Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25


Treasurer's office Of Lafayette County.
Mississippi, on it, road bonds lated
June iSt. 1916. NJ.
J \. Park~. President.
Countersignel.
W. NJ. WOODY. aad. Clerk.
Ordered by the Board that q. 4,
Woodward, Edgar Webster. and J.
". T. Falkner. Jr., be and they are
hereby authorized 20 s-li aid Bonds.
according to law, in the manner and
form a. may seem 10 the iest advan-
iage, in their, discretion. a. either
private or public sale. aud they are
hereby authorized 10 have said Bonds
Autographed, and make dehyery Of
same after sale, upon payment II the
purchase pric- thereof 10 the County
Treas of Lafayette County
TIN, day came on o. b. considered
I the report OF the Abbryille Road Com
missioners which is a. follows. ~ wit:
State OF Mississippi,
County Of Lafayette Z.
To- the Honorable Board Of super
visors Of Lafayette County Mississippi.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
Road Commissioners 81 Abb-ville
road district, said county aud state.
big leave 81 make the following re-
port: 1t We sold onr - 00 issue
u Bonds to tn Bank Of Oxford, and
delivered them May IL aud was paid
therefore s5O75 O0which Wa I-ft to the
Bond Issue Fund Of Abbeville road
district. We allowed Jas- stone 5000
for passing on the Legality of the
bonds, and ask you that you issue him
a warrant for that amount We paid
for the blank bonds $500 to Holmes
of Mississippi, GreenviIe, Mississippi,
and We ask that you issue % them a
warrant for that amoEut. We have
allowed our attorney, Edgar Webster
s5O.00 for attending 70 the publishing,
sale and preparing the bond- and
transcript, and ask that you issue u
him a warrant for that amount We
owe Crawford Anderson s7ss 30, and
We ask you to issue a warrant tor that
amount. We owe Edgar kimmons
s2e5.OO, and We ask YOU 10 issue to
him a warrant for that amount II i
our pose to issue between ten and
fifteen thousand dollars in bonds, the
amount "a be determined later
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. Hussey
W E. Ware.
r. b. Harris.
J Ordered by the Board that the above
report be approved, except the last
sentence or paragraph in said report
which is not approved at present.
This day came on 10 ne COITsISssSs1Si
the petition OF J. F. Walker, and
Others, which is in words and figure
as follows, to-wit:
State OF Mississippi,
County of Lafayette.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
qualified electors Of Supervisors Dis
trict No. 4, said county and State
being twenty per cent Of the qualified
electors OF said district, hereby petition
( Your Honorable iioard TO permit ane
authorize said district No. 4, aforesaid
b. come under the provisions d
Chapter I4s Of the laws Of the State o
Mississippi, for the year Of 1910, an
amendments thereto, for the purpos'
Of constructing and maintaining b,
contract one or more public highway
in said dis triet for the convenience o
the travling public, and that YOU
Honorable body create said Supervisor
District No. 1, aforesaid, into
serarate road district undor said law
and issue bonds for the purpose o
constructing one or more public high
ways in the said district in 4 sum no
TO exceed the amount set forth in SAID
Chapter lis
We further petition your Honorable
body to give the required notice oil
three weeks publication in a news
paper published in said county anS
state u the qualified electors Of sai'
district No.4, as required by law, an.
to do and perform all necessary thing
to carry into effect this petition, ane
to adopt for said district Chapter l4s
laws of 1910, and amendments thereto
Respectfully submitted,
J.E. Walker, and 237 Others.
And it appearing to the Board tina
said petition is in due and legal form
and filed with the Clerk of this Boar
ON May 2, 1916, and it appearing
further that twenty per cent OF TN
qualified electors of supervisors dis
trict No. 4, Lafayette county Missis
sippi, has signed said petition, ana