Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-07-21

> OF Houston on MONDAY July 4tn
1921, pursuant TO- adjournment
same being the First Monday Of
July and-th regular time and place
, of meeting of the said Board Of
Supervisors, there being present j
A. Martin, President, District No. l
]. N. Bryant, District 2; P. E. Had
ley, District 3; Fl. w. Nelson, Dis.
trict A and A. B. Carlisle, District
s, Members; attended by ]. c. Viii.
liams, Clerk and J. C. Beasley, Sher-
iff, when the following things were
had and done, towit:
Report ON Woodland Road Project
The Board of Supervisors went on
the lands Of Ira Nixon on the 2Srd
day of June, and assessed his damage
at $500 in full for all damage
and value Of lands taken on Houston
and Woodland Road, as surveyed
and located by the Good Road En-
gineer.
The board of supervisors in pur.
suance to the time fixed at a form
er meeting of the Board vert on III,
lands Of /. W. Harrington on this
the 2Srd day Of June, A. D., 1921,
and /. w. Harrington being pres
ent in person and by attorney, and
having been given days notice,
and the Board after due considera-
ton, find and hereby assess the dam
age of /. w. Harrington, for TAX
ing and crossing his land on the
Houston and Woodland road, as now
surveyed, at the sum of $83.75, be-
ing $25.00 per acre for the land,
and additional dEbmake caused by
reason of the taking being $4,000.
The Board on the same day, pur-
suant to the tint fixed at a former
meeting of the Board of Supervisors
Ct Chickasaw County, and after due
notice to John Weaver, who was pres
ent in person, went on the lands
of John Weaver where the Houston
and Woodland road crosses his land,
as now surveyed and located by the
engineer of good roads, and after
due consideration assessed his dam
age at $4,000, being $500 per acre,
and $500 additional damage eside
from the vilue of said land. This
June 23rd, A. D., 1921.
r. 1t is ordered Sax I. W. Harrington
he and he is hereby granted an APP
peal to the Circuit Court from the
order Of this Board, allowing him
$s3.75 damages for right of way over
his land taken for the Woodland
road, upon his entering into bond for
cost in the sum of $4,000, to be
approved by the President of said
Board. A
J. R. Priest Appointed County Health
Il Officer.
III Coming on to be considered the
appointment DIR. j. R. Priest, as
County Health Officer of Chickasaw
County, Mississippi, and it appear
ing to the satisfaction Of the Board
that the State Board Of Health has
made the appointment
It is, therefore, ordered by the
Board that DR.. J. R. Priest, be and
he is hereby appointed as Countp
Health Officer of Chickasaw County,
at and for the sum Of $4,000 per
month, payable either omnthly or
annually, for period beginning July
1st, 1921, and ending July 1st 1923.
Distribution Of Road Funds to Towns
1t appearing from the attached
statement Of j. c. Beasley, Sheriff,
that the Towns are entitled to the
following amounts of the general
Road Fund, it being " of the 8 mill
levy on property inside the corpor-
ate limits Of the following named
| tOWHS, VIZ
City of OkOlona ........$1545.21
| Town of Houston .......$1O54.69
Town of Houlka ..........$347.S4
Town of Woodland ........S134.62
It is therefore, ordered by the
Board that the Clerk is hereby au-
thorized to issue warrants to the
above mentioned towns for the
amounts above stated, payable out
of the general Road Fund.
Order Awarded, Contracts for
Bridges, etc,
| Ordered by the Board that the
following contracts be. awarded to
the following named parties at and
for the price opposite their names
1000 cubic yards, more or less.
dirt work in Long Creek bottom
near j. H. COUGHS place at 10 cents
per cubic yard, to J. H. Couch;
One bridge AZ feet, more or less.
on Sanford Road across Bogue Gull
ley to ]. w. Brand, at $50 per
4 foot.