The Lexington advertiser., 1915-09-17

school, paint, repairs, S35; trustees
Gum Grove school. repairs, $40; trus.
tees Providence school, paint, repairs,
SIS; trustees/ Central Point school, re-
pairs, $40; trustees Cleveland school
cistern, SIS trustees marksville school,
repairs, $40; trustees Parkinson school,
repairs, $l2; trustees Ashley school,
balance on new house, material, S95
trustees Mt. Valley school, new house,
$25; trustees Hopewell school, repairs,
$40; superintendent contingent fund
for desks. stoves and incidentals, $3.50.
Report Of county superintendent OF
education in regard to disposition of
contingent fund allowed him at the
September, 1914, meeting is filed and
approved.
Ira Jones and r. r. Ellison recon-
mending that new road asked for at
old Mcclure place be not allowed, the
same is hereby disallOwed and disap.
| proved.
The county depository is authorized
to withdraw one of it's $4,000 surety
bonds, the remaining security being
sufficient under the law.
The following contracts were award
ed for lumber, as per advertisement :
Beat | East of Acona and Franklin
road, j. S. SWinney, $23; west of Aco-
ma and Franklin road, Malone & Ed
wards, SIG. 50; Beat 2: Goodman pre-
cinct, w. A. Sanders, $19.25; Durant,
Strowd & Guess, $18; Edsville, w. F.
Farr, $22; Bowling Green, j. W. Nc
Neer, $40; Beat 3: West of Yazoo
City road, delivered, 6. W. Trigleth,
SIG; east of the Yazoo City road, W..
A. Sanders, $l9 Is; Beat 4: Pine,
railroad points, Y. Renhard, $22; cy-
press, railroad points, Alexander Bros.
$22; river landings and at mill, Alex
ander Bros, $40; Beat 5: Pine, rail
road points, Y. Reinhard, $22 cypress,
railroad points, Alexander Bros, $22 ;
river landings and at mill, Alexander
Bros, $40; gum, at mill, Shurlds Bros,
$40; oak and pine, at mill, /. G. Green,
SIS, and delivered, $22.
| Following accounts are allowed out
of Road District No. !, in addition to
the regular report, having been left
out of the report by the superlntend-
ent: Burt Darnell, $l3. so; Ed Ander-
son, $48.90 Lonnie Heard, So. 80; Bob
Johnson, Sc; Sam Stigler. 1920:
Alfred Price, S1.50 Ellis WYATT, Sc;
T. c. Jackson, $39. 5O B. H. Alexan-
der, So. 60; E. K. Frost, SO.
This being the time and term for
making the levy of taxes for the fiscal
year 1915, it is therefore ordered that
the following levy be and the same is
hereby made for said year: County,
s mills; state, mills; agricultural
high school, mill; special school,
mill; advalorem road fund, 2 mills !;
bridge, / mill bond sinking mill !;
bond interest, ! mill; total. l64 mills; .;
Acona special school, 2 mills; Bethes-
da special school, 2 mills; Harmony
school, 2 mills; West special school, /
mill.
In addition to the above, it is further
ordered that the following levy be
made for separate road districts, in ac-
COrdance with orders previously passed :;
Separate road District No. d, first loan,
14 mills; separate road District No. d,
second loan, 5 mills. Tchula separate
road district, II mills: Cruger separate
road district, u mills.
This day came the Merchants &
Farmers Bank & Trust Co. and filed
their regular monthly report showing
the following balances in the various
funds, to~wit: Ordered that said. re
port be approved and filed with Ei the
clerk County fund, SIG, 45l. O6 - GO!
fund, $439l99; Agricut'Yns II -
School, $1866; road distrTct' No. L.
$l496 80; communication road No. 2,
$1957 s.; communication road No. 3,
$2133. 90 road district No. a, $2786. IS
Cruger road district, $4046. SO; Tchula
road district, $34l.63; Black creek
drainage, $774,94; 2 and per cent
fund, $2.O5; bond interest, STAT Sc;
bond sinking fund, $3620,3 81; forest
game protection fund, $6l,5O; pension
fund, S225; bridge fund. $2045 "A; aC-
valorem road fund, $780, l2; Hancock
county fund, $l5I37; institute fund.
1886. 50: road district No. interest
fund, $83l9 %; special school house
, fund, $4.29; West special school,
$35. % Harmony special school, 1921 80
Bethesda special school, $3l. 50; ACOna
special school, $l26.09; Twp. Is, range
east, 1887. 55; twp. IS, range 2 west,
S132. So; twp. Ia, range 4 east, $l5l.9 81 ;
twp 13, range east, $8782 twp. ID,
range l west, S82 AZ; twp. II, range
/ east, $91; twp l6, range east,
$40. 81; twp. 10, range 2 east, $58;
twp. l5 range east, $50. 62; twp. Is,
range east, 81. SO; twp. l6, range 3
east, $24O. Sc; twp. "A. range 3 east,
$40. 81; twp, Is, range ! west, $404 33
| twp ID, range west, $685.. 64.
n Ordered that the interest on the
county funds amounting to $l79. "A he
passed to the credit of the county fund.
Ordered that the interest on theBlack
Creek drainage fund amounting to
50. 40 be passed to the credit of Black
| Greek drainage fund.
1t appearing to the Board of Super
visors of Holmes county, Miss, that
there are no funds in Township Is,
Range west, said county. and that
the sixteenth section of said township
has been lost to the county, because of
the fact that the United States gov
ernment has long since sold and patent
ed said sixteenth section to private
individuals whose remote grantees now
hold same, and the courts have held
that said owners now own said in fee
simple title.
Be it resolved by the Board ofSuper-
visors that the United States govern
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