Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-11
PROCEEDINGS or The BOARD
OFssSUPERVISORS-- AUGUST TERM

County, met at the COURTHOUSE III
the town Of Houston, in regular SEES
sion, there were present: J. A. Mar
tin, President, District No. /; J. N.
Bryant, District No. 2; P. E. Hadley,
District No. 3; H. w. Nelson, Dis
trict No. A; A. B. Carlisle, District
No. s; attended by j. C. Williams,
Clerk, and j. C. Beasley, Sheriff,
when the following things were had
and done, to-wit;.
Contract for Crawling Houston and
Okolona Road
This agreement, this dag entered
into between j. L. Ward, party of
the first part and the Commissioners
CT Separate Road District Number
One, Parties of the Second Part,
Witnesseth: That the said party
of the first part agrees to haul, place
and spread gravel on the Road be-
ginning just west of little bridge
about so yards west, in front Of Newt
Browns place and running east to
the top of the hill, to gravel, gravel
to be ten feet wide and six
inches deep, after same is in place,
and, he further agrees to prepare
said road way, making shoulder six
inches deep on each side Of the road
way so the gravel and dirt surround
ing same will be the same hight, or as
to make the gravel and earth level at
the point where the gravel comes in
contact with the earth.
All work to be done according to
the general plans and specifications
for District Number One, for put
ting down gravel roadway.
The said commissioners agree to
pay the said contractor the sum of
ninety-eight cents per cubic yard
for hauling, placing and construct
ing the same into gravel highway as
provided, the commissioners to furn-
ish gravel f. o. b. cars at Houston,
Mississippi. If the gravel is not I'M
loaded promptly when it arrives he
shall be liable for all demurage.
P. l. Griffin Petition Dismissed
1t appearing to the Board that a
majority of the land owners, which
own a majority of the land, have
petitioned for bond issue in Mud
Creek Drainage District and it appear
ing that P. l. Griffin filed no pro-
test or objection to the organization
of said district, it is therefore or
dered that his protest against the
issuance of bonds, and his petition
asking that his lands be excluded
from the district be and the same
is hereby dismissed.
Soc Per Day For Feeding Prisoners;
Be it ordered by the Board of
Supervisors that the amount to be
allowed per day for the victualing of
prisoners in the county Jail shall be
reduced from zoe per day to SOC
per day, and that from and after
August 1st, 1921, the Sheriff shall
only be allowed said amount for
! prisoners in his custody for the Jailer
Allowances
Ordered that the following claims
be allowed and warrants issued there,
for:
Willie Vaughn, ton of hay, Dist
1, $1,000.
R. V. King, hauling lumber, etc
Dist, 8, HOO.
DR.. ]. S. Evans, salary j. and P.
practice, $3.50.
John M. Davis, hauling gravel,
Dist, 1, $31.OO.
J. c. Beasley, Dist, 1, salary,
Ii $354.16.
H. L. Harrington, D. S., salary,
Dist, 1, $4,000.
w. ]. Williams, salary, D. S. Dist,
2, $125.OO.
D. S. Bishop, Circuit Clerk, salary,
$25O.0O.
H. B. Lacey, D. c. Dist, rs 5000
S. D. Mccullough, building bridges,
Dist, 2, SCOTT.
E L. W. Murphy, services, engineer,
Dist, 2, $1O1.6 60,
L. w. Murphy, services, engineer,
Dist, 2, $145.S6.
L. W. Murphy, services, Dist, /,
S36.72.
Hederman Brothers, records Chan
Gerry Clerk, $125.O9.
J. E. Harrington, salary July, $125.
IL a. T. House, salary July, $,33.3S.
Geo. D. Riley, Postage and Tel.
account, $1,000.
Memphis Stone & Gravel Co., 4
cars gravel, Dist, 4,$106.SS.
B. F. King, ct al, refund of over
bid tax sale, 500. 90.
Memphis Stone & Gravel Co.,
r,roual Mist K eEo11o