The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-06-08
Proceedings
BOARD OF

The Board of Supervisors ~ c....,.
county MISS met on Monday. June A. 1917
same being a regular meeting, the follow;no
oneers ana members being present, to-wit;
w.. A. Odom. Pres. Dts. /.
j.. e. Carpenter. Dist. 2.
W. V. Horton, Dist. q
d. r. Childers. Dist. 4
l.. T. Hayden. Dist. 5.
NJ. f. Powell. Clerk.
| w. II. Crowder. Sheriff.
Whereupon the following pro,asdirn,
were had and done. to-wit:
In the matter of establishing Corsou....,
School District in District No . CranaJ.
County. Mississippi: N'"a'
Nj. Wallace Lamon, one of tho n.rso,s
wh0 signed a petition protesting against es-
tablishing said school district. appeared MI.
day in person before the Board in onen 80
sion and stated that he had authoritv to
withdraw said counter petition, and asked
PERMISSION 10 withdraw said petition from
the files: it is therefore ordered that he be-
allowed to withdraw said petition protest;ny
against the establishing of said consolidated
school district known as the Gore Snrinos
Consolidated School District. ~
Ordered that the back tax timber .ss.ss-
ments be continued by agreement of all mar
Board. " WINS
1t ap peairngehottesassessmentsdA tho
1t appearing to the Board from tho 70
port of the Sheriff and Jailer of Grenada
county that one Willie Robinson. a county
convict has served more than three-fourths
- ahi mas pdIu INTO the nIn u
Treasury more than three-fourths of tho
all fees due by him. and asks for credit for
balance OF his sentence and Jail fees under
Seet,oh az Code 1906 and it appearing that
he is entitled to said credit;
1t is therefore ordered that said copv;ct
be given credit for good behavior. and the
Sheriff is hereby authorized and directed TO
discharge said convict from Jail.
In tn matter of the petition duly filed and
presented to this Board of J. f. Shaw and
others, asking for a public road in District
z. as set forth and described in said petition
now on file:
1t appearing to the Board that said natl
tion is in the proper form and that same
has been duly signed by more than ten free
holders and householders of Grenada County.
residing inthe territory to he beneftted ~
and interested in said road and it further
appearing that the public interest and con-
vcnience require the laying out of the pro-
posed road as asked for in said petition. and
o o9at ps rne same, VIII run through the lands
James. Allen Millhouse and the Misses Cot
ton place; and that each of said parties have
had !gal personal notice of the filing of said
term of the Board;
1t is ordered that said petition be granted
and that a ~ommitt of this Board from
districts other than that of the proposed
road. to-wit: w. V. Horton and l.. T Hay
den. be appointed to view said proposed road.
and il found practicable by them, to Law out
and mark the road. or alteration or change.
ana report thelr proceedings in writing to
this Board at the next regular meeting
hereof.
Ordered that the reports of the County
superintendent of Education. the County
Agent and the County Health Office for
the month of May. 1917, be and the same
are hereby accepted and approved.
1t is ordered that Mrs. W. II. Moss be al
lowed the sum of twenty-five dollars for
building fence along new right-of-way of the
Jefferson Davis Highway through her lands
and it is further ordered that the Clerk of
this Board issue warrant for said amount.
payable out of the Special Road Fund of the
County Treasury.
Report of Road Commissioner
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Grenada County. Mississippi:
Since my appointment as Commissioner |
have gone over almost the entire mileage
of roads of the county. and report the con-
dition as ! find them at this time. To make
my report as brief as possible, | will not
mention every road of the different Beats,
hut will say that I have in my memorandum
book a report on almost every road in the
County, and will be glad to give your Honor
able body any on any special
road that you would like to inquire about.
] find most of the roads of Beat l in good
condition; the ones that l do not find in
good condition were not paid for at the last
quarter. Most of the roads of this Beat
need dragging. and the contractor is on the
job at that now, this date of inspection,
MAY "a, 1917. | find a piece of road in the
GOA field that needs attention. that is not
the contractors duty to do. suggest that
the President of this Board. Mr.. GOA. the
for the Board. and myself appoint
date in the near future and go out to this
place and adjust this matter.