The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-12


District, by the road commission
ers thereof, be and the same IS
approved, ratified and confirmed,
j. j. Daniel and w. z. Laird,
committee appointed at the June
to examine and view the
contemplated route of a change
in the Brandon-Ludlow road as
petitioned for by l.. G. Cooper
and others, reported viewing and
examining the proposed change
and found same impracticable.
State of Mississippi, County of
Rankin:
At a regular meeting of the
board of supervisors held in
Brandon on the 4th day of July
1917, the following resolution
with reference to the federal aid
road act were adopted:
Resolved, that we hereby ap-
point the State Highway Com
mission of Mississippi, as our
duly constituted authority to
submit for the Pelahatchie Elec-
ton Precinct Road district, said
county and state of Mississippi.
project statement for road build
ing in said district to secretary
of agriculture for his approval,
and we hereby agree and bind
the road district, or if a separate
road district. we hereby approve
the action Of the Highway Com
mission thereof, to furnish
money or labor material and
equipment necessary to construct
the following named roads, to-
gether with the bridges and cul-
verts project in the said county,
to-wit:: On the East and West
highway running through Rank
in county, Miss, known as the
Meridian and Jackson highway,
in a sum not to exceed $37, 500,
said route to be determined by
a road commission of said dis
tricts and board of supervisors
of said county, under direction
and supervision according to
plans and specifications of the
said Mississippi State Highway
Commission, approved by the
Federal Road Department. re,
Endorsements to be made by the
Federal Government not to ex-
coed so per centum of the total
amount expended in money, la
Dor, material and equipment on
said project. We further re-
quest and authorize the State
Highway Department of Missls-
sippi to inspect through it's de-
signated engineers the construc-
ton of the road work propos ed
herein and to advise us from
time to time as to whether OF
not the work is being done and
material furnished in accordance
with plans, specifications, esti-
mates approved by the said
State Highway Department. We
further agree to provide in our
contract that no payment will
be made for work or material on
roads herein contemplated until
the same has been approved by
the State Highway Department.
We further agree to maintain
said road or roads, and the
bridges and culverts, ito levy a
tax for them, and set aside each
year during our term of office,
which expires December 31st,
1919, sufficient funds for the
proper maintenance of said
road, or roads. in accordance
with the requirements of the
State Highway and Federal
Road Departments. We further
pledge the moral faith of the
county so far as we are able to
do so, to comply with all the
provisions of the Federal Road
Aid Act, and to provide adequa e
funds for the maintenance OF
the road, or roads, constructed
under the terms of the said
Federal Aid Road Act and under
agreement with the State High
way Department. 1t is hereby
ordered and adjudged that the
above contract or agreement
be and is hereby ratified, con-
firmed and approved by the
board of supervisors of Rankin
county, Mississippi. Done by
the order of the board of sucer-
visors of Rankin county, state
of Mississippi. on this the 4th
day of July, 1917.
J. J. Daniel, President.
Whereas, at the May, 1917,
term, land June, 1917, term of
the board, certain orders were
adopted and entered on minutes
in Minute Book u" at page 135,
and same book at page 161 and
1854, respectively, relating to the
change of the route of the Old
State Public Road beginning
south of Stems Creek near Ross