Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-12-18
Proceedings of Board of
Supervisors, December Term

by this Boardthe sum of $40, 100000 |
and such further sums, if any, as
may be necessary to complete the
said road in accordance with the
plans and specifications approved by
the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States, and in requesting the
State Highway department to make
the surveys, prepare the plans, spec
ifications and estimates, and act as
agent of the said Road Commits
sioners in supervising the work of i'm
proving said road.
Be it further resolved, that if the
aid applied for is granted, no work
done on said road shall be approved,
aor any allowance on account there
Of made, by this board until such
work shall have been approved By the
duly authorized represe natives of the
State Highway Department and the
Secretary of Agriculture of the Unit
ed States.
And be it further resolved, That
The county hereby pledges it's good
faith that if the aid requested is
granted, it will build, at the sole ex~
pense of the County, in accordance
with plans and specifications prepar-
ed by the State Highway Department
and approved by the Secretary Of
Agriculture, the following bridges,
to-wit:- All bridges on the project
required, the work to be done subject
to inspection and approval by the
duly authorized Representatives of
the State Highway Department and
the Secretary of Agriculture, and
make no payment on account thereof
until the work is approved by the
State Highway Department and the
Secretary of Agriculture of the Unit
ed States. For the construction of
said bridges, a sufficient sum of
money will be provided by the Coun-
ty to complete these bridges in ac-
cordance with said plans and spccifi-
cations.
A. K. Nixon, bridge work, $500.
Jack Griffin, patch work, Dist. s,
$500.
D. 1. Neal, patch work, Dist. l.,
$500.
]. R. Neal removing tree Dist l.,
$50.
G. W. Thompson, Taxes erroneous
~ paid, $500.
M. T. Springer, mdse, Dist. 5. So.
Ordered that Dave Peterson (col)
be released from the payment Of poll
tax for the yeaI 1919.
Ordered that Sam Henry Conner
be released from the payment of a
road tax for the year 1919.
Ordered by the Board that T. H.
Gilliland be granted loan of $4,000
out of the Court House Bond Sinking
Fund, for a period of one year at 6
per cent interest per annum.
Coming on to be considered by the
Board the mater Of approving the
contract made By the Road Commits
sioners of Good Koal District No. !
Of Chickasaw County Mississippi with
J. NJ. Davis, to gravel onefourtk n'ile
more or less of road beginning at the
Hubbard corner in Houston on the
umberson Road and leading along
said road to the Dixon residence, and
the Board having considered the same
it is by the Board ordered that the
said contract be and the same is
hereby approved as made by the
said commissioners with said contrac-
tor.
Henry Clay, corn, Dist. 4, $219.68.
Sam Pratt refund road tax, Dist.
5, $500.
Geo. D. Riley, Postage, telephone,
etc., $3.50.
E. L. Pannell, wood, $3.50.
P. A. Tornwall, Pipe and repairs
on heating at courthouse, $4,000.
S. E. Austin, causeway, $41.20.
J. D. Dendy, patching bridges, 81.
H. R. Wofford, nails, $1.86.
C. L. Rhodes, refund road tax,
Dist. 1, $500.
]. A. King, gas and unloading
gravel, $685..
Jeff Busby, salary for November,
$4,000.
w. A. Wilkinson, per diem, $500.
Joe L. Davis, per diem, $500.
Houston Water and Light Plant,
water and lights courthouse and Jail,
$32.22.
John Brown, painting Jail, $47.12.
Wesley Lucas, putting coal upstairs
courthouse Okolona, $500.
Boyce Peden, pike work, $3.50.
H. H. Smith, bridge work, $500
West Whit. pike work, $3.50
]. D. Peden, pike work, $3.50.
Gus Mcfarland, pike work, $3.50.