The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1920-05-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

| 6OAhO Of SOr6NVISOVo
Jackson County, May term, 1920.
All members and officers present,
. Report of sheriff relative to prison
ers received during April approved.
Report Of sheriff relative to prison
ers detained at convict camp APPROX
ed.
Report of county agent home econo
mics for April filed and approved.
Report of County Commissioner 81
agriculture for month of April filed
and approved.
Report of County health officer for
month of April filed and approved.
Report of County prosecuting attor'
ney for month Of April filed and ap'
proved.
| Report of Pascagoula ferryman Tor
month of April filed and approved.
| Report of Randall ferryman for
month of April filed and approved.
Report of bridge commissioner for
month of April filed and approved.
Report of county convict foreman
for month of April flleda nd approved.
Report of Supt. of education for
month of April received and approved.
Report of circuit clerk relative to
fees collected during April filed.
Report of sheriff relative to fees
collected during April filed.
Supervisors District No. 4 granted
loan from available fund for purchas-
ing road machinery for maintaining
roads.
Report of county treasurer for
quarter ending March 81, 1920, filed
and approved.
Clerk board OF supervisors directed
to pay freight on materials for con-
crete highway and reports action to
board at each regular meeting.
Clsr;. board of supervisors directed
to correct errors made by county de-
pository in charging and crediting
county funds to wrong accounts.
Communication road tax for year 1920
fixed at $500 per capita.
Road hands assigned for year 1920.
Petition of F. E. Lee ct al for new
road in supervisors District No. 4 re-
ferred to road commissioners for
further reports concerning same.
Bridge commissioner directed to re-
pair bridges on Pascagoula -Gautier
highways, also bulkheads and wing |
walls
County convict foreman directed to
rremove fence posts from Pascagoula-
Gautier Highway.
Motion of X. w. Burnham to make |
Randall Ferry free ferry in day and
toll ferry at night, denied. Lemon,
FURRY and Johnson voting against
motion and Burnham voting for same.
Motion of w. J. Johnson to make
no change in operation Of Randall
ferry pending the investigation rel
ative to change in route Of road to
ferry, carried. Lemon. FURRY and
Johnson voting for motion. Burnham
voting against motion.
A. A. Hults, dipping inspector.
directed to erect additional fence at
Gainesville vat 20 assist in gathering
wild cattle.
Oil lease on Sec. 16 T. 6 R. 5 grant
de George w. Worth OF New York,
drilling to begin in four months.
$1,000 deposited, same to be forfeit
ed, if drilling is not begun in four
months.
Reports Of cattle inspectors for
April filed and approved.
Reports road commissioners for
month of April filed and approved.
Report of X. w. Burnham % Ala
bama G. Mississippi Railroad relative
% crossings and culverts at Helena
md Hurley continued.
Salary of county superintendent OF
sducation ordered payable out of
sOuuly anu SCpdi oShOoi NfoNAASeSI
IN basis State distribution received.
Claims of II. d. Cudabac for alleg-
ID emergency denied.
Salary of chief deputy sheriff rails
ID from $1,000 to $500 per annum. Il
w. J.. Jonson reporting that repairs
If county home are not complete, he
vas granted to next term to make
inal report.
Wood on Sec. 16 r. 6 X. 5 sold to I.
T. Dickson at $1.00 per cord.
Walter Pelham granted privilege to
rect soft drink stand at west landing {
ferry
Application w. H. Grierson for pub
lc road from Seaman's store to
Mobile road, east B. B. Krebs' prop
rty, continued. II
X. w. Burnham and VIM. F. Martin I
appointed a committee to investigate
md ascertain If it is feasible to make
highway across A. & M. Bridge on Il
Dog River. and report to next meeting.
Personal assessment of A. Vellion
If Ocean Springs s45O.OO for year