The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-12

land be and the same Is hereby
sold to E. H. Jones at and for
the sum of $500, cash, under
section ATOP of the Code of 1906,
as amended by the Laws of 1910,
Chapter 200. The president of
the Board of Supervisors is au-
thorized and directed to execute
and deliver a deed thereto to said
timber to E. H. Jones.
This the 9th day of Oct, 1916.
In re Bridge Notice,
Be it ordered by the Board of
Supervisors, that the clerk of the
J Board of Supervisors proceed to
give notice as provided by law,
that the said Board Of Supervis-
ors will receive sealed proposals
until IL o'clock, noon, on the 1st
Monday in November, 1916. the
same being the day 9th day of
said month, for the building of
bridge across creek neac the
Nath Grain place on road leading
from J. A. McDonald's to Whites
in said county, according to plans
and specifications now on file with
said clerk. All bids to be filed
with clerk of said board, and the
board reserves the right to re-
jeetany and all bids.
Ordered this the 4th day of
October 1916.
In re Public Road. Damage to
to land owned by John Kersh.
Report of Damage.
We, the members Of the Board
of supervisors of Rankin county,
Mississippi, after visiting the
premises of John Kersh, through
which public road has been
laid out. and of the opinion that
the sum Of S125.00 is a sufficient
sum to cover the damage done
the said premises, and hereby
assess the damages at that
amount and direct a warrant to
| be issued to him to cover same.
| Respectfully submitted,
J. J. Daniel,
W. E. Laird,
R. E. Kennedy,
W. H. Till.
| ]. B. Williamson.
Be it ordered by the Board of
Supervisors of Rankin county
that the sum of $125.00 be and
the same is allowed John Kersh,
under Section 4402 of Code of
1906, as compensation for land
taken for a public road, and the
clerk is directed to issue a war
rant out Of the proper fund to the
said John Kersh in said amount
to coversaid damages as assessed
by the board.
Ordered this the 5th day of
October, 1916.
In re Supervisors District No. 1,
1 Money Borrowed.
1t is ordered by the Board of
Supervisors of Rankin county
that the sum of six hundred dol
lars be and the same is directed
to be borrowed by the President
of the Board, under Chapter 499
of the Laws of 1916, at a rate of
interest not to exceed six per
cent per annum, and to execute
a note in the name of the county,
to be paid out Of the Road Main
tenance Fund of said Supervis-
or's District No. l within six
months from this date.
/ Ordered this the 9Th day of
October. 1916.
Notice of Bond Issue, Supervisors Dis
trict No. a, Rankin Couaty, Miss.
In re good roads, Supervisors District
4 No. 4, Rankin county, Mississippi
Il Bond Issue for constructing and main
| tanning public roads under Chapter
! 176 Of the Laws of 1914, Approved
| March %, 1914,
| Whereas a petition is presented to
the board Of supervisors of Rankin
county. Mississippi, at this, the October
1916 term, containing the names of
more than twenty (20) per cent of the
qualified electors of Supervisors Dis
trict No. 4, said county and state, ask
ing that said district be permitted to
come under the provisions Of House
Bill No. ESQ, Chapter 176 of the Laws
of 1914, and that the bonds Of said Su-
pervisor's District No. be issued in a
sum not to exceed SEVENTY FIVE
| THOUSAND DOLLARS for construct
ing and maintaining the public roads of
said district in the manner as provided
for in said Act therefore,
1t is therefore ordered and resolved
that the board Of supervisors Of Ran
kin county, Mississippi, proposes to
issue, at its next regular meeting, be-
ginning on the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1916, the bonds of said Supervis-
or's District No. 4 In the sum not to
exceed Seventy-five Thousand Dollars
in the manner and the form as provided
by Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1914
and copy of this order duly certified
by the clerk Of this board under his
hand and official seal, giving notice of
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