The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-14

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senic in bulk, 10 cents per pound;
24-pound package, Fl cents per
pound; Sal Soda in bulk 23-4
cents per pound; in 24-pound
packages at 3 cent per pound;
Caustics Soda, in 1O-pound pack
ages at11 cents, 5-pound pack
ages IL cents per pound. Pine
Tar in so gallons barrels at SIS. so
per barrel, and in gallcn cans at
IS cents, delivered anywhere in
Rankin county.
Township Trustee Appointed
Duncan A. Collum having ten
dered his resignation to this
board as township trustee for
township Z, Range 5, and the
same having been accepted, it is
hereby ordered that DR.. J. R.
Edwards be appointed in the
place of the said Duncan A. Col
lum.
| Stock Law Granted = VIM.
| Weakley having filed a petition
to annex certain lands to the J.
c.. Grain stock law district, and
the same having been duly con-
sidered, it is ordered that the
same be granted, to take effect
as the law directs.
Lizzie Lewis, having petitioned
the board to annex certain lands
belonging to her to the J. H.
Whitfield stock law district, after
being duly considered the same
was granted to take effect as the
law directs.
r. E. Patrick having petition
ed the board to annex certain Of
his lands to the J. C. Grain stock
law district, the same was grant
ed to take effect as the law di-
rects.
!. Trustees Request Granted
: Ordered that the request of
trustees township s, range 4, to
pay J. G. Robinson Sis. for
teaching be granted.
Ordered that the request of
trustees township 3, range 4, to
pay to A. J. Grantham for Cato
j Consolidated school, be granted.
4 1t appearing to the board of
supervisors that T. J. Fletcher
is assessed with 100000 feet of
timber on the nj sw4 section 2,
township 3, range 5. valued at
$6O0i for the year 1917, and it
appearing from the records that
35. 1000 feet of said timber was
cut and removed from said land
before the first day of February,
1917, and through error I. J.
Fletcher has paid the taxes on
$4,000 valuation instead of 1865.
90, and the difference between
1865. 90 and $4,000 was and is
an erroneous payment of taxes
under Section 1916 Code of 1906,
and that the said 7. ]. Flethcher
ought to be refunded said taxes
under said section as the law di-
rects, it is therefore ordered that
said erroneous payment for said
year be certified to the auditor OF
public accounts, for the purpose
of reimbursing Mr.. Fletcher as
provided by law.
1t appearing to the board of
supervisors that H. B. Webb is
assessed with that part of Se1-4
se1-4 east of B. & w. road, sec
ton 13, township 3, range 2, val
ued at 5000. for the year of 1917,
and it appearing from the re-
cords that said land was sold to
G. w. Barlow, and it appearing
that said G. w. Barlow has paid
the taxes on said land, and
through error H. B. Webb has
paid the taxes on 5000. valuation
and same was and is an erron-
eous payment of taxes under
Section 4346 of Code of 1906, and
and that the said H. B. Webb
ought to be refunded said taxes
under said Section as the law di-
rects, it is SO ordered that the
said erroneous payment of taxes
be certified to the auditor of pub
lie accounts, and that said sum
so enormously paid into the coun-
ty treasury be paid out of the
proper county funds on certifi-
cate of the auditor of public ac-
counts, and the clerk is author
lied to issue said warrant when
said certificate shall have been
received and filed in his said Of
flee.
Committee Report-We your
committee appointed at the Nov
ember, 1917 meeting to view the
route as prayed for by D. w.
Mcintyre and others for new
public road, beg leave to report
that we met on the 26th day Of
November, 1917, and examined