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Home My WebLink About1947-11-10-1000AM-Regular Tho Con~Losioners' Cour~ of Brazes County, Texas, met ~n recall, ar easel.n, ~n the .', off~co of ~he Co~y d~e a~ ~he Co~ho~e In B~; T~o, a~ ~en 6'c~o~k a.m.,' ~,' ~nday, November I 19~7, vL~h the follovi~ m~bere present: . "., No~on R. ~rkhe~ter, Co~8s~oner~ Frec~nc~ Ho. 2; Clyde J. Po~erfield~ Co~es~oner, ~rec~nct ~o. ~; He.on 9~lin~ Co~le~ioner, P~cinc~ No. ~; ~d ~. B. ~yptak~ Co~y Cle~. County and precinct officerse reports of fees collected for tho month of October, , 19J,7, and duplicate receipt8 8ho~ng remittances ~0 tho County Treasurer of ~he amou~to opec'if led ,mrs received and approved aa follows: A. 3. Ware, County Judge ........... J. W. Hamilton, Sheriff ......... F. T. Cole, Clerk of District Cour~ ....... 651.19 Davis Grant, County Attorney . . .. ........ A. B. Syptak, County Clerk ............ ~. M. ~odson, Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. ~; Fees collected and paid to County . .'... Fees duo him by County: ~5 cases · $2.~O. '. ~7.~O V£r~il Estill, Constable, ..... ~recinct No. ~: Fees collected and retained by him .... 1~7.05 .The followin~ reports were received and apprsvod aa submitted: '~y flitter, Co~cy Home Demonstration A~ont, for ~ho ~n~h of Oc~oboro' 19~7~" ' , '~. O. Pace~ Xe~ro Cowry ~enC~ for ~he ~nCh of Oc~ober~ ~9~7; Fannie ~. Taylor~ He~ro Co~y ~ome De.narration A~ent~ for ~he'~nth of~'' ' ' '~' Oct4~ber, 19~7; Brazes County Health Unit, for the month of September, 19~7. ,- .County lgan[ ~. ~4. Kimbro~h appeared before ~he Co~ and expla~ed g~,~ ~o reduced Federal appropriations and o~her c~atlmento of avatla~e f~do, tho Cowry i~t8 vo~d be w~thout clerical service after Jan~r7 X, 19~8~ ~1088 the a~e to increase i~8 a~ocation of ff~d8 for this ,p~ooe and that ~ any event Asen~8 ~uld be required ~ operate with only one clerical worker. Contingent upon c~erical a seistance, the Co~t voted ~animously ~o increase ~t8 app~prZation' of 0]00.00 from the General F~d ~o $720.~ per ann~, for the p~ose of p~vid~6 clerical assistance 'for the Co~y A~ricult~al Agbnt and tJxe Co~y Home Do~notratt~ &gen~, effective ~om and after J~uaryl, ~ motion d~y ascended and ~ani~ualy adspeed, the Co~t voted to po~t~ the -off Bryan to ~e ~he Co~tho~se tower and buildZ~ for tbs pub. se off in8~a~lin~ ~ltce rad~o transmitter which w~ll inc~dent;,lly provZde radio service to the rad~o- equipped care of the Braze8 County Sheriff. .On motion du~y seconded and unanimously adopted, tY~ Court voted to reimburse , 6ommiseioner Norton ~. Burkhalter, from terracing funds available to Precinct No. 1, f~ $7,75 cash expended on official travel to Ho~ston, Texas, on County business on October, Commissioner Burkhal~er laid before the Court an easement dated October 20, November.,l~,_1947,.Regular.$ession 365. from John D. quinn and others, covering a 5C-foot rightOof-way for a secondary county s;~ road over a portion of the route specified in the minutes of the Cour~ on September ~ 19~?, after s conference with Messre. John E. Ottea, E. E. Cee and John ~.' Quinn, Jr. ~, dpon ascertainment of the fact that the said easement did not cover the entire route .,,, of the road as heretofore specified ty the Court, by motion duly seconded and unanimoua~y ~, 'adopted it was voted not 6o accept this easement as presently eu.~nitted, but to refer the matter back to Kessrs. Quinn, Cee and Ottea, with the suggestion that the Oounty.~ould end~avor to develop and improve the proposed secondary county road if the 5C-foot ''~ ri~ht-ofO~my be supplied along the entire route from the indicated point on new State ,.{ Farm~to-marke~ Highway 159 to connect, with the Millican-Allenfarm County road along the , ~;~:,old Dlnkins-~hite Switch road, as specified in the minutes of the meeting of the Court .. ~.,~ ,held on September 9, 19~?. '' . . On motion duly~conded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to purchase from " ' the Central Texas Auto-~rdware Company of Bryan, Texas, for immediate delivery, and pay- ment therefor to be made after January l, 19~8, without interest or other carrying ~.. charges, the following specified truck delivered at the quoted price, excepted for such increase as may b · occasioned by larger tires than are herein specified: - One new International 1-1/2 ton capacity truck, equipped with one Hercules hydraulic controlled dump body, with dual exle and equipped with oversize tires, size 8.25 x 20, delivered at Bryan, Texas, ready to use, including Texas State Certificate of Title, for .... , .......................... ~t was further unanimously voted by the Court to allocate the above mentioned truck to Precinct No. 3, of-which Clyde J. Porterfield is Commissioner. ,., On motion ~ly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to poblicly advertise for bids on two motor graders using diesel fuel and of not less than 75 hourse power, and specified that bids thereon should be r eceived by the Court until "ten o'clock a.m. on ~4onday, December 15, 19~7, with the understanding that the County ., *, would reserve the usual rights of rejection of any or all bids, and further prescribed' that the following notice be inserted in the local daily newspaper for threeconsecutive 'weeks: NOTICE TO BIDDERS ON (DUNT¥ ROAD MACHINERY The Commissioners' Court of Brazes County, Texas, will receive bids up to ten 'o'clock a.m., on Monday, December 15, 19~7, when they will be publicly opended and con- 'sidered in ~he office of the County Judge of said county for the following, delivered at · ' Bryan, Texas; Two standard diesel-powered motor graders of not less than 75 ~orse power. '?~' ~ Brazes'County reserves the right to reject any or all bids an~ to accept any bid which may be considered advantageous. ..~ " :-- BY ORDER of tho Co~n~ssionera~ Court in regular session ~t Bryan, Texas, this lOth dab,of November, A.D. 1957.. "'',~,'. ~ ,~' The ...C°urt received and considered the, ,f°rmal., ropor~ of $ctober 20~ 19&7. relating t~ .bored that the financia~ condition of the County school, system had improved ~re4tly ,' ,, ~ durin~ the past yegr and that all 'records. and accounts ~f the County School ~u~r4' December 8, 19~7 intendeat a,re belag neatly a nd.uell.kept, ~. On mo~lon duly~conded and unanJ~ounly adop~ed~ the Court, voted t~,.pay all b~ll. #h~oh had been properly filed sad approved amd for uhioh budgeted funds,are, e~allableo Monday, December 8, 1947. ' , ', The Commissioners' Cou~ of Brazes Co,mty, Texas, met in regular sessio~ in the or.ce of the County 2udge at th@ Courthouse, on Monday, December 8, ~947, at ten o'clock a. with the following members present: A. S. Ware, County ~udge, presiding; Worton R. Rurkhalter, Commieeioner,'Prsci~ot No."I; William A. Conrad, Commissioner, Precinct No. 2; ClUe ~. Porterfield, Commissioner, ~recinst No. 3;~ Newton Burlin, Commissioner, Precinct No. &; and A. B. Syptak, County Clerk. County and precinct officers' repo~s of fees sollee~ed.for,the month o~ ~ember, 19~?,.and duplicate receipts ~owing remittances to.the.Co~t~T~eaa~rer of.the epeeifi~, were received and approved aa follows= A. S. Ware, Cottnty ~udge ...................... $2~.00 A. B. 5yptak, County Clerk ................... ~. W. Wamilton, Sheriff ...................... Davis ~rant, County Attorney ................... 280°$8 F. T. Cole, Clerk of District Cou~ ................ ~. ~'. D~son, ~ustioe of the Peace, Precinct ~o. 4: , Fees collected and paid to County.... ........... , ,,.. Fees due him b2 County, ~ cases ~ $2.50 ........... Virgil E~ill, Constable, ~recinot No. ~: Fees collected and retained by hi~.. , ........... 70.00 The following reports were received and appro~d.as follows= .. ~ ?.,,,,., B~zos County ~ealthUnit for the month of October, 1947; ,., ~.~ Brazes County Welfare Board for thqmonths,of 3eptember.and~otober, E. 0. Pace, l~egro County A~rioultural Age~, for the-month of November, F&nnie ~. T~lor, ~egro County Home Demonsl;~atlon, Agent, for. the mont.,of , November, 1947. '-On motion duly seconded and unanimously ad~pted, the Court vo~d to authorize the County Clerk to record the plat and dedication of the *BONA~O CUBDYV~SX0~ OF AR~OLD 10.7- AC~E ~AOT*, a subdivision off a ~0.7~ acre tract of land out of a 15-acrs tract oonveye~ to ~. 9. Arnold by W. ~. ~ryan out of the S. F. AuXin Leamue No. 10 of Brazes County, Texas; and belnq situated between the Bryan-~aoy Road and the Old Bryan-Hearne Road, as submittSd by Pete B. ~onano under date of December 4, 1947; with the distinct stipulation, however, I'