The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1920-05-06

the 1st day OF April OF each of the
years 1921 to 1925, both inclusive;
/ $4,000 of said bonds to mature on
the LIST day of April Of each Of the
years 1926 to 1885 both inclusive;
S2500 of said bonds on the fst day
o. April of each of the years 1896 to
1945 both inclusive.
May srd, 1920.
| To the Honorable Board Of Superyis-
ors of Claiborne County.
We your committee appointed To
inspect school land owned in Hancock
county report as following.
/ We found It located in five different
parts of the county Two hundred
and DIRTY acres in one place, where
we found the timber. The timber had
been sold by the county sixteen years
ago with a ten year lease. The COM
pany cut all the largest timber and
sub-contracted the small timber TO a
turpentine distillery for the rest Of
the time until lease expired and thew
tapped all small timber on both sides.
We went over the timber, counted
the trees on several acres and aver
aged the timber as best we could. We
figure there is around 100000 feet of
timber on this tract, we figured
from the prices mills are paying for
this class Of timber that it was worth
$7 thousand, in other words $2100
twenty one hundred dollars) We
discussed the matter with Mr.. e. S.
Drake, of Bay ST. Louis, Miss, who
wants to purchase the timber, and
saws he will pay S2100 for the timber
provided the Board will grant him
years to move said timber.
We recommend to the Board that
this offer be accepted, as we think it
is fair price.
The smaller tracts Of land consist
ing of l1.60, 32.9, 1864 and i acres
have no timber. Parties living near
want to lease said lands and will take
the matter up with the Board later.
b. d. SEGREST,
A. G. CALENDER.
Committee.
Ordered that the Board do now ad-
journ. until tomorrow morning nine
o'clock
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Present, same as yesterday.
When and where the following or
ders and entries We're had to-wit:
Port Gibson, Miss, May 1, 1920.
To the Honorable Board Of Superyis- |
ors of Claiborne County:
According to the order passed at
your regular April, A. D. 1920 meet
ing, an election was held at the court
house on Friday, April Both, 1920
(the date having been set by your
president, Mr.. H. r. Guthrie, in vaca-
tom for a justice of the peace for
District One to fill the unexpired term
Of B. F. Parker, resigned, when and
where G. A. French, the onI,- candi- |
date for said office, received "a votes. |
We have notified the Secretary of
State Of this, asking him to forward
to Mr.. French his commission.
Respectfully,
G. r. WHARTON,
j. X. HIGHLENDER,
A. M. ARNETTE.
Supervisor Calender offered the |
following resolution, to-wit:
Whereas at the April Term of this |
Board, 1920, an order was adopted |
providing for the holding of an cleo
ton in the Third Supervisors Separate
Road District Of Claiborne corr
Mississippi, on the 1st da- Of Ma.
1c"n for the purpose Of submittin~
TO the qualified electors of said dis |
trict the question as to whether or
not the bonds Of said district in the
sum of $4,000 should be issued, and |
notice of said election was duly pub |
lished in he Port Gibson Reveille, \
weekly newspaper published in said |
county, as required by law, proof of |
said publication being now on file in |
the Office Of the Clerk Of this Board, |
the following report being now re-
ceived from the election commission |
ers of said county, to-wit:
Port Gibson, Miss, May 3, 1920 |
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Claiborne County, Miss.
According to the order passed by |
your Honorable Body at your regular |
april A. D. 1920 meeting, calling for
an election to be held at r
Springs voting precinct on Saturday,
May LIST 1920, to ascertain -
OF not District Number Three Of said I
county win come under and adopt the |
provisions Of Chapter 176 Of the Laws |
of 1914 of the State of Mississippi |
and whether or not bonds Of said dis |
trict in the sum Of not exceedir- fif- |
ty thousand dollars shall be issued for
the purpose of building goed
said district, we, the election commits
sioners of said county, beg to report |
that said election was duly held on /
said day, with the following results:
For the Issuance Of $4,000 Of bonds
40 votes.
Against the Issuance Of $4,000 |
Of bonds, 26 votes. Majority for the I
Issue, % votes. Not counted, vote.
Respectfully submitted,
G.. r. WHARTON,
J. X. HIGHLENDER,
Al. M. ARNETTE,
Election Commissioners Of ClaibOrns
County.
and it appearing to the satisfaction
Of this Board that said election was
d,4Ixr and ,.ao,.Iavlrr and laOalltr hoId I
and that the returns thereof were
canvassed by said election commits
sioners and the result thereof deter
mined and declared, it Is hereby adj 4
judged that said action resulted In 4
favor Of the issuance Of the said $780, /
600 Of bonds of said district; said sum 4
and amount beine less than 10 ner (
cent Of the asse sed valuation Of the 7
taxable pronertY Of said district. and |