The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1916-01-15

Whereas, pursuant to the require
ments Of said order or ordinance. due
notice Of the intention Of the board of
! supervisors to create and orgar ize said
special road district, to be composed Of
said territory, was given by publication
of said notice for more than thirty days
in the Cleveland Enterprise, newspa-
Fer published In Bolivar county, Missis-
| sipps; and,
Whereas the time nsmed in said no.
tice, that Is, at the present meeting of
the board of supervisors, twenty FIVE
per cent Of the qualified electors of said
proposed separate district have petit
ioned against the creation and organiza-
tion Of said proposed road district; and
such proposed separate road district can
not, under the terms and provisions Of
said chapter ia of the laws OF Missis-
sippi. be created :.and organized unless
at all election, ordered by the board Of
supervisors for that purpose. = majori-
ty Of the quslified electors of said pro-
posed separate road district, vote in "a
vor of the creation of such district:
Now. therefore. it isardered by the
board of supervisors that > speeial eject
ion shall be held. in manner and form
prescribed by the statutes in such cases
made and psovided, sad after giving
the notice required by law therefor, on
the 18th day of February, 1916, at
which election there shall be submitted
to the qualiaet electors Of the fourth
supervisors district of Bolivar, county.
the question of whether. or.not, spec
ial road district shah ba created and or.
ganized under the terms and provisions
of chapter TIA Of the Aets Ut 1914 Of
Mississippi, to be composed Of al OF
supervisors district number four OF Boil
ivar county. The CO nmissioaers Of
election SHALL certify the result Of such
election to this board at ito regular
March, 1916, meeting.
Order that the assessment OF lot II.
Of block 8, in the town Of Cleveland.
Mississippi. 70 A. A. Rogers be so
changed Is to assess said lot to Sol
Kamien at $500; said assessment ap-
pearing at page llS, line s, ofithe as
sessment ruil.
Ordered that the assessment against
Tom West at line Z, page 60 OF assess
ment roll, of mules and / horse be
stricken from roll; it appearing that the
said stock was killed by the county on
account of said stock having plsnders.
Ordered that president of the board
be authorized to sign contract with the
town of Duncan to lease the municipal
prisoners of the town of Duncan on like
terms with contracts with other NUM-
cipalities.
Ordered by the board that the order
heretofore entered at the present meet
ing of thIs board, with reference to
awards Of the various county funds. be
amended 80 a. to show that the secur-
ity offered by the Cleveland State Bank,
for the deposit Of common school and
Dsixteenth section funds. is a bond In the
lin the sum of twenty-five thousand dol
signed by ths Planters Bank of
kCiarksdale, Mississippi, as surety. bn
stead of bond of like amount siRned
by the National Surety company, as
surety; it appearing to board that the
bond offered by said bank is in truth and
in fact signed by the Planters Bank OF
Clarkskale, as surety. 1t is further or
dered that the said bond of the Cleve-
land State Ba TX for twenty-five thous-
and dollars, signed by the Planters
Bank of Clarksdale, be and it is hereby
approved.
It appearing to the satisfaction OF the
board that the assessment OF two mu'es
to Mitt Morgan, shown at page 70, line
IA, of the 1915 assessment roll is errone-
GUS because of the fact that said mules,
being infested with CHAMBERS. were de-
stroyed as required by law before the
first day of February. 1915, and that the
said Mitt Morgan did not own two
mules on the first day of February
1915: it is, accordingly, ordered by the
hoard that the assessment OF personal
property of Mitt Morgan, shown at
mage rs, line, line IA, be corrected so
as tn strike thereform the assessment
of two mules, the values of which as
assessed Ia Sl20; and that the clerk OF
this board certify this order to the sher-
If aid TO the auditor of public accounts,
ss required by law.
Ordered this the 3rd day Of January.
1916.
Ordered by the board that the salary
Of the county health officer for the en-
suing year be and is hereby fixed at the