The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-12-14
PROCEEDINGS or THE
BOARD or SUPERVISORS

anu OllICSTS pF6S0lll, WllSIi Tie
following business was had and
done, to-Wit:
Be it ordered that the contract
for feed for Beat No. l be award
ed to Taylor Wills Grocery Co.,
white oats at 50 cents per bushel
and best sweet feed at $500 per
hundred pounds, fob. Jackson.
For Beats Nos. 3 and 5 is hereby
awarded to w. G. Barnes for No.
2 white oats at 72 cents per bu-
shell, and Royal sweet feed at
$2.15 per hundred pounds. For
Beat No. 4, to l.. H. Mashbul
No. 2 white clipped oats at rs
cents per bushel, and Eureka
sweet feed at 1925 per hundred
pounds.
In re County Physicians for
County Poor House:
Be it ordered and resolved that
DR.. w. H. Watson be and he is
employed as county physician
under Chapter 234, of the Laws
of 1912, at a salary of $500 per
month, payable monthly out of
the county treasury upon warrant
issued by the clerk of the board
of supervisors.
1t is further ordered and re-
solved that it shall be the duty
of the said physician to attend,
professionally, all paupers in
county home, all prisoners in jail,
all county convicts and all county
prisoners, convicts and Daupers
calling upon him professionally
in the town f Brandon.
1t is further ordered that the
said physician may be discharged
and his contract cancelled at the
will and pleasure of the board of
supervisors, without cause and
without notice.
On petition of F. S. Shivers to
annex the following lands to the
A. B. Mckay stock law district :
West half of northwest quarter
section %, township Z, range 5,
be and the same is hereby grant
ed to take effect as the law di-
r9cts.
Upon petition of W. C. Banks
dale and others for change in
public road in beat No. 3, it is
hereby ordered that w. H. Till
and R. A. Kennedy be appointed
a committee to view and lay out
said road and report at the next
regular meeting of this board.
Upon petition of j. E. Fisher
and others for public road in beat
No. 2, it is hereby ordered that
r. A. Kennedy and w. E. Laird
be appointed a committee a view
and lay out said road and report
at the next regular meeting of
this board.
Upon petition of J. C. Robin
son and others for public road in
beat No. 3, it is hereby ordered
that w. H. Till and R. A. Kenne-
dy be appointed a committee to
view and lay out said road and
report at the next regular meet
ing Of this board.
To the Board of Supervisors of
Rankin county:
Gentlemen-I beg to make my
report for November, 1916: Ag-
gregate amount paid to teachers
from November l, 1916, to De-
cember l, 1916, out of teachers
fund, S., 883.08. l have visited
the following schools: Pearl,
Langford, Pisgah, Robinson.
Goshen Springs, Johns, Antioch.
Shiloh, Red Oak, Henry Grady
and Leesburg. Salary for No
vember, 1916, $143. 40; postage,
$500. Total, $144.60.
H. H. BULLOCK.
Co. Supt. of Education.
Be it ordered by the board that
trustees of township s, range a,
to pay j. c. Robinson $50, be and
the same is hereby granted to be
paid out of the township fund.
Be it ordered that the trustees
of township 5, range a, to pay
c.. B. Laseter $40 be and the same
is ghereny granted to be paid
out of said township fund.
Ordered that the petition of
trustees of Hickory school be
and the same is hereby dismissed.
In re Boys Corn Club report:
To the Board of Supervisors of
Rankin county:
Gentlemen beg leave to
make the following report for
the Rankin County Boys Corn
Club: According to reports I
have received the winners are as
follows: Ira Williams is entitled
to first prize of $500; Anse
Mcdonald is entitled to second
prize of SIS; Joe Nash is entitled
to third prize of $40.
Respectfully,
H. Fl. BULLOCK, Supt.
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