The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-14
BOARD or SUPERVISORS.

The Board of Supervisors OF
Rankin county met Monday
morning, June 4th, 1917, with
all members and officers pres
ent, when the following business
was had and done, to-wit:
All pine timber on sch section
%, and e1 mel and sw4 mel Sec
ton &c, all in township 6, range
8 east, on which the county has
a deed of trust, has been by j.
M. D. Stevenson bargained and
sold to w. M. Swilley for a con-
sideration of 5000, the county.
upon the payment of the 5000
into the county treasury. to the
credit of the proper 10th section
fund, releases the said timber
from the said deed of trust.
Ordered that contract for
building bridge across Dabbs
creek be awarded to Tucker &
Brinson for the sum of $79.75.
and the contract for building
bridge across Conway Slough be
awarded to J. H. Stevenson for
the sum of SIS.
Ordered that contracts for
feed stuffs for the month of
June be awarded as follows:
Best sweet feed for beat l to R.
H. Green at $55 per ton; oats to
Taylor-WiIls Grocery Co., at 78
cents a bushel: Royal sweet feed
for beats 2, 3 and 5 to r. R. Bu-
sick at 81. 80 per sack, also No. 2
white oats at sc cents per bushel,
for beats 2 and 5; Royal sweet
feed for beat 4 at So. 80, and No.
2 white oats at 81 cents per BUSH
ell to l.. Ii. Mashburn; oats for
beat 3 to G. H. Sheriff. at IS
cents per bushel.
1t appearing to the board that
the Indebtedness of Enos Corley,
l.. L. Corlay and O. F. Corley,
evidenced by notes executed
March s, 1905, and secured by a
deed of trust of record in the
chancery clerks office in Book
SO, page 231, has been fully paid
and is now not owing, it is there
fore ordered shat the president
of the board be and he is hereby
empowered and directed to mark
the said deed Of trust cancelled
of record.
Will E. Wansley having offered
his resignation as live stock in
spector, the board ordered that
Henry Dear be appointed live
stock Inspector instead OF the
said w. E. Wansley at a salary
of $50 per month.
Ordered that the petition of
Jesse TubervilIe to annex the SCI
nw4 and mel Of ne4 section l,
township 5, range 2 east, to the
J. H. Whitfield stock law district
be granted to take effect as the
law directs.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township 3, range 5, to
pay trustees what money they
have in said township be granted.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township Z, range a, to
pay Mrs. Kate Barksdale for
teaching Goshen school for year
1916, $16.16, be granted.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township z, range 4 to
pay Miss Florence Clark the sum
of $14 for teaching Goshen
school be granted.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township 4, range l, to
pay Lewis Renno 1878 for re-
pairs to tallyho be dismissed.
Ordered that certain timber on
nw4 sw4 section 16, township 3,
range 4 east, be sold to Dock
Brown for the sum of SIS cash.
Ordered that w. E. Laird and
J. j. Daniel be appointed com.
mittee to view and lay out road
as petitioned for by L. C.. Cooper
and others and report at the next
meeting Of this board. /
Ordered that w. E. Laird and
J. j. Daniel be appointed a COM
mittee to view and lay out road
as petitioned for by A. M. Da-
Wis and others and report at the
next meeting Of the board. !
Ordered that the petition OF
C. A. Bates and others against
public road be continued.
Ordered that the following al
lowances be made, to-wit::
Lettie Lewis, pauper supports 2 SO
Patience McLaurin, same 50
Celia McAfee, same --- 5O
Mack Grain. same so |
Billy Rankin. same 2 so
Jesse Hemphill, salary -------- 20 OO
Walter Stevenson, ferryman---- 6 %
c.. H. Bethune. salary, etc. 35 90 |
S. D. Donnell, phone account a 55
Cumberland Telephone Co., farm
phone l 81 |
A. P. Dear & Son - 2 70I
Eustus Barlow, bridge work - 90
Tom Morris, building bridges 10 90
C.. Stewart, j. P. and constable
statutory 62 70 |