The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-04

Inc DOarQ OF supervisors OF
Rankin county met in regular
session Monday morning, March
1st, 192O,0 with all members and
officers present, when the follow
ing business was had and done,
to-wit:
/ Committee Appointed Be it or
| dered that w. H. Till and D. T.
Bilbro be appointed committee
/ to receive bridge across Pearl riv-
er. in Beat No. /.
/ Road Commissioners Appoint.
ed-Be it ordered that T. j.
Jones be and he is discontinued as
road commissioner Of Supervisor s
District No. 5, and D, A. Gill be
and he is appointed road commits
sioher Of said Supervisors Dis
. trict No. 5 in the place and stead
Of T. j. Jones, at salary Of 500
/ per month, payable monthly out
/ of the road maintenance fund of
said district. The said D. A. Gill
may be discontinued at any time
at the will and pleasure Of the
board Of supervisors and another
appointed in his place and stead
as in the Judgment of the board
may seem best.
Feed Contract Awarded-Be it
ordered that w. G. Barnes be a.
warded the contract to furnish
Beat No. 2 with Royal sweet feed
at $3.40 per sack and white, oats
at $1.2O per bushel; J. L. & 0.
Buchanan is awarded the contract
ito furnish Beat No. a with sweet
feed at $3.45 per sack and oats at
$1.19 per bushel; and Taylor
Wills Grocery Co. is awarded the
contract to furnish Beat No.
with best mixed feed at $500 per
sack and No. 2 oats at $1.1O per
bushel.
Flooring Bridge Near Florence
BE it ordered that w. D. Taylor
be awarded the contract for floor
ing cable bridge near Florence
for the sum of $189.5O, according
to plans and specifications on file
in the Office of the chancery clerk
Dynamite Contract Awarded
! Be it ordered that R. R. Busick
be awarded the contract to fur
nish the county with dynamite
fuse 100 feet $1.5O, 60 per cent
! 100 pounds. $3.50 and caps LOG
$500. Il .sa54ial
Red Cane Greek Bridge Contract
Awarded-Be it ordered that Ed
Wilson be awarded the contract
to build bridge across Red Cane
creek for the sum Of $11O, accord.
ing to plans and specifications
on file in the Office of the chancery
i clerk.
i Contract for Dry Greek Bridge
i Awarded-Be it ordered that II
Baker be awarded the contract
to build bridge across Dry Greek
in Beat No. 3 for the sum of $50,
according to plans and specifica-
tions on file in chancery clerks
i Office.
/ Purvis Greek Bridge Awarded
i Be it ordered that Walter Patrick
and Wallace Purvis be awarded
i the contract to build bridge a.
i cross Purvis creek in Beat No.
4 for the sum Of $142.5O, according
to plans and specifications on file
in the, Office Of the chancery
clerk.
Bids for Bridges in Beat No.
BE it ordered that the clerk OF
i this board be authorized to adver-
! etise for bids to, be received up
Eunti noon on the first Monday in
,EApril. 1920. for building a CON
lcrete. bridge across Richland
creek on Dixie Highway; fol
building sbrid dgess across Mountain
fcreek on Will Steen place, and one
near Tom tRoteler's place neal
Monterey, according to plans and
j specifications now on file in ths
! Office Of the chancery clerk.
i Re-Appointment of Live STOCK
Inspectors Be it ordered that the
following be and they are appoint.
ed as live stock inspectors for the
year 1920 at salary Of 81 pei
day: Beat No. Porter Russell
/ and Fairly Boteler, half time each,
Beat No. Wv. e. Golfer; Beat
No. %. B. Worley; Beat No
TT. NJ. Harrell; Beat No. s.
John Gill and G. 3. Franklin
half time each. The said livt
lstock inspectors may be discon,
tinued at any time at the will anG
pleasure Of the board Of supervii,
sors and others appointed in THEN
places and stead as in the judg.
ment Of the board may seem best
Road Commissioner Beat No. 4
BE it ordered that T. a. REEVES
be and he is appointed road com.
missioner Of said supervisors dis.
trict No. in place and stead 81
T. NJ. Harrell; whose term has ex'
II 49,