The Columbus dispatch., 1920-12-15
MINUTES OF THE
COUNTY BOARD


County Board Of Supervisors:
J. b Williams. supervisor Of Dis
trict No. 2, presented his commission
and bond and was duly sworn in a.
supervisor.
Ordered that the clerk give noticl
that the Board will receive bids fol
the following; For county depository
for printing proceedings for 1921, fol
county printing.
The clerk was authorized to pay tn,
seni-annual interest on road bonds
due January 1st.
Ordered that Rufus and William
Henry be allowed the sum of $25 fol
right t-of-way on Yofkville road in Dis.
triot 5.
Ordered that the clerk be authorized
10 purchase q cable for the Waverly
ferry.
Application OF w. d. Ledbetter for
loan Of $500 from the township
school fund received. Supervisors
Bell and Williams were appointed a
committee to inspect the land offered
as collateral.
Paul L. Wells, county agent; f. A.
Stanley, county superintendent Of cd
ucation; C. L. Wood. county engineer;
the manager Of the county farm, and
DR.. T. H. Henry, county health Off
Ger, filed their regular monthly
reports.
Ordered that ]. H. Barrow be re-
lieved of personal assessment Of $10,-
500 ON account of an error in
transcribing.
Ordered that the sum of $4,000 be
borrowed from the Artesia Road Dis
trict bond fund for use in the general
county fund at six per cent interest.
Petition of l.. B. Lawrence for a
loan of $4,000 from the township
school funds was received. Supervis
ors Bell and Williams were appointed
committee to inspect the collateral
offered.
Application Of A. M. Lawrence for
loan OF $1,000 from the township
school fund was received. Supervis-
ors Bell and Williams were appointed
a committee to inspect the collateral
offered.
Bond Of the Acme Concrete Co., for
$750.00, as surety for the construction
of the Waverly ferry, was approved
Also bond for $500 for building d
bridge on Jim Creek, in District A, was
approved.
Ordered that contract for building
steel extension to bridge on Wolff
road, in District /, be awarded to d.
S. McClanahan for 1896. \
Ordered that contract for repairs OF
the Green T. Hill bridge be awarded to
D. S. McClanahan.
Ordered that contract for building
four wooden bridges on the Mcintyre
and Evans road in District 5, be
awarded to the Acme Concrete Co., at
$3.50 per foot.
Ordered that contract for forty-foot
bridge on the Mayhem and Starkville
road be awarded to E. R. Cornwell for
Sl87.50.
Ordered that contract for 32-foot
wooden bridge on the Moore Bluff
road in District 4, be awarded to Wal
ters & Smith for $169.
Ordered that contract for two 40
foot wooden bridges on the Foote and
Nickles road, in District 5, be awarded
TO W. A. Swoope at $500 each
u. G. Bridgeforth, road commission.
er for District 4, filed his report of
completion Of road work in his district
by Tate e. Co., and the same was
approved.
Ordered that the clerk give notice
by publication that the board will bor-
row $4,000 at the January meeting
for current expenses.
Ordered that the allowance to Miss
Crosby, pauper, be increased to five
dollars per month.
Ordered that the clerk give notice
by publication that bids will be re-
ceiyed for the purchase of the old
school building at Artesia.
The commissioners of the West Port
road District filed their report of ex-
penditures for the month Of Nov.
D. s. McCianah4n, contractor. filed
his bond for $685. for repair of Green
T. Hill bridge and an indemnity bond
for $4,000 as guarantee against loss
Of The bridge while being repaired
lie also filed bond for $72s to cover
steel extension and approach to bridge
on Wolff road.
Ordered that the Board stand ad-
5curned until December %, at which
tiine 1t will convene TO consider mat.
ters in connection with the MAYHEM