The Brandon news., 1916-07-13

granted, the amount to be paid is
$24.42.
Ordered that the request of
trustees of township Z, range 4,
to pay Mrs. Kate w. Barksdale
$21.24 for teaching Goshen
Springs school be granted.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township 5, range 2, to
pay w. G. Hurst $1,000, for bal
ance due him for lumber for
Pearl school be granted.
In re Bond Issue--Be it re-
membered that whereas, the
Board of Supervisors Of Rankin
county, Mississippi, on the - day
of September, 1914, entered
an order upon the minutes of the
said Board electing to bring the
said Supervisors district No. /
under Chapter 257 of the laws of
1912, March 6, 1912, and to work
the public roads in said district
under said act by an ad volorem
tax and communication tax, and
whereas, there is presented to
this Board a petition signed by
more than 20 per cent of the
qualified electors of Supervisors
District No. l, asking and petit
tioning for the issuance of the
bonds of said district No. l in the
sum of $4,000 under chapter
257 of the laws of 1912, as
amended by H. B. No. 4, approv-
ed March 81, 1916. to dosany and
all things necessary to be done,
to work and construct the public
roads of the said Supervisors
District No. l, as provided for in
said act and amendments thereto,
and said petition asking that the
issuance of, the said bonds be
submitted to an election to be
held in said Supervisors District
No. | to determine whether a
majority of the qualified electors
therein are in favor of the said
bond issue. and whereas, the
Board of Supervisors doth now
ratify, affirm and approve Of all
things heretofore done by the
said Board of Supervisors, in
bringing the said Supervisors
district under said act as now
amended, and being further de-
sirous of issuing the Bonds of
said Supervisors District No. l,
if a majority of the qualified
electors are in favor of same and
vote therefor, Therefore, it is or
dered, adjudged and decreed by
the Board of Supervisors of Ran
kin county. that an election be
held in said Supervisors District
mo. L, said Rankin county. on
the 22nd day of July, 1916, to
determine whether the bonds of
said Supervisors District shall be
Issued under said Chapter 257 of
the laws 1912, as amended in The
sum of $50, 900 or not; that the
election commissioners of Rankin
county proceed to hold the said
election, and that the same shall
be conducted according to the
provisions of the Chapter of
Registration and Elections of the
Code of 1916, so far as applica-
BILE, that the tickets to be used in
said election to contain the fol-
lowing: For issuance of Bonds.
And either above or below it on
| the ticket: Against the Issuance
of Bonds. Be it further ordered
and decreed that the said election
| commissioners of the county shall
certify the results Of said election
| to this Board of Supervisors at
the next regular meeting, and
should the result show that ma
| :jority of the qualified electors Of
said District No. /. participating
| in said election have voted for
the bonds issue, the said bonds
shall be issued by this Board at
| its next regular meeting in the
amount of $50, 1000, which is less
than 5 per cent of the assessed
value of all the taxable property
of said Supervisors District, No. l.
Ordered by the Board that w.
E. Laird and w. H. Till, two
members of the Board from dis
tricts other than that of the pro-
posed road, in petition of w. P.
Mangum and others, be and they
are hereby appointed a commit
tee to view and examine the con-
templated route of the proposed
road, and report as provided by
I4aW.
Ordered that R. A. Kennedy
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