The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-13
Supervisors Submit
Yearly Expenditures
And New Budget
Forspaed Meuernent Made in the Establishment
Of County Health Unit, Unit County Nurse

Cav OF 0cptCIuUCI, AOSos A WIG ou-
peryisors' Room in the Court House,
in the Town of Poplarville. There
we're present and in attendance
the following members and officers,
to-wit: J. S. Moody, President, men,
Der from District No. /; Hamp S.
Stewart, member from District No.
2: G. w. Amacker, member from
District No. 3; w. H. Burks, mem
her from District No. A d. R. john
son. member from District No. 5;
Jno. T. Boyd, Sheriff and H. K
Rouse, Clerk.
Report of Road Committee.
We, your committee heretofore
appointed to view the route of a
proposed public road running from
the residence of A. j. Stewart to the
Inside River road at the nearest
point, beg to report that we have
viewed the route OF the proposed
road and find it public necessity
and that the. public interests re-
ouire that the said road be granted.
We, therefore, recommend that the
said road be granted as prayed for
in the said petition.
Respectfully submitted,
G. w. AMACKER
d. r. JOHNSON
Committee.
Order granting new public road.
1t is ordered by the Board that
the petition of Earnest Stewart and
foorteen other freeholders and
householders of Pearl River County,
asking for new link of public road
running from the residence of A. j..
Stewart to the Inside River Road at
the nearest point, be granted and
adopted, committee of this Board
having recommended that the said
road be allowed, and it appearing
10 the Beard that the owners of the
land across which the road runs
nave signed the said petition, and
that the public interest and con-
venience requires that the said road
be granted.
18th Section Allowance.
1t is ordered by the Board that
the Trustees of Derby Consolidated
School be allowed the sum of $35O.OO
of the 10th Section Interest fund
belonging to Township 3 South,
Range 16 West, to be used for re-
pairing school house, the Township
trustees having recommended Shat
the said allowance be made.
Order Employing Public Health
Nurse.
Whereas, Chapter 2O3 of the Acts
of the Legislature of 1918 authorizes
the Board of Supervisors to appro-
pirate money to be used in the
control, suppression and eradication
of contagious diseases and in the
promotion Of the betterment of pub
lie health:
1t is, therefore, ordered by the
Board Of Supervisors of Pearl River
County, Mississippi, that the De-
partment of Health of the State OF
Mississippi be and it is hereby
authorized to employ what is COM
monty known as a Public Health
Nurse for Pearl River County for
period of twelve months from
October l. 1923, at and for the sum
of $2,100.00, payable $175.O0 per
month during said period; said Fuo-
lie Health Nurse to work under tne
direction of the State Board OF
Health of this State, and j. S. Moody
President of this Board is hereby
authorized to enter into CONTRACT
with the said Board of Health and
to sign the same for and on behaii
of this Board.
Order Making an Appropriation 1o'
: the Betterment of heai.h
among Children.
Ordered by the Board OF Supei
visors Of Pearl River County, MS.
sissippi. that an appropriation Of
the sum Of Twelve Hundred ano
Fifty Dollars Isl, ,250.OO), be aad
the same is hereby made for the
purpose Of assisting the State
Board Of Health in having Cn'io
Welfare Unit make q physical ex-
animation Of all school children, o'en
white and colored, in Pearl hivss
County, Mississippi, also the ex,
animation Of pre-school children ana
infants, by special arrangements
beginning with opening Of schools
session Of 1923-24, in order to pro-
mote the betterment of public health
as provided BY Chapter 20S, Laws oi
1918.
Said appropriation to be pa'o
II monthly installmenss oats q tns