The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-10-14
PROCEEDINGS OF
BOARD SUPERVISORS


regular session first Monday in
October, 1920, with all members
and officers present when the fol-
lowing business was had and done
to-wit:
Feed Contract Awarded Ord
cred that contract to supply beats
3 and with feed supplies for the
month ofOctober be warded to
J. L. & Buchanan at oats at 85c
per bushel and sweet feed at 1925
per sack, and that the contract to
furnish beats 2 and 5 with feed
supplies for October, 1920, be "a
warded to R. R. Busick, oats at 83
cents per bushel and sweet feed at
$3.15 per sack.
Bridge Contract Awarded Or
dered that contract to build bridge
near the Rhodes place in beat A,
be awarded to o. K. Crossno for
$119, according to plans and spec
ifications now on file in the office
of the chancery clerk.
Contract Awarded for Building
Bridge-Ordered that contract to
build bridge near T. E. Worley's
place in beat 3, be awarded to O.
H Bilbro for $74, according to
plans and specifications now on
file in the Office of the chancery
clerk. .. *.
In re Lumber for Plummer's
Slough Bridge-Be it ordered that
the bid of VIM. Swilley to furnish
lumber as per plans and specifi-
cations on file with the clerk for
Plummer's Slough bridge in said
county, at $37 per thousand de-
livered at bridge site, be and the
be subject to inspection by J. A.
same is accepted. Said lumber to
Long, engineer. 1t is further or
derede that the lumber shall be
delivered within thiry days from
this date, and upon a failure to do
SO the said contract shall be null
and void at the option of this
board. All stringers shall be
heart white oak and the balance
of the lumber to be heart pine,
red gum, postoak or gum, and is
to be properly stacked on sticks
above high water.
In re Bridge Across Plummer's
Slough-Be it ordered that the bid
of C. Rouse and Claude Williams
to construct bridge across Plum
mer's Slough in said county as
per plans and specifications now
on file for the sum of $172. SO
complete, all the material to be
furnished by the county, be and
The said bid is accepted, and the
said bridge to be completed within
80 days after the delivery Of the
material at the bridge site.
In re Loan of VIM. DensOn-Be
it ordered that w. H. Till and D.
T. Bilbro be appointed a commit
tee to appraise the land of VIM.
benson for a loan from the town.
ship school fund of said county,
said committee to report at the
November, 1920, meeting
In re Salary Road Commissioner
Be it ordered that the salary of
Hardy Patrick, road commissioner
of district No. 5, be and the same
is fixed at $125 per month payable
out of the road maintenance fund
of said district, and effective from
and after October 1, 1920.
In re Purchase of Bridge Mate
rial-Be it ordered that the clerk
be authorized to publish notice as
required by law that the board
will receive until IL o'clock a. m.
on the first Monday of October,
1920, sealed bids to furnish all
hardware for bridge across Plum
mer's Slough in Rankin county, as
per plans and specifications now
on file with the clerk of the board.
In re Bids Invited for Bridge
Be it ordered that the clerk be au
thorized to publish notice as re-
quired by law that the board will
receive until IL o'clock a. m. on
the first Monday of November,
1920 for building bridge across
Richland creek near Watts Webb's
place; one across Richland creek
near the Leggett place on the Dix
lie Highway, and one across San
ders creek near Lem Kelly's place
on Dixie Highway as per plans
and specifications now on file with
the clerk of the board.
In: re County Superintendents
RepOrt-To the Honorable Board
of Supervisors of Rankin County,
Gntlemen: I beg to make the fol-
lowing report for the months of
August and September: Amount
paid out of common school fund,
$2,402.12; salary for August
318o.5O. postage for August So /;