, land taken for
road ------ lO w
J. D. Dickson, land taken
for road ------------- 10 90
r. j. Harper, work on vat 10 Al
Ellis Donnell, hauling lum-
ber-- 800
H. C. Patrick, II days SUI
perintending convicts,
receiving and inspecting SO 90
jim Ragsdale, shop work | 80
J. F. Boehle, work on vat 9 90
DIR. R. E. Patrick, profess
sional services convict 9 90
G. A. Warren, land taken
for road -------->- 15 90
Ellis Patrick, land taken
for road $780, --------- 20 90
S. S. Myers, lumber road l 90
Geo. Robinson, j. P, cost
state cases - 5 90
A. C. Hinton, bridge work 90
A C. King. bridge work z SO