The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-16
COUNCILMEN IN ADJ
JOURNED MEETING
Number Of Accounts Allowed
at Mid-Month Meeting Of
City's Aldermen.

At this regular adjourned meeting
of the Mayor and Board OF Alder
men of the City of Brookhaven, Mis-
sissippi, held at the Mayors office
in said city this, Tuesday July .,
1919, at 500 o'clock p. n1.s there
were present Mayor Butler, Clerk
Byrne. Atty. Cohn, Chief Case, Al
dermen Hartman, Bee, Meyers, Alb
rams, and Mccormick.
Purchase Of Piano, Colored School.
Acting upon the recommendation
OF the Board of Trustees of the City
Schools, it as was on motion ordered
that the sum Of $145.30 (Revenue
FUND.- be allowed The Junius Hart
Piano Co., of New Orleans, La. The.
same being balance due said Co.,
on the purchase price Of / piano sold
to p. D. Gulledge, Principal Of Col.
City School, for use at the City
Schools, it was on motion ordered
that a release in full for any owner
ship in said piano be irst obtained
from P. D. Gulledge.
Removal of Telephone Pole, Mary
Street.-The City Clerk was on mo-
tion requested to notify the Cumber-
land Tel. and TEL Co., to at once
remove from the ditch at the juno
ton of Mary St., and Church ST.,
one telephone pole. Said pole being
an obstruction to the drainage by
such ditch.
Purchase of Property.-The City
Atty. was on motion requested to
prepare the proper deeds, pass on all
papers necessary after which the
Clerk to issue warrant to L. Cohn,
Assign. of Com. Bank and Trust Co.,
Brookhaven, Miss, for the sum OF
$500; Grew. FUND.- same being
payment in full for all interest said
Bank has in the following property:
Lots 24-25-26-27; Hoskins Addition,
City of Brookhaven, Miss.
Tax Collectors Report.-D. Sartin
City Tax Collector. submitted his re-
port for the month of June which
was examined, approved and his ac-
count allowed. The report is as fol-
lows:
Brookhaven, Miss, July 1, 1919.
To the Hon. Mayor and Board OF AL
dermen;
Gentlemen hereby submit my
report for Lights, Water and Sum
dries collected for the month of June
as follows: Amount collected for
lights, $271O.29; Amt. Col. for wa
ter, $974.56; Amt. Col. for side
walks, $20.16; Total $S705.01. Re-
spectfully, D. Sartin. T. @.
Accounts Allowed.--On motion
the following accounts were allow
ed and the Clerk authorized to issue
warrants to cover same:-
Revenue Fund.-. D.. Boadwee,
repair garbage cans, $10.50; Cum.
Tel. & Tel. Co., phone service. s.;
R. w. McNair. recording deeds, 3d.
90; C. Howard Penn, re-charge bat
terry, fire truck, $3.50; w. H. Penn
and Son, shop work, $14.25; Hoff-
man Bros, Articles for city offices,
$4.59; G. B. Perkins, screen wire etc.
$4.18; Doc Sartin, cs. pd. labor, $l6.- !
II; Chester Byrne. p. o. Box rent and
stamps, $1,000.
Street Fund.-o. H. Hartman.
lumber for streets, $7.05; H. D.
Grear, pair mules, $4,000; Mrs.
S. v. Maxwell, purchase of property, |
$250.00; Jno. Becker, lumber, ST.
Sc; H. L. Hoskins, shop work, $14.-
SO; Brookhaven Gravel Co., cars
gravel, $S8.82; C. B. Perkins, axe,
bucket, etc., 1925; Abrams Nero.
Co., SIX oats, $4.75; Merchants
Gro, Co., feed for mules, $51.10;
Hartman Nero. Co., rake, $0.35; |
Jos. West, shop work, $500: D. Sar-
tin, cs. pd. labor etc., s548.59.
School Elk. Fund.-Cum. Tel &
Tel. Co., phone service. $1.65; Lin
coin County Times, printing, $6.25., |
Power House FUND.-. Sartin, |
cs. paid labor, frt etc.a $1399.42; d.
Sartin, Amt. Crystal Ice Co., account,
(see book No. 10, page 280) $685.
10; Gen Electric Co., bal. on con-
tract, $4,000; Supreme Mining. Co.,