The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-10-23

ship 8, range 3 east, have pre-
scented their recommendation tt
the board of supervisors Of Ran
kin county, for the sale Of the
north west quarter seEtion 16,
township 3, range 8 east, to Muir.
ply Williams for consideration
Of $40, whereas, the said board OF
supervisors is Of the opinion that
the said timber ought to be sold
and that the said price is fair
and adequate price threfor; there
fore it is ordered that the said
timber on the foregoing described
land be and the same is sold to the
said above named purchaser for
the said recommended considera-
tion; it is futher ordered that j.
j. Daniel, president Of the board,
be and he is authorized to execute
a deed in the name Of the county
of Rankin to said purchaser upon
the payment by him to the county
treasurer the said consideration.
Be it ordered by the board of
supervisors of Rankin county,
that the clerk of the chanecry
court of said county, and ex-offi-
clio clerk Of this board, shall forth
with transmit to the state bond
attorney certified copy Of all
legal papers pertaining to the pro-
posed issue of $4,000 of school
bonds of the Pisgah Consolida-
ted School district in said Rankin
county, including transcript Of
records and ordinances, proof of
publication and tabulation of
votes, and any other facts per-
tanning to said issuance, to be
acted upon by said bond attorney
in the manner provided by law.
Township Lease-Be it ordered
that for and in consideration of
81 cash paid to the county treas
urer of Rankin county, Miss, that
the following described land be
leased to T. T. Cottrell for term
of one year from date with the
privilege of his refusal to lease
for theii same consideration for
five years from this date: A plot
of 10th section, township 5, range
8 east, about 5 acres lying north
Of colored school house and
branch running through center
of the same plot in the town of
Brandon.
Purchase of Mules-Bids hav-
ing been received as required by
law for the purchase of a mule
for Supervisors District No. a,
and the bid Of C. X. Jones to sell
the said district a mule for 1925
being the best price obtainable
therefor, it is ordered that the
said mule be purchased at the said
price, and the clerk is directed
to issue warrant payable out Of
the road maintenance fund Of the
said Supervisors district No. a
in the said sum Of 1926 when de-
manded by the said C. K. Jones.
Money Borrowed for Beat No.
4-Be it ordered that the sum of
$1,000 be borrowed from the Pc
lahatchie Bank at 6 per cent per
annum until paid for the road
maintenance work Of Supervisors
district No. 4, Rankin county, un-
der Chapter S. B. 1913, Of the Laws
Of 1916, that the president of the
Board of Supervisors is author
lied and empowered to execute a
note for said district to the said
bank in said sum bearing interest
at said rate and to mature Febru-
ary /, 1920, said note to be signed
by the said president for and on
,behalf of the said supervisors
district.
Township Loan, Committee Ap-
pointed-Be it remembered that
H. L. McCaskill has made applica-
tion for township loan Of $500 on
the following described land and
property: Lot 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Z,
of Lombard survey, town of Bran
don, and all east of said lots
in north east quarter north of B..
and r. road, section 2, township
S, range 8, it is hereby ordered
that w. H. Till and r. A. Kennedy
be and are hereby appointed a
committee to view and appraise
said property and report to this
board at this it's October meeting.
Committee Report-To the Hon
orable Board Of Supervisors of
Rankin county: We, the commit
tee Of your board appointed to lay
out and view the road as petition
ed for by M. B. Martin and others
beg cave to report as follows: !:
We viewed the proposed route Of
the said road and have decided
that the same is practicable, and
to the best interest Of the trav-
cling public if opened up and laid
out as proposed in the said petit
ton, we therefore recommend the
same.
Respectfully submitted,