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Home My WebLink About1954-05-10-1000AM-Regular319 ~ May 10, 19%. 1 Regular Meeting, Monday, May 10, 1954. k A regular meeting of the Brazos County Commissioners' Court was hold in the office of the County S Judge in the courthouse on Monday, May 10, 1954, beginning at 1Or00 a.m., with the following members present, ' i • A• 3• Ware, County Judge, presiding{ Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner of Precinct No. 11 Y . Reuben F. Conrad, Commissioner of Precinct No. 2{ .3 Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct No. 31 and u L Newton Burlin, Commissioner of Precinct No. 4. A&M Extension Service District Agent Silver Whitsett appeared before the Court and presented Mr. t' Ralph W Burgess whom he designated as the new assistant county agricultural a ent for Brazos Count g y. t d th t th th E t i M Whit tt iti h d ll d hi th t repor e e o er x ens on au es ee a or a approve r. a s nomina ion of Mr. ; . Burgess and that he was now re ady to eater upon his official duties. Whereupon s motion was made, duly t ' seconded and unanimously adopted by which the Court voted to accept the recommendation of the Extension Service authorities and made the appointment of Mr. Ralph W. Burgess as assistant county agricultural *;w agent of Brazos County, effective with the day of May 10, 19540 at the budgeted salary at the rate of ,11800.00-per annum payable from the General Fund. ~ u P The Co rt received, considered and approved the following reports from county and precinct officers showing officialrfees of office collected and remitted to the County Treasurer according to duplicate . copiei of.Treasurer's official receipts attached theretor ; . ' A. S. Ware, County Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$31.00 k Sr ~ ,r ' - { , , A. Be 3ypLak, County Clerk. .973.45 , • , J. W. Hamilton, Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..494.00 F ,4 Davis Gant; County Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 .90 4 tk'u F. T. Cole, Clerk of District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624.70 • ,1 ' „'1 H. R. Burkhalter, Tax Assessor-Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,147.51 r • H. L. Graham, Justice of Penes of Precinct No. 4{ ~ Fees collected and remitted to Brazos County. . . . 915.80 Fees to be paid by County for 75 cases 0 14.00 each. . . . . . 300.00 , ' A r Virgil Estill, Constable of Precinct No. 41 Fees collected and paid to County. 34.55• 0 The Court received, approved and ordered filed as submitted the following reporter ~i ~ ' - W D. Burley, Veterans' County Service Officer, for the month of April, 1954{ r , - Brazos County Welfare Board by W. D. Burley, Chairmen, for the month of April, 1954) > I,r ~ rI, .Miss Emily Ritter, Brazos County Home Demonstration Agent, for the month of April, 19541 = sX ~ W M. Kimbrough, Brazos County Agricultural Agent, for the month of April, 19541 S. 0. Pace, Brazos County Negro Agricultural Agent, for the month of April, 19541 Fannie J. Taylor, Negro County Horns Demonstration Agent, for the mouth of April, 1954. v Upon the recommendation of Tax Assessor-Collector Norton Be Burkhalter and upon motion duly seconded 4 1 and unanimously adopted, the Court authorised the payment of 1400.00 to J.' 9ldney Smith, Chief Teputy Tax .ti a'•r Assessoi•-Collector of Brazos County for his automobile expense incurred from January 1 to May 1, 1954, In z "sawing tgxes for the current year. r County Auditor F. J. Vitopil laid befori the Court the following bids and proposals for a ten- fi Il , F~ column electric adding m, aohiae'rWArid in the'office of Tax Assessor-Collector Norton Burkhalterx - , •C ~Z hn.aVS •.a1I~$V.1{$Vrl'tiw••ik/~iS1i~kG,l~A.~%:~SrN.i ~'{iw jii r ~ ~ _ - l •'Y. • tr' T• Its ` 'S • f•[- r Y' J . - { ' 320 --z ,r ~Y . s; S Mq 10, 1954 eBBLB OMCR RQUIPUNT 00. 3222 Higher 6 South Bryan, Tom". 1954• Tat Collector Brasas County Bryan, Tax" Dear Sirs I wish to subait a bid on the following. 1 8m4ngton Band Electric Adding Machine Model 93100-5. 10 column listing, 10 columns total, 10 key keyboard, electric subtract key, •leotric sorltiply key, electric subtotal key, electric non add key, electric correction bar, credit balance, automatic total and five inch paper carriage. ....$337.50 thanking you for the opportunity to bid on this equipment, I aa, Too" very may, Bryan Office Bqui{aeat Co. , Bys Fred Robison. \ I h Bryan, Taw 1 s May B, 1954 - . r Brasos County Tat Collector-Assessor Bryan, Texas t- Dear Sirs ~ My bid on one 10 column Adding Machine to be purchased by your office is aq follows j j Underwood Sundstrand - Model 1O14QP, all electric 10 key keyboard with Multi-'Flag Control Bar, Credit Balance, Direct Substraction, Automatic' Totals and Sub-Totale printed In red Price . . . . . . . . . . . $375.00 Use IC% Discount.. . . . . . UAK Purchasing Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$337.50 I also otter you another bid on a 10 aolmrn Adding Machines Underwood Sundstrand - Modal IOUOP, all electric 10 key keyboard f 1f machine with the same specifications as the above with the exaspus o of the Multi-Piano control bar. This is a veer machine but sold as a demonstrator modal with a larger discount. . Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $375.00 , r Less 20;6 Discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 r Purchasing Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00 Your consideration will be appreciated. ' tours very truly, f /a/ C. M. Wright, Agent Underwood Corporation.w It we noted that the two bids for the new machines were for identical amounts of $337.50, but > l h upon the recommendation of Tat Assessor-Collector Burkhalter, and upon motion made, duly seconded and uoaolawa>, adopted the Court voted to purchase the Remington-Rand electric adding machine bast the ~ . Bryan Office Bquipmsnt Co., of 3222 Highway 6 South, Bryan, Taxes, at the bin price of $337.50. r- i Upon motion made, duly asconded and unanimously adopted the Court voted to pay all bills 'which f 7 had been tiled and approved and for which budgeted funds an available. f £ ` The members of the Court *Qn0IWt*4 themselves into a Board of Fqualisation and subscribed the ~ °a statutory oath as such and than recessed the said Board of Squalisatian until 9100 a.a., tlsgdp, May 11, 1, 1954. Vhereupon the Court ed onrasd. s 1