The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11

when the following business was
had and done, to-wit:
Feed Contract Awarded - Beat
No. l. Taylor-Wills Grocery Co.,
sweet feed $3.50, oats 75c.
Beats 2, 8 and S, w. G. Barnes,
sweet feed SO; oats Soc. Beat 4,
L. H. Mashburn, sweet feed
So. 80, white oats 81 per sack.
Causeway Contract Awarded
james Stewart was awarded
contract to floor sandbar at
Meek's Ferry for the sum of
$3.50, one-half of said amount to
be paid by Rankin county and
the other half by the town of
Canton.
Road Commissioner Appointed
Ordered that the resignation
of Tom Rogers as road commits
sioner Of Beat A be accepted and
Hugh Noblin be appointed in his
stead at and for a salary of SOS
per month. payable monthly out
of the read maintenance fund of
said supervisors district No. 4.
Superintendent Report-A-
mount paid out of teachers fund
September l, to October /, 1917,
1872. so: postage So.
Superintendent's Salary Fixed
Ordered that the salary of the
county superintendent, H. H.
Bullock, be and the same is fixed
at the sum of 81, 800 per annum
for the scholastic year 1917-1918;
that according to the rolls of ed
ucable children for the year 1916
now on file with the chancery
clerk, the proportional part OF
the Pelahatchie Separate School
District shall be 5.66 per cent. or
the sum of SOL. 8S; of the Fan
min Separate School District. 1884
per cent, or the sum of $50. IL,
and the county's part to be 81
per cent, or the sum of 81, 638.
Receipts for Assessment Rolls
i, Robt. E. Wilson, auditor of
public accounts of the State of
Mississippi, do hereby certify
that | lhave examined the Real
and Personal Assessment Rolls
for 1917, of Rankin county, filed
in this office on the 18th day of
September, 1917, and finding
same in legal form, being made
up properly as provided by law,
have turned same over to the
State Board of Tax Commission
ers for their examination and
approval, as required by Section
Il, Chapter SO, Laws of 1916.
Tax Refund-It appearing to
the board that A. D. Mckay is
assessed with Lot /, section 80,
township 8, range 4, valued at
$500 for the years 1876. and
| it appearing from the records
that through error he the said A.
D. Mckay, has paid the taxes on
81, O87.O0 valuation instead of
$500, and the taxes paid OH the
difference between $500 and
81, O87 was and is an erroneous
payment of taxes. and that the
said A. D. Mckay ought to be
refunded the said taxes as the
law directs, be it ordered that
the said erroneous payment OF
taxes for the said years. be GER
titled 10 the auditor of public &C
counts and that the said sum so
enormously paid into the county
treasury on Isaid difference of
S6S7 as taxes for and during the
said years, be paid out of the
proper county fund on certificate
of the auditor of public accounts,
and the clerk is hereby express
ly authorized and directed to is
sue said warrant when said GER
tifcate shall have been received
and filed in said office.
Stock Law Petition Granted
Ordered that the petition of
Greenbay Lumber Co. and A. T.
Kersh to annex the following de-
scribed land to the J. C. Grain
stock law district, be and the
same is hereby granted to take
effect as the law directs: 134
acres south side sw4 sci and 49,
acres south side sci sw4 section
Is, township 4, range A; and nw1
mel and mel nw4 and WI SCI of
nwd section %, township A, range
a; and mel sw4 section %, town.
ship A, range A.
Treasurer's Report - Jesse
Hemphill, treasurer of Rankin
county, having filed his 3rd quar-
terly report, and the same hav-
ing been duly examined and au-
dited by the board, and being
found in all things-true and cor
rect, it is therefore approved,
showing.the following balances
on hand, to-Wit:
General funds 400. 50
n EQ 40