The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-05-06
THE SUPERVISORS
IN MAY SESSION
Official Proceedings of County
SOlOns as Taken From the
Minute Book.


the same being the 1st day of May.
1922, and being the time and place fix
ed by law for the holding of said
Court. there were present the Hons. H.
M. Busby, Dist. /; r. P. Mullins, Dist
2; ]. Q. Brister, Dist. 8. President; j. L.
Woodall, Dist. and John Walker, Dist
5, Members; and R. c. Applewhite
sheriff, and S. b. McNair, Clerk. The
following proceedings were had and
done, to-wit:-
Report of CIR. Dist. 3.-The High
way Commissioners of District No. 8
having filed their monthly report of
work done in the county during the
month and the Board having carefully
examined same it is hereby ordered by
the Board that said report be approved
and adopted and all accounts allowed.
Done this May l. 1922.
Report of CIR. Dist. 4.-The High
way Commissioners of Dist. having
filed their monthly report of work done
in their district during the month and
the Board having examined said report
it is hereby ordered that the said re-
port be approved and adopted and all
accounts allowed. This May /, 1922.
Report CIR. Dist. 5.-The Highway
Commissioners of Dist. 5 having filed
their monthly report of work done in
their district during the month and the
Board having carefully examined said
report, it is hereby ordered by the
Board that said report be approved and
adopted and all accounts be allowed.
Done this May l, 1922.
Doubly Assessed. - 1t is hereby or
dered by the Board that one piano as
sessed to Sam Barnes at $35O.0O and one
piano assessed to Jesse Hodges at $400.-
90, be and the same were doubly asses
sed T. H. Perkins having paid taxes on
beth pianos, and it is hereby ordered
by the Board that refund be made on
said pianos. Done this May 1, 1922.
In the matter of $4,000 Loan to Lin
coin County.-This matter having come
on to be heard on sealed bids filed by
the Brookhaven Bank & Trust Company
and the First National Bank of Brook
haven, Miss, each bank Offering to
loan any part or all of the $40, 100000
to the county, and it appearing that
both banks bid the same rate of inter-
est to-wit:- per cent; 1t is ordered by
this Board that $20,000.O0 be borrowed
from each bank and that the President
of this Board and the Clerk of this
Board are hereby authorized and en-
powered to execute notes in the aggre-
gate sum of s4O,OOOOO, s2O,OOOoO to
the Brookhaven Bank G. Trust Company
and $20,000.00 to the First National
Bank of Brookhaven, the notes to bear
interest at the rate of per cent per
annum from date and to be due and
payable February Is, 1928.
Ordered this the 1st day of May, 1922.
In the matter of County Depositor-
ies.-This matter having come on to be
heard on sealed bids and the Board not
being ready to consider same this day
doth order that this matter be taken
up at a later day of this meeting of
the Board. This May fst, 1922.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
following accounts be allowed:-
Alvey Bailey lumber and work on
bridge, $4.3O; ]. w. Wallace, work on
bridge. etc, Dist. 8, $21.5O; c. H Smith,
526 feet lumber Dist. 2, $14.40; P. H.
Harrington. excess due Boyte land, S4.-
"A; E. F. Herring, work on culverts,
Dist. 4, $50; Henry H. Legett salary,
etc, $17797; B. T. Price, inspecting cat
tie, $3.50; H. H. Boyte, care paupers,
$3.50; A. Townsend, removing tree
Dist. 8, 81; ]. B. Boyte, hauling lumber
Dist. 8, IS; 1. NJ. Laird work on road
Dist. 4, $24; DR.. R. r. Welch, salary
County Health Officer, $S1; Perry Britt,
work on Bridge, Dist. 2, 81; Ben Burns,
same Dist. 5, $9 f. H. Legett loss cat
tie from dipping. $50; l.. c. Jones, haul
ing lumber and building bridge, $21;
Oscar Smith, work on road Dist. 4, So;
Marshall Case, shoeing mules Dist. l.
$3.50; N. Lotion, work on bridge Dist
8, 50; T. e. Little, same, So; Fred Boyd
same, 81; Jim Parsons, same, $3 Joe
Moak, work on CIR. Dist 4, So; Lee
Godbold, machining CIR. Dist. S, $48;
Jeff Britt, work on road with team Dist
CIR, $50; Johnnie MCGEE, same, $20.-
90; H. J. Wesley, work on road G. r.
Dist. 5, $3.50; Leon Smith, 80 yards
gravel, $1.60; Wiley Foster, cleaning
and filling vat, SO; " ]. Coghlan, clean
ing out road Dist. 8, So; Eva z. Legett,
salary Home Agent, SIS; w. A. Bailess,
removing trees from road, So; w. ].
Smith, exp. Comr. CIR. Dist 5, $3.50;
NJ. c Montgomery, same, sS.33; DR.. D.
w. Magee, same, $3.50; Clarence Nor
gan, work on road Dist. CIR, 50.
1t is ordered that the Board do now
adjourn until tomorrow morning, Tues
day, at $3.50 o'clock.
Tuesday morning, May 2nd 1922. The
Board met pursuant to adjournment
There were present the same as yester-
day.
Report of County Agent-Henry H.
Legett, County Demonstration Agent,
1ad h ,iS S0f
done during the month and the Board
having considered same, it is hereby
ordered that said report be approved
and adopted and his accounts allowed.
Report of Home Economics Agent
Miss Eva Legett Home Economics A
gent, having filed her monthly report
of work done and the Board having
considered same it is hereby ordered
that said report be approved and adopt
ed and her accounts allowed.
Report of County Health Offcer-Dr.
r. r. Welch, County Health Officer, |
filed his monthly report of work done
during the month and the Board hav-
ing examined same, it is ordered by
the Board that said report be approved
and adopted and his account allowed.
In the Matter of Donation to Hospital \
at jefferson Davis Home-This matter
having come on to be heard before this
Board and it appearing to this Board
that the Legislature of Mississippi has
authorized the various Boards of Super
visors of the State of Mississippi to
donate in their discretion 100000 each
toward the erection Of Hospital and
the Board after careful consideration
of the matter and after two Committees
had urged that the appropriation be
made in the event that rs per cent Of
the counties donated 100000 to this
cause it is ordered by this Board that
donation of 100000 be made and |
the Clerk of this Board is authorized
to issue warrant for said sum when rs |
per cent of the Counties of Mississippi |