Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-20

ChickasaW- County, Mississippi, me-
at the court house in the town Of
d Houston, at 8 o'clock A. M. pursuant
to adjournment, there being present
Y J. A. Martin, President and member
from District /, ]. N. Bryant, Dis
J trict 2, P. E. Hadley, District 8, H
w. Nelson, District 4, and A. b
Carlisle, District 5, attended by J. C.
Williams, Clerk and J. C. Beasley
4 Sheriff, when the following things
were had and done, to-wit:
Ordered by the Board that the
Clerk is authorized to advertise one
Y + steel bridge on Cane Greek ON Sparta
and Woodland road, IA feet wide.
|, and 81 feet long, more or less, with
concrete piers and wing walls, same
to be let to the lowest bidder. Bids
to be received at the courthouse on
} the first Monday in August, 1922.
, J. T. Bray to Keep PauperA
Be it ordered by the Board that
\ $500 pc month for each inmate OF
the county poor home be fixed as
the price for feeding them for the
next year, it appearing to the Board
that this is reasonable amount,
!. and that they can not be furnished
with the necessary food for a small
Ter amount, and be it further ordered
that j. T. Bray be awarded the con-
B tract to feed and have charge Of
them during the next year.
Special Election for Constable
Be it ordered by the Beard that
special election be held on Tuesday
tic 25th day of July, 1922, for the
! parpose of electing Constable to
!. hi the vacancy left by the removal
!. Of Joe B. Paulk to Texas, and that
the election commissioners give prop
er notice, and have ballots prepared
.and hold said election in the North
. and South Houston Precincts, and
also in the Sonora and Concord Pre-
cincts, in the manner provided by
law.
u. c. V. Get Appropriation
Be it ordered by the Board that
! the sum of $4,000 be and the same
is hereby appropriated to the Hos
pital OF the Confederate Soldiers;
$250.00 to be paid any time between
now and January 1st, 1923, and the
! balance to be paid January 1st, 1928.
Bridges Ordered Built.
Ordered by the Board that the
following contracts for building brid-
ges ETC., be and they are hereby ac-
cepted at and for the amounts oppo-
site their names:
!, One bridge on Chuquatoachee 60
;, feet long, more or less, on Okolona
and Van Vlect Road to John Lul1er
at 1915 per foot;
= One bridge 48 feet, more or less,
! on Mud Creek on Houston and Thorn
Road to John LuSer at SLIGO per
J, foot;
One steel bridge 60 feet, more or
less, on Houlka and Sarepta Road
Indian Creek bottom to be raised to
John Luker for $4,000;
l One steel bridge SO feet, more or
| less, in .SchOona bottom Houlka and
Sarepta Road to be. raised to John
Luker for $4,000;
? One bridge SO feet, more or less,
5(wood) in Schoona bottom on Houl-
ka and Sarepta road to be raised to
| John Luker for $4,000;
One bridge so feet, more or less,
I (wood) in Schoona bottom Houlka
and Sarepta' road to be raised to
John Luker for $4,000.
One bridge 40 feet, more or less,
Yin Mud Greek bottom, Houston and
Elzey road to w. A. Moore at $3.50
per foot;
Two bridges 80 feet each, Mud
Greek bottom, Houston and Elzey
road to w. A. Moore at 1.5O per
foot;
I One trestle bridge 1S0 feet, more
Tor less, in Soctahoma bottom on
Houston and Okolona road to West
Whit at $1.45 per foot;
One bridge go feet, more or less,
(steeD on Cane Greek on Okolona
and Van Vleet road to be raised to
'H. "A. Tornwall for 1880.
The above contracts are accepted
when the contractors have entered
INTO bond in the amount of their
kontfatt and the bonds have been
Apufoyed by the Board Of Super
isors.
To Borrow Funds |
Be it ordered by the Board that
the Clerk Of the Board give notice {
b publication that it is the purpose
f the Board to borrow not exceed
hg sSO,OOO.oo for the purpose Of
saying the current expenses of the