The north Mississippi herald., 1919-04-25
PROCEEDINGS BOARD
Co SUPERVISORS

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Regular ApriI Term Held As
Water ValIey-CaldweIl and
Boswell Elected Attorneys
For Board. Atty. H. H.
Creekmore Employed AsI
Special Counsel to Defend
Action Brought by State
Revenue Agent Against the
County.
Be it remembered that the honorable
Beard of Supervisors of Yalobusha
County, Mississippi, met on this the
7th day of April, A. D., 1919, being
the first Monday of April, in the
County Court House at Water Val
ley, Second District of Yalobusha
County, mississippi in regular session;
with the following members and of
ficers present and acting:
II. P. Pate, president, Beat
w. H. Wa ters, member Beat 2
j. j. Cope and, member Beat 8
G. T. Lyon, member Beat 4
w. G. Vickery, member Beat 5
Dave Patterson, Sheriff, and
L. T. Wisd m, Clerk, when and where
the following business was transacted
and proceeding had
There coming on for considera-
tion by the Board the resignation of
r. f. Kimmons as Attorney for the
Board and il appearing to the Board
that Mr. r. r. Kimmons is in i'll
health and not physically able b
transact the duties as Attorney, the
resignation is hereby accepted eff
fective this date
1t is hereby ordered by the Board
that the law firm of Caldwell & Bos-
well be and they are employed as at
torneys for the Board, effective this
date and that their salary be fixed
at the rate of 100000 per year for
the ba ance of 1919.
1t is ordered by the Board of Su-
pervisors that H. H. Creekmore be and
he is hereby employed by the Beard,
as its special attorney at law to rep.
resent Yalobusha County in the suit
for $40, 0,136.76 and interest, brought
by the State Revenue Agent in the
Chancery Court of Second District of
Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and
said Creekmore so employed hereby
as special counsel in said case. win in
connecten with the advisory attor-
neys of the Board, defend said suit
in all courts, both Chancery and Su-
preme, until the final termination of
said cause and the Board agrees to
pay said H. H. Creekmore by Decem-
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cause the sum of One Thousand Dol
lars.
Now on this day there came on for
consideration by the Board the peti-
ton of R. L. Cobb ct al, for change
of the road described as commencing
at mouth of lane east of w. R.
Howe rs house running by R. L..
Cobbs and Mrs. A. Woodall's, ending
at Mrs. A. Woodall's mail bcx near
J. @. Vickery's, to the following
commencing at r. L. Cobb's mail box
east of w. r. Howell's running Nortl
by w. r. Howell's, j. r. Poe's and
7. j. Murphree. intersecting said pub
lie road at Mrs. A. Woodall's mail
box; and it appearing that the petit
tion is properly signed and, in proper
form, it is hereby ordered that the
said road be changed as above de-
scribed, provided the right of way
can be obtained without expense to
the County.
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of va cbusha County, Missis-
sippi: We, your Committee, ap-
pointed to lay out the road petitioned
by Theo. Howe and others, we have
gone over said road and viewed out
the same provided the right of way
can be secured without cost to the
county and same be opened for travel
by the petitioners
Respectfully,
w. G. VICKERY,
w. II. WALTERS,
1t Is ordered by the Board that the
following accounts be allowed out Of
the following Funds:
GENERAL COUNTY FUND
j. D. Williams, coffin for pauper-
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