HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-01-13-0900AM-Regular.. I~eguZar meetJ, ng Coauniesioners, Cot~rt '
.,.~, January 13-14, £947° ·
' The Con~niselonera, Cour~ of Bra~s Cowry, Te~s, met Xm reeler session a~ nine
.~t~ the fo~ing ~mher9 preset: , ,. ,, .: .
/.,' ,.A. ~. Wars, County Judge, pres1d~; . ,
,k. A.B. 8~k, County Cle~. ~. --
· .,' The Cou~ r~aln~ ~ session ~1 fo~ o*olook p. m., ~anu~ l~, then recessed
and re~ovened e~ n~e o'~oo~ a. m., on Tu~ay,'~ 14, and oon~nu~ In session until
2oo2, ,.
Cowry end preoi~t offf/oer9' r~orts of fees collected for the ~n~ of Deo~b~,
~led, were, reoel~d and ap~o~ es ~s: ., .~
'~ "- A. 8. Were, Co~ au~e .............. ; · · . · .
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~. 8~tek, County CZer~ ............. 1,056.'/5
F, '1% OoZe, Cle~ of DZs~r/ct Cou~ ............... 460.~
' ~'Z. ~. Weedon, Tax ~9aeasor-ooZleo~or ............... b~5.05 "'
Fees oo~Xeoted and ~d ~ Go~ty .............. 1~.30 ' ~ ' '
Fees ~e ~ by Cowry, ~9 oase~ ~ $2.50 .......... 97.50
Fans co~Xecte~ and reta[ne~ ~ ~ .............. 92.85
The following repo~9 ware reoeZ~d end eppr~ed as su~itted:
Brazes cowry H~lth Unit, for ~e mon~ of Deo~r, 1946;
y,,:W. M. K~bro~, Cowry A~lo~t~ ~gent, for the ~n~ of Deo~ber,
~rna ~n, Oo~y H~e D~ons~t~on A~ent, for the ~nth of Deo~ber, xg45~
E. O. P~oe, Ne~ Co~ty Agent, for the month of Deo~ber,
F~nie ~. Taylor, Neg~ Cowry H~e D~onstration A~ent, for the month of Deo~ber,
tlr. W. Wippreoht, of Brlran, Texas, appaared before the Court and asked the County
tofurnish the ~abor and Sul~rvis~on for the construction of a iow-water bridge over the
Little Brazco River at a certain designated point on hie farm in Precinct No. 3, offering
to reiJnburse the County for the cost *of t~e labor and supervision, wlth the understnndin~
'that he already has on "hand all the necessary or required materials for the Job. Whereupon
.1~ m~tion ~u~y seconded and un~aimotmly adopted, the Court voted that this Job be aselF~ed
~f~l- ~ .'re, Ur.., CZyde ;r., . Porterf!eld, Comm~ssioner of ?reoinot So. ~ ~ agre~ th~ be wo~d
'~t~' s~11' ~e st~'ot~e 8~d submit a' bfll ~ ~. Wip~eoht by which he wi~ reimb~se the
~,,., for its ~di~ure on t~is ~ol~t. ~ ' , ', .'
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'~'~ [~'~ '-' deliv~ed ~ o~n '~ the '~tgi~lS 'of"the fo~'~ing deso~bed bonds which bed heretof~e
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~ .,.]", ' . , -'been pal4 o~ ~4 ~lre4~ ~4*wb~b ere m~ p~on~o~ ~o be rea~ ~or 4e~o~on am4 *., ,
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R~i R~u~ln8 Bo~,
R~d add B~dge Ref~ ,'
Bo~s, Seres of A~
Real and B~dee
Oen~al Fund ReCeding ''
Bonds, Series ~B
~?~000,00
B~O00.O0
§tO00.O0
§, 000, O0
1,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00 ,
1,000o00
;'"' '~-~ 1,000.00
;isa ;ooo oo
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Whereupon the ~riginal bon~a as.de~g~ed a~ ~l of t~ total ~o~ of
$32,0~.00, were burned aai oo~to~ dea~ ~ o~a oou~ ~d thus fomally sane·lied
retlrei on Janua~ ~, i94~.
Preliml~ to the seleo~on of ~ offiolal ~y ~i~ry for the bi~l~ of
by ~o~ vote~ ~he Co~y ~u~e ~a au~rizei ~o advertise for bi~s on a oo~ty
leposl~o~ by publioa~on of t~e fo~owi~ notice la ~e B~a~ Daily EaSe ones per we~ fo~
weeMa ~lor to ~e Feb~a~ meeting of t~e Cou~
"NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR COUETY DEPOSITORY:
Naris· is hereby given that Brazes County will roe·lye bids up to tee o'olook
a. m., Monday, February 10, 1947, for a depository for oouaty funds', l~oludin~ achaian
sohool districts, for t. he biennium.
All funds mus~ be protested, by bonds and pledge of sash or eeourlties, and
all eohool and other funds, where applioeble, are also to be protested by bond under
Federal Deposit Insuranoe Corporation rules and regulations.
All bids must bo aooompanie~ by oertif,iei o~eok payable to tho Commissioners'
Court of Brazes County, Texas, for not less than one-h~lf of one par seer of the County
revenue for the year of 1946, ~ioh shall be forfeited if suooeaaful bidder does not
enter lat~ necessary ~onds and pledge of sash or seourities.
Bids will be publioly o~ed and considered at the time spenifie~ and Brazes
County reserves the right to reseat any or all' bids.
DATED at Bryan, Texas, this 13th day of January, A. D. 1947.
(S~AL)
(A. S, WARE) County ~udge,
Brazes County, Texas.
On motion duly aeoonded and unanimously adopted, the Court appro~d the
.by Hr. A. B, Sypta~, County Clerk, for the on-the-Job training of a veteran in the person
Mr. Johxm~e Lamps of Bryan, who is to wor~ in ~e reoordingdivision of the County Clerk's
offioe a~ a oompansa~.ton of $85.00 per month during ~ls O. 1. training.'
A~ t..~e personal request of Mr. Davis Orent, County Atto~ne~, tho Court ~te~ to
sppropriete not to exoeed $~00.00 from the permamnt Improvement Fu~ for the purpaae of
painting, refinishin$, and refloorin~, the Courthouse offioe osoupied by t~at offiolal. It
ia the iht·et of the Court in this senn·orion to authorize the followi~ wcr~ to be,done in
~hat allies: brush end serape ell metal sellings and fitti~s and repaint with et least one
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cost of good ~nslde l~ln~; repaint the walls and woodwork with not to exceed two coats of
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good paint, and to install a composition on the floor aonewhat Sl~lar to that in the office
of the District nudge or t~e Co~ty Clerk.
Messrs. F. ~. Cole, Ci~ off the District Co~tl,Davis Grant, Co~ty 2ttorn~; and
~. ~. H~lton, 8he~ff, appe~ed la person bef~e the Court and ~ated t~t th~ are wtt~u~
certain ~o~t of ole~oa~ as~stanoe f~m tlme to time. After a detailed d~sousslon of
~elr needs in which the members of t~e Co~t oono~red, on motion duly seconded and unan-
~ously,adop~ed, the Cour~ vo~ to ap~opr~ate not to exceed $1~0.00 f~m the Sala~ F~d
for clerical assta~oe for the Co~ty A~rn~, Cle~ of the Dietr~ot Cou~ and
assuming tha~ one wor~er ~u~d fi~ this pos~Mon and w~k for e~ ~ree of theof~olal8
~ f 8he~ff J. W. H~il~on appe~ed beffore the Court and e~la~ned la detail h~8 need for
~.add~t~m~ Deputy 8he~ff in ~h~ ~t ~ hilly da~e~m for one re.to attmpt to
,~iso~rs f~m time to time~ ~d because of the tony ~d va~ed dutl~ of the 8he~fff*~ or.ce
A~er ~soussin~ the rotter of 8a~ ~th Sheriff H~llton, upon ~tioa duly 8ecbnded and
umnimualy adopted, ~he Court Void to allow t~e She~ffff,8 Deponent ~ addition'el De~ty
8h~,~lff a~ e salary of $275.00 p~ ~nth, efffeottve ~m Febma~ 1, 1947.
The Co~ received and oo~idered the ffoll~Zn8 oo~loation from ~. F. ~.
~e coun~ A~ltor:
Tbs Honorable ComLtaslonera Court,
Brezos County, -
Bry a~, ',texas.
'" Oentl~nen:
I wl~h, hereby, to lafor~ you that you are going to be held atrlctly '
wlth~n your budget £x~Ltta l'or t~o coming y~r. You are en~l~ed ~ ~end
8-~/~ per o~ of your budge~ per ~on~. ~o p~se ~rr~e your sp~dln~ so
as ~ to exceed the 8-1/3 per o~t. T~ percentage includes yo~ labor, ' ' '
~, mtertals, and ~l~es, ~as, ot~s and ~8e ~d black, ithink. The corn-
' ' bl~ed e~enditures off all precincts must not exceed $4,~3.33 per mon~. ~ "'
I thl~ ~t w~ld be ~o~ polly to create a ~tttle su~lus tn your
. ~d~et for
' , ~ re~es~ that you set a ~tffo~ scale end rate of pay for your for~sn~
~'~ ~ohlne opera~rs~ t~ok d~vers, ~on ~r,
I also requ~t that you set the rate of pay for the extra hel~ In the
Tax Col~r*s or.ce and also ~n the County Clerk,s
I also re.est that your decisions la ~e a~ve ~ttere be embodied
~e C~tsstoners Co~t mlnut~ for ~ ~td~oe.
Reep~ t~lly su~tted,
' '" What.pon e ~lon was ma~e, duly seconded end ~e~sly adopted, to fix
~y for extra help in ~e various o~nty bffio~ at $5.00 ~ day, based upon actual time'
w~rked. ',
~' ' 'On ~t~n duly seconded a~d ~a~mously adopted, the Oou~ vo~ t~,h~ee~er no pre-
oino~ ~d ~ploy mo~ th~ six r~lar ~ exol~i~ of on? tap ~n in eao~
fixed t~e oompens~ion of work.s for'~l~ an4 one-~lf days p~ w~k et the, foll~ta~ rates
per day ~f ~t ~ra: ',
On motion duly aaoondad an~-unanhnoualy a~optad, the Oouz~ voted 'to ~ns~ot the
cowry Tax ~sses~r~o~leo~r to oe~fy al~ ~e~qu~t taxes t o~t~ C~n~y ~t~ne~ end
t~e Cowry 2t~rney be ~n~o~ed to p~eou~ su~t8 ~or suoh ~el~uen~ ~xes, ~
~ e~ p~mp~ ~ll~on. In t~s resp~t the Co~t ~ ~he sta~ an~ ~eo~r~
~n~nt~on of ~s~n~ upon oolleot~on of all delinquent t~es by w~tever Leal me~s ere
ev~leble~ e~n ~o ~e e~t of n~per pu~oet~on of de~nqu~t ~ex l~sts.
Bese~ upon ~offfio~l reports reoe~ by ~mbers of ~e Co~ ~s to the cu~ent ~n,
ospsol~y of Dr. ~. ~. H~outt, here~o~ se~n~ as County He~ Off,oar of B~zos C~n~
e~ 8n ~u~l se~ry of $~0.00, ~e Court ~efe~e~ ~n~a ~ ap~n~e~ to th~s ~s~on,
pe~ the reoe~pt of f~er ~o~etion ~n t~e
On m~n duly s~o~e~ and ~a~ously adoptS, t~ C~ void to au~or~ze the
Cowry C16~ to reoo~ the plat and de~oe~ion of ~ ~C~ ~, a su~v~s~n off
sores out of ~he A. ~. Ta~r ~VS~ore t~o~ of ~nd out off the ~o~ ~eo~r ~ey, Bra~s,
C~y, T~s, as su~tte~ by C. ~. Hl~ and w~e, One ~. ~11~, ~er date off ~enua~
1~47~ w~ the d~a~ s~at~, ~owe~r, ~ B~s County a~l not t~re~beoome
l~ble for ~e oo~t~o~on or ~ntena~e of any streets or
The C~ reoei~d, ap~ad, and ordered reco~ed the bon~s of the fo~ pre-
oi~ or.oars who ~d ~retofo~ f~led their o~o1~ oaths of o~oe:
~oss Bona~, Constable, Precept ~o. 8, nav~ been s~m ~ on ~an~ ~, ~947;
~. ~. ~u~en, Constable, P~o~not ~o. 3, ~8~ been s~rn ~ on ~an~ ~,
Lee ~. C~ave~ Just~oe of t~e Pesos, Freo~not ~o. ~ ~a~ been ~ ~n on ~an~ry
On motion ~uly s~ed an~ u~n~oualy adopted~ the Cou~ vo~ to p~ch~e 'f~
t~e B~an ~[otor Company, e~ B~an, T~a, ~e
One ny~au~o d~p b~ for ~ravel tmon, 2-yar~ o~ao~ty, at $5~.00 ~el~vere~
~nstalled;
~1o~ ~o~t ~s ~o be pa~d ~om ~he ~ed an~ Br~d~e ~ ~ of '~se of New
Prieo l~ 1~ Tmoka".
On mo~lon d~y s6oo~ and u~n~ously adop~et, the Court vo~t to pla~e o~era
for ~ree one-~lf ~m s~en~ar~ piok-up ~oka, provided t~t B~s C~nty ~11 pay no
~an lls~ prioes.
It ~ b~n ~de to appear ~o t~ Cou~ by at l~st two of the Cowry
miaalon~s ~ Scar~i~ ~otor C~peny, B~en ~r C~y~ Co~ualer Mo~ C~pa~y~ and
Brazos ~otor C~peny,~a~ all be~ oontao~ a~ requ~te~ to audit bids for the puro~ee of
old end used oo~ty equl~en~ In the fo~ of one G~ pto~-up t~o~ sad one Chevrolet
~ ~ok, ~e Cou~ p~o~de~ ~o oonsider bi~s th~efor. I~ was fo~d th~ 3am ~oa~no of
the 5cerdi~ Mo~ Co.any of Bryen~ Te~a, he~ aubmlt~e~ ~he o~y bid l'or ~la e~i~en~ e~
it ~vt~ ~n fo~d to be the bes~ an~ ~l~ bid, it was ordered by u~n!~oua vote of t~
Co~ ~ha~ the followtn~ old used equl~en~ be ~ld ~o ~he 3oar~no Motor C~ on the baal
or ~he h~t and b~t bid of ~5.00 oash:
One 0~ pic~-up t~ok, ~tor No.
One Chaplet d~p ~o~, Motor No.
~ ~eil~ was o~erei to be made upon pe~ent ~o the C~ty Treasu~r off t~e bid
On ~t~o~ du~y 8~de~ end u~mous~y eOopt~, tM C~ void ~et e8 8oou'ee
oouLd be ~ound on t~e ~r~o~, to ~y f~m ~he new 6qu~t ~ ~n t~ Roe~ eGd
e ~w cab for t~e D-~ Oe~p~ler mot~ ~or n~ be~ u~d ~n Preo~no~ Ho. 4. '
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On motion duly seconded .and ,una ,flimously adopted, tho Court voted to. plaooa 11 pre-
oinot offioer8 of tho oounty on e fao basis,-- that is, to fix thoir oompensatlon at whatover
foe8 tile~ may offfiolally earn.
On motion d~,ly seconded and unflnimoualy ad. opto, d, tho C,ou?t voted to allow ox~offio~o
pay to the dustloe of ~ho Pesos end tAe Constable of Preolnot,No.
follows:
~ustioe of the Pesos, Preoinot A~O. 4 .............
.... 750.00
Constable, ~ro'o~not no. 4 .............. · .....
· · .750.00;
end ordered ~ha~ a pubxio Aearlng on ~heso ex-officio allowances be set for ten o*oXcok e. m.
Saturday,, Jan~flry 25, 1947. ' ........
Whereupon came on the matter of setting the salaries of ~hefOllowing officials and
employees end opera,ion expenses of tile different offices; w,ho.re,u, pon by mo%lon duly 8ooonded
end unanxmousAy adopted, 'Gilese l~;ems were flxe~l a8 ffollows:
County nudge... ; . . . ; . ; .....
· * · .$3,'/50.00 ,'
~ounty Audi ~or ....
.... ; ................ ' '
~' $~- O'eeoh, ' -.
our County Comm£asioner8 O' ~OU.O * · · * .......
" ,~eoretary to th'o Co,,fl~y ~udgo and tile Commissioners, Court . . .l,t~Yb. O0 ' j':'' "'~:
Co Clerg ...... . .... . . . . . , , . ,. '.',
' ' '*'' ........... $,750.00 ' ' "'
C~lSf Deputy ............. · · ·
One Deputy ..... ,. . .
' " '""* ...... ~ .......... 1,~?b. O0- ' '~"
One Deputy. ; ......... . ......
lp ......... 1,500o00 ,
Extra He . .'. .'. o o .,.-. .,. .-. ° .
...... 1,200.00 '" '
County Tax Anaessor-Colleetor'. ' , ' --
.......... ~-, 250.00 ,
One Deputy ....... ; ; ........ , ...... , - /,,,,. ,,
Extra Help for Seasonal Rushes... .... ; ..... .'" ' ° ; ~,~-~0.00
.... · · · · ~,900.00
' County Attorney
......................... 3,~00.00 · '
:' Clerk of District Court .... ,. ,.. ......... . , , . "'
....... ~,250.00
~heriff .... , ...... ~, 750.00
Onel:)a~t7, ' ' ' ' · · ' · · ,' · ; · ,E,100,00
· -, O~oariaa, for'~;,i~. ;-~;.a; :. :'. : . .: .:::: .': ; : . . .~00.00
¢oo1~ for ,lall .... ,.
" up~ ;f ~'a~; ;bil;e'." ............ ~20.00
oep en~ operation m ......... ; · . 900.00 '"
'," Clerical Assistance ~or Co,tory Attorney, Clerk of Di'striot ~ "~' ,,"
Court, end Sheriff, Jointly, not,to exoeod ............. 1,500.00
· County Treasur
County Agent ............................ 1,920.00
,, ~?eme D~nonstration Agent ........... · . .
· "~ . · ....... 1,620;00,
Clerical ~qslstanoe for County Agents ................ ~00.00
,, Ne~ro County Agent
.......................... 500.00
Negro Home Demonstration Agent .................... AO0.O0
. ~an Itc r ............
,~ ................... 1,1~5. O0
. '-',._? ,On motion duly seconded and thereafter adopted, tho Court voted to Increase tho 8alerl
,~ ': o~ tile'oarata~-ar at tho County
~' ~ ~lj,-~, 1~ 1947.
.,.-,,. - . Oa motion' duly 8e~nded and un~oualy e~ted, after ~etail~ dts~oston, the
,, ~ ,,; ~ no lo.er has a county ~gineer amd has ~o oma who
,~ ~d ~dl~e the oo~ty-~de ~ ~d bridge op~atl~n8, It is t~e sense of tho C~u~
, .,. ,; that whll~ oe~atn opera~iom8 S~uld b~ oontt~ oo~y~t~, as for Instance, ~o drag-line
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opera.r, 'and that-'for o~ '~'~nt~a~o pu~oso~ t4e roa~ and brMgo u~Xt allo-
""J,'~ *'~" ~io~ of $5~,000.00'b0 diOr[bund amo~ t~e four preninots of tho C~m~ as renews:
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Preoin~t 1~o. 1 ............. ~' $16 250
· o · o . o · , .~ .00
Preo~not No 2 ' 16 000 O0
Preoinot No 3 '.9 ~0 O0 '
Preo~ot ~o 4 16 250 O0~
~T~L ........................... ~000.00
~n order ~o ~ oe~at~ othe~ aoute e~ ~iate ne~s of the
s~ of $~,000.~ In the R~d a~d Br~d~e ~ for 1~ ~1 be r~ed as
~l~y of Cowry ~ud6e ~rt) ...................
Salaries of four Co~ Co~ssloa~s $ $2200,00 eaeh .... ~ · , 8,800,00
Tree~rer~ s C~ss~oas ....................... ~,200.~
a~o ]~eeh~ios ~r Co~ ~ps~ oae of whom sha~ be
C~ef, 9 $2250.00 ~o~ ...................... 4~500.00
Csreta~r for ~pplles end equ~nt et ~ty shops ........ l,~O.O0
. Drag-line opem~r for oo~ty~ide work ............. .
B~ogmitala6 aha e~l~ent for ooua~ shops ............ 1,~00.00
~bor ~ 000
~te~ala'and Equl~e~ 14 000
~sollne,'oils~ end ~eaaes ................ · . . . 8,~0.00
For ~haae of N~ Equi~en~ ~inol~lly T~oka ......... 9,~50.00
Co~ty Ro~ Improv~ent, ~olu~n~ ~avellns .......... 10~000.00,
{~llocat~ to'the ~aoi~ts aa fo~a: ....
(Prect~ No. 4 ............. ~,500.00)
R~d for ~oreaeen l~s .................... 800~00
Wight preJ~loe and au~eot to a fu~h~ inqu~y a~ ~ao~Slon,
fa~d ~rm~ appointment of a ~azoa County Vete~ BarOca Officer~ ~t
by ~tlon duly'aeoo~ed end ~a~ously adoptS, ~a C~ void to re. ire
5ohovaJse, pres~y aer~ In th~ ~paoity, to au~t ~a Co~t a ~nthly
eotl~it~a~ the s~e as o~ar offle~la ara
Wher~n the Cou~ raoessed un~ll ~ne o'olook a. m., Wednesday~ Jan~
~. aeoesaed ~aetang Comissioaers, Cou~ ~. !?"
~anuary 15, 1947
The Commissioners, Court afl Brazes County, Texas, met; in reoessed session in the
the County dudge at tile Oourthouse at nine o'olook
Of~'io e afl
194~,.with the flo,.I.J, owt~ m~nbers present:
A. 8. Ware, Oounty gudgo, prosidt~; . . .
,',;f~/.~°~°a,. R. Burk~ltor, Co~ss~ner, Preener No. 1;
.~,
Ne~on B~ltn, Co.lesions, Prootnot ~o. 4; an~
;~.,~.,}' ~. B. S~tak, Catty Clerk.
Tho Cour~ reooived end ooasidered the flollowing speolal reports from the Grand ~u~y
of ~a~oe County~ Texae:
"~anuar~ O, 1947.
' To the Distriot Court of Brazes County:
"q': ' We have aomploted an inspeot&od afl the Brazes County gala and we flind it in
gOOd oondition and repair sad in a state of oleanliness eooeptable to tho Grand gury.
W. T. Kelley, fforemsn afl the Grand du~y
.flor t~ OGler Te~, ~. D. 1946.-
'January 9, 1947.
To the Commissioners Court of Brazes County:
We racom.~nd to tile Conaniasioners Coulee, t~ fail.lng:
1. That t~re be added to the present C~nty Jail a o~par~ent to house boys
~der seventeen y~rs of ago and girls under eighteen y~rs off age, who are oh~ge~
2. Teat tee Go~ty pu~h~o for tho exol~i~ use of the Grand S~y ffourte~
S. That tho County pu~hase for the use off tho Sh~l~ e suffiolent n~ber of
bls~ets wi~wnlo~ to ~pply prison.s oonfin~ In the Jail, instead of using the
~ilts ~loh Gannet be ~u~derod.
4. We find in the Jail b~Een bun~s, bad~ ia need of repair, s~ we reoo~n~
that they be repaired so that th~ ~11 be in a ~able ooMition.
5. We re~ad tho p~o~se of oonfference table flor the Petit g~rs Sn
~o g~ Room and twelve ~1~) ap~opriate ~ai~ ~r the uso of the members of tho -'
Petit d~ to be u~d at the time of the g~ de~boration end suoh oth~ t~es
~'=,:~,'' '-6. We rooo~end ~e purohaae by the County of a rubber runner existing
the Distri~ Co~ ~om f~m the do~le door ~n the east to tho ~ublo door Ga the west.
7. We fu~her race--nd that a ~ter s~st~ tMt will furnish cool water to tho
,puDAie and to the ~plo~ea of the Cou~ House be in.sliM before ~ho ~m~r ~ntha.
W.T. Kelley, Fo~n of tag Or~d duty . for tee GOrGer Te~, A D. 19467
-, Whor~pon on-~tio~ ~uly seooad~ ann ~animously adopted, t~ C~ vo~ to
reques~ the County A~l~r to ~ooeed'to pu~haso the'oh~ end rubber m~ o~1~ for
ths'~po~ o~ the Or~d ~, ~d to othe~ ~l{ rue Or.d ~ room and the Pe~t
~,~ the Ooun~ Cour~ouse as ~u~es~e~ by the Grand du~. ~"
~t was fu~ o~ere~ by the C~t,'~hat the Sheik's requisition for neede~
bla~eta ~or the oounty ~a~l be append and t4at the ~ounty A~i~r be req~e~ed to have
,b~ken ~nks tn the Js~ r~al~ at the earliest ~tble merest. , ' :
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It ~aa furtller ordered by the Oourt that the Oounty Auditor be requ,eate, d to Aoo~
into the ~er~ul~n~ of ~he ~ol wat~ sy~em ~ ~he Co~ty.C~h~se
properly ~oled ~n6 wa~er w~ be' ava~e ~ou~ou~ t~e
O~ mot~n, du~y ae~ed a~d ~entm~sly adopted, ~a C~
of t~e Co~y fa~ for pas~ put. sea for the year 1947, a~d ~o reJeo~ the b~e fo~ t~e
O~ mot~o~ duly se~e~ a~ ~n~us~ adop~d, ~he C~ vend to r~e
of ~line e~n~ the major o~ com~es ~nta~n~ local cruces' ~n Brazes Co~ty~'
the Co~y recedes t~e be~f~ of bu~ ta~ we~o~ prices as here~f~e
O~ mot~n du~y seoonde~ e~ ~n~ously adopted, the Cou~ vote~
~tate ~e p~ohaee of ~ubr~oat~ o~ls a~ ~easee from lo~ o~1 e~e~, baaed upon the beet
t~e off produo ~ a~d ~owe~ net prices available to ~e
, W~t~ referees to ~e~ ol~s~ the Cou~ vote~ by ~ous action to re. est the
C~nty ~ud~tor ~o s~u~ b~ds o~ zero-t~ ~el oil with the v~ to
~ ~pply ~h~s pr~ to the Court as ~ee~ed for ~e r~a~er of ~947,
~eupo~ the C~r~ adJoumed.
~&I~R¥ 2b, X947
The Cc~misato~ra* Court of ~e O~nty, Text, wt ~n speoX~ session 2 'the
off ~eCo~ty ~ud~e a~ ~he Co~se In B~, T~as, ~t ten o;olo~ a'. ~., ~
~, 1947, ~ ~he ~tn~mbers ~es~: ~,':
A. 3. Ware, Co~t7 Judsa, presidio;
N. R. Burkmlter, Commissio~er, Precinct No. A;
William A. Oonrad, Commissioner, Precinct No. 2;
Clyde J. Portarfleld, Commissioner, Precinct ~oo 3~ and,
~aw~n BurAln, Commissioner, Precinct No. 4. ,,
The first lten of business for consideration by the C~rt was the mantel, of a public
~e Co~t In co--orlon w~h the silences off ex-officio oom~on.~o the ~us~oe pf the
Peace e~ .the ~onstable ~ Pr~n~ No. 4 of ~ra~s Co~ty,.Tema. The t~me Oat for, heart~
~esed w~out ~y p~test berg f~ed or anyoneap~ar~n~ tn opposites to
a~ ~ ~ew of ~s fact, on motion duly seconded and ~a~m~usly, a~ted, 'the,Oo~rt voted
~e f~n~ its action In f~x~g the ex-offiCio oom~nsa~on flor these twooff~oers
fore
~thSr teleran2 to the ~ttor of e Cowry Heel~ Off~oer of 5ra~s Cowry, end the
deferred eo~lon tfl~m ou ~en~ ~, 1947, ~Ae C~rt reoel~d and oo~idered ~he fo~lns
'~oatioa from ~r. R. J. H~nio~t o~' B~, Texas:
Brazes County ¢~nmlssioner,s Court
Brs zee County
Bryan, Texas
Gentlemen: "
"January ~2, 1947
This ~s express to you my appreciation for your ~ost sen~oue ooo~eration
p~st two years o~ ~ t~ as Co~y U~l~h O'ffioer of Bra~s Co~