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therefore ordered that the said Real
Assessment Roll be and the same is
hereby approved.
Ordered and adjudged this the End
day of December, A. d. 1886.
THE STATE TAX COMMISSION,
BY Bruce Van Zandt.
/, A. S. Coody, Secretary of the State
Tax Commission Of the State of Mis-
sissippi do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of an order of the state Tax Commits
sion adopted on the date therein stated,
and as shown in the minutes of the said
commission.
Witness my signature this the End
day of December. 1886.
A. S. CooDY, Secretary, State
Tax Commission.
The orders of the Tax Commission APP
proving the Real and Personal Assess
ment Rolls for the year 1886 having
been received and entered, it is there
fore ordered and adjudged that the Real
and Personal Assessment Rolls for the
year 1886 be and the same are hereby
approved! and the clerk of this Board
is hereby directed to deliver to the
sheriff copies of said Assessment Rolls,
together with a copy Of this order; and
the same shall be his warrant and
| authority to collect all taxes in confor-
nifty Herewith.
1t appearing to the Board of Super
| visors of Holmes County, Miss, that an
| appropriation Of $780, 10000 has hereto
fore beer authorized by the Act OF
| Congress for the drainage of Big Black
River District, and that surveys to that
| end are now being made, and it fur
! Their appearing that rights of way are
to be furnished by property owners, and
|, maintenance and operation of said
works after construction by the United
States Government is to be borne by
| property owners in said territory under
requisite legal organization of said prop
| erty owners in said territory under re
quisite legal organization of said terri
tory as a drainage district, without
further or additional cost to the United
States; 1t is therefore ordered by this
Board that after the completion of said
surveys and the entertainment Of the
location of said drainage works in saic
district in Holmes County determined
that this Board will take all necessary
and legal steps for the acquisition Of
rights of way and provision for the flu
ture maintenance and operation of the
drainage works in said district in
Holmes County and insuring the Federal
Government against damages CROWNS
| out of the drainage of Big Black river
| through and by Holmes County, Miss.
The Clerk Of this Board is hereby
directed to advertise for bids on white
oak and post oak and cypress lumber
| and creosoted lumber for general county
| purposes for the first quarter of 1887
Said bids are to be received at the
| next regular January, 1887 meeting OF
his Board; and this Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
The Clerk of this Board is hereby
ordered to advertise for bids as follows
by order of the Board of Supervisors Of
| Holmes County, Mississippi, notice is
| hereby given that sealed bids will bs
received by the Clerk of this Boart
until Monday Noon, January 4th, 1887
for the purchase of corrugated steel cul
verts, is to SO inches in diameter, TO
use on the public roads of Holmes Coun
+: w, MISS, uuTiuS Tie year AVof, dhu VIZ
/ Board reserves the right to reject an!
or all bids.
The Clerk of this Board is hereby di
rected to advertise for bids on gasoline
and oils for general county purposes fol
the year 1887. Said bids are to be re
ceived at the next regular January 1893
meeting of this Board; and this Boart
reserves the right to reject any and al
bids.
The Clerk Of this Board is hereby
| directed to publish notice in the Lex
ington Advertiser, a newspaper pub
| lished in Lexington, Holmes County
Mississippi, to all banks in Holmes
| County for proposals as repositories OF
public funds of said County, as pro
| vided by Chapter los of the Code Of
1880, of Mississippi. Said bids to be
received by the Board on Monday, the
4th day of January, 1887, at the regular
January 1887 meeting Of this Board.