The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-05-06

Lincoln County. Miss.-Gentlemen:- We
the undersigned land holders and free
holders do hereby very respectfully pc
tition your honorable body to grant us
a public road as follows, to-wit:- Be
ginning at or near the Smith crossing
on the Upper China Grove Road, and
run south two miles, intersecting what
is known as the Lower China Grove
Road, at or near what is known as the
old w. P. Boutwell, place." This road
is necessary for the convenience of the
travelling public. Respectfully
T. ]. Weir and others.
1t having appeared to the Board that
the above petition was filed 80 days in
the office of the Chancery Clerk, and it
Is hereby ordered that H. NJ. Busby and
J. L. Woodall be appointed a committee
to inspect and lay out the above de-
scribed road and report their action to
the next meeting of this Board.
County of Lincoln, State of Mississip-
pi-The State Highway Department is
hereby authorized to take over the
maintenance of all Federal and State
Aid Projects in Lincoln county to be
maintained by State Highway Depart
Highway Department share of the gaso-
county Ordered this the End day of
May, A. D. 1922.
In the matter of County Depositories
for balance of year 1922.-This matter
having come on to be heard upon sealed
proposals from the three Banks of the
county, and it appearing to this Board
that the said Banks are already County
Depositories and that they now have
deposited bonds for the securities of the
county money and that the amount of
bonds now up are sufficient, it is order
ed by this Board that the Brookhaven
Bank & Trust Company, be allowed 40
per cent of the county funds; that the
First National Bank be allowed 40 per
cent of the county funds and that the
Planters Bank be allowed 90 per cent
of the county funds for the remainder
of this year. Done this May 2. 1922.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
following accounts be allowed:-
w. D. Turnbough, excess land sale,
$2739; DR.. o. N. Arlington. examining
lunatic, IS; Miss. Printing Co., supplies
Chy Clerk, s75.35; Miss. Printing oC..
same Cir. Clerk, $101.85; Miller-Bryant
Pierce Co., same. Chy Clk, S5.25; Pal
frey-Rodd Pursell Co., Chy elk, $9.17;
D. Buie, to cutting down ford, IS; ]. c.
KEGS, building culverts Dist. 2 and 8,
$3.50; r. c. Applewhite, salary sheriff,
$266.66; r. p. Applewhite same deputy
sheriff. $13333; Mrs. r. c. Applewhite,
same, s106.66; r. C. Applewhite, janitor
hire, SIS; r. c. Applewhite. conveying
f,,,a
plewhite feeding prisoners, $3.50; He
derman Bros, supplies Cir. Clerk, So
SO; w. L. Address Motor Co., supplies
County Agent, Slit; Miss Lula A. Da-
Wis, r. N. salary child welfare, ETC.,
s230.42; w. E. Brent, expense Commits
sioner, CIR. Dist. 4, $3.50; r. E. Moak,
same, 1888; E. c. Keen, same, sS.33;
Quilla May. work on dipping vat. $40;
]. NJ. Dickerson, same, $3.50; J. Walter
Smith, refund tax, $26.6S; Norris
Reeves, deputy assessor, $125; p. c.
East refund tax Arlington Spec. S3.S2
Mrs. Birdie May Drew, excess land
sale, $24.22; w. ]. Brent, work on fill
Dist. 8, SIS; H. L. Davis, building brid-
ges Dist 4. $3.50; DR.. J. w. C. Bow
man. examining lunatic, So; R. E. Wood
all, lumber Dist 4, $11.15; Brookhaven
Bank & Trust Co., loan warrant and in
terest $10541.67; First National Bank, |
same, S10000.00; Bert Sessions, refund
tax, $40; Balfrey Rodd Pursell, supplies
Chancery Clerk. $34.94; Gen. Electric
& Plbg Co.. lamp sheriff Office, $3.50;
Brookhaven Hardware Co., supplies c.
H, $56.49; ]. L. Keen work with team
on bridges Dist. 4. Sc; Vernon Williams,
work on bridge Dist. 4, So; D. NJ. Keen,
same, $3 Sam Abrams, supplies pau
pers, IS; H. L. Davis, building bridge
Dist 4, $16; S. H. Westbrook, hauling
lumber days, SIP; c. J. Weeks, work
on bridge Dist. 2. 81; Willie Burton,
same. IS; A. NJ. Bridges. same, Sc; Ben
Jordan, same. $50; Emmett Smith. same,
$40; Jim Smith, same. $26; Ned Day,
same. $6; Jesse Ulmer. same. 81; Mack
Furr. same. $40; Bob Burns, same,
s125; Will Hope. same. $7S; Herman
May. same. SIS; Bert Sessions, reduc-
tion in assessment. $40; Mack Furr,
cleaning vat, 50.
1t is ordered that the Board do now
adjourn until tomorrow morning (Wed- |
nesday) at $3.50 o'clock.
tTo be continued.)