The City itemizer., January 18, 1917, Image 3

About The City itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918

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me by W G Vickery, J. J. Cope
land and G, T. Lvon this, the 2nd
day of January, 1917
L T Wisdom, Chancery Clerk.
By Cilma* Woods, D. C,
That the Salary of L. T. Wis
dom, County Auditor, be fixed at
$50000 for the veer 1916, and paid
Bum of Five Hundred Dollars is
hereby allowed and a warrant for
Bame is ordered issued
That ths assessment against S.
D Addington, found on line nine
(9) page 117 of the land assess
ment roll viz: one stable en church
lot, $100 00, be annulled, oanceled
aud held for naught, it appearing
that said stable wrs removed more
than a year ago, and the Clerk will
oertify this action to the Tax
Collector and Stale Auditor.
That the assessment of one horse,
Bhown to have been erroneous, to
J I. Harbour, be canceled, annull
ed and held for naught, and the
Clerk will certify this action to the
Tax Collector and State Auditor.
It appearing to the Board that a
number of County Warrants re
main on hand in the Chanoery
Clark’s offioo which have not been
delivered and can not be delivered,
it is therefore ordered that such
warrants be canceled by the Clerk
and proper entries made on the
accounts of the county, the list
being ss follows:
John Gore, road work, $ 6 75
Mrs. Carrie Kyle, Stenog,, 10 00
S W Brister, tem rel;ef, 10 00
Dessie Owens, witnese, 2 00
A P Garrett, road work, 2 00
Whereas at the December 1916
meeting of this Board notice was
given to all of the Banks in Yalo
ousna uouniy ana aajoimng tjoun
ties, by publication in a weekly
newspaper of Yalobusha County,
and the mailing of a copy of said
notice to the Banks in adjoining
Counties, showing the provis'ons
of Chapter 194 of the laws of 1912,
ard now at the January 1917
meeting of thp B> ard, proposals
were received for the privilege of
keeping the County funds and the
security therefor ior the vear 1917,
and on this day the Coffeeville
ten one huudretbs per cent on the
daily balances, and hac offered
to plaoe en depoait with County
Treasurer the following securities,
to-wit! 10 bonds of the County of
Boliver for $1,000.00 each, Nos.
88, 89, 90 and 144 to 150 inclusive,
$10,000 00; 10 bonds of the Cuy of
Water Valley refunding bouds for
$500.00 each, Nos. 26 to 80 inclu
sive. and 61 to 55 inclusive, 15,
000 00; and will also deposit with
the Treasurer 11 Valobusha county
Road District No 1 Improvement
Bouds 1 to 11, inclusive, $5 600 a,;
10 Yalobusha county Road Distn'
No. I bouds 51 to 60, inciusiv,,
$500.00 each, $6,000.00, and !. s
also offered to execute us b* nd
with the Grenada Bank of the City
of Grenada as surety in the sum
af fifteen thousand dollars, the
contract for the keeping of 0
funds of the County hereby
awarded to the said Coffeeville
Bank and having execu’$d said
bond and deposited the neenri!ics
above mentioned, the President
and Clerk of this Board is directed
to issue to said Coffeeville Bank
me commission required oy Is '
That the clerk advertise for b cl
for the working of the Oxford ai d
Water Valley Public road from the
corporation line of the city of
Water Valley to the Lafayette
County line for a term of four
years, said bids to be received at
the February 1917 meeting of this
Board to be held at Water Valley
on Monday the first day of the
term The right to rejeot any and
all bids is hereby reserved,
Ordered that the bond of the
Police Justice of the City of
Water Valley, as ex officio Jus
tice of the Peace of the County
be and is hereby fixed at the sum
of one thousand dollars for the
term to begin January 2nd, 1917
and ending two years from tbaj
date.
It appearing to the Hoard ttat
the dwelling house of M. K.
Riohards has been destroyed by
fire and that the value of the said
house was $600 00; and it appear
ing that the said M. K. Richards
is entitled to some relief from tax
aiion on account of the destruction
of said house, it is therefore order
ed by the Board that the assess
raent of M. K. Richards, as to the
house and lot in the City of Water
Valley be reduced $400.00 and the
olerk is directed to oertify copies
of this order to the tax collector.
That A. G. Pate of Beat 1, W.
H. Evans of Beat 2, J. B. Allen of
Beat 3, Keith Tillman of Beat 4,
J. J Murpbree and Jaok Wyatt of
Beat 5, be appointed tick inspeo.
tors of Yalobusha County, J. J.
Murphree 2 days, Jaok Wyatt 2
days, Keith Tillman not over 4
days, until further notice.