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

I : AoAtAly Was DeRun and
held at the court house in the town
Of Port Gibson on the First Monday
and Third day Of May, A. d. 1920.
When and where the following were
present, to-wit:
Il. r. Guthrie, Pres, Dist. No. /.
A. G. Calender, Dist. No. 2.
j. A. Regan, Dist. No. 8.
Thos. r. Trim, Dist. No. a.
b. D. Segrest, Dist. No. S.
Morehead, Clerk.
Fl. Bagnell, Sheriff.
When and where the following or.
ders and entries were had, to-wit:
The Board having appointed III. D.
brownlee, Road Commissioner for
DIST. Mo. One to fill the vacancy caus-
ed bv the resignation of Judge R. ID.
Gage, and Mr.. Brownlee being ineli-
glble on account of being member Of
Board Of Aldermen, it is ordered that
Mr.. J. M. Taylor be and he is hereby
appointed Commissioner to fill said
vacancy.
Whereas the Board Of Supervisors
of Claiborne county, Mississippi has
control Of certain lands in Ha-
county, Mississippi, taken in lieu of
certain sixteenth sections, or parts
thereof, in Claiborne county, Missis-
sippi, and whereas among said lands
are the following, to-wit: the NEM
and the E15 of the NWL Of section
SO, Township S. Range 16 W., of
which S015 acres was allotted and
assigned to T. IL, r. /, E., and 160
acres was allotted and assigned to I.
13, R. l, e., as shown by the map Of
said partition on file in the office of
the Chance Clerk of said Claiborne
county, said partition having been
made under the authority of Chapter
177 of the Acts of 1918; and whereas
it is considered desirable to sell the
timber upon said lands, and whereas
a committee of this Board towit: A..
G, Calender and B. d. SeoTest have
inspected the same, and appraised the
said timber at the sum of S2100. and.
recommend that the same be sold, if
that sum can be obtained; and, where
as d. S. Drake, of Bay st. Louis, Miss.
has agreed to purchase said timber
at said price; now therefore, upon mo-
tion, Of Supervisor ]. A. Regan, Sc
ctnded by Supervisor Trim, it was un-
animously resolved; 1st That
timber on said land be sold at said
price to said prospective purchaser.
End That H. r. Guthrie President of
this Boa,d r. instructed, and he is
hereby 50 instructed and empowered
10 execute to aid purchaser in the
name Of this Board, a deed conveying
to said purchaser all timber wi
landing, or beirg rpon said lands n
Hancock couf 1gether with
easements Of uthof ri@sts necessary
OF pNper In order e. enable said pur-
chaser to remove said timber; the
riPht to remove the same to be re-
stricted to five years from the 3rd dag
May, 1920.
1t appearing to the Board that the
assessment of Mrs B. r. Price on line
of 3 Of page III of the 1919 Land AS
sessment Roll is not correctly des-
cribed, it is hereby ordered that the
same be changed In description so as
Ia read as follows, to-wit:
"Mrs. B. e. Price, Lot 16, Square
1S, Town Of Pattison, value $225."
Ordered that the Clerk Of Board Of
Supervisors be instructed to advertise
for bids for building concrete bridge
across branch about one half mile
east of Pattison on Pattison nd Bar
land road, according to plars and
specifications to be filed,
To the Honorable Board Of Supervis-
ors, Claiborne county:
We your committee appointed t.
Inspect school land timber Dist. A, beg
to report that Mr.. Williams has a.
greed to pay the county for timbed
as soon as same can be put in shape
to scale.
We find other have cut the timber
from school lands in District A, and
believe that this is being done in other
places in the county and recommend
that each member of the Board be APP
pointed to visit all school lands in
their respective Districts, and report
next meeting.
THOS. r. TRIM,
]. A. REGAIN.
Ordered that the bid of Frank d.
Working for building concrete bridge
over Griffin Branch Dist. No. at and
for the sum Of 1925, be and the same
is hereby accepted and that he make
bond according to law
Ordered that the bid of Frank D.
Working for building concrete cul-
vert in Dist. No. 4, at and for the sum
of $25 per cubic yard, he to furnish
all material, be and the same is here
by accepted and that he make bond
according to law,
Ordered that the Road Commission
ers Of Dist. No. One, be and they are
hereby authorized to purchase one
Holt tractor and one large road grad
er.
In the matter Of maturities Of the
Seventy-Five ThousandDollar bond IS
sue Of the First Supervisors Separate
Road District, also known as Super
visors District Number One Of Clai-
borne County, Mississippi, it is order
ed that the maturties Of said bond IS
sue which was heretofore adopted BY
the Board at the April Meeting. 1920,
be and the same is hereby cancelled
and annulled, and be it further order
ed that the following maturities are
hereby fixed; for the said seventy
five thousand bond issue Of the SAID
First Supervisors Separate Road Dis
trict. also known as Supervisors Dis
trict Number One Of Claiborne county,
Mississippi, to-wit:
$500 Of said bonds shall mature on
the 1st Of April Of each Of the years
1921 to 1925 both inclusive;
$4,000 Of said bonds shall mature on
the 1st day of April Of each Of the
wears 1926 to 1880 both inclusive;
and s35OO Of said bonds shall mature
On the 1st day Of April Of each of the
wears 1881 to 1945 both inclusive.
IN the matter Of maturities Of the
fifty thousand dollar bond issue Of the
Second Supervisors Separate Road
District Of Claiborne county, Missls-
sippi. also known as Supervisors Dis
trict Number Two Of said county, It
Is hereby ordered that the schedule Of
maturities heretofore adopted by this
Board for such bonds, at the March
term. 1920, be and the same is hereby