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0 City of Oxford, Mississippi 

MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 

Mississippi hereby promises to pay to , or order, on the 1st 

day of April, 19 , the sum of Three Thousand. Dollars, together with interest 

thereon at the rate of per cent ( %) per annum from 

date until paid, upon presentation of this note to the Municipal Clerk of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi. The interest on this note shall be payable annua- 

lly on the 1st day of April of each year hereafter upon its presentation to the 

aforesaid Municipal Clerk for the purpose of having said clerk credit on the 

back hereof the aforesaid annual interest, unless this said note shall have 

interest coupons attached hereto which coupons may be detached and surrendered 

for payment of interest hereon. 

This note is one of a series of six notes of like tenor and amount, aggre- 

gating the sum of $18,000.00, issued by the governing authorities of the City 

o f Oxford, Mississippi, for said Municipal Separate School District, under 

J the provisions of the Laws of Mississippi, including among others, Chapter 15 

and Chapter 18, Laws of Mississippi Extraordinary Session of 1953, in evidence 

o f the said sum of $18,000.00 borrowed by the said governing authorities of 

said municipality for said school district; and to be used by the said Board of 

1 Trustees in establishing, erecting, and equipping school bis shops or garages, 

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and said money was borrowed and said notes were issued pursuant to an order of 

the governing authorities of said municipality duly and legally adopted on the 

5th day of March, 1968. 

In accordance with said order, the governing authorities of said munici- 

pality has caused this note to be executed in the name of Oxford Municipal Se- 

parate School District of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, by and through the 

I signature of Richard W. Elliott, Mayor of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and 

the countersignature of H. C. Wiley, Jr., Municipal Clerk of said municipality, 

and the seal of said city to be hereunto affixed, on this the 1st day of April, 

Oxford Municipal Separate School Dist. 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi 

By 1-c-) 

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City of Oxford, Mississippi 

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE 

CITY OF OXFORD 


(FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE) 

I certify that this note has been duly registered by me in a book kept in 

my office for said purpose. 

y of Oxf r --Mississippi 

Municipal Clerk 

SECTION 3. It is further ordered that said sum of $18,000.00, when bor- 

rowed shall be deposited in the municipal treasury in a special fund to be en- 

titled "Special Transportation Equipment Fund," and which shall be used and 

expended by the Board of Trustees of the municipal separate school district to 

establish, erect, and equip school his shops or garages as set forth in the 

said resolution and petition of said Board of Trustees in the said resolution 

and petition of said Board of Trustees under such rules and regulations as may 

be prescribed by the State Board of Education and for no other purpose, and 

said funds shall be paid out on warrants issued in the manner provided by law 

upon order of the Board of Trustees of such district. 

SECTION 4. It is further ordered that the principal and interest of said 

notes or bonds shall be paid out of such transportation funds of the said 

municipal separate school district, and it shall be the duty of the Board of 

Trustees of said municipal separate school district to set aside each year out 

of such transportation funds of said district an amount sufficient to pay the 

principal and interest upon the said notes or bonds as and when the same shall 

respectively mature and accrue. The Board of Trustees of said municipal se- 

parate school district shall include in the school budget each year separate 

' items showing the amount required for the payment of the principal of, and the 

interest on, all notes and bonds issued. 

SECTION 5. Said notes shall in all respects be issued as provided in 

Chapter 18, Laws of Extraordinary Session of 1953, as now or hereafter amended, 

and all the provisions of such statute shall be fully applicable thereto. 

The above resolution was previously reduced to writing and was read and 

considered, section by section, and was adopted by the following vote to-wit: 

Alderman McLaurin voted..Aye 

Alderman Hannaford voted.Aye 

Alderman Sisk voted lye 

Alderman King voted Aye 

Alderman Owens voted Aye 

The above resolution and order having received the affirmative vote of all 

the members of the Board present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the 

resolution and order adopted on this the 5th day of March, 1968. 

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The City Attorneys called to the Mayor and Board's attention that the 

following had accepted the following revised offers of the City for their in- 

terests in the following water lines: 

Thomas W. Stallworth 

Thomas W. Stallworth 

Thomas W. Stallworth & 

John F. Tatum 

John F. Tatum 

Pinecrest Rd. Line $1,106.10 

Phillip Rd. Ext. Line 1,142.00 

College Hill Rd. Line 

between Leighton Rd. & 

Pinecrest Rd. 3,057.5 0 

Water line along College 7,380.00 

Hill Rd. from Pinecrest 

Rd. to Country Club Rd. 

and along Country Club Rd. 

to a point near the Oxford 

Country Club; along Colonial 

Rd. to Glen Eagle Rd. 

On motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, and passed 

unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to deliver 

the City's checks in the above amounts to the above-named persons, or their 

1 attorneys, upon such persons executing any necessary papers or conveyances 

that might be prepared by the City Attorneys. 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF 

THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO PURCHASE 

UTILITY POLES FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

purchase utility poles for the Electric Department. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 7:30 

1 p. m. on April 2, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 

this resolution. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been introduced in writing by 

the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens it 

was adopted section by section, ?rld then as a whole, and the vote on the final 

passage thereof was as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JP YEA 

ALDERMAN LINDFR OWENS YEA 

ALDERMAN HARDY S. SISK YEA 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING YEA 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 

the Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise for 

bids on Utility Poles for the Electric Department. 

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ) 

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE ) 


CONTRACT 

This agreement is entered into on this the 7th day of March, 1968, by and 

between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, and John F. 

Tatum, witnesseth: 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford owns and operates a public water system locat- 

ed within its City limits; and 

WHEREAS, John F. Tatum is the owner of Country Club Subdivision, Part 3, 

located just outside the City limits of the City of Oxford; and 

WHEREAS, John F. Tatum is the owner of a water system consisting of water- 

lines, fire hydrants, other appurtenances, and certain easements on, in and 

under which lines are located in said Subdivision; and 

WHEREAS, John F. Tatum does not have a supply of water for use in his 

water system and desires the City to furnish water through his lines for use 

of customers who reside in Country Club Subdivision, Part 3; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford is agreeable to providing such water for such 

customers for their convenience and for the convenience of John F. Tatum, pro- 

vided John F. Tatum agrees to the following arrangement: 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of mutual promises of the parties, 

it is agreed by and between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and John F. Tatum 

as follows: 

1. The City of Oxford agrees to furnish water for the water system owned 

by John F. Tatum in Country Club Subdivision, Part 3, at its usual rate for 

customers who reside outside of the City limits of Oxford. 

2. John F. Tatum agrees that he will reimburse the City of Oxford for any 

and all required repairs made by the City to his water system as long as said 

water system is located outside the corporate limits of the City of Oxford, 

3. John F. Tatum agrees further that, if and when, Country Club Subdivi- 

sion, Part 3, is annexed to and becomes a part of the City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, he will, without consideration other than that here set out, convey to 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, such water system and its appurtenances and 

the easements in, on and under which lines are located if it is the policy of 

the City of Oxford, at that time, to require subdividers developing subdivi- 

sions within the City limits of the City of Oxford to furnish to the City, at 

their expense, water systems within the subdivision being developed. 

4. Further, John F. Tatum agrees that should his subdivision be annexed 

as aforesaid and it is the policy of the City of Oxford to require subdividers 

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developing subdivisions within the City limits to furnish sewer lines at their 

own expense, he will construct at his expense adequate sewer lines throughout 

Country Club Subdivision, Part 3, and convey, without consideration other than 

that here mentioned, such sewer lines to the City of Oxford. 

Attest: 

CITY C LE1 K 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

BY 

/s/ John F. Tatum 

JOHN F. TATUM 


this Board do now recess until March 19, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MARCH 19, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on March 5, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on March 19, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber 

in City Hall when and where the following were present: 

Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding 

Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large 

J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One 

Linder Owens - Alderman Ward Two 

Harry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three 

James N. King - Alderman Ward Four 

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Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney 

Kenneth W. Welch - Tax Assessor 

John R. Smith - City Engineer 

E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer 

John O. Leslie - Chairman of Planning Commission 

Tom M. Newberry - Planning Coordinator 

Clyde E. Cook - Member of Planning Commission 

William Lovelady - Member of Planning Commission 

Charles McGonagill - Member of Planning Commission 

W. Hassell Smith - Member of Planning Commission 

After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted: 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen then took up for consideration the matter 

of financing certain needed public improvements for the City of Oxford, and, 

after a discussion of the subject, Alderman McLaurin offered and moved the 

adoption of the following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND 

BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

TO ISSUE NEGOTIABLE BONDS OF THE SAID CITY IN SPECI- 

FIED AMOUNTS FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR 

SAID CITY. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

having made due investigation, find, determine, and declare that it is necessary 

to provide the following public improvements for said City: 

PROPOSITION NO. 1 

Constructing and equipping a community recreational 

building in Stone Park in said City, at an estimated 

cost of $35,000; 


Purchasing fire-fighting equipment and apparatus, 

including a fire truck and equipment, at an estmated 

cost of $25,000;

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and 



Improving the waterworks of said City by installing 

a new water well, at an estimated cost of $15,000; 


Improving the sanitary system of said City through 

purchasing a garbage truck and necessary equipment 

therefor, at an estimated cost of $10,000; 

WHEREAS, there are at this time no funds available in the City Treasury 

of the City of Oxford for the payment of the aforesaid estimated costs; and 

WHEREAS, it is necessary and advisable and in the public interest that 

the sums required for the aforesaid purposes be obtained through the issuance 

of bonds of said City as hereinafter proposed; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City do further find and 

declare that the assessed valuation of taxable property within said City of 

Oxford, according to the last completed assessment, is Eleven Million Seven 

Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Thirty Dollars ($11,797,030.00), and that the 

total general obligation bonded indebtedness of said City at this time, ex- 

clusive of Special Street Improvement Bonds, is Five Hundred Seventy-Two Thou- 

sand Dollars ($575,000.00); and 

WHEREAS, the aggregate amount of bonds hereinafter proposed to be issued, 

namely, Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000), when added to the aforesaid 

outstanding indebtedness of said City, will not exceed any statutory debt 

limit: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Board of Alodermen of the City of Oxford, 

MisSissippi, do hereby declare their intention to issue bonds of said City in 

the following amounts for the following purposes: 

PROPOSITION NO. 1. 

In the amount of $35,000 to provide funds for the purpose 

of constructing and equipping a community recreational 

building in Stone Park in said City. 



of purchasing fire-fighting equipment and apparatus, including 

a fire truck and equipment. 



of improving the waterworks of said City by installing a 

new water well. 

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Tn the amount of $10,000 to provide funds for the purpose 

of improving the sanitary system of said City through 

purchasing a garbage truck and necessary equipment therefor. 

SECTION 2. That the issuance of the said bonds will be authorized at a 

meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City to be held at the City 

Hall in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., 

on Tuesday, the 23rd day of April, 1968, unless ten per centum (10%) of the 

qualified electors of said City, or one thousand, five hundred (1,500) whichever 

is the lesser, shall file a written protest against the issuance of said bonds 

for any or all of the aforesaid propositions on or before said date and hour. 

SECTION 3. That notice be hereby given that a written protest against 

the issuance of said bonds for any or all of the aforesaid propositions may 

be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Oxford at or prior to the above- 

named date and hour, and that if any such protest be filed and be signed by ten 

per centum (10%) of the qualified electors of said City, or one thousand, five 

hundred (1,500), whichever is the lesser, then an election on the question of 

the issuance of the bonds specified in such protest shall be called and held 

as is provided by law. If no such protest be filed, the said bonds may he 

issued without an election on the question of the issuance of said bonds. 

SECTTON 4. That the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and directed 

to cause this resolution to be published in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper 

published in the said City of Oxford, Mississippi, and of general circulation 

in said City, and which is eligible under the provisions of Chapter 427, Laws 

of Mississippi, 1948, and that the sad resolution be so published once a week 

for at least three consecutive weeks, the first publication to be made not less 

than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date above fixed for the issuance of 

said bonds and the last publication to be not more than seven (7) days prior 

to said date. 

Alderman Hannaford seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution , 

and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows: 

Alderman McLaurin voted Aye 

Alderman Hannaford voted Aye 


Alderman Sisk voted Aye 


The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the members of 

the Board of Aldermen present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the 

resolution adopted, this 19th day of March, 1968.

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I, the undersigned, City Clerk within and for the City of Oxford, in 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the foregoing consti- 

tutes a true and correct copy of a certain resolution adopted by the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen of said City on the 19 6 day of March, 1968, as fully as the 

same appears and remains of record in my office. 

Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at my 

office in said City, this 22nd day of March, 1968. 

(SEAL) 

PUBLISH ON MARCH 28, APRIL 4, 11, & 18, 1968. 

/s/ H. C. Wiley, Jr. 

CITY CLERK 

BY /s/ Vetra A. Stephens 

DEPUTY CLERK 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that this 

Board do now adjourn Sine-Die: 

CITY CLERK

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REGULAR MEETING 


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 




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7:00 P. M. APRIL 2, 1968 

Be it remembered that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

April 2, 1968 it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of said 

meeting, when and where the following were present: 

J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Mayor Pro Tem, Presiding 





Hugh C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk 



R. L. Tidwell -Sanitation Superintendent 

Tom H. Landrum - Superintendent of Elec. Dept. 




F. O. Burrow - Chief of Police 

After the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted: 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King, and passed 

unanimously accepting the March minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the March accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 

at page 480 through 487 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book,

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Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed 

0 unanimously to divide the street assessment on Chickasaw Drive Ext. which was 

formerlly owned by David McKinney as follows: 

Brandon Jones, Jr 100' 

Brandon Jones, Jr 115' 

B. G. Ellzey 100' 

Making a total of 315 front feet said division to become effective with 

the 1968 installment. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously to allow Mr. Omar Craig and Associates to open Van Buren Avenue, 

in a westerly direction, on South 18th Street to their property, providing Mr. 

Craig and Associates will build said street at their expense with curb and 

gutter to the City Engineers specifications and that Mr. Craig and Associates 

will agree to bear all expense involved in relocating any utilities caused by 

the construction of said street. Also providing that Mr. Craig and Associates 

sign a written agreement guaranteeing performance of the above requirements. 

Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously declaring the intention of the Mayor and Board to grant a franchise 

to National TV Cable, Inc. for the operation of a Cable TV System in the City 

of Oxford providing all details in the franchise contract can be worked out 

I to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Board, specifically these provisions will 

be included: 

(1) The franchise shall be for a period of 15 years. 

(2) A specific time limit of six (6) months will be allowed for 

the company to start construction. 

(3) A specific time limit of one (1) year will be allowed for 

the company to complete construction. 

(4) That the company will agree to provide service to any and 

all citizens of the City of Oxford who desire it. 

(5) The franchise shall not be transferable. 

RESOLUTION MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF 

INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEETING 

OF MARCH 5, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISS- 

ISSIPPI TO PURCHASE UTILITY POLES FOR THE 

ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 

At the March 5, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was the in- 

il of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to purchase utility poles for the 

Electric Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on April 2, 

1968, in the office of the Mayor of said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the March 5; 1968, meeting as aforesaid, hav- 

ing remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for mor 

than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objection to or 

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protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 

BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi purchase utility poles for the Electric Depart- 

, ment according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 

Mayor of said City. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing, was read 

by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by 

section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by 

Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 

vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 


ALDERMAN LINDETLOWENS YEA 

ALDERMAN HARRY S. SISK YEA 


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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Utility Poles 

to be opened at the regular meeting of April 2, 1968, bids were received from 

the following firms: 

Stuart C. Irby Company 

Tupelo, Mississippi $4,296.54 

Kopper's Company, Inc. 

Montgomery, Alabama $3,823.60 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Sisk, 

seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Kopper's Company, Inc., it being the lowest and best bid.

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RESOLUTION MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION 

PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 5, 1968 

OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO PURCHASE MALATHION, 

CHLORINE, CHLORDANE, SEWER SOLVENT, SEWER DEO- 

DORANT, WEED KILLER, LIQUID ASPHALT AND GRADED 

AGGREGATE. 


Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was the 

intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to purchase Malathion, Chlorine, 

Chlordane, Sewer Solvent, Sewer Deodorant, Weed Killer, Liquid Asphalt and 

Graded Aggregate and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on April 2, 1968, in 

the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the March 5, 1968, meeting as aforesaid, hav- 

ing remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for 

more than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections 

to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


the City of Oxford, Mississippi purchase Malathion, Chlorine, Chlordane, Sewer 

Solvent, Sewer Deodorant, Weed Killer, Liquid Asphalt and Graded Aggregate 

according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor 

of said City. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing was 

read by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen was considered section 

by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, second- 

ed by Alderman Sisk, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 

and the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 


ALDERMAN LINDER OWENS YEA 



Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford E a gle for bids on Malathion, 

Chlorine, Chlordane, Sewer Solvent, Sewer Deodorant, Weed Killer Liquid As- 

phalt and Graded Aggregate, to be opened at the regular meeting of April 2, 

1968, bids were received from the following firms: 

Certified Laboratories, Inc. 

Ft. Worth, Texas Certithion $11.85/gallon 

Ideal Chemical & Supply Co. 

Memphis, Tennessee 

48 Cylinders, 150 lbs each 141 per lb. 

Chapman Chemical Company 


1. 12 x 15 gallon drums roach & pest killer $ 1.70/gallon 

2. 6 x 55 gallon drums Matatal 55 $ 7.60/gallon 

Newell Paper Company 

Meredian, Mississippi 

48 Cylinders of liquid chlorine, with delivery of 

4 cylinders per month/ 

Thompson-Hayward 


48 Cylinders of liquid chlorine with delivery of 4 cylinders 

150 lbs. per month $ 1325 per lb. 

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$1.80 gallon on 12 x 55 gallon drums of 20% Chlordane Oil Soluble 

$6.00 gallon on 6 x 55 gallon drums of 57% Malathion Soluble in Oil 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Ideal 

Chemical Company for Chlorine and Thompson-Hayward, Inc. for insecticides, 

they being the lowest and best bids. 

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MOBILE RADIO UNIT FOR STREET DEPARTMENT. 



purchase mobile radio unit for street department. 


p. m. on May 7, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens, it 

was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 








bids on Mobile radio unit for Street Department. 




1200 FT. 6" CONCRETE SEWER PIPE. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayorand Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase 1200 Ft. 6 inch concrete sewer pipe. 



this resolution.

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as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens it 









bids on 1200 ft. 6 inch concrete sewer pipe. 

There came on for consideration the following ordinance which the Planning 

Commission had recommended for passage. Alderman Owens moved its adoption. 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION B4a OF SECTION 118 OF THE OFFICIAL ZON- 

ING ORDINANCE FOR OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDINGS 

AND STRUCTURES MAY BE PERMITTED BY EXCEPTION IN ANY ZONE. 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI: 

SECTION 1. That Section B4a of Section 118 of the Official Zoning Ordinance 

For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966, be and it is hereby amended to read as 

follows: 

a. Uses Permitted by Exception 

The Board of Adjustment may authorize, upon application in specific 

cases, an exception from the terms of this Ordinance, such as will permit the 

establishment of the following permitted uses in any zone. Every exception 

authorized hereunder shall not be personal to the applicant therefor but shall 

be transferable and shall run with the land. 

(1) Uses Which May be Permitted by Exception in any Zone 

(a) Agriculture, including the sale of produce, plants, 

trees, and/or shrubs. 

b) Cemetery 

Churches and/or church facilities. 

d) Community Center. 

W Electrical Substation. 

Fire Station. 

(g) Gas Regulator Station. 

(h) Public Library. 

(i) Police Station. 

Pre-school, including nursery schools & kindergartens. 

(j) k Public Museum. 

it Elementary and/or secondary public schools. 

Mortuaries or Funeral Homes. 

n) Public utility buildings & structures. 

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Utility pumping station. 

Water Reservoir. 

(q) Mobile home parks with a minimum of four (4) acre sites not 

to exceed a density of eight mobile homes per gross acre. 

(r) Parks and playgrounds. 

(s) Clinic, medical or dental, privately owned.

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(t) Institution for children or the aged, not including penal 

or correctional types. 

(u) Monastery, convent, or similar institutions of religious 

training. 

Rooming or boarding house. 

1 University or college. 

x) Laboratory, dental, medical and/or optical. 

(y) Hospital. 

MwLibrary 

or reading room. 

a.1 Tourist home. 

bb Two-family dwelling. 

In granting any special exception the Board of Adjustment may prescribe 

appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this Ordinance. Violation 

of such conditions and safeguards, when made a part of the terms under 

which the special exception is granted, shall he deemed a violation of this 

Ordinance and punishable under SECTION 121 within which the action for which 

the special exception is required shall be begun or completed or both. Failure 

to begin or complete, or both, such action within the time limit set shall void 

the special exception. 

SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force April 24,, 

1968, if by such time a public hearing shall have been held as provided by law, 

and no changes have been made in this Ordinance; otherwise, it is the Mayor and 

Board's intention to adopt an amended form of this Ordinance which will take 

effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as amended, 

the public welfare so requiring. 

(SEAL) 

ATTEST: 

This the 2nd day of April, 1968. 

KAYOR/PR -TEM 

CITY XLF (44-i\l) K 

After the foregoing Ordinance had been read and considered section by 

section and paragraph, Alderman King seconded the motion to adopt the Ordinance 

and, on final passage, the vote was as follows: 






The Mayor Pro Tem thereupon declared that the Ordinance was adopted.

s. 

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Pursuant to an advertisement for bids on a backhoe and frontend loader for 

the Street Department which were opened, read and rejected at the regular meet- 

ing of March 5, 1968, the Board of Aldermen authorized and directed the Mayor 

and City Clerk to re-advertise for same; said bids to be accepted at the regu- 

lar meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at 7:30 p. m., April 2, 1968. 

The following bids were opened and read: 

Barton Equipment Company 


1-JD400 John Deere Wheel Loader Tractor Gas Engine, Hydraulic 

Reverser, 16.9x24 8 ply tires Front Counterweight, Differential 

Locke, Power Steering, 94 John Deere Backhoe and 24" bucket.. 

$7776.79 less sales tax 

Ray Tractor Company 

New Albany, Mississippi 

44021G Tractor, 753-10 Backhoe, and 735 Front Loader 

is $7484.98 

Williams Equipment & Supply Company 


Allis Chalmers backhoe-loader• $7077.62 

Allis-Chalmers backhoe-loader• $6348.33 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman King, 

seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Ray 

Tractor Company, it being the lowest and best bid. 

The Committee on Water Lines reported to the Mayor and Board that it had 

reached an agreement with Mr. T. E. Davis to pay him the sum of $2,700.00 for 

his water lines located in Highland Subdivision, said lines including an ease- 

ment over private property from a point near the end of Pinecrest Drive to 

Highland Subdivision. The City had originally offered Mr. Davis the sum of 

$1,646.10, less $108.90, for such lines but Mr. Davis had declined to accept 

such original offer. 

On motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by klderman King, and passed 

unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to deliver 

the City's check in the amount of $2,700.00 to Mr. T. E. Davis upon his exe- 

cution ofa"CONVEYANCE" prepared by the City Attorneys and upon 

his delivery to the City Clerk of an easement across the private property a- 

forementioned, said easement to be prepared by Mr. Davis' attorney and approved 

by the City Attorneys. 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI )) 


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CONVEYANCE 

For and in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) cash in hand paid and 

other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is 

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hereby acknowledged, I, T. E. Davis, grant, bargain, sell, convey and warrant 

unto the City of Oxford, Mississippi, those certain water lines claimed by me 

located in Highland Subdivision in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss- 

issippi, and any lines outside of said Subdivision which connect to such lines, 

same being all of the water lines which I claim to own in the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi. 

If any of the above-described water lines are located on, in or under 

property other than public right-of-way and such property is owned by the gran- 

tor(s), there is here granted, bargained, sold and conveyed unto the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, a perpetual easement to operate, maintain, service, repair 

and replace such lines on, in, under and across the property where sich lines 

are presently located and for a distance of five (5) feet to either side of 

such lines. 

This the 5th day of April, 1968. 



/s/ T. E. Davis 

T. E. Davis 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law in and for 

the State and County aforesaid, T. E. David, who acknowledged that he signed 

and delivered the above and foregoing conveyance on the day and date therein 

stated. 

(SEAL) 

This the 5th day of April, 1968. 

My commission expires: August 14, 1968. 

/s/ Vetra A. Stephens 

NOTARY PUBLIC 


this Board do now recess until April 23, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. APRIL 23, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on April 2, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on April 23, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber 








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Dr. J. G. McMurray - Chairman of Park Commission 


There came on for hearing the matter of the adoption of an amendment to 

the Official Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966, the hour of 7:00 

o'clock p. m., on this date having been set as the time for the hearing of 

objections and protests, if any. No objections or protests having been made by 

any person, the Mayor and Board so adjudicated, meaning that the said amendment 

to said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on April 24, 1968. 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to spread upon the 

minutes the following petition: 

To: The Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

Gentlemen: 

19 

P. O. Box 52 

University, Mississippi 38677 

April 10, 1968 

We, the undersigned, have been concerned for some time about our local traffic 

problems on College Hill Road from its intersection at Highway•#6 to the airport. 

This problem has now been augmented by the erection of a large apartment 

complex near the airport entrance with its concomitant addition to the 

traffic flow. 

As you are aware, traffic complications occur constantly at the intersection 

with Highway #6, Phillip Road, and Washington Avenue. It now appears that the 

additional traffic occasioned by the apartment houses and other home buildings 

has increased the danger to those entering College Hill Road from Leighton 

Road and from certain "blind" private driveways opening onto College Hill Road.

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We respectfully call this matter to your attention and hope that some solution 

can be found either by the city or the state. 

Very truly yours, 

/s/ Rufus L. Jones /s John G. Douglas 

/s/ Mr. & Mrs. Neil Murphree 

/s/ W. Alton Bryant 

/s/ Charles E. Noyes 

/s/ Chester A. McLarty 

/s/ Mr. & Mrs. M. de L. Landon 

/s/ Donald A. Parsons 

/s/ Franklin E. Moak /s/ William Lewis, Jr. 

/s/ Kenneth P. McLaughlin /s/ Dwight Young 

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LIGHTS FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of saidMayor and Board of Aldermen to 

purchase lights for the Electric Department. 


p. m. on May 7, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it was 

adoption section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 



ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR YEA 




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bids on lights for the Electric Department.

MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 20-A 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to a resolution entitled "A RESO- 

LUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO ISSUE NEGOTIABLE BONDS OF THE SAID CITY IN SPECI- 

FIED AMOUNTS FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAID CITY," adopted by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, on the 19th day 

of March, 1968, he did cause the said resolution to be published in the Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published in said City, on the 28* day of March, 1968, and 

on the 46 , 11th, and 186 days of April, 1968, as evidenced by proof of publica- 

tion on file in the office of the City Clerk, which proof the said. Clerk did 

then exhibit to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

The City Clerk further reported that no written protest of any kind or 

character against any of the bonds described in the aforesaid resolution had 

been filed in the Clerk's office or with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

Thereupon, Alderman Hannaford offered and moved the adoption of the 

following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE RESOLUTION 

ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE 

MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISS- 

ISSIPPI, TO ISSUE NEGOTIABLE BONDS OF THE SAID CITY IN 

SPECIFIED AMOUNTS FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR 

SAID CITY, "ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN 

OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, ON THE 19TH DAY OF 

MARCH, 1968, WAS DULY PUBLISHED, AS REQUIRED BY SAID RESO- 

LUTION AND AS REQUIRED BY LAW; THAT NO PETITION OF ANY 

KIND OR CHARACTER AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS DE- 

SCRIBED IN SAID RESOLUTION HAD BEEN FILED BY QUALIFIED 

ELECTORS OF SAID CITY; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THAT 

SAID BONDS BE OFFERED FOR SALE. 

WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 19 6 day of March, 1968, the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, did adopt a certain reso- 

lution entitled "A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO ISSUE NEGOTIABLE BONDS OF 

THE SAID CITY IN SPECIFIED AMOUNTS FOR DESIGNATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAID 

CITY"; and 

WHEREAS, as required by law and as directed by the said resolution, the 

City Clerk did cause the said resolution to be published in the Oxford Eagle, 

a newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford, and 

being a qualified newspaper under the provisions of Chapter 427, Laws of Miss- 

issippi, 1948; said resolution having been published in said newspaper on the 

28th day of March, 1968, and on the 4 6 , 11th, and 18 6 days of 

WHEREAS, the said resolution, therefore, was published 

newspaper for at least three (3) consecutive weeks prior to 

April, 1968, the date 

bonds; and 

April, 1968; and 

in the aforesaid 

the 23rd day of 

specified in said resolution for the issuance of said

20-B MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 

WHEREAS, the first of the aforesaid publications was made at least twenty- 

one (21) days prior to the 23rd day of April, 1968, and the last publication 

was made not more than seven (7) days prior to the said date; and 

WHEREAS, proof of publication of the aforesaid resolution has been exhi- 

bited to the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen and is now on file in the office 

of the City Clerk; and 

WHEREAS, no written protest of any kind or character has been filed -, gainst 

the issuance of any of the bonds described in the aforesaid resolution; and 

WHEREAS, the time for the filing of any such protest or protests has now 

expired; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford are now 

authorized and empowered to issue all of the bonds described in the aforesaid 

resolution: 



SECTION 1. That the aforesaid resolution adopted on the 19th day of March, 

1968, has been published for the time and in the manner required by law, that 

no written protest of any kind or character has been filed against the issu- 

ance of any of said bonds, and that the time for the filing of such protest 

or protests has now expired. 

SECTION 2. That the $35,000 of bonds authorized under Proposition No. 1, 

the $25,000 of bonds authorized under Proposition No. 2, the $15,000 of bonds 

authorized under Proposition No. 3, and the $10,000 of bonds authorized under 

Proposition No. 4 set forth in the aforesaid resolution adopted on the 19th 

day of March, 1968, be combined into one issue of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars 

($85,000) Public Improvement Bonds and be offered for sale to the highest bid- 

der therefor on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 1968. 

SECTION 3. That said bonds shall be sold on sealed bids to be filed 

with the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall in the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, at or before the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., Central Daylight 

Time, on the aforesaid date; each bid to be accompanied by a cashier's check, 

certified check, or exchange, payable to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in 

the amount of One Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700), as a guarantee 

that the bidder will carry out his contract and purchase the bonds if his bid 

be accepted. If the successful bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to 

his bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retained 

by the City of Oxford and shall be paid into the Treasury of said City as

MINUTE BOOK NO. 2 4, CITY OF OXFORD 20-C 

liquidated damages for such failure. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve 

the right to reject any or all bids submitted and, if all bids are rejected, 

to sell said bonds at private sale at any time within sixty days after the 

date advertised for the receipt of bids, at a price not less than the highest 

bid which shall have been received at such advertised sale. 

SECTION 4. That bidders for said bonds be requested to designate in 

their bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or 

rates, but not more than four (4) different rates, likewise to be designated 

in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of the same maturity shall 

bear interest at one and the same rate, which shall be an even multiple of 

one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 

of i%), and the difference between the highest rate bid and the lowest rate 

bid shall not exceed two per centum (2%). No bid specifying supplemental in- 

terest coupons will be considered. 

SECTION 5. That, as required by Chapter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 1946, 

the City Clerk shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to give notice 

of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two times in the Oxford Eagle, 

a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Mississippi; the first publication 

to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date set for the receipt of 

bids, and such notice to be in substantially the following form: 

NOTICE OF BOND SALE 

$85, 000 

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS 

(General Obligations) 


Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the office of the City Clerk 

in the City Hall, Oxford, Mississippi, until the hour of 7:30 

o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 1968, at which time 

said bids will be publicly opened for the purchase, at not less 

than par and accrued interest, of the above bonds of said City. 

Said bonds are to bear date of June 1, 1968, are to be of the denomination 

of $1,000 each, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates to 

be determined pursuant to sale of said bonds, payable March 1, 1969, 

and semi-annually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each year. 

Both principal of and interest on said bonds will be payable at a 

place to be designated by the purchaser, subject to approval by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and said bonds shall mature, without 

option of prior payment, on March 1 in each of the years as follows: 

$4,000 in 1969 through 1978 

$5,000 in 1979 through 1987 

Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price they will 

pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates, but not more than 

four (4) different rates, likewise to be designated in their bids; 

provided, however, that all bonds of the same maturity shall bear interest 

at one and the same rate, which shall be a multiple of oneeighth 

of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per centum 

(1/10 of 1%). The difference between the highest rate bid and the 

lowest rate bid shall not exceed two per centum (2%), and no bid 

specifying supplemental interest coupons will be considered.

MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 20-D 

Proposals shoulc be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and 

should be plainly marked "Proposal for Bonds," and should be filed 

with the City Clerk on or prior to the date and hour hereinabove 

named. Each bid must be accompanied by a cachier's check, certified 

check, or exchange, payable to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, issued 

or certified by a bank located in the State of Mississippi, in 

the amount of One Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700), as a 

guarantee that the bidder will carry out his contract and purchase 

the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of such good 

faith check shall be retained by the City and shall be paid into the 

Treasury of the City. 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to reject any or 

all bids. 

In the opinion of Counsel, these bonds will be general obligations 

of the City, payable, both as to principal and interest, from ad 

valorem taxes which may be levied, without limit as to rate or amount, 

upon all taxable property within said City. 

These bonds are offered subject to the unqualified approval of the 

legality thereof by the law firm of Charles and Trauernicht of St. 

Louis, Missouri. The City will pay the legal fees and will pay for 

the printing of the bonds and the cost of the validation of said 

bonds. Delivery of the bonds will be made to the purchaser within 

sixty days after the date of sale, at a place to be designated by 

the purchaser and without cost to the purchaser. 

By order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, this 23rd day of April, 1968. 

SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall obtain from the publisher of the 

aforesaid newspaper the customary publisher's affidavit proving publication 

of said notice for the time and in the manner required by law, and such proof 

of publication shall be filed in the Clerk's office. 

Alderman King seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 


Alderman Hannaford voted yea 

Alderman King voted yea 

Alderman Owens voted yea 

Alderman Sisk voted yea 

Alderman McLaurin voted yea 


the Board of Aldermen present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the 

resolution adopted, this 23rd day of April, 1968. 

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HALF-TON PANEL TRUCK FOR THE POLICE 

DEPARTMENT TO BE USED AS AN ANIMAL CON- 

TROL VEHICLE. 



purchase a half-ton panel truck for the Police Department to be used as an 

animal control vehicle. 


p. m. on May 7, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

.resolution. 


the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and then as 

a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford it was 

adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 









bids on a half-ton panel truck for the Police Department to be used as an 

animal control vehicle. 

Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously to accept the resignation of M. G. Smith from the Police 

Department. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a permit to own and drive a taxi 

in the City of Oxford from Dempsey McLarty. Motion was made by Alderman King, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

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Mr. Burrow, Chief of Police, presented an application to the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen from Harry Alderson for work with the City of Oxford as a 

policeman. After discussion motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded 

by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to employ Mr. Alderson at a salary 

of $325.00 per month beginning May 1, 1968. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of advertising the Lion's Horse Show 

Program for the City of Oxford. After a discussion motion was made by Alderman . 

McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to place a 

two page ad for the Electric Department at a cost of $100.00 and a half page 

for the City of Oxford at a cost of $40.00 in said program and charge all to 

advertising. 




AC & RC GRADES LIQUID ASPHALT, SLAG AND 

LIMESTONE. 



purchase AC & RC Grades Liquid Asphalt, Slag and Limestone. 






as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 

it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the 

final passage thereof was as follows: 








bids on AC & RC Grades Liquid Asphalt, Slag and Limestone. 


this Board do now recess until May 1, 1968 at 7:00 P. M.

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1 RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 

7:00 P. M. MAY 1, 1968 

ii 

Pursuant to a recess order on April 23, 1968, the Mayor and , -Boatovi ef*.Aldermen 

met on May I, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber 








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Hugh C. Wiley, Jr.. - City Clerk 




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After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacte 




FLUORIDATION EQUIPMENT FOR THE WATER 

DEPARTMENT. 


Mississippi that iitiis the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

purchase fluoridation equipment for the Water Department. 


p. m. on June 4, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 








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On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered 'that 


bids on fluoridation equipment for the Water Department.

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SEWERAGE LIFT PUMPS AND SEWER PIPE FOR 

THE CITY OF OXFORD. 



purchase sewerage lift pump and sewer pipe for the City of Oxford. 


p. m. on June 4, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman McLaurin it 










bids on Sewerage lift pumpsand sewer pipe for the City of Oxford. 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM RB SINGLE-FAMILY 

RESIDENTIAL TO RD MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on September 28, 1967, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, 1966, recommended that the following described real property in 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from RB Single-Family Residential 

to RD Multi-Family Residential. 

Beginning at the corner of a fence intersection that is S 0° 22' 40" E. 

a distance of 667 feet, from the Northeast corner of Section 30, Township 

8 South, Range 3 West, and run Thence, along the Section Line that is 

common to Sections 30 & 29, S 0° 22' 40" F. a distance of 360 feet to 

a point. Thence, N 84° 48' W. a distance of 668 feet to a point. Thence 

N 0° 22' 40" W. a distance of 295 feet to a point on a fence line. 

Thence, along a fence line, N 89° 37' E. a distance of 665 feet to the 

point of beginning. All lying and being in the NE+, of Section 30, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and being 

situated in the City ofOxford, containing 5.0 acres more or less. 

WHEREAS, on December 5, 1967, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning 

Commission and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to 

the zoning ordinance; and

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CITY LERK 


WHEREAS, notice was duly given of the adoption of the proposed amendment 

to said zoning ordinance, as required by the aforesaid Section 122, by publication 

and by posting, said notice being returnable to a meeting of the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen held at the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi, at 7:30 

o'clock, p. m., on May 1, 1968 and 

WHEREAS, at such time and place, no objections were interposed by any 

person to such re-zoning; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. Re-zoning. That the above-described real property be, and 

it is hereby re-zoned from RB Single-Family Residential to RD Multi-Family 

Residential. 

Section 2. Changes On Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall make 

the necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, 

and print thereon the following: "On May 1, 1968, by official action of the 

Board of Aldermen, this Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing 

in Ordinance Book 2 at page 474." The foregoing entry on the Map shall 

be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the 

Official Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 

Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, 

in conflict herewith shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 

Section 4. Effective Date. That this ordinance shall take effect and 

be in force from and after the time when the requirement of Section 2 thereof 

have been met. 

ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 1st day of May, 1968. 


this Board do now adjourn Sine-Die: 

CITY CLERK MAYOR 

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7:00 P. M. MAY 7, 1968 



May 7, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of said 












R. L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation Dept. 

Tom H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept. 




Wayne C. Leech - Supt. of Schools 

William N. Lovelady - Member of School Board 

A. T. Bunch - Member of School Board 

James S. Downs - Member of School Board 

Eddie Mack Morgan - Member of School Board 

After the meeting was called to order, the following business was 

transacted:

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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens and 

passed unanimously accepting the April minutes as read. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, and 

passed unanimously to approve the April accounts as read. Said accounts being 

recorded at page 488 through 495 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 



OF APRIL 23, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 


ISSIPPI TO PURCHASE A 1 TON PANEL TRUCK 

FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

At the April 23, 1968, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was the 

intention of said Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen to purchase a 1 ton panel truck 

;'for the Police Department, and that the Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen of th' City 

of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on May 7, 

1968, in the office of the Mayor of said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the April 23, 1968, meeting as aforesaid, having 

, remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more 

than two weeks for public inspection and there having been no objection to or 



the City of Oxford, Mississippi purchase a 1 ton panel truck for the Police 

Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of 

the Mayor of said City. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing, was read 


section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman King, seconded by 

Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 



ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR .....YEA 




Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on a f ton panel 

, truck for the Police Department to be opened at the regular meeting of May 7, 

; 

1968 at 7:30 p. m., bids were received from the following firms: 

F. W. Belk & Son Motor Company 

1968 Ford Econoline Van $1,963.03 

Lafayette Motors, Inc. 

White Dodge 1 ton panel van $1,798.87 

Rebel Chevrolet Company 

1968 Chevy II Van $1,850.00

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seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to accept the bids of 

Rebel Chevrolet Company it being the lowest and best bid. 

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OF APRIL 2, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 


ISSIPPI TO PURCHASE A TWO-WAY MOBILE RADIO 

UNIT FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT. 

At the April 2, 1968, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was re- 

solved by said Mayor and Board that it was the intention of said Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen to purchase a two-way mobile radio unit for the Street De- 

partment and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would 

take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on May 7, 1968, in the 

office of the Mayor of said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the April 2, 1968, meeting as aforesaid, hav- 


more than two weeks for public inspection and there having been no objection 


BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi purchase a two-way mobile radio unit for 

the Street Department according to the plans and specifications on file in 

the office of the Mayor of said City. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing, was 

read by the Clerk of said M ayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section 

by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford, it was adopted section by section, and then 

as a whole, and the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 


ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURTN, JR YEA 




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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on A two-way 

mobile radio unit for the Street Department to be opened at the regular meet- 

ing of May 7, 1968, at 7:30 p. m., bids were received from the following firms: 

General Electric Company 


MT56TAS 30 Watts RF Power Output $655.50 

Motorola Communications & Electronics 


Mobile two-way radio $705.00 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept the bidi of 

General. Electric it being the lowest and best bid.

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A RESOLUTION MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF 

INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF 

APRIL 2, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LINEAR FEET CONCRETE 

GASKET SEWER PIPE. 

At the April 2, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


tention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 linear feet 

concrete gasket sewer pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on May 7, 

1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the April 2, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, having 

remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more 

1 than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to or 



the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 linear feet concrete gasket 

sewer pipe according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of 


The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing was read 



Alderman Owens it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 


ALDERMAN BILL B. HANNAFORD YEA 





Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1200 linear 

feet concrete gasket sewer pipe to be opened at the regular meeting of May 7, 

1968 at 7:30 p. m. bids were recieved from the following firms: 

Dixie Culvert & Supply Company 

Oxford, Mississippi 

10-8"x6" Wyes $4.25 Each GaSket Type 

10-6"x6" Wyes $1.25 Each Gasket Type 

10-8"x1/8 Bends $3.83 Each Gasket Type 

10-6"x1/8 Bends $2.93 Each Gasket Type 

Sewer Pipe Complete $0.65 Per Linear Foot 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Dixie 

Culvert & Supply Company, it being the lowest and best bid.

97768—mmemalow 


A RESOLUTION MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION 

OF INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEET- 

ING OF APRIL 23, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND 

BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON STREET 

LIGHTS FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 

At the April 23, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was 

the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Street lights 

for the Electric Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on 

May 7, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the April 23, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 



to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof. 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Street lights for the 

Electric Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the 



read by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section 

by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, second- 

ed by Alderman Sisk, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 

and the vote of the Aldermen passage thereof was as follows: 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Street lights 

for Electric Department to be opened at the regular meeting of May 7, 1968 

at 7:30 p. m., bids were received from the following firms: 

Utility Supply Company NO. OF UNITS UNIT PRICE EXT , D PRICE 

Jackson, Mississippi 

50 57.20 2,860.00 

Graybar Electric Company 


National Electric Supply Company 


Power & Telephone Supply Company 


Stuart C. Irby Company 


150 29.20 4,380.00 

TOT...7,240.00 

50 71.73 3,113.00 

50 73.06 3,653.00 

150 27.53 4,129.50 

TOT...7,242.50 

50 71.73 3.586.50 

150 31.38 4,707.00 

TOT...8,291.50 

50 71.00 3,550.00 

150 32.10 4,815.00 

TOT...8,165.00 

50 61.88 3,094.00 

150 31.28 4,692.00 

TOT...7,786.00

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seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously, to continue for further 

consideration all bids on Street lights for the Electric Department. 



ING OF APRIL 23, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND 


MISSISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON LIQUID 

ASPHALT (AC & RC GRADES), SLAG & LIMESTONE. 

At the April 23, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Liquid Asphalt, 

Slag and Limestone and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on May 7, 1968 

in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the April 23, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, having 


than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to 

or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on liquid asphalt, slag, and 

limestone according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman Hannaford was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote of the Aldermen passage thereof was as follows: 






* * * * 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on AC & RC 

grades liquid asphalt, slag, & limestone to be opened at the regular meeting 

of May 7, 1968 at 7:30 p. m., bids were received from the following firms: 

Liquid Asphalt: 

Globe Asphalt Company 

Yazoo City, Mississippi 

Surface treating grades 

EA-2, EA-3 1187 per gal. 

RS-1C, RS-2C 1237 per gal. 

Mixing grades 

EA-4, EA-5, & EA-6 1276 per gal. 

Emulsion Prime 

EA-1 grade 1376 per gal. 

Cutback Asphalt Emulsion 

CBAE-2 and CBAE-3 1376 per gal. 

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Southland Oil Company 


AC Asphalt 1187 per gal. 

MC-1 or MC30 Asphalt Prime 1326 per gal. 

Other MC-RC Grades 1276 per gal. 

SLAG & LIMESTONE: 

Columbia Slag Company 

Columbia, Tennessee 

Crushed graded slag aggregate in various sizes $4.25 N. T. 

Mid-South Materials, Inc. 

Booneville, Mississippi 

Miss. Type I Slag $1.35 

Miss. Type VI Seal Slag $1.35 

Mississippi Aggregate Company, Inc. 


Miss. Type T . Cover Slag $4.18 per ton 

Miss. Type VI Seal Slag $4.28 per ton 

Miss. Type VII Seal Slag $4.28 per ton 

Miss. Type I Stone $3.59 per ton 

Miss. Type VI Stone $3.59 per ton 


seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept bids of 

Southland Oil Company for Liquid Asphalt; and motion was made Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Miss- 

issippi Aggregate Company for slag and limestone they being the best bids. 




AN ELECTRIC FRYER FOR ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 

TO BE USED AT OXFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City Of Oxford, 


purchase an electric fryer for the Electric Department to be used at Oxford 

Elementary School. 






as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 





ALDERMAN LINDER OWENS YFA 

ALDERMAN HARRY S. SISK YFA 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING YEA

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bids on an electric fryer for the Electric department to be used at Oxford 

Elementary School. 

* * * 




NEW GARBAGE TRUCK & UNIT FOR SANITATION 

DEPARTMENT. 


`Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

It 

purchase a new garbage truck and unit for the Sanitation Department. 



resolution. 


the Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section and then as 

a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, it was 

adopted section by section, and then as a whole,and the vote on the final pass- 

age thereof was as follows: 






* * * * * 



:bids on new garbage truck and unit for the Sanitation Department. 




1200 LIN. FT. OF 6" GASKET SEWER PIPE 

& 1200 LIN. FT. OF 8" CONCRETE PIPE. 



purchase 1200 Lin. Ft. of 6" gasket sewer pipe & 1200 Lin. Ft. of 8" concrete 

pipe. 

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resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk it was 



ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD YEA° 






the Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise 

for bids on 1200 Lin. Ft. of 6" Gasket Sewer Pipe and 1200 Lin. Ft. of 8" 

Concrete Pipe. 

Tom Landrum, Superintendent of Electric Department, presented the name of 

James T. Pryor, Jr. for part-time employment with the Electric Department. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously to employ Mr. Pryor for the summer months. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously directing the City Attorney to draw up an ordinance which 

will include the provisions that no dogs within the City of Oxford will be 

allowed to run at large; any dog not kept in an enclosure or on a leash will 

be subject to impoundment. 

Came on for consideration the matter of the City of Oxford paving Jeff 

Davis Drive Extended to the end of Oxford Manufacturing Company property. 

After discussion motion was made by Alderman 'Silc, seconded by Alderman King 

and passed unanimously authorizing the expenditure of approximately $700.00 of 

Street Maintenance Funds for paving that part of Jeff Davis Drive Extended, 

which is adjacent to the Oxford Manufacturing Company parking lot, with the 

understanding that the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County will do all 

necessary work towardprepairing the road bed.

97768— xnemn-oarwez 


Came on for consideration the matter of that part of Northeast MissiSsippi 

Electric Power Association Distribution System which is inside the city limits. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously authorizing and directing the Mayor to write the following 

letter to Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association. 

Mr. R. C. White 

President of the Board of Directors 

Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association 

Oxford, Mississippi 3 86 55 

Dear Mr. White: 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, meeting 

in regular session May 7, 1968, has by resolution authorized the following 

offer to purchase electric properties of the Northeast Mississippi Electric 

Power Association located within the city limits of Oxford, Mississippi: 

For properties inventoried by McWhorter and Franklin, the sum of Two Hundred 

Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000). 

For gross additions less retirements since such inventory of McWhorter and 

Franklin, the cost of such additions less retirements as reflected by the 

records of the Cooperative. 

This offer is contingent on the City of Oxford's ability to obtain a two 

per cent interest loan from REA to finance such purchase price. 

This offer is tendered for immediate acceptance and will remain in effect 

until June 1, 1968. 

cc: W. N. Lovelady 

* * * 

Yours truly, 


Richard W. Elliott, Mayor 


this Board do now recess until May 13, 1968 at 7:00 p. m.

97768—amemalrom 

MINUTE BOOK No. 24 , CITY 

OF OXFORD 

RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MAY 13, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on May 7, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen met 

on May 13, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber in 

City Hall when and where the following were present: 






* * * 





passed unanimously to agree to retain the firm of Gassner, Nathan, Browne, & 

Seabrook Architect Planners, Inc. for the year 1968 based upon the provisions 

set out in the following letter. 

The Honorable Richard W. Elliott 

City of Oxford 

City Hall 

Dear Mayor Elliott: 

During this year the City will be preparing documentation for (1) recertification 

of the Workable Program, (2) Urban Beautification, and (3) possible other 

federal programs, including community facilities. 

We anticipate that as the City's Consultant we will spend approximately 38 

mandays in these and other jobs for the City of Oxford, excluding urban renewal, 

public housing, and comprehensive planning. 

I am, therefore, requesting from the City that the City agree to retain us at 

the following manday rates with maximum expenditure not to exceed $3,300.00: 

Partner 

Associate Partner 

Planner 

Senior Technician 

Junior Technician 

Secretary 

$150.00/manday 

125.00/manday 

105.00/manday 

85.00/manday 

70.00/manday 

50.00/manday 

These rates will include travel to and from the City of. Oxford. (Air travel 

would be extra). The maximum figure of $3,300.00 was based upon mandays expended 

during the past year. During that period we spent approximately 

$2,700.00 in mandays on the Workable Program, Urban Beautification, and other 

more minor work areas. 

If you are in agreement that this suits the City's needs, a letter to that 

effect would suffice. 


/s/ Tom 

Thomas G. Seabrook 

TGS:cwh 

12 January, 1968 

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97768- TPLI 


There then came on for consideration the request of the Board of Trustees 

of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District for The City of Oxford, Miss- 

issippi, to convey property, as hereinafter described, which is presently be- 

ing used for school purposes, to the Oxford Municipal Separate School District. 

After discussion and on motion made, seconded and passing unanimously, the 

Mayor and Clerk of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, 

authorized and directed to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed conveying such 

property, and as hereinafter described, to the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District and in the following form: 



DEED 

FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of TEN AND NO/100 Dollars ($10.00), cash in hand, 

paid, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of all of which 

is hereby adjudged by the governing authority of The City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, to be good and sufficient, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknow- 

ledged, THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, does hereby grant, bargain, sell, 

convey, release and quitclaim unto the OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

the following described property situated in the City ofOxford, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, to-wit: 

Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111 or portions thereof, 

as said lots are shown on the official map of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, on file in the Office of the Clerk of said City and on 

file in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

to which map reference is hereby made, said property being 

situated in the East one-half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, in the City of Oxford, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, and being more minutely described as follows: 

Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 460 as shown on the City 

Map of Oxford, Mississippi, proceed thence South 79 degrees 36 

minutes East for 30.0 feet, thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 

East for 54.5 feet, thence South 79 degrees 36 minutes East for 79.31 

feet to the point of beginning for this description. Proceed thence 

North 10 degrees 24 minutes East for 241.81 feet, thence North 72 

degrees 01 minutes West for 65.86 feet to the East right-of-way 

line of North 9th Street, thence along said right-of-way Korth 19 

degrees 34 minutes East for 73.78 feet, thence along said rightof-way 

North 10 degrees 58 minutes East for 273.29 feet to the intersection 

of this line with the centerline of a ravine, thence along 

the centerline of said ravine South 50 degrees 33 minutes East for 

37.72 feet, thence South 42 degrees 40 minutes East for 150.04 

feet, thence South 53 degrees 30 minutes East for 85.0 feet, thence 

South 57 degrees 35 minutes East for 90.5 feet, thence South 56 

degrees 45 minutes East for 101.4 feet, thence South 54 degrees 15 

minutes East for 65.8 feet to a point, thence South 10 degrees 

29 minutes West for 245.55 feet, thence North 80 degrees 21 minutes 

West for 129.43 feet, thence South 10 degrees 24 minutes West for 

108.5 feet, thence North 79 degrees 36 minutes West for 283.18 

feet to the point of beginning, containing therein 4.39 acres, 

more or less. 

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This Deed is made pursuant to that certain Resolution adopted by the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, at its meeting on 

May 13, 1968, and said Resolution is recorded in Minute Book 24 at page 37 of 

the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of The City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, which Minutes are on file in the Office of the Clerk of said City and 

State. 

WITNESS THE SIGNATURE of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, by its Mayor 

and Clerk and the Seal of said City, pursuant to said Resolution of the gov- 

erning authorizies of said City as entered in its said minutes on this the 

20th day of May, 1968. 

SEAL OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 



THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

--------) - 

BY 

"xi,,a-1„ (A__,‘ ,2- ,Z.x,,s, 

-- RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR 

This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law 

in and for the aforesaid County and State, the within and above named RICHARD 

W. ELLIOTT, Mayor of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, who acknowledged that 

they signed, sealed and delivered the above and foregoing Deed on the day and 

year therein stated and for the purposes therein expressed, and pursuant to 

the authority granted by the Board of Aldermen of said City and State, and 

acting for and on behalf of the said City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

GIVEN under my hand and official seal, this the 20th day of May, 1968. 

My Commission Expires: 

August 14, 1968 


NOTARY PUBLIC 

Again came on for gonsideration the matter of the Old Stone Property comprising 

approximately 2T75 acres which the school is interested in. Motion was 

made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to 

offer to sell this part of the Old Stone Property to the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District for a price of $8,000.00.

977613— Kumoss-mnan 


Came on for consideration the matter of lots 21, 22, pt. lot 23,and lot 

! 110 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, se- 

conded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor 

and Clerk to advertise to sell lots 21, 22, and pt. lot 23 in Bramlett Gardens 

Subdivision; and the City's interest (tax title only lot 110 Bramlett Gardens 

Subdivision. Said bids to be accepted at 7:30 p. m., June 4, 1968. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King and passed 

unanimously authorizing the City Tax Collector to divide the Street Assessment 

of Yuba F. Knight on Pierce Avenue Ext. (172.8 feet) as follows: 

N. C. Horne 85.35 ft. 

Mrs, L. W. White 87.45 ft. 

Said division to be effective with the 1967 installment. 


this Board do now recess until May 21, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. 

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MAY 21, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on May 13, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen met 

on May 21, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber in 



Bill. A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large 









ORDINANCE 

AN ORDINANCE BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI, GRANTING UNTO OXFORD TV CABLE, INC., NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE 

TO USE AND OCCUPY FOR ITS POLES, LINES AND RELATED ACCESSORIES, THE STREETS, 

AVENUES, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD 

AND SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONS THERETO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING TELEVISION SER- 

VICE OF ALL KINDS TO THE PEOPLE OF AND IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND 

PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREFOR. 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

IN COUNCIL CONVENED: 

SECTION I. In consideration of the benefits which will accrue to the 

City of Oxford and the inhabitatns thereof, the City of Oxford does hereby 

grant, operative from the effective date of this Ordinance, unto Oxford TV 

Cable, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, the non-exclusive right, authority, 

easement and privilege to use and occupy for its poles, lines and related 

accessories, the streets, avenues, highways, bridges, alleys and other public 

places within the City of Oxford, for the installation, operation and mainte- 

nance solely relative to the furnishing or supplying unto the people of said 

city television service of all kinds, and said right, authority, easement and 

privilege to be specifically subject to the following terms and conditions, 

to-wit: 

(a) the location of any and all poles installed by Grantee pursuant 

hereto shall be situated so as to avoid their interference with facilities of 

existing permit and/or franchise holders and City of Oxford properties, and 

all such installation by the Grantee shall be approved in advance by Board or

97768— Ertarnmurtact 


by its duly constituted agent; that any and all public passages and rights of 

way which are disturbed and/or damaged in the construction and maintenance of 

said facilities, shall immediately be restored by the Grantee to an as-before 

status-quo at its expense; that construction, maintenance or removal procedures 

performed by Grantee under the terms hereof shall not bar normal usage of any 

public passage or right-of-way for a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours 

in duration, and no obStruction whatsoever of this nature shall be made unless 

previously approved by the Board or by its duly constituted agent; that all 

right, authority, easement and privilege granted and vested in Grantee here- 

under is subject to all ordinances of the City of Oxford presently in force 

or which may be hereafter enacted relative to public rights of way within 

said City; 

(b) that construction materials, manner of erection and assembly of the 

physical plant, maintenance standards and procedures, as employed by Grantee 

pursuant hereto, shall meet the minimum level of standards and requirements of 

the National Electrical Code, regulatory enactments now in force or hereafter 

promulgated by the City of Oxford, and as prescribed by the Federal Communica- 

tions Commission; 

(c) that service shall be available to all residents of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, without discrimination, and subsequent additions thereto 

and that service available to subscribers from and after activation of the 

system shall include all channel VHF, conversion of UHF to VHF, FM and FM 

stereo music, multiflex background, with a minimum of seven television channels 

and two FM music channels; that the system will have capacity for twelve (12) 

channels, and will have compatible color usage; that the quality of reception 

rendered subscribers shall equal the character thereof received at the tower 

site; 

(d) that, in addition to ad valorem taxes and other applicable taxes, 

six (6) percent of the subscriber rentals collected by the grantee from sub- 

scribers shall be payable to the City, with accounting settlements to be made 

annually; that upon request the grantee will permit the City to examine its 

accounting records applicable hereto through its Certified Public Accountants; 

(e) that twenty-four (24) hour attendance to requirements of subscribers 1 

for maintenance service shall be provided; that television set maintenance or 

repair service shall not be rendered by grantee in competition with local 

enterprises; 

(f) all rights vested in the licensee/grantee under this franchise are 

assignable for security purposes only to Stromberg-Carlson, its subsidiaries, 

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successors and assigns, only; 


(g) a rental agreement satisfactory to the City shall be executed cover- 

ing pole use of the poles of the City of Oxford Electric Department; 

(h) that construction procedures for the construction of operating lines 

to be used in furnishing television service of all kinds by grantee shall begin 

within six months from and after the effective date of this Ordinance, pro- 

vided that utilities involved have made their plants available to grantee, and 

grantee shall have its television service in operation within twelve (12) 

months after the utilities involved have made the plants available. However, 

grantee shall not be chargeable with delay from circumstances over which it 

has no control, and including acts of God. 

SECTION II. Grantee may from time to time declare, make and enforce 

such reasonable rules and regulations in the supplying of its services to the 

extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and a copy of 

such rules and regulations shall be kept on file at all times with the Clerk of 

the City of Oxford. 

SECTION III. That the Grantee shall indemnify and hold the City of Oxford 

harmless at all times during the term of this grant from and against all claims 

for injury or damages to persons or property, both real and personal, resulting 

from the negligence on the part of Grantee incurred by it in pursuit of the 

activities authorized by this Ordinance, and the Grantee shall carry insurance 

against liability due to damages to the property of any one person in an 

amount not less than $25,000.00, and $100,000.00, as to any one accident, and 

against liability due to injury or death of persons in an amount not less than 

$100,000.00, as to any one person, and $300,000.00 as to any one accident; 

the Grantee, upon receipt of due notice in writing from the City, shall defend 

at its own expense any action or proceeding against the City in which it is 

claimed that the damage or injury arose from the Grantee's negligence in the 

operation of its activities hereunder. 

SECTION IV. Upon expiration of this agreement, or upon its termination 

by any method other than abandonment, grantee shall, within six (6) months, 

remove its poles, lines andrelated accessories from all public passage, rights 

of way and other places installed within the City and subsequent additions 

thereto. Grantee shall deposit with the City cash, or a faithful performance 

bond,.in the amount of $25,000.00 guaranteeing to the City such removal which, 

should Grantee fail to perform, such cash or bond shall be automatically for- 

feited to the City. Upon abandonment of the system by the Grantee, the City 

may, at its option, declare that the system has been forfeited to the City, 

in which event the City shall become the owner of the entire system, or the 

City may declare that the aforementioned deposit or bond has been forfeited.

97768- 1.1C1•1211-ROCM 


Said bond shall also provide that it may be forfeitable, at the City's option, 

in the event of Grantee's abandonment of its system. 

SECTION V. The rights hereby granted shall continue operative for a term 

of twenty (20) years, from and after the effective date of this Ordinance; that 

the Grantee shall pay the City the cost of publishing this Ordinance according 

to law, and shall pay any and all other costs incurred by the City as a result 

of the adoption of this Ordinance. 

SECTION VI. The right, authority, easement and privilege granted herein 

shall not be assigned or transferred, other than as provided in sub-paragraph 

(f) under Section I hereof, by Grantee without the express written permission 

of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

SECTION VII. That this Ordinance shall become effective as provided by 

law; that this Ordinance shall be accepted by the Grantee, and which acceptance 

shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after 

its final adoption by the Board. 

The within and foregoing Ordinance was first reduced to writing, read by 

the Clerk and considered section by section and as a whole at a regular meeting , 

being a public meeting, of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

Mississippi, held on the 21st day of May, 1968, and upon motion made by Alder- 

man Hannaford, duly seconded by Alderman King and passing unanimously, said 

Ordinance was adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Oxford, Mississippi, 

by a vote as follows: 

Alderman voting "yea", J. P. McLaurin, Jr., Harry S. Sisk, Bill A. Hanna- 

ford, Linder Owens and James N. King. 

Alderman voting "nay", None. 

Whereupon, it was declared, adopted and to remain on file with the City 

Clerk for public inspection for at least two weeks and to be published one 

time in The Oxford Eagle, Oxford, Mississippi, and to become effective as pro- 

vided by law. 

(SEAL) 

Adopted, this the 21st day of May, 1968. 

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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen again took up for consideration the matter 

of the sale of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) Public Improvement 

Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, pursuant to resolutions adopted on 

the 19th day of March, 1968, and on the 23rd day of April, 1968. 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, adopted' 

on the 23rd day of April, 1968, he did cause to be published in The Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississ- 

ippi, a notice that sealed proposals for the purchase of the aforesaid bonds 

would be received by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at the City Hall of said 

City of Oxford until the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 21st day 

of May, 1968; that said notice was published in said newspaper on May 9th and 

May 16th, 1968; and the City Clerk presented to the Mayor and Board ofAldermen 

proof of publication of said notice in the aforesaid newspaper. 

The hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 1968, 

having arrived, the City Clerk reported to the Mayor and Board ofAldermen that, 

pursuant to the aforesaid notice of bond sale, there had been filed with him, 

at or prior to the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 

1968, four (4) sealed proposals for the purchase of the aforesaid bonds of the 

City, and the City Clerk then and there presented said sealed proposals to the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

Thereupon, it was ordered by the Mayor that the City Clerk proceed to open 

the said sealed proposals and to read the same aloud in the presence and hearing 

of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and of the bidders and other persons assembled. 

The City Clerk thereupon proceeded to open and read the aforesaid bids, which 

are summarized as follows: 

NAME OF BIDDER 

Alvis & Company 

The First National Bank 

of Memphis 

United Municipal Investment 

Corporation 

National. Bank of Commerce 

in Memphis 

FOR BONDS BEARING AVERAGE 

INTEREST AT THE AMOUNT INTEREST 

RATE OR RATES OF OF BID RATE 

1969-1975 - 5% 

1976-1978 - 41% 

1979-1987 - 5% $85,044.80 4.93478% 

1969- 1979 - 51% 

1980 -4.70% 

1 981 -4.80% 

1982-1987 - 5% $85,000.00 5.0407% 

1969-1975 - 6% 

1976-1987 -5.40% $85,000.00 5.4721% 

1969-1987 - 51% $85,100.00 5.4885%

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Following the reading of the bids the Mayor and Board of Aldermen proceed- 

ed to consider them for the purpose of determining which was the best and most 

advantageous bid submitted. 

After a full consideration of the bids, Alderman Sisk offered and moved 

the adoption of the following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SALE AND AWARD OF EIGHTY- 

FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($85,000) PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT 

BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, DATED JUNE 1, 

1968 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississipp 

on the 23rd day of April, 1968, did adopt a resolution directing that Eighty- 

five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) Public Improvement Bonds of said City be offer- 

ed for sale on sealed bids to be received until the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M. 

on Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 1968f and 

WHEREAS, as directed by the aforesaid resolution and as required by Chap- 

ter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 1946, notice of the sale of said bonds was duly 

published in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published and or general circula- 

tion in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi; said notice having 

been published in said newspaper at least two time, and the first publication 

having been made at least ten (10) days preceding the 21st day of May, 1968; 

all as shown by proof Of publication of sais notice filed in the office of the 

City Clerk; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen did meet at the City Hall of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 21st day 

of May, 1968; and 

WHEREAS, at said time and place four (4) sealed proposals for the purchase' 

of the aforesaid bonds were received, examined, and considered by the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen find and determine that the 

highest and best bid made for said bonds was made by Alvis & Company of Jack- 

son, Mississippi, and further find that said offer was accompanied by a 

cashier's check payable to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in the amount of 

One Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700), issued or certified by a bank 

located in the State of Mississippi, as a guarantee that said bidders would 

carry out their contract and purchase the bonds if their bid be accepted: 



SECTION 1. That the Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) Public Improve 

ment Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, bearing date of June 1, 1968,

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shall be and the said bonds are hereby awarded and sold to Alvis & Company of 

Jackson, Mississippi, in accordance with the offer this day submitted to the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in words and figures as follows, to-wit: 

Honorable Mayor & Board of Aldermen 


Gentlemen: 

May 21, 1968 

For $85,000.00 legally issued General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds of 

City of Oxford, Mississippi delivered to us in Jackson, Mississippi, dated 

June 1, 1968 to bear interest at the rates shown and to mature serially on 

March 1 in each of the years, without option of prior payment, as follows: 

Amount Due Rate Amount Due Rate 

$4,000 1969 5% $5,000 1979 5% 

4,000 197o 5% 5,000 1980 5% 

4,000 1971 5% 5,000 1981 5% 

4,000 1972 5% 5,000 1982 5% 

4,000 1973 5% 5,000 1983 5% 

4,000 1974 5% 5,000 1984 5% 

4,000 1975 5% 5,000 1985 5% 

4,000 1976 41% 5,00o 1986 5% 

4,000 1977 41% 5,000 1987 5% 

4,000 1978 41% 

NON-CALLABLE 

Said bonds are to be in the denomincation of $1,000.00, both principal and semiannual 

interest to be payable at 

Bonds to be delivered to us on or before sixty (60) days from this date or 

thereafter at our option. 

The City of Oxford, Mississippi, will pay all expenses incident to the issuance 

of the bonds. 

WE WILL PAY PAR and accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date of 

delivery to us, plus a primum of $44.80. (This bid, deducting the premium, 

figures an overall interest cost of 4.93478%.) 

PROVIDED further that, prior to the delivery of the above mentioned bonds to 

us, you are to immediately furnish us with a full and complete certified transcript 

of the proceedings had incident to and in the issuance of the bonds which 

will evidence their legality to the satisfaction of Messrs. Charles and Trauerhicht, 

Attorneys at Law, St. Loijis, Missouri. 

We hand you our cashier's check for $1,700.00, Numbered M 13426 as evidence of 

our good faith in complying with the terms and conditions of this bid. It 

is to be held by you uncashed until the legality of the bonds has been approved 

by the above attorneys, and to be forfeited as full liquidated damages should 

we fail or refuse to take up the bonds as above provided. The check is to be 

immediately to us if this bid is not accepted. 

Accepted by resolution of the 

MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN 

ON THE 21st DAY OF MAY, 1968. 

(SEAL) 

Respectfully submitted, 

ALVIS AND COMPANY 

UNION PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK 

BY; /s/ Lester Alvis, Jr. 

SECTION 2. That the Mayor and the City Clerk be and they are hereby 

authorized and directed to endorse upon the aforesaid offer a suitable notation 

in evidence of the acceptance thereof for and on behalf of the City of Oxford.

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SECTION 3. That the good faith checks filed by all unsuccessful bidders 

forthwith be returned to them upon their respective receipts therefor, and that 

the good faith check filed by the successful bidders be retained by the City 

as a guarantee that the bidders will carry out their contract and purchase the 

bonds. If the successful bidders should fail to purchase the bonds pursuant 

to their bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retained 

by the City of Oxford as liquidated damages for such failure. 

SECTION 4. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall hereafter, by proper 

ordinance or resolution, provide for the preparation, execution, and delivery 

of the aforesaid bonds in accordance with the terms of the contract for the 

sale thereof. 

Alderman King seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and, 

the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows: 

Aldermen voting YES: Hannaford, King, Sisk, McLaurin and Owens 

Aldermen voting NO: None 

The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the Alderman pre- 

sent, the Mayor Pro Tem declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this 21st day of May, 1968. 

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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took up the matter of the issuance of 

Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) Public Improvement Bonds of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, as contracted to be sold on the 21st day of May, 1968. 

After a discussion of the subject, Alderman Sisk offered and moved the adoption 

of the following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF 

BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS 

($85,000) FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI; SETTING OUT THE FORM OF SAID 

BONDS AND THE COUPONS TO BE ATTACHED THERETO; DETERMIN- 

ING THE RATES OF INTEREST, MATURITIES, AND PLACE OF PAY- 

MENT THEREOF; AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE LEVY OF A 

TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY SAID BONDS AND THE INTEREST THEREON 

AS THE SAME MATURES AND ACCRUES. 

WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 19th day of March, 1968, the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, did adopt a certain 

resolution declaring the intention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford to issue pUblic improvement bonds of the said City in the amount 

of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) to provide funds in the amount of 

Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) for the purpose of equipping a community 

recreational building in Stone Park in said City; in the amount of Twenty-five 

Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of purchasing fire-fighting equipment 

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and appratus, including a fire truck and equipment; in the amount of Fifteen 

Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for the purpose of improving the waterworks of said 

City by installing a new water well; and in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars 

($10,000) for the purpose of improveing the sanitary system of said City 

through purchasing a garbage truck and necessary equipment therefor; and 

WHEREAS, said resolution declared that it was the intention of the said 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen to issue the aforesaid bonds on the 23rd day of 

April, 1968, at 7:30 P. M.; and 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of said resolution and as required by law, 

Chapter 493, Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, the said resolution was 

published at length on the 28th day of March, 1968, and on the 4th, 11th and 

18th days of April, 1968, the Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published in the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, and being a qualified newspaper under Chapter 427, Laws 

of Mississippi, 1948; and 

WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of April, 1968, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., the said 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen did meet for the purpose of receiving protests 

against the issuance of said bonds for any of the aforesaid purposes; and 

WHEREAS, on said 23rd day of April, 1968, at or prior to 7:30 o'clock 

P. M., no sufficient petition of any kind or character was filed by qualified 

electors of said City requesting that an election be called and held on the 

question of the issuance of said bonds; and 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of the aforesaid Chapter 493, Laws of 

Mississippi, 1950, as amended, the bonds aforesaid may now be issued by the 

City of Oxford without submitting said propositions to an election; and 

WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of taxable property within the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, as ascertained by the last completed assessment, is Eleven 

Million, Seven Hundred Ninety-seven Thousand, Thirty ($11,797.030); and 

WHEREAS, the said City of Oxford now has outstanding bonded indebtedness 

in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Dollars ($572,000), exclu- 

sive of special street improvement bonds; and 

WHEREAS, the amount of bonds hereinafter directed to be issued, to-wit: 

Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000), when added to the aforesaid outstanding 

indebtedness, will not exceed any constitutional or statutory limit; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to publication of the notice of the sale of said bonds, 

as required by law, the said bonds were sold to the highest bidder therefor 

on the 21st day of May, 1968; and 

WHEREAS, it is now found to be necessary and advisable that provision be 

made to direct the preparation, execution, and delivery of said bonds:

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SECTION 1. That there are hereby authorized and ordered to be prepared 

and issued Public Improvement Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in the 

principal amount of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000) to provide funds in 

the following amounts and for the following purposes, to-wit: 

$35,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping a community 

recreational building in Stone Park in said City. 

$25,000 for the purpose of purchasing fire-fighting equipment 

and apparatus, including a fire truck and equipment. 

$15,000 for the purpose of improving the waterworks of said 

City by installing a new water well. 

$10,000 for the purpose of improving the sanitary system of 

said City through purchasing a garbage truck and necessary 

equipment therefor. 

Said bonds shall be of the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) each; 

shall be numbered from One (1) to Eighty-five (85), inclusive; shall bear date 

of June 1, 1968, and shall bear interest from the date thereof at the rates 

per annum hereinafter set forth payable March 1, 1969, and semi-annually there- 

after on September 1 and March 1 in each year until the principal of said bonds, 

respectively, shall have been paid. Interest accruing on and prior to the re- 

spective maturity dates of said bonds shall be evidenced by appropriate inter- 

est coupons to be attached to each of said bonds. Both principal of and inter- 

est on said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of A- 

merica at the Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, in the City of Memphi, 

State of Tennessee. The said bonds shall be executed by the signature of the 

Mayor of said City, attested by the City Clerk with the seal of said City im- 

pressed upon each bond, and the interest coupons to be attached to said bonds 

shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officials. Said bonds 

shall mature, without option of prior payment, in the amounts and at the times 

hereinafter set out, as 

BOND NUMBERS 

follows: 

RATE OF 

INTEREST 

1 to 4, Inclusive 

5 to 8 " 

9 to 12 " 

13 to 16 " 

17 to 20 " 

21 to 24 It 

25 to 28 " 

29 to 32 " 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

4f% 

33 to 36 

37 to 40 

41 to 45 

" 

t, 

,, 

41% 

44% 

5% 

46 to 50 

51 to 55 

” 

H 

5% 

5% 

56 to 60 

61 to 65 

66 to 70 

71 to 75 

76 to 8o 

81 to 85 

" 

r■ 

” 

" 

,, 

v, 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

5% 

(March 1) 

AMOUNT MATURITY 

$4,000 1969 

4,000 1970 

4,000 1971 

4,000 1972 

4,000 1973 

4,000 1974 

4,000 1975 

4,000 1976 

4,00o 1977 

4,000 1978 

5,000 1979 

5,000 1980 

5,000 1981 

5,000 1982 

5,000 1983 

5,000 1984 

5,000 1985 

5,000 1986 

5,000 1987 

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SECTION 2. That the said bonds and the interest coupons evidencing the 

interest to accrue thereon shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit:. 





PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND 

No. $1,000 

The City of Oxford, in the County of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, 

acknowledges itself indebted, and for value received, hereby promises to pay 

to bearer the sum of 

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS 

($1,000) on the first day of March, 19 , with interest thereon from the date 

hereof at the rate of per centum ( %) per annum, 

payable March 1, 1969, and semi-annually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 

in each year until payment of the said principal sum. Interest accruing on 

this bond on and prior to the maturity date hereof shall be payable upon pre- 

sentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally become 

due. 

Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful money 

of the United States of America at the Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, 

in the City of Memphi, State of Tennessee, and for the prompt payment of this 

bond and the interest hereon as the same matures and accrues, the full faith, 

credit, and resources of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, are hereby irrevocably 

pledged. 

This bond is one of a series of eighty-five (85) bonds of like date, tenor, 

, rate of interest, 

and effect, except as to number/and date of maturity, numbered from One (1) to 

Eighty-five (85), inclusive, aggregating the sum of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars 

($85,000), issued by the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to provide funds in the 

amount of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) for the purpose of constructing 

and equipping a community recreational building in Stone Park in said City; 

Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of purchasing fire-fight- 

ing equipment and apparatus, including a fire truck and equipment; Fifteen 

Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for the purpose of improving the waterworks of said 

City by installing a new water well; and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for the 

purpose of improving the sanitary system of said City through purchasing a 

garbage truck and necessary equipment therefor, under authority of and in full 

compliance with the Constitution and Laws of the State of Mississippi, including

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Chapter 493, Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, and by the further auth- 

ority or resolutions duly adopted and proceedings regularly had by the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of said City. 

It is hereby certified, recited, and represented that all acts, conditions, 

and things required to be done, precedent to and in the issuance of this bond, 

in order to make the same a legal and binding obligation of said City, have 

happended and have been done and performed in regular and due form, time, and 

manner, as required by law; that a direct annual tax upon all of the taxable 

property in said City will be levied for the payment of the principal of and 

the interest on this bond; and that the total indebtedness of said City, in- 

cluding this bond and the issue of which it is one does not exceed any statu- 

tory or constitutional limit. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Oxford, in the County of Lafayette, 

State of Mississippi, has executed this bond by causing it to be signed by 

the Mayor of said City, attested by the City Clerk, under the seal of the City, 

and has cause the annexed interest coupons to be executed by the facsimile 

signatures of the said officials, and this bond to be dated the first day of 

June, 1968. 

Attest: 

No. 

Ci y Clerk 

CITY XFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

71-4-e144 

(FORM OF INTEREST COUPONS) 

Mayor 

March, 

On the first day of September, 19 , the City of Oxford, in the County 

of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, promises to pay to bearer the amount shown I 

on this coupon in lawful money of the United States of America at the Union 

Planters National Bank of Memphis, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, 

being interest due that date on its Public Improvement Bond dated June 1, 1968, 1 

1 

and numbered 

CITY XFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

By , („) 

Mayor 

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amounts: 


Interest coupons attached to said bonds shall be payable in the following 

Bond Numbers 

Coupon due Subsequent Semi- 

March 1, 1969 annual Coupons 

1 to 28, Inclusive $37.50 $25.00 

29 to 40, 33.75 22.50 

41 to 85 37.50 25.00 

SECTION 3. That when the said bonds shall have been executed as herein- 

before directed, they shall be registered by the City Clerk in a book kept for 

that purpose in said Clerk's office, as required by law, and the said Clerk 

shall endorse upon the reverse of each of said bonds a registration and vali- 

dation certificate in substantially the following form, to-wit: 


COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE SS 


(REGISTRATION AND VALIDATION CERTIFICATE) 

I, the undersigned, City Clerk within and for the City of Oxford, in the 

County of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, do hereby certify that the within 

bond has been registered by me in a book kept for that purpose in my office, 

as required by law. 

I do further certify that the within bond has been validated and confirmed 

by decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, rendered on 

the 

day of , 1968. 

y Clerk 

SECTION 4. That, in order to provide for the payment of the aforesaid 

bonds and the interest thereon, there shall be and there is hereby directed 

to be levied and collected, at the same time and in the same manner as other 

taxes of said City are levied and collected, a direct, continuing annual tax 

upon all taxable property within the boundaries of said City, sufficient in 

amount to provide for the payment of the principal of said bonds and the inter- 

,Lt 

est thereon, as the same matures and accrues. It shall be the duty of the 

tax-levying and collecting authorities of said City, in each year while any 

of the bonds issued hereunder shall remain outstanding and unpaid, without 

any further direction or authority, to levy and collect the taxes herein pro- 

vided for, and the rate of taxation to be levied in each year shall be suffi- 

cient, after making allowance for delinquencies in the payment of taxes and 

the cost of collection, to provide the sums required in each year for the 

payment of said interest and principal. Should there be a failure in any year 

to comply with the requirements of this Section, such failure shall not impair 

the rights of the holders of any of said bonds in any subsequent year to have

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adequate taxes levied and collected to meet the obligations of the bonds herein 

authorized to be issued, both as to principal and interst. 

SECTION 5. That the proceedings had incident to the issuance of the bonds 

herein authorized shall be submitted to validation under the provisions of 

Title 18, Chapter 1 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, and to that end the City 

Clerk shall be and is hereby authorized and instructed to make up and certify 

to the State's Bond Attorney a full and complete transcript of proceedings and 

other documents in relation to the authorization and issuance of said bonds. 

SECTION 6. That when the said bonds shall have been prepared, validated, 

and executed as herein provided, they shall be registered by the City Clerk in 

a book kept for that purpose in said Clerk's office, and the City Clerk shall 

sign the registration and validation certificate endorsed thereon. 

SECTION 7. That the contract for the sale of said bonds as heretofore made 

and entered into on the 21st day of May, 1968, shall be and the same is hereby 

ratified, approved, and confirmed. 

SECTION 8. That the proceeds received upon sale and delivery of the bonds 

herein authorized to be issued, immediately upon receipt thereof, shall be set 

aside in separate funds in the following amounts and for the following purposes, 

to-wit: 

$35,000 for the purpose of construction and equipping a community 

recreational building in Stone Park in said City. 

$25,000 for the purpose of purchasing fire-fighting equipment 

and apparatus, including a fire truck and equipment. 

$15,000 for the purpose of improving the waterworks of said City 

by installing a new water well. 

$10,000 for the purpose of improving the sanitary system of said 

City through purchasing a garbage truck and necessary equipment 

therefor. 

The accrued interest and premium received upon sale and delivery of the afore- 

said bonds forthwith shall be deposited in and credited to a Fund hereby createdl 

and designated the "Public Improvement Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund". 

SECTION 9. That the aforesaid bonds numbered 1 to 85, inclusive, shall 

be and are hereby declared to be issued for the following purposes, respectivelyil 

Bond Numbers Purpose 

1 to 35, inclusive 



76,to 85;,inolusive 

Community Recreational Building 

Fire-fighting equipment, etc. 

Waterworks (water well 

Sanitary system improvement 

SECTION 10. That all resolutions, or any part thereof, which may in any 

manner conflict with the provisions of this resolution shall be and the same 

are hereby repealed and rescinded insofar as they may so conflict. 

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SECTION 11. That (1) the said bonds having been contracted to be sold on 

the 21st day of May, 1968, subject to delivery thereof to the purchasers as 

promptly as possible, and (2) the preparation of said bonds for delivery to 

the purchasers being now immediately necessary, this resolution shall become 

effective immediately upon the adoption thereof. 

Alderman King seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and 


Alderman Hannaford voted Yes 

Alderman King voted Yes 

Alderman Sisk voted Yes 

Alderman Owens,voted Yes 

Alderman McLaurin voted Yes 

The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the Aldermen pre- 

sent, the Mayor Pro Tem declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this 21st day of May, 1968. 

Attest: 

y Clerk 

/S/ 41 7* 

Mayor ro Tem 

Ed Meek, Chairman of the Oxford Hospitality Committee appeared before 

the Board fo discuss plans and recommendations for the forthcoming Hospitality 

program which the City is planning in the month of June, and to request a 

donation from the Mayor and Board to help defray the expenses of renovating 

booths and paying expenses of a family from Oxford, Ohio to visit in Oxford, 

Mississippi. Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously authorizing an expenditure not to exceed $400.00 for this 

project. 

Came on for consideration an application for employment from Mrs. Blanche 

James Ragland. Motion was Made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 

and passed unanimously to employ Mrs. Ragland to work as dispatcher in the 

Police Department, starting on June 10, 1968, at a salary of $225.00 per month. 



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* * * * * * 

* * * * * 

REGULAR MEETING JUNE 4, 1968 

7:00 P. M. 



June 4, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of said 








Hugh C. Wiley, Jr., - City Clerk 






After the meeting was called to order, the following business, was trans- 

acted: 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously accepting the May minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the May accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 

at page 496 through page 5 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book.

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Came on for consideration the matter of bids on City lots 110, 21, 22 and 

Fraction lot 23 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision. After the bid was opened 

and read, motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously to reject said bid. 

* * * 

Again came on for consideration the bids on street lights for the Electric 

Department said bids having been continued from the previous meeting of Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen on May 7, 1968. Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Utility 

Supply Company in the amount of $7,240.00 it being the lowest and best bid. 


passed unanimously to adopt the following'amendments to the City of Oxford 

codes: 

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1965 EDITION, 

AS PUBLISHED AND AMENDED, AS THE OFFICIAL BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. Adoption of Code. As authorized by Section 3374-80, Mississippi 

Code of 1942, as amended, the Southern Standard Building Code, 1965 Edition, 

as published and amended by the 1968 "Amendments to Southern Standard 

Building Code", is hereby adopted as the Official Building Code of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A copy of such code and such amendments 

shall be certified by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent 

record in the office of the City Clerk. 

Section 3. Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation 

or association violating any of the provitions of said Code shall be 

fined not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not more than 

ninety (90) days, or both. 

Section 4. Repealing Clause. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in 

conflict herewith shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 

Section 5. Effective Date. The public health, safety and welfare so 

requiring, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its 

passage. 

ATTEST: 

Adopted this the 4th day of June, 1968. 

CITY CLERK 

MAYO 

Jc_Q24,iH 

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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD GAS CODE, 1965 EDITION, AS 

PUBLISHED AND AMENDED, AS THE OFFICIAL GAS CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 


Code of 1942, as amended, the Southern Standard Gas Code, 1965 Edition, 

as published and amended by the 1968 "Revision to 1965 Edition", is hereby 

adopted as the Official Gas Code of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A copy of such code and revision 

shall be certified by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent record 

in the office of the City Clerk. 


or association violating any of the provisions of said Code shall be 


ninety (90) days, or both. 



Section 5. Effective Date. The public health, safety and welfare so requiring, 

this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its 

passage. 

' ATTEST: 


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CITY CLERIC / 

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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING CODE, 1967 EDITION, 

AS PUBLISHED, AS THE OFFICIAL PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 


Code of 1942, as amended, the Southern Standard Plumbing Code, 1967 Edition 

as published, is hereby adopted as the Official Plumbing Code of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A copy of such code shall be certified 

by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent record in the office 

of the City Clerk. 



fined not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not more 

than ninety (90) days, or both. 





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ATTEST: 



CITY CLERK 

MAYOR 

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, 1965 EDITION, WITH OCTOBER 

1966 REVISION, OF THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION AS THE OFFICIAL FIRE PRE- 

VENTION CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR 

VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 


Code of 1942, as amended, the Fire Prevention Code, 1965 Edition, with 

October 1966 Revision, of the American Insurance Association is hereby adopted 

as the Official Fire Prevention Code of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A copy of such code and such 1966 

revision shall be certified by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent 




fined not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not more 

than ninety (90) days, or both. 



Section 5. Effective Date. The public health, safety and welfare so 

requiring, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its 

passage. 

ATTEST: 


CITY CLERK 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens and 

passed unanimously authorizing the City Clerk to make a temporary transfer in 

the amount of $14,500.00 from the General Fund to 1968 Public Improvement Bond 

Fund in order to pay certain committments which have become due before bond 

funds have been received. This inner-fund loan is to be repaid when proceeds 

are received.

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passed unanimously to send out a previous order to set the speed limit on 

Bramlett Blvd. and South 18th Street from Sisk Avenue to University Avenue at 

15 M.P.H. 


unanimously setting the speed limits at 15 W.P.H. on Bramlett Blvd. directly 

in front of Oxford High School property, setting the speed limits on Bramlett 

Blvd. and South 18 th Street between the South end of Oxford High School property 

and University Avenue at 20 M.P.H. 




12 MONTHS SUPPLY OF GASOLINE, OIL & 

OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. 



purchase 12 months supply of gasoline, oil and other petroleum products. 


p. m. on July 2, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 


the Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section, and then as 

a whole, and on motion of Aldermen Owens, seconded by Alderman King it was 








On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that the 

Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise for bids 

on 12 months supply of gasoline, oil and other petroleum products. 

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OF MAY 7, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LIN. FT. OF 

6" CONCRETE SEWER PIPE AND 1200 LIN. FT. 

OF 8" SEWER PIPE. 

At the May 7, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 lin. ft. of 

6" concrete sewer pipe and 1200 lin. ft. of 8" sewer pipe and that the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said 

resolution at 7:30 p. m., on June 4, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the 

said city. 

Said resolution adopted at the May 7, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, having 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 lin ft. of 6" concrete 

sewer pipe and 1200 lin. ft. of 8" sewer pipe according to the plans and 

specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 



by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, sec- 

onded by Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a 

whole, and the vote of the Aldermen passage thereof was as follows: 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1200 lin. ft. 

of 6 " concrete sewer pipe and 1200 lin. ft. of 8" concrete sewer pipe, to be 

opened at the regular meeting of June 4, 1968, bids were received from the 

following firms: 

Dixie Culvert & Supply Co. 


1200 Lin. Ft. More or Less 6" concrete gasket type sanitary 

sewer pipe complete 0 $0.65 Per Lin. Ft. 

1200 Lin. Ft. More or Less 8" concrete type sanitary sewer 

pipe complete CO $0.85 Per Lin. Ft. 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Dixie 

Culvert & Supply Company, it being the loweEt and best bid.

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OF MAY 7, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMAN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

TO ACCEPT BIDS ON GARBAGE TRUCK & UNIT 

FOR SANITATION DEPARTMENT. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Garbage truck & 

Unit for Sanitation Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m., on 

June 4, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the May 7, 1968 meeting was aforesaid, having 



1 or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof. 


the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Garbage truck and Unit for the 

Sanitation Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded , 

by Alderman Sisk it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote- of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on garbage truck 

and unit for the Sanitation Department to be opened at the regular meeting of 

June 4, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 



1968 Ford C-700 153" W. B $4,293.97 

Jim Cregar, Inc. 


International Motor Vehicle $4,590.62 



1968 Tilt Cab and Chassis Model TE62003 $4,570.73 

REFUSE UNIT: 

Dealers Truckstell Sales, Inc. 


Hawkins Equipment Company 


$3,884.59 

$4,450.00 


seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to accept the bid of F. W. Belk 

& Son Motor Company for the Chassis and Hawkins Equipment Company for the 

refuse unit they being the lowest and best bids. 

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OF MAY 7, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON AN ELECTRIC FRYER 

FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 



tention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on an electric fryer 

for the Electric Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on 

June 4, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 






of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on an electric fryer for the 






Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and thb 

vote of the Aldermen passage thereof was as follows: 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on an electric 

fryer for the Electric Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of 

June 4, 1968 at 7:30 p. m., bids were received from the following firms: 

General Electric Company 

Nashville, Tennessee 

Deep-fat fryer Model No. CK41 and Accessories $436.00 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Gen- 

eral Electric Company, it being the lowest and best bid. 


this Board do now recess until June 11, 1968 at 7:30 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P. M. JUNE 11, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on June 4, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen met 

on June 11, 1968 at 7:30 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's Chamber in 











Tom H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Department 

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AN ORDINANCE BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI, GRANTING UNTO OXFORD TV CABLE, INC., NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE 

TO USE AND OCCUPY FOR ITS POLES, LINES AND RELATED ACCESSORIES, THE STREETS, 

AVENUES, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF OXFORD 

AND SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONS THERETO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING TELEVISION 

SERVICE OF ALL KINDS TO THE PEOPLE OF AND IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

AND PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREFOR. 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

IN COUNCIL CONVENED: 

SECTION 1. In consideration of the benefits which will accrue to the 

City of Oxford and the inhabitants thereof, the City of Oxford does hereby 

grant, operative from the effective date of this Ordinance, unto Oxford TV 

Cable, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, the non-exclusive right, authority, 

easement and privilege to use and occupy for its poles, lines and related acc- 

essories, the streets, avenues, highways, bridges, alleys and other public 

places within the City of Oxford, for the installation, operation and mainte- 

nance solely relative to the furnishing or supplying unto the people of said 

city television service of all kinds, and said right, authority, easement and 

privilege to be specifically subject to the following terms and conditions, 

to-wit: 

(a) the location of any and all poles installed by Grantee pursuant here- 

to shall be situated so as to avoid their interference with facilities of ex- 

isting permit and/or franchise holders and City of Oxford properties, and all 

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such installation by the Grantee shall be approved in advance by Board or by 

its duly constituted agent; that any and all public passages and rights of way 

which are disturbed and/or damaged in the construction and maintenance of said 

facilities, shall immediately be restored by the Grantee to an as-before status- 

quo at its expense; that construction, maintenance or removal procedures perform- 

ed by Grantee under the terms hereof shall not bar normal usage of any public 

passage or right or way for a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours in dura- 

tion, and no obstruction whatsoever of this nature shall be made unless pre- 

viously approved by the Board or by its duly constituted agent; that all right, 

authority, easement and privilege granted and vested in Grantee hereunder is 

subject to all ordinances of the City of Oxford presently in force or which may 

be hereafter enacted relative to public rights of way within said City; 

(b) that construction materials, manner of erection and assembly of the 

physical plant, maintenance standards and procedures, as employed by Grantee 

pursuant hereto, shall meet the minimum level of standards and requirements of 

the National Electrical Code, regulatory enactments now in force or hereafter 

promulgated by the City of Oxford, and as prescribed by the Federal Communica- 

tions Commission; 

(c) that service shall be available to all residents of the City of Ox- 

ford, Mississippi, without discrimination, and subsequent additions thereto and 

that service available to subscribers from and after activation of the system 

shall include all channel VHF, conversion of UHF to VHF, FM and FM stereo 

music, multiflex background, with a minimum of seven television channels and 

two FM music channels; that the system will have capacity for twelve (12) 

channels, and will have compatible color usage; that the quality of reception 

rendered subscribers shall equal the character thereof received at the tower 

site; 

(d) that, in addition to ad valorem taxes and other applicable taxes, 

six (6) percent of the subscriber rentals collected by the grantee from sub- 

scribers shall be payable to the City, with accounting settlements to be made 

annually; that upon request the grantee will permit the City to examine its 

accounting records applicable hereto through its Certified Public Accountants; 

(e) that twenty-four (24) hour attendance to requirements of subscribers 

for maintenance service shall be provided; that television set maintenance or 

repair service shall tot be rendered by grantee in competition with local 

enterprises; 

(f) all rights vested in the licensee/grantee under this franchise are 

assignable for security purposes only to Stromberg-Carlson, its subsidiaries, 

successors and assigns, only;

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(g) a rental agreement satisfactory to the City shall be executed cover- 

ing pole use of the poles of the City of Oxford Electric Department; 

(h) that construction procedures for the construction of operating lines 

to be used in furnishing television service of all kinds by grantee shall begin 

within six months from and after the effective date of this Ordinance, provided 

that utilities involved have made their plants available to grantee, and grantee 

shall have its television service in operation within twelve (12) months after 

the utilities involved have made the plants available. However, grantee shall 

not be chargeable with delay from circumstances over which it has no control, 

and including acts of God. 

SECTION II. Grantee may from time to time declare, make and enforce such 

reasonable rules and regulations in the supplying of its services to the extent 

they are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and a copy of such rules 

and regulations shall be kept on file at all times with the Clerk of the City 

of Oxford. 

SECTION III. That the Grantee shall indemnify and hold the City of Oxford 1 1 

harmless at all times during the term of this grant from and against all claims J 

for injury or damages to persons or property, both real and personal, resulting 

from the negligence on the part of Grantee incurred by it in pursuit of the 

activities authorized by this Ordinance, and the Grantee shall carry insurance 

against liability due to damages to the property of any one person in an amount 

not less than $25,000.00, and $100,000.00, as to any one accident, and against 

liability due to injury or death of persons in an amount not less than 

$100,000.00, as to any one person, and $300,000.00 as to any one accident; the 

Grantee, upon receipt of due notice in writing from the City, shall defend at 

its own expense any action or proceeding against the City in which it is claim- 

ed that the damage or injury arose from the Grantee's negligence in the opera- 

tion of its activities hereunder. 

SECTION IV. Upon expiration of this agreement, or upon its termination 

by any method other than abandonment, grantee shall, within six (6) months, 

remove its poles, lines and related accessories from all public passages, rightsl 

of way and other places installed within the City and subsequent additions thereft 

to. Grantee shall deposit with the City cash, or a faithful performance bond, 

in the amount of $25,000.00 guaranteeing to the City such removal which, should 

Grantee fail to perform, such cash or bond shall be automatically forfeited to 

the City. Upon abandonment of the system by the Grantee, the City may, at its 

option, declare that the system has been forfeited to the City, in which event 

the City shall become the owner of the entire system, or the City may declare 

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that the aforementioned deposit or bond has been forfeited. Said bond shall 

also provide that it may be forfeitable, at the City's option, in the event of 

Grantee's abandonment of its system. 

SECTION V. The rights hereby granted shall continue operative fvr a term 

of twenty (20) years, from and after the effective date of this Ordinance; that 

the Grantee shall pay the City the cost of publishing this Ordinance according 

to law, and shall pay any and all other costs incurred by the City as a result 

of the adoption of this Ordinance. 

SECTION VI. The rights, authority, easement and privilege granted herein 

shall not be assigned or transferred, other than as provided in sub-paragraph 

(f) under Section I hereof, by Grantee without the express written permission 

of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

SECTION VII. That this Ordinance shall become effective as provided by 

law; that this Ordinance shall be accepted by the Grantee, and which acceptance 

shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after 

its final adoption by the Board. 

The within and foregoing Ordinance was first reduced to writing, intro- 

duced in the form in which it is hereby finally adopted by the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, read by the Clerk and considered 

section by section and as a whole at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen held on the 21st day of May, 1968, being a public meeting, and there- 

after was published on May 23, 1968, in The Oxford Eagle, a legal newspaper, 

published in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and having a general circulation 

in the City of Oxford, County of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, and proof of 

publication being exhibited to the Mayor and Board of. Aldermen and found to be 

in the manner and form required under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and 

said Ordinance remained on file with the City Clerk of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, for public inspection for more than two weeks before the final 

passage thereof, and having been published and remained on file with the City 

Clerk for public inspection as required by law; and in this final form was read 

by the Clerk and considered section by section and as a whole at a regular 

meeting, being a public meeting, of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen held on the 

llth day of June, 1968, and upon motion made by Alderman Owens, duly seconded 

by Alderman McLaurin and passing unanimously, the within Ordinance was duly 

passed and adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Oxford, Mississippi, 

by a final vote as follows: 

Aldermen voting "yes", J. P. McLaurin, Jr., Harry S. Sisk, Bill A. Hannaford, 

Linder Owens and James N. King.

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Aldermen voting "nay", None. 

Whereupon it was declared adopted. 

Adopted, this the 11th day of June, 1968. 

CITY CLERK 

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MAYOR 

Came on for consideration the matter of city lots 110, 21, 22 and fraction' 

lot 23 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to re-advertise said lots 

for sale in The Oxford Eagle. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of an application from Vernon Chambers 

to work with the City of Oxford Electric Department to work as a lineman to 

take the job vacated by John Hudson, whose resignation is effective as of 

June 2, 1968. Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman 

Owens and passed unanimously to employ Mr. Chambers at a starting salary of 

$475.00 per month. 

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Ed Meek, Chairman of th e Chamber of Commerce Public Relations Committee, 

appeared before the Mayor an d Board of Aldermen to request financial support 

from the City of Oxford to repaint the WELCOME TO OXFORD signs. After discussio 

motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King ans passed unanimously 

to allocate $300.00 for this purpose; fifty per cent to be paid from the 

General Fund and fifty per cent to be paid from the Electric Fund and charged 

to advertising. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of appointing a member of the Board 

of Trustees for Oxford Municipal Separate School District to fill a vacancy 

caused by the resignation of Dr. Lewis Nobles who is moving away from Oxford 

and whose resignation becomes effective as of June 30, 1968, and whose term 

expires March 1, 1971. 

After discussion Alderman Hannaford nominated Travis King to fill the 

vacancy and Alderman McLaurin nominated W. N. Redmond. The vote was as follows: 

Voting for Travis King: Alderman Hannaford and Alderman King; voting for W. N. 

Redmond: Alderman McLaurin, Alderman Owens, and Alderman Sisk. 

W. N. Redmond having received the majority vote, the Mayor then declared 

that W. N. Redmond be appointed to fill this unexpired term.

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The slate of trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District are 

as follows: 

A. T. Bunch, Chairman, term expires March 1, 1969. 

Eddie Mack Morgan term expires March 1, 1970. 

W. N. Redmond term expires March 1, 1971. 

James S. Downs term expires March 1, 1972. 

William N. Lovelady term expires March 1, 1973. 

The following letter from Mr. C. F. Fail, President of Oxford TV Cable, Inc. 

was received by the Mayor and Hoard of Aldermen, and it was ordered that said 

letter be spread upon the minutes: 

The Mayor and Hoard of Aldermen 



Oxford, Mississippi 38655 

Gentlemen: 

In addition to performing the obligations that we have undet the recent 

ordinance enacted by you granting us a non-exclusive franchise and the obligations 

that we have under our pole line agreement with the City, as part of the 

consideration for your having granted us the aforementioned franchise, we agree 

further to install as soon as our system is operative and provide during the 

term of our franchise, free of charge: 

1. Cable signal to each school building in the City; 

2. A distribution system in each school building connecting each 

classroom in each building; 

3. A closed channel connecting all schools in the City in space made 

available to us by the Trsutees of the Oxford Municipal School District. 

4. The use of a helical scan video tape recorder; and 

5. Cable signals to all fire and police stations in the City; 

6. Monthly service charge--Residential--lst outlet $4.95 

Additional outlets .50 

We also agree to provide the City with the sum of $5,000.00 to be used for 

the purchase of such television sets as might be desired by the Board of Trustees 

of the Oxford Municipal School District for use in the public schools of the 

District. 


OXFORD TV CABLE, INC. 

BY /s/ C. F. Fail 

President 



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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 12:30 P.M. JUNE 24, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on June 11, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on June 24, 1968, at 12:30 p. m. in the El Centro Restaurant when and 

where the following were present: 







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Came on for consideration an application from Charles A. Walker to drive 

a taxi in the City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Came on for consideration an application from Gerald D. Pierce to drive 

a taxi in the City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and 

passed to rescind the resolution passed at the regular meeting of the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen held on March 5, 1968 and appearing in Minute Book 23 at 

page 450, a resolution authorizing and directing the introduction of fluorides 

into the water system of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. The vote on the 

motion to rescind said resolution was as follows: 

Voting "yea" - Alderman Owens, Alderman Hannaford, Alderman Sisk and 

Alderman King. Voting "nay" - Alderman MpLaurin. 


this Board do now recess until June 26, 1968 at 5:00 p. m. 

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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P.M. JUNE 26, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on June 24, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on June 26, 1968 at 5:00 p. m. in the Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen's Chamber 







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Thomas H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept. 

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Eddie Mack Morgan - School Trustee 

Wayne C. Leech - Supt. of City Schools 

Jesse R. Adams, Jr. - Attorney for School Board 


Mayor Richard W. Elliott 

and Members of the Board of Aldermen 


Gentlemen: 

OXFORD CITY SCHOOLS 

Wayne C. Leech, Superintendent 


June 27, 1968 

Re: $27,000 loan for Oxford Separate 

Municipal School District current expenses 

We, the undersigned members of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Separate 

Municipal School District, constituting a majority of the members of the 

said Board of Trustees, do by this letter, and in accord with the provisions 

of Section 6532-13 of the Mississippi Code as annotated and recompiled; 

request that the members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford borrow 

the sum of $27,000 on behalf of the Oxford Separate Municipal School District 

for current expenses. The debt shall be retired by funds to be made available 

to the School in October of 1968. 


/s/ A. T. Bunch 

A. T. Bunch 

/s/ Eddie Mack Morgan 

Eddie Mack Morgan 

/s/ James Downs 

James Downs

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RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Oxford Separate Municipal School District does not have 

sufficient funds available to meet current expenses; and 

WHEREAS, the sum of $27,000 is now needed for current expenses; and, 

WHEREAS, unless said funds are obtained by the Oxford Separate Municipal 

School District to cover expenses, the School District will operate at a defi- 

cit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. 

WHEREAS, funds will be available to the District in October of 1968, and 

under Section 6532-13 Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, Recompiled, upon re- 

quest by the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Separate Municipal School District 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, has au- 

thority to borrow funds for the said School District to cover current expenses, 

and to issue notes therefor, with said notes to be paid from funds to become 

available to the School Disttic. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees acting for and 

on behald of the Oxford Separate Municipal School District request the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to borrow the sum 

of $27,000 to be used by the said School District for current expenses, and 

to be paid in.October of 1968, by said School District when funds become avail- 

able. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be furnis 

ed the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for such action as they deem appropriate. 

CERTIFICATE 

I, Eddie Mack Morgan, Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Oxford 

Separate Municipal School District, hereby certify that the above and foregoing 

constitutes a true, correct and compared copy of that certain resolution which 

was unanimously adopted by the Board of Trustees for the Oxford Separate 

Municipal School District at its meeting on June 21, 1968 as the same appears 

of record in the official minutes of said Board. 

CERTIFIED this the 26th day of June, 1968. 

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/s/ Eddie Mack Morgan 

EDDIE MACK MORGAN 

Secretary of the Board of Trustees 

Oxford Separate Municipal School District

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There then came on for consideration a certified copy of the Resolution 

from the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Separate Municipal School District, 

requesting the City of Oxford to borrow the sum of $27,000 for said School 

District and with said $27,000 to be repaid by the School District when funds 

become available to the District in October, 1968. After discussion, on 

motion made, seconded and passing unanimously, the following Resolution was 

adopted: 

RESOLVED, that under Section 6532-13 Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, 

Recompiled, the sum of $27,000 be borrowed for the use of the Oxford Separate 

Municipal School District to cover current expenses and that the City of Ox- 

ford issue its note for the purpose of obtaining such funds and with such note 

to be issued in accord with said Section. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Clerk of the City of Oxford 

be and they are hereby authorized to execute and deliver said note in the 

amount of $27,000 to the Bank of Oxford at Oxford, Mississippi, with interest 

at the rate of 6% per annum, and with said note to be paid on or before 

October 15, 1968, with funds to become available to the Oxford Separate Muni- 

cipal School District. 

THIS the 26th day of June, 1968. 


passed unanimously to spread upon the minutes the following proposal y. on 

Northeast Mississippi Power Association: 

Mr. Richard W. Elliott 

Mayor, City of Oxford 



NORTHEAST POWER ASSOCIATION 

June 19, 1968 

With further reference to your letter of May 9, 1968, in which the City of 

Oxford offered to purchase our facilities located within the City of Oxford 

for the sum of $225,000,plus additions less retirements, our Board has requested 

me to advise that they do not consider such offer to be adequate, and 

authorized me to make a counter-proposal which is the appraisal of McWhorter 

and Franklin, as set forth in detail in Exhibit "A" hereto. 

This matter has had our careful attention during the past several months and 

in reviewing our filed it appears that our Board joined with your Board in 

employing McWhorter and Franklin to make an appraisal for negotiation between 

our Boards. Very frankly, our Board feels that the appraisal of McWhorter 

and Franklin is low, but in view of our agreement we feel compelled to accept 

their appraisal and to submit to you as a counter-proposal. 

We trust that you will give this proposal your careful consideration and if 

such meets with your approval, we will be happy to discuss terms of payment.

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You may be assured that it is the desire of our Board to affect a settlement 

that will be fair to both the City and the Association. 

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EXHIBIT "A" 

Sincerely yours, 

/s/ R. C. White 

McWHORTER & FRANKLIN EVALUATION - 1965 

Price for 3 areas sold to Oxford by N. E. Miss. 

Net Additions, July, 1965 - March, 1967 

Net Additions, March, 1967 - May, 1968 

SUB-TOTAL 

Price of area sold to N. E. Miss. by Oxford 

NET PURCHASE PRICE 

R. C. White 

President, Board of Directors 

CITY CLERK! MAYOR 

$343,000 

42,600 

38,000 

$423,600 

6,000 

$417,600 



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MINUit1300K No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 





REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. JULY 2, 1968 



July 2, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of said 
















unanimously accepting the June minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the June accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 


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OF JUNE 4, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON A 12 MONTHS SUPPLY OF 

GASOLINE, OIL AND OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

At the June 4, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on a 12 months sup- 

ply of gasoline, oil and other petroleum products and that the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 

7:30 p. m. on July 2, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the June 4, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, having 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on a 12 months supply of gaso- 

line, oil and other petroleum products according to the plans and specification l 



by section,and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman King, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on a 12 months 

supply of gasoline, oil and other petroleum products to be opened at the regu- 

lar meeting of July 2, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 

Cities Service Oil Company 

Regular gasoline $0.137 per gal. 94 octane. 

Premium gasoline $0.157 per gal. 100 octane. 

Diesel fuel $0.129 per gal. 

Kerosene $0.134 per gal. 

Non-detergent oil $0.70 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Premium grade detergent oil $0.80 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Diesel heavy duty motor oil $0.95 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Mansel Oil Company 

Regular gasoline 13.29 per gal. 93 + octane. 

Premium gasoline 17.79 per gal. 100 + octane. 

Diesel fuel 14.5 plus tax per gal. 

Kerosene 15.5 plus tax per gal. 

Non-detergent oil 1.04per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Premium grade detergent oil 1.44 (24-1) per gal. 

Diesel heavy duty motor oil 1.35 (24-1) per gal. 

Standard Oil Company 

Chevron Regular gasoline 20.66 per gal. 94 octane. 

Chevron Supreme premium gasoline 23.66 per gal. 100 octane. 

Standard Diesel fuel 23.03 per gal. 

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Standard Kerosene 24.03 per gal. 

Calol Non-detergent oil $1.02 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

RPM Supreme Premium grade detergent oil $1.71 per gal. in 24 1-qt. care 

Super RPM DELO Special Diesel heavy duty motor oil 98.00q per gal. 

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on file in the office of the Mayor of said City.

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Sunray DX Oil Company 

Regular gasoline $0.143 per gal. 94 octane. 

Premium gasoline $0.173 per gal. 100 octane. 

Diesel fuel $0.124 per gal. 

Kerosene $0.132 per gal. 

Non-detergent oil $0.84 in 24 1-qt. cans 

Premium grade detergent oil $1.13 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Diesel heavy duty motor oil $1.12 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

After bids were opened and sad, motion was made by Alderman Owens, second- 

ed by Alderman King and passed unanimously to accept the bids of the following 

companies: 

Mansel Oil Company: Regular Gasoline, Non-detergent oil and Premium 

grade detergent Oil. 

Cities Service Oil Co.: Premium Grade Gasoline 

Sunray DX Oil Company: Diesel Fuel and Kerosene. 

Standard Oil Company: Diesel Heavy Duty Motor Oil. 

they being the lowest and best bids. 

Again came on for consideration the matter of bids on lots 21, 22 and 

fraction lot 23 and lot 110 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision which were advertised 

for sale in the Oxford Eagle. Said bids were received from the following: 

Wendell Parks - lot 21 only $1200.00 

Paul L. Parker by Russell Blair - lot 21 500.00 

lot 22 & fr. lot 23 500.00 

lot 110 1000.00 

N. C. Horne - lot 21 1125.00 

lot 22 & fr. lot 23 1150.00 


seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to reject any and all bids. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and 

passed unanimously to adopt the 1968-69 Uniform Assessment Schedule for Motor 

Vehicles Ad Valorem Taxes sent out by the State Tax Commission. 


passed unanimously to approve the following change orders: 

TO: J. M. ROSE & SONS 

705 HENDERSON 

GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI 

PROJECT: Extended Care Facility for 

the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital , 

Project Miss-810

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ORIGINAL 

CONTRACT 


Provide five (5) additional closed circuit television 

camera outlets for monitoring corridors. Outlets to 

be complete with power switching of camera from 

nurses' station and with vidio cable to nurses' station. 

Outlets shall provide for plug-in of cameras. Camera 

mounting brackets or cameras are not to be furnished. 

$56,500.00 

SUM OF SUM OF 

INCREASES DECREASES 

$ 1, 863.54 $ 112.48 

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ADD DEDUCT 

$1,863.54 

REVISED 

CONTRACT 

$58,251.06 

APPROVED: CITY OF OXFORD, MISS. AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & GODBOLD 

BY: 


LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 

BY: /s/ T. R. Gunter 

T. R. Gunter, President 

Board of Supervisors 

TO: A. B. CULLEN & SON 

P. O. BOX 127 


ORIGINAL 

CONTRACT 

Add one access door and two openings in 

grade beams as per attached breakdown 

$78,126.00 

SUM OF 

INCREASES 

$ 136.99 

APPROVED: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISS. 




BY: 


BY: /s/ S. D. Godbold 

S. D. Godbold 

ACCEPTED: J. M. ROSE & SONS 

/s/ J. M. Rose 

Approved: /s/ Robert E. Winkler 

Robert Winkler, Administrator 

PROJECT: Diagnostic and Treatment Addition! 

for the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospitall 

Project Miss-774 

SUM OF 

DECREASES 

$ 

ADD DEDUCT 

$136.99 

REVISED 

CONTRACT 

$78,262.99 

AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & GODBOLD 

BY: /s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 

John C. Skewes, Jr. 

ACCEPTED: A. B. CULLEN & SON, INC. 

BY:/s/Jack L. Cullen 

Approved by: Robert E. Winkler 

Robert Winkler, Administrator, Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital

it 

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ORIGINAL 

CONTRACT 

TOTAL ADDITION THIS CHANGE ORDER $9 92.68 

SUM OF 

INCREASES 

$466,800.00 $2,320.76 

APPROVED: CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

BY: 


( TO: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. 

WATER VALLEY 

MISSISSIPPI 

1. Additional cost of brick as itemized in 

attached breakdown 

2. Change door and frame #4 from 

1 3868 L 8 3/4 frame and 

1 3868 F 1 3/4 door 

Freight 

Transportation to get door 

Overhead and profit @ 15% 

4% tax, bond, etc. 

Total 



BY /s/ T. R. Gunter' 

T. R. Gunter, President, 

Board of Supervisor's 

BY /s/ Robert E. Winkler 

Robert E. Winkler, Administrator 


705 HENDERSON 


ORIGINAL 

CONTRACT 

7 , -2” to 6'-8" 

$102.00 

3.81 

5.00 

$110.81 

16.62 

$127.43 

5.10 

PROJECT: Extended Car Facility 

for Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital, Oxford, Mississippi 


SUM OF 

DECREASES 

$4,19 1.27 

ADD 

$860.15 

$132.53 

AUTHORIZED: BREWER, 

DEDUCT 

-REVISED 

CONTRACT- 

$464 ,929.49 

SKEWES & GODBOLD 

BY /s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 


ACCEPTED: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONST. 

BY /s/ Arnold W. Carothers 

Provide changes to contract as itemized in 

attached proposal $85.00 

$56,500.00 

SUM OF 

INCREASES 

$1,948.54 


the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital' 


ADD DEDUCT 

SUM OF REVISED 

DECREASES CONTRACT 

$ 1 12. 48 $58,336.06

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APPROVED: CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

BY 



BY/s/T. R. Gunter 


Board of Supervisors 

BY 


AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & 



ACCEPTED: 

BY /s/ 

J. M. ROSE & SONS 

J. M. Rose 




GROUP I & GROUP It Pre- 

EXTENDED CARE 

FACILITY AT OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL 

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GODBOLD 



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purchase Group I & Group II n for the Extended Care Facility at Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by July 29 

1968 at 11:00 a. m., then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk, it was 









the Mayor and Clerk of this ubaV be authorized and directed to advertise for 

bids on Group I & Group I t‘ for the Extended Care Facility at Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital.

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Came on for consideration the matter of an advertisement for the City 

of Oxford in the Ole Miss Football Programs for the 1968 games. Motion was 

made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to 

place a 3/4 page advertisement in the Ole Miss Football Program in the amount 

of $300.00; fifty percent to be paid from the General Fund and fifty percent 

to be paid from the Electric Fund and charged to advertising. 




A PRINTING CALCULATOR FOR THE CITY CLERK'S 

OFFICE. 



purchase a printing calculator for the City Clerk's office. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by August 

6, 1968 at 7:30 p. m. then said Mayor and. Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Hannaford, it 










bids on a printing calculator for the City Clerk's office. 

There came on for consideration the matter of the necessity for a new 

registration of the qualified electors of the City of Oxford, and the Mayor 

and Board, after hearing from the Registrar (City Clerk) and the Election 

Commissioners and examining the registration books, do here find that such 

registration books are in such confusion that a new registration is necessary 

to determine correctly the names of the qualified electors of the City of 

Oxford and the election district of such qualified electors. 

On motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Sisk, and passed 

unanimously, it was ordered that a new registration of the voters of the City 

of Oxford be made by the City Registrar, according to the laws of the State 

of Mississippi, as expeditiously as possible.

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CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO ADVERTISE 

FOR BIDS ON A NEW CITY WATER WELL. 



advertise for a new city water well. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 

August 6, 1968 at 7:30 p. m., then said Mayor and Board will take final action 

on this resolution. 


the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section, and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk, it 




ALDERMAN J. P. MCLAURIN, JR YEA 






bids on a new City Water Well. 


unanimously authorizing John R. Smith, City Engineer, to attend the annual 

meeting of the Society of Civil Engineers to be held in Biloxi, Mississippi 

on July 18, 19 & 20. 


this Board do now recess until July 17, 1968 at 8:00 p. m.

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD . _ 

RECESS REGULAR MEETING 8:00 P. M. JULY 17, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on July 2, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on July 17, 1968, at 8:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 

Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 

acted: 






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Joe O'Brien - Dept. of Housing & Urban Renewal 

John Page - Dept. of Housing & Urban Renewal 

MEMBERS OF CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 

Jesse Phillips - Chairman Citizens' Advisory 

Jean Allen Young 

Mabel McEwen 

Nolia Banks 

L. D. Johnson 

Russell Blair 

Frank Cooper 

Dewey Hawkins 

Garner Hickman 

Kate Baker 

Pete Bruening 

Sarah Davidson 

J. G. McMurray, Chairman of Board of Recreation 

Will Lewis, Jr., Chairman of Oxford Housing Authority 

After the meeting was called to order, the following business was trans-

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Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and 

passed unanimously to adopt the following resolution: 

WHEREAS, 

WHEREAS, 

RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMEN APPROVING SUBMISSION OF THE 

WORKABLE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS 

there exists in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, slums and 

blighted areas; and 

it appears that the most economic and feasible method for the 

elimination and prevention of slums and blight is in the 

Workable Program for Community Improvement; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford, Mississippi wishes to enter into an 

Urban Renewal Project and Public Housing, for which the 

Workable Program for Community Improvement is a requirement; 

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

that the Workable Program for Community Improvement be 

submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

for re-certification. 

Date: July 17, 1968 

MAYOR 



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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. M. JULY 23, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on July 17, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on July 23, 1968 at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermens' Chamber 










Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously approving a full page advertisement in the Oxford High School 

annual at a cost of $50.00; fifty percent to be paid from General Fund and 

fifty percent to be paid from Electric Fund and charged to advertising. 


passed unanimously authorizing the approval of the following agreement: 

AGREEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 1st day of June, 1968, by and between 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipality located in the State of Miss- 

issippi, party of the first part, hereinafter referred to as the "Municipality," 

and the MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, a state agency, party to 

the second part, hereinafter referred to as the "Planning Agency." 

WITNESSETH THAT: 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title VII, Section 701, of the Housing 

Act of 1954, being Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, Chapter 649, 2nd Session, 

68 Statute 590, approved the 2nd day of August, 1954, as amended, funds have 

been and are being made available by the United States Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to the Mississippi Research and Development Center, which 

has been officially designated As Planning Agency for the State of Mississippi, 

to aid in defraying the cost of planning assistance, including surveys, land- 

use studies, major street plans, technical services and other planning work 

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in certain municipalities of the State having a population of less than 50,000 

as of the last federal decennial census, and 

WHEREAS, the Mississippi Research and Development Center; created by Chapte 

216, Laws of 1964, as amended, is authorized and empowered under House Bill 105, 

Regular Session of the 1966 Legislature of the State of Mississippi, to accept 

funds from the Federal Government of its agencies, or from any other source, 

for planning and other purposes,. to enter into contracts with the proper offi- 

cials of any county, municipality, or other subdivision of the State of Missi- 

ssippi, at their request for a study of their planning problems and to enter 

into such cmtracts and agreements as are necessary to carry out the Center's 

'functions and duties, and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford, Mississippi is a municipal subdivision of the 

State of Mississippi having a population of less than 50,000 according to the 

1960 Federal Census and the aforesaid municipality has requested the Mississippi 

Research and Development Center to provide certain planning studies which would 

aid in the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the future development of 

said municipality, including measures necessary to protect the housing resources 

of the municipality, and 

WHEREAS, the Mississippi Research and Development Center studies the re- 

quest of the municipality and has ascertained that there is a need for such ser- 

vices as requested; that federal funds are presently available to it, or will 

become available, with which to supplement municipal funds for such purposes on 

at least a two-for-one basis, and that the request of said municipality has 

been duly considered and approved by the Planning Agency. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenant 

and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto legally intending to 

be bound hereby, do covenant and agree for themselved and their respective suc- 

cessors and assigns, as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

MUNICIPALITY'S SERVICES 

The Municipality hereby agrees that its officials and employees and the 

members of its Planning Commission and the Commission's staff will co-operate 

with the Planning Agency in the discharge of its responsibility under this 

!Contract and will be available for consultation with the Planning Agency at such] 

times as may be mutually agreeable to both parties.

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ARTICLE II 

CONTRIBUTION BY THE MUNICIPALITY 

(a) It is agreed between the parties that the Municipality shall cause to 

be paid to the Planning Agency the sum of 

FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS ($4,436.00) 

which sum represents the Contribution by the Municipality for the purposes here- 

in mentioned. 

(b) The contribution provided herein shall be paid by the Municipality to 

the Planning Agency on the date of the contractual acceptance. 

(c) It is expressly understood and agreed that in no event will the total 

compensation or reimbursement, if any, to be paid hereunder exceed the maximum 

sum of FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS ($4,436.00) 

for all services required. 

ARTICLE III 

CONTRIBUTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 


(a) It is the understanding of all the parties to this Contract that the 

Planning Agency, by joining in this Contract, does not pledge or promise to 

pledge the assets of the State of Mississippi, nor does it promise to pay any 

monies of the Treasury of the State except such monies as shall be granted and 

paid to the State for this project by the United States Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, and such monies as shall be paid to the State by the 

Municipality under the provisions of Article II of this Contract. 

(b) It is further understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the 

Planning Agency may contract with qualified technical consultants experienced 

in municipal planning to perform the actual planning studies and work contem- 

plated by this Agreement to be provided said Municipality by the Planning 

Agency, and that in the performance of such planning studies and work, all re- 

quirements of the federal law and regulations established as a condition to 

the receipt of federal funds for such purpose, shall be fully complied with. 

(c) It is further understood and agreed by the parties hereto that should 

the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development disapprove this 

Contract or refuse to make the grant to the State of Mississippi as contemplated, 

by this Contract, then this Contract shall be void and shall not be binding 

on the parties to this Contract. 

(d) To assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for future de- 

velopment of said Municipality, the Planning Agency agrees to provide the plan- 

ning studies described in Section II for the City of Oxford, Mississippi,

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ARTICLE IV 

MISCELLANEOUS 

(a) Termination for Convenience of Planning Agency. The Planning Agency 

may terminate this Contract at any time by a notice in writing from the Planning 

Agency to the Municipality. If the Contract is terminated by the Planning 

Agency, as provided herein, the Municipality will be reimbursed an amount which 

bears the same ratio to the total contribution by the Municipality as the ser- 

vices which are unperformed bear to the total services to be rendered by the 

Planning Agency as convered by this Contract; provided, however, that if less 

than sixty (60) percent of the services covered by this Contract have been per- 

formed upon the effective date of such termination, the Planning Agency shall 

withhold from such reimbursement an amount for that portion of the actual out- 

' of-pocket expenses incurred by the third party contractor during the contract 

period which are directly attributable to the uncompleted portion of the service 

covered by this Contract. 

(b) Non-Discrimination. There shall be no discrimination against any 

employee who is employed in the work covered by this Agreement, or against any 

applicant for such employment, because of race, religion, color or national 

origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 

Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment ad- 

vertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation 

and selection for training including apprenticeship. The Planning Agency shall 

insert a similar provision in all sub-contracts for services covered by this 

Agreement. 

(c) Interest of Members of Planning Agency and Others. No officer, offi- 

cial or employee of the Planning Agency or of the Municipality, and no public 

official of the locality or localities in which the project is situated or being 

carried out who exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or 

approval of the undertaking or carrying out of this Project, shall participate 

in any decision relating to this Agreement which affects his personal interest 

or the interest of any corporation, partnership, or association in which he is, 

directly or indirectly, interested; nor shall any such officer, member or em- 

ployee of the Planning Agency or the Municipality, or any member of its govern, 

ing bod, or public official of the governing body of the locality or localities 

in which the Project is situated or being carried out, have any interest, direct 

or indirect, in this Agreement or the proceeds thereof. 

(d) Officials Not to Benefit. No members of or delegate to the Congress 

of the United States of America, and no Resident Commissioner, shall be admitted

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to any share or part hereof or to any benefit to arise herefrom. 

(e) Office Space. The Municipality hereby agrees to make available with- 

out charge to the Planning Agency, any office space needed by the Planning 

Agency in addition to its usual place of business for the performance of the 

services agreed to under this Contract, and the Municipality hereby agrees not 

to require any charge for such space. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Municipality and the Planning Agency have executed 

this Agreement as of the date first above written. 

MUNICIPALITY: 


PLANNING AGENCY: 

ATTEST: MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

CENTER 

BY: 

BY: 

Director 

It appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that there is a deficit 

in a number of items provided for in the General Fund and the Water and Sewer 

Fund Budget of the fiscal year 1967-68; 

And it is further appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that there 

are funds in the treasury of the municipality or will be funds coming into the 

treasury during the fiscal year, not appropriated by the budget. 

And it is further appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that the 

budget of the City of Oxford, Mississippi should be revised so as to provide 

for the orderly operation of the municipality. 

IT IS THEREFORE, upon motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman 

King, ordered that the General Fund and the Water and Sewer Fund Budbet of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, be, and the same'hereby is revised so as to read 

in words and figures as follows, to-wit: 

RECEIPTS: 

BUDGET 


October 1, 1967 - September 30, 1968 

Sales Tax $218,000.00 

Privilege License 9,900.00 

Parking Meter Fines 3,500.00 

Parking Meter Collections 12,000.00 

Rents 15,000.00 

Fines 26,000.00 

Ad Valorem Tax 71,000.00 

Tax Penalties 2,800.00 

Ad Valorem Maint. Tax-County 11,000.00 

GENERAL FUND WATER & SEWER FUND

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Municipal Aid from State 

Building Permits 

Transfer from Water & Sewer 

Tax Equivalent - Elec. Dept. 

Interest on Investment-Light Plant 

Water & Sewer Collections 

Taps & Inspections 

Income from Other Sources 

2% Gross Revenue - Publ Ut. 

Income from Animal Control 

Liquor Permits 

Absorbed from surplus for 

Capital Improvement 

TOTALS 

GENERAL FUND 

13,650.00 

1,800.00 

33,335.0 0 

70,000.00 . 

3,350.00 

17,800.00 

4,290.00 

1,700.00 

6,975.00 

8,000.00 

$530,100.00 

WATER & SEWER 

$230,000.00 

6,000.00 

1,000.00 

14,795.00 

$251,795.00 

DISBURSEMENTS: ADMINISTRATION POLICE DEPARTMENT 

Salary Expense 

Labor & Wages 

Materials & Supplies 

Utilities 

Maintenance & Repair 

Gas & Oil 

Professional Services 

$ 44,280.00 

5,600.00 

6,300.00 

5,000.00 

1,700.00 

650.00 

12,325.00 

$ 77,000.00 

3,200.00 

5,200.00 

1,200.00 

5,800.00 

5,700.00 

3,100.00 

Municipal Aid to County 

3,600.00 

Purchase of Equipment 1,325.00 15,000.00 

Equipment Rental 

800.00 

Legal Printing 2,000.00 25.00 

Insurance & Bonds 1,600.00 2,700.00 

Social Security & Retirement 3,600.00 6,325.00 

Advertising 3,000.00 60.00 

Miscellaneous 3,000.00 1,100.00 

Contingencies 

200.00 

Capital Improvements 

TOTALS 94,780.00 126,610.00 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 


Municipal Aid To County 

FIRE DEPARTMENT STREET DEPARTMENT 

$ 

28,000.00 

1,250.00 

300.00 

1,400.00 

75.0o 

10,500.00 

32,840.00 

24,570.00 

18,725.00 

4,500.00 

3,400.00 



Legal Printing 

Insurance & Bonds 

Social Security & Retirement 

25.00 

1,300.00 

1,900.00 

700.00 

25.00 

2,600.00 

3,270.00 

Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 

1,000.00 100.00 


TOTALS $ 39,250.00 $102,300.00 

SANITATION DEPT. PARK & REC. DEPT. 

Salary Expense 5,340.00 20,000.00 

Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 


76,530.00 

2,500.00 

8,165.00 

6,150.00 

6,000.00 

1,500.00 

1,300.00 

450.00 



Equipment Rental 500.00 1,000.00 

Legal Printing 15.00 50.00 

Insurance & Bonds 2,750.00 550.00 


Advertising 

Miscellaneous 100.00 200.00 

Contingencies 100.00 100.00 


9,000.00 

TOTALS $113,150.00 $ 45,250.00

PO 

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Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 



Purchase of Equipment 





Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 


Budget Transfers 

Bond Retirement 

Bond Interest 

Paying Agent Fees 

Transfer to Cushion Fund 

TOTALS 


Labor & Wages 

Matetials & Supplies 

Utilities 


Gas & Oil 








Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 




Bond Interest 



TOTALS 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 








Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 



Bond retirement 

Bond Interest 


Transfers to Cullion Fund 

TOTALS 


CEMETERY 

6,925.00 

825.00 

75.00 

50.00 

75.00 

160.00 

100.00 

550.00 

$8,760.00 

SEWER DEPARTMENT 

6,000.00 

10,000.00 

7,200.00 

100.00 

200.00 

150.00 

825.00 

1,000.00 

1,200.00 

450.00 

1,105.00 

100.00 

5,000.00 

29,175.00 

36,100.00 

145.00 

7,2Q0.00 

$105,950.00 

GENERAL FUND 

157,120.00 

153,095.00 

46,645.00 

26,800.00 

22,915.00 

16,500.00 

15,425.Qo 

3,600.00 

30,055.00 

3,000.00 

2,140.00 

11,600.00 

2 3, 24 5. 00 

3,060.00 

5,500.00 

400.00 

9,000.00 

$530,100.00 

WATER DEPARTMENT 

11,150.00 

20,500.00 

25,000.00 

11,250.00 

1,200.00 

550.00 

2,350.00 

625.00 

2,000.00 

10.00 

1,200.00 

2,010.00 

300.00 

15,000.00 

33,335.00 

$126,480.00 

SEWER PLANTS 

8,160.00 

5,000.00 

3,200.00 

1,500.00 

200.00 

300.00 

325.00 

680.00 

$19 365.00 

WATER & SEWER FUND. 

25,310.00 

30,500.00 

37,200.00 

14,550.00 

2,900.00 

900.00 

3,175.00 

1,925.00 

3,200.00 

10.00 

1,975.00 

3,795.00 

400.00 

20,000.00 

33,335.0o 

29,175.00 

36,100.00 

145.00 

7,200.00 

$251.795.00 


this Board do now recess until July 29, 1968 at 11:00 a. m.

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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS, REGULAR MEETING 11:00 A. M. JULY 29, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order entered July 23, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met in joint session with the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors on 

July 29, 1968, at 11:00 a. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermens' Chamber 

in the City Hall when and where the following were present: 





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Charles W. McGonagill - Supervisor District One 

Franklin Parks - Supervisor District Two 

J. C. Tatum - Supervisor District three 

Frank Ramage - Supervisor District Five 

Jesse J. Hardin - Chancery Clerk 

Will A. Hickman - Attorney for Board of Supervisors 

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Baxter O. Elliott - President, Hospital Boards' 

R. X. Williams - Hospital Board Trustee 

H. G. Fuller - Hospital Board Trustee 

L. L. Horne - Hospital Board Trustee 

Robert Winkler - Hospital Administrator 

John W. Turnipseed - Asst. Hospital Administrator 

Foster Fowler - Executive Director, Miss. 

Commission on Hospital Care 

Mrs. Evelyn Bruntlett - Equipment Consultant, Miss. 


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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Group II 

and Group III Hospital Equipment for the O x ford-Lafayette County Hospital 

Extended Care Facility, to be opened at the recess meeting of the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen at 11:00 a. m., July 29, 1968, bids were received, opened 

and read by H. C. Wiley, Jr., City Clerk and recorded and rea&by Mrs. Evelyn 

Bruntlett, Equipment Consultant, Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. A 

tabulation of all bids received is on file in the Office of the City Clerk in 

the City Hall. 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was duly made, seconded and 

passed unanimously to continue all bids for further consideration. 

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RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Mayor of Oxford, Mississippi has received from the Miss- 

issippi State Tax Commission a copy of the motor vehicle assessment schedule 

adopted by it for the ensuing fiscal year; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City have examined and 

considered the aforesaid schedule and desire to adopt the same for said City: 

IT IS THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, that: 

The motor vehicle assessment schedule for the ensuing fiscal year 

adopted by the Mississippi State Tax Commission under the provisions of the 

Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Act of 1958 and amendments thereto adopted as 

the motor vehicle assessment schedule for the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

for the ensuing fiscal year. 

A regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Ox- 

ford, Mississippi will be held at the City Hall in said City at 7:30 p. m., 

on the 3rd day of September, 1968 for the purpose of hearing and taking action 

on any complaint filed in writing objecting to and petitioning for a specified 

reduction on any portion or portions of said schedule affecting the complain- 

ant directly. 

The Clerk of this City shall publish a certified copy of this Order as 

notice under requirements of Section 2, Chapter 473, Laws of 1960, in a 

newspaper having general circulation in the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

ATTEST: 

ORDERED this the 29th day of July, 1968. 

CITY CLEA/K 

MAYOR 



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CITY CLEP 

MAYOR

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7:00 P. M. AUGUST 6, 1968 


II Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

0 August 6, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of 

ii said meeting, when and where the following were present: 





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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously accepting the July minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the July accounts as read. Said accounts being 

recorded at page 13 through page 19 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 

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Pursuant to the opening of bids on Group II and Group III Hospital Equipment 

for the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital Extended Care Facility at the 

recess meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on July 29, 1968, motion was 

made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously 

that upon the recommendations of Mr. Foster Fowler, Executive Firector, Mississippi 

Commission on Hospital Care and Mr. Robert Winkler, Administrator, 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital, the following bids in the total amount of 

$41,043.35 be awarded, they being the lowest or best bids: 

ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION: 

Standard Stationers, Inc. 


Item A-16 

in the amount of $ 176.90 

Weatherall's 

Tupelo, Mississippi 

Items A-3, A-8, & A-18 

in the amount of 280.28 

Rebel Press & Office Supply Co. 


Items A-1, A-2, A-10, A-12, A-14, A-15, A-17 

in the amount of 2,106.72 

B-S Medical & Scientific Co., Inc. 


Items A-9, A-11 


Louisiana Medical Supply, Inc. 

Alexandria, Louisiana 

Items A-7, & A-13 


American Hospital Supply Co. 

Metairie, Louisiana 

Items A-4, A-5, A-6, & A-19 


Central School Supply Co. 


Item A-20 


TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION $7,494.44 

DIETARY SECTION: 

B-S Medical & Scientific Co., Inc. 


Item D-2 




Items D-7, D-8, D-9, D-10 




Items D-1, D-5, D-6, D-11, D-21, D-25, D-26, 

D-27, D-28, D-29, D-30 


House-Bond, Division of D. Canale Co. 


Items D-3, D-4, D-12, D-13, D-14, D-15, D-16, 

D-17, D-18, D-19, D-20, D-22, D-23, & D-24 


TOTAL DIETARY SECTION $4,535.00 

HOUSEKEEPING SECTION: 

Williams Physicians' and Surgeons' Supplies 

Items H-7 

in the amount of 184.00

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Hot Springs Surgical Supply Co. 

Hot Springs, Arkansas 

Item H-6 




Items H-3, H-8, H-11, H-15, H-16, & H-17 

in the amount of 

Bancroft Paper, Inc. 


Item H-2 


ATD American 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Items H-10, H-12, H-13, & H-14 


Beacon Manufacturing Co. 

New York, N. Y. 

Item H-9 


Mayer Myers Paper Co. 


Item H-1 


TOTAL HOUSEKEEPING SECTION 

PATIENT ROOM FURNITURE SECTION: 

Will Ross, Inc. 

Chamblee, Georgia 

Items PRF-1, PRF-2, PRF-3, PRF-4, PRF-5, PRF-6, 

PRF-7, PRF-8, PRF-9 




Item PRF-10 


Mississippi Bedding Co. 


Item PRF-11 


TOTAL PATIENT ROOM FURNITURE SECTION 

PHYSICAL THERAPY SECTION: 

821.15 

92.50 

908.24 

151.20 

475.00 

$ 2,675.59 

$22,639.99 

146.10 

61.20 

$22,847.29 



Items PT-3 & PT-5 

in the amount of l,034.00 



Items PT-1, PT-4, PT-6, PT-7, PT-8 


J. A. Preston Corporation 

New York, N. Y. 

Item PT-2 


TOTAL PHYSICAL THERAPY SECTION 

TREATMENT ROOM SECTION: 

206.00 

$ 2,311.85 

Kay Surgical Inc. 


Items TR-7, & TR-8 


B-S Medical & Scientific Co. Inc. 


Items TR-4 & TR-9 


131.99 

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Items TR-6 & TR-il 






Delta Surgical, Inc. 




Southern Surgical Supply Co. 


Item TR-1 


TOTAL TREATMENT TOOM SECTION $ 1,179.18 

TOTAL BIDS AWARDED $41,043.35 

These awards are subject to final approval by the United States Public 

Health Service and the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. 

On Item A-14 the low bid of American Hospital Supply Co. in the amount 

of $176.20 was not accepted because the item bid apparently did not meet 

specifications. Therefore, the bid of Rebel Press & Office Supply Co. in the 

amount of $345.15 was adjudged the best bid. 

On Item PT-1, the low bid of Kay Surgical, Inc. in the amount of $158.00 

was not accepted because the item bid did not meet specifications. therefore, 

the bid of American Hospital Supply Co. in the amount of $173.90 was adjudged 

to be the best bid. 

On Item PT-3, the low bid of Kay Surgical, Inc. in the amount of $612.00 

was not accepted because the item bid apparently did not meet specifications 

and no descriptive literature was submitted. Therefore, the bid of Hot Springs 

Surgical Supply Co. was adjudged to be the best bid. 

All bids on Item TR-12 (Walker, Invalid) are rejected and the Mayor and 

City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to readvertise for same. 

No bids were received on the following items: A-21 (Piano), H-4, (Board, 

Ironing) and H-5(Iron, Steam), and therefore such items may be purchased on 

the open market without further advertisement, in accordance with Sebtion 9027, 

Mississippi Code of 1942 as amended, and authority is hereby so granted, subject 

only to final approval by the United States Public Health Service and the 

Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. 

The Mayor and Clerk of this Board be and they are hereby authorized to 

execute and deliver such instruments as may he required in connection with 

said awards. 

Tom Landrum, Superintendent of Electric Department, appeared before the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen to request permission to write off uncollected 

accounts for water and electricity. After a discussion motinn was made by 

Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously 

granting authority to City of Oxford Electric Department to write off uncollected 

accounts for water and electricity.

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Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman King and 


TOY IVEY'S PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL COMPANY' PROJECT: Extended Care Facility - 

P. O. DRAWER 695 for the Oxford-Lafayette County 

KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI Hospital Project Miss-810 

Provide rough-in for washer as per itemized 

proposal attached 

ADD 

$193.13 

DEDUCT 

ORIGINAL SUM OF SUM OF REVISED 

CONTRACT INCREASES DECREASES CONTRACT 

$155,833.00 $1,070.13 -o- $156,903.13 

APPROVED: CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & GODBOLD 

BY 


Richard W. Elliott, Mayor John C. Skewes, Jr. 


BY /s/ T. R. Gunter 

T. R. Gunter, President, Board 

I BY /s/ Robert E. Winkler 


I BY 

TO: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONST. CO . 

WATER VALLEY 

MISSISSIPPI 

07 

ACCEPTED: IVEY'S PLUMBING & ELEC. CO . 

BY /s/ J. M. Ivey 

J. M. Ivey 

PROJECT: Extended Care Facility 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital 


Change #1 Plaster Corner Beads to Oval Corner Bead ADD 

Material to match Corner Guards $105.00 

15% Overhead and Profit 15.75 

$120.75 

4% Tax, Bond, etc. 4.83 

Total $125.58 

DEDUCT 



$466,800.00 $2,446.34 $4,191.27 $465,055.07 






ACCEPTED: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONST. 



T. R. Gunter, President, Board Arnold W. Carothers 

BY Robert E. Winkler 

Robert E. Winkler, Administrator

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OF JULY 2, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 


ISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON PRINTING CAL- 

CULATOR FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 

At the July 2, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on printing calcu- 

lator for City Clerk's office and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 on August 6, 


Said resolution adopted at the July 2, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, having 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on printing calculator for the 

City Clerk's office,according to the plans and specifications on file in the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman King, it was adopted section by section, and then as a 

whole, and thevote of the Aldermen passage thereof was as follows: 


ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN,JR YEA 


Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on a printing 

calculator for the City Clerk's office to be opened at the regular meeting 

of August 6, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 


Oxford, Mississippi $652.50 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Rebel 

Press & Office Supply it being the lowest and best bid. 




1200 LINEAR FEET OF 6-INCH SEWER PIPE 

FOR THE CITY OF OXFORD 



purchase 1200 linear feet of 6-inch sewer pipe for the City of Oxford.

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p. m. on September 3, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King, 



ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING 

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for bids on 1200 lindear feet of 6-inch sewer pipe for the City of Oxford. 




A CAR WITH OR WITHOUT TRADE-IN ON THE 

RAMBLER FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City ofOxford, 


purchase a car with or without trade-in on the Rambler for the Electric Depart- 

ment. 






as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King it 








bids on a car with or without trade-in on the Rambler for the Electric Department. 

YEA 

YEA 

YEA 

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Came on for consideration an application from William Ocsar Bishop for the 

job of mechanic for the City of Oxford. After discussion motion was made by 

Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to employ 

Mr. Bishop at a salary of $500.00 per month, said employment to begin on ij 

August 12, 1968. 

A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MOTOR VEHICLE ASSESSMENT OF-A STATE TAX 

COMMISSION WITH CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS THERETO FOR THE YEAR 1968-1969. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen have heretofore approved and 

adopted the assessment schedule for motor vehicles as prepared by the Mississ- 

ippi State Tax Commission with certain modifications thereto, which schedules 

as modified are the basis for Ad Valorem tax assessment on all motor vehicles 

within the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen wish to amend the assessment 

schedules by adoption of the Mississippi State Tax Commission schedule on 

motor vehicles with certain modifications thereof. 

NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, as follows: 

Section 1. That for the fiscal year of 1968-1969 and until hereafter 

modified by proper Resolution, the assessment schedule for the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District shall be the 

schedule as prepared by the Mississippi State Tax Commission relative to motor 

vehicles, with the exception of assessments to the hereinafter listed vehicles. 

Said exceptions are as follows: 

TOYOPET - Japan 

SKODA - Czechoslovakia 

SAAB - Swedish 

That said assessments for the above vehicles shall be ten percent above the 

assessment shown by the Mississippi State Tax Commission on said vehicles. 

Section 2. It is the intent of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, to amend its schedule Rr Ad Valorem Assessment 

on motor vehicles by the adopting of the schedule furnished by the Mississippi 

State Tax Commission for all intents and purposes other than the three excep- 

tions heretofore shown and said assessments shall be collected under special 

contract with the Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lafayette County, Mississippi.


Section 3. For good cause this resolution shall be in full force and 

effect from and after its passage and the City Clerk be and he is hereby dir- 

= ected to furnish a copy of said resolution to the Mississippi State Tax Commi- 

ssion in Jackson, Mississippi. 

Upon motion of Alderman Hannaford, duly seconded by Alderman King, a yea 

and nay vote was taken which resulted as follows: 

Alderman Hannaford voted yea. 

Alderman King voted yea. 

Alderman McLaurin voted yea. 

Alderman Owens was absent. 

Alderman Sisk was absent. 

WHEREUPON, the Mayor declared the same adopted. 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO A 

CONTRACT WITH B. H. McELREATH, SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR, FOR THE COLLECTION 

OF AD VALOREM TAXES ON MOTOR VEHICLES. 

Whereas, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, has heretofore adopted a sche- 

dule for assessment of motor vehicles for the fiscal year 1968-69 and are de- 

sirous of entering into a contract with B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collec- 

tor of Lafayette County, for the purpose of collecting said motor vehicles tax- 

es for and in behalf of said City; and after discussion 

Upon motion of Alderman Hannaford duly seconded by Alderman King, the 

Board agreed unanimously authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter 

into a contract with B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collector, for the collec- 

tion of said motor vehicle taxes for the fiscal year 1968-69, said contract to 

be in accordance with the following terms and conditions, to-wit: 

CONTRACT TO COLLECT MOTOR VEHICLE AD VALOREM TAXES 

THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into on the date indicated below by and 

between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, hereinafter 

called "City" and B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lafayette Coun- 

ty, Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as "Collector". 

WITNESSETH: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Chapter 588, General 

Laws of Mississippi, 1958, and the amendments thereto, City has elected to 

prepare and has prepared for the taxable year beginning October 1, 1968, its

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separate assessment schedule of motor vehicles in the City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, and 

WHEREAS, the previous Sheriff and Tax. Collector of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, has heretofore collected said ad valorem taxes for City, and 

Collector has experienced personnel and has the equipment and facilities with 

which to efficiently collect City's taxes for the taxable year 1968 and, by 

virtue thereof, can collect said taxes more economically than could. City, and 

WHEREAS, the collections of ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles within 

the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District will 

fall into the bracket established by said Chapter 588 of three per cent (3%), 

which percentage is inadequate to meet the expenses of the collection of said 

taxes and, in order to induce Collector to assume the additional obligation of 

collecting its taxes, City is willing to increase the fee to the Collector to 

a flat over-all fee of five per cent (5%) of the amount collected for the City 

of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District, and 

WHEREAS, City is of the opinion that it would be to the best interest of 

the general public to employ Collector to collect motor vehicles ad valorem 

taxes for the taxable year beginning October 1, 1968. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual bene- 

fits to be derived herefrom the parties hereto do hereby mutually agree and 

bind themselves, as follows: 

1. Collector agrees to collect for the taxable year beginning October 1, 

1968, all ad valorem taxes due the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District on all motor vehicles on which he, as tax collector 

of Lafayette County, Mississippi, collects state and county ad valorem taxes. 

In determining the amount of tax to be collected on such vehicle, Collector 

shall use the valuation of the motor vehicles as set forth on the assessment 

schedule of said City, the levies, to be made by the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, on the 3rd day of September, 1968, as 

amended, for municipal ad valorem taxes for said city and the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District. All such taxes shall be collected by Collector at 

the same time such state and county ad valorem taxes are collected. 

2. For collecting said taxes for City, City shall pay to Collector as 

compensation for his services rendered hereunder, five per cent (5%) of all 

ad valorem taxes due City and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District 

on motor vehicles and collected by Collector during the term hereof and 

Collector is hereby authorized to deduct his compensation of five per cent (5%) 

of the total amount of such taxes collected by him at the time of his remitt- 

ances of such collections to City as hereinafter provided.

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3. Collector agrees to faithfully account for and deliver to City all 

of the money collected by him, his employees, agents, servants and clerks on 

behalf of City and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District on or before 

the 20th day of the month following that in which the funds are so collected, 

provided, however, that in making said monthly settlements the Collector may 

deduct therefrom his compensation as provided in this agreement and account 

for the same at the time of such remittance. 

4. Collector agrees to furnish City true and exact copies of all reports 

required to be made to the Motor Vehicle Comptroller, the Commission of Public 

Safety and the State Tax Commission of the State of Mississippi at the same 

time said reports are required to be made to said Mississippi departments. 

5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the right of 

City to pursue, prosecute and enforce the payment of all ad valorem taxes 

and penalties by those who are delinquent, if any, and those who have made 

false representations, if any, or otherwise have evaded the payment of said 

taxes. 

6. All of the applicable provisions of Chapter 588, General Laws of 

Mississippi, 1958, and the amendments thereto, are hereby incorporated in this 

contract by reference to the same extent as if they were set forth herein for 

all purposes, except that where any of the provisions of said act conflict 

with or are different to the expressed provisions of this agreements, then the 

provisions hereof shall be binding on the parties hereto. 

EXECUTED in duplicate on this the 8th day of August, A. D., 1968. 


BY 5/// i e c/r,,, (1 64//t77'/, 


/s/ B. H. McElreath 

B. H. McElreath 

Sheriff and Tax Collector 

Lafayette County, Mississippi 

Came on for consideration the matter of an amendment to the power contract 

between the City of Oxford, Mississippi and Tennessee Valley Authority. 

Motion was made, duly seconded and passed unanimously to authorize the 

Mayor and City Clerk to sign and execute an amendment to said power contract 

to increase the KW demand. 

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The matter of homestead exemptions which were disallowed by the Homestead 

Exemption Division of the State Tax Commission and returned to the City for 

disposition came up for discussion and action, such exemptions being those of: 

Boone, Almedia I. 

Brown, Georgia 

Johnson, Perlee 

McGregory, Louise R. 

Orange, Lillian 

Peairs, Earnest 

Tatum, Mrs. Anna B. 

Finding that the Clerk had already furnished each of the above with a 

copy of the disallowance; that each had been given 30 days in which to protest 

or pay such disallowance, and finding no objections had been filed, it was 

ordered that the action of the Tax Commission be accepted and the City Clerk 

be ordered to collect the disallowance tax exemption in cases where it had not 

been paid after having been notified of the disallowance by the following 

named persons: 

NAME OF 

APPLICANT 

TOTAL 

ASSESSMENT 

AMT. ORIG. 

ALLOWED 

AMT. RE- 

JECTED 

Boone, Almedia I. 837 627 210 

Brown, Georgia 1,900 000 1,900 

Johnson, Perlee 1,100 000 1,100 

McGregory, Louise R. 600 300 300 

Orange, Lillian 2,070 1,656 414 

Peairs, Earnest 775 000 775 

Tatum, Mrs. Anna B. 2,060 1,030 1,030 

REASON FOR 

REJECTION 

Exemption allowed on 

more than the applicant's 

eligible portion 

of the property 

Sec. 9 (a), (b), 10 (c) 

Property not occupied 

by the applicant. 

Sec. 1. 9 

Applicant did not have 

eligible title to this 

property on January 1st 

Sec. 1, 8, 9 




of the property. 

Sec. 9 (a), (b), 10 (c) 





Sec. 9 (a), (b), 10 (c) 

A comparison of the 

signature on this application 

with that appearing 

on a prior application 

filed indicates 

that one or the other 

of the signatures was 

not that of the appli 

cant. 

Sec. 15 (o), (p) 





Sec. 9 (a), (b), 10 (c) 

An apartment rented or 

available for rent or 

occupied by another 

family group. 

Sec. 9 (e), 10 (h)

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There came on for consideration a recommendation of the Planning Commission 

to re-zone the following described property from S-C (Shopping Center) to 

H-C (Highway Commercial): 

Tract 1--All that property located on the southeast side of North Lamar 

Street presently zones S-C (Shopping Center); 

Tract II-- 

Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 21, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; thence due South 

along the section line between Sections 21 and 22, a distance of 

1557.3 feet to the northeast corner of Avent Acres Subdivision 

of the City of Oxford, thence North 79 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds 

West 608.58 feet, thence South 23 drgrees 10 minutes 17 seconds 

West 96.83 feet, thence North 79 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds 

West 411.31 feet, thence South 10 degrees 06 minutes West 12.27 

feet to the Northeast corner of the Douglass Subdivision, thence 

North 80 degrees 24 minutes West 464.8 feet to an iron pipe marking 

the Northwest corner of the Douglass Subdivision, thence North 5 

degrees 03 minutes West 51.8 feet, thence South 58 degrees 12 minutes 

West 281.8 feet to an iron pipe stake 30 feet West of the centerline 

of Mississippi Highway Number 7, said iron pipe being the point of 

beginning of this description, thence South 54 degrees 30 minutes West 

along the West right of way line of Highway Number 7 a distance of 

153 feet, thence North 35 degrees 30 minutes West 210 feet, thence 

North 54 degrees 10 minutes East 205.7 feet to a stake on the Southwest 

side of an old access road, thence continuing along the southwest 

side of said old access road South 15 degrees 30 minutes East 98 feet, 

thence continuing along the Southwest side of said old access road 

South 23 degrees 40 minutes East 108.5 feet to the point of beginning, 

and being in the City of Oxford, County of Lafayette and State of 

Mississippi. 

Tract 111--All of that property along the south side of University 

Avenue East presently zoned S ,., C (Shopping Center) located east of 

the Lynch property known as Dee's Drive Inn and west of McLarty Road. 

The Mayor and Board here adjudicate that this proposed amendment to the 

I zoning ordinance has been examined by the Planning Commission and that the 

, Planning Commission has recommended that the foregoing pieces of property be 

re-zoned as proposed by this Board and that this proposed amendment to the 

zoning map meets all of the requirements set out in Section 122 of the Zoning 

1 Ordinance. The Mayor and Board, therefore, hereby direct that the necessary 

notices required under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official 

(Planning Coordinator). 

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD

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On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it is ordered that this 

Board do now recess until August 13, 1968 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. AUGUST 13, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on August 6, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on August 13, 1968, at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermens' 












Came on for consideration the matter of an application for a permit to 

drive a taxi in the City of Oxford from Van Ferguson. Motion was made by 

Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant 

said permit. 

On motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford, and passed 

unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to execute 

for and in behalf of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, the following contract 

with the United States of America: 


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

CONTRACT FOR GRANT FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT 

UNDER TITLE VII OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED 

PART I 

Project No. Miss. B-3 

Contract No. Miss. B-3(G) 

THIS AGREEMENT, consisting of this Part I and the Terms and Conditions 

(Form HUD-3179b, dated 5-66) forming Part II hereof (which Parts, together, 

are herein called the "Contract"), effective on the date hereinbelow set out, 

by and between the CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI (herein called the "Public Body") 

and the United States of America (herein called the "Government"), WITNESSETH: 

In consideration of the mutual convenants, promises, and representations 

contained herein, the parties hereto do agree as follows:

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SECTION 1. Purpose of Contract. The purpose of this Contract is to provide 

Federal financial assistance to the Public Body in the form of a grant of 

Federal funds (herein called the "Grant") under Title VII of the Housing Act 

of 1961, as amended, for the purpose of assisting ii, the beautification and 

improvement of open-space and other public urban land for its greater use and 

enjoyment for park and recreational, conservation, or historic or scenic purposes, 

and to state the terms and conditions upon which such assistance will 

be extended. 

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SECTION 2. Activities. The Public Body agrees to undertake, carry out, 

and complete certain urban beautification and improvement Activities, including, 

the provision of work and furnishing of materials incident to such Activities, 

as described herein and pursuant to its Application filed with the Government. 

The Public Body agrees to complete the said Activities within the year beginning 

October 1, 1967, and ending September 30, 1968. The Activities are those 

identified in the Application as approved by the Secretary and incorporated 

herein by reference, generally described as follows: 

Upgrading and rehabilitation of parks and recreational areas. 

Design and construction, substantial upgrading, or other improvement 

of pbblie open spaces other than parks and recreational areas. 

Communitywide activities to upgrade and improve the appearance of 

streets, greenways, parkways, waterfronts, stream valleys, rightsof-ways, 

and other nonrecreational public places. 

Activities to beautify and improve historic and other public building 

sites. 

SECTION 3. The Grant. The Government will assist the Public Body in 

financing the cost of the Activities to the extent that the cost of the Activities 

exceeds the Public Body's usual expenditures for comparable activities. 

The total cost of the Activities is estimated to be $21,337.00; the base cost, 

representing the Public Body's usual expenditures, is calculated to be $1,839.00 

. The GoVernment agrees to make a Grant in an amount equal to 50 percent of the 

sum of the increment (excess of expenditures over base cost) and of the fixed 

fee (set forth in Section 4), as determined by the Secretary, or $9,999.00, 

whichever is less. 

SECTION 4. Amount To Be Compensated Government fir Its Inspections and 

Audits. The amount (herein called the "fixed fee" which shall 

I be compensated the Government by the Public Body for the former's inspections 

and audits shall be $500.00, payable at the time the first requisition for a 

Grant payment is approved, by deducting the entire amount of the fixed fee 

from the first Grant payment to be made to the Public Body: Provided, That if 

the fixed fee is increased subsequent to payment as aforesaid, the amount of 

the increase shall be payable at the time the next requisition for a Grant 

payment is approved, by deducting same from the Grant payment to be made to 

the Public Body. No part of the fixed fee is refundable to the Public Body. 

SECTION 5. Counterparts of the Contract. This Contract may be executed 

in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such 

counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 6. Changes Applicable to Part II Hereof. The following changes 

are hereby made in the attached Terms and Conditions designated Part II hereof: 

(a) Section 107(E)(1) relating to activities and contracts not subject to 

Executive Order No. 11246 is hereby changed to substitute the words "race, 

color, religion, sex, or national origin" wherever the words "race, creed, 

color, or national origin" appear. 

(b) Section 107(E)(2) relating to contracts subject to Executive Order 

No. 11246 is hereby changed to require the Public Body to substitute in 

any contract for construction or modification thereof, executed on or 

after October 13, 1968, the words "race, color, religion, sex, or national 

origin" wherever the words "race, creed, color, or national origin" are 

now required to be used. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Public Body has caused this Contract to be duly 

executed in its behalf and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested; and, 

thereafter, the Government has caused the same to be duly executed in its behalf 

this day of , 1968;

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(SEAL) 

ATTEST: 


(Title) 


By 

Mayor 


Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development 

By 

Assistant Regional Administrator 

for Metropolitan Development 

On motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens, and passed 

unanimously, the Mayor was authorized and directed to execute for an in behalf 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, the following Engineering Service Contract 

with Allen & Hoshall, Consulting Engineers of M emphis, Tennessee: 

ENGINEERING SERVICE CONTRACT 

This contract made this day of 1968 

by and between ALLEN & HOSHALL, Consulting Engineers, 65 McCall Avenue, 

Memphis, Tennessee, hereinafter designated as the ENGINEER, and those munici- 

palities listed hereinbelow which become signatories of and parties to this 

Engineering Service Contract: 

Town of Coffeeville, Mississippi 

Town of Como, Mississippi 

Town of Crowder, Mississippi 

City of Drew, Mississippi 

Town of Lambert, Mississippi 

City of Marks, Mississippi 


Town of Ruleville, Mississippi 

City of Sardis, Mississippi 

City of Senatobia, Mississippi 

City of Shaw, Mississippi 

Town of Sumner, Mississippi 

Town of Taylor, Mississippi

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Town of Tutwiler, Mississippi 

City of Water V a lley, Mississippi 

Town of Webb, Mississippi 

For the purposes of this contract, the words and terms as used in this 

contract shall have the following meanings, unless the context or use requires 

any different meaning or intent: 

"ENGINEER" shall mean ALLEN & HOSHALL, 65 McCall Avenue, Memphis, 

Tennessee 

"SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES" shall mean all of those municipalities 

listed above who become signatories of and parties to this contract. 

"INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY" shall mean any one of the SIGNATORY MUNI- 

CIPALITIES. 

"GAS COMPANY" shall be United Gas Distribution Company, or any 

successor company acquiring title, by any means, to-all or any 

part of the gas distribution properties and facilities presently 

owned by United Gas Distribution Company. 

"MUNICIPAL SERVICE AREA" shall be understood to mean the area 

contained within the corporate limits of an INDIVIDUAL MUNICI- 

PALITY together with unincorporated areas within five (5) miles 

of such interested municipality, the gas distribution system for 

which is centered in and originates from within such INDIVIDUAL 

MUNICIPALITY. 

WHEREAS: The SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES contemplate the purchase of the gas 

distribution systems and related properties of GAS COMPANY in the 

service area of each of the individual municipalities who become 

signators of and parties to this contract. 

; WHEREAS: The SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES contemplate securing an engineering and 

economic feasibility study to determine the feasibility of the 

purchase of the properties of GAS COMPANY, 

' WHEREAS: The SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES contemplate the issuance of gas revenue 

bonds for the funding of said purchase and for other costs related 

thereto, and 

in 

WHEREAS: Certain engineering services are required in the investigation, plann- 

ing and execution of the above matters, and 

WHEREAS: The SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES do hereby employ the ENGINEER to furnish 

the aforesaid engineering and economic feasibility studies and other 

engineering services, as may be specifically defined hereinafter, 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto do mutually agree as follows: 

THE ENGINEER AGREES, in consideration of payments to be made by 

SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES, as hereinafter set out, to furhish engineering ser- 

vices as follows:

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PART ONE Preliminary Engineering and Feasibility Report: 

Using information provided by the GAS COMPANY and other available 

existing records, reports, maps and like information relative to 

gas sales, gas revenues, cost of purchased gas, cost of maintenance 

and operation, cost of indurance and taxes, and other pertinent data, 

the ENGINEER shall determine the economic feasibility of the SIGNA- 

TORY MUNICIPALITIES acquiring, owning, maintaining and operating the 

gas distribution properties in their several MUNICIPAL SERVICE AREAS. 

The studies made by the ENGINEER shall be over a period of a minimum 

of twenty years and shall include consideration of all pertinent 

aspects with respect to ownership of the said gas properties by the 

SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES. 

The ENGINEER shall use his own best judgment in determining which 

individual municipalities could be economically and profitably 

operated as a separate municipally owned gas distribution system, 

and shall further use his best judgment in determining which indivi- 

dual municipalities should be grouped together with other individual 

municipalities, in the form of a district or other operating entity, 

to provide a more desirable operation for all, both from the stand- 

point of economic feasibility and the standpoint of providing good 

and sound gas service to all customers. 

the ENGINEER shall prepare an engineering and feasibility report 

setting forth the results of his investigations and studies and his 

recommendations relative to the acquisition of the properties of the 

GAS COMPANY, which report will include the following: 

1. Long range population and customer forecasts for a period of at 

least twenty (20) years. 

2. Long range load forecasts including residential, commercial, 

industrial and public loads for a period of at least twenty (20) 

years. 

3. A study of the existing distribution systems to determine im- 

provements in the system which may be required to maintain adequate 

service and serve the anticipated future loads. 

4. A study of wholesale and retail rates and recommendations for 

any changes in retail rate structures. 

5. A long range feasibility study setting forth the anticipated 

earnings of the systems covering a operiod of at least twenty (20) 

years. The feasibility study will include anticipated tross revenues 

from the sale of gas, the cost of purchased gas, the cost of maintenance

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and operation, the anticipated net revenues, amortization costs and 

surpluses. The feasibility study will be based upon an acquisition price 

of 120 percent of the original cost of the properties when devoted to 

public service, less accrued depreciation in accordance with information 

furnished by the GAS COMPANY. No appraisal of the physical property nor 

determination of earning value will be made. 

The ENGINEER shall furnish five copies of the completed report to each of 

the INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES. Any additional copies requested by any 

INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY will be furnished by the ENGINEER at the actual 

cost of reproduction. 

PART TWO - Engineering Date for Revenue Bond Issues: 

Based upon the recommendations set forth in the preliminary engineering 

report, as described in PART ONE, and upon the determinations made subse- 

quent thereto by the SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES as a group, or by INDIVIDUAL 

MUNICIPALITY or by several INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES acting in concert, 

the ENGINEER will provide additional services required for the acquisition 

of all or any part of the properties of the GAS COMPANY and the sale of 

gas revenue bonds for funding such purchase. 

At the specific request and direction of the SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES, or 

any INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY or any group of INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES 

acting in concert, the ENGINEER will make additional engineering and 

feasibility studies and shall prepare a report or reports,.as requested 

and specifically directed, which will cover all of the information con- 

tained in the Preliminary Engineering and Feasibility Report as enumerared 

in PART ONE OF SERVICES, along with such additional detailed engineering 

and economic data as may be necessary for court proceedings, for hearings 

before regulatory agencies and for the sale of gas revenue bonds. 

the ENGINEER will provide five copies each of the reports to those INDIVI- 

DUAL MUNICIPALITIES affected by that report. Additional copies of the 

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report will be furnished by the ENGINEER at the actual cost of reproduction 

The ENGINEER will be available for advice and consultation during the pre- 

paration of the report or reports, and upon the completion of the report 

or reports will meet with the SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES of INDIVIDUAL 

MUNICIPALITIES to review and explain the contents of the report or reports. 

PART THREE - Additional Engineering Services: 

The ENGINEER will be available for additional services and consultations 

to the SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES or INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES and at the 

specific request and direction of the SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES, or

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INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY or groups of INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES wi'l advise 

with and represent the same in negotiations with the GAS COMPANY, appear- 

ances before the State and Federal Regulatory Agencies and for any other 

purpose required in connection with the proposed acquisition of gas dis- 

tribution facilities of the GAS COMPANY. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

The SIGNATORY MUNICIPALITIES AGREE in consideration of services to be performed 

by the ENGINEER, as hereinbefore set out, to 

Assist the ENGINEER in obtaining available information concerning the 

system and operating records from the GAS COMPANY. 

Furnish such labor, tools, and equipment as may be required by the 

ENGINEER in locating, examining and testing existing facilities 

below and above ground. 

PAYMENTS 

IN PAYMENT FOR work in connection with PART I - Preliminary Engineering and 

Feasibility Study, as hereinbefore described under SERVICE, the SIGNATORY 

MUNICIPALITIES agree to pay and do allow the ENGINEER the sum of 

TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($26,000.00) 

Each INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY agrees to pay a portion of the above sum on the 

following basis: 

Individual Municipality Sum 

Coffeeville, Mississippi $1000.00 

Como, Mississippi 900.00 

Crowder, Mississippi 800.00 

Drew, Mississippi 2200.00 

Lambert, Mississippi 1300.00 

Marks, Mississippi 2100.00 

Oxford, Mississippi 4200.00 

Ruleville, Mississippi 1800.00 

Sardis, Mississippi 1800.00 

Senatobia, Mississippi 2300.00 

Shaw, Mississippi 1700.00 

Sumner, Mississippi 900.00 

Taylor, Mississippi 600.00 

Water Valley, Mississippi 2400.00 

Webb, Mississippi 900.00 

Tutwiler, Mississippi 1100.00

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The above sum shall be due and payable upon delivery of the completed report 

to each of the INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES. 

IN PAYMENT FOR work in connection with PART II - Engineering Data for'Revenue 

Bond Issue, as hereinbefore described under SERVICE, each INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPA- 

LITY or group of INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES agrees to pay and does allow the 

ENGINEER the sum of TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) per gas consumer as evidenced by the 

engineering and feasibility reports prepared in accordance with this section. 

The above sum shall be due and payable upon delivery of the completed report 

to each of the INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES. 

IN PAYMENT FOR work in connection with PART III - Additional Engineering Ser- 

vices, as hereinbefore described under SERVICE, each INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITY 

or group of INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES, which requests said service, agrees to 

pay and does allow the ENGINEER the following per diem rates per man-day for 

each and every man-day the ENGINEER or one of his employees is engaged in the 

rendering of said services. 

PARTNER $200.00 

ENGINEER 125.00 

DRAFTSMAN 75.00 

In addition, the ENGINEER shall receive travel and actual subsistence expense 

incurred in the performance of his duties. Automobile travel expense shall be 

paid at the rate of ten cents (100) per mile. Travel by common carrier shall 

be paid at actual cost. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year 

above set out: 

MUNICIPALITIES 

WITNESS: TOWN OF COFFEEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF COMO, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF CROWDER, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

CITY OF DREW, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

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WITNESS: 


TOWN OF LAMBERT, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

CITY OF MARKS, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 


By 

Title 

TOWN OF RULEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

CITY OF SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

CITY OF SENATOBIA, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

CITY OF SHAW, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF SUMNER, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF TAYLOR, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF TUTWILER, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

TOWN OF WEBB, MISSISSIPPI 

By 

Title 

ALLEN & HOSHALL, CONSULTING 

ENGINEERS 

By 

Title Partner 


this Board do now recess until August 15, 1968 at 5:00 p. m.

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. M. AUGUST 15, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on August 13, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on August 15, 1968, at 5:00 P. M., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermens' 





Harry S. Sisk - Alderman Watd Three 



Came on for consideration the matter of appointing a member to the Oxford 

Housing Authority to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Norman 

Doorenbos. After a discussion motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by 

' Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to appoint Mr. Garner Hickman as 

a member of the Oxford Housing Authority for a period of five years. 

The following is a schedule of the members and their tenure of office: 

Bennie Crouch termig expires April, 1969 

C. B. Webb term expires April, 1970 

William R. Brown, Jr. term expires April, 1971 

William Lewis, Jr. term expires April, 1972 

Garner L. Hickman term expires April, 1973 




FOR 1968 TAX RECEIPTS. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board ofAldermen to 

advertise for 1968 Tax Receipts, 

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Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 7:30 p.m 

on September 3, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King it 


passage thereof was as follows:

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bids on 1968 Tax Receipts. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request for a permit to drive 

a taxi for the City of Oxford for Leland. B. Hanks. Motion was made by Alderman 

King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant said 

permit. 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it is ordered that this 

Board do now recess until August 23, 1968 at 5:00 p. m.

RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 

Project No. Miss-810 

Extended Care Facility 


5:00 P. M. AUGUST 23, 1968 

Change Order No. 1 

Group II & III Equipment 

Date Awarded: July 29, 1968 

DIETARY SECTION: ADD DEDUCT 

I I Item D-16: Add 1 dz. bread & butter plates 

at $5.15 

1 Item D-18: Add 2 dz. salad plates @ $6.20 

1 Item D-19: Add 2 dz. fruit saucers @ $4.80 

Item D-20: Add 2 dz. saucers @ $5.25 

NET CHANGE 

House-Bond Division, D. Canale & Co. 

Bidder 

By 

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Date 


Pursuant to a recess order on August 15, 1968, the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen 

met on August 23, 1968, at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 


Richard W. Elliott, Mayor- Presiding 







unanimously to assess the following described property, the owner of which 

is unknown, in the amount of $100 for each of the years 1965, 1966 and 1967 

on the Oxford Municipal Separate School District Tax Rolls: Fr. N. Pt. Si, 

Section 8, Township 8, Range 4 West - 12 acres. 


unanimously to approve the following change order: 

Supplier: House Bond Division, D. Canale & Company 

Address: 290 Monroe Avenue 


You are authorized to make the additions (strike words not applicable) 

indicated below at the change in price shown: 

Increase quantities in the following amounts to 

correspond to standard packaging: 

Item D-15: Add 2 dz. tea cups @ $8.30 per dozen 16.60 

ACCEPTED: SIGNED: 

5.15 

12.40 

9.60 

10.50 

54.25 


City of Oxford, Mississippi, Owner 

President: Board of Supervisors 

Date 

Mayor 

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APPROVED: For Participation-XX 

Not For Participation- 

DATE 

MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON HOSPITAL 

CARE 

Executive Director 


unanimously to accept the 1968-69 Budget as follows: 

CITY 

BUDGET 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 


RECEIPTS: GENERAL FUND WATER & SEWER FUND BOND & INTEREST 

Sales Tax $240,000.00 




R e nts 14,700.00 

Fines 26,000.00 

Ad Valorem Taxes 67,000.00 223,607.50 


Ad Valorem Tax-County 11,500.00 

Municipal Aid from State 13,650.00 

Building Permits 1,800.00 

Budget Transfers 55,315.00 

Tax Equivalent-Elec. Dept. 95,000.00 

Interest on Investment-Light 3,350.00 

Plant 

Income from Animal Control 1,500.00 

Liquor Permits 6,975.00 

2% Gross Revenue-Pub. Ut. 4,300.00 

Water & Sewer Collections 255,000.00 

Taps & Inspections 6,000 00 

Income from Other Sources 20,800.00 1,000.00 

Special Improvement Collect. 23,305.00 

Income from Investments 3,384.00_ 

Absorbed from Sinking Funds 

Totals 

DISBURSEMENTS: 

$591,455.00 $262,000.00 

ADMINISTRATION 

16,900.00 

$267,196.50 

POLICE DEPARTMENT 

Salary Expense $ 52,370.00 $ 84,120.00 

Labor & Wages 6,800.00 4,700.00 

Materials el 'Supplies 6,300.00 5,200.00 

Utilities 5,000.00 1,200.00 

Maintenance & Repair 2,100.00 6,000.00 

Gas & Oil 800.00 5,700.00 

Professional Services 10,550.00 3,300.00 

Municipal Aid to County 4,200.00 

Purchase of Equipment 500.00 4,200.00 

Equipment Rental 800.00 

Legal Printing 2,000.00 25.00 



Advertising 3,000.00 60.00 

Miscellaneous 3,000.00 1,100.00 

Contingencies 15,000.00 200.00 

Totals $118,820.00 $126,675.00

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DISBURSEMENTS: (CONT.) FIRE DEPARTMENT STREET DEPARTMENT 


Labor & Wages 29,500.00 36,130.00 

Materials & Supplies 1,250.00 20,000.00 

Utilities 300.0o 18,725.00 


Gas & Oil 200.00 3,500.00 

Professional Services 100.00 



Equipment Rental 500.00 




Advertising 

Miscellaneous 1,000.00 250.00 

Contingencies 100.00 

Totals $46,225.00 $105,750.00 

SANITATION DEPT. 

PARK & REC. DEPT. 


$ 5,940.00 

$ 22,000.00 

Labor & Wages 

92,120.00 


Utilities 2,000.00 


Gas & Oil 



6,600.00 500.00 


Equipment Rental 500.00 780.00 




Advertising 200.00 



Capital' Ithprovements 12,000.00 

Totals $131,985.00 $ 52,000.00 

CIVIL DEFENSE TOTALS 

Salary Expense $ 4,800.00 $186,63 0. 00 

Labor & Wages 169,250.00 


Utilities 300.00 27,525.00 

Maintenance & Repair 19,200.00 

Gas & Oil 600.00 17,900.00 

Professional Services 13,950.00 

Municipal Aid to County 4,200.00 


Equipment Rental 2,580.00 

Legal Printing 20.00 2,140.00 

Insurance & Bonds 100.00 11,900.00 

Social Security & Retirement 50.00 30,140.00 

Advertising 3,260.00 

Miscellaneous 130.00 5,780.00 

Contingencies 15,500.00 



Bond Interest 



Capital Improvements 12,000.00 

Addition to Sinking Funds $10,000.00 $591,455.00

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DISBURSEMENTS: WATER DEPARTMENT SEWER DEPARTMENT 


Labor & Wages 22,000.00 11,600.00 


Utilities 11,500.00 100.00 

Maintenance & Repair 1,200.00 500.00 

Gas & Oil 550.00 150.00 

Professional Service 2,400.00 850.00 


Purchase of Equipment 500.00 500.00 

Equipment Rental 1,000.00 500.00 




Advertising 




Bond Retirement 35,000.00 

Bond Interest 38,185.00 

Paying Agent Fees 140.00 

Transfer to Cushion Fund 7,200.00 


Addition to Sinking Fund(1961 P. I.) 

Totals $129 775.00 $111,690.00 

SEWER PLANTS TOTALS 




Utilities 3,400.00 15,000.00 


Gas & Oil 200.00 900.00 



Purchase of Equipment 150.00 1,150.00 


Legal Printing 25.00 

Insurance & Bonds 325.00 1 ,975. 00 


Advertising 

Miscellaneous 250.00 





Paying Agent Fees 140.00 



Addition to Sinking Fund (1961 P. I.) 

Totals $ 20 ,535.00 $262,000.00 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 








Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 



Bond Interest 




Addition to Sinking Fund(1961 P. I.) 

Totals 

BOND & INTEREST 

$194,000.00 

72,464.50 

532.00 

200.00 

$267,196.50

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OPERATING REVENUE 


Electric Sales 

Other Revenue 

Total Operating Revenue 

REVENUE DEDUCTIONS 

OPERATING BUDGET 

CITY OF OXFORD ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 

July 1, 1968-June 30, 1969 

$549,200.00 

26,800.00 

$576,000.00 

Purchased Power $261,500.00 

Dist. Expense-Operation 27,000.00 

Dist. Expense-Maintenance 30,000.00 

Customer Acct. & Collecting 25,000.00 

Sales Expense 13,600.00 

Adm. & Gen. Expense 31,500.00 

Sub-Total $388,600.00 

Taxes & Equavalent 95,000.00 

Interest 18,350.00 

Total Revenue Deductions $501,950.00 

TOTAL CASH AVAILABLE FOR BOND RETIREMENT 

AND PLANT ADDITIONS $ 74,050.00 

Bond Retirements 

Less Sinking Fund 

Plant Additions 

Total Requirements 

Balance to be paid from Bond Funds 

Expenditures Total 

All Funds 

Administration $ 36,200.00 

Instruction 786,002.00 

Transportation 37,813.00 

Operation of Plant 81,500.00 

Maint. of Plant 13,550.00 

Fixed Charges 79,146.00 

Auxiliary Services 6,800.00 

Capital Outlay 6,000.00 

Debt Service 34,548.00 

Total Expenditures $1,081,559.00 

Ending Balance 6.880.00 

Total to Acct. For $1,088,439.00 

Receipts 

Local Sources $ 291,408.00 

State Sources 765,673.00 

Federal Sources 14,400.00 

Transfers 6,000.00 

Total Receipts $1,077,481.00 

Beginning Balance 10.958.00 

BUDGET 


1968-69 

Minimum 

Program 

$ 10 , 500.00 

651,710.00 

30,813.00 

25,500.00 

50,646.00 

7,048.00 

$ 75,000.00 

25,000.00 

$ 50,000.00 

100,000.00 

Minimum 

Overflow 

2,000.00 

$776,217.00 $ 2,000.00 

12.00 

$776,217.00 $ 2,012.00 

$ 65,503.00 $ 1,507.00 

710,413.00 

$ 775,916.0 0 $ 1,507.00 

301.00 505.00 

$150,000.00 

75.950.00 

123 

District 

Maintenance 

$ 25,700.00 

134,292.00 

7,000.00 

56,000.00 

13,550.00 

28,500.00 

6,800.00 

4,000.00 

27000.00 

$303,342.00 

6.868.00 

$310,210.00 

$224,398.00 

55,260.00 

14,400.00 

6,000.00 

$300, 058.00 

10.152.00 

Total to Acct. For $1,088,439.00 $ 776,217.00 $ 2,012.00 $310,210.00

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v CITY CLERK MAYOR PRO-TEM

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7:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 3, 1968 


Mississippi met Fin regular session at the City. Ball at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

September 3, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of 

said meeting, when and where the following were present: 

J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Mayor Pro Tem-Presiding 











TomAi. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept. 


John O. Leslie, Chairman of Planning ComMission 


Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and passed 

unanimously accepting the August minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the August accounts as read. Said accounts being 

recorded at page 21 through page 29 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book.

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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, WITH REFERENCE TO FIXING THE TAX RATE OR LEVY FOR THE 

MUNICIPALITY AND FOR ANY OTHER AREA SUBJECT TO TAXES OF THE MUNICI- 

PALITY AND IN THE OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN 

ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3742.23 OF THE CODE OF 1942 AS AMENDED AND 

OTHER SECTIONS OR SAID CODE. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, that the tax rate or levy of the municipality 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and for the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District shall be for the following purposes and 

amounts. 

TAX RATE CITY OF OXFORD - 1968 AUTHORITY 

Mills (Sect.) 

General Fund 5.7 3742.23 

1960 Special Street Improvement Bond & Interest Fund .3 3742.23 



1963 Special Street Improvement Bond & Interest Fund 1.7 3742.23 


1959 Public Improvement Bond & Interest Fund •4 3742.23 

1961 Public Improvement Bond & Interest Fund .5 3742.23 




1967 Public Improvement Bond & Interest Fund 1.1 3742.23 


Hospital Bond & Interest Fund 2.4 3742.23 

Hospital Maintenance Fund 1.5 3742.23 

Separate School District Bond & Interest Fund 6.8 3742.23 

Separate School District Maintenance Fund 25.0 3742.23 

TOTAL 50.0 

School Fund Authority 

Minimum Program School Fund, 5.5 Mills 6518-02 Code of 1942 

District School Maintenance Fund 

19.5 Mills 6518-06 Code of 1942 

The above and foregoing Resolution having been first reduced to writing 

and read by the Clerk of said Board, was considered Section by section and 

then as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens and seconded by Alderman Sisk, 

it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and on vote of the 

Aldermen of passage thereof, was the following: 

ALDERMAN HANNAFORD VOTED YEA 

ALDERMAN OWENS VOTED YEA 

ALDERMAN SISK VOTED YEA 

ALDERMAN KING VOTED YEA 

I, H. C. Wiley, Jr., City Clerk of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, hereby certify that the above and foregoing 

typewritten resolution constitutes a true and correct copy as appears in 

Minute Book 24, at page 126 on record of said. Board of Aldermen of Oxford, 

Mississippi. 

(SEAL) 

Given under my hand and Official Seal this 4th day of September, 1968. 

H. C. W 

CITY C ERK

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OF AUGUST 15, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 


ISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1968 TAX RECEIPTS. 

At the August 15, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was 

the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1968 Tax 

1 Receipts and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would 

take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. September 3, 1968, in the 

office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the August 15, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, 

having remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

for more than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no ob- 

jections to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 

BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1968 Tax Receipts according 

to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of said 

City. 



by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, sec- 

onded by Alderman King it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1968 Tax 

Receipts, to be opened at the regular meeting of September 3, 1968 , bids 

were received from the following firms: 

Lawrence Printing Company 

Greenwood, Mississippi 

4,800 sets of tax receipts in quadruplicate, 3 on a sheet, 

overall size of 162x13 3/4, bound in 16 books. 

100 sets of partial payment receipts in quadruplicate, 

2 to the page, size 14x10 3/4, bound in 1 book. 

1,000 statements pads of 100 

TOTAL $345.70 

Tom L. Ketchings Co. 

Natchez, Mississippi 

4,800 quadruplicate sets of tax receipts on NCR paper, 

3 sets to the book, making 16 books. 

100 sets in quadruplicate of partial payment tax receipts, 

bound into one book. Receipts printing on NCR paper. 

1,000 statements printed and padded in pads of 100. 

TOTAL $469.65 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Lawrence 

1 Printing Company it being the lowest and best bid. 

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The Executive Committee of Parents-Teacher Association of Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District appeared before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

present the following petition: 

The Executive Committee of the Parents-Teacher Association of the Oxford 

Separate School District in their August meeting adopted the following petition 

to present to the Board of Aldermen, City of Oxford, MisSissippi: 

"The Parent-Teacher Association respectively request that the Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford hire part time women traffic con- 

trollers. These controllers would be stationed at the strategic 

areas where children are walking to and from the school facilities. 

It is requested that in addition to the traffic controllers that 

certain streets in the vicinity of the schools be zoned as school 

routes and that portable traffic warning flags be used to clearly 

distinguish the crossing along these designated routes." 

The Executive Committee feels that this type of traffic warning and con- 

- trol is urgently needed at the major routes to our school system. The employ- 

ment of these part time controllers would greatly relieve the demand on our 

Police Department and this would release them to perform their normal duties. 

We strongly request that favorable consideration be given to this petition. 

Submitted by: 

/s/ Mrs. Bob Towery, President 

/s/ Mrs. E. Stanley Smathers, Vice Pres.' 

/s/ Harold Houston, Sec. 

/s/ K. M. Hayward, Trea. 

After a discussion of the matter it was decided that a special meeting 

for the purpose of discussing further the possibility of hiring school crossing 

guards would be held on September 10, 1968. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from Mr. William F. Lyles 

and Mr. Luther McDougal for a determination by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

concerning the policy of the City regarding the construction and operation of 

a water distribution system and a sewer collection system in a proposed subdivision 

approximately one half mile from the corporate limits of the City of 

Oxford. After a discussion of this matter with Mr. John O. Leslie, Chairman 

of the Planning Commission, motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by 

Alderman Owens and passed unanimously that the policy of the City will be that 

it will not construct and operate water distribution systems-and sewer collection 

systemqoutside of the corporate limits of the City.

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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens, and 

passed unanimously to employ Mr. Doug Lefeve as a draftsman with the Electric 

Department on a part time basis at a wage rate of $1.75 per hour. 

Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens, and passed 

unanimously to employ Miss Louise Williamson and Miss Sue Lewis as part time 

clerical employees in the City Clerk's and City Engineer's offices at a wage 

rate of $1.25 per hour in cooperation with the Distributive Education program 

of the Oxford High School. 


unanimously to adopt the following resolution: 

A JOINT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A CIVIL DEFENSE COUNCIL 

FOR THE CITY OF OXFORD AND THE COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI 

129 

WHEREAS, Section 8610-09, Mississippi Code of 1942, as amended, authorizes 

and directs the establishment of a local organization for civil defense in 

accordance with the State Civil Defense Plan and Program in each county and 

municipality in the State; and 

WHEREAS, said Section further provides that counties and municipalities 

may act jointly and establish such an organization; and 

WHEREAS, Lafayette County and the City of Oxford desire to cooperate 

with each other and establish a joint civil defense council known as the 

Oxford-Lafayette County Civil Defense Council so that such council may, for 

and in behalf of the City of Oxford and Lafayette County, carry out the 

duties and functions set out in the Mississippi Civil Defense Act and such 

other duties and responsibilities as might be assigned to it by the governing 

bodies of the City of Oxford and Lafayette County; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY, RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi: 

1. That there shall be, and there is hereby, established a joint 

civil defense council for the City of Oxford and the County of 

Lafayette,"Misaissippi, to be known as the Oxford-Lafayette 

County Defense Council; 

2. That said Council shall carry out such duties and responsibilities 

as it has under the Mississippi Civil Defense Act 

and such other duties as it is assigned it by the Mayor and 

Board of \ldermen of the City of Oxford and the Board of 

Supervisors of Lafayette County, acting by joint resolution; 

;. That said Council shall clobsi8't of the following diembers who shall 

serve fora term of four (4)'years:' 

Charles McGonagill, James Newt King, Clyde G. Huggins, Jr., 

John Henry Adams, and John W. White. 

The Mayor of the City of Oxford and the President of the Lafayette 

County Board of Supervisors shall each be ex-officio members 

of the Council; 

4. That said Council shall make due investigation and recommend 

to these Boards a person to be appointed by them as the Director 

of Civil Defense for Oxford and Lafayette County; 

5. That said Council is requested to prepare and submit for Oxford 

and Lafayette County a Civil Defense Plan to the Mississippi 

Civil Defense Council; and

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6. That said Council is requested to prepare and submit to these 

Board a budget request for the operation of said Council during 

the coming fiscal year. 

Attest: 

Adopted by the Mayor Pro-Tem and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, on this the 3rd day of September, 1968. 

CITY CLERK 

1k.AYOR PRO-TEM 

ty of Oxford, Missi ippi 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Oxford Community 

Homes, Inc. to re-zone the following described property from (A) Agricultural 

to R-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

A fraction of the Southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

described as beginning at the Southeast corner of said Southwest 

quarter, run thence North along the East boundary of said Southwest 

quarter a distance of 51* rods, run thence West a distance of 62 & 

1/7 rods, run thence South 51* rods to the South boundary of said 

Southwest quarter, run thence East a distance of 62 & 1/7 rods to 

the point of beginning; this being the same property conveyed to 

Odella Key by instrument in recorded in Deed Book 116 at page 97; 

LESS AND EXCEPT: Beginning on the East boundary at a point 51* 

rods North of the Southeast corner of said Southwest quarter, run 

thence West 15* rods, run thence South 15* rods, run thence East 

15* rods to the boundary of said Southwest corner, run thence North 

15* rods to the point of beginning, containing 1* acres more or less 

and being the same property conveyed by Odella Key at page 500 of 

Lafayette County, Mississippi. 


zoning ordinance has been examined by the Planning Commission and that the 

Planning Commission has referred the application fOr . re -1.2oning to this Board 

without :'a recommendation and that this proposed amendment to the 

zoning map meet all of the requirements set out in Section 122 of the Zoning 

Ordinance. The Mayor and. Board, therefore, directed that the necessary notices 

required under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning 

Coordinator). 


unanimously to re-appoint Mrs. Sarah Park and Dr. J. G. McMurray to the City 

of Oxford Park Commission for 5 year terms beginning July 1, 1967 and July 1, 

1968 respectively. The names of the Park Commission and the expiration dates 

of their terms are as follows: 

Mrs. Thomas Webb Avent term expires July 1, 1969 

William H. Tate term expires July 1, 1970 

Willie Tankersley term expires July 1, 1971 

Mrs. Sarah Park term expires July 1, 1972 

Dr. J. G. McMurray term expires July 1, 1973

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unanimously to approve and affirthe action of Mayor Richard W. Elliott in 

executing the following agreement with Gasner, Nathan, Browne, Seabrook Architects 

Planners, Inc.: 

The Honorable Richard W. Elliott 

Mayor 




In accordance with our conversation at the meeting August 13, we 

would propose doing a General Sketch Plan with specific recommendations 

for improvements in the parking lot where the Negro employees 

park and wait for their employers to pick them up. 

The fee for this work would be $300.00, which should allow as much 

as $1,300 of the original Court House Square Allocation for the 

necessary improvements in this area. It is my understanding, although 

no agreement has been reached, that we will recommend an 

additional share of money for court square improvements out of 

next year's Beautification Budget. If this proposal is agreeable 

to you, please indicate on the place so marked with your signature 

and return it to us. We will begin work immediately on this so 

that we can meet you as soon as possible to present our findings. 

In addition, I have advised your attorney of my conversation with 

the HUD people in Atlanta that the City could obtain an extension 

of time in which to carry out the tree planting, due to the season 

of the year, providing the attorney indicate by letter the reasons 

for justifying such a request. 

Sincerely yours, 

/s/ Daniel F. Carr 

Daniel F. Carr 

Director of Planning 

DFC/bkh 

26 August 1968 

Revenue from Service to Patients: 

OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL 


PROPOSED BUDGET 

October 1, 1968-September 30, 1969 

Revenue from Routine Services to Inpatients 731,677.85 

Revenue from Special Services to Inpatients 707,036.18 

Revenue from Routine Services to Outpatients 18,597.02 

Revenue from Special Services to Outpatients 39,153.79 

TOTAL 

Deductions from Revenue: 

Adjustments and Allowances-Contractual 

Patients 

Provision for Uncollectible Receivables 

Net Revenue from Services to Patients 

Other Operating Revenue 

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 

* 

1,438,714.03 

57,750.81 

1,496,464.84 

52,432.52 

35,385.13 87,8 17.65 

1,408,647.19 

26,454.05 

1,435,101.24 

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Operating Expenses: 


Administrative and General 

(Includes Depreciation) 

Dietary 

Household and Property 

Professional Care of Patients 

301,985.32 

137,096.13 

155,016.54 

876,373.25 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE 1, 1471,1 01.2 4 

NET LOSS FROM OPERATION (36,000.00) 


passed unanimously to approve the above budget., or Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1969. 


unanimously to approve the following Change Order: 


705 HENDERSON 


1. Relocate existing pushbutton station, motor starter, 

and safety switch for the air handling unit that is 

located in Room 138 from Room 139 to 138. 

Overhead & profit @ 15% 

Total 


for the Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital Project Miss-810 

ADD DEDUCT 

$45.00 

6.75 

2. Change all electrical outlets that are indicated 

to be Hubbell #23000G to a duplex outlet to match 

other duplex outlets. NO CHANGE IN CONTRACT PRICE 

TOTAL ADDITION THIS CHANGE ORDER $51.75 



$56,500.00 $ 2,000.29 $112.48 $58,387.81 

APPROVED: CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & GODBOID 

BY BY /s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 


LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: J. M. ROSE & SONS 

BY BY /s/ J. M. Rose 

T. R. Gunter, President, Board of J. M. Rose 

Supervisors 

BY /s/ Robert Winkler, Adm. 

Robert Winkler, Administrator 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it is ordered that 

this Board do now recess until September 6, 1968 at 5:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 6, 1968 

i ,33 

Pursuant to a recess order on September 3, 1968, the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen 

met on September 6, 1968, at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen's 










Mr. James A. Fitchett 


There then came on for consideration the request of James A Fitchett and 

wife, Frances H. Fitchett, for the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to execute and 

deliver to them a quitclaim deed to the property now occupied by them as a 

hbmestead in the City of Oxford, and particularly as hereinafter described, in 

proposed deed. And it appearing to the City that on maps of the City there 

appears to be a street designated on the Fitchett property, and further that 

in deeds of conveyance of property in this area, as of record in the Office 

of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi, there if mention of 

and reference to a city street. And it further appearing that the City claims 

no interest in said property by virtue of a street or streets, and in fact, 

such street or streets is abandoned. And it further appearing that it is in 

order for this Board to proceed therewith. After discussion, motion was made 

to adopt the following resolution. 

RESOLUTION 

Whereas, there is evidence of a City street or streets having been desig- 

nated on the property, as hereinafter described, of James A. Ftichett and wife, 

Frances H. Fitchett; and 

Whereas, the City of Oxford claims no interest in said property; and 

Whereas, said street or streets be and they are hereby abandonded; and 

the City of Oxford shall release and quit-claim said hereinafter described 

property to James A. Fitchett and wife, Frances H. Fitchett.

A() 

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NOW THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED, that said street or streets, designated or 

undesignated over said hereinafter described property is hereby abandoned, and 

the City of Oxford has no further interest therein. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk, acting for and in 

behalf of the City of Oxford, be and they are hereby authorized and directed 

to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed, in the following form, conveying 

the property therein described, to James A. Fitchett and wife, Frances H. 

Fitchett. 

DEED 

FOR AND IN CONSIDERAT of TEH AND NO/100 Dollars (•10.00), cash in hand, 

paid, and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of all of which 

is hereby adjudged by the governing authority of The City of Oxford, Mississippi -1 - 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, does hereby convey, release and quitclaim 

unto JAMES A. FITCHETT and his wife, FRANCES H. FITCHETT, the following described 

property situated in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, to-wit: 

A fraction of South Oxford Lots No. 111 and 112, and a part of an 

unused street in Section 28, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City 

of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, as shown on the official 

plat of the City of Oxford, in use since June 6, 1939, copies of 

which are on file in the Office of the Mayor of said city, and in 

the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: 

Commencing at the Northeast corner of said. South Oxford lot No. 111 

and rum thence along the East line of said lot South 10 degrees 00' 

West a distance of 102 feet to a point; thence South 10 degrees 00" 

West a distance of 180.4 feet to a concrete right of way marker which 

is the point of beginning of this lot survey, run thence North 82 

degrees 00' East 135.0 feet to a concrete right of way marker on 

the West right of way line of Mississippi State Highway No. 7; thence 

along said highway right of way a cord bearing and distance of South 

13 th 38' East 150.0 feet to a stake; thence South 77 degrees 03' West 

195.4 feet to an iron pin on an old fence line; thence along old fence 

line North 7 degrees 10' East 172.0 feet to the point of beginning. 

All lying and being in the Southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 

8 South, Range 3 West, situated in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi. 

The purpose of this instrument is to convey, release and quitclaim any 

right, title or interest that the City of Oxford might have in said above de- 

scribed property, and any and all property owned and occupied by the Grantees 

hereinas their homestead in the City of Oxford, Mississipbi, by virtue of a 

city street or streets having been designated thereon. 

This Deed. is made pursuant to that certain Resolution adopted by the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at its meeting on 

September 6, 1968, and said Resolution is recorded in Minute Book 24 at page 

133 of the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, which Minutes are onfile in the Office of the Clerk of said City 

and State. 

to be good and sufficient, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged,

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WITNESS THE SIGNATURE of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, by its Mayor and 

Clerk and the Seal of said City, pursuant to said Resolution of the governing 

authorities of said City as entered in its said minutes on this the 6 6 day of 

September, 1968. 

THE CI OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

BY: - 7--a_. _._ ,, ...,z_k_-,-* ,, 

RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR 


OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI BY: 

H. C. WILEY, JR., pITy CLERK 




in and for the aforesaid County and State, the within and above named Richard 

W. Elliott, Mayor of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, and H. C. Wiley, Jr., 

City Celrk of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, who acknowledged that they signed 

sealed and delivered the above and foregoing Deed on the day and year therein - 

stated and for the purposes therein expressed, and pursuant to the authority 

granted by the Board of Aldermen of said City and State, and acting for and 

on behalf of the said City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

1968. 

GIVEN under my hand and official 


seal, this the 13 th day of September, 

NOTARY PUBLIC 

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The motion to adopt the above and foregoing resolution was duly seconded, 

and on roll call vote, the vote was as follows: 

Alderman J. P. McLaurin, Jr. voted "Aye". 

Alderman Harry S. Sisk voted "Aye". 

Alderman James N. King voted "Aye". 

Alderman William Hannaford voted "Aye". 

Alderman Linder Owens voted "Aye". 

The resolution having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the 

Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, the Mayor Pro-Tem declared the motion 

passed, the resolution adopted on this the 6th day of September, 1968. 

RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, AYOR 

II. 

WILEY, JR.,/CITY CLERK

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passed unanimously to authorize the City Clerk to make a temflaryvtransfer in 

the amount of $9,513.00 from the General Fund to set up a new fund in the 

Trust and Agency Account to be designated as the Urban Beautification and 

Recreation Capital Improvement Fund-Fiscal Year 1967-68. This inter-fund 

loan is to be repaid from grant funds to be received at a later date from "the 

United States Government. 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it is ordered that 

this Board do now recess Until September 10, 1968 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 10, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on September 6, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on September 10, 1968, at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 


Richard. W..Elliott, Mayor - Presiding 






Hugh C. Wiley, Jr - City Clerk 


After the meeting was called to order, the following business was trans- 

' acted: 


passed unanimously to designate $2100.00 from the Administration Contingencies 

1 Item in the Fiscal Year 1968-69 City of Oxford General Fund Budget for the 

1 purpose of employing and equipping two part time school crossing guards with 

the Police Department and to begin accepting applications for these positions 

with the view of beginning their employment on October 1, 1968. 

On motion ouly made, seconded and passea unanimously it was orderea that 

this meeting recess until September 24, 19t8.

V3S 

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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 24, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on September 10, 1908, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on September 24, 1968, at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 



Bill A. Hannaiord - Alderman At Large 








Di. J. G. Mac Murry - Chairman, Recreation Board 

Tom Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept. 


Members of Citizens' Advisory Committee: 

Frank Cooper 


Jean Allen Young 

L. D. Johnson 

Mabie McEwen 

Pete Bruening 

* * * * * 

Members of Planning Board: 

John O. Leslie - Chairman 

John R. Holley 

Charles McGonagill 

Alter the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted: 

There came on for consideration the request of The Lutheran Church-Missouri . Synod for the City to execute the following instrument:

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ) WAIVER OF A PROTECTIVE COVENANT 

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE ) TO A LIMITED EXTENT 

WHEREAS, Mrs. Phil Stone and others entered into an agreement, recorded 

in Book 115 at page 16 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, 

1 Mississippi, providing that "these restrictions cover, whether correctly de- 

scribed or not, all property owned by Mrs. Phil Stone and the other parties 

to this covenant within the area which lies 300 feet North of the North right- 

of-way line of said Highway 6 and also North of the North line of the aforesaia 

public road connecting Miss. Highway #6 and Washington Ave. in the City of 

Oxiord,"and further describing such area affected by such agreement as: 

Beginning at a point 1561.6 feet East of the Southwest Corner 

of the Mgt Sec. 20, T8, R3W, on the Half Section line, thence 

run easterly along the North right of way of Miss. Highway #6 

to a point on the Oxford-Sardis Highway thence Easterly from 

said last point to the East line of the property owned by Mrs. 

Phil Stone in this Section, thence South to apublic road 

connecting Washington Ave. in the City ofOxford, Mississippi, 

with the aforesaid Miss. Highway #6, thence West along the 

Southern boundary 01 the property of Mrs. Phil Stone in said 

section to Highway #6, thence continuing Westwardly along the 

North right of way line of said Highway #6 to the point of 

beginning. 

and 

WHEREAS, one of the restrictions covered by such agreement was that the 

property embraced should be used for residential purposes only; and 

WHEREAS, the agreement further provided that "These covenants are to run 

with the lana ana shall be binding on all the parties and their successors 

in title."; and 

WHEREAS, Karl Morrison ana wife, Glauys M. Morrison, own the following 

described property situated in the area affected by these covenants: 

Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter 

of Sec. 20, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, and running 

thence east along the half Section lint a distance of 1859 

feet to a point, thence North 13 degrees and 30 minutes 

West, a distance of 87 feet to an iron pipe on the North 

right-of-way of Mississippi Highway #6 between Oxforu and 

Batesville, Mississippi, said point being the Southwest 

corner of property of W. F. New; thence running easterly 

along the North right-of-way line of said Highway a distance 

of 709.3 feet to an iron pipe which is the initial point 

of beginning of this description; thence running Easterly 

along said right-of-way line a distance of 212 feet to an 

iron pipe being 60 feet from the center of sald Highway #6, thence 

running North 8 degrees and 30 minutes East a distance of 

271.6 feet to an iron pipe on the South right-of-way of the 

Oxford-Sardis Road, said pipe being 30 feet from the center 

of said road; thence running North 46 degrees and 30 minutes 

West a aistance of 61.3 feet along the said right-of-way line 

to an iron pipe; thence running South 8 degrees ana 30 minutes 

a distance of 86.3 feet to an iron pipe; thence running North 

87 degrees, a distance of 180.4 feet to an iron pipe; thence 

running South 8 degrees and 30 minutes a distance of 213 feet 

to the point of beginning. The above described land is in the 

Northwest Quarter of Sec. 20, Township 8 South, Rnage 3 West, 

and contains 1.2 acres, more or less, in Oxfora, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi. 

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WHEREAS, the Morrisons aesire to sell their property to The Lutheran 

Church-Missouri Synoa, or its designee, ana the proposea buyer wishes to use 

such property for a church builaing site and related purposes; and 

WHEREAS, The City of Oxford, Mississippi, is a successor to one of the 

original owners of some of the property affected by such covenants; ana 

WHEREAS, the Oxford Planning Commission has granted a special exception 

authorizing the subject property to be used for a church building site and 

related purposes; ana 

WHEREAS, The City of Oxford is willing to waive the covenant requiring 

residential use or the Morrison property so that such property may be used by 

the aforementioned proposed grantee for a church building site and other 

related purposes; 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of its desire to accomouate the 

Morrisons and those who constitute The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, The 

City of Oxiord, Mississippi, hereby waives the restrictive covenant requiring 

residential use of the above-describea Morrison property to the extent only 

that such Morrison property may be used in the future by The Lutheran Church- 

Missouri Synoa, or its aesignee, for a church builaing site and related pur- 

poses. 

This the 24th day of September, 1968. 

(SEAL) OF THE CITY) 



THE CITY OF OXFOi-iD, MISSISSIPPI 

BY ( 

BY 

MAYOR 

CITY CLERK 

Personally appeared before me, the unaersigned authority at law in ana 

for the State and County aroresaiu, Richard W. Elliott and H. C. Wiley, Jr., 

Mayor and City Clerk respectively of The City or Oxford, Mississippi, who each 

acknowledged that they signed and aeliverea the above and foregoing instrument 

on the aay and date therein set out for ana in behalf of The City of Oxiord, 

Mississippi, and that they were auly authorized so ,to , do. 

(SEAL) 

This the 24th day or September, l9bb. 

My Commission expires: 

August 14, 1972. 

NOTARY PUBLIC

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After aiscussion, the Board being advised that the Planning Commission 

had granted a special exception to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to uti- 

lize the Morrison property for church purposes, on motion of Alderman McLaurin, 

seconded by Alaerman Owens and passed unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were 

duly authorizea ana directed to execute the foregoing instrument instrument 

for ana in behalf of the City of Oxford. 


MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM (A) AGRICULTURAL 

TO R-D MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on September 3, 1968, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Or The City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, 1966, reported 'that'thet'had etamined'the-fbllowint described . real 

OFopgtty fifi the , efty-of Oxford,,Mississippi, from (A) Agricultural to R-D, 

Multi -Family Residential.and referred it to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

i without a recommendation; 

A fraction of the Southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

described as beginning at the Southeast corner of said Southwest 

quarter, run thence North along the East boundary of said Southwest 

quarter a distance of 511 rods, run thence West a distance of 62 & 1/7 

rods, run thence South 511 rods to the South boundary of said 

Southwest quarter, run thence East a distance of 62 & 1/7 rods 

to the point of beginning; this being the same property conveyed 

to Odella Key by instrument in Recorded in Deed Book 116 at page 97; 

LESS AND EXCEPT: Beginning on the East boundary at a point 511 

rods North of the Southeast corner of said Southwest quarter, run 

thence West 151 rods, run thence South 151 rods, run thence East 151 

rods to the boundary of said Southwest corner, run thence North 151 

rods to the point of beginning, containing 11 acres more or less and 

being the same property conveyed by Odella Key et vir to Murray 

Porter by deed recorded in Book 115 at page 500 of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi. 

WHEREAS, on September 3, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, islimpoimeille■••■••••■11.11101111111111111111.1111imming 

I IIIIIMMINNINNNNIIIMP determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to 

the zoning ordinance; and 


1 to said zoning ordinance, as required by the aforesaid Section 122, by publication 



o'clock, P. M., on September 24, 1968; and 

WHEREAS, at such time and place, no objections were interposed by any person 

to such re-zoning; 




it is hereby, re-zoned from (A) Agricultural to R-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

Section 2. Changes on Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall make the 

necessary drawings on the Official. Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and 

print thereon the following: "On September 24, 1968, by official action of the 

Board of Aldermen, this Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing, 

in Ordinance Book 2 at page 493." The foregoing entry on the Map shall 

be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official 

Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 


in conflict herewith shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

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Section 4. Effective Date. That this ordinance shall take effect and be 

in force from and after the time when the requirements of Section 2 thereof 


ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 24th day of September, 1968. 

CITY CLERK' 

A 

MAYOR 



ti 

CITY CLERK MAYOR

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7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 1, 1968 



October 1, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for the holding of 

said meeting, when and where the following were present: 






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Kenneth Welch - Tax Assessor 





passed unanimously accepting the September minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the September accounts as read. Said accounts 

being recorded at page 30 through page 38 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 

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ADOPTING ORDINANCE 

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDI- 

NANCES OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI; 

ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE 

REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED 

THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PRO- 

VIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMEND- 

ING SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING 

A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING SAID CODE OR OTHER 

ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDI- 

NANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. That this ordinance, consisting of Chapters 1 to 35, each 

inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City 

of Oxford, Mississippi," and shall be treated and considered as a new and 

original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and 

permanent ordinances duly enacted on or before May 1, 19( 1 8, except such as 

by reference thereto are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force 

and effect for any purpose. 

Section.2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and 

effect on and after the first day of December, 1968, and all ordinances of 

a general and permanent nature of the City of Oxford enacted on final passage 

on or before May 1, 1968, and not in such Code or recognized and continued 

in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective; 

date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the 

City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed. 

Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not 

affect the following: 

(a) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or 

forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established 

or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance. 

(b) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment 

of money for the City or authorizing the issuance of 

any bonds for the City or any evidence of the City's 

indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed 

by the City. 

(c) Any administrative ordinance of the City not in conflict 

or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code. 

(d) Any ordinance fixing salaries of officers or employees 

of the City.

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(e) Any appropriation ordinance. 

(0 Any right or franchise granted by any ordinance or 

resolution to any person, firm or corporation. 

(g) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, 

locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, 

widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way 

in the City. 

(h) Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street 

grades of any street in the City. 

(0 Any ordinance providing for local improvements or 

assessing taxes therefor. 

(j) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or 

subdivision in the City or providing regulations for 

the same. 

(k) Any ordinance annexing property in the City. 

(1) Any ordinance regulating zoning in the City. 

(m) Any ordinance regulating the erection, alteration, 

repair, demolition, moving or removal or buildings 

or other structures. 

(n) Any ordinance prescribing traffic regulations for 

specific locations, prescribing through streets, parking 

limitations, parking prohibitions, one-way traffic, 

or limitations on loads of vehicles or loading zones, 

not inconsistent with such Code. 

(o) Any ordinance fixing utility rates and charges. 

(p) Any ordinance enacted after May 1, 1968. 

Such repeal shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part of 

an ordinance which has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is re- 

pealed by this ordinance. 

Section 4. That any and all additions or amendments to such Code, when 

passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City to make the same 

part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code, so that re- 

ference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Oxford, Mississippi," shall be 

understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. 

Section 5. That a copy of such Code, certified to by the Mayor and City 

Clerk shall be file at the time of the adoption of such Code and shall be 

kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, preserved in looseleaf form, 

or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It 

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shall be the express duty of the City Clerk or someone authorized by him to 

insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate 

the intention of the City to make the same a part of such Code when the same 

have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code 

all provisions which may be from time to time repealed. This copy of such 

Code shall be available to all persons desiring to examine the same and shall 

be considered the official Code of Ordinances of the City. 

Section 6. 

That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code 

for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in 

Section 8 of this ordinance and Section 1-8 of this Code shall apply to the 

section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which 

a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in 

another section of such Code, the penalty so provided in such other section 

shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is 

specifically repealed therein. 

Section 7. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpor- 

ation to change or alter by additions or deletions, any part or portion of 

such Code, or to insert or delete pages of portions thereof, or to alter or 

tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of 

the City of Oxford to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corp- 

oration violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 8 

of this ordinance and Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of 

Oxford. 

Section 8. That whenever in this Code hereby adopted or in this ordi- 

nance or any ordinance of the City, any act is prohibited or is made or de- 

clared to be unlawful or an offense or the doing of any act is required, or 

the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, where 

no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provisions 

of said Code or ordinance of the City shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 

ing three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the City jail not 

exceeding ninety (90) days, or both. Every day any violation of this Code 

or any such ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. 

Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here- 

with are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. 

Section 10. That this ordinance shall bein force and take effect the 

first day of December, 1968. 

ATTEST: ' 

(k, 

MAYOR 

CITY

97768- UMMIM-MICIILI 



unanimously to accept the following: 


MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM S-C, SHOPPING CEN- 

TER TO H-C, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. 

WHEREAS, on July 29, 1968, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

1966, recommended that the following described real property in the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from S-C (Shopping Center) to H-C (Highway 

Commercial): 

TRACT 1- All that property located on the South East side of 

North Lamar Street presently zoned S-C (Shopping Center): 

TRACT 2- Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 21, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, in Lafayette County, 

Mississippi; thence due South along the section line 

between Sections 21 and 22, a distance of 1557.3 feet 

to the northeast corner of Avent Acres Subdivision of 

the City of Oxford, thence North 79 degrees 20 minutes 

30 seconds West 608.58 feet, thence South 23 degrees 

10 minutes 17 seconds West 96.83 feet, thence North 79 

degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds West 411.31 feet, thence 

South 10 degrees 06 minutes West 12.27 feet to the 

Northeast corner of the Douglass Subdivision, thence 

North 80 degrees 24 minutes West 464.8 feet to an iron 

pipe marking the Northwest c rner of the Douglass Sub- 

division thence North 5 degrees 03 minutes West 51.8 feet, 

thence South 58 degrees 12 minutes West 281.8 feet to an 

iron pipe stake 30 feet West of the center'ine of Mississippi 

Highway 7, said iron pipe being the point of beginning 

of this description, thence South 54 degrees 30 

minutes West along the West right of way line of Highway 

Number 7, a distance of 153 feet, thence North 35 degrees 

30 minutes West 210 feet, thence North 54 degrees 10 

minutes East 205.7 feet to a stake on the Southwest side 

of an old access road, thence continuing along the Southwest 

side of said old. road South 15 degrees 30 min- 

utes East 98 feet, thence continuing along the Southwest 

side of said old access road South 23 degrees 40 minutes 

East 108.5 feet to the point of beginning, and being in 

the City of Oxford, County of Lafayette and State of 

Mississippi. 

TRACT 3- All of that property along the south side of University 

Avenue East presently zoned S-C (Shopping Center) 

located east of the Lynch property known as Dee's Drive Inn 

and west of McLarty.Road. 

WHEREAS, on August 6, 1968, the Mayor and Board ofAldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning Commission 

and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to the 

zoning ordinance; and 


to said zoning ordinance, as required by the aforesaid Section°122, by publi-f 

catibn and by - pdsting; sdid'notice being returnable to a meeting of the Mayor 

and. Boardof Aldermen held at the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi, at 7:30 

o'clock, P. M., on October 1, 1968; and 

WHEREAS, at such time and place no objections were interposed by any person 

o such re-zoning; 



Section 1. Re-zoning. That the above-described real property be, and it 

is hereby, re-zoned from S-C (Shopping Center) to H-C (Highway Commercial).

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Section 2. Changes on Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall make the 

necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and print , 

thereon the following: "On October 1, 1968, by official action of the Board of 

Aldermen, thi-; Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing in Ordinance 

Book 2 at page 491." The foregoing entry on the Map shall be signed 

by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official. Zoning 

Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 

Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts.of'ordinances, 


Section 4. Effective Date. That this ordinance shall take effect and 

be in force from and after the time when the requirements of Section2 thereof 


ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 1st day of October, 1968. 

CITY CLERK 



AUGUST 6, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON A CAR WITH OR WITHOUT 

TRADE-IN ON THE RAMBLER FOR THE ELECTRIC 

DEPARTMENT 

MAYOR 

At the August 6, 1968 regular meeting of the M yor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on a car with or 

without trade-in on the Rambler for the Electric Department and that the Mayor 

• and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said 

resolution at 7:30 p. m. Octoberl, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the August 6, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 


more than two weeks for public inspection, and there linving been no objections 



of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on a car with or without trade- 

in on the Rambler for the Electric Department according to the plans and speci- 

fications on file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 



section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Hannaford, second- 

ed by Alderman Owens it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 


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Said motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens, 

and passed unanimously to re-advertise for a car with or w thout trade-in on 

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the Rambler for the Electric Department. Said bids to be accepted at the meet- 

ing of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, November 5, 1968 at 7:00 p.m. 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE 

MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO PURCHASE TWO (2) 1969 

AUTOMOBILES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH 

TRADE-IN OF TWO (2) 1967 AUTOMOBILES 



purchase two (2) 1969 automobiles for the Police Department with trade-in of 

two (2) 1967 automobiles. 


on October 15, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 

adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final pas- 

sage thereof was asfollows: 





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bids on two (2) 1969 automobiles for the Police Department with trade-in of 

two (2) 1967 automobiles.

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WALKIE-TALKIE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said M a yor and Board of Aldermen to 

purchase walkie-talkie for the Police Department. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolbtion is made by 7:30 p. . 

on October 15, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action this reso-' 

lotion. 





sage thereof was follows: 





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bids on walkie-talkie for the Police Department. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request for a permit to drive 

a taxi in the City of Oxford from John C. Tarver. Motion was made by Alderman 

Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, and passed unanimously to grant said 

permit. 


passed unanimously to accept an audit charge in the amount of $855.00 which was 

charged back by the State Tax Commission Homestead Exemption Division against 

homestead reimbursement for the Oxford Municipal Separate School District for 

the year ending June 30, 1967. This charge is for an expenditure by the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District in payment for a new chain link fence 

at football field (Warrant No. 12176) in the amount of $855.00.

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Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed 

unanimously approving the reimbursement in the amount of $89.00 to John R. Smith 

City Engineer, for tuition and books for a course in Zoning Administration 

which he is currently taking at the University of Mississippi. 


this Board do now recess until October 15, 1968 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETTNG 7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 15, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on October 1, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on October 15, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 








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Mack W. Fondren - Acting Supt. of City Schools 


A. T. Bunch - Member of School Board 




OCTOBER 1, 1968 OF THE MAYOR. AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON TWO (2) 1969 AUTOMOBILES 

WITH TRADE-IN OF TWO (2) 1967 AUTOBILES FOR 

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

At the October 1, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on two (2) 1969 

automobiles with trade-in of two (2) 1967 automobiles for the Police Department,. 

and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take fi- 

nal action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. October 15, 1968 in the office of 

the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the October 1, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, 

having remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for 

more than two weeks for public inpsection, and there having been no objections 



of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on two (2) 1969 automobiles 

with trade-in of two (2) automobiles (1967) for the Police Department accord- 

ing to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of 

said City.

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Alderman Owens it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford E gle for bids on two (2) 

1969 automobiles with trade-in of two (2) 1967 automobiles for the Police 

Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of October 15, 1968, bids 




Difference in trade car # 2 $2,213.19 

Difference in trade car # 4 2,143.19 

Lafayette Motors, Inc. 


Difference in trade car # 2 

and trade car # 4 $4,102.88 



Difference in trade car # 2 $2,076.87 

Difference in trade car # 4 1,976.87 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to accept the bid of Rebel 

Chevrolet Company it being the lowest and best bid. 

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OCTOBER 1, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON WALKIE-TALKIE FOR THE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Walkie-Talkie for 

the Police Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m., October 1, 


Said resolution adopted at the October 1, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Walkie-Talkie for the Police 

Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of th 


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Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 







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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Walkie-Talkie 

for the Police Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of October 15, 


Motorola Communications & Electronics, Inc. 

Columbus, Mississippi 

1 H23DEN1100-N Protable (2 Watt) complete w/NI-CAD 

Battery, call. antenna & case & cover $589.00 

1 NLN6450A Lavaliere & carrying strap kit 6.80 

TOTAL $595. 80 

After the bid was opened and read, motion was made by Alderman King, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Motorola Communications & Electronics, Inc. it being the lowest and best bid. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and 


TO: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. PROJECT: Extended Care Facility 

WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI for the Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital Project Miss-810 

ADD DEDUCT 

Change shelving in General Storage #135 from 

permanent to portable (bin type) No change in contract price 



$466,800.00 $ 2,446.34 $4,191.27 $465,055.07 


BY 

Z'n 

(71\m „„A, ,,,../...„, 


'Richard W. Elliott, Mayor John C. Skewes, Jr. 

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONST. 


T. R. Gunter, President, 

Board ofSupervisors 

BY: /s/ Robert Winkler 

Robert Winkler, Adm. 

BY: /s/ Arnold W. Carothers 

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TO: A. B. CULLEN & SON 

P. O. BOX 127 


Tabulation of Drilled Piers 


1. Increase for 18" shaft: 44.7' 

2. Decrease in 18" shaft: 2.3' 

3. Increase in 24" shaft: 18.6' 

4. Decrease in 24" shaft: 24.0' 

5. Increase in 30" shaft: .6' 

6. Decrease in 30"'shaft: 2.8' 

Total 

ORIGINAL 

SUM OF 

CONTRACT INCREASES 

$78,126.00 $199.48 

@ $1.00/ft. 

11."- Pr- 

3 

PROJECT: Diagnostic & Treatment 

Addition for the Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital - Project Miss-774 

$0.30/ft. 

@ $1.75/ft. 

$0.55/ft. 

@ $2.75/ft. 

$0.90/ft. 

ADD DEDUCT 

$44.70 

32.55 

1.65 

$78.90 

NET ADDITION THIS CHANGE ORDER $62.49 

APPROVED: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 


SUM OF 

DECREASES 

$ 0.69 

13.20 

2.52 

$16.41 

REVISED 

CONTRACT 

$78,325;48 

AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & GODBOLD 

BY: /s/ T. R. Gunter, President BY: /s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 




ACCEPTED: A. B. CULLEN & SON 

BY: BY: /s/ Jack L. Cullen 


Jack L. Cullen 

BY: Robert E. Winkler 

Robert E. Winkler, Adm. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens, and 

passed to authotize and direct the City Electric Department to move the traffic 

signal controlling traffic approaching the intersection of North 9th Street 

and Jackson Avenue from the West from it's present location approximately 

fifty feet to the west and to be remotely controlled from the same traffic 

light controller. 

The vote on the motion was as follows: Voting YEA: Alderman Hannaford, 

Alderman Owens, Alderman Sisk and Alderman King. Voting NAY: Alderman McLaurin 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was ordered that the land 

tolls assessment contained therein being of total assessment of $ /1/07, 9/rand 

personal roll and assessment contained therein, being of the total assessment 

of $/,..5-2.z/S-32',_ both for the year 1968, and both having been equalized, 

corrected and revised according to law and being the personal and real property 

rolls for the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi be and the same 

hereby, are approved with corrections, subject to the right of parties in interest 

to be heard on all objections hereafter made by them and subject to further 

changes and corrections by this board as authorized by law. It is further ordered 

that a notice be published in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper, published 

at Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi notifying that the public and taxpayers 

of the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi and Oxford, Munioipal 

Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississippi:

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1. That said assessment rolls so equalized are ready for inspection. 

2. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen will be in session for the purpose 

of hearing, objections said assessments which may be filed 

at City Hall in the City of Oxford, Mississippi on the 29th of 

October, 1968 at 7:00 p. m., and continuously thereafter, until 

all the taxpayers who have filed objections have been heard. 

3. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen will remain in session from day 

to day until all objections lawfully filed shall have been disposed 

of and all proper considerations made in the rolls. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

passed unanimously to approve the following 

for City employees: 

NAME 

Hugh Wiley, Jr. 

Tom Newberry 

Kenneth Welch 

Marie Gillis 

Vetra A. Stephens 

Brenda Jo Foust 

F. O. Burrow 

H. C. Franklin 

Robert C. King 

Doyle Clifton Green 

G. A. Liles 

Donald Carwile 

David Webb 

Edward Jones 

Virgle Edward Appleton 

Frankie D. East 

Harold Franklin 

Percy Jenkins 

Cecil Thomas Bishop 

Harry G. Alderson 

Willie Davis Young 

Viola B. Lamb 

Blanche J. Ragland 

Frances J. Evans 

John R. Smith 

E. W. McElvaney 

Byron Austin 

E. B. Addington 

A. B. Gardner 

James A. Martin 

R. L. Tidwell 

seconded by Alderman Owens, and 

increases in Salaries and Wage Rates: 

NEW 

INCREASE MONTHLY SAL. 

$100.00 $650.00 

50.00 500.00 

50.00 450.00 

25.00 350.00 

25.00 350.00 

60.00 300.00 

100.00 700.00 

40.00 450.00 

25.00 435.00 

25.00 415.00 

40.00 415.00 

40.00 415.00 

40.00 415.00 

40.00 415.00 

25.00 400.00 

25.00 400.00 

40.00 415.00 

25.00 375.00 

25.00 375.00 

25.00 350.00 

25.00 350.00 

25.00 250.00 

25.00 250.00 

25.00 200.00 

50.00 900.00 

50.00 550.00 

50.00 500.00 

25.00 365.00 

25.00 365.00 

25.00 425.00 

30.00 475.00

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NEW 

NAME INCREASE MONTHLY SAL. 

T. H. Landrum $50.00 $1,000. 00 

James T. Pryor 50.00 725.00 

Ira Lee Crowson 40.00 550.00 

Louis Campbell 25.00 510.00 

Vernon Chambers 40.00 525.00 

E. D. Landrum 30.00 530.00 

Jasper M. Sneed 50.00 575.00 

James R. Tidwell 50.00 550.00 

Evelyn G. Russell 25.00 350.00 

Mary Malone 25.00 325.00 

Dorothy Lovelady 25.00 325.00 

Jerry Carwile 25.00 350.00 

Clyde Townsend 25.00 300.00 

Leroy Ivy 20.00 270.00 

James Kelly 40.00 325.00 

NAME INCREASE NEW HOURLY WAGE RATE 

Quinton McGlaun $ .05 $ 1.30 

Jack White .05 1.30 

Roy White .05 1.30 

Samuel Hollowell .05 1.30 

James Phillips .05 1.25 

Robert Robinson .10 1.35 

Willie L. Jones .20 1.45 

John S. Madkins, Jr. .10 1.35 

George Booker .20 1.45 

C. Marion King .10 1.45 

Jessie B. Harris .10 1.45 

Paul White .10 1.45 

Clarence W. Robinson .10 1.45 

Luke Booker .10 1.45 

Willie Booker .10 1.45 

Milton Morrison .10 1.45 

Berkley Mitchell .10 1.45 

Wallace Taylor .10 1.45 

H. J. McGregor .10 1.45 

E. C. King .10 1.60 

Jake Hill .10 1.25 

Harold Willingham .10 1.25 

Euford McJunkin .10 1.25 

J. D. Harmon .10 1.25 

Lonzo Campbell .10 1.25 

Robert Booker .10 1.25 

Robert Woodall .10 1.25 

Luke Owens .10 1.25 

Willie Thompson .10 1.25 

Winston Smith .10 1.35 

Lee Jones .10 1.35 

Essie McThune .10 1.35 

Eddie Johnson .10 1.35

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NAME 

Webster Herrod 

Cass Patton 

Willis Burt 

Starling McJunkin 

Clinton Bray 

E. L. Byrd 

R. L. Mathis 

Boyd Groves 

Aubrey R. Boatright 

Joe Fuller 

Claude Smith 

Billie Joe McCain 

Doyle Luther 


INCREASE NEW HOURLY WAGE RATE 

$ .10 $ 1.35 

.10 1.35 

.10 1.40 

.10 1.40 

.20 1.50 

.10 1.55 

.10 1.55 

.10 1.55 

.05 1.55 

.10 1.55 

.10 1.25 

.10 1.10 

.10 1.20 


this Board do now recess until October 29, 1968 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 29, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on October 15, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on October 29, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen's 




J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward. One 




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Wayne C. Leech - Supt. of City Schools 


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This being the time and place set for the hearing on the tax rolls the 

following were present to protest their assessments: 

W. E. Robertson 

William H. Tate 

Ralph Bryson 

Lee N. Bolen 

Roy T. Arnold 

Maggie L. Garner 

William E. Strickland 

Phillip D. Bryant 

John S. Madkins, Jr. 

William R. Brown, Jr. 

Carl Metts 

Mrs. C. M. Scott 

also, the following taxpayers protested their assessment on the 1968 tax rolls 

either in writing or through a member of the Board: 

Lottie Threlkeld 


H. G. Duvall, Sr. 

and 

The Oxford Swim Club 

After hearing the objections and arguments of each of the above, the 

following adjustments were made on the City 6f Oxford tax rolls, upon the motion 

of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously: 

William H. Tate (assessed to Luther McDougal): 1968-reduced assessment 

on building at 311 Murry from $11,000 to $10,000. 

Lee N. Bolen: reduced assessment on building at 2211 Lee Loop 

from $7,000 to$6,500. 

Roy T. Arnold: reduced assessment on building (home) from $8,500 

to $8,000. 

Maggie L. Garner: reduced assessment on building (home) from 

$2,500 to $1,500. 

William E. Strickland: reduced personal assessment on Strickland 

Furniture Store from $8,000 to $5,000.

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Phillip D. Bryant: reduced assessment on Phoenix Apartments as 

follows: land from $1,500 to $1,000; building from $18,300 to 

$15,000. 

John S. Madkins, Jr.: reduced assessment on building (home) from 

$2,500 to $1,500. 

William Ross Brown, Jr.: reduced Brown Gin personal assessment 

from $25000 to $2Q000. 

Mrs. C. M. Scott: reduced the lot assessment (home) from $500 

to $400. 

B. H. McElreath: reduced the personal assessment for-Speedy'= 

wash from $1,500 to $1,000. 

Oxford Swim Club: reduced the building assessment from $9,000 

to $7,000. 

also the following objections were made on the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District tax rolls: 

Ralph Bryson: reduced assessment on building (home) from $3,350 

to $1,000. 

arl Metts: all land owned by Mr. Metts in the Separate School 

District which was assessed as cultivated land at $18.00 per acre 

was re-assessed as un-cultivated land at $9.00 per acre which 

resulted in the following reductions in land assessments: 

Section 2, Township 9, Range 3: 15 acres from $170 to $135; 

Section 10, Township 9, Range 3: 55 acres from $675 to $495; 

Section 12, Township 9, Range 3: 124 acres from $1835 to 

$1115; Section 13, Township 9, Range 3: 50 acres from $540 

to $450. 

Howard G. Duvall, Sr.: reduced building (home) from $10,000 

to $8,000. 

No adjustment were made on the assessments of W. E. Robertson or 

P. L. Parker. 

At the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen held on October 

29, 1968, in the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi, and in accordance with a 

notice published in the Oxford E -1gle, a weekly newspaper published in Oxford, 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen did meet on 

October 29, 1968 at the time and place so stipulated in said notice, and heard 

objections to real and personal property rolls of said Cityof Oxford, Mississippi 

and to real and personal property rolls of the City of the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District lying outside the corporate limits and the assessments 

therein contained in all respects conformed to the requirements of law 

concerning such matters. 

After the objections to the assessment roll of the City of Oxford and the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District were disposed of the assessment therein 

contained, the grand total of the land roll of the City of Oxford showing 

$ 9,510VS5— and the grand total of the land roll of the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District lying outside the corporate limits showing $/, j/e92-,76o and 

the grand total of the personal roll of the City of Oxford showing $4 ,34551 

and the grand total of the personal roll of the OtfordrMOnfcipal Separate School! 

District lying outside the corporate limits showing $.207,00S - and the total number 

of exempt homes for the City of Oxford at 1331 with the total assessed value 

of $1-4f,s-i1,32-0 and the total number of exempt homes for the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District lying outside the corporate limits atjrylawith the 

total assessed value of M0,56353 not exceeded for any one home the amount fixed 

by the Home Exemption Act of 1958, and the total assessed value of all other 

real property, it is hereby ordered and adjudged by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, that said rolls and assessments contained 

therein be and they hereby are approved as determined.

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passed unanimously authorizing the City Clerk to divide a certain street assessment 

on Bramlett Boulevard as follows: 395 front feet to D. H. Marchbanks, 

1.61 front feet to J. S. Goforth. 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 

this Board do now adjourn Sine-Die:

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. NOVEMBER 5, 1968 



November 5, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 







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H. C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk 

John Smith - City Engineery 






passed unanimously accepting the October minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the October accounts as read. Said accounts 

being recorded at page 39 through page 47 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book.

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Colonel Baker with the Chamber of Commerce appeared before the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen to request that the City join the Chamber of Commerce and 

the Associated Student Body at Ole Miss in sponsoring a dance at the Coliseum 

on November 23, 1968, for the Ole Miss students. After discussion motion was 

made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to 

allocate $500.00 for the City's participation in this dance. 

Came on for consideration the matter of an ripened street (Lee Drive) and 

Country Club Subdivision #1 and a request from Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Lusk and 

Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Griffin for a quitclaim deed from the City of Oxford to 

divide said street equalybetween them. Motion was made by Alderman King, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously approving said quitclaim 

deed with the stipulation that the City reserve all utility easements on this 

property. Said deed is as follows: 



QUITCLAIM DEED 

Subject to the Grantor's reservation of an easement as herein stated, and 

for and in consideration of the Grantees' willingness to accept ownership of 

a portion of a street known as "Lee Drive", and thereby relieve Grantor of any 

obligation in connection with said portion of said street; THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, does hereby convey and quitclaim unto TRACY W. LUSK and wife, 

JANE F. LUSK, the East one -half of the following described street, and unto 

P. C. GRIFFIN and wife, MARTHA GRIFFIN, the West one-half of the following 

described street, to-wit: 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot No. 3, Country 

Club Subdivision, run thence Southwesterly along Country 

Club Road a distance of 40 feet to the Northeast corner 

of Lot No. 4, run thence South 10° 01' East 229 feet to 

the Southeast corner of Lot No. 4, run thence Northeasterly 

a distance of 40 feet to the Southwest corner of 

Lot No. 3, run thence North 10° 01' West 231 feet to the 

point of beginning; being a portion of a street designated 

as "Lee Drive" on the official map and plat of said subdivision, 

as shown in Plat Book 1 at page 45 of the land 

records of Lafayette County, Mississippi; being situated 

in Section 20, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of 

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. 

The City of Oxford reserves an easement across the above described property 

for public utility purposes. 

ATTEST: 

This 12th day of November, 1968. 

H. Y CLERK 


BY: (7.5. 112.. 

RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR

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This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and 

for the above jurisdiction, the within named RICHARD W. ELLIOTT and H. C. WILEY 

JR., to me personally known to be Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, who acknowledged that they signed and delivered 

the foregoing instrument on the day and year therein stated, for and in behalf 

and as the act and deed of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, after they had 

been duly authorized so to do. 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and official seal this 12th day of November, 1968. 

My Commission Expires: August 14, 1972 

NOTARY PUBLIC 

Came on for consideration the matter of bids on a new car for the Electric 

Department. Said bids were opened at the regular meeting of October 1, 1968, 

and the Mayor and City Clerk were ordered to re-advertise for bids on said 

car to be'taken at the regular meeting of November 5, 1968 at 7:30 p. m. Bids 

were as follows: 

F. W. Belk & Son Motor Co. 


Net Difference $2610.73 



Net Difference $2800.00 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to accept the bid of F. W. 

Belk and Son Motor Company, it being the lowest and best bid. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request for an advertisement 

from the City of Oxford for the 1969 Ole Miss annual. After discussion motion 

was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously 

to purchase a full page advertisement in the 1969 Ole Miss annual at a 

cost of $100.00; fifty percent to be paid out of the General Fund and fifty 

percent to be paid out of the Electric Fund and charged to advertising. 

Came on for consideration the matter of an advertisement in the Central 

High School annual. After discussion motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman King and passed unanimously to purchase a half page advertisement 

in the Central High School annual at cost of $25.00; fifty percent to 

be paid out of the General Fund and fifty percent to be paid out of the Electric 

Fund and charged to advertising.

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Came on for consideration the matter of an advertisement for the sale of 

the 1964 model truck which was formerlly used as a firetruck for the City of 

Oxford. Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to advertise 

this 1964 model truck for sale; bids to be taken at the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen's meeting at City Hall on November 19, 1968 at 7:30 p. m. 

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Oxford Elementray PTA presented the following petition to the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen: 

Resolution by the Oxford Elementary Parent Teachers Organization on September 

19, 1968: 

WHEREAS, epidemiological studies have demonstrated people living in 

natural fluoride areas experience only one third the dental caries prevalent 

in non-fluoride areas, and 

WHEREAS, the addition of up to one part in a million of fluoride to 

communal water supplies has reduced dental caries in children from 55 to 65 

percent, and 

WHEREAS, convincing evidence of the safety and practically of this procedure 

has been produced, and 

WHEREAS, the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association 

the U. S. Public Health Service, the National Research Council, the Mississippi 

State Medical Association, and the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital Staff have 

all gone on record as recommending the fluoridation of communal water supplies, 

be it therefore 

RESOLVED, that the Oxford Elementary Parent-Teachers Association Organization 

firmly states its position favoring controlled fluoride supplementation 

of the pbblic water supply of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Alderman McLaurin moved the adoption of the following resolution authorizing 

and directing the introduction of fluoride into the City of Oxford water 

system: 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INTRODUCTING OF FLUORIDES INTO 

THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. 

WHEREAS, it is the concensus of scientific, dental and medical opinion 

that the presence of fluorides in drinking water is a deterrent to tooth decay; 

and 

WHEREAS, such chemical element is not found in the supply of water distributed 

to the City of Oxford in sufficient quanitities to be of any value 

as a deterrent to tooth decay; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen finds and determines that fluoride 

can be introduced into the supply of water distributed to the citizens of Oxford 

and that the introduction of the same is to the best interest of the citizens 

of the community and will promote the public health and welfare; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi: 

Section 1. The Water Department of the City of Oxford is hereby authorized 

and empowered and directed to provide the means and to proceed with the introduction 

of such amount of fluoride into the water system of the City of Oxford 

to give such water a fluoride content of 0.8 ppm to 1.2 ppm in the treated 

water, from and after the effective date hereof. 

Section 2. This resolution shall be in full force and take effect from 

and after the Mississippi State Board of Health has determined the adequace of 

the equipment and technical supervision proposed and has approved the method 

of introduction of fluorides and the quantity proposed to be introduced into 

the system. 

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Alderman King seconded the motion, and the vote on the motion was as 

follows: 

Voting YEA: Aldermen McLaurin, King 

Voting NAY: Aldermen Hannaford, Owens 

Absent and not voting: Alderman Sisk 

There being a tie vote, the Mayor voted and declared the motion carried. 



AUGUST 6, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LINEAR FEET OF 6-INCH 

SEWER PIPE FOR THE CITY OF OXFORD 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 Linear Feet 

of 6-inch sewer pipe for the City of Oxford and that the Mayorand Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 

7:30 p. m. November 5, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the August 6, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 

ing having remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

for more than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no object 

ions to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 Linear Feet of 6-inch 

Sewer pipe for the City of Oxford according to the plans and specifications 

on file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 

The above and foregoing resolution halring been reduced to writing was read 


section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman King it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 



ALDERMAN J.P. McLAURIN,JR YEA 



Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1200 Linear 

Feet of 6-inch Sewer Pipe for City of Oxford, to be opened at the regblar 

meeting of November 5, 1968, bids were received from the folowing firms: 

Dixie Culvert & Supply Co., Inc. 


1200 L. F. More or Less 6" concrete gasket type 

Sanitary Sewer Pipe Complete $0.65 per 1. f. 

25-6" 45° Bends 2.93 each 

After the bids were opened and read, tmoion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to accept the bid Dixie 

Culvert and Supply Co., it being the only bid.

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GROUP II & GROUP III FOR DIAGNOSTIC & 

TREATMENT ADDITION TO OXFORD-LAFAYETTE 

COUNTY HOSPITAL. 



purchase Group II & Group III for Diagnostic & Treatment Addition to Oxford- 

Lafayette County Hospital. 


p. m. on December 10, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin it 

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ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN,JR YEA 



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bids on Group II and Group III for Diagnostic and Treatment Addition to Oxford-Lafayette 





1200 LINEAR FEET WATER PIPE FOR THE 

WATER DEPARTMENT. 



purchase 1200 Linear Feet Water Pipe for Water Department. 


p. m. on December 3, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 



the Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section and thenas 

a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens it

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bids on 1200 linear feet water pipe for the Water Department. 

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RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF 



LIFT EQUIPMENT FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPART- 

MENT. 



purchase lift equipment for the Electric Department. 


p. m. on December 3, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action 


The above and foregoing resolution having been introduced in wiiting by 

the Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Aldermen Hannaforq, seconded by Alderman Owens it 




ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN ,JR YEA 


ALDERMAN JAMES Y. KING YEA 

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bids on Lift Equipment for the Electric Department.

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THE MAYOR AND BOARD OFrALDERMEN OF THE 


NEW DUMP TRUCK FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT 

TO REPLACE 1959 TRUCK. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxfotd, 


purchase new dump truck for the Street Department to replace the 1959 truck. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolbtion is made by 7:30 

p. m. on December 3, 1968, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford it 









bids on a new dump truck for the Street'Department to replace the 1959 truck. 

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On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 1 

this Board do now recess until November 12, 1968 at 7:00 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. NOVEMBER 12, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on November 5, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on November 12, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 






Harry Sisk - Alderman Ward Three 


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A. T. Bunch - Chairman of School Board 



W. N. Redmond - Member of School Board 

William N. Lovelady - Member of School Board 

John O. Leslie - Chairman Planning Commission 

Charles McGonagill - Member Planning Commission 

John R. Holley - Member Planning Commission 

Hasell Smith - Member Planning Commission 

Clyde Cook - Member Planning Commission 

William N. Lovelady - Member Planning Commission 

Harry S. Sisk - Member of Planning Commission 


The Mayor and Board of Aldermen met with the Board of Trustees of the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District and the Planning Commission to discuss 

with Dr. James Baxter the long range planning recommendation concerning 

the Oxford City Schools.

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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen met with representatives of Oxford Community 

Homes, Inc. concerning a request to improve Pegues Street. No action 

was taken on this matter at this time. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of granting an extension of time to 

Northeast Electric Power Association to accept a previous offer by the City of 

Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 

and passed unanimously to authorize and direct the Mayor to write Mr. White of 

Northeast Electric Power Association to inform him that the deadline to accept 

the offer from the City to purchase certain property from Northeast has been 

extended from November 20, 1968 to December 15, 1968. 

On motion duly made, seconded, and passed unanimously, 


it was ordered that) 

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' RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. NOVEMBER 19, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on November 12, 1968, the Mayor Pro Tem and Board 

of Aldermen met on November 19, 1968, at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 

J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Mayor Pro Tem - Presiding 





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Kaye Towery - President of Oxford Grammar School PTA 

Damon Wall - President of Bramlett Elementary School PTA 

Jay LaCoste - Directory of Housing & Urban Renewal 

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Will Lewis, Jr., Chairman of Oxford Housing Authority appeared before 

the Mayor Pro Tem and the Board of Aldermen to give a report from his committee 

on the hiring of Mr. Jay LaCoste as Director of Housing and Urban Renewal. 

Mrs. Kaye Towery, President of Oxford Grammar School PTA and Mr. Damon 

Wall, President of Bramlett Elementary School PTA appeared before the Mayor 

Pro Tem and Board of Aldermen to present a report of a survey by the Univer- 

sity of Mississippi class on City Planning for the City in relations to traffic 

control. 



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CIT ERK MAYOR

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7:00 P. M. DECEMBER 3, 1968 


j Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

1 December 3, 1968, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 

meeting when and where the following were present: 







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'unanimously accepting the November minutes as read. 

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Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and pass-11 

ed unanimously to approve the November Accounts as read. Said accounts being 


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The following petition was presented to Mayor and Board of Aldermen by 

Mr. Loren Young: 

PETITION 

TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI: 

We, the undersigned citizens and property owners of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, respectfully petition and request the City of Oxford to declare 

necessary improvements consisting of grading and paving the street known as 

Pegues Road, in the North 1 of the Northeast -,1t- of Section 27, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West, City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi; and to grade and 

pave said road, and to perform such other work incidental thereto. 

The undersigned are all of the property owners adjoining said Pegues Road. 

ELISHA PEGUES JOHN HENRY PEGUES 

DAVID CARROTHERS EDITH MAE CARROTHERS 

/s/ Nathan Hodges, Jr. 

NATHAN HODGES, JR. JOHN KEY 

CLINTON HOUSTON ROREAN B. HOUSTON 

OMAR D. CRAIG C. B. ROBERTS 

WILLIE COLEMAN LIGGIN MATTIE PEGUES SMITH 

/s/ Odella Pegues Langhorn 

OMANDA L. KEY ODELLA PEGUES LANGHORN 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously approving the fire 

payroll for the year ending 1968 in the amount of $5,023.00.

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P. 



purchase City Depository for the City ofOxford for the year 1969. 


m. on January 7, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 



Water Pipe for the Water Department 

the City of Oxford would take final 




CITY DEPOSITORY FOR THE CITY OF OXFORD 

FOR THE YEAR 1969. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens, it was 








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On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered 


bids on City Depository for the City of Oxford for the year 1969. 

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ING OF NOVEMBER 5, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND 


MISSISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 VINEAR 

FEET WATER PIPE FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. 

and that the Mayor and Board 

action on said 

that 

for 

At the November 5, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 



resolution 

December 3, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

of Aldermen 

at 7:30 p. m. 

Said resolution adopted at the November 5, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 

ing remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more 

i than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to or 


of

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the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 Linear Feet Water Pipe for 

the Water Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the 





by Alderman McLaurin it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 



ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR YFA 





Feet Water Pipe for Water Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of 

December 3, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 

McWane Cast Iron Pipe Co. 

Birminham, Alabama 

$ 1 .97/F" 

Clow Corporation 

Birmingham, Alabama $1.96/Ft. 

American Cast Iron Pipe Co. 


United States Pipe & Foundry Co. 


General Pipe & Supply Co. 

Memphis, Tennessee $1.95/Ft. 


seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

American Cast Iron Pipe Co., it being the lowest and best hid. 



ING OF NOVEMBER 5, 1968, OF THE MAYOR 

AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 

NEW DUMP TRUCK FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT 

TO REPLACE 1959 TRUCK. 

At the November 5, 1968, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was 

the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on New dump 

truck for the Street Department to replace 1959 truck and that the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said reso- 

lution at 7:30 p. m. December 5, 1968 in the office of the Mayor of the said 

City.

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of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on new dump truck for the Street 

Department to replace 1959 truck according to the plans and specifications on 

file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 




Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 




ALDERMAN LTNDER OWENS YEA 



Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on new dump truck 

for the Street Department to replace 1959 truck to be opened at the regular 

meeting of December 3, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 


Oxford, Mississippi $4,789.06 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of F. W. 

Belk & Son Motor Company, it being the only bid. 



ING OF NOVEMBER 5, 1968, OF THE MAYOR 

AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MTSSISSTPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 

LIFT EQUIPMENT FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPART- 

MENT. 

At the November 5, 1968, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Alder- 


the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Lift Equipment 

for the Electric Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on December 3 






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of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Lift Equipment for the 






seconded by Alderman King, it was adopted section by section, and then as a 

whole, and the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD....YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR...YEA 




Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Lift Equip- 

ment for the Electric Department, to he opened at the regular meeting of 

December 3, 1968, bids were received from the following firms: 

Altec, Inc. 

Birmingham, Alabama $19,731.50 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Hanna- 

ford, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Altec, Inc. it being the only bid. 

Alderman Owens introduced the following resolution: 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF 

A COOPERATION AGREEMENT 

WHEREAS, Oxford Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Authority?) 

and the City of Oxford, Mississippi (Herein called the "Municipality") desire 

to enter into a Cooperation Agreement in connection with the development of 

low-rent housing units pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 as 

amended: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN that 

the Local Authority and the Municipality enter into a Cooperation Agreement 

and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the same on behalf of the Muni- 

cipality and the City Clerk to attest the same and affix thereto the seal of 

the Municipality, said Cooperation Agreement being in substantially the follow- 

ing form: 

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COOPERATION AGREEMENT 

This Agreement entered into this 3rd day of December, 1968, be and between 

Oxford Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Authority") and the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi (herein called the "Municipality"), witnesseth: 

In consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the 

parties hereto do agree as follows: 

1. Whenever used in this Agreement: 

(a) The term "Project" shall mean any low-rent housing hereafter developed 

as an entity by the Local Authority with financial assistance of the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (herein called the "Government"), excluding, 

however, any low-rent housing project heretofore covered by any contract 

for loans and annual contributions. 

(b) The term "Taxing Body" shall mean the State or any political subdivision 

or taxing unit thereof in which a Project is situated and which 

would have authority to assess or levy real or personal property taxes or 

to certify such taxes to a taxing body or public officer to be levied for i 

use and benefit with respect to a Project if it were not exempt from 

taxation. 

(c) The term "Shelter Rent" shall mean the total of all charges to all 

tenants of a Project for dwelling rents and nondwelling rents (excluding 

all other income of such Project), less the cost to the Local Authority 

of all dwelling and nondwelling utilities. 

(d) The term "Slum" shall mean any area where dwellings predominate 

which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or 

design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any 

combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health or morals. 

2. The Local Authority shall endeavor (a) to secure a contract or contracts 

with the Government ror loans and annual contributions covering one or more 

Projects comprising approximately 400 units or low-rent housing and (b) to 

develop and administer such Project or Projects, each of which shall be located 

within the corporation limits of the Municipality. The obligations of the parties 

hereto shall apply to each such Project. 

3. (a) Under the constitution and statutes of the State of Mississippi, all 

Projects are exempt from all real and personal property taxes and special assess 

ments levied or imposed by any Taxing Body. With respect to any Project, so 

long as either (i) such Project is owned by a public body or governmental agency 

and is used for low-rent housing purposes; or (ii) any contract between the 

Local Authority and the Government for loans or annual contributions, or both, 

in connection with such Project remains in force and effect, or (iii) any bonds 

issued in connection with such Project or any monies due to the Government in 

connection with such Project remain unpaid, whichever period is the longest, 

the Municipality agrees that it will not levy or impose any real or personal 

property taxes or special assessments upon such Project or upon the Local Author4 

ity with respect thereto. During such period, the Local Authority shall make 

annual payments (herein called "Payments in Lieu of Taxes") in lieu of such taxes 

and special assessments and in payment for the public services and facilities 

furnished from time to time without other cost or charge for or with respect to 

such Project. 

(b) Each such annual Payment in Lieu of Taxes shall be made after the 

end of the fiscal year established for such Project and shall be in an 

amount equal to either (i) ten percent (10%) of the Shelter Rent actually 

collected but in no event to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Shelter Rent 

charged by the Local Authority in respect to such Project during such fisca 

year or (ii) the amount permitted to be paid by applicable state law in 

effect on the date such payment is made, whichever amount is the lower. 

(c) No payment for any year shall be made to the Municipality in excess 

of the amount of the real property taxes which would have been paid to 

the Municipality for such year if the Project were not exempt from taxation.

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(d) Upon failure of the Local Authority to make any Payment in Lieu of 

Taxes, no lien against any Project or assets of the Local Authority shall 

attach, nor shall any interest or penalities accrue or attach on account 

thereof. 

4. The Municipality agrees that, subsequent to the date of initiation (as de- 

fined in the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) of each Project and 

within five years after the completion thereof, or such further period as may 

be approved by the Government, there has been or will be elimination (as approve 

by the Government) by demolition, condemnation, effective closing, or compulsory 

repair or improvement, of unsafe or insanitary dwelling units situated in the 

locality or metropolitan area in which such Project is located, substantially 

equal in number to the number of newly constructed dwelling units provided by 

such Project; Provided, That, where more than one family is living in an unsafe 11 

or insanitary dwelling unit, the elimination of such unit shall count as the 

elimination of units equal to the number of families accommodated therein; and I 

Provided, further, That this paragraph 4 shall not apply in the case of (i) any 

Project developed on the site of a Slum cleared subsequent to July 15, 1949 

and that the dwelling units eliminated by the clearance of the site of such 

Project shall not be counted as elimination for any other Project or any other 

low-rent housing project, or (ii) any Project located in a rural nonfarm area. 11 

5. 

During the period commencing with the date of the acquisition of any part 

of the site or sites of any Project and continuing so long as either (i) such 

Project is owned by a public body or governmental agency and is used for lowrent 

housing purposes, or (ii) any contract between the Local Authority and the 

Government for loans or annual contributions, or both, in connection with such 

Project remains in force and effect, or (iii) any bonds issued in connections 

with such Project or any monies due to the Government in connection with such 

Project remain unpaid, whichever period is the longest, the Municipality without 

cost or charge to the Local Authority or the tenants of such Project (other 

than the Payments in Lieu of Taxes) shall: 

(a) Furnish or cause to be furnished to the Local Authority and the 

tenants of such Project public services and facilities of the same 

character and to the same extent as are furnished from time to time 

without cost or charge to other dwellings and inhabitants in the 

Municipality; 

(h) Vacate such streets, roads, and alleys within the area of such 

Project as may be necessary in the development thereof, and convey 

without charge to the Local Authority such interest as the Municipality 

may have in such vacated areas; and, insofar as it is lawfully 

able to do so without cost or expense to the Local Authority or to the 

Municipality, cause to be removed from such vacated areas, insofar as 

it may be necessary, all public or private utility lines and equipment; 

(c) Insofar as the Municipality may lawfully do so, (i) grant such 

deviations from the building code of the Municipality as are reasonable 

and necessary to promote economy and efficiency in the development and 

administration of such Project, and at the same time safeguard health 

and safety, and (ii) make such changes in any zoning of the site and 

surrounding territory of such Project as are reasonable and necessary 

for the development and protection of such Project and surrounding 

territory; 

(d) Accept grants of easements necessary for the development of such 

Project; and 

(e) Cooperate with the Local. Authority by such other lawful action or 

ways as the Municipality and the Local Authority may find necessary in 

connection with the development and administration of such Project. 

6. In respect to any Project the Munitipality further agrees that within a 

reasonable time after receipt of a written request therefor from the Local Authority: 

(a) Tt will accept the dedication of all interior streets, road, alleys, 

and adjacent sidewalks within the area of such Project, together with all 

storm and sanitary sewer mains in such dedicated areas, after the Local 

Authority, at its own expense, has completed the grading, improvement, 

pavings, and installation thereof in accordance with specifications 

acceptable to the Municipality;

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(b) It will accept necessary dedications of land, for and will grade, 

improve, pave, and provide widewalks for, all streets bounding such 

Project or necessary to provide adequate access thereto (in consideration 

whereof the Local Authority shall pay to the Municipality such amount as 

would be assessed against the Project site for such work if such site 

were privately ownes); and 

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(c) It will provide, or cause to be provided, water mains, and storm and 

sanitary sewer mains, leading to such Project and serving the bounding 

streets thereof (in consideration whereof the Local Authority shall pay to 

the Municipality such amount as would be assessed againstthe Project site 

for such work if such site were privately owned.) 

7. If by reason of the Municipality's failure or refusal to furnish or cause 

to be furnished any public services or facilities which it has agreed hereunder 

to furnish or to cause to be furnished to the Local Authority or to the tenants 

of any Project, the Local Authority incurs any expense to obtain such services 

or facilities then the Local Authority may deduct the amount of such expense 

from any P ayments in Lieu of Taxes or to become due to the Municipality in respect 

to any Project or any other low-rent housing projects owned or operated 

by the Local Authority. 

8. No Cooperation Agreement heretofore entered into between the Municipality 

and the Local Authority shall be construed to apply to any Project covered by 

this Agreement. 

9. So long as any contract between the Local Authority ans the Government for 

loans (including preliminary loans) or annual contributions, or both, in connection 

with any Project remains in force and effect, or so long as any bonds 

issued in connection with any Project or any monies due to the Government in 

connection with any Project remain unpaid, this Agreement shall not be abrogated, 

changed, or modified without the consent of the Government. The privileges and 

obligations of the Municipality hereunder shall remain in full force and effect 

with respect to each Project so long as the beneficial title to such Project is 

held by the Local Authority or by any other public body or governmental agency, 

including the Government, authorized by law to engage in the development or 

administration of low-rent housing projects. 

If at any time the beneficial title to, or possession of, any Project is 

held by such other public body or governmental agency, including the Govsrnment, 

the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by, such 

other public body or governmental agency, including the Government. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Municipality and the Local Authority have respectively 

signed this Agreement and caused their seals to be affixed and attested 

as of the day and year first above written. 

(SEAL) 

Attest: 

(Title) City Clerk 

By 

(SEAL) Chairman 

Attest: 

Secretary-Treasurer 

By 


(Corporate Name of Municipality) 

(Title) Mayor 

OXFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY 

(Corporate Name of Local Authority)

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Alderman Owens moved that the foregoing resolution he adopted as intro- 

duced and read, which motion was seconded by Alderman Sisk and upon roil call 

the "Ayes" and "Nays" were as follows: 

adopted. 

Voting Aye: Aldermen Owens, Sisk, McLaurin, Hannaford, and King. 

Voting Nay: None 

The Mayor thereupon declared said motion carried and said resolution 


this Board do now recess until December 9, 1968 at 1:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 1:00 P. M. DECEMBER 9, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on December 3, 1968, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

met on December 9, 1968 at 1:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermens' 




J. P. McVaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One 



* * * * * * * 

Charles W. McGonagill - Supervisor Beat One 

Franklin Parks - Supervisor Beat Two 

Thomas R. Gunter - Supervisor Beat Three 

J. C. Tatum - Supervisor Beat Four 

Frank Ramage - Supervisor Beat Five 

Robert Winkler, Administrator, Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital 

Salter Butler - Brewer, Skewes & Godbold Architect 


, acted: 

After an inspection of the Extended Care Facility of The Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the Lafayette County 

! Board of Supervisors with Mr. Salter Butler of Brewer, Skewes, & Godbold Architects, 

a motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and 

passed unanimously, accepting the Extended Care Facility of the Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital pending approval and acceptance by the United States Public 

Health Service and the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care, an upon the 

condition the following unsatisfactory items are corrected: 

1. Caulk vertical joint between tile wainscot and aluminum frames of 

both courts. 

2. Repaint trim at perimeter of lockers in Room #113. 

3. Tn Nurses Lounge #109, straighten or replace moulding trim support- 

: ing acoustical tile at wall perimeter. 

4. Replace all slipped or otherwise defective acoustical tile and metal 

pan tile in Kitchen #107. 

5. Paint entire door closer; do not spot paint. 

6. Stop leaks in aluminum frames of both courts. 

7. Fine grade and seed remaining area where fill has been borrowed 

for project. 

8. Provide a resilient boot for 2" S.S. leg of casework in Nurses 

Lounge #116, elevation #13.

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9. Clean up grounds, adjacent to exterior toilets previous location. 

10. Repair or replace existing service entrance sign to rear of existing 

hospital. This was damaged during construction. 

#9. 

11. Paint patched plaster between convector and cased opening in Office 

12. Repaint window frames "F-9", located on grid line "B". 

13. Repair all plaster cracks. 

14. Replace defective tackboard in Kitchen #107. 

15. Remove paint from U. L. Labels on doors and frames. 

16. Replace broken marble sill in Room #141. 

17. Recompact clay base gravel course to rear of hospital wherever 

soft spots are visible and near curbs. 

18. Install weatherstripping on exterior doors. 

19. Repair door at floor check just south of Nurses Station #116. 

20. Remove concrete droppings from boiler room floor. 

21. Secure metal plate containing filers beneath range hood in Kitchen 

#107. 

22. Fill pitch pocket on roof. 

23. Complete bituminous paving as specified. 

24. Complete site work, seeding, etc., as specified. 

MECHANICAL: 

1. Cold water runouts to hose bibs are not insulated nor supported. 

Support and insulate per specifications. 

2. Insulation is missing on chilled water lines in several places. 

3. Provide sheet metal saddles for pipe hangers. 

4. Provide copper hangers for oxygen line under building. 

5. Make a good tight vapor seal between armaflex and vapor jacket on 

chilled water line. 

6. Label all controls in boiler room, such as fan relays. 

7. All control tubing shall be copper. 

8. Submit data on pipe covering. 

9. Control air compressor and dryer shall have an automatic float trap. 

10. Air supply diffuser No. 12 is not correct. 

11. Repair leak at AHU heating coil. 

12. Replace defective bearing on hot water pump. 

13. Provide 1" filters for room fan coil units. 

14. Provide additional pipe support for gas line to water heater. 

15. Check controls on AHU. The unit trips from freezestat each night. 

16. Boiler paint has been damaged. Repaint. 

17. Verify that room unit control is on-off and not modulating. 

18. Complete installation of barber lavatory. 

19. Paint oxygen shut-off valve. Paint has been scarred. 

20. Complete all items on inspection report dated November 14, 1968. 

21. Turn in report of air distribution balance and all tests.

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22. Finish concrete pads in machanical room. 

23. Repair defective exhaust fan. 

24. Test chilled water system. 

25. Repair hot water storage tank insulation. Is mesh wire installed 

over fiberglass? No. 

26. 

Hot water circulating pumps on domestic system are reversed. 

27. I could not find the control that maintains minimum temperature on 

boilers for reheat. Label this control. 

28. Seal outside air intakes at Courtyard #135. 


this Board do now recess until December 10, 1968 at 1:00 p. m. 

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 1:00 P. M. DECEMBER 10, 1968 


met on December 10, 1968 at 1:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 

Chamber in City Hall when and where the fol,owing were present: 




James N. King - Alderman Yard Four 

Patsy Waller - Deputy Chancery Clerk 

Will Hickman - Attorney for Board of Supervisors 

Charles W. McGonagill - Supervisor Beat One 

Franklin Parks - Supervisor Beat Two 

Thomas R. Gunter - Supervisor Beat Three 

J. C. Tatum - Supervisor Beat Four 

Frank Ramage - Supervisor Beat Five 

Robert Winkler - Administrator of Oxford-Lafayette 


John Turnipseed - Asst. Administrator of Oxford-Lafayette 


B. O. Elliott, Sr. - Member of Hospital Board 

L. L. Horne - Member of Hospital Board 

R. X. Williams - Member of Hospital Board 

Hamm Fuller - Member of Hospital Board 

Charles O'Neal - Engineer with Mississippi Commission 

On Hospital Care 

Mrs. Evelyn Bruntlett - Equipment Consultant 

After the meeting was called to oer the following business was transacted: 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Group IT and 

Group TTT Equipment for the Diagnostic and Treatment Addition, to the Oxford- 

Lafayette County Hospital, to he opened at the recess meeting of the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen at 1:00 p. m., December 10, 1968, bids were received by 

Mrs. Evelyn Bruntlett, Equipment Consultant, Mississippi Commission on Hospital 

Care. A tabulation of all bids received is on file in the office of the 

City Clerk in the City Hall. 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made, seconded and passed 

unanimously to continue all bids for further consideration. 



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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. M. DECEMBER 10, 1968 

Pursuant to a recess order on December 10, 1968 at 1:00 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on December 10, 1968 at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 







After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted 

Pursuant to the opening of bids on Group II and Group III Equipment for the 

Diagnostic and Treatment Addition to the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital at 

the recess meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on December 10, 1968 at 

1:00 p. m., motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously, that upon the recommendations of Mrs. Bruntlett, Equipment 

Consultant with the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care and Mr. Winkler, 

Administrator of the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital, the following bids in 

the total amount of $36,988.16 be awarded, they being the lowest or best bids: 

ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION 

Weatherall's Inc. 


Items A-6, $-7, & A-10 


Cooper Office Equipment, Inc. 


Item A-12 




Items A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4(alternate), 

A-5, A-8, A-9, & A-11 


TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION 

X-RAY SECTION 

Picker X-Ray Company 


Items XR-1, XR-2, XP-3, XR-4, 


Mid-South X-Ray Company 


Item )c13-5 


$ 1,154.30 

$ 1,483.75 

$28,495.95 

$ 6,785.00 

Simmons Company 

Hausted Division 

Dallas, Texas 

Item XR-6 


TOTAL X-RAY SECTION 

TOTAL BIDS AWARDED 

$35,504.41 

$36,988.16

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Health. Service and the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. 

On Item XR-5, the low bid of Picker X-Ray Company was not accepted because 

their bid did not meet specifications in the following respects: 

1. Picker therapy tube is air cooled whereas specifications are for 

oil cooled tube. (as specified XR-5 1 h). 

2. Picker treatment table is Reliance model #27 whereas specifications 

are for completely enclosed treatment table. (as specified XR-5 1 i). 

3. 

Picker treatment table (Reliance model #27) does not have stirrups 

as specified. (as specified XR-5 1 j i ). 

The Mayor and Clerk of this Board he and they are hereby authorized to 

execute and deliver such instruments as may be required in connection with 

said awards. 

Came on for consideration the matter of bids on chemical feed equipment for 

the fluoridation of the City water system, which was advertised for bids to be 

taken at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of December 3, 

1968: and after discussion motion was made by Aldermen McLaurin, seconded by 

Alderman King to re-advertise for bids on said equipment, with bids to be accepted 

on.January 7, 1969 at 7:30 p.m. The vote on the motion was as follows: 

Voting YEA: Alderman McLaurin, Alderman Sisk and Alderman King; 

Voting NAY: Alderman Owens 

Absent and Not Voting: Alderman Hannaford 

The voting to re-advertise having been in the majority for the above 

equipment. 


unanimously to accept the following change order: 

TO: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION ,CO. PROJECT: Extended Care Facility 

. WATER VALLEY for the Oxford-Lafayette County 

MISSISSIPPI Hospital Project Miss-810 

ADD DEDUCT 

Door sign allowance in specifications $400.00 

'Actual Cost of signs 372.00 

Credit due owner $ 28.00 $28.00 

ORIGINAL SUM OF SUM OR 

CONTRACT INCREASES DECREASES 

$466,800.00 $ 3,123.78 4,219.27 

REVISED 

CONTRACT 

$465,704.51 

APPROVED: CTTY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES & 

GODBOLD 

BY BY /s/ John C.Skewes, Jr. 


LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS 

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 


T. R. Gunter, Pres., Board of Supervisors 


BY /s/ Robert E. Winkler 

Robert Winkler, Administrator

MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 189 

The following petition was filed with the City Clerk for presentation to 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. After discussion, motion was made by Alderman 

Owens, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to spread said petition 

upon the minutes: 

PETITION 

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED PERSONS, OWNING AND RESIDING ON LANDS WHICH HAVE 

FRONTAGE ON PEGUES ROAD, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE RIVER'S HILL AREA, AND 

RUNNING APPROXIMATELY DUE NORTH FROM STATE HIGHWAY NUMBER SIX, EAST, HEREBY 

GIVE NOTICE TO THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO ANY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST OUR PROPERTIES FOR PAVING 

CURB AND GUTTERING, OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO PEGUES ROAD. 

WE HEREBY PETITION THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN NOT TO UNDERTAKE SUCH 

IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE FINANCED THROUGH SPECIAL STREET ASSESSMENTS AGAINST 

OUR PROPERTIES. 

/s/ David Carrethers 

DAVID CARRETHERS 

/s/ Omanda L. Key 

OMANDA L. KEY 

/s/ Elijah Pegues 

ELIJAH PEGUES 

/s/ John H. Pegues 

JOHN H. PEGUES 

DECEMBER 9, 1968 

/s/ Willie C. Liggin 

WILLIE C. LIGGIN 

/s/ Clinton Houston 

CLINTON HOUSTON 

/s/ Mattie Smith 

MRS. MATTIE SMITH 

/s/ Elisha Pegues 

ELISHA PEGUES 

Came on for consideration the matter of dividing a Special Street Improvement 

Assessment on Jeff Davis Road assessed to W. P. Haley. Motion was made by 

Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to divide 

said street assessment as follows: 

150 front feet to be assessed to C. M. Murry 

248.2 front feet to be assessed to W. P. Haley 

effective with the 1968 installment. 



190 MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 

RECESS, RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 6:45 P. M. DECEMBER 12, 1968 


met on December 12, 1968 at 6:45 p. m., in the Holiday Inn when and where the 

following were present: 



J. P. McIaurin, Jr. - Alderman W1rd One 




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Tom H. Landrum - •Supt. of Electric Dept. 

James T. Pryor - Manager of Electric Dept. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of a request for a permit to drive a 

taxi in the City of Oxford from Roy Watson. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman King, and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Alderman Hannaford called to the attention of the Mayor and Board the fact 

that his committee had been able to reach an agreement with a similar committee 

from Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association of the arrangement under 

which the City of Oxford would acquire Northeast's electric distribution fac- 

ilities located within the corporate limits of Oxford. Alderman Hannaford 

advised the Board that the following Sale and Purchase Agreement sets forth 

the arrangement agreed upon by the respective committees. Further, he ex- 

plained that the Northeast committee would make a recommendation to its board 

of directors similar to the motion that Alderman Hannaford would here make, 

and Alderman Hannaford then moved that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized 

to execute and deliver to Northeast the following Sale and Purchase Agreement 

for and in behalf of the City of Oxford if Northeast's President and Secretary 

are duly authorized and to execute such contract for and in behalf of Northeast:

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SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

WHEREAS, North East Mississippi Electric Power Association, hereinafter 

referred to as North East, and the City of Oxford, Mississippi, hereinafter 

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referred to as Oxford, each now own and operate electric distribution facilities 

in and near Oxford, Mississippi, most of North East's facilities being located 

outside Oxford's corporate limits, and most of Oxford's facilities being lo- 

cated within Oxford's corporate limits; and 

WHEREAS, Oxford has expanded its corporate limits from time to time and 

North East now owns substantial facilities within the corporate limits of Ox- 

ford, and Oxford owns minor facilities in an area being served by North East 

outside Oxford's corporate limits; and 

WHEREAS, Oxford and North East have orally agreed upon a sale and purchase 

of certain of their facilities and desire to reduce such agreement to writing; 

NOW, THEREFORE, this agreement is made and entered into in duplicate ori- 

ginal on the day of January, 1969, by and between North East and Oxford 

as follows: 

North East agrees to sell, and Oxford agrees to purchase, all electric 

distribution facilities, which North East represents to have a depreciated 

valve plus reintegration cost of $255,000.00, together with North East interest 

in all easements, rights of way and customer rights within the present cor- 

porate limits of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, less and except such electric 

transmission lines belonging to North East which must be used exclusively to 

serve North East's customers outside Oxford's corporate limits, on the following 

basis: 

A. Oxford shall pay to North East, prior to June 30, 1969, 

the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars 

($225,000.00) cash for all the electric distribution 

facilities to be acquired by Oxford from North East, 

this sum representing the depreciated value of all 

power lines, plus cost of all tie lines necessary to 

reintegrate North East's remaining system. 

B. Oxford shall deliver to North East, prior to June 30, 

1969, its promissory note or notes in the amount of 

Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) which shall be 

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paid by Oxford to North East inlieu of loss of revenue 

by North East in ten (10) equal notes of Eight Thousand 

Dollars ($8,000.00) each, or in ten (10) equal annual 

installments in the same amount, the first note or 

installment to be due and payable on or before June 30, 

1970, with a similar note or installment to be due and 

payable on or before the same day of each year thereafter 

until all of such notes or installments have fallen due 

and been paid. The indebtedness set out in this para- 

graph shall not hear interest. 

2. 

Beginning on January 2, 1969, Oxford shall be responsible for all plant 

additions to the facilities to he purchased by Oxford from North East, and the 

acquisition shall he completed as soon as possible, but not later than June 30, 

1969. During the transition period, North East shall continue to maintain and 

operate the facilities to be acquired by Oxford and bill all customers using 

such facilities until such time as Oxford shall have cut-over individual 

customers to its power source when Oxford shall assume all responsibility for 

maintenance and operation and billing or such customers. 

In the interim, Oxford shall have the right to install street lights in 

the areas which it will acquire from North East provided Oxford pays North East 

on T. V. A. wholesale rates for kilowatt-hours used until Oxford finally takes 

over the particular facility presently owned by North East supplying power for 

Oxford's street lighting. 

4. 

After consumation of the purchase of the facilities as provided herein 

and after the areas to be acquired by Oxford have been deleted from North East's 

certificate of public convenience and necessity, Oxford agrees to transfer to 

North East, prior to June 30, 1969, all customers being served by Oxford in 

North East's then certificated areas and further agrees to transfer all of its 

electric facilities and its interest in all easements and rights of way as they 

then exist in such areas without cost to North East. In the meantime, North 

East shall he responsible for all plant additions to the last-mentioned faci- 

lities. Further, North East agrees to transfer to Oxford at the same time all 

of its customers and electric facilities in the area to be acquired by Oxford 

for the consideration heretofore set out.

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and delivering the note or notes, as and 1 B 

Upon Oxford making the payment /Set out in paragraphs 1 A /to North East, 

North East will convey to Oxford by proper instrument those items set forth 

in paragraph 1 above. 

6. 

Oxford and North East agree to cooperate fully, each with the other, in 

accomplishing the purposes herein set out. 

This agreement is subject to R. E. A.'s approval and to the area to be 

acquired by Oxford being deleted from North East's present certificate of public 

convenience and necessity and said certificate being re-defined, re-constructed, 

and re-established by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. In the event, 

however, the above actions of R. E. A. and/or the Mississippi Public Service 

Commission cannot be obtained by North East by June 30, 1969, Oxford and 

North East shall not be bound by the June 30, 1969 deadline heretofore set out, 

but Oxford and North East shall complete performance within a reasonable time 

after such actions have been obtained. Further, in the event this purchase and 

sale is not consumated because of the failure or refusal of R. E. A. and the 

Mississippi Pbblic Service Commission to perform as above-set-out, North East 

shall promptly reimburse Oxford for any plant additions made by Oxford in the 

areas to be acquired by Oxford, and Oxford shall promptly reimburse North East 

for any plant additions made by North East in the areas presently served by 

Oxford outside its corporate limits. 

ATTEST: CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

By By 

City Clerk Mayor 

ATTEST: NORTH EAST MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC 

POWER ASSOCIATION 

By By 

Secretary President 

Alderman Owens seconded Alderman Hannaford's motion, and upon the Mayor 

calling for a vote, it was as follows: 





Alderman McLaurin voted Aye

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The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and adopted. 

The Mayor then stated that inasmuch as the negotiations between Oxford 

and North Fast had been going on for several years but to no avail until 

recently, and that since the City's present committee (appointed during the 

present adiministration) had worked so diligently in an attempt to reach an 

agreement with North East, and since it appeared that an agreement would now 

be consumated, he wished to commend Alderman Hannaford and the members of his 

committee, and he desired for the minutes to so reflect. 

On motion (114y made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 

this Board do nowadjourn Sine-Die: 

CITY CLERK 

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MAYOR

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January 7, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 








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John P. Smith - City Engineer 





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Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously accepting the December minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the December Accounts as read. Said accounts 

being recorded at page 57 through page 65 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 

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There came on for consideration the matter of the adoption of the follow- 

ing resolution: 

A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING A 

BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THE CTTY OF 

OXFORD. 

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Oxford has recommended the 

adoption of a Beautification Program for the City of Oxford, Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, said Program has been reviewed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN THAT THE 

AFORESAID BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL GUID- 

ING PROGRAM FOP THE BEAUTIFICATION FOR THE CTTY OF OXFORD. 

WHEREAS, Title TX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as 

amended by Title VTT of the Housing Act of 1961, provides for the making of 

grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to states and local 

public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of open 

spaces and other public urban land where such assistance is needed for carrying 

out a local program which is important to the comprehensively planned develop- 

ments of the locality; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford desires to beautify and improve open spaces 

and other public urban land to facilitiate the increased use and enjoyment; and 

WHEREAS, Title VT of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and regulations of the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title prohibits 

the discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in the layout 

of facilities and improvements provided by Federal assistance; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford is cognizant of the conditions that are im- 

posed in the undertaking and in carrying out a program assisted under Title VII 

of the Housing Act of 1961 as amended, including those relating to labor star)- 

, dards and equal employment opportunities; and 

WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed to be 

carried out in performance of beautification and improvement of open space and 

other public land exceeds the annual expenditures of the City of Oxford for 

comparable activity by $19,821.00. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD: 

(1) That an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing 1 

Act of 19(1 as amended for Urban Beautification and open space and other public 

urban land which amount is presently estimated to be 110,160.00 and that the

MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CTTY OF OXFORD 

City of Oxford will provide the balance of the cost. 

(2) That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign 

such application with the Department of Housing nd Urban Development, to pro- 

vide additional information and to furnish such contracts as are required by 

said Department and to act as authorized correspondant of the City of Oxford. 

(3) That the proposed Urban Beautification Activity will be in accordance 

with the Beautification Program prepared by the City of Oxford and that, should 

said application be approved, the City of Oxford will undertake, carry out, and 

complete said Urban Beautification activities designated in said application and 

approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

(4) That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the 

City of Oxford with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- 

ment effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

(5) That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of a full compliance by the 

City of Oxford with Federal labor standards imposed under Title vir of the 

Housing Act of 1961 as amended. 

Alderman McLaurin moved the adoption of the aforesaid Resolution, which 

motion was seconded by Alderman Owens. On final passage of the Resolution the 

vote was as follows: 

ALDERMAN McLAURTN VOTED YEA 




ALDERMAN SISK. VOTED YEA 

The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a donation for the Oxford High 

School Band to help defray expenses for a trip in the spring. After discussion 

motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously 

approving a donation in the amount of fi250.00 for the Oxford High School 

Band. 

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MINUTE BOOK NO. 24, CITY OF OXFORD 

Mr. Toren Young, representing the Oxford Community Homes, Inc., came before 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to present to them the following letter 

for their information: 

Mr. William Lewis, Jr., Chairman 

Oxford Housing Authority 


Dear Will: 

January 2, 1969 

Over the holidays a notice came in from the Federal Housing Administration 

that $118,800.00 has been reserved for your rent sunplement program. This is 

the project located on Pegues Street, in Oxford, and the project sponsor is 

Oxford Community Homes, Incorporated, We feel sure you have already received 

this information but just wanted to confirm it. 

We are in for a busy session here and at the moment cannot tell quite 

what to expect. T have had little to cause me to change my mind. Tf the Executive 

and Legislative will work together, we can have a most successful New 

Year. Should they start trying to out-do each other or trying to block each 

other, the situation could go the other way. It is up to all of us to do our 

part to keep on the track. 

With every good wish for a successful and happy New Year, 

JTW: weg 

Sincerely, 

/s/ Jamie 

Jamie L. Whitten, M. C. 

Alderman Owens introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSARY THE OPENING, GRADING, 

PAVING, THE LAYING OR CONSTRUCTING OF CURBS AND GUTTERS, 

WATER CONNECTIONS, SANITARY SEWERS, SURFACE DRAINS OR 

DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OTHER WORK INCIDENTAL TO TUE CON- 

STRUCTION OF A PART OF THE STREET KNOWN AS PEGUES STREET 

TN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, ANT) PROPOSING TO ISSUE 

BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD FOP THE PURPOSE OF PAYING ALL 

COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. 

BE TT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of \idermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, acting under the provisions of Chapter 495, Mississippi Laws 1950, 

and all laws amendatory thereto that:

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Section 1. Improvements have been proposed consisting of opening, grading, 

paving, the laying or constructing of curbs and gutters, water connections, san- 

, itary sewers, surface drains or drainage systems, and other work incidental to 

the construction, of that part of the street known as Pegues Street in the City 

of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, described as follows: 

A 50 ft. wide strip being situated in the N3 ,11- of Section 27 and 

the S'IA17.1 of Section 22, T8S, P3W, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

said property being further described as follows: Starting at 

the point of intersection of the centerline of Mississippi Highway 

No. 6 with the west line of said Section 27, proceed thence 

along said centerline for 2442.46 ft. to Sta. 55+75.46, thence 

N17°7373'E for 50.38 ft. to the point of beginning. From said 

point of beginning, said 50 ft. strip is heretofore described 

as being 25 ft. on either side of a line proceeding thence 

N17°7373'E for 102.22 ft., thence N6°14'F for 285.05 ft., thence 

NO°14'W for 720.95 ft., thence N4°00'W for 7362.4 ft., thence 

N6°08'E for 43.64 ft. to the end of the project. 

Section 2. The improvements set forth in Section 1 are hereby declared 

o be necessary. 

Section 3. The plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the Engi- 

neer of the City of Oxford and submitted to this meeting are now on file in the 

office of said Engineer, and such plans and specifications are hereby approved 

and adopted. 

Section 4. The grades and materials and manner of construction with which 

the said improvements are to be made are those set forth in the aforementioned 

plans and specifications, and the curbs and gutters involved shall be construct- 

ed of concrete and the surfacing of asphalt, or of such other material as is 

deSignated in said plans and specifications. 

Section 5. The cost of making such improvements require an unusual outlay 

H of expense for which the general improvement fund of the City of Oxford is not 

sufficient and for which purpose the said general improvement fund should not 

be used. Therefore, the entire expense and cost of such improvements, includ- 

ing all of the items of cost referred to in Chapter 495 aforementioned, shall 

be a charge upon the property benefited and be paid by assessing the entire cost 

of such improvements to the abutting property and property owners on each side 

of that part of Pegues Street to be imposed, according and in proportion to 

the entire front footage thereof in the manner provided by the aforementioned 

Chapter 495 and amendments thereto and paid by the owners of such abutting pro- 

perty. The area to be benefited by all the aforementioned improvements is 

defined as that property owned by the persons who own property abutting that 

part of Pegues Street proposed to the improved. 

Section 6. It is found and determined by the Board that the cost to he 

assessed against each of the respective abutting lots abutting upon the part of

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Pegues Street to be improved, as hereinabove described in Section 1, is less 

than the benefits that will accrue to each of said respective abutting lots. 

Section 7. The proportionate share of the total cost to be assessed agains 

the abutting property and paid by the abutting property owners may be paid in 

either of the alternative methods provided for by said Chapter 495 and amend- 

ments thereto. 

Section 8. The City of Oxford proposes to issue its bonds, notes or cer- 

tificates of indebtedness under the provisions of said Chapter 495 and other 

laws in harmony therewith, and from the proceeds of same to pay the total cost 

of such improvements, as such costs are determined in the manner provided. by 

law. 

The full faith, credit and resources of the City of Oxford shall be pledged 

for the payment of both the principal of and the interest on the said obligatior4 

to be issued as aforesaid, all as provided by law, and in addition thereto, the I 

special assessments to be made against the said abutting property and the lien 

of such special assessments shall he pledged for the payment of such of said 

obligations as shall be issued. 

Section 9. All other things, acts, requirements, conditions and precedents 

made and provided by the said Chapter 495 and all amendments thereto and by the 

general laws applicable to such matters shall be done and performed for the 

purpose of making said improvements, for the making and levying of the special 

assessments on the abutting property involved, for the providing of funds for 

the payment of the costs of the same, and for the assessment and collection 

of taxes to pay said obligations and the interest thereon, and all other 

expenses, charges and costs connected therewith. 

Section 10. A meeting of the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford shall be held at the City Hail of the City of Oxford at 7:10 o'clock., 

P. M. on February 4, 19(9, for the purpose of hearing any and all objections 

or remonstrances that may be made or interposed to said improvements by persons 

entitled by law to make and interpose such objections and remonstrances and, 

at the said meeting, any such person aggrieved may appear in person, by attor- 

ney, or by petition, and give or make any objection or exception to or protest 

against said improvements or any part thereof, or any part or all of this reso- 

lution. At said meeting this Board will take such further action regarding S i 

proposed improvements as are authotized by law. 

Section 11. All proceedings herein had or hereafter to be done in connec- 

tion with the proposed improvements are, and will be, in accordance with the

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provisions of said Chapter 495, Mississippi Laws of 1950, and all amendments 

ther.7to, and in accordance with the provisions of all general laws of the State 

of Mississippi. 

Section 12. The City Clerk of said City of Oxford is hereby directed to 

give notice of this resolution, the contemplated improvements, the proposed 

issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, and the aforementioned 

meeting of February 4, 1969, by causing this resolution, in its entirety, to be 

published forthwith and once each week for three (3) successive publications, 

being January 16, 23, and 30, 1969, in the Oxford Eagle, a public newspaper, 

all as provided by law. The Clerk is further directed to give notice of this 

resolution by sending a copy hereof, by certified mail, postage prepaid, within 

five (5) days after the first publication of the notice herein provided for, to 

the last known address of owners of property affected by this resolution. 

Section 13. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and 

after its adoption, as provided by law. 

Alderman McLaurin seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 

which was introduced in writing at the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, held on January 7, 1969, and was at 

said meeting read, considered and adopted, paragraph by paragraph, section by 

section, then as a whole and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the 

result was as follows: 

ALDERMAN McLAURIN VOTED YFA 



ALDERMAN SISK VOTED YEA 


The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the members of the 

Board, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted on this 

January 7, 1969. 

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MAYOR

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Came on for consideration an application for employment from Mr. Roland 

Beaver to work as an equipment operator for the Street and Water Departments. 

Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unani- 

i mously approving said employment. 

6 Mayor Elliott informed the Board of Aldermen that he has re-appointed 

Mr. Clyde Cook to serve as a member of the Planning Board; said term to run 

concurrently with that of the Mayor. 

Alderman King informed the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that the Oxford- 

Lafayette County Joint Civil Defense Committee has employed Sgt. Robert William 

1 Foster as a Civil Defense Director. Mr. Foster will assume said duties on 

February 1, 1969. 

There came on for consideration an application filed by E. H. Overstreet 

to re-zone the following described property from R-B, Single-Family Residential 

to P-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

A fraction of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi, particularly described 

as follows: 

Starting at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

run thence South 0 degrees 30 minutes West along the Quarter Section 

line a distance of 59 feet to a stake, the point of beginning of 

this survey. Run thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West along said 

Quarter Section line a distance of 900 feet to a stake. Run thence 

East a distance of 470 feet to a stake. Run thence North O'clegrees 

39 minutes Fast a distance of 810 feet to a stake. Run thence North 

79 degrees 15 minutes West a distance of 472 feet to the point of 

beginning. Containing 9.25 acres, more or less. 



Planning Commission has recommended that the foregoing piece of property be 


zoning map meets all the requirements set out in Section 1.22 . of the Zoning 

Ordinance. The Mayor and Board, therefore, directed that the necessary notices 

required under Section 122 he given by the Administrative Official (Planning 

Coordinator).

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MAY 1, 1968 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 

MEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO 

ACCEPT BIDS ON CHEMICAL FEED EQUIPMENT FOR 

THE. WATER DEPARTMENT. 

At the May 1, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen of 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Chemical Feed 

Equipment for Water Department and that the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. Janua- 

ry 7, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 


remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Boardof Aldermen for more than 

two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to or pro- 

, test against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Chemical Feed Equipment for 

r the Water Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman King, seconded 




ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURTN, JP YEA 




Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Chemical Feed 

Equipment for Water Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of January 

7, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Layne-Central Company 

Memphis, Tennessee $1,580.00 

Engineered Plant Equipment, Inc. 



seconded by Alderman McLaurin to accept the hid of Layne-Central Company it 

being the lowest and best bid. The vote on this motion was as follows: 

ed. 

Voting YEA: Alderman McLaurin, Owens, Sisk and King. 

Abstaining: Alderman Hannaford 

The majority having boted YEA, the bid of Layne-Central Company was accept-

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DECEMBER 3, 1968, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON CITY DEPOSITORY FOR THE 


At the December 3, 1968 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi, it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was 

I the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on City Deposi- 

tory for the City of Oxford and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. January 

1 7, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the December 3, 1968 meeting as aforesaid, 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on City Depository for the City 

of Oxford according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 



1 by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by 

1 


Alderman Hannaford, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 



ALDERMAN J. P. McIAURIN,JR YEA 

ALDERMAN LINDFR OWENS YEA 



Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on City Deposi- 

tory for the City of Oxford, to be opened at the regular meeting of January '7, 


Bank of Oxford First National Bank 

Oxford, Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by "lderman Sisk, 


both banks; deposits to be divided equally between the two. 




2400 LINEAR FT. CAST IRON SEWER PTPE 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said MJyor and Board of Aldermen to 

purchase 2•00 linear ft. cast iron sewer pipe.

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p. m. on February 4, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 










bids on 2400 linear ft. cast iron sewer pipe. 




2 TWO-W^Y RADIOS FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase 2 two-way radios for the Electric Department. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 7:3 0 


4, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 

p. m. on February 





sage thereof was as follows: 


ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURTN, 

ALDERMAN LINDER OWENS YEA. 



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bids on 2 two-way radios for the Electric Department. 

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TWO-TON TRUCK WITH DUMP TYPE BODY FOP 

THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. 

BF IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase two-ton truck with dump type body for the Sanitation Department. 

Unless objectons to or protest against this resolution is made by 7C30 

P. m., on February 4, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action 




whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by 1.derman McLaurin it was 



ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFOPD YEA 






the Mayor and Clerk of this Board he authorized and directed to advertise for 

bids on two-ton truck with dump type body for the Sanitation Department. 


this Board do now recess until January 8, 1969 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. JANUARY 8, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on January 7, 1969, the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen 

met on January 8, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 








EMERGENCY PURCHASE 

An emergency having occurred, and it being necessary to purchase immedia- 

tely without advertisement the'following described material: 50 gallons of 

yellow traffic marking paint @ $3.40 per gallon for the preservation of order, 

to purchase the above described material immediately, and satisfactory evi- 

dence of an emergency to purchase the above described material having been made 

to the Mayor and Board ofAldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and it 

appearing further to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that Alderman King, Fire 

and Police Commissioner, obtained two bids for said material and that the bid 

of Mississippi Paint & Varnish Corporation in the sum of 170.00 was the lowest 

and best bid, and that the above described material was purchased by the said 

Fire and Police Commissioner, 

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the purchase of the above described material 

be approved, and that warrant in said sum issue for the payment of same. 

Upon motion duly made and seconded, all of the Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, voted to approve said purchase. 



tely without advertisement the following described material: Four BR-25-AT2N-S 

School Signals with S-300-4Y Signs and BP-UP-12 side of pole mounting brackets- 

15 MPH for the preservation of order to purchase the above described material 

immediately, and satisfactory evidence of an emergency to purchase the above 

described material having been made to the Mayor and Board ofAldermen of the

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City of Oxford, Mississippi, and it appearing further to the Mayor and Board. 

of /a ldermen that Alderman Hannaford, Light ?..,; TiTter Commissioner, obtained two 

bids for said material, and that the bid of Temple & Son Electric Company in 

the sum of 8111.90 was the lowest and best bid, and that the above described 

material was purchased by the said Light and Water Commissioner. 

TT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the purchase of the above described material 

he approved, and that warrant in said sum issue for the payment of same. 





tely without advertisement the following described material: 12 24 x 24 School 

Crossing Signs @ $4.10 each = 849.20; 12 24 x 24 School Signs $4.10 each = 

849.20; 12 18 x 24 Speed Limit Signs ( 1) $5.50 each = $40.20 for the preservation 

of order, to purchase the above described material immediately, and satisfactory 

evidence of an emergency to purchase the above described material having been 

made to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and 

it appearing further to the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen that Alderman King, 

Fire and Police Commissioner, obtained two bids for said material, and that 

the bid of Minnesota, Mining & Manufacturing Company in the sum of $118.60 was 

the loweSt and best hid, and that the above described material was purchased 

by the said Fire and Police Commissioner. 

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the purchase of the above described material 


Upon motion duly made and seconded, all of the ^ldermen of the City of 




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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. M. JANUARY 17, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on January 8, 1969, at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on January 17, 1969 at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board 









James T. Pryor - Manager Electric Dept. 


Dwight Young - Winkler & Associates 


Mr. Dwight Young with M. M. Winkler & Associates reviewed the new audit 

report for the City of Oxford Water and Sewer Department for the year ending 

September 30, 1969 and discussed with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and 

other City Officials the matter of the combined Water and Sewer Bonds dated 

July 1, 1964 being rated Group II by the Department of Bank Supervision in 

Jackson. After a discussion of the matter, it was decided that the Mayor and 

City Attorney should call Mr. Jack J. Van Landingham with the Department of 

Bank Supervision to request an appointment with him to discuss the matter of 

City of Oxford bonds, especially the combined Water and Sewer Bonds. The 

committee appointed to go to Jackson to investigate this matter consists of 

Mayor Richard W. Elliott, City Attorney Thomas R. Ethridge, City Clerk H. C. 

Wiley, Electric Department Accountant Jim Pryor and Mr. Dwight Young. 



MAYOR

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. FEBRUARY LI, 1969 



February 4, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 


Richard W. Elliott, Mayor' - Presiding 




H. C. Wiley, J r. - City Clerk 






E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer' 

Kenneth W. Welch - City Tax Assessor' 

B. O. Elliott, Sr. - Chairman of Hospital Board 

R. W. Winkler - Hospital Administrator 

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Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded. by Alderman Owens and passed 

unanimously accepting the January minutes as read.. 

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MAYOR 


CITY OF OXFSRD. ISSISSIPPI 

CITY C ERK 

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passed unanimously to approve the January Accounts as read. Said accounts being 

recorded at page 66 through page 74 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book, 

There came on for consideration the matter of whether or not the City 

should quitclaim to E. J. Lacost, III and wife, Vivian R. Lacoste, the street 

or Cul-de-Sac, known as Beanland Place. It appearing that the City would never 

open this street, and the other owners of property in Bonds' Addition to Tate's 

Cedar Hills Subdivision, including those owning property on each side of the 

street, having requested the City to do soon motion by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman Owens, and passed unanimously the Mayor and City Clerk 

were authorized to execute and deliver, for and in behalf of'the City, the 

following quitclaim deed to Mr. & Mrs. Lacoste if they buy Lot 2 and the re- 

maining unsold fraction of Lot 3 of Bonds' Addition from A. Q. Bonds and wife, 

the developers of the Subdivision: 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 0 

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE 0 


For and in consideration of the benefits which will accrue unto the City 

of Oxford by virtue of the following described land being assessed in the fu- 

ture for taxes and by virtue of the fact that the City will no longer' have the 

care and custody of the following described land, the City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, hereby conveys and quitclaims unto E. J. Lacoste, III, and wife, Vivian 

R. Lacoste, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in 

common, the following described real property; 

That street or' Cul-De-Sac known as Beanland Place, as same 

appears in the plat records of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

as reflected on Bonds' Addition to Tate's Cedar Hills Subdivision 

in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. 

Grantees own Lot No. 2 and a fraction of Lot No. 3 of Bonds' Addition, 

and Frank Russell, et ux, and Burton D. Zeiler, Jr., et ux, owners of all other 

lots or parts of lots of Bonds' Addition, have requested the City to deed the 

property involved to Grantees. 

However, there is expressly excepted and reserved unto the City ofOxford, 

Mississippi, from the above conveyance, perpetual easement in, on, and under 

all of the above-described property for any and all utility purposes. 

This the 18th day of February, 1969.

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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law in and 

for the State and County aforesaid, Richard W. Elliott and H. C. Wiley, Jr., 

Mayor and City Clerk respectively, of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, who 

each acknowledged that they signed. and delivered the above and foregoing Quit- 

claim Deed on the day and year therein stated and for and in behalf of said 

City and that they were duly authorized o to do. 

(SEAL) 

This the 18th day of February, 1969. 

My commission expires: 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and 

passed unanimously to employ Gerald Taylor as Engineering Assistant with the 

Electric Department. Said employment to be effective February 1, 1969, salary 

of $725.00 per month. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of dividing the special street assessment 

on Pt. Lot 44 Stone Subdivision. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to divide said street 

assessment as follows: 

116' to Toxey T. Fortinberry Auction & Realty Co. 

46' to Micheal Watts 

Came on for consideration the matter of setting a price on copies of the 

Official Code of Ordinances for' the City of Oxford. After a discussion motion 

was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously 

to set a price for' the cordwyn covered Official Code of Ordinances for 

the City of Oxford at $15.00 each.

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Came on for consideration the matter of a request for a donation from 

City of Oxford to:Oxford High School singing group known as the "Singing 

Cadettes" to help defray expenses in traveling around the state giving concerts, 

and in so doing acquiring much publicity for City of Oxford. 


passed unanimously to donate $100.00 to the group toward the above stated expense. 

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This being the time and place set for a hearing on the street improvement 

for the Pegues Street and a petition being filed by a number of property owners 

objecting to said improvement, and another petition being filed by the same 

objectors requesting that the motion be continued for a two week period before 

a final decision is made, same being agreeable to all parties who appeared 

individually or by attorney, it was ordered that said hearing be continued 

for further consideration until February 20, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. 


passed unanimously to amend the Official Zoning Ordinance as follows: 


MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM R-B, SINGLE FAMI- 

LY RESIDENTIAL TO P-D, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on January 6th, 1969, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Toning Ordinance Of The City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, 1966, recommended that the following described real property in 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from R-B, Single-Family Residential 


A fraction of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, particularly described as follows: 

Starting at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter 

of Section 33, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, run thence South 0 

degrees 39 minutes West along the Quarter Section 

line a distance of 59 feet to a stake, the point of 

beginning of this survey. Run thence South 0 degrees 

39 minutes West along said Quarter Section line a 

distance of 900 feet to a stake. Run thence East 

a distance of 470 feet to a stake. Run thence North 

0 degrees 39 minutes East a distance of 810 feet to a 

stake. Run thence North 79 degrees 15 minutes West a 

distance of 472 feet to the point of beginning. 

Containing 9.25 acres, more or less. 

WHEREAS, on January 7, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning 

Commission and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to 




and by posting, said notice being returnable to a meeting of the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen held at the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi, at 7:30 o'clock, 

P. M., on February 4th, 1969; and 


to such re-zoning;

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MTSSTSSIPPI: 


is hereby, re-zoned from R-R, Single-Family Residential to R-D, Multi-Family 

Residential. 

Section 2. Changes On Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall make the 

necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and 

print thereon the following: "On February 4, 1969, by official action of the 

Board of Aldermen this Man was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing 

in Ordinance Book 2 at page 494." The foregoing entry on the Man shall he sign-. 

ed by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 1073 of the Official. 

Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 19(6. 

:Section Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances 


Section 4. Effective Date. TiurA this ordinance shall take effect and be 



ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 4th day of February, 1969. 

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MAYOR 

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A RESOLUTION . MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF 

INTENTION PASSED AT TTTE REGULAR MEETING OF 

JANUARY 7, 1969, OF TTF MAYOR AND BOARD 

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISS- 

IPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON TWO-TON TRUCK WITH 

DUMP TYPE BODY FOR THE SANITATION DEPT. 

At the January 7, 1969, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Alder- 


the intention of said Mayor and Board or Aldermen to take bids on two-ton truck 

with dump type body for the Sanitation Department and that the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 

7: -10 p. m. Fehurary 4, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the January 7, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 




BF TT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on two-ton truck with dump type 

body for the Sanitation Department according to the plans and specifications 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded

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by Alderman Sisk it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 







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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on two-ton truck 

with dump type body for Sanitation Department, to be opened at the regular meet 

ing of February 4, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 





$4,699. 7 7 

..$ 4, 9 9 5.2 6 


seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of F. W. 

Belk & Son Motor Company it being the lowest and best bid. 



JANUARY 7, 1969, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 2400 L. F. CAST IRON SEWER 

PIPE. 

At the January 7, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 2400 L. F. Cast 

Iron Sewer Pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. February 4, 1969 in 


Said resolution adopted at the January 7, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, havin 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 2400 L. F. Cast Iron Sewer 

Pipe according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Hannaford seconded 

by Alderman Owens it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows:

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ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD YFA 

ALDERMAN J. F. McLATTRIN, JP YEA 

ALDERMAN . LINDE.? OWENS YEA 

ALDERMAN HARRY S. STSK YEA 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. .KING 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 2400 L. F. 

Cast Iron Sewer Pipe, to he opened at the regular meeting of February 4, 1969, 

bids were received from the following firms: 

Dixie Culvert (Pr. Supply Company, Inc. 


5400 L. F. More or less 8" concrete gasket type sanitary 

sewer pipe complete $0.85 /Lineal. Ft. 

10 8" x 6" Uyes, gasket type sanitary sewer pipe 

'a) Each 

Gasket Joint Lubricant $5.00/Gallon 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Hanna- 

ford, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Dixie Culvert ez Supply Co., it being the lowest and best bid. 


THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF TIFF 

CITY OF OXFOPP, MISSISSIPPI TO PUPCHASE 

TPANSFOPMEPS AND POLES FOR THL ELECTPTC 

DEPAl-T,TMFNT. 



purchase transformers and poles for the Electric Department. 


p. m. on March 4, 19(9, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens it 




ALDERMAN J. P. McLAUP IN, JR YEA 



ALDERMAN JAMES N. SING

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bids on transformers and poles for the Electric Department. 


this Board do recess until February 20, 1969 at 7:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. FEBRUARY 20, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on February 4, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., the M a yor and 

Board of Aldermen met on February 20, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board 







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Came on for consideration the matter of the resignation of Robert W. Hickey 

from the Municipal Election Commission. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept the resignation 

of Mr. Hickey.: the Mayor and Board of Aldermen then appointed Falton O. Mason, 

Jr. to be a member of the Municipal Election Commission and named him as the 

official to have printed and distributed the "Official Ballot". This action 

was taken under the provisions of Section 3374-65 Mississippi Code of 1942 as 

amended. 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to spread upon the 

minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen the following petition: 

WE THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, WERE ANNEXED INTO THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, BY ACTION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN IN THE YEAR 

1964: SAID AREA IS SOUTH OF THE COUNTY FARM AND IS ALSO KNOWN AS POORHOUSE HILL: 

WE WERE AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TOLD 

AND PROMISED THAT THE AREA WOULD WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS BE FURNISHED 

WITH SEWAGE LINES: MORE THAN THREE YEAR HAVE PASSED, AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN 

TAKEN BY THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. 

WE THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND PETITION THAT THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, PROVIDE THE ABOVE AREA WITH SEWAGE LINES AS REQUIRED IN THE ANNEX- 

ATION OF THAT AREA. 

/s/ Mrs. H. H. Alderson /s/ Gayle Wilson 

/s/ Mr. H. H. Alderson /s/ Archie Tyler 

/s/ Mrs. Harold D. Gean /s/ Grace Tyler 

/s/ James L. Avent /s/ Carolyn Tyler 

/s/ Harold D. Gean /s/ Marion Tyler 

/s/ W. C. Hiatt /s/ M. E. Hataway 

/s/ James W. Oswalt ) South /s/ Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Bumgardner 

/s/ Lee Brown 

) Oxford 

) Cong. Meth. 

/s/ D. W. Webb 

/s/ Edgar Fudge ) Church /s/ Mrs. D. W. Webb 

/s/ Mrs. James L. Avent

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Came on for consideration the matter of the resignation of Willie B. Tank- 

ersle y as a member of the Park Commission. Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, 

seconded by Alderman Owens, and passed unanimously to accept the resigna- 

tion of Willie B. Tankersley. The Mayor and Board then appointed Walter Rogers 

Illas a member of the Park Commission to fill the vacancy with said term to ex- 

ipire July 1, 1971. 


unanimously authorizing the City Tax Collector to refund to Willie B. Tankersley 

A portion of his 1966 & 1967 taxes since his property was erroneously assessed 

On the City of Oxford Tax Roll rather than the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District Tax Roll.for said years. 

The following resolution was offered by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman 

McLaurin and passed unanimously. 

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK 

TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF OX- 

FORD AND ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY 


Mississippi that the Mayor and City Clerk be hereby authorized to execute an 

agreement dated February 21, 1969 with Illinois Central Railroad Company, 

. for a license and permission to construct and maintain a 4-inch force 

;i papa pipe line across and underneath the waylands and tracks of the Illinois 

Central Railroad Company. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted 

to Illinois Central Railroad Company. 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to a resolution entitled" A RESO- 

LUTION DECLARING NECESSARY THE OPENING, GRADING, PAVING, THE LAYING OR CONSTRUCT 

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jINT OF CURBS AND GUTTERS, WATER CONNECTIONS, SANITARY SEWERS, SURFACE DRAINS OR 

DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OTHER WORK INDICENTAL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PART OF THE 

; STREET KNOWN AS PEGUES STREET IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND PROPOSING 

TO ISSUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING ALL COSTS OF SUCH 

lIMPROVEMENTS," adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on January 7, 1969, 

he did cause said resolution to be published in the Oxford Eagle, a newspaper 

publichsed and of general circulation in the City of Oxford, said resolution 

having been published in said newspaper on January 16, 23, and 30, 1969, as evi- 

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'deuced by the publisher's affidavit, which the City Clerk did then and there

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exhibit to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Further, the City Clerk reported 

that he gave notice of the aforesaid resolution by sending a copy of it by 

certified mail, postage prepaid, within five (5) days after January 16, 1969, 

to the last known address of all owners of property affected by the resolution. 

The City Clerk further reported that, at or prior to the time specified 

in the aforesaid resolution, being 7:30 o'clock, P. M. on February 4, 1969, 

protests or objections were filed against making the improvements described 

in the aforementioned resolution of January 7, said protests and objections 

being made by David Correthers, Omanda L. Key, John H. Pegues, Willie Liggins, 

Clinton Houston, Mattie Smith, Edith May Correthers, Elisha Pegues, Elijah 

Pegues, Omar D. Craig and C. B. Roberts. 

The City Clerk reminded the Mayor and Board that, when the time for hear- 

ing the protests and objections arrived, to-wit, 7:30 o'clock, P. M. on Feb- 

ruary 4, 1969, the Mayor and Board, upon the request of those protesting and 

with the assent of those favoring the proposed improvements, continued hearing 

until February 20, 1969, at 7:00 o'clocX, P. M. 

On February 20, 1969, at the time set for hearing, after an investigation 

of the matter and a hearing of sworn testimony by John W. Hester, an engineer, 

and Loren T. Young, President of Oxford Community Homes, Inc., together with 

written evidence, the Mayor and Board found that three of the property owners 

making protests and objections were not eligible to protest and object under 

the provisions of Section 3664-04, Mississippi C ode of 1942, they not being 

persons who actually resided on, or otherwise actually occupied, property owned 

by them fronting on the proposed improvements. Further, the Mayor and Board 

found that the property owners making protests and objections, after the eli- 

mination of the protests and objections of C. B. Roberts, Omar D. Craig, and 

Elijah Pegues, did not constitute a majority of property owners owning more 

than fifty percent (50%) of the front footage of the property involved and act- 

ually residing on property owned by them and included in that part of Pegues 

Street, which had been ordered to be specially improved, or otherwise actually 

occupying property owned by them within said area. Therefore, the protests and 

objections of those heretofore named were overruled. No other protests or ob- 

jections of any kind or character whatsoever were made or filed against the 

making of the improvements. 

Mr. W. R. Lamb, an attorney of Oxford, then presented to the Mayor and 

Board the following agreement. which had been executed by Oxford Community 

Homes, Inc. and requested that the Mayor and Board accept this agreement as 

a binding obligation of Oxford Community Homes, Inc. The agreement is as 

follows:

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AGREEMENT TO PAY PARTIAL COST OF STREET IMPROVEMENT 

991 

WHEREAS, Oxford Community Homes, Inc., a non-profit Mississippi corporation 

domiciled in Oxford, Mississippi, has applied to the Federal Housing Authority 

for a loan, the proceeds of which shall be used to construct multi-family, low 

cost housing facilities in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, which project will 

be constructed in the South 1 of Section 22, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, 

Lafayette County, Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, has declared necessary the grad- 

ing, paving, and improving of a street known as Pegues Road, which street will 

provide access to the site of the housing project; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford has this date determined, at a hearing of ob- 

jections and protests to the special improvements of Pegues Road, that no succes 

ful objections have been made and has passed a resolution to proceed with the 

'special improvements on Pegues Road; and 

WHEREAS, Oxford Community Homes, Inc., has heretofore orally agreed to pay 

a portion of the costs of the special improvements to Pegues Road; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits which will accrue to Oxfor 

Community Homes, I n c., by the special improvements to Pegues Road by the City of 

, Oxford, Mississippi, said Oxford Community Homes, Inc., does hereby covenant and 

agree, prior to the construction of the special improvements on Pegues Road, to 

1;;place in escrow or on deposit with the City of Oxford, Mississippi, the sum of 

TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($23,000.00), which sum shall apply as 

payment of the full special street assessments, assessed to the property to be 

!acquired by Oxford Community Homes, Inc., and the remainder of said sum shall 

be applied to the total cost of the special improvements to be made to Pegues 

Road, whereby owners of property adjacent to Pegues Road shall be assessed the 

11 sum of $5.00 per front foot in special municipal street assessments on said 

property. 

Executed this 20th day of February, 1969. 

OXFORD COMMUNITY HOMES, INC. 

By: is/ Loren T. Young 

LOREN T. YOUNG, PRESIDENT 

/s/ John W. Richmond 

(no corporate seal) JOHN W. RICHMOND, SECRETARY 

'STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 



k for the above jurisdiction, the within named Loren T. Young and John W. Richmond, 

by me personally known to be President and Secretary, respectively, of Oxford

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Community Homes, Inc., who acknowledged that they signed and delivered the fore- 

going AGREEMENT TO PAY PARTIAL COST OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS, for and in behalf 

and as the act and deed of said corporation, and that they are duly authorized 

to perform same. 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 20th day of February, 1969. 

My Commission Expires August 10, 1972. 

/s/ W. R. Lamb 

NOTARY PUBLIC 

After a discussion of the entire matter, including the foregoing agreement, 

Alderman McLaurin offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF OPENING, 

GRADING, PAVING, THE LAYING OR CONSTRUCTING OF CURBS AND GUTTERS, WATER CONNECT- 

IONS, SANITARY SEWERS, SURFACE DRAINS OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OTHER WORK INDI- 

DENTAL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF APART OF THE STREET KNOWN AS PEGUES STREET IN THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, DETERMINING THAT SUFFICIENT PROTESTS HAVE NOT BEEN 

MADE AGAINST SAID IMPROVEMENTS, AND DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE COST 

AND EXPENSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO FURNISH HIS ESTI- 

MATE OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO 

CONSTRUCT OR CAUSE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS SOON AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. 


having made due investigation, find, determine and declare: 

A. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, by resolution adopted at a meet- 

ing held on January 7, 1969, declared that certain improvements on a part of 

the street known as Pegues Street were necessary, said part of said street being 

described as follows: 

A 50 ft. wide strip being situated in the NW* of Section 27 and the 

SW1 of Section 22, T8S, R3W, Lafayette Co., Miss., said property 

being further described as follows: 

Starting at the point of intersection of the centerline of Miss. 

Hwy. No. 6 with the west line of said Section 27, proceed thence 

along said centerline for 2442.46 ft. to Sta. 55 + 75.46, thence 

N 17° 33'E for 50.38 ft. to the point of beginning. From said 

point of beginning, said 50 ft. strip is heretofore described as 

being 25 ft. on either side of aline proceeding thence N 17° 33'E 

for 102.22 ft., thence N 6°14'E for 285.05 ft., thence N 0° 14'W 

for 720.95 ft., thence N 4°00'W for 362.4 ft., thence N 6°08' E 

for 43.64 ft. to the end of the project. 

B. That said resolution described the nature and extent of the work, the 

general character of such improvements and the material to be used, and the lo- 

cation and terminal points of that part of the street on which the improvements 

were to be made, and adopted plans and specifications therefor; 

C. That said resolution fixed February 4, 1969, as a date upon which the 

Mayor and Board would meet at the hour of 7:30 o'clock, P. M., at the City Hall

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in Oxford to hear any protests or objections that might be made against the pro- 

posed improvements set out in the resolution; 

D. That said resolution directed the City Clerk to give notice of the 

resolution, the contemplated improvements, the proposed issurance of bonds, 

notes, or certificates of indebtedness, and of the meeting of February 4, 1969, 

: by causing the resolution itself to be published once each week for three (3) 

; 

successive weeks, being January 16, 23, and 30, 1969, in the Oxford Eagle, a 

newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford. 

WHEREAS, the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen further find, determine and 

declare that said resolution was published in the Oxford Eagle, a qualified 

newspaper, as aforesaid, all as shown by the proof of publication duty filed, 

and that notice of the proposed improvements has been given as required by law; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen further find, determine, and 

A. That they did meet, pursuant to said resolution, at 7:30 o'clock, P. M. 

on Tuesday, February 4, 1969, at the City Hall in the City of Oxford, the time 

and place fixed by said resolution, but that on the request of those favoring 

and those opposing the psoposed improvements, the Mayor and Board did continue 

the time for ahearing on the objections and protests until 7:00 o'clock, P. M. 

on February 20, 1969; 

B. That full opportunity was given all persons aggrieved or affected by 

the construction of the proposed improvements, or any of them, to appear in 

'person, by attorney, or by petition, to objection against such improvements or 

any of them; 

C. That protests and objections were filed against the making of the said 

improvements on Pegues Street by David Correthers, Omanda L. Key, John H. Pegues 

Willie Liggins, Clinton Houston, Mattie Smith, Edith May Correthers, Elisha 

Pegues, Elijah Pegues, Omar D. Craig and. C. B. Roberts. However, after an in- 

' vestigation of the matter and the hearing of proof, both oral and written, it 

was found that the eligible property owners making protests or objections did 

not constitute a majority of the property owners owning more than fifty percent 

(50%) of the front footage of the property involved and actually residing on 

property owned by them and included within that part of Pegues Street, which 

had been ordered to be specially improved, or that such number of such persons 

did not otherwise actually occupy such property owned by them within said area. 

Therefore, the aforementioned protests and objections were overruled;

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D. That no other protests or objections of any kind or character were 

made to, or against, the making of the improvements as proposed by the aforesaid 

resolution; and 

E. That Oxford Communoty Homes, Inc., a non-profit Mississippi corporation, 

which proposes to construct multi-family, low cost housing facilities near the 

north end of the proposed improvements, through its officers and attorney, 

William R. Lamb, advised the Mayor and Board in writing that, in view of the 

fact that a number of persons had protested and objected to the proposed im- 

provements, Oxford Community Homes, Inc., prior to the construction of said 

improvements, would place in escrow or on deposit with the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) to prepay 

in full any special street assessment which might be assessed to the property 

to be acquired by Oxford Community Homes, Inc., and the remainder of such sum 

to apply to payment of the total cost of such improvements, if the Mayor and 

Board would determine to proceed with the proposed improvements, said Corpora- 

tion being willing to make such prepayment for the partial cost of the improve- 

ments in consideration of the benefits which would accrue to said Corporation; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen are now authorized by Chapter 495, 

Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, to construct the improvements herein- 

after described and to do all things necessary and proper in connection with 

the construction and financing thereof; 



Section 1. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen hereby determine to pro- 

ceed with the necessary opening, grading, paving, the laying or constructing 

of curbs and gutters, water connections, sanitary sewers, Surface drains or 

drainage systems and other work incidental to the construction of that part of 

Pegues Street heretofore described and as described in the aforementioned reso- 

lution of January 7, 1969; that said improvements shall be constructed in 

accordance with the plans and specifications therefor now and heretofore adopted 

by said resolution; that the nature and extent of the work, the general charact- 

er of the material to be used shall be as set forth in said plans and specifi- 

cations; and that the grades, materials, and manner of construction with which 

the said improvements are to be made are those set forth in certain plans and 

specifications prepared by the City Engineer, which have been adopted, and 

which are now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Oxford.

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Section 2. That the cost of making said improvements requires an unusual 

outlay of expense for which the general improvement fund of the City of Oxford 

is not sufficient and for which purpose said funds should not be used. There- 

fore, the entire expense and cost of such improvements including all of the 

items of cost referred to in Chapter 495, aofrementioned, shall be a charge 

upon the property benefited and be paid by assessing the entire cost of such 

improvements to the *.abutting property and property owners on each side of 

that part of Pegues Street to be imposed, according and in proportion to the 

entire front footage thereof, in the manner provided by Chapter 495 and amend- 

ments thereto and paid by the owners of such abutting property. The area to 

be benefited by all of the aforementioned improvements is defined as that pro- 

perty owned by the persons who own property abutting that part of Pegues Street 

I proposed to be improved. 

Section 3. That the cost to be assessed against each of the respective 

lots abutting on the street to be so improved:is less than the benefits which 

will accrue to each of the respective abutting lots. 

Section 4. That the proportionate share of the total cost to be assess- 

ed against the abutting property and paid by the abutting property owners may 

be paid in either of the alternative methods provided by Chapter 495 and amend- 

ments thereto. 

Section 5. That the cost of the proposed improvements shall include all 

engineering and inspection costs, a proper proportion (to be determined by the 

Mayor and Board) of the compensation, salaries, and expenses of the City, 

chargable to the improvements, all cost and estimated cost of the issuance of 

any bonds to be issued on account of the improvements, and interest which will 

accrue while the improvements are under construction and for six (6) months 

thereafter. 

Section 6. That the City Engineer shall furnish to this Board as soon 

as practicable his estimate of the cost of said improvements so that bonds may 

be issued. 

Section 7. That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to con- 

struct, or cause to be constructed, the improvements heretofore described in 

this resolution as soon as funds are available, said improvements to be con- 

structed in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in the 

resolution declaring the same necessary. That the City Engineer be and he is 

hereby required to keep an account of the cost of said special improvements 

and make a report to this governing authority in order that said governing 

authority may levy the special assessment against the abutting property owners

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on the basis above specified. 


Alderman Hannaford seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution 


Alderman Hannaford voted Yea 

Alderman Owens voted Yea 

Alderman Sisk voted Yea 

Alderman McLaurin voted Yea 

The motion having received the affirmative vote of all Aldermen present, 

the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted on this the 

20th day of February, 1969. 


passed unanimously to assess , John F. Tatum in the amount of $100.00 for property 

described as Fr. NW*, Section 20, Township 8, Range 3 for the years 1962, 

1963, and 1964 on the Oxford Municipal Separate School District Tax Rolls and 

for the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 on the City of Oxford-Tax Rolls. 

On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously it was ordered that 


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MAYOR

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MARCH 4, 1969 



March 4, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 











R. L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation 





passed unanimously accepting the February minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the February Accounts as read. Said accounts 

being recorded at page 75 through page 83 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book.

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100 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPING EQUIPMENT, 

52 LINEAR FEET OF 4" 200 PSI-PVC SLIP 

JOINT PIPE, 12 LINEAR FEET OF 60" RE- 

INFORCED CONCRETE PIPE AND 1200 LINEAR 

FEET 8" CONCRETE (RUBBER GASKET TYPE) 

SEWER PIPE FOR THE SEWER DEPARTMENT. 



purchase 100 gallons per minute pumping equipment, 52 linear feet of 4" 200 

PSI-PVC slip joint pipe, 12 linear feet 8" concrete (rubber gasket type) sewer 

pipe for the Sewer D e partment. 


p. m. on April 1, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 








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bids on 100 gallons per minute pumping equipment, 52 linear feet of 4" 200 

PSI-PVC slip joint pipe, 12 linear feet of 60" reinforced concrete pipe and 

1200 linear feet 8" concrete (rubber gasket type) sewer pipe for Sewer Department. 

Walter Rogers appeared before the Board to inform them that he must regret4:1 

decline to accept the appointment by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to the 

Oxford 4014-arming Commission due to the fact that he expects to become an employee 

of the Oxford Housing Authorityrthe capacity of relocation officer.

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12 MONTHS SUPPLY LIQUID ASPHALT, GRADED 

AGGREGATE, CHLORINE & INSECTICIDES 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen ,of the City of Oxford, 


purchase 12 months supply liquid asphalt, graded aggregate, chlorine and insect- 

icides. 


p. m. on April 1, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens it 








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bids on 12 months supply liquid asphalt, graded aggregate, chlorine and insecticides. 




FOR REPAIRING FLOORS AT GOLDEN YEARS' 

RETIREMENT HOME. 



advertise for repairing floors at Golden Year's Retirement Home. 


P. m. on April 1, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 

this resolution.

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the Clerk of said B oard was read and considered section by section and then as 

a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford it 

was adopted section b- section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 









bids on repairing floors at Golden Year's Retirement Home. 




SIDE-MOUNTED BUSH HOG. 



purchase side-mounted bush hog. 


p. m. on April 1, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this 

resolution. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King it was 










bids on side-mounted bush hog. 

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acne on for c • nsider he matte f a chec 

which as given t the C y of 0 ford by ul E. Pa 

1968 to es and w ich was not hono ed by t First 

to "insu ficien funds". Motion s made y Alderm 

Alderman wens and pass unanimo sly auth rizing t 

Tax Collec to institu e 

tion of pay nt of said ta 

civil roceedi agains 

ORIGINAL SUM OF 

CONTRACT INCREASES 



passed unanimously ordering and directing the City Engineer to place the necessary 

drainage pipe adjacent to Short Street and North of Lot 18 in Southern 

Hills Subdivision, with the understanding that Mr. Pat Haley, owner of said 

lot, will provide the labbr and dirt to cover the drainage pipe; said action 

was taken to lessen the threat of erosion of Short Street at this location. 

Came on for consideration the matter of requests from Jerry Bratton and 

Calvin Taylor to drive a taxi cab in the City of O x ford. Motion was made by 

Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to grant said 

permits. 

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Furnish to the owners on job site 

Fifty (50) wall mounted door stops as 

manufactured by Hiawatha Metal 

Craft, #R13262G @ $1.75 ea. $87.50 

ADD DEDUCT 

SUM OF 

DECREASES 

$466,800.00 $3,211.28 $4,219.27 

the amount of $1.010.77 

n in payment of his 

Bank of Oxford due 

urin, seconded by 

Attorney and City 

. Patterson for collec- 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor 

to sign and execute the following change orders: 

CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. PROJECT: EXTENDED CARE FACILITY FOR 

WATER VALLEY FOR THE OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY 

MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL PROJECT MISS-810 

/s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 


REVISED 

CONTRACT 

$465,7 92,01 


By By 


LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: CAROTHERS & CAROTHERS CONST. 

By /s/ T. R. Gunter 

T. R. Gunter, Pres., Board of 

Supervisors 

By /s/ Robert E. Winkler 


By 

/s/ Carl Carothers 

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TO: 

J. M. ROSE & SONS 

705 HENDERSON 



Furnish labor and material to install an exit light 

(double to match existing) in corridor at door between 

corridor 136 and stairs 137. Connect to 

existing exit light circuits. 

Fixture 

Freight 

Rough-in material 

Labor 6 hrs. @ $5.00 

Transportation 

160 Mi. (0. 10¢ 

15% Overhead & Profit 

Total 

PROJECT: EXTENDED CARE FACILITY FOR 

THE OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL 

PROJECT MISS-810 

$25.41 

4.2o 

4.37 

30.00 

16.00 

$79.98 

12.00 

$91.98 

ADD DEDUCT 



$56,500.00 $2,092.27 $112.48 $58,479.79 


By By /s/ John C. Skewes, Jr. 


LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: J. M. ROSE & SONS 

By /s/ T. R. Gunter By /s/ J. M. Rose 

T. R. Gunter, Pres., Board of Super- 

visors 

By /s/ Robert E. Winkler 



unanimously that the agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and City 

of Oxford covering wholesale and resale rate revision be adopted. The revision 

resale schedules are designated as R-2, and CO-2, and OL (revision February, 

1969) effective with the meter reading in April. 

The City Clerk reported to the Mayor and Board that, on August 16, 1968, 

Paul E. Patterson, gave a check to the City drawn on The First National Bank of 

Oxford in the principal sum of $1,530.77. The City Clerk further reported that 

the check was, in due course of business, returned by the Bank marked "Insuffi- 

cient Funds." Further, he reported that, after numerous demands, Paul E. Patter- 

son, on October 9, 1968, made a payment of $500.00 to the City Clerk to apply 

on the check, but that, although demands have been made on Mr. Patterson many 

times since then, he has declined to pay any further part of said check.

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The City Clerk reported that he had discussed this matter with the City Attor- 

neys, given Mr. Patterson a deadline on which to pay the check prior to suit, 

that Mr. Patterson had not met the deadline, and that the City Clerk and the 

City Attorneys now recommend that a suit be brought in the Circuit Court seekin 

to collect the balance of $1,030.77 due on the check in question, plus interest 

and costs. 

The Board, after considering the foregoing recommendation, on motion of 

Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, authorize 

and instructed the City Attorneys to file a suit in the Circuit Court of La- 

fayette County, Mississippi, seeking collection of the aforesaid sum from 

Paul E. Patterson. 



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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. APRIL 1, 1969 



April 1, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 








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R. L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation 



unanimously accepting the March minutes as read. 

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unanimously to approve the March accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 


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MARCH 4, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY INSECTI- 

CIDES FOR SANITATION DEPARTMENT. 



tention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 12 months supply 

of insecticides for Sanitation Department and that the Mayor and Board of Ald- 

ermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 

p. m. April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the March 4, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having 





the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply of insecticides 

for Sanitation Department according to the plans and specifications on file in 




section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded by 

Alderman King it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 

vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was follows: 






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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids 

supply of insecticides for Sanitation Department, to be opened 

meeting of April 1, 1969, bids were received from the following 

Chevron Chemical Company 

Bossier City, Louisiana 71010 

Ortho Dibrom 14 Concentrate 

on 12 months 

6 

at the regular 

firms: 

4/1 gallon size...25.15 / gal. 

5 gallon site...24.65 / gal. 

15 gallon size...24.20 / gal. 

Ortho Additive 5 gallon size... 3.00 / gal. 

Ortho Dibrom 8 Emulsive 4/i gallon size...22.25 / gal. 

Certified Laboratories 

Flora, Mississippi 

Certi-Thion Concentrate - $12.05 / gallon 

Thompson-Haywood 


Malathion E-5 55 gal. drums $5.80 Del. Gal. 

Chlorodane OS 20 55 pal. drums 1.80 Del. Gal. 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bids of 

Chevron Chemical Company, it being the lowest and best bid.

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TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY OF 

LIQUID CHLORINE. 

At the March 4, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 12 months supply 

of liquid chlorine and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. April 1. 1969 



remained on file on the minute of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more than 

two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no ol -, jections to or pro- 

test against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply liquid 

chlorine according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 



by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by sec- 

tion, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded by 








Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 12 months 

supply liquid chlorine, to be opened at the regular meeting of April 1, 1969, 


Ideal Chemical & Supply 


60, 150 lb. each cylinders .13 3/4 lb. 

Newell Paper Company 

Meridian, Mississippi 

60, 150 lb. each with delivery of about 5 or 6 

cylinders per months as requested at $13.75 per CWT. 

Paine Supply Company 


60, 150 lb. Cylinders $13.75 hundred lb. 

Thompson-Haywood 


150 lb. Cylinders $13.75 CWT Del. 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Ideal 

Chemical Supply C ompany, it being the lowest and best. bid.

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MARCH 4, 1969, OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY CUTBACK 

& EMULSIFIED ASPHALT. 




of cutback and emulsified asphalt and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. 

April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 


remained on file on the minuted of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more 



BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and B oard of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply cutback & 

emulsified asphalt according to the plans and specifications on file in the 





by Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 







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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 12 months 

supply cutback and emulsified asphalt, to be opened at the regular meeting of 

April 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Globe Asphalt Company 


Surface Treating Grades: 

EA-2, EA-3 $ 1187 17 per gallon 

RS-1C, RS-2C (Cationic) gallon 

Mixing Grades: 

EA-4, EA-5, EA-6 1276 per gallon 

Emulsion Prime: 

EA-1 Grade 1376 per gallon 

Cutback Asphalt Emulsion: 

CBAE-2 and CBAE-3 1376 per gallon 

Southland Oil Company 


AC Asphalt (All Grades) $ 1187 per gallon 

RC-1, MC-1 or RC-30, MC-30 1326 per gallon 

Other RC-MC Grades 1276 per gallon 



So thiand Oil Compandy and Globe Asphalt Company they being the lowest and best 

bids.

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TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY GRADED 

AGGREGATE FOR STREET DEPARTMENT. 




graded aggregate for Street Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. 

April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 



than two weeks for public inspection , and there having been no objections to 

or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof. 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply graded aggre 

gate for the Street Department according to the plans and specifications on file 

in the office of the Mayor of said City. 


by the Clerk of said. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by 









Pursuant to an advertisement in the O x ford Eagle for bids on 12 months 

supply cutback & emulsified asphalt, to he opened at the regular meeting of 

April 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Columbia Slag Company 

Birmingham, Alabama $4.03 NT 

Mississippi Aggregate Company 


Miss. Type I Cover Slag $4.18 per ton 

Miss. Type VI Cover Slag 4.28 per ton 

Miss. Type VII Cover Slag 4.28 per ton 

Miss. Type I Stone $3.79 per ton 

Miss. Type VI Stone 3.79 per ton 


seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the hid Miss- 

issippi Aggregate Company because it was the best bid. Columbia Slag Company's 

bid of $4.03 per ton was not accepted because the City Engineer reported that 

their products do not meet with specifications, since it is not blast furnace 

slag but is electric furnace slag and tends to glaze.

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TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 100 GAL. PER MINUTE PUMP- 

ING EQUIPMENT FOR SEWER DEPARTMENT. 

At the March 4, 1969 regularmeeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 100 gal. per min- 

ute pumping equipment for Sewer Department and that the Mayor and Board of Ald- 

ermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 

7:30 p. m. April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 






of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 100 gallon per minute pumping 

equipment for Sewer Department according to the plans and specifications on file 



read by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was consiered section 








ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING' YEA 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 100 gallons 

per minute pumping equipment for Sewer Department, to be opened at the regular 

meeting of Aptil 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Pumps and Power Company 



seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Pumps 

and Power Company, it being the only bid. 





TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LINEAR FEET 60" RE- 

INFORCED CONCRETE PIPE & 1200 LINEAR FEET 

8" CONCRETE PIPE FOR SEWER DEPARTMENT. 



tention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 Linear Feet

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of 60" reinforced concrete pipe & 1200 Linear Feet of 8" concrete pipe for the 

Sewer Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Ox- 

ford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on April 1, 1969 



remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more than 




the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 Linear Feet of 60" reinforc- 

ed concrete pipe & 1200 Linear Feet of 8" concrete pipe for Sewer Department 














Feet of 60" reinforced concrete pipe and 1200 Linear Feet of 8" concrete pipe 

for Sewer Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of April 1, 1969, 


Dixie Culvert & Supply Company 


1200 L. F. more or less $" concrete gasket type 

sanitary Sewer Pipe complete 85 Per L. F. 

$1,020.00 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Dixie 

Culvert & Supply Company, It being the only bid. 





TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 5200 LINEAR FEET 4" 200 

PSI PVC SLIP JOINT PIPE. 


of the Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was 

the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 5200 Linear 

Feet 4" 200 PSI PVC Slip Joint Pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said. City.

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remained on file on the minutes of said M a yor and Board of Aldermen for more 




of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 5200 Linear Feet 4" 200 PSI 

PVC Slip Joint Pipe according to the plans and specifications on file in the 













Feet 4" 200 PSI PVC Slip Joint Pipe, to be opened at the regular meeting of 

April.l, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

General Pipe & Supply Company 

Memphis, Tennessee $ 60 per ft. 

Viking Supply Corporation 

Jackson, Mississippi $.87 per ft. 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

General Pipe & Supply Company, it being the lowest and best bid. 





TO ACCEPT BIDS ON REPAIRING FLOORS GOLDEN 

YEARS' RETIREMENT HOME 

At the March 4, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen o 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Repairing Floors 

at Golden Years' Retiremene Home and that the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen of 


1 April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 




or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof,

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the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Repairing Floors at Golden Years' 

Retirement Home according to the plans and specifications on file in the office 

of the Mayor of said City. 




Alderman Sisk it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Repairing 

Floors at Golden Years' Retirement Home, to be opened at the regular meeting 

of April 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Elliott Lumber Company 



seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Elliott 

Lumber Company, it being the lowest and best bid. 





TO ACCEPT BIDS ON SIDE MOUNTED BUSH HOG. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Side Mounted 

Bush Hog and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would 

take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. April 1, 1969 in the office 

of the Mayor of the said City. 


remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board Of Aldermen for more 




of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Side Mounted Bush Hog accord- 

ing to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of said 





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Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Side Mounted 

Bush Hog, to be opened at the regular meeting of April 1, 1969, bids were re- 

ceived from the following firms: 

Mississippi Road King Sales, Lee W. Ely, Agent 

Itta Bena, Mississippi 38941 $1,037.75 



Mississippi Road King Sales, it being the lowest and best bid. 

Came on for consideration the matter of the term of Bennie Crouch as a 

member of the Oxford Housing Authority expiring as of April 24, 1969. Motion 

was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously 

to re-appoint Bennie Crouch as a member of the Okford Housing Authority 

for another term of five years. 

The following is a schedule and tenure of office of the Oxford Housing 

Authority: 

C. B. Webb - term expires April 24, 1970 

William R. Brown - term expires April 24, 1971 

William Lewis, Jr. - term expires April 24, 1972 

Garner L. Hickman - term expires April 24, 1973 

Bennie Crouch - term expires April 24, 1974 

The City Clerk reported for the Fire Chief, the following action taken 

at the annual Fire Department banquet and business meeting of March 6, 1969, 

officersTglected for the incoming year: M. C. "Chooky" Falkner, Chief; Clyde 

G. Huggins, Asst. Fire Chief; Jack White, Engineer Captain; Hugh Wiley, Treasurer; 

James C. Jackson, Purchasing Captain; R. L. Tidwell, and Sidney Shaw, Line 

Captains. 

New members elected to the Oxford Volunteer Fire Department were: 

J. W. Walker, Bill Burrow and Joe Sallis. 

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Ken Welch, on behalf of Oxford Jaycees, appeared before the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen to ask that they place an advertisement in the 1969 Miss Oxford 

program. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously authorizing a half page advertisement to be placed in 1969 

Miss Oxford Pageant program at a cost of $50.00; $25.00 to be paid from General 

Fund and $25.00 to be paid from Electric Fund and charged to advertising. 

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Si Came on for consideration the matter of an advertisement in Oxford Lion's 

Club Horse Show. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 

and passed unanimously approving advertisements in the Oxford Lion's Club 

Horse Show program as follows: City of Oxford one full page at a cost of 

$40.00 and Electric Department two full pages of advertisement at a cost of 

$100.00. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from Burt Chesteen to 

drive a taxi in City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded 

by Alderman King and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request for Bobby Sparks to drive 

a taxi for City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by 

Alderman King and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from H. P. Miller to own 

and operate a taxi for City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Mr. Baxter O. Elliott, Sr., Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Oxford- 

Lafayette County Hospital, appeared before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

request permission and approval for the Hospital Board of Trustees to retain 

a professional hospital consultant firm to study the future hospital requirements 

of Oxford and Lafayette County and to prepare a long-range plan for the 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital. 

After discussion, a motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to authorize and empower lthe Board 

of Trustees of the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital to employ a professional 

hospital consultant firm on such terms and conditions as said B o ard may desire. 

On motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously 

the following ordinance was adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen: 

AN ORMINANCE APPOINTING THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD AS THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY 

OF OXFORD. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. That the Chief of Police of The City of Oxford is hereby 

appointed as the Traffic Engineer for The City of Oxfdrd.

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Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and 

after its passage, the public safety and welfare so requiring. 

ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

Adopted on this the first day of Aptil, 1969. 

AYOR 

On motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed 

unanimously the following leased contract was entered into by the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen for the City of Oxford: 



LEASE CONTRACT 

This agreement entered into on this the 1st day of Aptil, 1969, by and 

between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as Lessor, 

and E. H. Overstreet, hereinafter referred to as Lessee, Witnesseth: 

Lessor does hereby lease and let unto Lessee the following described real 

property, together with the building situated thereon, located at 606 Van Buren 

Avenue, Oxford, Mississippi: 

All of Lots 481 and 483 and a fraction of the East half of Lots 497 

and 498 as described on the map of the plat of the City of Oxford, 

in Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, and more particularly 

described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 483 which 

lies on the south right-of-way of Van Buren Avenue; run thence in a 

southerly direction a distance of 294 feet to the north right-of-way 

of Tyler Avenue; thence in a westerly direction along the north rightof-way 

of Tyler Avenue a distance of 121.5 feet thence in a northerly 

direction parallel to the east line of Lot 481 a distance of 84 feet; 

thence in a westerly direction parallel to the north right-of-way of 

Tyler Avenue a distance of 60 feet; thence in a northerly direction 

parallel to the east line of Lots 481 and 483 a distance of 210 feet 

to the south right-of-way of Van Buren Avenue; thence in an easterly 

direction parallel to the south line of Van Buren Avenue a distance of 

181.5 feet to the point of beginning. 

For the same consideration, Lessor does lease and let unto Lessee the 

property described on the attached list marked "Exhibit A". 

The term of this lease contract is for a period of five (5) years, from 

and after April 1, 1969, at a monthly rental of Six Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars 

($625.00) to be paid in advance on or before the first day of each month that 

this lease is in effect. 

Lessor agrees to be responsible for any major repairs on the main building 

situated on the leased property, while Lessee shall be responsible for any

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minor repairs in connection with such building. However, Lessee shall be re- 

sponsible for all upkeep on all the buildings on the subject property, except 

the main building. Further, Lessee shall pay all of its own electric, water, 

sewer, gas and other utility bills for such building. 

Lessee covenants with Lessor to pay his monthly rent on time, that he 

will not assign this lease, nor sublease any part of the subject property, 

that he will not make any alteration in connection with said property without 

the consent of Lessor, and that, at the expiration of this lease, he will quit 

and surrender the premises in as good a state and condition, reasonable wear 

and tear excepted, as when he obtained it. 

Lessor's agent shall have the right to any and all reasonable times to 

enter upon the premises and examine the conditions thereof. 

1969. 

Witness our signatures in duplicate originals this the first day of April, 




LESSOR 

BY 

MAYOR 

/s/ E. H. Overstreet 

E. H. OVERSTREET, LESSEE 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law in and 

for the State and County aforesaid, Richard W. Elliott, Mayor of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, and E. H. Overstreet, who each acknowledged that they 

signed and delivered the above and foregoing instrument on the day and year 

therein set forth, the said Richard W. Elliott further acknowledging that he 

executed and delivered this lease for and in behalf of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, and that he was duly authorized so to do. 

This the first Day of April, 1969. 


(SEAL) NOTARY PUBLIC 

My Commission expires: 

August 14, 1972

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unanimously to adopt the following resolution: 

RESOLUTION OFFERING NO OBJECTIONS TO 

LYLES AND McDOUGAL OR THEIR ASSIGNS 

BRITTANY WOOD, LTD. SERVING AN AREA 

WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, hereby releases and relinquishes all of its right to serve water 

and sewage disposal to the following described area being within one mile of 

the present corporate limits of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, so long as 

such area does not constitute a part of the City of Oxford, and which area is 

to be certificated to and served by L. L. McDougal III and W. F. Lyles or 

their assign Brittany Woods, Ltd., to-wit: 

Approximately 315 acres in Sections 

23, 25, and 26, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

described as follows: Beginning 

at the Northwest corner of the 

Southeast Quarter of Section 23, run 

thence South along a fence on the 

West boundary of said Southeast 

Quarter approximately 425 feet to 

the intersection of two fences on 

the East line of the TVA right-of-way, 

run thence South 11° 21' West along a 

fence on the East boundary of said 

right-of-say a distance of approximately 

2375 feet to the South boundary of 

said Section 23; continue thence 

South 11° 20' West a distance of 

approximately 480 feet to the center 

of a stream; run thence along the 

center of said stream South 24° 00' 

East 403 feet to a point; run thence 

along the center of said stream 

generally South 06° 00' West a distance 

of approximately 900 feet to the 

North right-of-way of Mississippi 

State Highway No. 6 Frontage Road, 

run thence easterly along the North 

right-of-way line of said road a 

distance of approximately 1400 feet 

to an old fence line on the West 

side of a gravel road; run thence 

due North a distance of 605 feet to 

a point run thence due West 25 feet 

to a point; run thence due North a 

distance of 70 feet to a point; 

run thence due East a distance of 

235 feet to a point; run thence 

South 02° 15' East for 560 feet to 

a point; run thence South 65° 00' 

East for 230 feet to a point in 

a branch; run thence North 45° 00' 

East a distance of 400 feet to a 

point in said branch; run thence 

North 02° 11' West along said branch 

a distance of 200 feet to a point 

in said branch; run thence South 

81° 00' East a distance of 1675 feet 

to a point on the East boundary 

of Section 26, 1219 feet South of 

the Northeast Quarter of said 

Section 26; run thence North 229

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feet to a point; run thence East 

1320 feet to a point; run thence 

North 900 feet to a point on the 

North boundary of the N o rthwest 

Quarter of Section 25; run thence 

West a distance of 1320 feet to 

the Northeast corner of Section 

26; run thence North 2640 feet to 

the Northeast corner of the Southeast 

Quarter of Section 23; run 

thence West 2640 feet to the point 

of beginning. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Oxford, Mississippi, does not` 

object to L. L. McDougal III and W. F. Lyles or their Brittany Woods, Ltd., 

being granted a certificate of convenience and necessity and franchise to rend- 

er water distribution service and sewage disposal service to the area hereina- 

bove described and this Resolution is adopted by the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in order that the Public Service Comm- 

ission of the State of Mississippi might be properly advised that the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, has no objection as aforesaid. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be 

furnished L. L. McDougal III and W. F. Lyles, and a copy furnished the Public 

Service Commission of the State of Mississippi. 

ORDERED THIS the 1st day of April, 1969. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and 

passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor to sign and execute the following 

resolution: 

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO SWAP THE PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY OXFORD'S CITY HALL, 

FIRE STATION, AND POLICE STATION WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THAT 

PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE IN OXFORD, 

THE INTENTION OF SAID CITY TO COOPERATE FULLY IN ALL RESPECTS TOWARD THE CON- 

STRUCTION OF A NEW FEDERAL BUILDING IN OXFORD, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK 

TO MAKE CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION. 

WHEREAS, the United States Post Office and Courthouse at Oxford, Mississippi, 

was constructed in the Noneteenth Century to serve the needs of the 

people and Federal officials of that day and time; and 

WHEREAS, such United States Post Office and Courthouse is wholly inadequate 

to serve the needs of the people of the United States and particularly 

those residing within the N o rthern District of Mississippi in this day and time;: 

and 

WHEREAS, all who are familiar with such facility, including the United 

States Senators and Congressmen from Mississippi, the Federal judges, other 

Federal officials, the General Services Administration, and the people of 

the United States who have business of any kind in such building, recognize 

its inadequacy; and 

WHEREAS, General Services Administration has an option to purchase the 

Oxford Grammar School property from the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District, said property being the proposed site for a 

new Federal Building; and

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WHEREAS, The City of Oxford's City Hall, Fire Station, and Police Station 

are all located on property west of, and contiguous to, the Oxford Grammar 

S chool property; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed Federal Building site is a most desirable one and 

would be even more outstanding if the City's aforementioned services were located 

elsewhere, because of the noises and distractions that are the result 

of the operation of such services; and 

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WHEREAS, both of the United States District Judges of the Northern District 

of Mississippi and other Federal officials are desirous of the property 

occupied by the foregoing City services becoming a part of the property on which 

will be located the proposed new Federal Building; and 

WHEREAS, upon the completion of the new Federal Building, the present 

United States Post Office and Courthouse and its property will no longer be 

required by those few Federal agencies which it presently serves or by the 

people; and 

WHEREAS, the present United States Post Office and Courthouse is so located 

that it would be a suitable site for Oxford's City Hall, Fire Station, 

and Police Station; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of The City of Oxford, Mississippi 

are most anxious to extend their fullest cooperation to all Federal officials 

to the end that the proposed Federal Building to be located in Oxford will be 

among the finest available; and 

WHEREAS, such building should be an outstanding one since Oxford is the 

center for most all of the Federal agencies in the Northern District of Mississippi 

particularly the United States District Court, the Clerk's Office and 

the Probation Office of the Court, the United States Attorney's Office, the 

United States Marshal's Office, and many others, and Oxford has been traditionally, 

and is likely to remain, such; and 

WHEREAS, Oxford is an old community having many buildings of the traditional 

architecture of the Old South, and the historic appearance and location 

of the old United States Post Office and Courthouse on the Town Square should 

be preserved for the use and enjoyment of the citizens of Oxford, especially 

since Oxford's aforementioned municipal buildings were built in the days of 

Works Progress Administration, are of modern design and are not in harmony 

with the dominant traditional type buildings in the City; and 

WHEREAS, a swap of the site of Oxford's aforementioned municipal buildings 

for the site of the present United States Post Office and Courthouse would be 

to the best interest of the people of the United States and the people of The 

City of Oxford; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY, RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD 

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI: 

1. That The City of Oxford hereby expresses its willingness and desire 

to swap the property occupied by Oxford's City Hall, Fire Station, and Police 

1 Station with the General Services Administration, or such other properagency 

1 of the United States, for that property presently occupied by the United States 

Post Office and Courthouse at such time as the General Services Administration 

os ready to go forward with such exchange; 

2. That The City of Oxford hereby expresses its intention to cooperate 

fully in any and all other things necessary and proper to effect the construetion 

of a new and proper Federal Building to adequately serve the people of 

the United States and particularly those residing within the Northern District 

of Mississippi; and 

3. That the City Clerk is directed to forward copies of this resolution 

to Senators James 0. Eastland and John C. Stennis, Congressmen Jamie L. Whitten 

and Thomas G. Abernethy, Chief United States District Judge William C. Keady, 

United States Distridtraidge.Orma R. Smith, United States Attorney H. M. Ray, 

United States Marshal John H. Phillips, Honorable William T. Robertson, Clerk, 

and Honorable Charles Field, Chief Probation Officer, United States District 

Court, Northern District of Mississippi. 

ATTEST: 

Adopted this the first day of April, 1969. 

. C . Wiley, Jr.t, lerk 

FA) 

Richard W. Elliott, Mayor

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unanimously that upon recommendation of the City Engineer the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen approved the plat of Southwood Subdivision which was submitted 

by Mrs. T. A. Bickerstaff, owner. 

Said plat to be officially filed in the office of the City Clerk. 

gle-Family Residential and 

SOMMER 

want to the order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Cit 

Oxford, Mississippi, —no-t-Lce is hereby given to all persons erested or in any 

way affected thereby that the Mayor and - Aldermen have upon application 

of Mrs. T. A. Bickerstaff ini ed the re-zoning of tife--f-calslwing described 

Teavy Industrial and R-B, Single Family Residential t45M=.24-,-___ 

V O I D 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Mrs. T. A. Bicker- 

staff to re-zone the following described property from H-I, Heavy Industrial 

and R-B, Single-Family Residential to R-A, Single-Family Residential.' 

Starting at the SE corner of said Section 29, proceed 

thence North for 1687.0 feet, thence N 89° 30' W for 

628.4 feet, thence N 72° 50' W for 768.7 feet, thence 

S 17° 10' W for 150.0 feet, thence S 88° 09' W for 473.5 

feet, thence S 16° 44' W for 36.0 feet to the point of 

beginning. From said point of beginning proceed thence 


feet, thence S 25° 17' W for 202.37 feet, thence S 16° 47' W 

for 203.83 feet, thence S 25° 41 W for 313.96 feet, thence 

N 50° 35' E for 171.0 feet, thence N 42° 46' E for 322.0 

feet, thence N 49° 00' E for 209.64 feet, thence N 46° 17' E 

for 279.55 feet, thence N 46° 34' E for 181.0 feet, thence 

N 42° 30' W for 90.02 feet, thence N 88° 20' W for 84.4 

feet, thence N 73° 10' W for 65.0 feet, thence S 48° 00' W 


N 16° 44' E for 173.79 feet, thence S 88° 09' W for 168.80 

feet to the point of beginning. Said property containing 

therein 6.32 acres, more or less. 



Planning Commission as recommended that the foregoing piece of property be re- 

zoned as proposed by this Board and that this proposed amendment to the zoning 

map meet all of the requirements set out in Section 122 of the Zoning Ordinance. 

The Mayor and Board, therefore, directed that the necessary notices required 

under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning Coordinator).

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There came on for consideration an application filed by Mr. Guy N. Turn- 

bow, Jr. to re-zone the following described property from R-A, Single-FaMily 

Residential to H. C., Highway Commertial. 

A fraction of the Southwest quarter of Section 28, 


Mississippi. More particularly described as follows: 

Beginning at a right-of-way marker on the South 

right-of-way line of Mississippi State Highway No. 6 

By-Pass Frontage Road; said point being 1308.5 feet 

North of and 805.19 feet East of the Southwest corner 

of said Section 28, run thence S 80° 11' E along 

said right-of-way line a distance of 164.7 feet to a 

point of beginning for this description. From this 

point of beginning Continue S 80° 11' E along said 

of 575.0 feet to a right-of-way marker; thence S 8° 

09' W a distance of 78.8 feet to a concrete marker; 

thence S 10° 00' W a distance of 445.1 feet to a point; 

thence N 80° 11' W a distance of 366.0 feet to a point; 

thence S 9° 49' W a distance of 210.0 feet to a point; 

thence N 80° 11' W a distance of 210.0 feet to apoint; 

thence N 9° 49' E a distance of 735.0 feet to the point 

of beginning containing 7.94 acres more or less. 







under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning Coordinator) 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Mr. Guy N. Turnbow, 

Jr. to re-zone the following described property from R-A, Single-Family Resi- 

dential to R-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

Beginning at a fence corner which is 272.0 feet East 

of and 220.0 feet North of the Southwest corner of 

said Section 28 and run thence N 6° 28' W along a 

fence a distance of 306.0 feet to a point, said point 

being the point ofbeginning for this description. From 

this point of beginning run thence N 6° 28' W a 

distance of 10.0 feet to a point; thence North along 

fence a distance of 700.0 feet to a point; thence N 

21° 54 1 E along fence a distance of 181.0 feet to 

the South right-of-way line of a frontage road of 

the Mississippi State Highway No. 6 By-Pass; thence 

S 8 9 ° 39' E along said right-of-way line a distance 

of 36.5 feet to a right-of-way marker; thence along 

said right-of-way line S 84° 15' E a distance of 465.07 

feet to a right-of-way marker; thence S 80° 11' E along 


point; thence S 9° 49' W a distance of 915.0 feet to a 

point; thence N 80° 11' W a distance of 578.0 feet to 

the point of beginning containing 13.1 acres, more or less. 

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The Mayor and Board here adjudicate thatthis proposed amendment to the 




map meet all of the requirements set out in Section 122 of the Zoning Ordinance.. 

The Mayor and. Board, therefore, directed that the necessary notices required 

under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning Coordinator)i. 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Mr. Joseph R. 

Brigance to re-zone the following described property from R-C, Single-Family 


All that part of Lot No. 155 and all that part of and 

unused street lying next to and immediately West of 

said Lot No. 155, in Section 21, Township 8, Range 5 

West, as said lot and street are shown and designated by 

the map of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 



Planning Commission as recommended that the foregoing piece of property he 


zoning map meet all of the requirements set out in Section 122 of the Zoning 

Ordinance. The Mayor and Board, therefore, directed that the necessary notices 

required under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning 

Coordinator). 


unanimously that upon the request of Mrs. Lillian R. Bickerstaff a certain 

piece of property described as Fr. SEA Section 29, Township 8, Range 3 and 

containing 6.32 acres, in the amount of $100.00 for each of the years 1965, 

1966, 1967 and 1968 on the City of Oxford T a x Roll and for the years 1962, 

1963 and 1964 on the Oxford Municipal Separate School District Tax Roll.

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A number of citizens who reside on Jeff Davis Road E x tended in Horne 

Sbudivision appeared before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to request that 

the City of Oxford pave and otherwise improve their street. Mr. N. C. Horne, 

spokesman for the group, requested that the City Engineer make an estimate of 

the cost per lineal foot for the improvements before final action is taken to 

declare the improvements necessary. 

After a discussion, motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman 

Owens, and passed unanimously to pave and make other required improvements to 

Jeff Davis Road Extended, if the majority of the resident property owners on 

said street still desire this to be done on a special assessment basis after 

the City Engineer has prepared his cost estimate for this project. 

Alderman McLaurin introduced the following resolution and moved its 

adoption: 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSARY THE GRADING, PAVING, LAYING OF DRAINAGE 

SYSTEMS, SODDING, AND OTHER WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PART OF 

THE STREET KNOWN AS SOUTH 9TH STREET IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND 

PROPOSING TO ISSUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING ALL 

COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. 



and all laws amendatory thereto that: 

Section 1. Improvements have been proposed consisting of the grading, 

paving, laying of drainage systems, sodding, and other work incidental to the 

construction of that part of the street known as South 9th Street in the City 

of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, described as follows: 

A strip of such street 560 feet in length, running from Cleveland 

Avenue to Old Taylor Road. 

Section 2. The improvements set forth in Section 1 are hereby declared 

to be necessary. 

Section 3. The plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the En- 

gineer of the City of Oxford and submitted to this meeting are now on file 

in the office of said Engineer, and such plans and specifications are hereby 

approved and adopted. 

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plans and specifications, and the curbs and gutters involved shall be construct 

ed of concrete and the surfacing of asphalt, or of such other material as is 

designated in said plans and specifications. 

Section 5. The cost of making such improvements require an unusual outlay 

of expense for which the general improvement fund of the City of Oxford is not

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sufficient and for which purpose the said general improvement fund should not 

he used. Therefore, the entire expense and cost of such improvements, includ- 

i g all of the items of cost referred to in Chapter 495 aforementioned, shall 

be a charge upon the property benefited and be paid by assessing the entire 

costs of such improvements to the abutting property and property owners on 

each side of that part of South 9th Street to he imposed, according and in 

proportion to the entire front footage thereof in the manner provided by the 

aforementioned Chapter 495 and amendments thereto and paid by the owners of 

such abutting property. The area to be benefited by all the aforementioned 

improvements is defined as that property owned by the persons who own property 

abutting that part of South 9th Street proposed to be improved. 

Section 6. It is found and determined by the Board that the cost to be 

assessed against each of the respective abutting lots abutting upon the part 

of South 9th Street to he improved, as hereinabove described in Section 1, 

is less than the benefits that will accrue to each of said respective abutting 

lots. 

Section 7. The proportionate share of the total cost to he assessed 

against the abutting property and paid by the abutting property owners may 

be paid in either of the alternative methods provided for by said Chapter 495 

and amendments thereto. 

Section 8. The City of Oxford proposes to issue its bonds, notes or 

certificates of indebtedness under the provisions of said Chapter 495 and 

other laws in harmony therewith, and from the proceeds of same to pay the 

total costs of such improvements, as such costs are determined in the manner 

provided by law. 

The full faith, credit and resources of the City of Oxford shall be 

pledged for the payment of both the principal of and the interest on the said 

obligations to be issued as aforesaid, all as provided by law, and in addition 

thereto, the special assessments to he made against the said abutting property 

and the lien of such special assessments shall be pledged for the payment of 

such of said obligations as shall be issued. 


made and provided by the said Chapter 495 and all amendments thereto and by 

the general laws applicable to such matters shall be done and performed for 

the purpose of making said improvements, for the making and levying of the 

special assessments on the abutting property involved, for the providing of 

funds for the payment of the costs of the same, and for the assessment and 

collection of taxes to pay said obligations and the interest thereon, and all

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other expenses, charges and costs connected therewith. 

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Section 10. A meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford shall be held at the City Hall of the City of Oxford at 7:30 o'clock, 

P. M. on July 1, 1969, for the purpose of hearing any and all objections or 

remonstrances that may be made or interposed to said improvements by persons 



ney, or by petition, and give or make any objection or exception to or protest 

against said improvements or any part thereof, or any part or all of this reso- 

lution. At said meeting this Board will take such further action regarding 

said proposed improvements as are authorized by law. 

Section 11. All proceedings herein had or hereafter to be done in connec- 

tion with the proposed improvements are, and will be, in accordance with the 

provisions of said Chapter 495, Mississippi Laws of 1950, and all amendments 

thereto, and in accordance with the provisions of all general laws of the 

State of Mississippi. 


give notice of this resolution, the contemplated improvements, the proposed 

issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, and the aforementioned 

meeting of July 1, 1969, by causing this resolution, in its entirety, to be 

published forthwith and once each week for three (3) successive publications, 

being May 29 and June 5 and 12, 1969, in the Oxford Eagle, a public newspaper, 

all as provided by law. The Clerk iS further directed to give notice of this 

resolution by sending a copy hereof, by certified mail, postage prepaid, within 

five (5) days after the first publication of the notice herein provided for, 

to the last known address of owners of property affected by this resolution. 



Alderman Sisk seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, which 

was introduced in writing at the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City,of Oxford, Mississippi, held on April 1, 1969, and was at said meeting 

read, considered and adopted, paragraph by paragraph, section by section, then 

as a whole and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as 

follows: 


Alderman King voted Yea 



Alderman Owens voted Yea

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Board, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted on 

this April 1, 1969. 

Attest: 

(Publish May 29, June 5 and June 12, 1969) 

/ 

MAYOR 


this Board do now recess until April 8, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. APRIL 8, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on April 1, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on April 8, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 




J. P. McLaurin„Jr. - Alderman Ward One 




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Mr. Wilbur Conley and Mr. B. A. Hardy representing Allen & Hoshall, Consulting 

Engineers, met with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to review and discuss 

their firm's engineer's report entitled "City of Oxford, Mississippi", a 

feasibility report for the Natural Gas Distribution System. 

Mayor Elliott administered the oath of office to Mr. Bennie Crouch as a 

Commissioner of the Oxford Housing Authority. 

There came on for consideration the matter of the recommendation of the 

Election Commission that, in the future, at the discretion of the Commission, 

they be permitted to utilize the following locations as voting precincts for 

those wards, or part of wards, hereinafter set out: 

Ward 1--Conference Room, Northeast Mississippi Power Association 

Ward 2--A-M--Courtroom, City Hall 

Ward 2--N-Z--Conference Room, City Hall 

Ward 3--Police Station 

Ward 4--A-M--West side, Fire Station 

Ward 4--N-Z--East side, Fire Station 

On motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously, the Election Commission and, so far as this Board has authority 

so to do, the municipal executive committees of the Democrat and Republican 

parties are hereby authorized to utilize the foregoing precinct locations as 

voting precincts for those wards or parts of wards set out.

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Mayor Elliott appointed the following committee to study the matter of 

whether or not to charge a fee to connect the water system in new subdivisions 

and shopping centers to the City water system and to recommend a policy to the 

Board for their consideration: Alderman McLaurin, Chairman, Alderman King and 

City Engineer, John R. Smith. 

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passed unanimously to offer for sale City Apartment Building No. 5 and to 

publish the following notice: 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

will receive sealed bids for the purchase and removal of one (1) 

building, known as City Apartment Building No. 5, located on South 

Eighteenth Street, being the northern most of such City apartment 

buildings, on or before May 6, 1969, at 7:30 p. m. o'clock. Bids 

shall be filed with the City Clerk at the City Hall and shall be 

plainly marked "Sealed Bid." Each bid shall be accompanied by a 

Fifty Dollar ($50.00) cash deposit or certified check to assure 

removal of the building being sold and the cleaning of the site 

after removal, which cash deposit shall be returned to the successful 

bidder only after removal of the building and the cleaning of 

the site. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids although, 

if a bid is accepted, it will be awarded to the highest and best 

bidder for cash. 

(SEAL) /-` 

`Richard W. Elliott, Mayor 

H. C. Wiley, Jr., City Clerk 

On motion ctuly made, seconded and passed unanimously it was ordered that 


MAYOR

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May 6, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meeting 

when and where the following were present: 













John O. Leslie - Chairman Planning Board 



unanimously accepting the April minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the April Accounts as read. Said accounts being 

recorded at page 93 through page 101 of the City ofOxford Accounts Book. 

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1200 LINEAR FT. 8" GASKET TYPE SEWER PIPE 

FOR THE SEWER DEPARTMENT. 



purchase 1200 Linear Ft. gasket type sewer pipe for Sewer Department. 


on June 3, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this reso- 

lution. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been introduced in writing by the 

Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and then as a 

whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King it was 







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bids on 1200 Linear Ft. 8" gasket type sewer pipe for the Sewer Department. 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE -INTENTION OF 



A NEW 500-GALLON PER MINUTE WATER WELL. 



purchase a new 500-gallon perminute water well. 



resolution. 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Owens it was

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i the Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise for 

bids on a new 500-gallon per minutes water well. 




AN ELECTRIC CALCULATOR FOR THE ELECTRIC 

DEPARTMENT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermenof the City of Oxford, 


purchase an electric calculator for the Electric Department. 



II this resolution. 

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as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Owens 







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bids on an electric calculator for the Electric Department. 

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Pursuant to an advertisement which was authorized at the recess regular 

meeting of April. 8, 1969 and which was published in The Oxford Eagle, the 

local weekly newspaper in the City of Oxford, bids were received on the purchase' 

of the City Apartment Building No. 5 located on South 18th Street and being the 

northern most of said City Apartment Building. 

After the bids were opened and read motion was made by Alderman Owens, 

seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to accept bids of Jack 

White and Roy White in the amount of $75.00 it being the lowest and best bid. 

Came on for consideration the matter of an increase in salary for Jerry 

Carwile, a lineman trainee with the Electric Department. Motion was made by 

Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously approving 

an increase in salary for Jerry Carwile in the amount of $25.00 per month. 

A plat of Vines Subdivision was presented to Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

and after studying same and upon recommendation of the Planning Commission. 


unanimously to accept plat of Vines Subdivision and directing the City Clerk 

to file same in the office Planning Book. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from residents on 

Clubview Drive for a culvert to be installed on their street. Motion was made 

by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously authorizing 

and directing the City Engineer to install a culvert on Clubview Drive. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from Earl Christman to 

drive a taxi in the City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded 

by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 


passed unanimously authorizing the Electric Department to apply the provision 

of Article VI-Bulk Transfers, Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code for collecting 

delinquent accounts.

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MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM R-C, SINGLE-FAMILY 

RESIDENTIAL TO R-D, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on March 31, 1969, the O xford Planning Commission, as authorized 


1966, recommended that the following described real property in the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from R-C, Single-Family Residential to R-D, 

Multi-Family Residential. 

All that part of Lot No. 155 and all that part of and 

unused street lying next to and immediately West of . 

said Lot No. 155, in Section 21, Township 8, Range 5 

West, as said lot and street are shown and designated by 

the map of the City of (Word, Mississippi. 

WHEREAS, on April, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning Commissi 

and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to the zoning 

ordinance; and 





P. M., on May 6, 1969; and 



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF TUE 



is hereby, re-zoned from R-C, Single-Family Residential to R-D, Multi-Family 

Residential. 


necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and print 

thereon the following: "On May 6, 1969, by official action of the Board of 

Aldermen, this Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing in Ordinance 

Book at page 500." The foregoing entry on the Map shall be signed by 

the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official Zoning Ordinance 

For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 

Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances 





ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 6th day of May, 1969. 

/ 

MAYOR 

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AN ORDTNANCF AMENDING THE OFFICTAI. ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM R-A, SINGLE-FAMTLY 

RESTDFNTTAL TO P-D, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on March 31, 1969, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City ofOxford, Mississipp4, 

1966, recommended that the following described real property in the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from R-A, Single-Family Residential to R-D, 


Beginning at a fence corner which is 272.0 feet East 

of and 220.0 feet North of the Southwest corner of 

said Section 28 and run thence N 6° 28' W along a 

fence a distance of 306.0 feet to a point, said point 

being the point of beginning for this description. From 

this point of beginning run thence N 6° 28' W a 

distance of 10.0 feet to a point; thence North along 

fence a distance of 700.0 feet to a point; thence N 

21° 54 E along fence a distance of 181.0 feet to 

the South right-of-way line of a frontage road of 

the Mississippi State Highway No. 6 By-Pass; thence 

S 89° 39' F along said right-of-way line a distance 

of 36.5 feet to a right-of-way marker; thence along 

said right-of-way line S 84° 15' F a distance of 465.07 

feet to a right-of-way marker; thence S 80° 11' E along 


point; thence S 9° 49' W a distance of 915.0 feet to a 

point; thence N 80° 11' W a distance of 578.0 feet to 

the point of beginning containing 13.1 acres, more or less. 

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 


and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to the zoning 



to said zoning ordinance, as required by the aforesaid Section 122, by publica- 

tion and by posting, said notice being returnable to a meeting of the Mayor and ' 


P. M., on May 6, 1969; and 





Section 1. Re-zoning. That the above-described real property he, and it 

is hereby, re-zoned from R-A, Single-Family Residential to R-D, Multi-Family 

Residential. 


necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and print! 



Book 2 at page 498.” The foregoing entry on the Map shall be signed by 

the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official Zoning Ordinance 

For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 

Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances,, , 

in conflict herewith shall he, and the same are hereby, repealed. 




ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 


CTTY C L/ER 

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MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY TS RE-ZONED FROM R-A, SINGLE-FAMILY 

RESIDENTIAL TO H-C, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. 

WHEREAS, on March 31, 1969, the Okford Planning Commission, as authorized 

by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City of Oxford, Mississip 

1966, recommended that the following described real property in the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, he re-zoned from R-A, Single-Family Residential to H-C, 

Highway Commercial. 

A fraction. of the Southwest quarter of Section 28, 


Mississippi. More particularly described as follows: 

Beginning at a right-of-way marker on the South 

right-of-way line of Mississippi State Highway No. 6 

By-Pass Frontage Road; said point being 1308.5 feet 

North of and 805.19 feet East of the Southwest corner 

of said Section 28, run thence S 80° 11' E along 

said rijit-of-way line a distance of 164.7 feet to 

a point of beginning for this description. From this 

Point of beginning Continue S 80° 11' E along said 

right-of-way line a distance of 575.0 feet to a 

right•-of-way marker; thence S. 8° 09' W a distance 

of 78.8 feet to a concrete marker; thence S 10° 00' 

a distance of 445.1 feet to a point; thence N 80° 

11' W a distance of 366.0 feet to a point; thence 

S 9° 49' W a distance of 210.0 feet to a point; thence 

N 80° 11' W a distance of 210,0 feet to a point; thence 

N 9° 49' E a distance of 735.0 feet to the point of 

beginning containng 7.94 acres more or less. 

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 


and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to thezoning 






P. M., on May 6, 1969; and 






is hereby, re-zoned from R-A, Single-Family Residential to H-C, Highway Commercial. 

Section 2.' Changes On Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall make the 

necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and print 




by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Secgion 103 of the Official Zoning 


Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances 

in conflict herewith shall be, and th same are hereby, repealed. 

Section 4. Effective Date. 

in force from and after the time 


This the 6th day of May, 

That this ordinance shall take effect and be 

when the requirements of Section 2 thereof 

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MAYOR 

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CTTY OF OXFORD, 

al MTSSISSTPPT, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY TS REZONED FROM R-B, SINGLE-FAMILY 

PESTDENTTAL AND H-I, HEAVY TNDUSTRIAL TO R-A, STNCLF-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on March 31, 1969, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 


1966, recommended that the following described real property in the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned, from P-B, and U-T, to R-A, Single- 

Family Residential. 

Starting at the SE corner of said Section 29, proceed 

thence North for 1687.0 feet, thence N 89° 30' W for 

628.4 feet, thence N 72° 50' W for 768.7 feet, thence 


feet, thence S 16° 44+ 1%' for 36.0 feet to the point of 

beginning. From said point of beginning proceed thence 

S 16° 44+ W for 264.0 feet, thence S 8° 28' W for 207.4 

feet, thence S 25° 17' W for 202.37 feet, thence S 16° 47' W 

for 203.83 feet, thence S 25° 41 W for 313.96 feet, thence 

N 50° 35' F for 171.0 feet, thence N 42° 46+ E for 322.0 

feet, thence N 49° 00' E for 209.64 feet, thence N 46° 17' F 

for 279.55 feet, thence N 46° 14+ F for 181.0 feet, thence 

N 42° 30' W for 90.02 feet, thence N 88° 20' W for 84.4 

feet, thence N 73° 10' W for 65.0 feet, thence S 48" oo+ W 


N 16° 44+ F for 173.79 feet, thence S 88° 09' W for 168.80 

feet to the -point of beginning. Said property containing 

therein 6.32 acres, more or less. 

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1969, the Mayor and Board of. Aldermen of the City of 


and determined to give. notice of its adoption of an amendment to the 

zoning ordinance; and 


to said zoning ordinance, as required by the aforesaid SEction 122, by publication 



P. M., on May 6, 1969; and 



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OETHE 



it is hereby, re-zoned from R-B, Residential and H-I, Heavy Industrial to R-A, 

Single-Family Residential. 


necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For. Oxford, Mississippi, and print 




by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official Zoning 


Section 3. Repealin g Section. That all ordinance, or parts of ordinances, 





ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 


MAYOR 

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Mr. L. L. McDougal, IIT and Mr. William F. Lyles came before the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen and requested that they be allowed to construct a water line 

at their expense from their proposed subdivision east of the City of Oxford 

corporate limits to the city water system and that they be permitted to tap on 

to the city water system and use city water at the regular rate plus a twenty- 

' five percent surcharge. 

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After a discussion of the matter, a motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, 

seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, directing the Planning Commission 

to study this request and to recommend a course of action to the Mayor 

and. Board of Aldermen. Also, the Planning Commission was directed to study the 

matter of furnishing city services to persons or developments outside the city 

limits, generally, and city policy regarding annexation of developing areas 

adjacent to, or near, the corporate limits of the City of Oxford. The Planning 

Commission was requested to study these matters as promptly as possible and to 

1 report their recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

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this Board do now recess until May 16, 1969 at 5:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:00 P. v. MAY 16, 1 0 6g 

Pursuant to a recess order on May 6, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on May 16, 1969 at 5:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 






James N. King - Alderman Ward F0111- 


Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed 

unanimously to employ Gwen Smith as a policeman; effective June 1, 1969. 



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REGULAR MEETING , 






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7:00 P. M. JUNE 3, 1969 


1 Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

June 3, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meeting 








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Kenneth W. Welch - City Tax Assessor 



unanimously accepting the May minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the May accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 

0 at page 103 through page 112 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 

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MAY 6, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 


ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LINEAR FEET OF 8" SEWER 

PIPE. 

At the May 6, 1969, regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 



of 8" Sewer Pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. June 3, 1969 in the 

office of the Mayor or the said City. 





BE TT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 Linear Feet of 8" Sewer 

Pipe according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 



ALDERMAN J. P. NcLATTRTN, JR YEA 

AT PERMAN LINDER OWENS YEA 


AT JAMES N. XTNG YEA 

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Feet of 8" Sewer Pipe, to be opened at the regular meeting of June 3, 1969, 

bids were received from the following firm: 

Dixie Culvert Pipe Supply Company 


1200 Linear Feet More or Less 8" Concrete Gasket Type 

Sanitary Sewer Pipe Complete 

.85/1. ft. 

Gasket Joint Lnbrioant 

. 1)0,/ Frallon, 


• seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the bids 

of Dixie Culvert Pipe r2c Supply Company it being the only bid.

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MAY 6, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER— 

MEN OP THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO 

ACCEPT BIDS ON 500 GALLON PER MINUTE WATER 

WELL 

At the May 6, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

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intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 500 Gallon Per 

Minute Water Well and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Ox- 

ford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. June 3, 1969 in 




r than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to 



of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 500 Gallon Per Minute Water 

Well according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded 

by Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a. whole, and 


ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD YFA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLATIRTN, JR YEA 




Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 500 Gallon 

Per Minute Water Well, to be opened at the regular meeting of June 3, 1969, 


Layne-Central Company 

M emphis, Tennessee 

500 Gallon Per Minute Well & Pump 

Unit Price for Adjustment 

Deduct for well screen shorter than 

25 feet. 

$14,691.00 

40.00 


seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of Layne- 

Central it being the only bid.

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A RESOLUTION DECLARTNG THE INTENTION OF 



12 MONTHS SUPPLY OF GASOLINE, OIL, DIESEL 

FUEL AND KEROSENE. 

BF IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase 12 months supply fo gasoline, oil, diesel fuel and kerosene. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 7:30 p.m. 

on July I, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this reso- 

lution. 



a whole, and on motion of Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King it was 




ALDERMAN J. P. McLAUPIN, JP YEA 

ALDERMAN LTNDER OWENS YEA 

ALDERMAN HARRY S YEA 




bids on 12 months supply of gasoline, oil, diesel fuel, and kerosene. 

A RESOTUTTON DECLARING THE INTENTION OF 

TUE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OP THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSTPFT TO ADVERTISE 

FOR SALT THE FOLLOWING. LOTS WHICH ARE 

OWNED BY CITY OF OXFORD: LOTS 21, 22 

FR. LOT. 23 BRAMLFTT GARDEN SUBDIVISION 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said M,yor. and Board of Aldermen to 

advertise for sale the following lots which are owned by the City of Oxford: 

Lots 21, 22 Fr. Lot 23 Braml tt Carriers Srh ,livisior. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution is made by 11:00 a.n. 

on June 17, 1969, then said Mayor and Board willtahe final action on this reso- 

lution.

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a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Owens, it 



ALDERMAN BITI A. HANNAFORD YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. MeTAURTN, JR YEA 

ALDERMAN LINDFP OWENS YEA 



On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously , it was ordered that 


bids on the following lots which are owned by the City of Oxford: Lots 21, 22 

& Fr. Lot 23 Bramlett Gardens Subdivision. 

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1200 LINEAR FEET OF 6" SEWER PIPE. 



purchase 1200 Linear Feet of 6" Sewer Pipe. 


on July 1, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on this reso- 

lution. 


the Clerk of said Board, as read and considered section by section and then as 

a whole, and on motion of Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Owens it was 






ALDERMAN HARRY S SISK YEA 


On motion duly made, seconded and passed. unanimously, it was ordered that 


bids on 1200 Linear Feet of 6" Sewer Pipe.

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unanimously authorizing the Mayor and City Cleric to sign and execute the followH 

ing Quitclaim Deed: 



QUITCLAIM DEFT) 

FOR AND TN CONSIDERATION of Ten and No/100 ($10.00) Dollars, cash in hand 

paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged., and other good, valuable and 

sufficient consideration, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, 

- THE CTTY OE OXFORD, by its duly authorized Mayor, RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, and its 

duly authorized City Clerk, H. C. WILEY, JR-, having been duly authorized by 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to execute 

the within Quitclaim Deed on the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in Minute Book 24, at Page 274, conveys and 

quitclaims unto DON CON the following described land situated in the City of 

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, in Section 28, Township S South, Range 3 '• 

West, Lafayette County, Mississippi, more particularly described as follows, 

to-wit: 

Beginning• at the point of intersection of the South 

Right-of-way line of Filmore Avenue with the East 

right-of-way line of South Thirteenth Street, run 

thence Fast along the South right-of-way line of Filmore 

Avenue, a distance of 17.7 feet to a point. Run thence 

South parallel with the Fast right-of-way line of South 

Thirteenth Street a distance of 105 feet to a point. Pun 

thence West parallel with the South. right-of-way line of 

Filmore Avenue a distance of 17.7 feet to a point. Pun 

thence North. along the East right-of-way line of Pilmore 

Avenue a distance of 105 feet to the point of beginning 

of this description. 

WITNESS THE SICNATTTRES of the MAYOR of the City of Oxford, and the CTTRE 

of the City of Oxford on this the 4th day of June, 1 0 69. 

STATE OP MISSISSIPPI 

COTTNTY OF TAFAYFTTE 

CITY Or ()wow) 

BY 

VICHAPD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR 

H. . WILEY, JR C_TY CLERK 


for the jurisdiction aforesaid, the within named PCHARD W. ETTIcTT and H. C. 

WITFY, Mayor and City clerk, respectively, and duly authorized officials of

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CITY OF OXFORD, how each acknowledged that they signed and delivered the above 

and foregoing Quitclaim Deed for and in behalf of said CITY OF OXFORD, and as 

the act and deed of the CITY OF OXFORD. on the day and year therein mentioned. 

GIVEN under my hand and official seal on this the 4th day of June, 1969. 

My Commission Expires: August 14, 1972 

Came on for consideration the matter of employing a, draftsman for the 

Electric Department. Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman 

Hannaford and passed unanimously to employ Doug Lefeve to work for the summer 

months at an hourly wage of $2.50. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman King and passed 

unanimously to accept the Diagnostic and Treatment Addition of Oxford-Lafayette 

County Hospital from the contractor; said building having been inspected by 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on May 10, 1969 at 11:30 a. m. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request from Earl Christman to 

own and drive a taxi in the City of Oxford. Motion was made by Alderman King, 

seconded by Alderman Owens and passed unanimously to grant said permit. 

Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman King and passedunanimously 

directing the City Tax Assessor to assess on the City of Oxford Tax 

Roll to Mrs. Eugenia McLaurin certain unnumbered lots in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision 

# 2A in Section 22, Township 8, Range 3 for the years 1962, 1963 and 

1964 at $100.00 each; and for the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 at $200.00 

each. 


passed unanimously to require all residence and places of business which have 

City services available to tie on to City sewer system as required by law. 

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Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed:`,' 

unanimously to transfer Virgil Appleton from the duties of writing parking tick-' 

ets to become dog catcher for the City of Oxford; and employing Mrs. Quay Hudson 

on a full time basis with the Police Department as meter maid. 


unanimously requesting the City School Board and City Park Commission to meet 

with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the two newly elected Aldermen during 

the latter part of June to discuss plans and programs of the two bodies. 


And emergency having occured, and it being necessary to purchase immedia- 

tely without advertisement the following described (property or material): 

1600 linear feet of 6-inch cast iron water pipe for the preservation of health 

to purchase the above described property immediately, and satisfactory evidence 

of an emergency to purchase the above described property having been made to 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and it 

appearing further to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that Alderman Bill A. Hanna 

ford, Water . Commissioner, obtained two bids for said property, and that the bid 

of General Pipe and Supply Company in the sum of 81.85 per linear foot was the 

lowest and best bid, and that the above described property was purchased by 

the said Water Commissioner. 

TT TS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the purchase of the above described property 




The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took up the matter of enlarging, improving, 

and extending the municipal electric distribution system of the City of Oxford, 

and after a discussion of the subject. Alderman Uannaford offered and moved the 

adoption of the following; resolution:

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RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF TOTE MAYOR 

AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, TO ISSUE ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS OF 

SAID CITY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED 

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE 

OF ENLARGING, IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE ELEC- 

TRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF SAID CITY AND DIRECTING 

PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, find. and determine that it is necessary and in the public 

interest that the electric distribution system of said City be enlarged, improve 

and extended; and 

WHEREAS, this Board, having made due investigation finds and declared that 

the cost of enlarging, improving, and extending said electric distribution 

syStem will be Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000); and 

WHEREAS, no funds are available in the City Treasury for the payment of 

the cost of such enlargements, improvements, and extensions; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford is authorized by Chapter 494, Laws of Mississip 

1950, as amended by Chapter 529, Laws of Mississippi for the year 1958, to issue 

its electric revenue bonds payable, both principal and interest, solely from 

the revenues derived and to he derived from the operation of its electric dis- 

tribution system, for the purpose of enlarging, improving, and extending such 

system in the manner provided by said Chapter 494, as amended.: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 


SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, hereby declare their intention to issue and sell electric revenue 

bonds of said City in the maximum principal amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand 

Dollars 250,000) to provide funds for the payment of the cost of enlarging, 

improving, and extending the electric distribution system of said City; said 

bonds to be payable, both principal and interest, solely from the revenues de- 

rived and to be derived from the operation of said electric distribution system. 

SECTION 2. That the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and directed 

to publish notice of the intention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to issue 

said bonds in said amount for said purpose; said notice to be published in The 

Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published in said City, once a week for (1) consecu- 

tive weeks, to be in substantially the following form: 

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NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN 

OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO TSSUE ELECTRIC REVE- 

NUE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN TUE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED 

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOP THE PURPOSE OF ENLARG- 

ING, IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE ELECTRIC DISTRTBUTTON SYSTEM 

OF SAID CITY, AND NOTICE OF THE VOTERS' RIGHT TO PETITION, 

OBJECTING TO AND PROTESTING AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS. 

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to a resolution adopted on 

the 9rd day of June, 1969, by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, that it is the intention of 

said Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen to issue electric revenue bonds 

of said City in the maximum amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand 

Dollars ($250,000) for the purpose of enlarging, imrpving, and 

extending the electric distribution system of said City; said 

bonds to be payable in installments extending over a period of 

not more than ten (10) years: to hear interest at a rate to he 

determined pursuant to the sale of said bonds, not exceeding 

six per centum (6%) per annum; said bonds shall be secured by 

and shall be payable solely from the revenues derived and to 

be derived from the operation of the electric distribution system 

of said City. Said bonds shall be issued pursuant to and by 

authority of Chapter 494, Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended 

by Chapter 529, Laws of Mississippi, 1958. 

Tf, within ten (10) days after the last publication of this 

Notice, a petition, signed by not less than twenty per centum 

(20%) of the qualified voters of the City of Oxford, he filed, 

objecting to and protesting against the issuance of such electric 

revenue bonds as intended, then such bonds shall not he issued 

until the question of the issuance of such bonds shall he sub- 

mitted to a special election ordered for the purpose of determining 

whether or not a majority of those voting in such election shall 

vote for or against such revenue bond issue. Tf a majority of 

those voting in such election shall vote against such issue, 

the bonds shall not he issued. 

Tf a majority of those voting in such election shall vote for 

such bonds, then the bonds shall be issued and shall he sold 

under the regular proceedirn , s for selling such bonds. 

Done by order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, this 3rd day of June, 1969. 

ATTEST: 

MAYOR 

SFCTTON 9. That the Cit Clrrk shall he and is hereby directed to procure 

from the publishers of the aforesaid newspaper the customary proof of the pub- 

lication of the notice substanti,illY as herein provided and to nresert the same 

• to this Mayor and Board of Aldermen at the first meeting thereof following* the 

third and last publication of said notice. 

Alderman Owens seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and, 

the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows:

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Alderman Uannaford voted Aye 




Alderman Sisk voted Ave 


sent, the Mayor declared the motion carries and the resolution adopted, this 

3rd day of June, 1969. 

The matter of homestead exemptions which were disallowed by the Homestead 

1 Exemption Division of the State Tax Commission and returned to the City for 

disposition came up for discussion and action, such exemptions being those of: 

Ard, Elsie S. 

Baker, Mrs. Myrtice M. 

Duncan, Sallie B. 

Fenger, Erna M. 

Martin, Harry F. 

Orange, Lillian 

Phillips, Toy J. 

Walker, Douglas 

Wright. Mrs. Ellen S. 

Finding that the Clerk had already furnished each of the above with a copy 

of the disallowance; that each had been given 30 days in which to protest or 

pay such disallowance, and finding no objections had been filed, it was ordered 

that the action of the Tax C ommission be accepted and the City Clerk be ordered 

to collect the disallowed tax exemption in cases where it bad not been paid 

after having been notified of the disallowance by the following named persons: 

NAME OF TOTAL AMT. ORIG. AMT. RE- REASON FOR 

APPLICANT ASSESSMENT ALLOWED JECTED REJECTION 

Baker, Mrs. Myrtice M. 5,000 2,500 2,500 An apartment rented or 


occupied by another fami 

ly group. Sec. 9 (e) (f) 

10 (h) 

Dunca, Sallie B. 2,800 1,400 1,400 An apartment rented or 


occupied by another fami 

ly group. Sec. 9 (e) (f) 

10 (h) 

Fenger, Erna M. 2,750 00 2,750 The application was not 

filed by April 1st. 

Sec. 15 (a) 

Orange, Lillian 1,960 1,570 .390 Exemption allowed on 

more than the applicant' 

eligible portion of the 

property Sec. 9 (a), (b) 

10 (c) 

Phillips, Toy J. 1,600 00 1,600 Property not occupied by 

the applicant. Sec. 1, 9 

7(9 

Property rented or avail 

able for rent. Sec. 10 ( 

Walker, Douglas 1,450 . 00 1,450 Applicant did not have 

945 00 945 eligible title to this 

property on January 1st. 

Sec. 1, 8, 9 

Wright, Mrs. Ellen S. 4,400 00 4,400 Applicant did not comply 

with the Road and Bridge 

Privilege Tax Laws of 

this State. Chap. 592, 

Laws of 1962

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Tt was found that the following named persons had filed objections; and 

that after discussion and investigation, it was ordered that the City Clerk for-, 

ward the objections to the State Tax Commission for further consideration inasmuch 

as we 1-, elieve that the exemption should he allowed: 

Ard, Elsie S. 

Martin, Barry F. 

9,000 1,500 1,500 An apartment rented or 

available for, rent r'occupied 

by another familgroup 

Sec. 9 (e), 

10 (h) 

5,000 00 5,000 Applicant failed to com- 

ply with the Road and 

Bridge Privilege Tax 

Laws of this state. 

Chap. 592, Laws of 1.962 



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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. JUNE 9, 1969 

i Pursuant to a recess order on June 3, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on June 9, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen'sChamber 



Bill A . Hannaford - Alderman At Large 





Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously directing the City of Oxford Electric Department to install bulbs 

in the Oxford High School atheletic field lights. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed 

unanimously to increase the salary of the Aldermen of the City of Oxford from 

$150 per month to $200 per month; and the salary of the Mayor to he increased 

from $400 per month to $500 per month, said increase to become effective on 

July 1, 1969. 


unanimously to accept Bramlett Gardens Subdivision 2A subject to the receipt 

of a plat on same. 

The following resolution was presented to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

by the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District: 

The Board of Trustees of Oxford Municipal Separate School District then 

took up for consideration the matter of purchasing additional lands for school 

purposes, erecting and equipping an elementary school and related facilities 

therefor, providing necessary water, light, heating and sewage facilities 

therefor and for the schools in said district and, after a discussion of the 

subject, motion was offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution: 

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A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR THE ISSUANCE 

OF PONDS OF OXFORD MUNICIPAL. SEPARATE SCHOOL. DISTRICT 

TN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND 

AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($750,000.00) FOR TUE PURPOSE OF 

PURCHASING ADDITIONAL LANDS FOP SCHOOL PURPOSES, ERECT_ 

INg AND EQUIPPING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND RELATED 

FACILITIES THEREFOR, PROVIDING NECESSARY WATER, LIGHT, 

HEATING AND SEWAGE FACILITIES THEREFOR AND FOR THE 

SCHOOLS TN SAID DISTRICT. 

WHEREAS, following due investigation and consideration it has been found 

and determined that it is necessary to issue bonds of Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District in the maximum amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and NO/100 

Dollars ($750,000.00) for the purpose of purchasing additional lands for school 

• purposes, erecting and equipping an elementary school and related facilities 

therefor, providing necessary water, light, heating and sewage facilities there-• 

for and for the schools in said district, no funds being available in the school 

funds of the district or from any other source with which to accomplish such purl 

poses hereinabove setforth; and 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 6512-04 et seq., Mississippi Code 

of 1942, Annotated, Recompiled, as amended, it is the duty of the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to adopt a resolution calling 

an election to be held within the school district for the purpose of submitting 

to the qualified electors thereof the question of the issuance of said bonds, 

as aforesaid, when this Board adopts a proper resolution making such request 

under the aforementioned Sections: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OXFORD MUNICIPAL' 

SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississ- 

ippi, are hereby requested to call an election under the aforementioned Sections 

to determine whether or not the bonds of said school district shall be issued 

for the purposes hereinabove set forth. in the maximum amount of $750,000.00, 

SECTION 2. That a copy of this resolution, duly certified by the President 

and Secretary of this Board. shall forthwith he filed with the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

The motion to adopt the foregoing resolution was duly seconded and the 

question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows: 

Trustees voting Aye: Mr. Bunch 

Mr. Downs 

Mr. Loveladv 

Mr. Morgan 

Rev. Redmond 

Trustees voting Nay: None 

Trustees absent: None

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The resolution, having received the affirmative vote of all of the Trustees 

was declared carried and adopted this 27th day of May, 1969. 



CERTTFICATE 

We, E. M. Morgan.and James S. Downs, President and Secretary respectively 

of Board of Trustees of Oxford Municipal Separate School District do hereby 

certify that the attached and foregoing constitutes a true, correct and compared 

copy of that certain resolution unanimously adopted by Board of Trustees at its 

meeting on May 27, 1969, as of record in the official minutes of Board of Trus- 

tees in Minute Rook No. 4 on pages 217 and 218 on file in the office of the 

Superintendent of Oxford Municipal Separate School District in Oxford, Mississ- 

ppi • 

Certified this 9th day of June, 1969. 

/ F. M. Morgan /s/ James S. Downs 

F. M. Morgan, President James S. Downs, Secretary 



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PFCFSS, 1)FCESS PFCITTAP MFETTvc, 7:00 P. J1 N17 16, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on June 9, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. , the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on June 16, 1269 at 7:1)0 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermerls 

Chamber in City - Hall. when and where the follohinf; were present: 

Richard V. Elliott, mayor - presidinp. 

Bill A. Hannpford - Alderman At large 

J. P. •cLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One 

Linder Ovens - Alderman Ward Two 

Harry q. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three 

James King - Alderman Ward It our 


Thomas P. Fthrid e - city Attorney 

John P. Smith -• City Tr'ngineer 

Oxford Housing Authority: 

Will Lewis, Chairman 

F. J. LaCoste - Director 

C. B. Webb - Member of Board 

Bennie Crouch - member of Board 

Garner. Hickman - Member of Board 

William P. Brown, Jr. - Member Or Board 

Walter 'Rogers - Member of 'Board 

Park Commission: 

Dr. J. G. McMurray, Chairman 

Wayne Hudson - Recreation Director 

W. H. Tate - Member of Board 

Mrs. Louise Avert - Member of Board 

Mrs. Sarah Park - "ember of Board 

W. Ti. Tankersley - Member of Board 

J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Elect, Ward TTT 


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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took up for consideration the matter of 

calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified elec- 

tors of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District a proposal for the issu- 

ance of school improvement bonds, and, after a discussion of the subject, Ald- 

erman Owens offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution: 

RESOLUTION CALLING , AND PROVIDING FOR THE 

HOLDING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN THE 

OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 

WHEREAS, the corporate boundaries of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District embrace the entire area of the City of Oxford and certain additional 

territory, and the governing authority of said O x ford Municipal Separate School 

District for the purpose of the issuance of bonds is the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of said Municipal Separate School District 

has heretofore adopted a resolution requesting the said Mayor and Board of. 

Aldermen to call and provide for the holding of an election on the proposition 

hereinafter set forth, and has caused a certified copy of said resolution to 

be filed with the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen do now find and determine that 

it is necessary and advisable and in the best interest of said Oxford Municipal 

Separate School. District that certain school improvements and facilities be 

provided, as requested by said Board of Trustees and as hereinafter set forth; 

and 

WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of taxable property within said Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District, as ascertained by the last completed assess- 

ment, is Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand, Two Hundred Twenty- 

one Dollars ($15,726,221); and 

WHEREAS, the said Oxford Municipal Separate School District now has out- 

standing indebtedness aggregating the sum of Nine Hundred Sixty-one Thousand 

Dollars 4,961,000); and 

WHEREAS, the amount of bonds of said School District hereinafter proposed 

to be issued, to-wit: Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ( 750,000), when 

added to the aforesaid outstanding indebtedness of said District, will not in 

the aggregate exceed fifteen per centum (15%) of the aforesaid assessed valua- 

tion; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen find and declare that the purposes 

for which the proposed bonds are to be issued, as hereinafter set out in the 

body of this resolution, are purposes authorized by Chapter 231, Laws of Miss- 

issippi. of 190, as amended, and find and determine that the Mayor and Board

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of Aldermen are authorized to call an election to be held in said Oxford Muni- 

cipal Separate School. District for the purpose of submitting to the electors 

thereof the proposition hereinafter set out: 

THEPPEOPF, RE TT PFSOTATFD BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CTTY OF OXFORD, MISSISSTPPT, AS FOLLOWS: 

Section 1. That a special election shall be and the same is hereby called. 

and ordered to be held within the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, on Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 10(0, for the 

purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said District the following 

proposition: 

PROPOSITION 

Shall the Oxford Muniripal. Separate School District of 

Tafayette County, Mississippi, issue its bond in the 

maximum amount of Seven Hundred Fifty - Thousand Dollars 

(7r)0,000) to raise money for the purpose of purchasing 

additional lands for school purposes, erecting and 

equipping and elementary school building and related 

facilities therefor, and providing necessary water, 

light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor and for 

the schools in said district? 

SECTION 2. That said special election shall be held at the polling places 

hereinafter set forth in the form of "NOTTCE OF BOND FLPCTTON" as contained. in 

- Section '1 of this resolution. The polling places for said election shall be 

opened at seven o'clock in the morning and shall be kept open until sic o'cleck 

in the evening of the aforesaid date, a d all qualified electors of said Muni- 

cipal Separate School District will he entitled to vote in the said election. 

SECTION 1. That the City Clerk shall give not less three weeks' notice 

of said election by publication of the notice thereof in the Oxford Eagle, a 

newspaper published in said District and of general circulation among the people 

thereof and qualified under Chapter 427, Laws of Mississippi of 1949. The said 

notice shall he published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks next 

preceding the date of said election, the first of which publications shall be 

made not less than twenty-one (21.) days prior to the date of said election and 

the last of which publications shall he made not more than seven (7) days prior 

to the date of said election. The said notice shall he in substantially the 

following form, to-wit: 

FOTTCE OF POND ELECTION 

OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DTSTRTCT 

OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MTSSTSSIPPI 

NOTTCF is hereby given to the qualiried electors of the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, that a special election will he held 

in said District on Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1969, 

for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors 

of said Municipal Separate School District the following 

proposition:

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PROPOSITION 

Shall the Oxford. Municipal Separate School District 

of Lafayette County, Mississippi, issue its bonds 

in the maximum amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand 

Dollars ($750,000) to raise money for the purpose of 

purchasing additional lands for school purposes, 

erecting and equipping an elementary school building 

and related facilities therefor, and providing necessary 

water, light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor 

and for the schools in said district? 

The said election will be held at the following polling 

places within said District to-wit: 

City Hall, City of Oxford, Mississippi, including 

its police station, fire station, courtroom and conference 

room; and the Northeast Mississippi Electric Power 

Association Building in Oxford, Mississippi. 

The polls of said election shall he opened at seven 

o'clock in the morning and shall be kept open until 

six o'clock in the evening of the aforesaid date, and 

the said election shall be held and conducted, as far 

as practicable, in accordance with the laws regulating 

general elections in the State of Mississippi and in 

said School District. 

All qualified electors of said Municipal. Separate 

School District will he entitled to vote in the said 

election. 

By order of the Mayor and Boardof Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, this 16th day of June, 199. 

City Clerk of th ty of 

S E A T. ) Oxford, Mississippi 

SECTION 4. That the said special election shall he held and conducted by 

Fal . ton O. Mason, Jr., Mrs. Jack Lamb, and Mrs. John Faulkner, Election Commi- 

ssioners within and for said City ofOxford, and shall he conducted, as far as 

practicable, in accordance with the laws regulating general elections in the 

State of Mississippi and in the Municipal Separate School District. When the 

said Election Commissioners shall have received the returns of said election 

and ascertained the result thereof, they shall, after having canvassed the same, 

forthwith make return thereof to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford by filing a report setting out their action in the holding of the electio 

and the result thereof. 

SECTION 5. That the ballots to he used at said special election shall he 

in substantially the following form, to-wit: 

OFFICIAL BALLOT 

SPECIAL: SCHOOT. BOND ELECTION 

OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSTPPT 

Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1969

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following: 


PROPOSITION 

Shall the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of 

Lafayette County, Mississippi. issue its bonds in the 

maximum amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars 

($79n,non) to raise money for the purpose of purchasing 

additional lands for school purposes, erecting and equipping 

an elementary school building and related facilities 

therefor, and providing necessary water, light, heating. 

sewerage facilities therefor and for the schools in said 

district? 

FOR THE POND TsSUE 

AGAINST TUE POND Tssry 

(Place a cross /x/ or cher'k mark ./v/ in the square 

opposit yonr choice) 

On the reverse of each ballot there shall he printed. substantially the 

OFFICIAL BALLOT 

SPECIAL SCHOOT. POND ELECTION 

OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 


Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1069 

PRECINCT 

SECTION 6. That Talton O. Mason, Jr., one of the said Election Commission-, 

ers, shall be and he is hereby designated and appointed to have the ballots pre 

pared and printed for use in the holding of said election. 

SECTION 7. That the bonds described in the foregoing proposition shall 

be issued only in the event that the issuance thereof he assented to by three- 

fifths of the qualified electors of said District voting thereon at said election. 

SECTION R. That the City Clerk he and is hereby authorized and directed 

forthwith to prepare a true and correct copy of this resolution and to certify 

the same to the Election Commissioners within and for the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, as and for their warrant and authority for the holding of said 

election as herein provided and as required by the Laws of the State of Miss- 

issippi. 

Alderman McLaurin seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 


Alderman voting YES: Owens, McLanrin, Hannaford, King Sisk 

Alderman voting NO: None 


Board present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this 16th day of June, 1969. 

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The Vayor and B o ard having met with the Planning Commission and separately 

to consider a policy for providing water produced by the City beyond the city 

limits and for providing the use of its sewer system by customers residing out- 

1 side the city limits, insofar as subdivision developers are concerned, on motion 

by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, adopted 

the following policy: 

If the subdivider will agree: 

1. To abide by and conform to all city subdivision 

regulations including, but not limited to, the 

building of all streets, curb and gutters utility 

lines, etc., and the making of bond as cutlined in 

such regulations; and 

2. To give to the City, by proper conveyance, such 

improvements made by the subdivider in the event 

subdivider is later annexed to the City; and 

3. To install necessary utilities from the city limits 

to the subdivider's property at the subdivider's 

expense, in the event the subdivider's property is 

not contiguous to the city limits; and 

4. To provide a sewage distribution and collection 

system that will meet City and State requirements; 

Then the City will agree: 

1. To furnish water at the city limits at the same 

rate charged to other users outside the city limits; 

and 

2. Tf readily available and terrain is such that use of 

City's sewage distribution and collection system is 

feasible, to furnish the use of the City's sewage 

system at the city limits at the same rate charged 

other users outside the city limits. 

Should the subdivider not be willing to agree by contract to the foregoing, 

it is the policy of the Mayor and. Board not to provide water produced by the 

City or the use of the City's sewage facilities in any manner by developers of 

subdividers outside the city limits. 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen 



Dear Sirs: 

' The Oxford Municipal Democratic Executive Committee would like to take this 

means of advising your office as to the results of the First Primary of our 

Municipal Democratic Election which was held on May 13, 1969. The official 

results are as follows: 

MAYOR Phillip Davis Bryant 

Richard W. Elliott 

F. W. Lee 

467 

o4o 

678

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ALDEPMAN 

AT LARCE 

ALDFPMAN 

WADI) T 

ATDEPMAN 

WARD TT 


Bill A. Pannaford 

Edgar Darold Overstreet 

John B. 

J. P. MeTaurin, Jr. 

Lonnie T.. TueRer 

B. P. Churchill 

La .han W. Cost 

Linder Owens 

Tien Pettis 

ALDFRMAN 

'WARD ITT J. C. Coolshy 17 q 

ALDEPA-!'‘N 

WARD TV James N. "King 1 79 6 

/s! W. Peed Lester W. Young 

W. M. Reed, Chairman Lester W. Yohn7 

Will Lewis, Jr. /s/ Bill Denton 

Will Lewis, Jr. Dill Denton 

/s/ Mrs. C. F. Moran William H. Tate 

Mrs. C. E. Morgan William P. Tate 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen 



Dear Sirs: 

The Oxford municipal Democratic rxoeutive Committee would like to take this 

means of advising your office as to the results of the Second Primary of our 

Municipal Democratic Election which was held or May 20, 1960. The official 

results are as follows: 

MAYOR Richard W. Elliott 

W. W. Lee 

ALDERMAN 

WARD - I 

ALDERMAN 

WARD TT 

J. P. McLaurin, Jr. 

Lonnie L. Tucker 

Laban W. Cost 

Ben Pettis 

/s/ W. M. Peed, Chairman 

/-/ 

// Lester W. Young 

W. M. Peed, Chairman Lester Young 

/s Will Lewis, Jr. /s/ Bill Denton 

Will Lewis, Jr. Bill. Denton 

/s/ 

Mrs. C. E. Morgan William H. Tate 

Mrs. C. F. Morr'-an William 11. Tate 

11'7' 

546 

0 32 

53 

18 1 1 

0;8 

3!I7 

1206 

932 

1122 

8) 4 

1270

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HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN 


OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 38655 

Dear Sirs: 

The Oxford Municipal Election Commission would like to take this means 

of advising your office as to the results of our Municipal General Election 

which was held on June 3, 1969. 

The official results are as follows: 

MAYOR Richard W. Elliott 132 

W. W. Lee 1 

G. A. Gafford 1 

ALDERMAN Bill A. Hannaford 129 

AT LARGE Jan Cerny 1 

ALDERMAN Dr. J. P. McLaurin, Jr. 132 

WARD T 

ALDERMAN 

WARD IT Ben Pettis 133 

ALDERMAN 

WARD ITT J. C. Goolsby 131 

ALDERMAN 

WARD IV James N. King 130 

CERTIFIED BY THE OXFORD MUNICIPAL ELECTION COMMISSIONERS 

/s/ 

/s/ 

/s/ 

Falton O. Maton 

FALTON O. MASON 

Mrs. Walda Lamb 

MRS. WALDA LAMB 

Mrs. John Faulkner 

MRS. JOHN FAULKNER 

On Motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 

this board do now recess until. June 17, 1969 at 11:00 A. M.

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PPCPST:,, RECESS, RECESS REgFLAP MFETTN0 11:00 A. June 17 , 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on Juno 16, 1969 nt 7:00 P. the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen me or Juno 17, 196 0 at 11:00 N. M., in the Mayor and Hoard of 110- 

erirents Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 

acted: 

Pichard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding 

11111 A. Ilannaford - Aldermen At Large 

J. P. MeT.avrin, J . - Aldermen Ward or,. 

Marry S. Sisk - Alderman Ward Three 

Wiley, T. - City Clerk 

fharl es r.l S. Supervisor - District one 

Franklin Parks, Supervisor - District two 

T. P. Cnntor - Supervisor - District three 

J. c Ta tum - Supervisor - District four 

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Pasty H. Waller, Chancery Clorh 

Will A. Hickman, Attorney Por Poard of Snervisors 

Baxter 0. Elliott, Sr., Chairman, Board of 

Trustees, Oxford - Tafayette County mosp ital 

Robert Winkler, Administrator, Oxford - Lafayette 


John W. Turnipseed. Assistant Administrator, 

Oxford - Lafayette County Hospital 

Foster Fowler, Executive Director, Mississippi 


Mrs. Evelyn Bruntlett, Equipment Consultant, 

Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care 

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After the meetinr was called to order, the following business was trans- 

Pursuant to an adertisement in the Oxford Eagle for kids on supplemental 

items of Croup TT and Croup III Hospital Equipment for the Oxford-Tafayette 

County Hospital Extened Care Facility, to he opened at the recess meeting 

of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at 1 1 :00 A. M., June 17, 1 9 6°, bids were 

opened and read by Mr. Foster Fowler, Executive Director, Mississippi Commission 

on Hospital Care, and recorded by Mrs. Evelyn Bruntlett, Equipment Consultant, 

Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. A tabulation of all bids received 

is on file in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall,

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After the bids were opened and read, a motion was made by Alderman Hanna- 

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ford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously that upon the recommenda- 

tions of Mr. Foster Fowler, Executive Director, Mississippi Commission on 

Hospital Care, and Mr. Robert Winkler, Administrator, Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital, the following bids in the total amount of $4,950.59 be awarded, they 

being the lowest and best bids: 

Aloe, Div. of Brunswick 

1425 Tulane Avenue 

New Orleans, Louisiana 

Items S-1, S-1, S-21 and S-25 


B-S Medical & Scientific Company 

188 South Dudley Street 


Items S-27, S-31 & S-41 


Williams Physicians & Surgeons Supplies 

2002 Line Avenue 

Shereveport, Louisiana 

Items S-20, S-22, S-24, S-28, S-14, S-36, S-38 

S-19 and S-40 


McNees Medical Supply Company 

4711 Highway 55 North 


Items S-23, S-26, S-29, S-30, S-32, S-13, S-35 

S-37, S-41 and S-42 


American Hospital Supply 

4400 Catherine Avenue 


Item S-2 


Vital Funactions, Inc 

5445 Pine Lane Drive 


Items S-8, S_9, S-10, S-11, S-12, S-11, S-14 

S-15 and S-16 


Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 

2541 Harbor Avenue 


Items S-4, S-5, S-6 and S-7 


Ohio Medical Products 

2186 Marietta Boulevard, N. W. 

Atlanta, Georgia 

Items S-17, S-18 and S19 


TOTAL BIDS AWARDED $4,950.59 


Health Service and the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. 

On Item S-20, the low hid of McNees Medical Supply Company in the amount 

of $15 11.08 was not accepted because the item bid apparently did not meet specifications. 

Therefore, the bid of 1liams Physicians & Surgeons Supplies in 

the amount of 5155,78 was adjudged to be the best bid.

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On item 9-21, the low hid of Aloe, Division of Brunswick in the amount of 

Y;0.00 was not accepted because the item bid apparently did not meet snerifications. 

Therefore, the bid of McNees Medical Supply Company in the amount of 

$78,72 was adjudged to he the best bid. 

No bids were received on tie following items: S-44, (cabinet, threedrawer), 

S-45 (board, ironing), and S-4() (iron, electric steam), and therefore 

such items may he purchased on the open market without further advertisement, 

in accordance with Section 9027, Mississippi Code of 1 q42. as amended, and 

authority is hereby so granted, subject only to final approval by the United 

States Public Health Service and the Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care. 

The Mayor and Clerk of this Board he and they are hereby authorized to 

execute and deliver such instruments as may be required in connection with 

these awards. 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford ragle for bids on the purchase 

cf the City of Oxford's interest in Bramlett gardens lots 21, 22 and fraction 

lot 21 to he opened on June 17, lor, ° al 11:o0 a. m., the following bids were 

received: 

Paul L. Parker: 

Lot 21 

Lot 99 525.on 

T.ot 99 

TOTAL ,17,o.no 

7'!ichael T.. Bridge: 

Lots 21, 22 and fraction lot 21 - with the following 

conditions: 

1. The City of Oxford invest itself of all interest 

in said property. 

9. That the 7ity of Oxford install an adequate sized drainage 

pipe under McLaurin Drive capable of carrying the run-off 

of water that flows through the subject property, and that 

such drainage pipe be installed within a one year period 

of the date of this bid. 

After the bids were opened and read, according to law, a motion was made 

by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously to 

continue all bids for further' consideration. 


this Poard do now recess until June 2 1 1, 1 (1 6° at 7:1 0 n, m.

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CITY CLER( MAYO 

AP )05 I I 

RECESS, RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:10 D. M. JUNE, 24, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on June 17, 196 9 at 11:00 a. m. the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on June 24, 1969 at 7:90 p. in. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 







Pursuant to the opening of bids for the purchase of the City of Oxford's 

interest in Bramiett Gardens Subdivision Lots 21, 22 and fraction lot 273 at 

the recess meeting of June 17, 1969 at 11:00 a. m., and an order recorded on the 

0 minutes of said meeting to continue said. bids for further consideration, the 

hid of Michael L. Bridge in the amount of $5,615.00 was accepted on motion of 

Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passed unanimously, and the 

Mayor and City Cleric are hereby authorized to sign and execute a quitclaim deed 

; to Mr. Bridge for the City's interest in said lots. 

The remainder of the meeting was taken up with a discussion between the 

'Mayor and Board of Aldermen, the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District, the Oxford Housing Authority, and the Park Commission 

concerning disposition of certain parts of the Stone property which is now owned 

by the City.

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7:00 P. M. 

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JULY 1, 1969 



July 1, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meet» 

ing when and where the following were present: 







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Ben Pettis - Alderman Elect Ward Two 

J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Elect Ward Three 

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Kenneth W. Welch - City Tax Assessor 



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acted:

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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Sisk and passe 

I unanimously accepting the June minutes as read. 

is 


unanimously to approve the June accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 

at page 113 through page 120 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. 


unanimously ordering all tenants at the City Apartments on South 18th Street 

to vacate said apartments prior to October 1, 1969. 


unanimously granting the request of Tom Landrum, Supt. of Electric Departmen , 

to have a 12 months advertising program with the WSUH Radio Station. 

Came on for consideration the matter of the City's old 1959 international 

dump truck. Motion was made by Alderman Owens, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, 

and passed unanimously to advertise this truck for sale; bids to be taken at 

the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on August 5, 1969 at 

7:30 p. m. 


unanimously authorizing John R. Smith, City Engineer, to attend the annual 

Mississippi Society of Civil Engineers Convention to be held in Biloxi on 

July 17, 18 and 19, 1969. 


unanimously authorizing the City Sewer Department to install a sewer line 

on White Oak Lane in Faust Subdivision to the two new houses being built by 

James W. Smith, provided, Mr. Smith will pay the City a $500 connection fee to 

each house or a total of $1,000 toward the cost of installing the sewage line 

to this property.

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Motion was made by Alderman Sisk, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed; 

unanimously authorizing the purchase of a 2/3 page advertisement in the 1969 

Ole Miss Football Programs for the three (3) home games at a cost of $250.00; 

fifty percent (50%) to be paid from the General Fund and fifty percent (50%) 

to be paid from the Electric Fund and charged to advertising. 


unanimously authorizing purchase of a full page advertisement in the 1969 

Oxford High School annual at a cost of $60.00; fifty percent (50%) to be paid 

from the General Fund and fifty percent (50%) to be paid from the Electric 

Fund and charged to advertising. 


unanimously to employ Hershel Jenkins as a lineman with the Electric Department 

at an hourly wage of $2.60 per hour. 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION 

OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO 

PURCHASE AN ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. 



purchase an electronic calculator. 

Unless objection$ to or protest against this resolution is made by 7:30 

p. m. on August 5, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 





adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final pass- 

age thereof was as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD...YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR..YEA 






bids on an electronic calculator.

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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MOTOR VEHICLE. ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE TAX 

COMMISSION WITH CEPTAIN MODIFICATIONS THERETO FOR THE YEAR 1969-1970. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen have heretofore approved and 

adopted the assessment schedule for motor vehicles as prepared by the Mississ- 

ippi State Tax Commission with certain modifications thereto, which schedules 

as modified are the basis for Ad Valorem tax assessment on all motor vehicles 

within the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen wish to amend the assessment 

schedules by adoption of the Mississippi State Tax Commission schedule on 

motor vehicles with certain modifications thereof. 

NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, as follows: 

Section 1. That for the fiscal year of 1969-1970 and until hereafter 

modified by proper Resolution, the assessment schedule for the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District shall be the 

schedule as prepared by the Mississippi State Tax Commission relative to motor 

vehicles, with the exception of assessments to the hereinafter listed vehicles. 

Said exceptions are as follows: 

TOYOPET - Japan 

SKODA - Czechoslovakia 

SAAB - Swedish 

That said assessments for the above vehicles shall be ten percent above the 

assessment shown by the Mississippi State Tax Commission on said vehicles. 

Section 2. It is the intent of the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, to amend its schedule for Ad Valorem Assessment 

on motor vehicles by the adopting of the schedule furnished by the Mississippi 

State Tax Commission for all intents and purposes other than the three excep- 

tions heretofore shown and said assessments shall be collected under special 

contract with the Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lafayette County, Mississippi. 

Section 3. For good cause this resolution shall be in full force and 

effect from and after its passage and the City Clerk be and he is hereby dir- 

ected to furnish a copy of said resolution to the Mississippi State Tax Commi- 

ssion in Jackson, Mississippi. 

Upon motion of Alderman Owens duly seconded by Alderman Hannaford, a yea 

and nay vote was taken which resulted as follows:

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Alderman Hannaford voted yea. 

Alderman King voted yea. 

Alderman McLaurin voted yea. 

Alderman Owens voted yea. 

Alderman Sisk voted yea. 

WHEREUPON, the Mayor declared the same adopted. 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO A 

CONTRACT WITH B. H. McELREATH, SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR, FOR THE COLLECTION 

OF AD VALOREM TAXES ON MOTOR VEHICLES. 

Whereas, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, has heretofore adopted a sche- 

dule for assessment of motor vehicles for the fiscal year 1969-1970 and are de- 

sirous of entering into a contract with B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collec- 

tor of Lafayette County, for the purpose of collecting said motor vehicles tax- 

as for and in behalf of said City; and after discussion 

Upon motion of Alderman Owens duly seconded by Alderman Hannaford, the 

Board agreed unanimously authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter 

into a contract with B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collector, for the collec- 

tion of said motor vehicles taxes for the fiscal year 1969-1970, said contract 

to be in accordance with the following terms and conditions, to-wit: 

CONTRACT TO COLLECT MOTOR VEHICLE AD VALOREM TAXES 

THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into on the date indicated below by and 

between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, hereinafter 

called "City" and B. H. McElreath, Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lafayette Coun- 

ty, Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as "Collector". 

WITNESSETH: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Chapter 588, General Laws 

of Mississippi, 1958, and the amendments thereto, City has elected to prepare 

and has prepared for the taxable year beginning October 1, 1969, its separate 

assessment schedule of motor vehicles in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and 

WHEREAS, the previous Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, has heretofore collected said ad valorem taxes for City, and 

Collector has experienced personnel and has the equipment and facilities with 

which to efficiently collect City's taxes for the taxable year and, by 

virtue thereof, can collect said taxes more economically than could City, and

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WHEREAS, the collections of ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles within 

the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District will fall 

into the bracket established by said Chapter 588 of three per cent (3%),which 

percentage is inadequate to meet the expenses of the collection of said taxes 

and, in order to induce Collector to assume the additional obligation of collec 

ting its taxes, City is willing to increase the fee to the Collector to a flat 

over-all fee of five per cent (5%) of the amount collected for the City of 

Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District, and 

WHEREAS, City is of the opinion that it would be to the best interest of 

the general public to employ Collector to collect motor vehicles ad valorem 

taxes for the taxable year beginning October 1, 1969. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual bene- 

fits to be derived herefrom the parties hereto do hereby mutually agree and 

bind themselves, as follows: 

I. Collector agrees to collect for the taxable year beginning October 1, 

1969, all ad valorem taxes due the City of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District on all motor vehicles on which he, as tax collector 

of Lafayette County, Mississippi, collects state and county ad valorem taxes. 

In determining the amount of tax to be collected on such vehicles, Collector 

shall use the valuation of the motor vehicles as set forth on the assessment 

schedule of said City, the levies, to be made by the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, on the 2nd day of September, 1969, as 

amended, for municipal ad valorem taxes for said city and the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School Distict. All suc taxes shall be collected by Collector at 

the same time such state and county ad valorem taxes are collected. 

2. For collecting said taxes for City, City shall pay to Collector as 

compensation for his services rendered hereunder, five per cent (5%) of all 

ad valorem taxes due City and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District 

on motor vehicles and collected by Collector during the term hereof and 

Collector is hereby authorized to deduct his compensation of five per cent (5%) 

of the total amount of such taxes collected by him at the time of his remitt- 

ances of such collections to City as hereinafter provided. 

3. Collector agrees to faithfully account for and deliver to City all 

of the money collected by him, his employees, agents, servants and clerks on 

behalf of City and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District on or before 

the 20th day of the month following that in which the funds are so collected, 

provided, however, that in making said monthly settlements the Collector may 

deduct therefrom his compensation as provided in this agreement and account 

for the same at the time of such remittance.

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4. Collector agrees to furnish City true and exact copies of all reports 

required to be made to the Motor Vehicle Comptroller, the Commission of Public 

Safety and the State Tax Commission of the State of Mississippi at the same 

time said reports are required to be made to said Mississippi departments. 

5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the right of 

City to pnrsue, prosecute and enforce the payment of all ad valorem taxes and 

penalties by those who are delinquent, if any, and those who have made false 

representations, if any, or otherwise have evaded the payment of said taxes. 

6. All of the applicable provisions of Chapter 588, General Laws of 

Mississippi, 1958, and the amendments thereto, are hereby incorporated in this 

contract by reference to the same extent as if they were set forth herein for 

all purposes, except that where any of the provisions of said act conflict 

with or are different to the expressed provisions of this agreements, then the 

provisions hereof shall be binding on the parties hereto. 

ATTEST: 

EXECUTED in duplicate on this the 1st day of July, A. D., 1969. 

CITY CLER 

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MAYOR 

/s/ B. H. McElreath 


Sheriff and Tax Collector 


The following resolution was introduced by Alderman McLaurin: A RESOLU- 

TION COMMENDING ALDERMEN SISk AND OWENS FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE. 

WHEREAS, this meeting of this Board, held on July 1, 1969, is the last 

meeting which will be attended by Aldermen Sisk and Owens, unless they should 

be re-elected as Alderman at some future time; and 

WHEREAS, Alderman Sisk has served the City of Oxford faithfully for more 

than twenty-six (26) years as Alderman, devoting his energies and abilities as 

such throughout this time; and 

WHEREAS, Alderman Owens has served the City of Oxford diligently and 

faithfully for eight (8) years as an Alderman; 


CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI:

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(1) That Alderman Sisk and Owens be, and they are hereby, commended for 

their many years of good and faithful service to the people of Oxford who, by 

this method, desire to, and do, express their thanks to them. 

Owens. 

Attest: 

(2) That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Aldermen Sisk and 

Adopted on this the 1st day of July, 1969. 

(SEAL OF THE CITY) 

(-) 

MAYO 


of the sale and issuance of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) 

Electric Revenue Bonds, and, after a discussion of the subject, the following 

resolution was presented: 

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SALE OF TWO 

HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) 

ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, PURSUANT TO A RESOLU- 

TION HERETOFORE ADOPTED ON THE 3RD DAY 

OF JUNE, 1969. 

WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 3rd day of June, 1969, the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, did adopt a resolu- 

tion declaring their intention to issue electric revenue bonds of said City in 

the maximum principal amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) 

for the purpose of enlarging, improving and extending the electric distribution 

system of said City;and 

WHEREAS, as required by the aforesaid resolution and as required by law, 

notice of the intention to issue the aforesaid bonds was duly published on the 

5th, 12th, and 19th days of June, 1969, in The Oxford Eagle, a legally qualifie 

newspaper published in the said City of Oxford; and 

WHEREAS, more than ten (10) days have now expired since the last publica- 

tions of the aforesaid notice and no petition of any kind or character signed 

by voteers of the said City has been filed objecting to or protesting against 

the issuance of said bonds; and

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WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Oxford are now 

fully empowered and legally authorized to issue the said bonds: 



SECTION 1. That the Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Elec- 

tric Revenue Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, hereafter shall be 

issued under and pursuant to the declared intention of said Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of said City as declared by resolution heretofore adopted on the 

3rd day of June, 1969. 

SECTION 2. That said bonds shall be offered for sale on sealed bids to 

be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the City 

Hall in said City at or before the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, 

the 5th day of August, 1969; each bids to be accompanied by a cashier's check, 

certified check, or exchange, issued or certified by a bank located in the 

State of Mississippi, payable to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, in the amount 

of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), as a guarantee that the bidder will carry 

out his contract and purchase the bonds if his bid be accepted. If the success- 

ful bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the 

amount of such good faith check shall be retained by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen and covered into the general funds of the City ofOxford as liquidated 

damages for such failure. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to 

reject any or all bids submitted, and if all bids are rejected, to sell said 

bonds at private sale at any time within sixty days after the date advertised 

for the receipt of bids, at a price not less than the highest bid which shall 

have been received at such advertised sale. 

SECTION 3. That bidders for said bonds be requested to desipnate in 

their bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or 

rates, but not more than three different rates, likewise to be designated in 

their bids; provided however, that all bonds of the same maturity shall bear 

interest at the same rate. 

SECTION 4. That, as provided by Chapter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 1946, 


of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two times in The Oxford Eagle, 

a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, in Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

the first publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date 

set for the receipt of bids, and such notice to be in substantially the follow- 

ing form, to-wit:

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$250,000 


ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS 

Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

at the City Hall in said City, until the hour of 7:00 o'clock 

P. M., on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1969, at which time 

said bids will be publicly opened for the inirchase, at not 

less than par and accrued interest, of the above bonds of 

said City. 

Said bonds are to bear date of September 1, 1969, are to be 

of the denomination of $1,000 or $5,000 each, and shall bear 

interest at a rate or rates to be determined pursuant to sale 

of said bonds, payable June 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter 

on December 1 and June 1 in each year. Both principal 

of and interest on said bonds will be payable at a place to 

be designated by the purchaser of said bonds, subject to approval 

by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Oxford, 

and said bonds shall mature on June 1 in each Of the years as 

follows: 

$25,000 in each of the years 1971 through 1980 

Bonds maturing in the year 1976 and thereafter will be callable, 

in inverse numerical order, on June 1, 1975, or on any interest 

payment date thereafter, upon payment of a premium of Twenty 

Dollars ($20.00) per bond. 

The said bonds will be payable, both as to principal and interest, 

solely from the revenues of the electric distribution system of 


Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price they 

will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates, but not 

more than three different rates, likewise to be designated in 

their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of the same maturity 

shall bear interest at the same rate. The difference between the 

highest rate bid and the lowest rate bid shall not exceed 1-0 

and no bid specifying supplemental interest coupons will be considered. 

It is the intention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen tee decide 

which of the bids submitted is the highest on the basis of the 

lowest total interest cost over the life of the issue, less the 

premium specified in the bid. 

Proposals should be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

and should be filed with the City Clerk on or prior to the date 

and hour hereinabove named. Each bid must be accompanied by a 

cashier's check, certified check, or exchange, issued or certified 

by a bank located in the State of Mississippi, payable to the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, in the amount of Five Thousand 

Dollars ($5,000), as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out 

his contract and purchase the bonds if his bid be accepted. If 

the successful bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to 

his bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall 

be retained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and covered into 

the general funds Of the City of Oxford as liquidated damages for 

such failure. 

Proposals tendered by mail should be addressed to the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen, City Hall, O x ford, Mississippi, and 

should be plainly marked "Proposal for Revenue Bonds". 

These bonds are offered subject to the unqualified approval of 

the legality thereof by the law firm of Charles and Trauernicht 

of St. Louis. All legal fees, the cost of validation of the bonds 

and of the printing of the bondsshall be borne by the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi. Delivery will be made to the purchaser 

within sixty days after the date of the sale of said bonds, at 

a place to be designated by the purchaser and without cost to 

the purchaser.

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24 * CITY OF OXFORD 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the 

right to reject any or all bids submitted. 

By order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 

this 1st day of July, 1969. 


aforesaid newspaper the customary publisher's affidavit proving publication of 

said notice for the time and in the manner required by law; and suc proof of 

publication shall be filed in the City Clerk's office. 

SECTION 6. That at the time of the sale of said bonds or at some appro- 

priate time thereafter, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall take such further 

action as may be necessary to provide for the preparation, execution, issuance, 

and delivery of said bonds. 

The foregoing resolution having been introduced in writing at this a 

regular meeting of the Mayor and. Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, held on the lit day of July, 1969, was at said meeting read, 

considered and adopted paragraph by paragraph, section by section, and then 

as a whole, without change in the form in which it was introduced, by the 

following vote: 

Those voting YES: Aldermen Owens, Sisk, King, Hannaford, and 

McLaurin 

Those voting NO: None 

Absent and not voting: None 

MAYOR 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to a resolution entitled "A RESO- 

LUTION DECLARING NECESSARY THE GRADING, PAVING, LAYING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, 

SODDING, AND OTHER WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PART OF THE STREET 

KNOWN AS SOUTH 9TH STREET IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND PROPOSING TO 

ISSUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING ALL COSTS OF SUCH 

IMPROVEMENTS," adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on April 1, 1969, 

he did cause said resolution to be published in the Oxford Eagle, a newspaper 

published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford, said resolution

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF, OXFORD 

1 having been published in said newspaper on May 29, June 5 and June 12, 1969, 

as evidenced by the publisher's affidavit, which the City Clerk did then And 

1 

1 there exhibit to the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Further, the City Clerk 

' reported that he gave notice of the aforesaid resolution by sending a copy of 

it, by certified mail, postage prepaid, within five (5) days after May 29, 1969, 

to the last known address of all owners of property affected by the resolution. 

The City Clerk further reported that no protests or objections were filed 

prior to the time specified in the aforesaid resolution, being 7:30 o'clock, 

P. M., on July 1, 1969. 

After a discussion of the entire matter, Aldermen Owens offered and moved 


A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH THE 

1 ' IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF GRADING, PAVING, 

LAYING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM, SODDING, AND OTHER 

WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PART 

OF THE STREET KNOWN AS SOUTH 9TH STREET IN THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI DETERMINING THAT NO 

PROTESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST SAID IMPROVE- 

MENTS, AND DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE 

COST AND EXPENSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, DIRECTING 

THE CITY ENGINEER TO FURNISH HIS ESTIMATE OF THE 

COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE 

CITY ENGINEER TO CONSTRUCT OR CAUSE SUCH IM- 

PROVEMENTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS SOON AS FUNDS 

ARE AVAILABLE. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississipp 

having made due investigation, find, determine and declare: 

A. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, by resolution adopted at a meet- 

ing held on April 1, 1969, declared that certain improvements on a part of the 

j street known as South 9th Street were necessary, said part of said street being 


A strip of such street 560 feet in length, running from 

Cleveland Avenue to Old Taylor Road; 

B. That said resolution described the nature and extent of the work, the 

general character of such improvements and the material to be used, and the 

location and terminal points of that part of the street on which the improvement 

were to be made, and adopted plans and specifications therefor; 

C. That said resolution fixed July 1, 1969, as a date upon which the 

Mayor and Board would meet at the hour of 7:30 o'clock, P. M., at the City Hall 

in Oxford to hear any protests or objections that might be made against the 

proposed improvements set out in the resolution: 

D. That said resolution directed the City Clerk to give notice of the 

resolution, the contemplated improvement*, the proposed issuance of bonds, 

noties, or certificates of indebtedness, and of the meeting of July 1, 1969, 

by causing the resolution itself to be published once a week for three (3) 

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successive weeks, being May 29, June 5, and June 12, 1969, in the Oxford Eagle, 

a newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford; 

WHEREAS, the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen further find, determine and 

declare that said resolution was published in the Oxford Eagle; a qualified 

newspaper, as aforesaid, all as shown by the proof of publication duly filed, 

and that notice of the proposed improvements has been given as required by law; 

and 

declare: 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen further find, determine, and 

A. That they did meet, pursuant to said resolution at 7:30 o'clock, P. M., 

on Tuesday, July 1, 1969, at the City Hall in the City of Oxford, the time and 

place fixed by said resolution; 

B. That full opportunity was given all persons aggrieved or affected by 

the construction of the proposed improvements, or any of them to appear in per- 

son, by attorney, or by petition, to object against such improvements or any 

of them; 

C. That no protests or objections of any kind were filed against the mak- 

ing of the said improvements on South 9th Street. 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen are now authorized by Chapter 495, 

Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, to construct the improvements hereinafter 

described and to do all things necessary and proper in connection with the con- 

struction and financing thereof; 



Section 1. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen hereby determine to pro- 

ceed with the necessary grading, paving, laying of drainage systems, sodding, 

and other work indicental to the construction of a part of the street known as 

South 9th Street heretofore described in the aforementioned resolution of April 1, 

1969; that said improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the plans 

and specifications therefor now and heretofore adopted by said resolution; 

that the nature and extent of the work and the general character of the material 

to be used shall be as set forth in said plans and specifications; and that 

the grades, materials, and manner of construction with which the same improvements 

are to be made are those set forth in certain plans and specifications prepared 

by the City Engineer, which have been adopted, and in which are now on file in 

the office of the City Clerk of the City of Oxford. 

Section 2. That the cost of making said improvements requires an unusual 

outlay of expense for which the general improvement fund of the City of Oxford 

is not sufficient and for which purpose said funds should not be used. There- 

. fore, the entire expense and cost of such improvements, including all of the

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items of cost referred to in Chapter 495, aforementioned, shall be a charge 

upon the property benefited and be paid by assessing the entire cost of such 

improvements to the abutting property and property owners on each side of that 

part of South 9th Street to be improved, according and in proportion to the 

entire front footage thereof, in the manner provided by Chapter 495 and amend- 

ments thereto and paid by the owners of such abutting property. The area to 

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be benefited by all of the aforementioned improvement is defined as that property 

owned by the persons who own property abutting that part of South 9th Street 

proposed to be improved. 

Section 3. That the cost to be assessed against each of the respective 

lots sbutting on the street to be so improved is less than the benefits which 

will accrue to each of the respective abutting lots. 

Section 4. That the proportionate share of the total cost to be assessed 

against the abutting property and paid by the abutting property owners may be 

paid in either of the alternative methods provided by Chapter 495 and amendments 

thereto. 

Section 5. That the cost of the proposed improvements shall include all 

engineering and inspection costs, a propert proportion (to be determined by the 

Mayor and Board) of the compensation, salaries, and expenses of the City, char- 

gable to the improvements, all cost and estimated cost of the issuance of any 

bonds to be issued on account of the improvements, and interest which will accrue 

while the improvements are under construction and for six (6) months thereafter. 

Section 6. That the City Engineer shall furnish to this Board as soon as 

practicable his estimate of the cost of said improvements so that bonds may 

be issued. 

Section 7. That the City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to con- 

struct, or cause to be constructed, the improvements heretofore described in 

this resolution as soon as funds are available, said improvements to be con- 

structed in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in the 

resolution declaring the same necessary. That the City Engineer be and he is 

hereby required to keep an accounts of the cost of said special improvements 

and make a report to this governing authority in order that said governing 

authority may levy the special assessment against the abutting property owners 

on the basis above specified. 

Alderman McLaurin seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution 


Alderman Owens voted Yea 




Alderman Hannaford voted Yea

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The motion having 

the Mayor declared the 

1st day of July, 1969. 


received the affirmative vote of all Aldermen present, 

motion carried and the resolution adopted on this the 



ING OF JUNE 3, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 


ISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY 

OF GASOLINE, OIL, DIESEL FUEL AND KEROSENE. 




of gasoline, oil, diesel fuel and kerosene and that the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 

7:30 p. m. July 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 






of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply of gasoline, 

oil, diesel fuel and kerosene according to the plans and specifications on file 












Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 12 months sup-. 

ply of gasoline, oil, diesel fuel and kerosene to be opened at the regular meet- 

ing of. July 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

MANSEL OIL COMPANY 

ITEM I. Regular gasoline 13.48¢ per gal. 93+ octane. 

ITEM II. Premium gasoline 17.48O per gal. 100+ octane. 

ITEM III. Diesel fuel 14.5¢ per gal. 

ITEM IV. Kerosene 15.5¢ per gal. 

ITEM V. Non-detergent oil 1.04 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

ITEM VI. Premium grade detergent oil $1.44 per gal. 

ITEM VII. Diesel heavy duty motor oil $1.35 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans 

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J. C. Smith Oil Company 

ITEM I. Regular gasoline 20.95 per gal. 94 octane. 

ITEM II. Premium gasoline 22.95 per gal. 100 octane. 

ITEM III. Diesel fuel No. 2 23.25 per gal. 

ITEM IV. Kerosene 24.50 per gal. 

ITEM V. Non-detergent oil 88 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

ITEM VI. Premium grade detergent oil 1.31 per gal. 

ITEM VII. Diesel heavy duty motor oil 1.20 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 


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ITEM I. Chevron Regular gasoline 20.66¢ per gal. 94 octane. 

ITEM II. Chevron Supreme Premium gasoline 23.66¢ per gal. 100 octane. 

ITEM III. Chevron Diesel fuel 23.53¢ per gal. 

ITEM IV. Chevron Kerosene 24.53¢ per gal. 

ITEM V. Calol Non-detergent oil $1.04 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

ITEM VI. RPM Premium grade detergent oil $1.81 per gal. 

ITEM VII. SUperIRPWIDelo Special Deisel heavy duty motor oil $1.10 per gal 

in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Sun Oil Company - DX Division 

DX Regular Gasoline - Tank Wagon Deliveries $0.147 per gallon 

DX Boron Gasoline - Tank Wagon Deliveries - $0.177 per gallon 

DX Regular (#2) Diesel Fuel - Tank Wagon Deliveries $0.131 per gallon 

DX Kerosene - Tank Wagon Deliveries 40.139 per gallon 

DX Diamond Motor Oil #2523 Series $0.86 per gallon 

DX E.H.D. Motor Oil #2214 Series $1.15 per gallon 

DX Ultra Special Motor Oil #2112 Series $1.43 per gallon 


seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of: 

Mansel Oil Company 

Regular Gasoline 13.48¢ per gal. 93+ octane. 

Premium Grade'detergitfit oil $1.44 per gal. 

J. C. Smith Oil Company 

Premium gasoline 22.95 per gal. 100 octane. 

Non-detergent oil 88 per gal. in 24 1-qt. cans. 

Sun Oil Company - DX Division 

Diesel Fuel at 40.131 per gallon 

Kerosene at $0.139 per gallon 

and 


Heavy duty motor oil at $1.20 per gallon 



JUNE 3, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 


ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 L. F. OF 6" SEWER PIPE. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 L. F. of 

6" Sewer pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. on July 1, 1969 in 



remained on file on the mlnutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more 


or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof,

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BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Hoard of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 L. F. of 6" Sewer Pipe 





section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Sisk, seconded 

by Alderman Owens, it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 


ALDERMAN HILL A. HANNAFORD YEA 





Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1200 L. F. 

of 6" Sewer Pipe, to be opened at the regular meeting of July 1, 1969, bids 

were received from the following firm: 

Dixie Culvert Pipe and Supply Company 


1200 L. F. More or Less 6" Concrete Gasket type Sanitary 

Sewer Pipe Complete $0.65/L.F. 

Gasket Joint Lubricant $5.00/gal. 


seconded by Alderman Owens, and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Dixie Culvert Supply Company it being the lowest and best bid. 


this Board do now recess until July 7, 1969 at 11:00 a. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 11:00 P. M. JULY 7, 1969 

CIA () 

Pursuant to a recess order on July 1, 1969 at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on July 7, 1969 at 11:00 a. m. in the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

! men's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 

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Ben Pettis - Alderman Ward Two 

J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Ward Three 


* * * * * * * 

Vetra A. Stephens - Deputy City Clerk 


On motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, and passed 

unanimously all City Officials and paid employees, including, but not limited 

to the City Clerk, Chief of Police, City Attorney's, City Engineer, Superintendent 

of Electric Department, City Tax Assessor, Planning Coordinator, Recreatio 

Director, and Superintendent of Sanitation were re-appointed and re-employed 

on the same bases and at the same compensation from which they heretofor have 

been employed. 



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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P. M. JUI ,Y 8, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on July 7, 1969 at 11:00 a. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on July 8, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 













Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously approving the following Change Order for the Diagnostic and Treatment 

Addition with the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital: 

TO: A. B. CULLEN & SON PROJECT: DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ADDI- 

P. O. BOX 127 TION FOR THE OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL - PROJECT MISS. 774 

Cost of Brick $48.50/M 

Brick Allowance 46.00/m 

17,500 Brick @ $ 2.50/M = $43.75 

Remove and reinforce door frames for frames 

supporting three lead-lines x-ray dorrs $567.56 

TOTAL ADDITION THIS CHANGE ORDER = $611.31 

ADD DEDUCT 



$78,126.00 $810.79 $78 ,936.7 9 

APPROVED: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED: BREWER, SKEWES 8c GODBOLD 


BY: /s/ T. R. Gunter BY: /s/ S. D. Godbold 

President S. D. Godbold 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI ACCEPTED: A. B. CULLEN & SON 

BY: /s/ Richard W. Elliott BY: /s/ Jack L. Cullen 

MAYOR 

BY: /s/ Robert E. Winkler 

Robert E. Winkler, Administrator

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unanimously approving the following appointments to the City Park Commission: 

/i/e,Thomas Webb Avent re-appointed for a five (5) year term, said term 

expiring July 1, 1974; and Nathan Hodge to fill the vacancy caused 

by the resignation of Willie B. Tankersley, said term to expire 

July 2, 1973. 

The following is a list of the members of the City Park Commission: 

William H. Tate - term expires July 1, 1970 

Nathan Hodge - term expires July 1, 1971 

Mrs. Sarah Park - term expires July 1, 1972 

Dr. J. G. McMurray - term expires July 1, 1973 

Mrs. T. W. Avent - term expires July 1, 1974 

Came on for consideration the matter of appointing an alderman as a member 

of the Planning Commission. Mayor Elliott appointed Mr. J. C. Goolsby, Alderman 

Ward Three, as a member of the board for said term expiring July 2, 1973. 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously electing J. P. 

McLaurin, Jr. as Mayor Pro Tem and J. C. Goolsby as Street Commissioner; said 

term expiring July 2, 1973. 

Mayor Elliott appointed Bill A. Hannaford as Light and Water Commissioner, 

James N. King as Fire and Police Commissioner, and Ben Pettis as Sanitation 

Commissioner; said terms expiring July 2, 1973. 

On motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously, the following ordinance amending Section 2-56 of the Code of 

Ordinances was adopted: 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-56 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ONE (1) MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 

SUPERVISORS OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE OXFORD 

PLANNING COMMISSION. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. That Section 2-56 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, shall be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 

Section 2-56. Selection of members. 

One (1) member of the commission shall be selected 

from the board of trustees of the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District, one (1) member shall be 

selected from the Boardof Supervisors of Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, one (1) member shall be selected 

from the board of aldermen, and the other four 94) 

members of the commission shall be qualified electors 

of the city selected on the basisof their particular 

fitness for their duty on the commission.

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Section 2. The public welfare so requiring, this ordinance shall take 

effect and be in force from and after its passage. 

ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

Adopted on this the 8th day of July, 1969. 

n 

MAYOR 

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On motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, 

the Mayor and. Board adopted the following policy for the future regarding 

whether or not the construction of curbs and gutters will be required when 

constructing or improveing streets: 

Be it resolved that it is the policy of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to require that curbs and gutters be con- 

structed when any new streets are being constructed or any old streets are being 

improved, whether such streets are located in unsubdivided areas, areas which 

were subdivided prior to the subdivision ordinance, or areas which have been 

subdivided since the passage of the subdivision ordinance. 

Be it further resolved that this policy shall take effect immediately. 


this Board do now recess until July 15, 1969 at 8:00 p. m •

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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 8:00 P. M. JULY 15, 1969 

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Purthiant to a recess order on July 8, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and Board 


Chamber in City Hall when and where the fol4.owing were present: 











Planning Commission: 

Clyde E. Cook 

John Reed Holley 

Charles W. McGonagil 

W. N. Lovelady 

John O. Leslie, Chairman 

F. O. Mason - Chairman Municipal Election Commission 



passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor to write the following letter to 

Mr. Thomas Seabrook: 

July 16, 1969 

Mr. Thomas Seabrook 

Thomas Seabrook & Associates, Planners, Inc. 

107 Madison 

Memphis, Tennessee 38103 

Dear Tom: 

I have been concerned for some time about the updating of our comprehensive 

plan for Oxford. 

The Planning Commission has indicated to me that you have not met with them 

to discuss the updating of the Oxford plan and that you have not sought their 

suggestions for such a plan, nor their approval of any part of the plan on 

which you are working. It appears to me that any plan which does not come 

from the people of Oxford, through their representatives, cannot be an Oxford 

plan.

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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen met with the Oxford Planning Commission 

and Mr. E. Robert Daley on July 15, and Mr. Daley explained to us the position 

of your firm with the Research el Development Center. Mr. Daley indicated that 

his office wanted to assist you in any way it could but that he had made it 

clear to you that your firm must get on schedule and stay on schedule throughout 

the Oxford planning stage. Further, Mr. Daley agreed with me that an Oxford 

plan must necessarily involve regular meetings by you with the Planning 

Commission so that the Commission might make suggestions and review your work 

periodically. 

I am familiar with the fact that you only recently obtained a written 

contract from the Research & Development Center. In view of this, I understand 

that it is impossible for you to be up-to-date with your work at this 

time; however, the purpose of this letter is to urge you to update your planning 

work on Oxford by October 1, 1969, remain on schedule thereafter, immediately 

establish communication with the Oxford Planning Commission, and meet with the 

Commission regularly thereafter. 

Please be assured of my full cooperation with you. I have full confidence 

in your ability and experience and know that you can get this job done for' 

Oxford and for yourself. 

RWE:sh 

Kindest personal regards. 

cc: Mr. John 0. Leslie 

Mr. Robert Daley 

Sincerely, 

Richard W. Elliott 

Motion was duly made f seconded and passed unanimously approving the same 

members to the City Advisory Committee for another four (4) years; said members 

are as follows: 

Leroy E. Kilpatrick 

Garner L. Hickman 

Frank E. Cooper 


John O. Leslie 

James N. Roberts 

Jean Young 

Russell Blair 

Mable O. McEwen 

Jesse P. Phillips 

L. D.Johnson 

Dewey Hawkins 

Kate Baker 

Nolia Banks 

J. H. Bruening 

and appointing the following members to the Planning Commission: 

John O. Leslie, Chairman 

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Clyde E. Cook 

John R. Holley 

William N. Lovelady 

Frank Ramage 

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John R. Smith 

J. C. Goolsby , j non-voting

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Aldermen voting YES: McLaurin 

Hannaf ord 

King 

Goolsby 

Pettis 

Alderman voting NO: None 

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Hoard present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this the 15th day of July, 1969. 



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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P. M. JULY 31, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on July 15, 1969 at 8:00 p. m., the Mayor and Board 












It appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that there is a deficit 

in a number of items provided for in the General Fund and the Water and Sewer 

Fund Budget of the fiscal year 1968-69; 

And it is further appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that there 

are funds in the treasury of the municipality or will be funds coming into the 

treasury during the fiscal year, not appropriated by the budget. 

And it is further appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that the 

budget of the City of Oxford, Mississippi should be revised so as to provide 

for the orderly operation of the municipality. 

IT IS THEREFORE, upon motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman 

Hannaford, ordered that the General Fund and the Water and Sewer Fund Budget 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, be, and the same hereby is revised so as 

to read in words and figures as follows, to-wit: 

RECEIPTS: 

BUDGET 



Sales Tax $244,000.00 




Rents 14,000.00 

Fines 27,500.00 

Advalorem Taxes 71,500.00 


Advalorem Maint. Tax-County 11,000.00 

Municipal Aid From State 16,380.00 


Transfer From Water & Sewer Fund 41,445.00 

Tax Equivalent - Elec. Dept. 95,000.00 

Interest on Investment - Light Plant 3,350.00 

Water and Sewer Collections 

'Taps and Inspections 

Income From Other Sources 29,720.00 

2% Gross Revenue-Public Utility 4,885.00 

Income From Animal Control 1,100.00 


TOTALS $598,555.00 

GENERAL FUND WATER & SEWER FUND 

$256,415.00 

4,585.00 

11,500.00 

$272,500.00

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DISBURSEMENTS: 


Labor and Wages 

Materials and Supplies 

Utilities 

Maintenance and Repair 

Gas and Oil 






Insurance and Bonds 


Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 

TOTALS 


ADMINISTRATION POLICE DEPARTMENT 

$ 49,040.00 

6,600.00 

6,800.00 

5,200.00 

5,925.00 

850.00 

11,800.00 

4,200.00 

750.00 

1,100.00 

2,700.00 

575.00 

4,485.00 

4,100.00 

3,450.00 

5,010.00 

$112;59500 

$ 87,850.00 

4,000.00 

4,400.00 

1,250/00 

7,050.00 

5,500.00 

3,300.00 

4,120.00 

15.00 

3,445.00 

8,300.00 

60.00 

800.00 

200.00 

$t30,290.00 

FIRE DEPARTMENT STREET DEPARTMENT 


$ 11,400.00 

Labor & Wages 29,650.00 36,285.00 


Utilities 300.00 18,675.00 

Maintenance & Repair 850.00 405oo.00 

Gas & Oil 125.00 3,100.00 



320.00 



Legal Printing -o- 

2,000.00 

30.00 

Insurance and Bonds 1,100.00 3,210.00 


Advertising 

2,300.00 4,420.00 


Contingencies -0- 

TOTALS $ 37,675.00 $123,580.00 

SANITATION DEPT. PARK & RECREATION 





Maintenance & Repair 8,100.00 900.00 

Gas & Oil 6,840.00 275.00 




Equipment Rental 865.00 725.00 


Insurance and Bonds 4,185.00 890.00 

Social Security and Retirement 8,975.00 1,230.00 



Contingencies 250.00 -o- 


TOTALS $137,915.00 $ 52,000.00 

CIVIL DEFENSE WATER DEPARTMENT 



Material & Supplies 250.00 47,000.00 

Utilities 100.00 9,400.00 

Maintenance & Repair 2,400.00 

Gas and Oil 350.00 850.00 



Purchase of Equipment 1,500.00 1,520.00

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(Continued) CIVIL DEFENSE WATER DEPARTMENT 




Social Security and Retirement 

,Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 


TOTALS 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas and Oil 


30.00 

150.00 

100.00 

-0- 

35.00 

975.00 

3,525.00 

120.00 150.00 

-0- 

41,445.00 

$ 4,500.00 

$ 43,500.00 

SEWER DEPARTMENT SEWER PLANTS 

$ 6,600.00 

11,725.00 

12,750.00 

300.00 

500.00 

200.00 

850.00 

$ 8,760.00 

5,000.00 

2,300.00 

1,200.00 

250.00 


Purchase of Equipment -0- 150.00 

Equipment Rental -0- 

Legal Printing 45.00 

Insurance and Bonds 1,010.00 110.00 

Social Security and Retirement 1,300.00 770.00 

Advertising 

Miscellaneous 50.00 

Contingencies -0- 




Paying Agent Pees 145.00 


TOTALS $110,460.00 $ 18,540.00 

The City Clerk reported that there is a surplus in the Bond and Interest 

Fund designated for the following bond redemption and interest sinking funds 

for bond issue which have been paid in full, as follows: 

Bond Fund ($65.54) 

1955 Special Street Improvement 491.80 

1957 Special Street Improvement 5,651.68 

1959 Special Street Improvement (147.78) 

Net Total Surplus $5,930.16 

After discussion of the matter, a motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman King and passed unanimously authorizing the City Clerk 

to transfer the amount of $5,930.16 from Bond and Interest Fund to General Fund 

in order to close out the above sinking funds. 

The City Clerk and the City Engineer reported to the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen that certain expenditures exceeding the amount of $10,500.00 had been 

made during Fiscal Year 1968-69 from the Water and Sewer Fund for Water and 

Sewer System Capital Improvements which could have properly been made from the 

1965 Public Improvement Bond Fund. 

After a discussion of the matter, a motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman King, and passed unanimously, authorizing the City Clerk 

to transfer $10,500.00 from the 1965 Public Improvement Bond Fund to the Water 

and Sewer Fund as a partial reimbursement for certain Capital Improvement expenditures 

which are itemized and on file in the office of the City Clerk.

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The City Clerk and the City Engineer reported to the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen that certain expenditures exceeding the amount of $4,820.00 had been 

made during Fiscal Year 1968-69 from the General Fund for Street Improvement 

and Maintenance which could have properly been made from the 1967 Public Improvement 

Bond Fund. 

After a discussion of the matter, a motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman King, and passed unanimously, authorizing the City Clerk 

to transfer $4,820.00 from the 1967 Public Improvement Bond Fund to the General 

Fund as a partial reimbursement for certain street improvement expenditures 

which are itemized and on file in the office of the City Clerk. 

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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Goolsby, and 

passed unanimously to approve and confirm the Mayotts appointment of the follow- 

! ing persons to the Municipal Election Commission for the City of Oxford for the 

term ending July 2, 1973: 

Mr. Falton O., Mason, Jr. 

Mrs. John Faulkner 

Mrs. Walda H. Lamb 


this Board do now adjourn Sine-Die:

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. AUGUST 5, 1969 



August 5, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 










James T. Pryor Manager Electric Dept. 




Robert L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation Dept. 

E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer' 


John. O. Leslie, Chairman Oxford Planning Commission 

E. J. Lacoste, III - Director Oxford Housing Authority 

Baxter O. Elliott, Sr. - Chairman, Board of Trustees 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital 

Robert Winkler, Assistant Administrator, 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital

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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Pettis and 

passed unanimously accepting the July minutes as read. 


passed unanimously to approve the July accounts as read. Said accounts being 


Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Pettis and 

passed unanimously to prohibit parking on University Avenue from University 

property East to the highway by-pass; said order to become effective September 

2, 1969. 

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING CODE, 1969 EDITION, 

AS PUBLISHED AND AMENDED, AS THE OFFICIAL BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. Adoption of Code. As authorized by Section 3374-80, 1969 

i Edition, as published and amended, is hereby adopted as the Official Housing 

Code of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A Copy of such code and such amendments 

shall be certified by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent 


Section 3. Penalty for violation. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation 



, ninety (90) days, or both. 


conflict herewith shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. 

Section 5. Effective Date. The publid health, safety and welfare so requiring, 


passage. 

Adopted this the 5th day of August, 1969. 

ATTEST: 1 MAYOR 

CITY CLE

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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD GAS CODE, 1969 EDITION, AS 

'PUBLISHED AND AMENDED, AS THE OFFICIAL GAS CODE OF THE CITY OF OXFORD,MISSISSIPPI 1 

PI.ND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID CODE. 


MISSISSIPPI: 


Code of 1942, as amended, the Southern Standard Gas Code, 1969 Edition, as published 

and amended, is hereby adopted as the Official Gas Code of the City of 

'Oxford, Mississippi. 

Section 2. Certification and Filing. A copy of such code and revision 

shall be certified by the Mayor and City Clerk and filed as a permanent record 

An the officeof the City Clerk. 


or association violating any of the provisions of said Code shall be fined 

not more than Three Hundred. Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety 

A90) days, or both. 


conflict herewith shall be,and the same are hereby, repealed. 


this ordinance shall take effect and he in force from and after its 

passage. 

Adopted this the 5th day of August,1969. 

ATTEST: MAYOR 

CITY CLERK 


passed unanimouslyadopting the above Southern Standard Codes. 


of the sale of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Electric Revenue 

Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, pursuant to a resolution adopted on 

the 1st day of July, 1969. 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, he did 

cause to be published in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of 

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, a notice that sealed proposals for the 

purchase of the aforesaid bonds would be received by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen at the City Hall of said City of Oxford until the hour of 7:00 o'clock 

P. M., on Tuesday, the 5th day of A u gust, 1969; that said notice was published 

in said newspaper on the 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st days of July, 1969; and the 

HCity Clerk presented to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen proof of publication. of

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of said notice in the aforesaid newspaper. 

The hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1969, 

having arrived, the City Clerk reported to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that, 

pursuant to the aforesaid notice of bond sale, there had been filed with him, 

at or prior to the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 5th day of 

August, 1969, one (1) sealed proposal(s) for the purchase of aforesaid bonds 

of the City, and the City Clerk then and there presented said sealed proposals 

to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

Thereupon, it was ordered by the Mayor that the City Clerk proceed to open 

the said sealed proposals and to read the same aloud in the presence and hear- 

ing of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and of the bidders and other persons 

assembled. The City Clerk thereupon proceeded to open and read the aforesaid 

bids, which are summarized as follows: 


Chandler Securities 

Corporation, M. A. 

Saunders & Company, 

Inc., Associates 

FOR BONDS BEARING 

INTEREST AT THE AMOUNT OF 

RATE OR RATES OF BID 

1971-1978 @ 6% Plus a pre- 

1979-1980 @ 6% mium so that 

callable June 1, the interest 

1975 @ 102.00 cost will be 

5.9987 

AVERAGE 

INTEREST 

RATE 

5.9987 

Following the reading of the bids the Mayor and Board of Aldermen proceed- 

ed to consider them for the purpose of determining which was the best and most 

advantageous bid submitted. 

After a full consideration of the bids, Alderman McLaurin offered and 

moved the adoption of the following resolution: 

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SALE AND AWARD OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY 

THOUSAND ($250,000) ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1969 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi 

on the 1st day of July, 1969, aid adopt a resolution directing that Two Hundred 

Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Electric Revenue Bonds of said City be offered 

for sale on sealed bids to be received until the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., 

on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, as directed by the aforesaid resolution and as required by Chapter 

325, Laws of Mississippi, 1946, notice of the sale of said bonds was duly pub- 

lished in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published and of general circulation 

in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi; said notice having been 

published in said newspaper at least two times, and the first publication having 

been made at least ten (10) days preceding the 5th day of August, 1969; all as 

shown by proof of publication of said notice filed in the office of the City 

Clerk; and

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WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen did meet at the City Hall of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, at 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 5th day of 

August, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, at said time and place one (1) sealed proposal(s) for the pur- 

chase of the aforesaid bonds were received, examined, and considered by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen find and determine that the highes 

and best bid made for said bonds was made by Chandler Securities Corporation, 

M. A. Saunders & Company, Inc., Associates, and further find that said offer 

was accompanied by a certified check payable to the City of Oxford, Missippi, 

in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), issued or certified by a bank 

located in the State of Mississippi, as a guarantee that said bidders would 

carry out their contract and purchase the bonds if their bid be accepted: 



SECTION 1. That the Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Electric 

Revenue Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, bearing date of September 1, 

1969, shall be and the said bonds are hereby awarded and sold to Chandler Se- 

curities Corporation, M. A. Saunders & Company, Inc., Associates in accordance 

with the offer this day submitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in words 

and figures as follows, to-wit: 

CHANDLER SECURITIES CORPORATION 

evisciFe 

NiKSWORTSCIKOP2 

Investment Bankers 

YWNONS FA MAIM 

Glwn s, atkeissippt 

To Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

Oxford. Mississippi 

For $ 250,000 bonds proposed to be issued by the City of Oxford, Mississippi 

for electric system purposes, said bonds to be date September 

c.90; 

to'be of the denomination of $ 1.000 or 5.000 

, with interest payable semi-annually in. 

the months of June and December , both principal and interest to be payable at 

a place to be designated by us subiect to your approval ; 

said bonds to he speFial obligations of sai City of Oxford 

payable from revenues of the electric system 

of said city and to be on a parity with any electric system revenue bonds now outstanding. 

and to mature, withawit option of prior payment, and to bear interest as follows: 

Said bonds to mature on June 1 as follows: $25,000 each year 1971 through 1980. 

Bonds maturing in the years 1971 through 1978 to bear the rate of A 

Bonds maturing in the years 1979 through 1980 to bear the rate of Z. 

■ a 

Said bonds to be callable June 1, 1975 @ 10240. 

Said bonds to be delivered to us in a place to be designated 

without expense to us, on or before 60 days from this date , or thereafter at our option. 

We will pay you for said bonds par plus accrued interest to date of delivery.

the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), issued or certified by a panic 

cated in the State of Mississippi, as a guarantee that said bidders would 

rry out their contract and purchase the bonds if their bid be accepted: 


:TY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. That the Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Electric 

'venue Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, bearing date of September 1, 

)69, shall be and the said bonds are hereby awarded and sold to Chandler Se- 

irities Corporation, M. A. Saunders & Company, Inc., Associates in accordance 

ith the offer this day submitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in words 

nd figures as follows, to-wit: 

CHANDLER SECURITIES CORPORATION 

eginaracesumav 

MIGUMEMMOWR 

Investment Bankers 

NILLEPOIONS 1011170 

Colounbes, Mississippi 

IN) Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen - 

Oxford. Mississippi 

For S. 250, 000 

for electric system purposes, said bonds to be datedlt . 

the months of June and December both principal and interest to be payable at 

Accepted and agreed to by resolution duly passed by the 

'of the City of Oxford, Mississipni t 

this day of August 

, as 69 

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MnynD anri Tinarsi of Alaprmon 

WEAL) Olementagia-Mayor. 

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on 

August 5, 1969 

bends proposed to be issued by the City of Oxford, Mississippi 

to•be of the denomination of $1..Q.KSKaa..00 , with interest payable semi-annually in. 

a place to be designated by us subject to your approval 

said bonds to be_special obligations of said City of Oxford 

payable from revenues of the electric system 

of said city and to be on a parity with any electric system revenue bonds now outstanding. 

and to mature, witiunat option of prior payment, and to bear interest as follows: 

Said bonds to mature on June 1 as follows: $25,000 each year 1971 through 1980. 

Bonds maturing in the years 1971 through 1978 to bear the rate of A 

Bonds maturing in the years 1979 through 1980 to bear the rate of Z. 

• o 

Said bonds to be callable June 1, 1975 @ 102.00. 

Said bonds to be delivered to us in 

a place to be designated 

without expense to us, on or before 60days from this date , or thereafter at our option. 

We will pay you for said bonds par plus accrued interest to date of delivery. 

sh. KS A PArariten so rgirrie xereear---ct, cr--thcrt.,4 

All expenses of the issue to be paid by said city in accordance with your notice of 

sale. 

PROVIDED that you promptly furnish us, prior to the delivery of the bonds to us, without cost to us, a full 

transcript, properly certified, of all proceedings had prior to and incident to this issue, satisfactorily evidencing to 

our attorneys the legality of the issue in all respects; end, you agree to take such further action as our attorneys 

may requre, to establish the validity of said issue. 

As an evidence of our good faith, we hand you herewith our check No. 22167 for $ 5,000.00 

to be held by you uncashed pending our compliance with the terms and conditions of this bid, and to be forfeited 

by us as full liquidated damages in case of our failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this 

agreement. rf for any reason this bid is not accepted, or if for any reason our attorneys decline to approve the 

issue, said check is to be immediately returnd to us. 

ASSOCIATES: 

M. A. Saunders & Company, Inc. 


Respectfully submitted, 

GRANDEE EDIDINEMINEWZIKEITL 

ITIES CORPORAT 

By 

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in evidence of the acceptance thereof for and on behalf of the City of Oxford. 


forthwith be returned to them upon their respective receipts therefor, and 

that the good faith check filed by the successful bidders be retained by the 

City as a guarantee that the bidders will carry out their contract and purchase 

the bonds. If the successful bidders should fail to purchase the bonds pur- 

suant to their bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be 

retained by the City of Oxford as liquidated damages for such failure. 

SECTION 4. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall hereafter, by pro- 

per ordinance or resolution, provide for the preparation, execution, and de- 

livery of the aforesaid bonds in accordance with the terms of the contract for 

the sale thereof. 

Alderman Hannaford seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 


Aldermen voting YES: McLaurin, Hannaford, Goolsby, King & Pettis 


Absent: None 


sent, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, this 

5th day of August, 1969. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and 

passed unanimously approving the following fiscal year 1969-1970 Budget for the 

Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital as follows: 

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Revenue from Service to Patients: 

OXFORD-LAFAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL 


PROPOSED BUDGET 


Revenue from Routine Services to Inpatients 955,000.00 

Revenue from Special Services to Inpatients 849,413.00 1,804,413.00 

Revenue from Routine Services to Outpatients 

Revenue from Special Services to Outpatients 

TOTAL 

Deductions from Revenue: 

Adjustments and Allowances - Contractual 

Patients 

Provision for Uncollectible Receivables 

Net Revenue from Services to Patients 

Other Operating Revenue 

Operating Expenses: 

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 

Administrative and General 

(Includes Depreciation) 

Dietary 

Household and Property 

357,71 0 .31 

173,229.40 

210,755.75 

Professional Care of Patients 1,134.956.67 

21,000.00 

55,687.00 76,687.00 

1,881,100.00 

45,050.00 

40,000.00 85,050.00 

1,796,050.00 

40,876.00 

1,836,926.00 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE 1,876,652.13 

NET LOSS FROM OPERATION (39,726.13) 

* * * 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took up for further consideration the mat- 

ter of the sale of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School Bonds 

of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

authorized at a special election held in said District on the 15th day of July, 

1969, and, after a discussion of the subject, Alderman McLaurin offered and 


RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE SALE OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOU- 

SAND DOLLARS ($750,000) SCHOOL BONDS OF THE OXFORD MUNICI- 

PAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS:

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SECTION 1. That the Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School 

Bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette C o unty, 

Mississippi, authorized at a special election held in said District on the 15th 

day of July, 1969, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder therefor on 

Tuesday, the 19th day of August, 1969. 

SECTION 2. That said bonds shall be sold on sealed bids to be filed with 

the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall, in the City of Oxford, Mississipp 

at or before the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on the aforesaid date; each bid 

to be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or exchange, payable 

to the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississipp 

issued or certified by a bank located in the State of Mississippi, in the amount 

of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), as a guarantee that the bidder will carry 



amount of such good faith check shall be retained by the District and paid into 

the treasury of said District as liquidated damages for such failure. The Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to reject any or all bids submitted, 

and if all bids are rejected, to sell said bonds at private sale at any time 

within sixty (60) days after the date advertised for the receipt of bids, at a 

price not less than the highest bid which shall have been received for said bond 

at such advertised sale. 

SECTION 3. That bidders for said bonds be requested to designate in their 

bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates like- 

wise to be designated in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of the 

same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which shall be a multiple 

of either one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per cen- 

tum (1/10 of 1%). 



of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two (2) times in the Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississipp 

the first publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date set 

for the reception of bids, and such notice to be in substantially the following 

form: 

S 

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$750,000 

SCHOOL BONDS 

OF THE 



Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the office 

of the City Clerk, in the City Hall in said City, until the 

hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 19th day of 

August, 1969, at which time said bids will be publicly opened 

for the purchase, at not less than par and accrued inter- 

est, of the above bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District. 

Said bonds are to bear date of September 1, 1969, are to be 

of the denomination of $1,000 each, and shall bear interest 

at a rate or rates to be determined pursuant to sale of said 

bonds, payable March 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on 

September 1 and March 1 in each year. Both principal of and 

interest on said bonds will be payable at a place to be designated 

by the purchaser, subject to approval by the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen, and said bonds shall mature serially, 

without option of prior payment, on March 1 in each of the 

years as follows: 

$15,000 in 1970 through 1974 

$30,000 in 1975 through 1984 

$37,000 in 1985 through 1989 

$38,000 in 1990 through 1994 

Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price they 

will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates likewise 

to be designated in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds 

of the same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which 

shall be a multiple of either one-eighths of one per centum (1/8 

of 1%) or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 of 1%). 

Proposals should be address to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 

should be plainly marked "Proposal for School Bonds," 

and should be filed with the City Clerk on or prior to the date 

and hour hereinabove named. Each bid must be accompanied by a 

cashier's check, certified check, or exchange, payable to the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), 

as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out his contract and 

purchase the bonds if his bid be accepted. If the successful 

bidder fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, 

the amount of such good faith check shall be retained 

by the District and shall be paid into the treasury of said 

District. 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to reject any 

of all bids. 

These bonds are offered subject to the unqualified approval of the 

legality thereof by the law firm of Charles and Trauernicht of St. 

Louis, Missouri. The District will pay all expenses incident to 

the bond issue. Delivery of the bonds will be made to the purchaser 

on or before theexpiration of sixty days from and after the 

date of sale, at a place to be designated by the purchaser and 

without cost to the purchaser. 


Mississippi, this 5th day of August, 1969. 

City

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said notice for the time and in the manner required by law. 



Aldermen voting YES: McLaurin, King, Hannaford, Pettis and Goolsby 


Aldermen absent: None 



5th day of August, 1969. 

Alderman Hannaford offered the adoption of the following ordinance, which was seconded by 

Alderman King any; passed on the following vote: Alderman Hannaford voted yea, Alderman Pettis 

voted yea, Alderman Goolsby voted yea, Alderman King voted yea, and Alderman McLaurin voted no. 

AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OWNING, KEEPING OR HARBOR- 

ING A DOG TO PERMIT SUCH DOG TO RUN AT LARGE WITHIN THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR THE 

LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF ALL DOGS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF OXFORD, FOR 

VACCINATION OF DOGS, FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF THOSE NOT LICENSED OR RUNNING AT 

LARGE, THE PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFYING THE OWNER OF AN IMPOUNDED DOG, THE DISPOSI- 

TION OF UNCLAIMED DOGS, FOR ENFORCEMENT, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIO- 

LATION HEREOF. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

SECTION 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following 

definitions shall apply: 

(a) Dog shall include both male and female sex. 

(b) Owner shall mean any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog. 

(c) At large shall mean off the premises of the owner and not under 

the owner's control, or that of his immediate family, by leash, 

cord, chain or otherwise. 

SECTION 2. Licensing. All dogs in the City shall be licensed and re- 

gistered by the City as hereinafter provided, except dogs belonging to non- 

residents temporarily in the City. 

SECTION 3. When Licensed. September is hereby designated as the month 

in each year in which all dogs shall be licensed by the City and, during that 

month, all dog owners shall make application to the City for such dog license 

upon forms printed for that purpose, giving the owner's name and address and 

the name, breed, sex and color of each dog owned or kept by him or her. 

SECTION 4. Who Issues License and Amount of Fee. Dog licenses, as re- 

quired by Section 2 hereof, shall be issued by the City Clerk upon all require- 

, ments of this ordinance being met and upon the payment of the sum of $1.50 for

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each dog, of which there shall be no refund because of removal from the City or 

death of the dog prior to the expiration of the license. 

SECTION 5. Vaccination, Tag, Etc. Upon payment of the license fee, the 

City Clerk shall issue to the owner a license certificate and tag for each dog 

so licensed. However, before the City Clerk shall issue such license the appli- 

cant therefor shall present to the City Clerk satisfactory proof that the dog 

has been vaccinated by a person granted a permit to administer virus (vaccine) 

by the State Board of Health of the State of Mississippi, as defined in Section 

6817, Mississippi Code of 1942, with anti-rabies vaccination not earlier than 

June 1st, preceding each September licensing month. Every owner shall be re- 

quired to provide each dog with a collar to which the license must be affixed 

and see that the collar is worn by the dog at all times. In case the tag is 

lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the City Clerk upon the owner 

presenting a receipt showing the payment of the license fee for the current year 

and the payment of the additional sum of 50 cents to the City Clerk for said 

duplicate Dog tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another. 

SECTION 6. Running At Large. No dog shall be allowed to run at large, 

and it shall be unlawfule for any person who shall own, keep or harbor any dog 

to allow or permit such dog to run or be at large at any time within the City. 

SECTION 7. Impounding. Any dog not vaccinated as herein required or found 

running at large contrary to this ordinance, whether vaccinated or not, shall be 

impounded in the City Dog Pound, or other suitable place in the descretion of 

the City Marshal. At the time of impounding, a registry shall be made of the 

dog, showing the breed, color and sex of the dog. 

SECTION 8. Notice of Impounding and How Reclaimed. Not later than two (2) 

days after the impounding of any dog the owner, if known, shall be personally 

notified by telephone or otherwise. If the owner of any impounded dog is un- 

known, a written notice shall be posted for five (5) days at the City Hall de- 

scribing such dog and the place and time such dog was taken for impounding. 

The owner of any dog so impounded may reclaim such dog upon having such dog vac- 

cinated, if such dog has not been vaccinated as provided in Section 5, payment 

f the license fee hereinabove provided, and payment of the following costs and 

charges to the City for impounding and maintenance of such dog: For impounding 

any dog, the sum of $2.00; for keeping any dog, the sum of $1.00 per day or any 

part of a day. 

SECTION 9. Disposition of Unclaimed Dogs. All impounded dogs shall be 

, kept in the City Dog Pound for five (5) days or until claimed as provided in 

_Section 8; however, if an impounded dog has not been claimed within five (5) 

'days after seizure, such dog may be disposed of by execution in any humane manner,

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or by sale upon a buyer's meeting the vaccination requirements and paying the 

I fees set out in Section 8. Disposition shall be in the discreation of the 

Chief of Police. 

SECTION 10. Enforcement. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the 

1 Chief of Police to enforce the provisions of this ordinance, and any and all 

police officers and other employees of the City are fully authorized and em- 

powered to enforce any and all of the provisions hereof. 

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in 

conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 

SECTION 12. Saving Clause. If for any reason any section, paragraph, 

provision, clause or part of this ordinance shall be held unconstitutional or 

invalide, that fact shall not affect or invalidate any other section, paragraph, 

provision, clause or part of this ordinance in and of itself valid, but the 

remaining portion thereof shall be in force without regard to that so invalidate 

SECTION 13. Penalty. The failure or refusal of any person to comply with 

any of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor and be 

punishable as such. 

SECTION 14. Effective Date. The general welfare, safety, and health of 

the citizens of Oxford requiring it, this ordinance shall take effect and be in 

force from and after September 15, 1969. 

(SEAL) 

Adopted August 5, 1969. 

CITY C 

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1200 LINEAR FEET GASKET-TYPE SEWER PIPE. 

MAYOR 



purchase 1200 linear feet gasket type sewer pipe.

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a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaurin it 





ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS YEA 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY YEA 


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bids on 1200 linear feet gasket type sewer pipe. 




1969 TAX RECEIPTS. 



purchase 1969 Tax Receipts. 


p. m. on September 2, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 



Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section and then as a 

whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman King it was 








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JULY 1, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER_ 


ACCEPT BIDS ON 1959 INTERNATIONAL PICK-UP 

TRUCK. 

At the July 1, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

o41 


tention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1959 international 

pick-up truck and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford 

would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. August 5, 1969 in the 

office of the Mayor of the said City. 




1 or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


I of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1959 international pickup 

truck according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, 

I seconded by Alderman Pettis it was adopted section by section, and then as a 







* * * * 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1959 international 

pick-up truck, to be opened at the regular meeting of August 5, 1969, 


L. H. Johnson 

Oxford, Mississippi $ 185.00 


seconded by Alderman Pettis and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of L. H. 

Johnson, it being the only bid. 



JULY 1, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 


ACCEPT BIDS ON ELECTRIC CALCULATOR FOR THE 

ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 

At the July 1, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on an Electronic 

Calculator for the Electric Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen

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OF OXFORD 


August 5, 1969 in the officeof the Mayor of the said City. 






of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on an Electronic Calculator for 

the Electric Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the 






and the vote :of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD.YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JRYEA 




* * * * * 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on an Electronic 

Calculator for the Electric Department, to be opened at the regular meeting of 

August 5, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Burroughs Corporation 


Monroe, International 


C330 Style Electronic Calculator...$1,258.00 

770 Electronic Calculator $ 985.50 



Monroe International, it being the lowest and best bid. 

* * * * * 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Mr. E. J. Lacoste, 

III to re-zone the following described property from A & R-B Residential to 

R-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

A fraction of the Northeast quarter of Section 30, Township 8,South, 

Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Misissippi, described as follows: 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of 

Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, and run thence North 0° 

22' 40" W a distance of 1,124.02 feet to a stake; thence N 76° 

03' W a distance of 6870 feet to a stake; thence N 0° 20' 40" W a 

distance of 30.0 feet to a stake, said point being the point of 

beginning for this description. From this point of beginning run 

N 0° 22' 40" W a distance of 660.0 feet to a stake; thence N 89° 

28' W a distance of 650.0 feet to a stake; thence S 6° 32' W a 

distance of 660.0 feet to an iron pin on the North line of the 

University of Mississippi property; thence S 89° 28' E along said 

property line a distance of 660.0 feet to the point of beginning 

containing 9.93 acres, more or less.

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zoning ordinance has been examined by the Planning Commission and that the Plan- 

ning Commission as recommended that the foregoing piece of property be re- 




under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning Coordinator) 



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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. AUGUST 19, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on August 5, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on August 19, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 













unanimously to donate $750.00 to the University of Mississippi Associated 

Student Body to be used to off-set the expenses of a Welcome Rebel Party to 

be held at the Ole Miss Coliseum on September 19, 1969 in cooperation with the 

Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce;(50%) of this amount to be paid 

out of the General Fund and fifty percent (50%) to be paid out of the Electric 

Fund and charged to advertising. 

Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and passed 

unanimously permitting Mack C. Holcomb to own and operate a taxi in the City 

of Oxford. 


unanimously authorizing the City Clerk to divide the Chickasaw Ext. Special 

Street Improvement Assessment of H. M. Vines for the year 1969 through 1976 

as follows: 

Vines S/D Lot A 126.6 front feet to H. M. Vines 

Vines S/D Lot B 126.0 front feet to H. M. Vines 

Vines S/D Lot C 126.0 front feet to H. M. Vines 

Vines S/D Lot D 110.0 front feetto Constance Ray 

Unopen Street.0 to H. M. Vines WNW 

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passed unanimously to adopt the following Resolution: 

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE GULF COAST AREA OF MISSISSIPPI 

AND ENCOURAGING THE CITIZENS OF OXFORD TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE OXFORD 

JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS IN EXTENDING TAN- 

GIBLE RELIEF TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE RECENT STORM IN THE GULF COAST 

AREA. 

Whereas, the recent damages to life, limb and property brought about 

by the horrible storm which struck our Gulf Coast area of Mississippi has 

been constantly on the minds and hearts of the citizens of Oxford, Mississippi; 

and 

Whereas, the representative body of the citizens of Oxford, its 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen, desire to assure those who have suffered 

so much of the sincere sympathy of the citizens of Oxford; and 

Whereas, the citizens of Oxford through the Oxford Junior Chamber of 

Commerce and other interested groups are exerting much effort to be of tangible 

help to those damaged through the solicitation of canned goods and 

other foods and clothing and money, and many in Oxford are responding to 

the untiring efforts of those assisting in this endeavor; 

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi: 

1. That the citizens of Oxford hereby express their sincere sympathy 

to all of those citizens of the Gulf Coast area of Mississippi in their 

terrible loss of life, limb and property; and 

2. That the citizens of Oxford are urged and encouraged to contribute 

liberally of their time, effort, money, canned goods and other foods, 

and clothing to the Oxford Junior Chamber of Commerce and other interested 

groups so that tangible help shall continue to go forward from Oxford citizens 

to those citizens of the Gulf Coast area of Mississippi. 

Adopted on this the 19th day of August, 1969. 

ATTEST: MAYOR 

CITY 

(SEAL OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI) 

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* * 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and 

passed unanimously to approve the following budget for the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District for the fiscal year 1969-70: 

Receipts Total 

All Funds 

Local Sources 

State Sources 

Federal Sources 

Transfers 

Total Receipts 

Beg. Balance 

Total to Account 

For 

$ 312,111.00 

777,227.00 

16,500.00 

4,500.00 

1,110,338.00 

18,137.00 

$1,128,475.00 

BUDGET 1969-70 


Minimum 

Program 

68,000.00 

721,967.00 

7 89, 967.00 

301.00 

790,268.00 

Minimum 

Overflow 

2,611.00 

2,611.00 

11,951.00 

14,562.00 

District 

Maintenance 

241,500.00 

55,260.00 

16,500.00 

4,500.00 

317,760.00 

5,885.00 

323,645.00 

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Expenditures 

Administration 

Instruction 

Transportation 

Operation of Plant 

Maint. of Plant, 

Fixed Charges 

Auziliary Services 

Capital Outlay 

Community Service 

Debt Service 

Total Expenditure 

End. Balance 

Total Funds to 

Account For 


Total 

All Funds 

Minimum 

Program 

Minimum 

Overflow 

District 

Maintenance 

$ 37,560.00 10,120.00 27,440.00 

815,779.00 653,422.00 162,357.00 

44,486.00 35,686.00 8,800.00 

90,272.00 26,310.00 14,562.00 49,400.00 

20,550.00 20,550.00 

92,882.00 57,682.00 35,200.00 

8,500.00 8,500.00 

2,000.00 2,000.00 

2,300.00 2,300.00 

7,048.00 7,048.00 2,400.00 

1,121,377.00 790,268.00 14,562.00 316,547.00 

7,098.00 -0- -0- 7,098.00 

$1,128,475.00 790,268.00 14,562.00 323,645.00 

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the sale and award of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School 

Bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District, pursuant to a resolution 

adopted on the 5th day of August, 1969. 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, he 

did cause to be published in The Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published in the 

City of Oxford, in said School District, a notice that sealed proposals for the 

purchase of the aforesaid bonds would be received by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen at the City Hall in the City of Oxford unti, the hour of 7:00 o'clock 

P. M., Central Daylight Time, on Tuesday, the 19th day of August, 1969, and 

that said notice was published in said newspaper on August 7 and 14, 1969. The 

Clerk then presented to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen proof of publication 

of said notice in the aforesaid newspaper. 

The hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., Central Daylight Time, on Tuesday, the 

19th day of August, 1969, having arrived, the Clerk reported to the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen, that, pursuant to the aforesaid notice of bond sale, no bid 

had been filed for the purchase of said bonds. 

Alderman McLaurin thereupon moved that the Oxford Municipal Separate School, 

District, acting by and through the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, proceed to negotiate with any prospective purchasers Cor 

the sale of the aforesaid bonds. 

The said motion was seconded by Alderman Hannaford, and , the question 

being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follows: 


Alderman Pettis voted Yea 


Alderman Goolsby voted Yea 

Alderman King voted Yea

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sent, the Mayor declared the motion carried, this 19th day of August, 1969. 



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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. AUGUST 21, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on August 19, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and Board, 

of Aldermen met on August 21, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of Ald- ' 

erments Chamberin City Hall when and where the following were present: 













Alderman McLaurin introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: 

A RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSARY THE OPENING, GRADING, PAVING, THE 

LAYING OF CURBS AND GUTTERS, WATER CONNECTIONS, SANITARY SEWERS, 

SURFACE DRAINS OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OTHER WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE 

CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS OR PARTS OF STREETS KNOWN AS JACKSON AVENUE, 

OLE MISS DRIVE, AND CHEROKEE DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

AND PROPOSING TO ISSUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD FOR THE PURPOSE OF 

PAYING ALL COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. 



and all laws amendatory thereto that: 

Section 1. Improvements have been proposed consisting of opening, grading, 

paving, the laying or constructing of curbs and gutters, water connections, 

sanitary sewers, surface drains or drainage systems, and other work incidental 

to the construction of the following described streets, or part or streets, in 

the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi: 

be necessary. 

A. Jackson Avenue from its intersection with South 18th 

Street east to the west property line of R. S. Truss; 

B. Ole Miss Drive from Country Club Road to Colonial 

Road; and 

C. All of Cherokee Drive. 

The improvements set forth in Section 1 are hereby declared to

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Section 3. The plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the Engi- 

neer of the City of Oxford and submitted to this meeting are now on file in the 

office of the said Engineer, and such plans and specifications are hereby approv- 

ed and adopted. 



plans and specifications, and the curbs and gutters involved shall be constructer 

of concrete and the surfacing of asphalt, or of such other material as is desig- 

nated in said plans and specifications. 

Section 5. The cost of making such improvement requires an unusual outlay 

of expense for which the general improvement fund of the City of Oxford is not 

1 sufficient and for which purpose the said general improvement fund should not 

be used. Therefore, the entire expense and cost of such improvements, including 

all of the items of cost referredto in Chapter 495, aforementioned, shall be a 

charge upon the property benefited and be paid by assessing the entire costs of 

such improvements to the abutting property and property owners on ach side of 

that part of those streets to be improved, according and in proportion to the 

entire front footage thereof in the manner provided by the aforementioned Chap- 

ter 495 and amendments thereto and paid by the owners of such abutting property. 

The area to be benefited by all the aforementioned improvements is defined as 

that property owned by the persons who own property abutting that part of those 

streets proposed to be improved. 

Section 6. It is found and determined by the Board that the cost to be 

I assessed against each of the respective abutting lots abutting upon the part of 

the streets to be improved, as hereinabove described in Sectionl, is less than 

I the benefits that will accrue to each of said respective abutting lots. 

Section 7. The proportionate share of the total cost to be assessed agains7 

the abutting property owners may be paid in either of the alternative methods 

provided for by said Chapter 495 and amendments thereto. 

Section 8. The City of Oxford proposes to issue its bonds, notes or certi- 

ficates of indebtedness under the provisions of said Chapter 495 and other laws 

in harmony therewith, and from the proceeds of same to pay the total costs of 

such improvements, as such costs are determinedin the manner provided by law. 

The full faith, credit and resources of the City of Oxford shall be pledged 

for the payment of both the Principal of and the interest on the said obligation, 

to be issued as aforesaid, all as provided by law, and in addition thereto, the 

special assessments to be made against the said abutting property and the lien 

of such special assessments shall be pledged for the payment of such of said 

obligations as shall be issued.

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made and provided by the said Chapter 495 and all amendments thereto and by the 

general laws applicable to such matters shall be done and performed for the 

purpose of making said improvements, for the making and levying of the special 

assessments on the abutting property involved, for the providing of funds for 

the payment of the costs of the same, and for the assessment and collection of 

taxes to pay said obligations and the interest thereon, and all other expenses, 

charges and costs connected therewith. 

Section 10. A meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford shall be held at the City Hall of the City of Oxford at 7:30 o'clock , 

P. M. on September 16, 1969, for the purpose of hearing any and all objections 

or remonstances that may be made or interposed to said improvements by persons 



ney, or by petition„ and give or make any objection or exception to or protest 

against said improvements or any part thereof, or any part of all of this reso- 

lution. At said meeting this Board will take such further action regarding 

said proposed improvements as are authorized by law. 

Section 11. All proceedings herein had or hereafter to be done in connectipn 

with the proposed improvements area, and will be, in accordance with the pro- 

visions of said Chapter 495, Mississippi Laws of 1950, and all amendments there- 

to, and in accordance with the provisions of all general laws of the State of 

Mississippi. 


give notice of this resolution, the comtemplated improvements, the proposed 

issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, and the aforementioned' 

meeting of September 16, 1969, by causing this resolutiOn, in its entirety, to 

be published forthwith and once each week for three (3) successive publications, 

being August 28, 1969 and September 4 and 11, 1969, in the Oxford Eagle, a public 

newspaper, all as provided by law. The Clerk is further directed to give notice 

of this resolution by sending a copy hereof, by certified mail, postage prepaid, 

within five (5) days after the first publication of the notice herein provided 

for, to the last known address of owners of property affected by this resolution. 



Aldermen Pettis seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 

which was introduced in writing at the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, held on August 21, 1969, and was at said

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meeting rea0, considered and adopted, paragraph by paragraph, section by sectio 

then as a whole and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the result 

was as follows: 







the Board, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted on 

this August 21, 1969. 

ATTEST: MAYOR 

The City Clerk brought to the attention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

a request from Mr. Omar Craig, attorney for the Dorothy Oldham Estate, for 

the amount which the City would accept as consideration for quitclaim deed 

to the Dorothy Oldham Estate on three lots, two of which front on Filmore 

Avenue and one of which fronts on Pierce Avenue, since City of Oxford records 

show these lots maturing to the City for special street improvement assessments 


unanimously, authorizing the City Clerk to inform Mr. Craig that the City will 

accept $1,340.40 as consideration for a quitclaim deed to the three fractions 

of City lots 59 which were formerly assessed to Miss Dorothy Oldham on the 

City of Oxford Special Street Assessment Roll. 




FOR SALE CITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS NO. 1 

AND 3 


I Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to 

advertise for sale City Apartments No.land No. 3. 


p. m. on Septethber 16, 1969 then said Mayor and Board of Aldermen will take 

final action on this resolution. 


the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section, and then 

as a whole, and the motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman King and

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it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 



ALDERMANJ. P. McLAURIN, JR....YEA 




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On motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, it was orderd that 


bids on City Apartment Buildings No. 1 and No. 3. 

* * * * * * * * 

Came on for consideration the matter of the resignation from the City of 

Oxford Police Department received from G. A. Liles. Motion was made by 

Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to 

accept said resignation effective September 1, 1969. 

* * * 

A motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and 

passed unanimously to employ James Roger Dunn as a City of Oxford Policeman 

at a salary of $350.00 per month effective September 1, 1969. 

* * * * * * * * 

A motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis and 

passed unanimously that a garbage collection fee in the amount of $1.50 per 

month be added to the utility bills for all residential units within the 

corporate limits of the City of Oxford beginning with the bills for the September 

15, 1969 meterreading date; and that a different fee schedule be arranged 

for commercial establishments to be effective the same date; and that a portion 

of the additional revenue to the City of Oxford be directed toward creating a 

sanitary garbage disposal system for the City of Oxford. 

A motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously to approve the following salary and wage increases for 

City of Oxford employees to be effective October 1, 1969: 

SALARIED ( MONTHLY ) PERSONNEL: 

Name From To 

Hugh Wiley $650.00 $750.00 

Tom Newberry 500.00 535.00 

Ken Welch 450.00 482.00 

Marie Gillis 350.00 375.00 

Vetra Stephens 350.00 375.00 

Brenda Foust 300.00 330.00 

W. O. Bishop 500.00 535.00 

F. O. Burrow 700.00 800.00 

H. C. Franklin 450.00 485.00 

R. C. King 435.00 46o.00 

j Doyle Green 415.00 440.00 

Donald Carwile 415.00 450.00 

Edward Jones 415.00 450.00 

Harold Franklin 415.00 450.00 

David Webu 415.00 450.00 

Gwen Smith 415.00 450.00 

Virgle Appleton 400.00 425.00 

F. D. East 400.00 42 5 .00 

Percy Jenkins 375.00 400.00 

1 Willie D. Young )50.00 400.00 

Harry Alderson 350.00 400.00 

Martha B. Hudson 300.00 325.00

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Name From To 

Viola Lamb $250.00 $275.00 

Blanche J. Ragland 250.00 275.00 

Frances J. Evans 200.00 225.00 

John R. Smith 900.00 965.00 

E. W. McElvaney 550.00 590.00 

Byron Austin 500.00 535.00 

R. L. Tidwell 475.00 510.00 

James A. Martin 425.00 455.00 

A. B. Gardner 365.00 400.00 

E. B. Addington 365.00 400.00 

T. H. Landrum 1,000.00 1,070.00 

James T. Pryor 725.00 775.00 

Gerald Taylor 725.00 775.00 

J. M. Sneed 575.00 615.00 

Ira.L. Crowson 550.00 590.00 

Roland Tidwell 550.00 590.00 

Louis Campbell 510.00 545.00 

Hershell Jenkins 450.00 480.00 

Jerry Carwile 375.00 400.00 

Evelyn Russell 350.00 375.00 

Mary Malone 325.00 345.00 

Dorothy Lovelady 325.00 345.00 

James Kelly 325.00 345.00 

Don Gillis 300.00 320.00 

Clyde Townsend 300.00 320.00 

Leroy Ivy 270.00 290.00 

HOURLY WAGE PERSONNEL: 

Jack White 

Roy White 

Sammy Hollowell 

James R. Phillips 

$1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.25 

$1.50 

1.45 

1.45 

1.40 

E. C. King 1.60 1.70 

H. J. McGregor 1.50 1.60 

C. M. King 1.45 1.55 

J. M. Harris 1.45 1.55 

Paul White 1.45 1.55 

Clarence Robinson 1.45 1.55 

Willie L. Jones 1.45 1.55 

John S. Madkins, Jr. 1.35 1.55 

Robert Robinson 1.35 1.45 

Willie Booker 1.45 1.55 

Luke Booker 1.45 1.55 

Milton Morrison 1.45 1.55 

Berkley Mitchell 1.45 1.55 

George Booker 1.45 1.55 

Wallace Taylor 1.45 1.55 

E. L. Byrd 1.55 1.65 

Joe Fuller 1.55 1.65 

R. L. Mathis 1.55 1.65 

Aubrey R. Boatright 1.55 1.65 

William Ales 1.50 1.6o 

Leroy Bishop 1.50 1.6o 

Starling McJunkin 1.4o 1.55 

Willis Burt 1.4o 1.55 

Cass Patton 1.35 1.45 

Eddie Johnson 1/35 1.45 

Winston Smith 1.35 1.45 

Lee Jones 1.35 1.45 

Essie McThune 1.35 1.45 

Webster Herrod 1.35 1.45 

Lonzo Campbell 1.25 1.35 

Claude Smith 1.25 1.35 

Robert Woodall 1.25 1.35 

Luke Owens 1.25 1.35 

Willie Thompson 1.25 1.35 

Jake Hill 1.25 1.35 

Robert Booker 1.25 1.35 

Bennie Frierson 1.25 1.35 

Milton Houston 1.25 1.35 

Joe Brooks 1.25 1.35 

Joe Lewis Hopson 1.25 1.35 

L. H. Cole 1.25 1.35

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Motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously to approve the 1969-1970 budget for the City of Oxford in 

words and figures as follows: 

BUDGET 



RECEIPTS: GENERAL FUND WATER & SEWER FUND BOND & INTERETT 

Sales Tax $260,000.00 




Rents 10,920.00 

Fines 28,000.00 

Ad Valorem Tax 115,000.00 $267,980.00 


Ad Valorem Maint. Tax-County 12,750.00 

Municipal Aid From State 15,000.00 



Tax Equivalent (Electric Dept.) 77,700.00 

Interest on Investment 3,350.00 3,500.00 

Income from Other Sources 20,000.00 $1,000.00 

Income form Animal Control 1,000.00 

2% Gross Revenue-Public Utility 4,800.00 


Special Improvement Assessments 20,955.00 

Water and Sewer Collections 275,600.00 

Taps and Inspections 4,600.00 

Absorbed from Sinkging Funds 22,950.00 

Garbage Collection Fees 55,000.00 

Totals $683,140.00 $281,200.00 $315,385.00 

DISBURSEMENTS: ADMINISTRATION POLICE DEPARTMENT 


Labor & Wages 

Materials 4 Supplies 

Utilities 


Gas & Oil 








Advertising 

Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 


Bond Interest 



$55,164.00 

6,600.00 

7,000.00 

5,400.00 

2,100.00 

900.00 

8,200.00 

4,200.00 

1,500.00 

300.00 

3,000.00 

1,000.00 

5,055.00 

4,500.00 

3,500.00 

20,000.00 

$101,460.00 

8,200.00 

4,400.00 

1,250.00 

6,900.00 

5,500.00 

3,700.00 

4,500.00 

25.00 

3,000.00 

9,840.00 

60.00 

1,100.00 

200.00 


Transfer to Bond Reserve Fund 

3,000.00 

Totals 

$131,419.00 $150,135.00

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DISBURSEMENTS: (Cont.) FIRE DEPARTMENT STREET DEPARTMENT 

SALARY EXPENSE $6,000.00 $12,210.00 

LABOR & WAGES 32,250.00 38,625.00 

MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 1,250.00 35,000.00 

UTILITIES 366.0 19,475.00 


Gas & Oil 150.00 3,200.00 

Professional Services 200.00 


Purchase of Equipment 1,000.00 




Social Security & Retirement 2,530.00 4 ,735. 00 

Advertising 



Totals $46,000.00 $123,825.00 

SANITATION DEPT. PARK & REC. DEPT. 


$ 6,120.00 

$33,890.00 

Labor & Wages 

100,780.00 




Gas & Oil 



7,000.00 1,500.00 

Purchase of Equipment 9,000.00 3 0 000.00 

Equipment Rental 7,900.00 800.00 







Capial Improvements 12,000.00 

Totals $155 ,695.00 $62,940.00 

CIVIL DEFENSE TOTAL GENERAL FUND 


$ 4,350.00 $219,194.00 

Labor & Wages 

186,455.00 


Utilities 

167.00 

180.00 

53,467.00 

29,605.00 

Maintenance & Repair 50.00 25,370.00 

Gas & Oil 150.00 18,400.00 


Municipal Aid tooCounty 4,200.00 


Equipment Rental 10 9 500.00 

Legal Printing 25.0o 3,215.00 

Insurance and Bonds 75.0o 12,475.00 


Advertising 4,760.00 

Miscellanous 475.0o 7,425.00 

Contingencies 500.00 20,900.00 


Totals $13,126.00 $683, 140.00

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DISBURSEMENTS: (Cont.) 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 







Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 


Bond Interest 



Transfer to Bond Reserve Fund 

Totals 


Labor & Wages 


Utilities 


Gas & Oil 







Miscellaneous 

Contingencies 


Bond Interest 



Transferrto Bond Reserve Fund 

Totals 


Bond Interest 


Totals 


WATER DEPARTMENT SEWER DEPARTMENT 

$11,250.00 $ 7,080.00 

24,030.00 12,505.00 

30,000.00 12,500.00 

11,000.00 

5,000.00 500.00 

850.00 200.00 

2.500.00 850.00 

500.00 5,500.00 

500.00 500.00 

20.00 50.00 

1,000.00 750.00 

3,670.00 1,420/00 

150.00 100.00 

100.00 100.00 

35,675.00 

36,830.00 

150.00 

42,270.00 

12,165.00 

$145,005.00 $114,710.00 

SEWER PLANTS 

$9,360.00 

1,200.00 

5,100.00 

3,200.00 

1,200.00 

250.00 

150.00 

200.00 

825.00 

$21,485.0 0 

TOTAL WATER & SEWER FUND 

$27,690.00 

37,735.00 

47,600.00 

14,200.00 

6,700.00 

1,30o.00 

3,350.00 

6,150.00 

1,000.00 

70.00 

1,958.00 

5,915.00 

250.00 

200.00 

35,675.00 

36,830.00 

150.00 

42,270.00 

12,165.00 $281,200.00 

BOND AND INTEREST FUND 

$205,000.00 

109,554.00 

831.00 $315,385.00 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to the order made and entered 

by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen' on the 19th day of August, 1969, negotiations 

had been had with the National Securities Corporation, Investment Bankers of 

Jackson,Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee, for the sale of Seven Hundred Fifty 

Thousand Dollars ($750,000.) School Bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate 

District, dated September 1, 1969, and that said negotiations had resulted in 

an offer from the said National Securities Corporation in words and figures, 

as follows: 

OPTION TO PURCHASE BONDS 

Whereas, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

desire to sell $750,000 worth of bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District, the proceeds of said bonds to be used for school purposes; and 

Whereas, the said City has heretofore advertised for bids on said bonds, and 

no bids were received; and 

whereas, National Securities Corporation of Jackson, Mississippi, desires 

an option to purchase said bonds for a period of thirty (30) days; and 

Whereas, the granting of such option is agreeable to the City; 

NOW THEREFORE, for and in condideration of One Hundred Dollars ($ioo.00) 

cash in hand paid by National Securities Corporation to the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, the City grants unto National Securities Corporation an option 

to purchase $750,000 worth of bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of thit agreement at 

the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, plus a premium of $10.00, said bonds

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. SEPTEMBER 2, 1969 


1 Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, 

September 2, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 


1 

acted: 











Kenneth Welch - City Tax Assessor 



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Dr. J. G. McMurray - Chairman,Rec .reft-tion Dept. 

E. J. Lacoste, III - Director, Oxford Housing ,Authority 


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passed unanimously accepting the August minutes as corrected. 

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unanimously to approve the August accounts as read. Said accounts being 


There came on for consideration the matter of the adoption of the following 

resolution: 

A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND 

ADOPTING A BEAUTIFICATION 

PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF OXFORD. 

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Oxford has 

recommended the adoption of a Beautification Program for the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, said Program has been reviewed by the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 

MEN THAT THE AFORESAID BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED 

AS THE OFFICIAL GUIDING PROGRAM FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION FOR THE CITY 

OF OXFORD. 

WHEREAS, Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides for the 

making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

to States and local public bodies to assist them in the beautifica- 

tion and improvement of open-space and other public urban land where 

such assistance is needed for carrying out a local program which is 

important to the comprehensively planned development of the locality; 

and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford desires to beautify and improve open- 

space and other public urban land to facilitate their increased use 

and enjoyment; and 

WHEREAS, Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regu- 

lations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuat- 

ing that Title prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, 

or national origin in the use of all facilities and improvements

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provided by Federal Assistance; and 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford is cognizant of the conditions 

that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of programs 

assisted under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, 

including those relating to labor standards and equal employment 

opportunity; and 

WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities pro- 

posed to be carried out in performance of beautification and im- 

provement of open-space and other public land exceeds the usual 

expenditures of the City of Oxford for comparable activities by 

$19,821.00. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 

ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD: 

1. That an Application be made to the Department of Housing 

and Urgan Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII 

of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, for urban beautification and 

improvement of open-space and other public urban land, which amount 

is presently estimates to be $10,160.00, and that the City of Oxford 

will provide the balance of the cost. 

2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute 

and to file such Application with the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, to provide additional information and to furnish such 

documents as may be required by said Department, to execute such 

contracts as are required by said Department, and to act as the auth- 

orized correspondent of the City of Oxford. 

3. That the proposed urban beautification activities are in 

accordance with the Beautification Program prepared by the City of 

Oxford, of importance to the comprehensively planned development of 

the locality, and that, should said Grant Application be approved, 

the City of Oxford will undertake, carry out, and complete said 

urban beautification activities designated in said Application 

and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Developments. 

4. That the United States of America and the Secretary of 

Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of 

full compliance by the City of Oxford with regulations of the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI

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of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of a full com- 

pliance by the City of Oxford with Federal labor standards imposed 

under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 as amended. 

Alderman McLaurin moved the adoption of the aforesaid Resolution, 

which motion was seconded by Alderman King. On final passage of the 

Resolution the vote was as follows: 

Aldermen voting Yes: McLaurin, King, Pettis, Goolsby and 

Hannaford 

Aldermen voting No: None 

The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the Reso- 

lution adopted.

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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF 

ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSIS- 

SIPPI, IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING 

THE COST OF ENLARGING, IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE 

ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF SAID CITY; PRESCRIBING 

THE FORM AND INCIDENTS OF SAID BONDS; PROVIDING FOR 

THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE REVENUES TO BE 

DERIVED FROM THE SAME SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT 

TO PAY SAID BONDS BOTH AS TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, 

AND TO PAY THE COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF 

SAID SYSTEM. 


having made due investigation, find, adjudicate, and declare: 

(a) That on the 3rd day of June, 1969, a resolution was adopted by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City entitled: "RESOLUTION DECLARING THE 

INTENTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 

TO ISSUE ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TWO HUN- 

DRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENLARGING, IMPROVING, 

AND EXTENDING THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF SAID CITY AND DIRECTING PUB- 

LICATION OF THE NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION"; 

(b) That due notice of said intention was given by publication in The 

Oxford Eagle on the following dates, to-wit: on the 5th, 12th and 19th days 

of June, 1969; said Oxford Eagle being a qualified newspaper under the provisions 

of Chapter 427, Laws of Mississippi, 1948; 

(c) That more than ten (10) days have now expired since the last publica- 

tion of the aforesaid notice and no petition of any kind or character signed 

by voters of the said City has been filed objecting to or protesting against 

the issuance of said bonds; 

(d) That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Oxford, Missis- 

sippi, are now fully empowered and legally authorized to issue the said bonds; 

(e) That on the 1st day of July, 1969, the said Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men did adopt a further resolution directing that bids for said bonds in the 

amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) be received on the 5th 

day of August, 1969, and did make provisions for the giving of notice of the 

sale of said bonds, as required by Chapter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 1946; 

(f) That on said 5th day of August, 1969, pursuant to publication of 

notice of sale, as aforesaid, the said bonds were awarded and sold to the high- 

est and best bidder therefor; 

(g) That provision should now be made for the preparation, execution, 

issuance, and delivery of the said bonds as so authorized and sold; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford further 

find, adjudicate, and declare that plans and specifications for the construction 

of the aforesaid enlargments, improvements, and extensions to the electric dis- 

tribution system of said City heretofore have been prepared by authority of this 

body and heretofore have been approved by this body and are now on file in the

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SECTION 1. That the Electric Bonds, Series 1969, of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, be and the same are hereby authorized and directed to be issued 

in the principal amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), the 

proceeds thereof to be used for the purpose of paying the cost of enlarging, 

improving, and extending the electric distribution system of said City, in 

accordance with the plans and specifications therefore heretofore adopted. The 

said bonds shall bear date of September 1, 1969; shall bear interest from the 

date thereof at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable June 1, 1970, 

and semi-annually thereafter on December 1 and June 1 in each year until the 

principal of said bonds, respectively, shall have been fully paid. Interest 

to accrue on said bonds on and prior to the respective maturity dates thereof 

shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of interest coupons to be 

attached to said bonds, and no interest shall accrue on said bonds after the 

respective maturity dates thereof unless said bonds be duly presented for 

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payment at maturity and be not then paid. The said bonds shall be of the denom- 

ination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) each; and shall be payable, both as to 

principal and interest, in lawful money of the United States of America at the 

office of the Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, in the City of Memphis, 

State of Tennessee, and the said bonds shall be numbered and shall mature in 

the amounts and at the times following, to-wit: 

(June 1) 

BOND NUMBERS AMOUNT MATURITY 

1 to 25, Incl. $25,000 1971 

26 to 50 25,000 1972 

51 to : 75 25,000 1973 

76 to 100 25,000 1974 

101 to 125 25,000 1975 

126 to 150 25,000 1976 

151 to 175 25,000 1977 

176 to 200 25,000 1978 

201 to 225 25,000 1979 

226 to 250 25,000 1980 

The right shall be and is hereby reserved unto the City of Oxford, at its 

option, to call in, pay, and redeem bonds numbered One Hundred Twenty-six (126) 

to Two Htindred Fifty (250), inclusive, in the inverse order of their numbers, 

at par and accrued interest plus a premium of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per $1,000 

of principal, on June 1, 1975, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior 

to maturity, upon the giving of written notice to the paying agent herein desig- 

nated at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date upon which said bonds, 

or any thereof, are to be so redeemed.

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OF OXFORD 

SECTION 2. That the said bonds shall be executed by the manual signature 

of the Mayor of said City and countersigned by the manual signature of the City 

Clerk, under the corporate seal of the City of Oxford, and the interest coupons 

to be attached to said bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of 

said officers. The said bonds shall be registered by the City Clerk, as issued, 

as provided by law. 

SECTION 3. That the said bonds and the interest coupons to be attached 

thereto and the certificate to be printed on the reverse thereof shall be in 

substantially the following form, to-wit: 

No. 





6% 

ELECTRIC REVENUE BOND, SERIES 1969 

$1,000 

The City of Oxford, a municipal corporation created and existing under the 

Laws of the State of Mississippi, acknowledges itself indebted and, for value 

received, promises to pay to bearer, solely from the revenues to be derived 

from the operation of its electric distribution system, on the first day of 

June, 19 , the principal sum of 


($1,000), together with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of 

six per centum (6%) per annum, payable June 1, 1970, and semi-annually there- 

after on December 1 and June 1 in each year until this bond shall have been fully 

paid. Interest accruing on this bond on and prior to the maturity date hereof 

shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto 

attached as they severally become due, and no interest shall accrue on this 

bond after the maturity date hereof unless this bond be duly presented for 

payment at maturity and be not then paid, in which event interest shall continue, 

hereon at the rate hereinabove specified until this bond be paid. 

Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful money 

of the United States of America at the Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, 

in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee. 

The right is reserved unto the City of Oxford, at its optiop, to call in, 

pay, and redeem bonds numbered One Hundred Twenty-six (126) to Two Hundred 

Fifty (250), inclusive, of the issue of which this bond is one, in the inverse

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order of their numbers, at par and accrued interest plus a premium of Twenty 

Dollars ($20.00) per $1,000 of principal, on June 1, 1975, or on any interest 

payment date thereafter prior to maturity, upon the giving of written notice 

to the paying agent herein named at least thirty (30) days in advance of the 

date upon Which such bonds, or any thereof, are to be so redeemed. 

This bond is one of an authorized issue of two hundred fifty (250) bonds, 

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all of like date, tenor, and effect, except as to date of maturity and provision 

for redemption prior to maturity, numbered from One (1) to Two Hundred Fifty 

(250), inclusive, aggregating the principal sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand 

Dollars ($250,000), issued for the purpose of paying the cost of enlarging, 

improving, and extending the electric distribution system of said City of Oxford, 

and is issued pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Mississippi, 

including Chapter 494 of the Laws of the State of Mississippi, for the year 1950, 

as amended by Chapter 529, Laws of Mississippi for the year 1958, and pursuant 

to resolutions and ordinances of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford. This bond does not constitute an indebtedness of said City within 

the meaning of any statutory or charter restriction, limitation, or provision, 

and the taxing power of said City is not pledged to the payment hereof, either 

as to principal or interest. 

The City of Oxford covenant and agrees that it will apply the proceeds of 

the series of bonds of which this bond is one to paying the cost of enlarging, 

improving, and extending the electric distribution system of said City, and that 

as long as this bond or any bond of the series of which it is one, or the in- 

terest coupons thereto attached, are outstanding, it will operate and maintain 

said system, as so improved; that as long as any of said bonds, or the interest 

coupons attached thereto, are outstanding, it will fix and maintain rates and 

make and collect charges for the services and facilities Of said system, as so 

improved, without regard to the user thereof, sufficient to provide for the 

payment of the principal of and the interest on all outstanding Electric Distri- 

bution System Revenue Bonds of said City and all outstanding Electric Revenue 

Bonds of said City, including this bond, as the same shall mature and accrue, 

and for the operation and maintenance of said system in good repair and working 

order; and that such an amount of the gross revenues of said system as will 

maintain an Interest and Bond Redemption Fund sufficient to pay the principal 

of the interest on this bond and the series of which it is one, as the same 

shall mature and accrue, is hereby pledged to such purpose.

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It is hereby certified, recited, and declared that all acts, conditions, 

and things required to exist, to happen, and to be performed, precedent to and 

in the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is one, in order to 

make the same legal and binding obligations of said City, do exist, have happen-. 

ed, and have been performed in due and regular time, form, and manner, as re- 

quired by law; that this bonds and the series of which it is one, together 

with all other indebtedness of said City of Oxford, does not exceed any limit 

of indebtedness prescribed by law; that this bond is exempt from all state, 

county, municipal, and other taxation under the Laws of the State of Mississippi4 

and that for the performance in due time and manner of all covenants herein, 

for the prompt payment of the principal of and the interest on this bond, and 

for the faithful performance in due time, manner, and season of each and every 

official act necessary therefor, the full faith of the City of Oxford is hereby 

pledged. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Oxford, in Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

acting by and through its Mayor and Board of Aldermen, has caused this bond to 

be executed by the signature of its Mayor and countersigned by its City Clerk, 

under the corporate seal of said City, and has caused the interest coupons 

hereto attached to be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers, 

and this bond to be dated the first day of September, 1969. 

Countersigned: 

/■ 

CITY C 


BY 

MAYOR 

(FORM OF INTEREST COUPON FOR BONDS NOS. 1 to 125, INCL.) 

No. $30.00 

June, 

On the first day of December, 19 , the City of Oxford, in Lafayette 

County, Mississippi will pay to bearer, solely from the revenues to be derived 

from the operation of its electric distribution system, the amount shown on 

this coupon in lawful money of the United States of America at the Union Planters 

National Bank of Memphis, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, being 

interest due that date on its Electric Revenue Bond, Series 1969, dated 

September 1, 1969 and numbered 

Countersigned:( BY 


MAYOR

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No. 


(FORM OF INTEREST COUPON FOR BONDS NOS. 126 to 250, INCL) 

$30.00 

June, 

On the first day of December, 19 , unless the bond with which this cou- 

pon is identified shall be then redeemable and theretofore shall have been call- 

ed for redemption and provision therefor shall have been duly made, the City 

of Oxford, in Lafayette County, Mississippi, will pay to bearer, solely from 

the revenues to be derived from the operation of its electric distribution syste 

the amount shown on this coupon in lawful money of the United States of America 

at the Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, in the City of Memphis, State 

of Tennessee, being interest due that date on its Electric Revenue Bond, Series 

1 1969, dated September 1, 1969, and numbered 

Countersigned: 


BY 

MAYOR 

On the reverse of said bonds there shall be printed the following registra- 

tion and validation certificate: 


SS 


REGISTRATION AND VALIDATION CERTIFICATE 

I, H. C. Wiley, Jr., City Clerk within and for the City of Oxford, in 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that I haVe registered the 

within bond in a book kept for that purpose in my office, as required by law. 

I do further certify that the within bond has been validated and confirmed 

by decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, rendered on 

the day of , 1969. 

CITY C RK 

SECTION 4. The words "electric distribution system" and the words "electri 

generating system" as used in this ordinance, shall be deemed to mean and in- 

clude all of the electric generating, transmission, and distribution facilities 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi.

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SECTION 5. That the bonds authorized hereby shall be payable, both as to 

principal and interest, solely from the revenues derived from the operation of 

the electric distribution system of the City of Oxford, as the same shall be 

enlarged, improved and extended. No bond issued hereunder shall constitute an 

indebtedness of the said City within the meaning of any statutory restriction, 

limitation or provision, and the taxing power of said City is not pledged to 

the payment of any of the bonds authorized, either as to principal or interest. 

SECTION 6. That the City of Oxford, acting by and through the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen thereof, its governing authority, hereby covenants and pledges' 

with the holders of said bonds as follows: 

(a) That it will enlarge, improve, and extend the electric 

distribution system of said City of Oxford, as described in the 

preamble hereto, and that as long as any of the bonds or interest 

coupons authorized hereby are outstanding it will operate 

and maintain said electric distribution system as so extended 

and improved. 

(b) That, during the life of said bonds, the City of Oxford 

will fix and maintain rates and make and collect charges for the 

services and facilities of said electric distribution system as 

so enlarged, improved and extended, without regard to the user 

thereof, sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal 

of and the interest on said bonds as the same shall mature and 

accrue, to provide for the operation and maintenance of said system 

in good repair and working order, and to provide a reasonable 

sum for depreciation. The rates in force at the time of the 

issuance of the bonds authorized hereby shall be revised promptly 

if the revenues of said electric distribution system shall be 

insufficient at any time to provide all sums required by this 

ordinance. 

(c) That, as long as any of said bonds or the interest coupons 

shall remain outstanding, the said City shall carry and maintain 

fire and windstorm insurance upon all of the buildings forming a 

part of said electric distribution system, shall further carry 

and maintain adequate public liability insurance, and shall further 

carry and maintain upon all property and equipment of said 

electric distribution system other than buildings, which may be 

of an insurable nature, insurance of the type and kind carried 

and maintained by utility companies, privately or municipally 

owned, rendering services of a similar character in similar 

communities in the State of Mississipppi. All such insurance 

shall be taken for the benefit of the holders of the bonds of 

said City which are payable from the revenues of said electric 

distribution system and shall be in such amounts as are customarily 

carried by public utility companies in similar circumstances. 

The proceeds of all such insurance, except public 

liability insurance, shall be deposited, when received, in the 

ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND referred to in Section 7 of this ordinance, 

and shall be used only for the maintenance and restoration of 

said electric distribution system, or for the payment of the 

principal of and the interest on the bonds above mentioned. 

(d) That as long as any of said bonds are outstanding, the City 

of Oxford shall not issue any additional bondspayable from the 

revenues of said system, except upon one of the following conditions: 

(1) Unless such bonds expressly shall be made junior 

and subordinate in all respects to the bonds herein 

authorized to be issued; or

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(2) Unless the actual revenues of the electric distribution 

system for the last three (3) completed fiscal 

years prior to the issuance of such additional 

bonds shall have been sufficient, after the deduction 

of all expenses of operation and maintenance, to provide 

an average annual sum equal to or exceeding the 

total of the following amounts: (i) 120% of the 

greatest amount that will come due in any fiscal year 

as principal of and interest on all then outstanding 

bonds of said City which are payable from the revenues 

of said electric distribution system, plus (ii) 

120% of the greatest amount which will come due in 

any fiscal year as principal of and interest on such 

additional bonds during their term, in which event 

additional bonds may be issued on a parity with the 

bonds herein directed to be issued. 

(e) That proper books of records and accounts (separate from all 

other records and accounts) shall be kept, in which complete and 

correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to said 

electric distribution system, and said City shall furnish to any 

holder of any of said bonds, upon written request not more than 

thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal year, complete 

operating and income statements of said system covering such 

period. 

(f) That any holder or holders or any purchaser of not less than 

twenty-five per centum (25%) in principal amount of said bonds 

then outstanding shall be permitted to inspect at all reasonable 

times said electric distribution system and all records, accounts, 

and data relating thereto. 

(g) That any holder or holders or any purchaser of twenty-five 

per centum (25%) in principal amount of said bonds then outstanding 

shall be furnished all data and information relating to said 

electric distribution system which reasonably may be requested. 

SECTION 7. That from and after the delivery of any bonds issued hereunder, 

and as long as any of said bonds shall be outstanding, the said electric distri4. 0 ' 

bution system shall continue to be operated on a fiscal year basis, commencing 

on the firEt day of July in each year and ending on the last day of June in 

each year, and the income and revenues of said system shall continue to be set 

aside and deposited in a Fund which is designated the "ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND". 

Moneys in said Fund shall be set aside for, allocated to, and deposited in the 

following separate and special funds: 

(a) Into a Fund designated the "ELECTRIC INTEREST AND BOND 

REDEMPTION FUND" sums sufficient for the payment of the principal 

of and the interest on said bonds which will accrue 

during such fiscal year. Such allocation and deposit shall 

be in addition to the allocations and deposits required to 

be made for the payment of principal of and interest on the 

outstanding Electric Distribution System Revenue Bonds, 

Series 1958, the outstanding Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 

1963, and the outstanding Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 

1967, and said Fund shall be used only for the Payment 

of the principal of and the interest on the bonds herein 

authorized to be issued and the said outstanding bonds. 

(b) Into a Fund designated the "ELECTRIC OPERATION AND MAIN- 

TENANCE FUND" sums sufficient to provide for the payment of 

reasonable expenses of operation and reasonable expenses of 

maintaining said electric distribution system in good repair 

and working order.

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(c) Into a Fund designated the "ELECTRIC CONTINGENT FUND" 

the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per annum until such 

time as the amount so deposited in said Fund shall aggregate 

the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), at which figure the 

said Fund thereafter shall be maintained by such future deposits 

as from time to time may be necessary to maintain said balance 

of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) in said Fund. The said Fund 

shall be used for the purpose of providing for major tepairs, 

replacements, extensions, additions to, and improvements Of 

said electric distribution system. Any sum or sums so withdrawn 

from said Fund shall be restored thereto out of revenues 

thereafter received. 

(d) Into a Fund designated the "ELECTRIC BOND RESERVE FUND" the 

sum of not less than Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) per annum 

until such time as the amount so deposited in said Fund shall 

aggregate the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000), at which 

figure the said Fund thereafter shall be maintained by such 

future deposits as from time to time may be necessary to main 

tain said balance of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) in said 

Fund. The said Fund shall be used solely and only to supplement 

the Interest and Bond Redemption Fund if and when necessary 

promptly to pay the bonds herein authorized to be issued and 

the interest thereon when due. Any sum or sums so withdrawn 

from said Reserve Fund shall be restored thereto out of revenues 

thereafter received. 

Any surplus remaining in the Electric Light Fund, after making the allo- 

cations and deposits above provided for, and after the Contingent Fund and the 

Reserve Fund shall have been established to the maximum amounts above required, 

shall be allocated to and deposited in a Fund designated the "ELECTRIC BOND 

RETIREMENT FUND" and sums credited to said Fund shall be used solely and only 

for the purpose of redeeming bonds which may be called for redemption prior to 

maturity. 

Provided, however, that after all of the electric revenue bonds dated. 

May 1, 1958, June 1, 1963, and September 1, 1967, now outstanding, shall have 

been paid and redeemed, both principal and interest, any surplus remaining in 

the Electric Light Fund, after making allocations and deposits above provided 

for, and after the Contingent Fund and the Reserve Fund shall have been establish- 

ed to the maximum amounts above required, may be used for any lawful municipal 

purpose as may be directed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, including the 

redemption of bonds prior to maturity, or the extension and improvement of the 

electric distribution system of said City. 

SECTION 8. That deposits into said Electric Light Fund shall be made as 

the revenues of said electric distribution system are received, and that payments 

therefrom into the separate and special funds provided for by the next preceding 

Section shall be made in approximately equal monthly installments on the first 

business day of each calendar month throughout the year, and if the revenues 

derived from the operation of said electric distribution system shall be insuff-, 

icient to make any such payment at such time, the deficiency shall be made

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good by additional payments to be made out of the first available revenues of 

said electric distribution system received during any succeeding months. And, 

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in like manner, if during any fiscal year the revenues received from said elec- 

tric distribution system shall be insufficient to maintain said funds, the addi- 

tional payments sufficient to make up such deficiency or deficiencies shall be 

made in succeeding years out of the first available revenues of said electric 

distribution system. Whenever the sums actually on deposit in the Electric 

Interest and Bond Redemption Fund, the Electric Bond Reserve Fund, and in the 

Electric Bond Retirement Fund shall equal the principal amount of all outstand- 

ing bonds payable therefrom, together with the amount of all interest due there- 

on until the respective maturity dates of all such bonds, then no further pay- 

1 ments need be made into said Funds. All sums in the Funds hereinabove referred 

to shall be kept on deposit in a bank or banks which are members of the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation and at all times shall be continuously secured, as 

provided by the Laws of Mississippi for other funds of municipalities. 

SECTION 9. That the City of Oxford covenants and agrees with the holder 

or holders of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, that it will perform all 

duties with respect to the operation and maintenance of said electric distributi 

system of said City, and with respect to the fixing, maintaining, and collecting . 

of the rates, fees, and charges, and the establishment of the funds herein re- 

ferred to, and all other matters and things herein contained, and that it will 

do or cause to be done, in apt time and season, each and every official act 

necessary for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds here 

in authorized to be issued, as the same shall mature and accrue, and said City 

hereby irrevocably covenants, binds, and obligates itself not to sell, lease or 

dispose of the said electric distribution system, or any substantial portion 

thereof, until all the bonds authorized hereunder shall have been paid, or unles 

and until provision has been made for the payment of said bonds and the interest 

thereon to the respective maturity dates thereof, in full. Any holder of any 

of said bonds or the coupons attached thereto may enforce the performance of any 

of the covenants and agreements herein contained by any appropriate proceedings 

in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or otherwise. If there be any 

default in the payment of the interest on or the principal of any of said bonds, 

any court having jurisdiction, in a proper action upon petition of the holder 

of any of the bonds authorized hereby, may appoint a receiver or trustee to 

take possession of, administer, operate, and maintain the electric distribution 

system, with power to prescribe and collect rates, fees or charges sufficient 

I to provide for the payment of the bonds authorized hereby and the interest 

thereon, and to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining said electric 

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distribution system and to apply the revenues thereof in conformity with the 

provisions of the Laws of Mississippi and with the provisions of this ordinance., 

SECTION 10. That the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute an 

irrepealable contract between the City of Oxford and the several respective hold 

ders of the bonds and interest coupons authorized hereby. 

SECTION 11. That said bonds shall be submitted to validation, as provided! 

by Chapter 1, Title 18 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, and for that purpose 

the City Clerk is authorized and directed to certify a transcript of all pro- 

ceedings in connection therewith to the State's Bond Attorney. 

SECTION 12. That when said bonds shall have been prepared as herein dir- 

ected and shall have been validates, executed, and registered, they shall be 

delivered to the purchaser thereof upon the payment of the purchase price. 

SECTION 13. That the proceeds received from the sale of the bonds author- 

ized hereby shall be deposited in a separate account and at all times secured 

as provided by the Laws of Mississippi for the security of other funds of said 

City. The sums in said account shall be paid out only for the purpose of pay- 

ing the cost of enlarging, improving, and extending the electric distribution 

system of said City. Such payments shall be made only upon presentation to the 

proper authority of a certificate executed by the City Engineer, stating: (a) 

that the purpose for which the payment is to be made is within the scope of the 

improvements contemplated by this ordinance; (b) that the work done or the mater- 

ials furnished are in accordance with the contract therefor (if such work is 

done or materials are furnished under a contract) or that such work is or mat- 

erials are suitable for the purpose (if such payments are not covered by an ex- 

press contract); and (c) that the amount of such payment is in accordance with 

the contract or is a reasonable value thereof. Nothing herein shall be constru 

ed as prohibiting the payment without such certificate of the expenses incident 

to the issuance of the bonds authorized hereby. The provisions of this Section 

are hereby declared to be a part of the contract evidenced by the bonds author- 

ized hereby. The term "proceeds received from the sale of the bonds" shall 

not include any sum representing premium or accrued interest from the date of 

said bonds to the date of delivery thereof. Any sum so received for interest 

or premium shall be deposited in the Electric Interest and Bond Redemption Fund 

referred to in Section 7 hereof. 

SECTION 14. That in the adoption of this ordinance, the City of Oxford, 

recognizes the provisions of an ordinance of said City entitled "AN ORDINANCE 

AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REVENUE 

BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED' 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ENLARGING, 

IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF SAID CITY;

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PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND INCIDENTS OF SAID BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION 

AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE REVENUES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SAID SYSTEM IN AN AMOUN 

SUFFICIENT TO PAY SAID BONDS BOTH AS TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, AND TO PAY THE 

COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID SYSTEM," adopted and approved on the 

third day of June, 1958, also the provisions of an ordinance of said City en- 

titled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRIC DISTRI- 

BUTION SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, INTHE PRINCIPAL 

AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAY- 

ING THE COST OF ENLARGING, IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION 

SYSTEM OF SAID CITY; PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND INCIDENTS OF SAID BONDS; PROVIDIN 

FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE REVENUES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SAID 

SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY SAID BONDS BOTH AS TO PRINCIPAL AND INTER- 

_ 

EST, AND TO PAY THE COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID SYSTEM," adopted 

and approved on the Itth day of June, 1963, and theprovisions of an ordinance of 

said City entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF ELEC 

TRIC REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT 

OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE 

COST OF ENLARGING, IMPROVING, AND EXTENDING THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 

OF SAID CITY; PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND INCIDENTS OF SAID BONDS; PROVIDING FOR 

THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE REVENUES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SAID 

SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY SAID BONDS BOTH AS TO PRINCIPAL AND INTER 

EST, AND TO PAY THE COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID SYSTEM," adopted 

and approved on the 17th day of October, 1967, and the lien of the revenue bond 

therein provided for; which said lien is hereby recognized as being on a pari- 

ty with the liem which secures the bonds herein directed to be issued. 

SECTION 15. That if any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this 

ordinance shall be held to be invalide, the invalidity of such section, para- 

graph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions 

of this ordinance. 

SECTION 16. That all ordinances, resolution, or parts thereof, in conflic 

herewith are, to the extent of such conflict only, repealed. 

SECTION 17. That the bonds herein authorized having been contracted to 

be sold on the 5th day of August, 1969, subject to prompt delivery to the pur- 

chasers thereof, an emergency exists and this ordinance shall be in force and 

effect, immediately after its passage and approval.

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ATTEST: 


Passed this 2nd day of September, 1969. 

Approved this 2nd day of September, 1969. 

MAYOR 

The foregoing ordinance, having first been reduced to writing, was read 

aloud at length at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and 

was adopted, section by section, and then as a whole, by the following roll 

call vote in each instance: 

Alderman Goolsby voted Aye 




Alderman Pettis voted Aye 

Whereupon, the Mayor declared the ordinance adopted, this 2nd day of 

September, 1969. 

Mr. Paul Applebaum, representing Unlimited Outdoor Services, Inc., appeared 

before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to request that his company be grant-, 

ed permission to place litter barrels or trash containers on the streets and 

sidewalks of the City of Oxford, and to advertise on these containers. After 

a discussion, motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Goolsby 

and passed unanimously that Mr. Applebaums proposal be referred to Alderman 

Ben Pettis, Commissioner of Health and Sanitation for his study and that Alderman 

Pettis be requested to make recommendations concerning this matter to the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen at their recess meeting of September 16. 


passed unanimously authorizing water level recorders to be installed by the 

United States Coast and Geodetic Service at the abandoned City of Oxford well 

located at Chambers Manufacturing Company for the purpose of ground water level, 

observation.

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unanimously passing an order to ratify the action of the Mayor and Clerk in signing 

and executing a quitclaim deed to Michael L. Bridge for Bramlett Gardens 

Lots 21, 22 and part Lot 23. Said quitclaim deed reads as follows: 

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI) 

) 

.COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE ) 


FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of Five Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen and 

No/100 Dollars ($5,615.00) cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby 

acknowledged, the CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, conveys and quitclaims unto 

MICHAEL L. BRIDGE and wife, BETTY M. BRIDGE, as joint tenants with rights of 

!survivorship and not as tenants in common, the following described real property 

situated in Section 22, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Oxford, Lafayette County, 

1 Mississippi: 

Lots 21 and 22 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision, 

Part I and Lot 23 in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision, 

Part IV, as shown on the official map and plat of 

said subdivision recorded in Plat Book 1 at Page 

26, 27, 40 and 43a in the office of the Chancery 

Clerk pf Lafayette County, Mississippi, being a 

part of that property conveyed to the CITY OF 

OXFORD, Lafayette County, Mississippi, by Quitclaim 

Deed from Eugenia B. McLaurin and husband, 

J. P. McLaurin, on February 25, 1963, and 

recorded in Deed Book 196 at Page 360 of said 

land records. 

LESS AND EXCEPT: The East 50 feet of said 

Lot 23, which is dedicated as a publis ROW 

for Murray Street and is more particularly 


Starting at the Southeast corner of Lot 23 

as the point of beginning; thence run West 

along the North ROW line of Sisk Avenue a 

distance of 50 feet to a point; thence run 

North 200.0 feet to a point; thence run 

East 50.0 feet to a point; thence run South 

200.0 feet to the point of beginning. 

Grantor agrees to install, at its expense, an adequate sized drain- 

age pipe under McLaurin Drive capable of carrying the run-off water that flows 

through the subject property within one (1) year from June 17, 1969. 

This the 8th day of August, 1969. 


1,0 

Mayo 

City Clerk

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF oNFQRT? 

Alderman McLaurin read the following statement to the other members of 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen: 

MY CONCERNS REGARDING STREETS IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 

Although I am not primarily responsible for streets and related problems 

in Oxford, I do feel very strongly concerned over some problems that I have 

observed during the past four years and have some specific suggestions with 

regard to plans for the future. 

The construction of and maintenance of streets in the City of Oxford is 

a major portion of the City's expense. Although the City no longer is in the 

business of contributing toward the cost of construction of streets in new 

subdivisions, there is responsibility to be assumed by the City in development 

of major thoroughfares. The City assumes a total responsibility with regard to 

maintenance of the streets of Oxford. I am of the opinion that there is demand-, 

ed of the City an effort to engage in long range planning in order that the 

tax dollar may be used to the greatest advantage and in order that Oxford may 

have streets in good repair and also streets when and where needed. The city 

Board was forced to sell bonds to be payed off over a number of years in order 

to maintain streets in adequate repair as recently as two years ago. I feel 

this is very poor planning to borrow money for future repayment in order to 

make necessary current repairs and maintenance, especially when it is likely 

that much of the maintenance done is likely to be repeated in the period of 

time prior to repayment of the bonds. 

I woudl suggest the following solution to this dual problem. It is man- 

datory that the City engage in long range planning with regard to development 

of major thoroughfares. I do not mean subdivision streets, but I. refer to streets 

of major nature which would serve all of the community or a major segment of 

the community. It should be possible for us to project this in reference to 

plans for each year, extending over a period of five years and then with pro- 

jections for five years intervals for at least an additional ten years. We 

have available an excellent opportunity to obtain sugnificant help in this 

sort of planning from the effort being made to update our comprehensive plan 

for Oxford. It is necessary that the City Board and the Street Department of 

the City of Oxford participate in such planning and also that there be some 

formal adoption of long range plan by the City Board for implementation by the 

Street Department. This, of course, is not something to be answered in a month 

or two, but should be answered at least by the time the updating of the compre- 

hensive plan is completed.

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The answer to the other part of the problem with reference to maintenance 

of streets sounds perhaps formidable to begin with, but I believe if it is 

approached on a very logical basis, we can arrive at a solution which will be 

effective for Oxford. It is necessary for us to know what we have to maintain 

before it is possible to make any projection as to how it is to be maintained 

and what the costs of maintenance will be. On this basis, I would urge the 

street department to prepare an inventory of streets of Oxford, that such inven- 

tory include description of streets as to width and length and nature of sur- 

face and condition of surface. It is possible that some of this information 

may be available in relation to the efforts being made at updating the compre- 

hensive plan, but I believe this would be primarily an effort on our part alone 

to develop. It is desirable that this report should include also written recom- 

mendations from the City Engineer or street department regarding desirable fre- 

quency of improvement of surface on streets of different character, i.e., hot 

mix asphalt, cement, asphalt and slag, etc. It is suggested that the streets 

of Oxford be grouped in categories that would indicate need for immeidate re- 

surfacing within the years 1969 or 1970, those that would require re-surfacing 

within an intermediate time of 1971 or 1972, and those that would probably need 

resurfacing in 1973 or a later date. It is possible that there might be need 

for a category that would suggest change of type of surface for streets, possibl 

from asphalt and slag to hot mix asphalt. 

If the above study and classification is completed, it would be possible 

for us to project basic maintenance requirements in relation to present condi- 

; tions of streets, and it would also permit us to set up a plan of rotation of 

streets maintenance. By doing this, we shouldbegin to maintain our streets on 

a preventive basis rather than waiting until there were enough complaints com- 

ing into City Hall with reference to a specific street to demand its repair. 

I would offer another suggestion with regard to street department handling 

of problems or requests for solution to problems street related. I think that 

every complaint of request for aid regarding streets should be recorded in 

writing and that action taken or reply made should also be recorded in writing. 

Many of the complaints or reports of problems regarding streets I feel could be 

alleviated by the suggested program of preventive maintenance suggested previou- 

sly. 

I have some suggestions with regard to means of making it easier for a 

subdivider observe and comply with the suggestions of the subdivision. The 

! regulations suggest that the streets and services 'le installed to the specifi- 

cations required by or acceptable to the City Engineer. I most strongly urge 

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that the Board ask the City Engineer to prepare and recommend to the City Board 

adoption of specifications of standards for waterline installations, sanitary 

sewer installations, acceptable curb and gutter, and also street installation. 

I would recommend that he consider and include, if feasible, some difference of, 

standard of street construction for streets of differing character as indicated 

in the regulations. In other words, the streets that are designed to carry the 

heavy load of traffic should meet more exacting specifications than a dead end 

street in a small residential area. I feel that this could be accomplished 

within a period of two months and returned to the Board for its action. Al- 

though this may require some time on the part of the City Engineer for deve- 

lopment on paper, I feel that it will become a timesaving device for him in 

the future if such standards of specifications are on file in his office and 

available to the people who would be constructing such things. 

I very strongly urge that the street department in its immediate and 

long range planning communicate with the State Highway Department with refer- 

ence to its long range plans for highways entering and leaving Oxford, as 

there are many instances when an understanding of such would lead to wiser 

spending of our city funds in street development. 

There came on for consideration the matter of the feasibility of the 

City consumating an arrangement with Charles H. Warner, John P. Morrow, Jr., 

W. E. Rose, Leona Rose, Eli Hughes and Nancy L. Hughes whereby the City would own 

an entire interest in a certain 25 acre tract in Marion County, Arkansas, rather 

than an undivided a interest in a 100 acre tract in the same county and state. 

The land involved if par of that deeded to the City by Miss Kate A. Skipwith, 

and the arrangement had been worked out by Mr. William Lewis, Jr. at the re- 

quest of the Mayor and Board. 

It appearing to the Mayor and Board that the foregoing is most desirable 

and in the best interest of the City, on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded 

by Alderman Pettis, and passed unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were 

authorized and directed to execute and deliver the following deeds for and in 

behalf of the City to the grantees therein set out, such delivery to be made 

when said grantees convey and warrant unto the City a deed to the aforementioned 

25 acres, being the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 

Quarter of Section 9 and the West Half of the West Half of the Northwest Quar- 

ter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, 

Marion County, Arkansas. 

The deeds are as follows:

97768- IMMION-INITIEZ 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: 


WARRANTY DEED 

(With Relinquinshment of Dower) 

That we, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, John 

, P. Morrow, Jr., a single person, W. E. Rose and Leon Rose, his wife, Eli Hughes 

and Nancy L. Hughes, his wife for and in consideration of the sum of One ($1.00) 

Dollar and other good and valuable consideration, to be in hand paid by Charles 

H. Warner, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, 

sell and convey unto the said Charles H. Warner and unto his heirs and assigns 

forever, the following lands lying in the County of Marion and the State of 

Arkansas to-wit: 

The East half of the West half of the Northwest Quarter of 

the Northwest Quarter, Section 10 and the Northwest Quarter 

of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 

Section 9, all in Township 17 North, Range 14 West, 20 acres. 

To have and to hold the same unto the said Charles H. Warner and unto his 

heirs and assigns, forever, with all appurtenances thereto belonging. 

And we hereby covenant with said Grantee that we will forever warrant and 

Id defend the title to the said lands against all lawful claims whatever. 

And I, Leona Rose, wife of the said W. E. Rose and Nancy L. Hughes, wife 

of Eli Hughes, for and in consideration of the said sum of money, do hereby 

release and relinquish unto the said grantees all my rights of dower and home- 

stead in and to said lands. 

Witness our hand and seals on the day of , 1969. 

• 

—11jLA 

Mayor, City of Oxford, Nississippi 

Ci Cler , City of 0 o , Mississippi 

/s/ John P. Morrow, Jr. 

John P. Morrow, Jr. 

Leona Rose 

W. E. Rose 

Nancy L. Hughes.

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STATE OF ARKANSAS 

County of Independence) 


ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day came before,me, the undersigned, a Notary 

Public within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting John 

P. Morroe, Jr., a single person, to me well known as the grantor in the fore- 

going deed, and stated that he had executed the same for the consideration and 

purpose mentioned and set forth. 

1969. 

Witness my hand and seal as such Notary Public on this 8th day of August, 


May 21, 1970 

STATE OF ARKANSAS ) 

County of 


/s/ Wanda Burks 

Notary Public 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day came before me, undersigned, a Notary Public 

within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting W. E. Rose 

and Leona Rose, his wife and Eli Hughes and Nancy L. Hughes, his wife, to me 

well known as the grantors in the foregoing deed, and stated that they had 

executed the same for the consideration and purpose mentioned and set forth. 

And on the same day voluntarily appeared before me the said Leona Rose, 

wife of the said W. E. Rose and Nancy L. Hughes, wife of the said Eli Hughes, 

to me well known and in the absence of their said husbands, declared that they 

had, of their own free will executed said deed and signed the relinquishment 

of Dower and of Homestead in the said Deed for the consideration and purpose 

therein contained and set forth, withou compulsion or due influence of their 

said husbands. 

Witness my hand and seal as such Notary Public on this day of 


1969. 

Notary Public

97768- TOM 



On this day o 



, 1969, before me 

a Notary Public duly commissioned, qualified and acting, within 

and for the said County and State, appeared in person the within named 

and to me personally 

well known, who stated that they were the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, and were duly authorized in their 

respective capacities to execute the foregoing instrument for and in the name 

and behalf of said corporation, and further stated and acknowledged that they 

had so signed, executed and delivered said foregoing instrument for the consid- 

eration, uses and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 

day of , 1969. 



Notary Public 

WARRANTY DEED 

(With Relinquishment of Dower) 

That we, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, Charles H. Warner and Vera L. 

Warner, his wife and W. E. Rose and Leona Rose, his wife and Eli D. Hughes 

and Nancy L. Hughes, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of One ($1.00) 

Dollar and other good and valuable consideration to us in hand paid by John P. 

Morrow, Jr., the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bar- 

gain, sell and convey unto the said John P. Morrow, Jr. and unto his heirs and 

assigns forever, the following lands lying in the County of Marion and the 

State of Arkansas, to-wit: 

The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 

Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 

of the Northeast Quarter Section 9 and the Southeast Quarter 

of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter , Section 

10, Township 17 North, R a nge 14 West, 30 acres. 

To have and to hold the same unto the said John P. Morrow, Jr., and unto 

his heirs and assigns, forever, with all appurtenances thereto belonging. 

And we hereby covenant with said Grantee that we will forever warrant and 

defend the title to the said lands against all lawful claims whatever.

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And I, Vera L. Warner, wife of the said Charles H. Warner; Leona Rose, 

wife of the said W. E. Rose; Nancy L. Hughes, wife of the said Eli D. Hughes 

for and in consideration of the said sum of money, do hereby release and re- 

linquish unto the said grantees all my rights of dower and homestead in and 

to said lands. 

Witness our hand and seals on the day of , 1969. 

W. E. Rose Mayor, City of Oxford, Mississippi 

Leona Rose City Clerk, City of Oxford, Missis. 

sippi 

/s/ Charles H. Warner 

Eli D. Hughes Charles H. Warner 

/s/ Vera L. Warner 

Nancy L . Hughes Vera L. Warner 




On this day of , 19 , before me duly commis- 

sioned, qualified and acting, within and for the said County and State, appear- 

ed in person the within named and 

to me personally well knowy, who stated that 

they were the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a muni- 

cipal corporation, and were duly authorized in their respective capacities to 

execute the foregoing instrument for and in the name and behalf of said cor- 

poration, and further stated and acknowledged that they had so signed, executed, 

and delivered said foregoing instrument for the consideration, uses and pur- 

poses therein mentioned and set forth. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 


day of 19 

Notary Public

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1' ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

STATE OF ARKANSAS ) 

County of Independence 

4:7;. () 

UK_ 

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary 

Public within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting 

Charles H. Warner and Vera L. Warner, his wife to me well known as the grantors 

in the foregoing deed, and stated that they had executed the same for the con- 

sideration and purpose mentioned and set forth. 

And on the same day voluntarily appeared before me the said Vera L. War- 

ner, wife of the said Charles H. Warner, to me well known and in the absence 

of her said husband, declared that she had, of her own free will executed said 

Deed and signed the relinquishment of Dower and of Homestead in the said Deed 

for the consideration and purpose therein contained and set forth, without 

compulsion or due influence of her said husband. 

1969. 

Witness my hand and seal as such Notary Public on this 8 day of August, 


May 21, 1970 

STATE OF 



/s/ Wanda Burks 

Notary PUblic 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary 

Public within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting W. E. 

Rose and Leona Rose, his wife and Eli D. Hughes and Nancy L. Hughes, his wife, 

to me well known as the grantors in the foregoing deed, and stated that they 

! had executed the same for the consideration And purpose mentioned and set forth. 

4(nd on the same day voluntarily appeared before me the said Leona Rose, 

wife of the said W. E. Rose, and Nancy L. Hughes, wife of the said Eli D. Hughes 

to me well known and in the absence of their said husbands, declared that they 

had of their own free will executed said Deed and signed the relinquishments of 

Dower and of Homestead in the said Deed for the consideration and purpose there- 

in contained and set forth, without compulsion or due influence of her said 

husband. 

Witness my hand and seal as such Notary Public on this day of 


1969. 

Notary Public

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WARRANTY DEED 

(CORPORATION) 

That, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation organized 

under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mississippi by its Mayor and 

City Clerk, duly authorized by proper resolution of its City Council, for the 

consideration of the sum of One (1.00) Dollar and other good and valuable 

consideration in hand paid by John P. Morrow, Jr., the receipt of which is 

hereby acknowledged, does grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said John P. 

Morrow, Jr., and unto his heirs and assigns forever, the following described lariyt, 

situate in the County of Marion, State of Arkansas, to-wit: 

An easement across the Northwest Corner of the West half 

of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the 

Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 17, Range 14, 

described as follows: Begin at the northwest corner 

of said West half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 

Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said section, 

township and range, thence East fifty feet; thence South 

45 degrees West to the line dividing Sections 9 and 10; 

thence North 50 feet to the place of beginning of the 

easement herein contained. 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE same unto the said John P. Morrow, Jr., and unto 

his heirs and assigns forever, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging. And 

Grantor hereby covenant with the said John P. Morrow, Jr., that they will for- 

ever warrant and defend the title to said lands against all claims whatever. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The name of the grantor is hereunto affixed by its 

Mayor and its seal affixed by its City Clerk, this day of 

1969. 




'N1 

Mayor, City of Oxford, Mississippi: 

City Clerk, City of Otford, Missis- 

sippi 

On this day of , 1969, before me commissioned, 

qualified and acting, within and for the said County and State, appeared in 

person the within named and 

to me personally well known, who stated that they were the Mayor 

and City Clerk of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, 

and were duly authorized in their respective capacities to execute the foregoing

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instrument for and in the name and behalf of said corporation, and further 

stated and acknowledged that they had so signed, executed and delivered said 

foregoing instrument for the consideration, uses and purposes therein mentioned 

and set forth. 


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal 

this day of , 1969. 


Came o for co er tion 

Apartment Bui d g tel on 

Number two (2 nd . M 

Alderman Hanna ord pas ed u 

Notary Public 

matte v rt si wo (2) of the City 

18th for sa e, amely Apartments 

was rm n Laurin, seconded by 

ously rti e buildings for sale. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a request for a refund from 

Grundy's Cafe for a privilege license for a music box in the amount of $5.00 

paid Over a period of nine (9) years. Said cafe reports that they have not had 

a music box in their business during this time. Motion was made by Alderman 

Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Goolsby, and passed unanimously authorizing 

City Clerk to refund to Grundy's Cafe $45.00. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin.that , a garbage collection fee of 

$2.50 be added to city utility bill each month on commercial establishments 

with„the City of Oxford. The motion failed for lack of a Second: 

U' 

Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman McLaurin, and 

;passed unanimously to add a fee of $2,00 per month to the commercial establish- 

ment for garbage collection, beginning with the bills covering meter readings 

in September, 1969.

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MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED FROM A & RB SINGLE- 

FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO RD MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

WHEREAS, on August 4th, 1969, the Oxford Planning Commission, as authorized 

-by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

1966, recommended that the following described real property in the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from A & RB Single-Family Residential to RD 


A fraction of the Northeast quarter of Section 30, T-8-S, 

R-3-W, Lafayette County, Mississippi, described as follows: 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of 

Section 30, T-8-S, R-3-W, and run thence North 0° 22' 40" W a 

distance of 1,124.02 feet to a stake; thence N 76° 03' W a 

distance of 687.0 feet to a stake; thence N 0° 20' 40" W a 

distance of 30.0 feet to a stake, said point being the point 

of beginning for this description. From this point of beginning 

run N 0° 22' 40" W a distance of 660.0 feet to a 

stake; thence N 89° 28' W a distance of 650.0 feet to a 

stake; thence S 0° 32' W a distance of 660.0 feet to an 

iron pin on the North line of the University of Mississippi 

property; thence S 89° 28' E along said property line a 

distance of 660.0 feet to the point of beginning containing 

9.93 acres, more or less. 

WHEREAS, on August 5, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning 

Commision and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to 






o'clock, P. M., on September 2, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, at such time and place, no objections were interposed by any 

person to such re-zoning; 




it is hereby, re-zoned from A & RB Single-Family Residential to RD Multi-Family, 

Residential. 

Section 2. Changes On Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shallmake the 

necessary drawings on the Official Zoning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, and 

print thereon the following: "On September 2, 1969, by official action of the 

Board of Aldermen, this Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance appearing , 

3 at page140 The foregoing entry on the Map shall be signed! 

in Ordinance Book 

by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the Official Zoning 







ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 

This the 2nd day of September, 1969. 

CITY CLEkK 

I () 

MAYOR

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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, WITH REFERENCE TO FIXING 

THE TAX RATE OR LEVY FOR THE MUNICIPALITY AND FOR ANY 

OTHER AREA SUBJECT TO TAXES OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND 

IN THE OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN 

ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3742.23 OF THE CODE OF 1942 

AS AMENDED AND OTHER SECTIONS OR SAID CODE. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, that the tax rate or 

levy of the municipality of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

and for the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District shall be for the following purposes and amounts. 

TAX RATE CITY OF OXFORD - 1969 AUTHORITY 

Mills (Sect.) 

General Fund 9.2 3742.23 










1967 Public Improvement Bond & Interest Fund 1.0 3742.23 


Hospital Bond & Interest Fund 2.2 3742.23 

Hospital Maintenance Fund 1.5 3742.23 

Separate School District Bond & Interest Fund 10.1 3742.23 

Separate School District M4intenance Fund 25.0 3742.23 

TOTAL 55.0 

School Fund Authority 

ii Minimum Program School Fund 5.25 Mills 6518-02 Code of 1942 

District School Maintenance Fund 19.75 Mills 6518-06 Code of 1942 

The above and foregoing Resolution having been first reduced to writing 

and read by the Clerk of said Board, was considered section by section and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford, 

it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and on vote of the Aldermen 

of passage thereof, was the following: 



Alderman Pettis voted yea 

Alderman Goolsby voted yea 

Alderman King voted yea 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis and 

passed unanimously to appoint the following members to the Park Commission: 

Nathan Hodge to replace Willie B. Tankersley and DouWMcClary to replace 

William H. Tate. 

The Board members tenure of offices are as follows: 

Dox4:McClary - term expires July 1, 1970 

Nathan Hodge - term expires July 1, 1971 

Mrs. Sarah Park - term expires July 1, 1972 

Dr. J. G. McMurray - term expires July 1, 1973 

Mrs. T. W. Avent - term expires July 1, 1974 

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AUGUST 5, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER- 


ACCEPT BIDS ON 1200 LINEAR FEET CONCRETE 

GASKET TYPE SEWER PIPE. 

At the August 5, 1969 regular meetinf of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1200 linear feet 

concrete gasket type sewer pipe and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 


September 2, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the August 5, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1200 linear feet of concrete 

gasket type sewer pipe according to the plans and specifications on file in 



read by the Clerk of said Mayvr and Board of Aldermen, was considered section 

by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman. Hannaford, 

seconded by Alderman Pettis it adopted section by section, and then as a 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1200 linear 

feet of concrete gasket type sewer pipe, to be opened at the regular meeting 

of September 2, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

Dixie Culvert and Supply Company 


1200 L. F. More or Less 6" Concrete Gasket Type Sanitary 

Sewer Pipe Complete 6' $0.65 / L. F. 

Gasket Joint Lubricant @ $5.00/ Gallon 

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seconded by Alderman Pettis and passed unanimously, to accept the bid of 

Dixie Culvert Pipe & Supply Company if being the only bid.

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AUGUST 5, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 1969 TAX RECEIPTS. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 1969 Tax receipts 

and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen the City of Oxford would take final 

action on said resolution at 7:10 p. m. September 2, 1969 in the office of the 

Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the August 5, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 1969 tax receipts according 

to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of the said 





seconded by Alderman McLaurin it was adopted section by section, and then as a 



ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR...YEA 




Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on 1969 tax 

receipts, to be opened at the regular meeting of September 2, 1969, bids 


Hederman Brothers 


Item 1 -- 4,800 sets quadruplicate Tax Receipts, 3 to a page, on NCR 

paper, sheet size 16 1/2 x 10 3/4, 300 sets per book, book 

to be 1/2 bound and lettered $416.15 Lot 

Item 2 -- 500 sets special Improvement Assessment Receipts, 4 part, 

printed on NCR paper, sheet size 16 1/2 x 10 3/4, book to 

be 1/2 bound and lettered $ 65.76 Lot 

Item 3 

Item 4 

Item 5 

-- 100 sets of Pa rtial Payments Receipts, 4 part, 2 to a page, 

on NCR paper, sheet size 14 x 10 3/4, 1/2 bound and 

lettered $ 83.50 Lot 

-- 1,000 Ad Valorem Tax Receipts, printed black ink, padded 

100 to pad $ 19.45 Lot 

-- 500 Special Street Assessment Statements, printed in black 

ink, as per sample enclosed $ 18.85 Lot 

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Tom L. Ketchings Company 

Natchez, Mississippi 

4,800 quadruplicate sets Real and Personal Tax Receipts printed per 

your specifications on NCR paper and bound into sixteen books. 

500 quadruplicate sets Special Improvement Assessment Receipts per 

your specifications on NCR paper, bound in one book. 

100 quadruplicate sets Partial Payment Receipts per your specifications, 

bound in one book. 

1,000 Ad Valorem Tax Statements in pads of 100 per your specifications, 

and 

500 Special Street Assessment statements printed as your sample. 

All of the above for a total price of $860.50 

Lawrence Printing Company 

Greenwood, Mississippi 

4,800 sets of tax receipts in quadruplicate, 3 on a sheet, overall 

size 16 1/2 x 10 3/4, bound in 16 books. 

100 sets of partial payment receipts in quadruplicate, 2 on a page, 

size 14 x 10 3j4, bound in one book. 

1,000 statements pads of 100. 

500 special improvement assessment receipts in quad. 

500 special street assessment statements. 

All of the above for the sum of $ 361.70 



Lawrence Printing Company it being the lowest and best bid. 

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Jesse Phillips presented a petition to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

signed by sixty-one (61) residents of South 18th Street requesting that speed 

breakers be placed on South 18th Street. 

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passed unanimously approving a change order with Layne Central Contractors 

for a new well for the City of Oxford.as follows:

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PROJECT: One (1) 500 G. P. M. Well 

OWNER: City of Oxford, Mississippi 

CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER NO. I 

DATE: September 25, 1969 

CONTRACTOR: Layne-Central Company, Post Office Box 8096 

Memphis, Tennessee 38108 

REASON FOR CHANGE: To construct an additional well at old 

Water Plant. 

CHANGES AUTHORIZED: Construct an additional well, install 

pumping equipment furnish and install 6 inch 

discharge piping and valves and run an eight (8) 

hour test on well. All pumping equipment, in- 

cluding repairs to same, electrical motor and 

starting equipment, electrical wiring and all 

underground discharge piping to be furnished 

by City of Oxford. 

CONTRACT PRICE PRIOR TO THIS CHANGE $14,693.00 

THIS CHANGE ORDER $11,750.00 

NEW CONTRACT PRICE $26,443.00 

1 ACCEPTED: ACCEPTED; 

CONTRACTOR: Layne-Central Company OWNER: City of Oxford, Miss. 

BY: /s/ T. M. Ragsdale BY: /s/ Richard W. Elliott 

T. M. Ragsdale, Vice President 

RECOMMENDED: 

ATTEST: /s/ H. C. Wiley,Jr. 

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FOR SALE CITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS NO. 2 

AND 4 



advertise for sale City Apartments No. 2 and No. 4. 


p. m. on October 7,•1969 then said Mayor and Board of Aldermen will take 

final action on this resolution. 

The above and foregoing resolution having been introduced in writing 

by the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section, 

and then on a whole, and the motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford and it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 

and the vote on the final passage thereof was as follows: 







that the Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise 

for bids on City Apartment Buildings No. 2 and No. 4.

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this Board do now recess until September 16, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. 

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Pursuant to a recess order on September 2, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on September 16, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were 

present: 











Robert W. Foster - Director of Civil Defense 





unanimously granting official approval for the City of Oxford to cooperate 

in a Civil Defense emergency preparedness exercise. 

Motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman King and passed 

unanimously to promote E. C. King to the position of Assistant Street Foreman 

and to increase his wage rate to $2.00 per hour; said promotion to become 

effective October 1, 1969. 

Came on for consideration the matter of hiring a new policeman for the 

City of Oxford Police Department. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded 

by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to employ Billy Gene Bolen to work 

as a policeman at a salary of $350 per month; said employment to be effective 

October 1, 1969.


97768- 1,17.16.-11ATCKZ 

H A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE 


OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO PURCHASE A METAL 

BUILDING ADDITION TO CITY GARAGE. 



purchase a metal building addition to the City garage. 


p. m. on October 7, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 

this resolution.' 



it as a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis it 

1 was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on the final 









bids on a metal building addition to the City Garage. 




A 1969 or 1970 MODEL TWO-TON TRUCK FOR 


BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and B oard of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase a 1969 or 1970 two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution'is made by 7:30 



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the Clerk Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and 

then as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Hanna- 

ford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on 

the final passage thereofwas as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD,.YEA 

ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR.YEA 

ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS YFA 


ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING YFA 



bids on 1969 or 1970 model two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 

Pursuant to an advertisement which was authorized at the regular meeting 

of September 2, 1969 and which was published in The Oxford Eagle, the local 

weekly newspaper in the City of Oxford, bids were received on the purchase 

of the City Apartment Buildings No. 1 and No. 3 located on South 18th Street. 


seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept the bid of 

Elisha "little Boy" Pegues for City Apartment Building No. 1 in the amount of 

$203.00; and City Apartment Building No. 3 in the amount of $127.00. 

There came on for consideration the matter of a public hearing for ob- 

jections to street improvements and special assessments on Ole Miss Drive, 

Cherokee Drive, and Jackson Avenue Extended. The resolution giving notice 

for objections was published in the Oxford Eagle on August 28, September 4, 

and 11, 1969, settingthe time for the hearing at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on Sept- 

ember 16, 1969. 

Protests were filed by Mrs. Virginia Burns and Mr. Ray Poole against the 

improvements on Ole Miss Drive and by Mr. Mike Trister and Mr. David Mason 

against the improvements and assessments for Cherokee Drive. 

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It appearing that those protesting the improvements on Ole Miss Drive and 

Cherokee Drive constitutes a majority of property owners owning more that (50%) 

Fifty per cent of the front footage of the property involved and actually re- 

siding on property owned by them and included within that part of the streets 

proposed to be specially improved, or otherwise actually occupying property 

owned by them included within the area, the Mayor and Board, therefore, re- 

scinded its prior resolution declaring the improvements proposed necessary and 

abandoned going forward with such improvements. 

With respect to Jackson Avenue Extended, Mr. T. E. Combs, one qualified 

under Section 3664-04, objected to the proposed improvements, and Mr. Harold 

Bushing, who stated that he represented Mrs. Mary Judge, appeared and advised 

that Mrs. Judge objected to such improvements on Jackson Avenue. The Board 

finds that although Mrs. Judge is one qualified to object under Section 3664-04 

her objection may not be sustained unless she appears in person, by attorney, 

or by petition and, Mr. Bushing not being An attorney, the objection offered 

in behalf of Mrs. Judge by him is not a valid objections. Mr. Russell Blair, 

representing Mr. Seth Styers and Mr. Gerald A. Gafford, appeared and advised 

that his clients would not object and that they would supply part of the funds 

for the proposed improvements if the City would assume, a part of the expense 

in the improvements. Mr. Blair's proposition not being clear to the Mayor and 

Board, the City Attorney was advised to request Mr. Blair to make such proposal 

in writing and, in the meantime, the Mayor and Board took up the matter of the 

objections to Jackson Avenue Extended under advisement and continued it for 

further consideation. 

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this Board do adjourn Sine-Die: 

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CITY CLER7 MAYOR

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7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 7, 1969 



October 7, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 


acted: 

















Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King ans passed 

unanimously to approve the September accounts as read. Said accounts being 


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On motion mpde, seconded and passed unanimously, the Mayor and Clerk of the City 

of Oxford hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver the following 

deed: 



DEED 

FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of Ten and No/100 Dollars ($10.00), cash in hand paid, 

and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of all of which is here- 

by adjudged by the goirerning authority of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, to 

be good and sufficient, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, 

1 THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, does hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, re- 

lease and quitclaim unto the OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT the 

following described property situated in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, to-wit: 

Commence at the intersection of the South line of Jackson Avenue 

and the West line of Ninth Street, City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi; 

Thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance 

54.50 feet to the North line of Jackson Avenue; thence South 79 

degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds East along the North line of Jackson 

Avenue 109.31 feet to the Point of Beginning, being a brass pin 

set in concrete sidewalk; thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 

seconds East for a distance of 241.81 feet to a point being a 

concrete monument; thence North 72 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds 

West for a distance of 65.86 feet to a point being a concrete 

monument on the East side of Ninth Street; thence North 19 degrees 

34 minutes 00 seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 

73.78 feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence North 10 

degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds East along the East side of Ninth 

Street 104.00 feet to a point, being a concrete monument; thence 

South 56 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds East for a distance of 259.31 

feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence South 69 degrees 

00 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 230.00 feet to a 

point being a concrete monument; thence South 10 degrees 29 minutes 

36 seconds West for a distance of 175.00 feet to a point being a 



monument; thence South 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds West for 

a distance of 108.50 feet to a point in the North line of Jackson 

Avenue being a brass pin set in concrete sidewalk; thence North 79 

degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of Jackson 

Avenue 283.18 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 

Being Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 108, 109, 111 and lots 1 and 2 of 

Block "L", or portions thereof, and including any parts of streets 

included within the above description, as said lots and streets 

are shown on the official map of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

and being the SW1, Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, 

City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and containing 

3.197 acres, bearings are referenced to true north. 

Streets referred to herein are shown on a map of the City of Oxford 

by W. L. Caldwell, dated June, 1939, and on file in the office of 

the Clerk of said City; and reference is also made to the official 

map drthe Town of Oxford on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk, 




October 7, 1969, and said Resolution is recorded in Minute Book 24 at page 407 

of the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Missis 

sippi, which Minutes are on file in the office of the Clerk of said City and 

State. 

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erning authorities of said City as entered in its said minutes on this the 8th 

day of October, 1969. 






BY/ .A/A-t, 

• 'N 

H. C. WILEY, CLERK 


in and for the aforesaid County and State, the within and above named RICHARD 

W. ELLIOTT, Mayor of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, and H. C. WILEY, JR., 

Clerk of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, who acknowledged that they signed, 

sealed and delivered the above and foregoing Deed on the day and year therin 


granted by the Board of Aldermen of said City and State, and acting for and on 

behalf of the said City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

GIVEN under my hand and official seal, this the 8th day of October, 1969. 


August 14, 1972 

RESOLUTION 


Notary Public 

RESOLVED that parts of all streets included in the property hereinafter 

described, and being conveyed by the City of Oxford, Mississippi to the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District be, and are hereby abandoned, and which pro- 

perty is described as follows, to-wit: 



Mississippi; 


of 54.50 feet to the North line of Jackson Avenue; thence South 79 


Avenue 109.31 feet to the Point of Beginning, being a brass pin set 

in concrete sidewalk; thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds 

East for a distance of 241.81 feet to a point being a concrete 

monument; thence North 72 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West for a 

RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR

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distance of 65.86 feet to a point being a concrete monument on the 

East side of Ninth Street; thence North 19 degrees. 34 minutes 00 

seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 73.78 feet to a 

point being a concrete monument; thence North 10 degrees 57 minutes 

33 seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 104.00 feet to 

a point, being a concrete monument; thence South 56 degrees 57 minutes 

25 seconds East for a distance of 259.31 feet to a point being a concrete 

monument; thence South 69 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East for 

a distance of 230.00 feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence 

South 10 degrees 29 minutes 36 seconds West for a distance of 175.00 

feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence North 80 degrees 

21 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 129.43 feet to a point 

being a concrete monument; thence South 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds 

West for a distance of 108.50 feet to a point in the North line of 

Jackson Avenue being a brass pin set in concrete sidewalk; thence 

North 79 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of 

Jackson Avenue 283.18 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 

Being Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 108, 109, 111 and Lots 1 and 2 of Block "L", 

or portions thereof, and including any parts of streets included within 

the above description, as said lots and streets are shown on the official 

map of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and being in the SW1, Section 

21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, and containing 3.197 acres, bearings are referenced to 

true north. 




map of the Town of Oxford on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk, 


Unanimously adopted this the 7th day of October, 1969. 

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RICHARD W. E LIOTT, MAYOR 

H. C. WILEY, CITY CLERK 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to accept the resignation 

of John Reed Holley with the City Planning Commission. 

Motion was made by Go lsby, .ec'nded by Alderman Hannaford, passed 

unanimously approving th 19 9 ity and S District Tax Rolls and setting 

a date for hearing on s d rolls f r • t.' 21, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. 

Mrs. Hazel Shelton, President of Lafayette County Farm Bureau, came before 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to request that the Electric Department hang a 

banner reading "CAUTION - DEAR CROSSING" across Bramlett Boulevard near the 

Oxford High School. After discussion motion was made by Alderman Pettis, second 

ed by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously that said banner be hung for a 

period of 2 weeks only and at an appropriate place near Oxford High School and 

at a time to be selected by Farm Bureau. 

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The Cith Engineer, pursuant to resolutions adopted, respectively, on the 

20th day of February, 1969, and on the 1st day of July, 1969, filed with the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen his written estimates of the cost of making improve 

ments on Pegues Street and on South 9th Street in the City of Oxford. The said 

estimates are summarized as follows: 

For Pegues Street: $40,000, less $23,000 to be paid 

by Oxford Community Homes, Inc., leaving to be provided $17,000 

For South 9th Street: 8,000 

Total costs to be provided: $25,000 

Thereupon, Alderman Hannafvrd offered and moved the adoption of the 


RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PUBLIC SALE OF TWENTY-FIVE 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT 

BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO BE DATED 

OCTOBER 1, 1969. 

SECTION 1. That Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) Special Street 

Improvement Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mistissippi, be offered for sale to the 

highest bidder therefor on the 21st day of October, 1969, for street improvements 

on Pegues Street and on South 9th Street in said City. 

SECTION 2. That said bonds shall he sold on sealed bids to be filed 

with the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall in the City of Oxford, Missis 

sippi, at or before the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on the aforesaid date; 

each bid to be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or exchange, pay- 

able to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, issued or certified by a bank located 

in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of two per centum (2%) of the face 

amount of bonds to be sold as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out his 

contract and purchase the bonds if his bid be accepted. If the successful bid- 

der fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of 

such good faith check shall be retained by the City of Oxford, Mississippi and 

paid into the City Treasury as liquidated damages for such failure. The Mayor 




price not less than the highest bid which shall have been received for said 

bonds at such advertised sale. 


their bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates 

likewise to be designated in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of 

the same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which shall be a multiple 

of one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 

of 1%).

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SECTION 4. That, as required by Chapter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 

411 

1946, the City Clerk shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to give no- 

tice of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two (2) times in the Ox- 

ford Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Mississippi; that first 

publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date set for the 

receipt of bids, and such notice to be in substantially the following form:: 


$25,000 

SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS 

OF THE 


Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the 

office of the City Clerk in the City Hall of said City, 

until the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 

21st day of October, 1969, at which time said bids will 

be publicly opened for the purchase, at not less than 

par and accrued interest, of the above bonds of said 


Said bonds are to bear date of October 1, 1969, are to 

be of the denomination iof $1,000 each, and shall bear interest 

at a rate or rates to be determined pursuabt to sale 

of said bonds, payable April 1, 1970, and semi-annually 

thereafter on October 1 and April 1 in each year. Both prin- 

cipal of and interest on said bonds will be payable at a place 

to be designated by the purchaser, subject to approval by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and said bonds shall mature 

serially, without option of prior payment, on October 1 in 

each of the years as follows: 

$2,000 in 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 

$3,000 in 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 

Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price 

they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates, 

but not more than two different rates, likewise to be designated 

in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of 

the same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which 

shall be a multiple of one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) 

or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 of 1%). The difference 

between the highest and lowest rates bid shall not exceed 2%. 

Proposals should be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 

should be plainly marred "Proposal for Bonds," and should 

be filed with the City Clerk on or prior to the date and hour 

hereinabove named. Each bid must be accompanied by a cashier's 

check, certified check, or exchange, payable to the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, issued or certified by a bank located in 

the State of Mississippi, in the amount of 2% of the face amount 

of bonds bid for, as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out 




be retained by the City, and shall be paid into the Treasury of 

said City of Oxford. 


or all bids. 



of St. Louis, Missouri. The City will pay the legal fees and 

will pay for the printing of the bonds and the cost of the

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validation of the bonds. Delivery of the bonds will be made 

to the purchaser within sixty days after the date of sale, at 


the purchaser. 

By order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City. of Oxford, 

Mississippi, this 7th day of October, 1969. 

City Cle 


aforesaid newspaper the customary publisher's affidavit providing publication of 








Alderman McLaurin was absent 

The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the Aldermen 

present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, this 

7th day of October, 1969. 




A HALF TON PICK-UP TRUCK FOR THE ELECTRIC 

DEPARTMENT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Ma yor and Boardof Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase a half ton pick-up truck for the Electric Department. 


7:30 p. m. on Novetber 4, 1969, then aid Mayor and Board will take final action 



by the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote on the final passage thereof was as follows:

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ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY 




bids on half ton pick-up truck for the Electric Department. 




TWO (2) 1970 MODEL CARS FOR THE POLICE 

DEPARTMENT. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to ad- 

vertise for two (2) 1970 model cars for the Police Department. 


p. m. on October 21, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. than said Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

will take final action on this resolution. 


Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section, and then on a 

whole, and the motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and it 









bids on two (2) 1970 model cars for the Police Department; 

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SEPTEMBER 2, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON CITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS 

NO. 2 AND 4. 

At the September 2, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by the Mayor and Board that it was the 

intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on City Apartment 

Buildings No. 2 and 4 and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. October 7, 1969 


Said resolution adopted at the September 2, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on City Apartment Buildings No. 

2 and 4 according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman. Pettis, second- 

ed by Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on City Apartment 

Buildings No. 2 and 4, to be opened at the regular meeting of October 7, 

1969, bids were received from the following • 

City Apartment Building No. 2 - Elisha Pegues $311.00 

City Apartment Building No. 4 - Charles Howell 200.00 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Pettis, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the bids of 

Elisha Pegues on City Apartment Building No. 2 and Charles Howell on City Apart- 

ment Building No. 4.

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this Board do now recess until September 16, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. 

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Pursuant to a recess order on September 2, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on September 16, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were 

present: 











Robert W. Foster - Director of Civil. Defense 





unanimously granting official approval for the City of Oxford to cooperate 

in a Civil Defense emergency preparedness exercise. 

Motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman King and passed 

unanimously to promote E. C. King to the position of Assistant Street Foreman 

and to increase his wage rate to $2.00 per hour; said promotion to become 

effective October 1, 1969. 

Came on for consideration the matter of hiring a new policeman for the 

City of Oxford Police Department. Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded 

by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to employ Billy Gene Bolen to work 

as a policeman at a salary of $350 per month; said employment to be effective 

October 1, 1969.

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A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE 


OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI TO PURCHASE A METAL 

BUILDING ADDITION TO CITY GARAGE. 



purchase a metal building addition to the City garage. 



this resolution; 



as a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis it 










bids on a metal building addition to the City Garage. 




A 1969 or 1970 MODEL TWO-TON TRUCK FOR 


BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase a 1969 or 1970 two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 

Unless objections to or protest against this resolution'is made by 7:30 

p• m. on October 7, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 


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MINUTE BOOK N . 24 CITY OF OXFORD 


the Clerk Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and 

then as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Hanna- 

ford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and the vote on 

the final passage thereofwas as follows: 

ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD,.YEA 




ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING YFA 



bids on 1969 or 1970 model two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 

Pursuant to an advertisement which was authorized at the regular meeting 

of September 2, 1969 and which was published in The Oxford Eagle, the local 

weekly newspaper in the City of Oxford, bids were received on the purchase 

of the City Apartment Buildings No. 1 and No. 3 located on South 18th Street. 


seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept the bid of 

Elisha "little Boy" Pegues for City Apartment Building No. 1. in the amount of 

$203.00; and City Apartment Building No. 3 in the amount of $127.00. 

There came on for consideration the matter of a public hearing for ob- 

jections to street improvements and special assessments on Ole Miss Drive, 

Cherokee Drive, and Jackson Avenue Extended. The resolution giving notice 

for objections was published in the Oxford Eagle on August 28, September 4, 

and 11, 1969, settingthe time for the hearing at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on Sept- 

ember 16, 1969. 

Protests were filed by Mrs. Virginia Burns and Mr. Ray Poole against the 

improvements on Ole Miss Drive and by Mr. Mike Trister and Mr. David Mason 

against the improvements and assessments for Cherokee Drive. 

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It appearing that those protesting the improvements on Ole Miss Drive and 

Cherokee Drive constitutes a majority of property owners owning more that (50%) 

Fifty per cent of the front footage of the property involved and actually re- 

siding on property owned by them and included within that part of the streets 

proposed to be specially improved, or otherwise actually occupying property 

owned by them included within the area, the Mayor and Board, therefore, re- 

scinded its prior resolution declaring the improvements proposed necessary and 

abandoned going forward with such improvements. 

With respect to Jackson Avenue Extended, Mr. T. E. Combs, one qualified 

under Section 3664-04, objected to the proposed improvements, and Mr. Harold 

Bushing, who stated that he represented Mrs. Mary Judge, appeared and advised 

that Mrs. Judge objected to such improvements on Jackson Avenue. The Board 

finds that although Mrs. Judge is one qualified to object under Section 3664-04 

her objection may not be sustained unless she appears in person, by attorney, 

or by petition and, Mr. Bushing not being An attorney, the objection offered 

in behalf of Mrs. Judge by him is not a valid objections. Mr. Russell Blair, 

representing Mr. Seth Styers and Mr. Gerald A. Gafford, appeared and advised 

that his clients would not object and that they would supply part of the funds 

for the proposed improvements if the City would assume, a part of the expense 

in the improvements. Mr. Blair's proposition not being clear to the Mayor and 

Board, the City Attorney was advised to request Mr. Blair to make such proposal 

in writing and, in the meantime, the Mayor and Board took up the matter of the 

objections to Jackson Avenue Extended under advisement and continued it for 

further conside'ation. 



CITY CLER MAYOR

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. OCTOBER 7, 1969 



October 7, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 


acted: 














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Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King ans pass-H 

ed unanimously to approve the September accounts as read. Said accounts being 


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On motion Tpde, seconded and passed unanimously, the Mayor and Clerk of the City 

of Oxford Vhereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver the following 

deed: 



DEED 

FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of Ten and No/100 Dollars ($10.00), cash in hand paid, 

and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of all of which is here- 

by adjudged by the goVerning authority of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, to 

be good and sufficient, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, does hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, re- 

lease and quitclaim unto the OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT the 

following described property situated in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, to-wit: 



Mississippi; 


54.50 feet to the North line of Jackson Avenue; thence South 79 


Avenue 109.31 feet to the Point of Beginning, being a brass pin 

set in concrete sidewalk; thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 

seconds East for a distance of 241.81 feet to a point being a 



monument on the East side of Ninth Street; thence North 19 degrees 

34 minutes 00 seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 

73.78 feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence North 10 

degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds East along the East side of Ninth 

Street 104.00 feet to a point, being a concrete monument; thence 

South 56 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds East for a distance of 259.31 

feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence South 69 degrees 

00 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 230.00 feet to a 

point being a concrete monument; thence South 10 degrees 29 minutes 

36 seconds West for a distance of 175.00 feet to a point being a 



monument; thence South 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds West for 

a distance of 108.50 feet to a point in the North line of Jackson 

Avenue being a brass pin set in concrete sidewalk; thence North 79 

degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of Jackson 

Avenue 283.18 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 

Being Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 108, 109, 111 and lots 1 and 2 of 

Block "L", or portions thereof, and including any parts of streets 

included within the above description, as said lots and streets 

are shown on the official map of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

and being the SW1, Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, 

City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and containing 

3.197 acres, bearings are referenced to true north. 




map (the Town of Oxford on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk, 




October 7, 1969, and said Resolution is recorded in Minute Book 24 at page 407 

of the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Missis- 

sippi, which Minutes are on file in the office of the Clerk of said City and 

State.

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erning authorities of said City as entered in its said minutes on this the 8th 

day of October, 1969. 






BY:0 / . 

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RICHARD W.,ELLIOTT, MAYOR 

H. C. WILEY, CLERK 


in aid for the aforesaid County and State, the within and above named RICHARD 

W. ELLIOTT, Mayor of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, and H. C. WILEY, JR., 

Clerk of The City of Oxford, Mississippi, who acknowledged that they signed, 

sealed and delivered the above and foregoing Deed on the day and year therin 


granted by the Board of Aldermen of said City and State, and acting for and on 

behalf of the said City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

GIVEN under my hand and official seal, this the 8th day of October, 1969. 


August 14, 1972 

RESOLUTION 


Notary Public 

RESOLVED that parts of all streets included in the property hereinafter 

described, and being conveyed by the City of Oxford, Mississippi to the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District be, and are hereby abandoned, and which pro- 

perty is described as follows, to-wit: 



Mississippi; 


of 54.50 feet to the North line of Jackson Avenue; thence South 79 


Avenue 109.31 feet to the Point of Beginning, being a brass pin set 

in concrete sidewalk; thence North 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds 

East for a distance of 241.81 feet to a point being a concrete 

monument; thence North 72 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West for a

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distance of 65.86 feet to a point being a concrete monument on the 

East side of Ninth Street; thence North 19 degrees. 34 minutes 00 

seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 73.78 feet to a 

point being a concrete monument; thence North 10 degrees 57 minutes 

33 seconds East along the East side of Ninth Street 104.00 feet to 

a point, being a concrete monument; thence South 56 degrees 57 minutes 

25 seconds East for a distance of 259.31 feet to a point being a concrete 

monument; thence South 69 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East for 

a distance of 230.00 feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence 

South 10 degrees 29 minutes 36 seconds West for a distance of 175.00 

feet to a point being a concrete monument; thence North 80 degrees 

21 minutes 00 seconds West for a distance of 129.43 feet to a point 

being a concrete monument; thence South 10 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds 

West for a distance of 108.50 feet to a point in the North line of 

Jackson Avenue being a brass pin set in concrete sidewalk; thence 

North 79 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of 

Jackson Avenue 283.18 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 

Being Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 108, 109, 111 and Lots 1 and 2 of Block "L", 

or portions thereof, and including any parts of streets included within 

the above description, as said lots and streets are shown on the official 

map of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and being in the SWI, Section 

21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, and containing 3.197 acres, bearings are referenced to 

true north. 




map of the Town of Oxford on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk, 


Unanimously adopted this the 7th day of October, 1969. 

RICHARD W. E LIOTT, MAYOR 

4 

H. . WILEY, CITY CLERK 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to accept the resignation 

of John Reed Holley with the City Planning Commission. 

Motion was made by Go lsby,•nded by Alderman Hannaford, passed 

unanimously approving th 19 9 ity and S District Tax Rolls and setting 

a date for hearing on s d rolls f 21, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. 

Mrs. Hazel Shelton, President of Lafayette County Farm Bureau, came before 

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to request that the Electric Department hang a 

banner reading "CAUTION - DEAR CROSSING" across Bramlett Boulevard near the 

Oxford High School. After discussion motion was made by Alderman Pettis, seconded 

by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously that said banner be hung for a 

period of 2 weeks only and at an appropriate place near Oxford High School and 

at a time to be selected by Farm Bureau. 

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The Cith Engineer, pursuant to resolutions adopted, respectively, on the 

20th day of February, 1969, and on the 1st day of July, 1969, filed with the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen his written estimates of the cost of making improve.* 

ments on Pegues Street and on South 9th street in the City of Oxford. The said 

estimates are summarized as follows: 

For Pegues Street: $40,000, less $23,000 to be paid 

by Oxford Community Homes, Inc., leaving to be provided $17,000 

For South 9th Street: 8,000 

Total costs to be provided: $25,000 

Thereupon, Alderman Hannafvrd offered and moved the adoption of the 


RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PUBLIC SALE OF TWENTY-FIVE 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT 

BONDS OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, TO BE DATED 

OCTOBER 1, 1969. 

SECTION 1. That Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) Special Street 

Improvement Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, be offered for sale to tht 

highest bidder therefor on the 21st day of October, 1969, for street improvements 

on Pegues Street and on South 9th Street in said City. 

SECTION 2. That said bonds shall be sold on sealed bids to be filed 

with the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall in the City of Oxford, Missis.0 

sippi, at or before the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on the aforesaid date; 

each bid to be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or exchange, pay- 

able to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, issued or certified by a bank located 

in the State of Mississippi, in the amount of two per centum (2%) of the face 

amount of bonds to be sold as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out his 

contract and purchase the bonds if his bid be accepted. If the successful bid 

der fails to purchase the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of 

such good faith check shall be retained by the City of Oxford, Mississippi and 

paid into the City Treasury as liquidated damages for such failure. The Mayor 




price not less than the highest bid which shall have been received for said 

bonds at such advertised sale. 


their bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates 

likewise to be designated in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of 

the same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which shall be a multiple 

of one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 

of 1%).

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SECTION 4. That, as required by Chapter 325, Laws of Mississippi, 

1946, the City Clerk shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to give no- 

tice of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two (2) times in the Ox- 

ford Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Mississippi; that first 

publication to be made at least ten (10) days preceding the date set for the 

receipt of bids, and such notice to be in substantially the following forms: 


$25,000 

SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS 

OF THE 


Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the 

office of the City Clerk in the City Hall of said City, 

until the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 

21st day of October, 1969, at which time said bids will 

be publicly opened for the purchase, at not less than 

par and accrued interest, of the above bonds of said 


Said bonds are to bear date of October 1, 1969, are to 

be of the denomination iof $1,000 each, and shall bear interest 

at a rate or rates to be determined pursuaht to sale 

of said bonds, payable April 1, 1970, and semi-annually 

thereafter on October 1 and April 1 in each year. Both prin- 

cipal of and interest on said bonds will be payable at a place 

to be designated by the purchaser, subject to approval by the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and said bonds shall mature 

serially, without option of prior payment, on October 1 in 

each of the years as follows: 

$2,000 in 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 

$3,000 in 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 

Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price 

they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates, 

but not more than two different rates, likewise to be designated 

in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of 

the same maturity shall bear interest at the same rate, which 

shall be a multiple of one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) 

or one-tenth of one per centum (1/10 of 1%). The difference 

between the highest and lowest rates bid shall not exceed 2%. 

Proposals should be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 

should be plainly marked "Proposal for Bonds," and should 

be filed with the City Clerk on or prior to the date and hour 

hereinabove named. Each bid must be accompanied by a cashier's 

check, certified check, or exchange, payable to the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, issued or certified by a bank located in 

the State of Mississippi, in the amount of 2% of the face amount 

of bonds bid for, as a guarantee that the bidder will carry out 




be retained by the City, and shall be paid into the Treasury of 

said City of Oxford. 


or all bids. 



of St. Louis, Missouri. The City will pay the legal fees and 

will pay for the printing of the bonds and the cost of the

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validation of the bonds. Delivery of the bonds will be made 

to the purchaser within sixty days after the date of sale, at 


the purchaser. 


Mississippi, this 7th day of October, 1969. 

City Cle 

SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall obtain from the publisher of the , 

aforesaid newspaper the customary publisher's affidavit providing publication of 








Alderman McLaurin was absent 


present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, this 

7th day of October, 1969. 




A HALF TON PICK-UP TRUCK FOR THE ELECTRIC 

DEPARTMENT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Ma yor and Boardof Aldermen of the City of Oxford, 


purchase a half ton pick-up truck for the Electric Department. 


7:30 p. m. on NoVeMber 4, 1969, then aid Mayor and Board will take final action 



by the Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section and then 

as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and 

passed unanimously it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote on the final passage thereof was as follows:

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ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY 




bids on half ton pick-up truck for the Electric Department. 




TWO (2) 1970 MODEL CARS FOR THE POLICE 

DEPARTMENT. 


YEA 

YEA 

YEA 

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Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to ad- 

vertise for two (2) 1970 model cars for the Police Department. 


p. m. on October 21, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. then said Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

will take final action on this resolution. 


Clerk of said Board, was read and considered section by section, and then on a 

whole, and the motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and it 









bids on two (2) 1970 model cars for the Police DepartmentA' 

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SEPTEMBER 2, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON CITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS 

NO. 2 AND 4. 

At the September 2, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen' 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on City Apartment 

Buildings No. 2 and 4 and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. October 7, 1969 


Said resolution adopted at the September 2, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, 





of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on City Apartment Buildings No. 

2 and 4 according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of the 




by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Pettis, second- 

ed by Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 






Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on City Apart- 

ment Buildings No. 2 and 4, to be opened at the regular meeting of October 7, 

1969, bids were received from the following • 

City Apartment Building No. 2 - Elisha Pegues $311.00 

City Apartment Building No. 4 - Charles Howell 200.00 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Pettis, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the bids of 

Elisha Pegues on City Apartment Building No. 2 and Charles Howell on City Apart- 

ment Building No. 4.

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SECTION 2. That the Mayor and the City Clerk be and they are hereby auth- 

orized and directed to endorse upon the aforesaid offer a suitable notation in 

evidence of the acceptance thereof for and on behalf of the City of Oxford. 


forthwith be returned to them upon their respective receipts therefor, and 

that the good faith check filed by the successful bidders be retained by the 

City as a guarantee that the bidders will carry out their contract and purchase 

the bonds. If the successful bidders should fail to purchase the bonds pursuant 

to their bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retained 

by the City of Oxford as liquidated damages for such failure. 

SECTION 4. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, by proper ordinance or 

resolution, shall hereafter provide for the preparation, execution, and delivery 

of the aforesaid bonds in accordance with the terms of the contract for the 

sale thereof. 








The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the Alderman present 

the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, this 21st day 

of October, 1969. 



ING OF OCTOBER 7, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND 


MISSISSIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON TWO (2) 

1970 MODEL CARS WITH TRADE-IN FOR THE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

1 At the October 7, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on two (2) 1970 model 

cars with trade-in for the Police Department and that the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. 

October 21, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City.

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Said resolution adopted at the October 7, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, hav- 

ing remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for to 

more than , two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections 



of the City of Oxford, Misisissippi accept bids on twbA2)'1970 'Model Cars , with 

trade-in for the Police Department according to the plans and specifications 


The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writinb was 

read by the Clerk of the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section 

by section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, second- 

ed by Alderman Goolsby it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on two (2) 1970 

Model Cars with trade-in for the Police Department, to be opened at the regular 

meeting of October 21, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 



Difference in trade-in for 1968 Chevrolet $2385.00 

Difference in trade-in for 1968 Plymouth 2435.00 

Rebel, Inc. 


Difference in trade-in for 1968 Chevrolet $2415.18 

Difference in trade-in for 1968 Plymouth 2465.18 


seconded by Alderman Goolsby and passed unanimously, to accept the bidfiof 

F. W. Belk & Son Motor Company it4 being the best and lowest bift 


OF INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEETING 

OF OCTOBER 7, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD 

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSIS- 

SIPPI TO ACCEPT BIDS ON STREET IMPROVEMENT 

ON SOUTH 9th STREET AND PEGUES ROAD. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on Street Improvement 

on South 9th Street and Pegues Road and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


October 21, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City.

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CITY CLERK 

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Said resolution adopted at the October 7, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having 

remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more than 




of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Street Improvement on South 9th 

Stfeet and Pegues Road according to the plans and specifications on file in the 


The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced tO writing was read 


section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Goolsby, seconded 

by Alderman Alderman McLaurin it was adopted section by section, and then as a 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on Street Improve 

ment on South 9th Street and Pegues Road, to be opened at the regular meeting 

of October 21, 1969, bids were received from the following firms: 

C & M Contractors, Inc. 


South 9th Street $ 8,989.00 

Pegues Road $40,629.40 

Oxford Asphalt Company, Inc. 


South 9th Street $ 7,666.00 

Pegues Road $44,780.05 

After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Goolsby, 

'seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to accept the bid of 

C & M Construction Company for Pegues Road and to accept the bid of Oxford 

Asphalt Company for South 9th Street they being the lowest and best bids.

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CITY CLE 


At the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen held on October 

21, 1969, in the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi and in accordance with a notice 

published in the Oxford Eagle, a weekly newspaper published in Oxford, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen did meet on October 21, 

1969 at the time and place so stipulated in said notice and heard objections 

to real and personal property rolls of said City of Oxford, Mississippi, and 

to real and personal property rolls of the City of Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District lying outside the corporate limits and the assessments therein 

contained in all respects conformed to the requirements of law concerning subh 

matters. 

After the objections to the assessment roll of the City of Oxford and the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District were disposed of the assessment therein 

contained, the grand total of the land toll of the City of Oxford showing 

$9,qq3 yas— and the grand total of the land roll of the Oxford Municipal 

SeParate School District lying outside the corporate limits showing w020-..r0 

and the grand total of the personal roll of the City of Oxford showing$...?,?9, 2_,4 ,91- 

and the grand total of the personal roll of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District lying outside the corporate limits showing $/, ,T15-?S-fr and the total 

number of exempt homes for the City of Oxford at L-W9 with the total 

assessed value of $ 7,4 1,8,'i3 and the total number of exempt homes for the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District lying outside the corporate limits 

at ,f.5(.-: „ V - 

with the total assessed value of ivoy ,, 

not exceeded for any one home one home. the amount fixed by the Home Exemption 

Act of 1958, and the total assessed value of all other real property, it is 

hereby ordered and adjudged by the Mayor and Baord of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, that said rolls and assessments contained therein be and 

they hereby are approved as determined. 


this Board adj urn Sine-Die. 

MAYOR 

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. NOVEMBER 4, 1969 



November 4, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 


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J. P. McLaurin, Jr. , Alderman Ward One 




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Kenneth. W. Welch - City Tax Assessor 



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unanimously accepting the October minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the October accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded 


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directing the issuance of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) Special Street 

Improvement Bonds of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and, after a discussion 

of the subject, Alderman McLaurin offered and moved the adoption of the follow- 

ing resolution: 

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF 

TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) 

SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF THE 

CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI; PRESCRIBING 

THE FORM AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS, DIRECT- 

ING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, AND PRO- 

VIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, BOTH PRIN- 

CIPAL AND INTEREST. 

WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 7th day of January, 1969, the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, duly and regu- 

larly adopted a resolution declaring necessary certain improvements on that 

part of PEGUES STREET in the City of Oxford, described as follows: 

A 50 ft. wide strip being situated in the NW+ of Section 27 

and the SW+ of Section 22, T8S, R3W, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

said property being further described as follows: 

Starting at the point of intersection of the center line of 

Mississippi Highway No. 6 with the west line of said Section 

27, proceed thence along said center line for 2442.46 ft. to 

Sta. 55 + 75.46, thence N 17° 33' for 50.38 ft. to the point 

of beginning. From said point of beginning, said 50 ft. 

strip is heretofore described as being 25 ft. on either side 

of a line proceeding thence N 17° 33'E for 102.22 ft., thence 

N 6° 14 1 E. for 285.05 ft., thence NO° 14'W for 720.95 ft., 

thence N 4° 00'W for 362.4 ft., thence N 6° 08' E. for 43.64 ft. 

to the end of the project; 

all as shown on plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the Engineer 

for said City and now on file in the office of the City Clerk; and 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid resolution was duly published in the Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, on the 16th, 23rd, and 30th days of January, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to said resolution, the said Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen did meet at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 4th day of February, 1969, to 

hear and determine all objections or protests that might be made to or against 

the making of said improvements; and 

WHEREAS, on said 4th day of February, 1969, protests were filed by 

eleven persons against the making of said improvements and hearing on said pro- 

tests was continued until the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M. on the 20th day of 

February, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, on said 20th day of February, 1969, pursuant to the afore- 

said continuance, three of the eleven protests previously filed were found to 

be ineligible for further consideration and the eight remaining protests did 

not represent fifty per centum (50%) of the owners of property ebutting on 

that part of Pegues Street to be improved; and

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WHEREAS, this Mayor and Board of Aldermen thereafter, on the 20th 

day of February, 1969, pursuant to the aforesaid hearing, did adopt a resolu- 

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tion determining and directing that the aforesaid improvements be proceeded with 

on that part of Pegues Street hereinabove described; and 

WHEREAS, the Engineer for said City of Oxford has made and filed with 

the City Clerk his estimate of the cost to the City of constructing the afore- 

said special improvements, including engineering and inspection costs and 

costs necessary and incident to the construction of said improvement and in the 

issuance of the bonds hereinafter provided for; and 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid estimate shows that the total cost of the a- 

other 

foresaid improvements, including interest to accrue while the aforesaid improve- 

ments are under construction and for six months thereafter, actual engineering 

costs, and all costs for the issuance of bonds to finance the cost of said im- 

provements, if Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000), of which Twenty-three Thousand 

Dollars ($23,000) is to be paid by Oxford Community Homes, Inc., leaving a 

balance of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000) to be provided by the City of 

Oxford; said remainder of the aforesaid cost to be assessed against the property 

abutting on said improvements; and 

WHEREAS, heretofore, to-wit: on the 1st day of April, 1969, the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, duly and regu- 

larly adopted a resolution declaring necessary certain improvements on that 

part of SOUTH 9TH STREET in the City of Oxford, described as follows: 

A strip of such street 560 feet in length, running from 

Cleveland to Old Taylor Road; 

all as shown on plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the Engineer 

for said City and now on file in the office of the City Clerk; and 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid resolution was duly published in the Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, on the 29th day of May, 1969, and on the 5th and 12th days of 

June, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to said resolution, the said Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen did meet at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the 1st day of July, 1969, to hear 

and determine all objections or protests that might be made to or against the 

making of said improvements; and 

WHEREAS, no objections or remonstances of any kind or character were 

made to or against the making of said improvements; and 

WHEREAS, this Mayor and Board of Aldermen thereafter, on the 1st day 

of July, 1969, pursuant to the aforesaid hearing, did adopt a resolution deter- 

mining and directing that the aforesaid improvements on South 9th Street be 

proceeded with; and

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WHEREAS, the Engineer for the City of Oxford has made and filed with 

the City Clerk his estimate of the cost of constructing the aforesaid special 

improvements, including engineering and inspection costs and other costs nec- 

essary and incident to the construction of said improvements and in the issuance 

of the bonds hereinafter provided for; and 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid estimate shows that the total cost of the 

aforesaid improvements on South 9th Street, including interest to accrue while 

the aforesaid improvements are under construction and for six months thereafter, 

actual engineering costs, and all costs for the issuance of bonds to finance 

the cost of said improvements will be Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000), all of 

which is to be assessed against the property abutting on said improvements; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Oxford, by 

and under the provisions of Chapter 495, Laws of Mississippi of 1950, as amended, 

are authorized to borrow money for the purpose of constructing the aforesaid 

special improvements on the streets hereinabove described and paying costs nec- 

essarily incidental thereto, and to issue Special Street Improvement Bonds of 

said City therefor; and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City do now find 

and determine that, in order to provide funds for the construction of the a- 

foresaid special improvements and to pay the costs necessarily incidental there- 

to, it will be necessary to issue the Special Street Improvement Bonds of said 

City in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000); and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City of Oxford are 

now fully authorized and empowered to direct the issuance of bonds of said 

City as aforesaid: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. That all of the findings of fact made and set forth in 

the preamble to this resolution shall be and the same are hereby declared to 

be true and correct. 

SECTION 2. That, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 495, Laws 

of Mississippi of 1950, as amended, there shall be and there are hereby author- 

ized and directed to be issued the negotiable coupon bonds of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), to be 

known as Special Street Improvement Bonds," for the purpose of providing funds 

to pay the cost of making certain improvements on the streets of said City as 

set forth and described in the preamble to this resolution. The said bonds 

shall be adted October 1, 1969; shall be numbered from One (1) to Twenty-five 

(25), inclusive; and shall be of the denomination of O n e Thousand Dollars ($1,000)

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each. The said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of elix per centum (6%) 

per annum, payable April 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on October 1 

and April 1 in each year. The interest to accrue on said bonds on and prior 

to the respective maturity dates thereof shall be evidenced by appropriate 

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interest coupons to be attached to each of said bonds. B6th the principal of 

and the interest on said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United 

States of America at the City Depositary of the City of Oxford, in the City o 

Oxford, State of Mississippi. The said bonds shall be executed by the Mayor 

and countersigned by the City Clerk of said City, under the corporate seal 

of the said City of Oxford, and the interest coupons to be attached to said 

bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officials. The 

said bonds shall mature, without option of prior payment, in the amount and 

at the times following, to-wit: 

BOND NUMBERS 

(October 1) 

AMOUNT MATURITY 

1 and 2 2,000 1970 

3 to 5, incl. 3,000 1971 

6 and 7 2,000 1972 

8 to 10, " 3,000 1973 

11 and 12 2,000 1974 

13 to 15, " 3,000 1975 

16 and 17 2,000 1976 

18 to 20, " 3,000 1977 

21 and 22 2,000 197 8 

23 to 25, " 3,000 1979 

SECTION 3. That said Special Street Improvement Bonds and the in- 

terest coupons to be attached thereto and the certificate to be endorsed on 

the reverse thereof shall be in substantially the following forms, to-wit: 





6% 

SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND 

NO. $1,000 

The City of Oxford, in the County of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, 

acknowledges itself indebted and, for value received, hereby promises to pay 

to bearer 


($1,000) on the first day of October, 19 , together with interest thereon 

from the date hereof at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable 

April 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on October 1 and April i in each 

year until the principal of this bond shall have been fully paid. Interest 

accruing on this bond on and prior to the maturity date hereof shall be payable 

upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as 

they severally become due.

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Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful 

money of the United States of America at the City Depository of the City of 

Oxford, in the City of Oxford, State of Mississippi, and for the prompt pay- 

ment, thereof, both principal and interest, as they severally mature and become; 

due, the full faith, credit and resources of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

and the special assessments to be levied against property abutting on the 

streets or parts thereof for the improvement of which this bond is issued, are 

hereby irrevocably pledged. 

This bond is one of a series of twenty-five (25) bonds of like date, 

tenor, and effect, except as to date of maturity, numbered from One (1) to 

Twenty-five (25), both inclusive, aggregating the principal sum of Twenty-five 

Thousand Dollars ($25,000), issued to pay the cost of making certain improvements 

on the streets in said City as set forth and described in a certain resolution 

of said City entitled "A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF TWENTY-FIVE 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) SPECIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF THE CITY OF 

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI; PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS OF SAID BONDS, DIRECTING 

THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, BOTH PRIN- 

CIPAL AND INTEREST," adopted on the day of , 1969, and 

is issued under and pursuant to and in full compliance with the Constitution and 

Statutes of theState of Mississippi, including, among others, Chapter 495, 

Laws of Mississippi of 1950, as amended, and pursuant to proceedings duly and 

lawfully had by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said City. 

It is hereby certified, recited, and declared that all acts, condi- 

tions, and things required to exist, to happen, and to be performed, precedent 

to and in the issuance of this bond, in order to make the same a valid and 

binding obligation obligation of said City of Oxford, have extisted, have hap- 

pened, and have been performed in due form, time, and manner, as required by 

law; and that this bond and the issue of which it forms a part, together with 

all other indebtedness of said City of Oxford now existing, does not exceed 

any constitutional or statutory debt limit. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, acting by and 

through its Mayor and Board of Aldermen, its governing authority, has caused 

this bond to be signed by its Mayvr, countersigned by its City Clerk, under 

the corporate seal of said City, and has caused the annexed interest coupons 

to be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officials, which facsimile 

signatures the said officials, by the execution of this bond, adopt as and for 

their own proper signatures, this first day of October, 1969. 

Countersigned: BY 

City Clerk 


Mayor

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(FORM OF INTEREST COUPONS) 

NO. $30.00 

April, 

On the first day of October, 19 , the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

will pay to bearer the amount shown on this coupon in lawful money of the 

United States of America at the City Depository of the City of Oxford, in the 

City of Oxford, State of Mississippi, being interest then due on its Special 

Street Improvement B ond dated October 1, 1969, and numbered 

Countersigned: BY 



COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE ) ss. 



Mayor 


I, the undersigned, City Clerk within and for the City of Oxford, 

in the County of Lafayette, State of Mississippi, do hereby certify that the 

within bond has been registered by me in a book kept for that purpose in my 

office, as required by law. 

I do further certify that the within bond has been validated and con- 

firmed by decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, ren- 

dared on the day of , 1969. 

City Clerk of the City of 


SECTION 4. That when the said bonds shall have been prepared, vali- 

dated, and executed as herein provided, they shall be registered by the City 

Clerk in a book kept for that purpose in his office, and the said City Clerk 

shall sign the registration and validation certificate endorsed thereon. 

SECTION 5. That for the prompt payment of the principal of and the 

interest on the Special Street Improvement Bonds herein authorized to be issued, 

the full faith, credit, and resources of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, are 

hereby irrevocably pledged, and for the prompt payment of the principal of and 

the interest on said bonds there are also hereby pledged the assessments to be 

made and levied upon and against the property abutting on said special improve- 

ments; and there shall be and there is hereby ordered and directed to be levied 

on all of the taxable property in said City of Oxford, in addition to all other

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taxes, and at the same time when such other taxes of said City are levied and 

collected, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on the said 

Special Street Improvement Bonds as the same mature and accrue. 

SECTION 6. That the City Clerk of said City shall forthwith prepare 

and cause to be certified to the State's Bond Attorney of the State of Missis- 

sippi a transcript of all proceedings had in connection with the authorization 

of the improvements herein referred to and in connection with or in anywise 

relating to the issuance of the bonds herein described, to the end that the 

said proceedings may be submitted to validation under the provisions of Chap- 

ter 1, Title 18, Mississippi Code of 1942. 

SECTION 7. That when the said bonds shall have been prepared, exe- 

cuted, and validated as herein directed, the said bonds shall he delivered to 

the purchasers thereof under and in compliance with the contract for the sale 

of said bonds. 

SECTION 8. That all resolutions or orders, or parts thereof, here- 

tofore adopted or entered by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of 

Oxford, Mississippi, which in any manner may conflict with the provisions of 

this resolution, shall be and same are hereby repealed, rescinded and for 

naught held, and this resolution shall take effect as provided by law. 

Alderman Hannaford seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing reso- 

lution, and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as 

follows: 







present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this 4th day of November, 1969. 


unanimously to employ Miss Sheri Lynn Sheppard as a cashier with the City of 

Oxford Electric Department at a salary of $275 to be increased to $300.00 after 

three months if proven satisfactory.

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433 

There came on for consideration an application filed by Mr. Johnson Garrott 

to re-zone the following described property from (A) Agricultural to R-D, Multi- 

Family Residential. 

A fraction of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 

of Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 4 West, being more 

completely described as follows: 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter 

of Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 4 West, running 

thence due North with the section line 1790 feet to an 

iron pipe, said iron pipe being at the point of intersection 

of the section line with the North line of 

Mississippi State Highway No. 6; run thence due North 

0° 50' East 200 feet to the point of beginning; run 

thence N 0° 50' East a distance of 631.55 feet to a 

point; run thence due West 670.0 feet to an iron pipe; 

run thence S 0° 36' West 548.69 feet to the center of a 

sand ditch; run thence Southeasterly with the ditch center 

line South 44° 42' East 156.0 feet to a point, run thence 

N 89° 50' East 499.0 feet to the point of beginning, con- 

taining 9 acres, more or less, all in Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, and being the same property conveyed to 

Edward W. Briggintham and wife, Jane D. Brittingham, by 

Warranty Deed of record in Book 208 at Page 406 in the 

office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi. 







under Section 122 be given by the Administrative Official (Planning Coordinator ) 


of the sale of Seven Hundred. Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School Bonds 

of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississip 


1969, and, after a discussion of the subject, Alderman McLaurin, offered and 


RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE SALE OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000) SCHOOL BONDS OF THE OXFORD 

MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, 

MISSISSIPPI. 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. That the Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) Schoo 

Bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, 

1,

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Mississippi, authorized at a special election held in said District on the 

15th day of July, 1969, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder there- 

for on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1969. 

SECTION 2. That said bonds shall be sold on sealed bids to be filed with 

the City Clerk at his office in the City Hall, in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

at or before the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M. on the aforesaid date; each bid 

to be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified check, or exchange, payable 

to the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

issued or certified by a bank located in the State of Mississippi, in the amount 

of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) as a guarantee that the bidder will carry 



amount of such good faith check shall be retained by the District and paid into 

the treasury of said District as liquidated damages for such failure. The 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to reject any or all bids sub- 

mitted, and, if all bids are rejected, to sell said bonds at private sale at 

any time within sixty (60) days after the date advertised for the receipt of 

bids, at a price not less than the highest bid which shall have been received for 

said bonds at such advertised sale. 

SECTION 1. That bidders for said bonds be requested to designate in their 

bids the price they will pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates like- 

wise to be designated in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of the 

same maturity shall bear interest at the same, rate, which shall be a multiple 

of either one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one per 

centum (1/10 or 1%). The difference between the highest rate hid and the lowest 

rate bid shall not exceed two per centum (2%), and any bid specifying supple- 

mental interest coupons will he rejected. 



of the sale of said bonds by publication at least two (2) times in the Oxford 

Eagle, a newspaper published in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi; 

the first publication to be made at least twn (10) days preceding the date 

set for the reception of bids, and such notice to be in substantially the 

following forms:

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$750,000 

SCHOOL BONDS 

OF THE 



Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, at the office of the City Clerk, 

in the City Hall in said City, until the hour of 7:00 p. m., on 

Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 1969, at which time said bids will 

be publicly opened for the purchase, at not less than par and accrued 

interest, of the above bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School 

District. 

Said bonds are to bear date of December 1, 1969, are to be of the denomination 

of $1,000 each, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates, 

but not more than four (4) different rates, to be determined pursuant 

to sale of said bonds, and no exceeding 7% per annum, payable March 

1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in 

each year. Both principal of and interest on said bonds will be payable 

at a place to be designated by the purchaser, subject to approval 

by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and said bonds shall mature serially 

on March 1 in each of the years as follows: 

$15,000 in 1970 through 1974 

$30,000 in 1975 through 1984 

$37,000 in 1985 through 1989 

$38,000 in 1990 through 1994 

Bonds maturing in 1981 and thereafter may be called in for payment 

and redemption at par and accrued interest on March 1, 1980, or on 

any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity. 

Bidders are requested to designate in their bids the price they will 

pay for bonds bearing interest at a rate or rates likewise to be designated 

in their bids; provided, however, that all bonds of the same maturity 

shall bear interest at the same rate, which shall be a multiple 

of either one-eighth of one per centum (1/8 of i%) or one-tench of one 

per centum (1/10 of i%). The difference between the highest rate bid 

and the lowest rate bid shall not exceed two per centum (2%), and any 

bid specifying supplemental interest coupons will be rejected. 

Proposals should be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, should 

be plainly marked "Proposal for School Bonds," and should be filed with 

the City Clerk on or prior to the date and hour hereinabove named. Each 

bid must be accompanied by a cashier's check, certified chec, or exchange, 

payable' to the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, issued or certified by a bank located in the State 

of Mississippi, in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), as 

a guarantee that the bidder will carry our his contract and purchase the 

bonds if his bid be accepted. If the successful bidder fails to purchase 

the bonds pursuant to his bid and contract, the amount of such good faith 

check shall be retained by the District and shall be paid into the traasUry 

6f said District. 

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen reserve the right to reject any or all 

bids. 

These bonds are offered subject to the unqualified approval of the legality 

thereof by the law firm of Charles and Trauernicht of St. Louis, 

Missouri. The District will pay all expenses incident to the bond issue. 

Delivery of the bonds will be made to the purchaser on or before 

the expiration of sixty days from and after the date of sale, at a place 

to be designated by the purchaser and without cost to the purchaser. 

By order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

sissippi, this 4th day of November, 1969. 


f Oxford, Mis- 

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Alderman Pettis seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 









4th day of November, 1969. 

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO HONORABLE HERSCHEL G. JUMPER, 

CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, STATE HIGH- 

WAY COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI, FOR HIS EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS 

SUCH AND FOR HIS DEMONSTRATED INTEREST IN HIS CONSTITUENTS IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. 

Whereas, Honorable Herschel G. Jumper, Chairman of the State Highway 

Commission of Mississippi and its Commissioner of the Northern District of 

Mississippi, has cooperated with the people of Oxford, Mississippi to the full- 

est extent at all times during his service as Commissioner of the Northern 

District; and 

Whereas, he has recently demonstrated the efficient performance of his 

duties by surfacing and improving that part of Mississippi State Highway Number 

Seven that traverses the City of Oxford; and 

Whereas, however, he is continually upgrading the highways in and around 

Oxford and Lafayette County, throughout his District and the State; and 

Whereas, it is the sense of this Mayor and Board that he should be com- 

mended by its formal action; 



I. That the thanks and appreciation of the people of Oxford, Mississippi, 

be, and they are hereby, expressed to Honorable G. Jumper for his efficient 

service as Commissioner and Chairman of the State Highway Department of 

Mississippi ; and

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ATTEST: 

(SEAL) 


2. That a true copy of this resolution be transmitted to him. 

Adopted on this the 4th day of November, 1969. 



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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. NOVEMBER 18, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on November 4, 1969 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on November 18, 1969 at 7:00 p. m. in the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen's Chamber in City Hall when and where the following were present: 










Angelo Dorsas - Associate to Ethridge & Grisham 



passed unanimously authorizing the purchase of a full page advertisement in the 

Ole Miss Annual at a cost of $125; fifty percent (50%) to be paid out of the 

General Fund and fifty percent (50%) to be paid out of Electric Fund and charged 

to advertising. 

Came on for consideration the matter of appointing a replacement for Sewer 

Plant Operator for Mr. Elton B. Addington who will be retiring December 1, 1969. 

Motion was made by Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed 

unanimously to transfer Aubrey B. Boatright from the Sanitation Department to 

the position of Sewer Plant Operator.at a monthly salary of $380.00, effective 

December 1, 1969.

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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, 

IISSISSIPPI, OFFERING TO SELL CERTAIN PROPERTY TO OXFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY AND 

'AGREEING TO CONSTRUCT A PAVED STREET AND SUPPLY ALL CITY UTILITIES TO THE PRO- 

PERTY LINE IF SAID OFFER IS ACCEPTED BY OXFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY. 

Whereas, Oxford Housing Authority, an agency created under the laws of the 

State of Mississippi and by action of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Cit 

o f Oxford, Mississippi, desires to purchase the following described real propert 

from the City of Oxford, Mississippi; 

A fraction of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 

Quarter of Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, described as follows: 

Beginning at an iron axle at the Northwest corner of 

Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, and run 

thence South along the West line of said Section 21, a 

distance of 658.7 feet to a stake; thence S 69° 47' E a 

distance of 277.0 feet; thence S 45° 27' E a distance of 

252.2 feet; thence S 52° 07' E a distance of 282.2 feet; 

thence S 82° 50' E a distance of 77.8 feet to the West 

right of way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence 

Northerly along the West line of said right of way following 

a curve to the West a distance of 1,122.0 feet to the 

North line of said Section 21; thence West along the North 

line of Section 21 a distance of 821.0 feet to the point of 

beginning, containing 17.2 acres, more or less. 

Whereas, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, is willing to sell such property 

to Oxford Housing Authority for the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars 

(78,000.00) and to construct a paved street to the property line of said pro- 

perty and supply all city utilities to said property line; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT, AND IT IS HEREBY, RESOLVED that the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi, offers to sell the above-described property to Oxford Housing Auth- 

ority for the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars ($78,000.00) and further, 

if said offer is accepted by Oxford Housing Authority, to construct a paved stre 

and provide all city utilities to the property line of said property. 


(SEAL of the City of Oxford) 

L;7 

MAYOR 

and,

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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen again took up for consideration the 

matter of the sale of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School 

Bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School Distridt of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, pursuant to a resolution adopted on the 4th day of November, 1969. 

The City Clerk reported that, pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, 

he did cause to be published in the Oxford Eagle, a newspaper published in the 

City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, a notice that sealed proposals 

for the purchase of the aforesaid bonds would be received by the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen at the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall in the City 

of Oxford until the hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 18th day of 

November, 1969, and that said notice was published in said newspaper on the 

6th and 13th days of November, 1969; and the City Clerk presented to the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen proof of publication of said notice in the aforesaid 

newspaper. 

The hour of 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 18th day of November, 

1969, having arrived, the City Clerk reported to the Mayor and Board of Alder- 

men that, pursuant to the aforesaid notice of bond sale, there had been filed 

with him, at or prior to 7:00 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, the 18th day of 

November, 1969, three (3) sealed proposals for the purchase of the aforesaid 

Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($750,000) School Bonds of the Oxford Muni- 

cipal Separate School District, and the City Clerk then and there presented 

said sealed proposals to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. 

Thereupon, it was ordered by the Mayor that the City Clerk proceed 

to open the said sealed proposals and to read the same aloud in the presence 

and hearing of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and of the bidders and other 

persons assembled. The City Clerk thereupon proceeded to open and read the 

aforesaid bids, which are summarized as follows: 


M.A. Saunders & Company, Inc. 

John Nunnery, Alvis & Company 

Union Planters National Bank 

Herman Bensdorf, and Chandler 

& Company, account members 

A.S. Hart and Company, Inc., 

A. Duncan Williams, Inc., 

and Speed, Thorne, McMullan 

First National Bank of Memphis, 

Scarff & Jones, Inc., National 

Securities Corporation, and 

Allen & Company, account members 

FOR BONDS BEARING AVERAGE 

INTEREST AT THE AMOUNT INTEREST 

RATE OR RATES OF OF BID RATE 

6.680225 

6.95 978 

6.612

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in evidence of the acceptance thereof for and on behalf of the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District. 

SECTION 3. That the good faith checks filed by all unsuccessful bid- 

ders shall forthwith be returned to them upon their respective receipts there- 

for, and that the good faith check filed by the successful bidders be retained 

by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on behalf of the School 'District, as a 

guarantee that the bidders will carry out their contract and purchase the bonds. 

If said successful bidders should fail to purchase the bonds pursuant to the 

aforesaid bid and contract, the amount of such good faith check shall be retain- 

ed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on behalf of the District, as liquidated 

damages for such failure. 

SECTION 4. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen hereafter, by proper 

ordinance or resolution, shall provide for the preparation, execution, and 

delivery of the aforesaid bonds in accordance with the terms of the aforesaid 

contract.. 

Alderman Goolsby seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolu- 

tion, and, the question being put to a roll call vote, the result was as follow 





Alderman McLaurin was absent during this part of the meeting but 

later arrived and assented to the action of the Board. 


present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted, 

this 18th day of November, 1969. 

AN ORDINANCE FIXING A MONTHLY GARBAGE COLLECTION FEE TO BE CHARGED AGAINST 

ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL UNIT CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPP . 


MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. Garbage Collection Fee Established. The following monthly 

garbage collection fees are hereby established for each residential and commer- 

cial unit in the City of Oxford, Mississippi: 

$1,50 for each residential unit and 

$2.00 for each commercial unit.

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Section 2. Definitions. A residential unit consists of a single family 

unit and its appurtenances located on contiguous property, regardless of the 

number of utility connections serving such unit, while a commercial establish- 

ment consists of a single commercial unit and its appurtenances located on 

contiguous property, regardless of the number of utility connections serving 

such unit. All non-residential units are commercial units. 

Section 3. Effective Date. The public health and welfare so requiring, 

this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 


tX) 

ATTEST: MAYOR 

(Seal of the City of Oxford) 



CITY CLERK t MAYOR 

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7:00 P. M. DECEMBER 2, 1969 



December 2, 1969, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said 















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passed unanimously accepting the November minutes as read. 


unanimously to approve the November accounts as read. Said accounts being 


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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen then took up the matter of directing 

the issuance of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) School Bonds 

of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississippi, 


1969. After a discussion of the subject, Alderman Hannaford offered and moved 


A RESOLUTION AUTHORTZING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF 

SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000) SCHOOL 

BONDS OF THE OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AUTHORIZED AT A 

SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID DISTRICT ON THE 15TH DAY 

OF JUIY , 1969; SETTING OUT THE FORM OF SAID BONDS AND 

THE INTEREST COUPONS TO BF ATTACHED THERETO, DETER- 

MINING THE RATES OF INTEREST, MATURITIES, AND PLACE OF 

PAYMENT THEREOF, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE LEVY OF 

A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS 

IT ACCRUES AND TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL THEREOF AT MATURITY. 

WHEREAS, on the 27th day of May, 1969, the Board of Trustees of the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, Mississippi, did 

adopt a certain resolution requesting the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, to take the necessary action to call an election 

in said School District for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors 

thereof a proposal for the issuance of bonds of said District in the amount of 

Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) to raise money for the purpose 

of purchasing additional lands for school purposes, erecting and equipping an 

elementary school building and related facilities therefor, and providing nec- 

essary water, light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor and for the 

schools in said District; and 

WHEREAS, upon receipt of a duly certified copy of the aforesaid reso- 

lution, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, 

acting for and on behalf of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District of 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, by a certain resolution adopted at a meeting 

of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen duly and regularly held on the 16th day of 

June, 1969, did direct that a special election he held in said District on 

Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1969, for the purpose of submitting to the qual- 

ified electors of said District the following proposition, to-wit: 

and 

PROPOSITION 

Shall the Oxford Municipal Separate School. District 

of Lafayette County, Mississippi, issue its bonds in 

the maximum amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand 

Dollars ($750,000) to raise money for the purpose of 

purchasing additional lands for school purposes, erecting 

and equipping an elementary school building and related 

facilities therefor, and providing necessary water, 

light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor and 

for the schools in said district?

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447 

WHEREAS, the said resolution did direct that the aforesaid election 

be held at the polling places therein set out; and 

WHEREAS, due and regular notice of said election was given as direct- 

ed by said resolution and as required by law, by publication in the Oxford Eagl 

on the 19th and 26th days of June, 1969, and on the 3rd and 10th days of July, 

1969; said Oxford Eagle being a newspaper published and of general circulation 

in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and in said District, and said newspaper 

being a qualified newspaper under the provisions of Chapter 427, Laws of Mis- 

sissippi, 1948; and 

WHEREAS, said notice was published in said newspaper once a week for 

at least three (3) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of said election, 

the first of said publications having occurred at least twenty-one (21) days 

before and the last one within seven (7) days prior to the date of said electio 

and 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen did direct that the Election 

Commissioners of said City of Oxford hold and conduct said special election 

in the manner required by law, and did make provision for the use thereat of 

ballots in substantially the form as set forth in the aforesaid resolution 

adopted on the 16th day of June, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, said election was duly and regularly held in all respects 

as required by the Statutes of the State of Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, following the closing of the polls of said election, the 

Election Commissioners of the City of Oxford, on the 15th day of July, 1969, 

did make out, certify and transmit to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen the retur 

of said election; and 

WHEREAS, thereafter, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on the 15th day 

of July, 1969, did canvass the returns of said election and did then find and do 

now again find, determine, and declare that a total of one thousand, six hundre 

five (1,605) votes were cast on the aforesaid proposition at said election, of 

which one thousand, eighty-two (1,082) votes were cast "FOR THE BOND ISSUE," 

and five hundred twenty-three (523) votes were cast "AGAINST THE BONDS ISSUE," 

and that the said proposition, therefore, was assented to by a three-fifths ma- 

jority of the qualified electors of said District voting thereon at said eleo- 

tion;.and' 

WHEREAS, the result of the aforesaid election was duly and formally 

declared by a resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen adopted on the 

15th day of July, 1969; and

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WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of taxable property within the cor- 

porate limits of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District, as ascertained 

by the last completed assessment, is Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Two 

Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars ($16,852,438); and 

WHEREAS, the said District at this time has outstanding bonded in- 

debtedness aggregating the principal amount and sum of Nine Hundred Sixty-One 

Thousand Dollars ($961,000)m including any bonds which heretofore may have been 

issued for school purposes by the City of Oxford; and 

WHEREAS, the amount of bonds hereinafter directed to be issued, when 

added to the aforesaid outstanding bonded indebtedness, will not, in the aggre- 

gate, exceed any limit of indebtedness prescribed by any statute of the State 

of MissisSippi: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: 

SECTION 1. That, proceeding under the authority of Chapter 231, Laws 

of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, and pursuant to the special election referred 

to in the preamble hereto, bonds of the Oxford Municipal Separate School Dis- 

trict of Lafayette County, Mississippi, shall be and are hereby directed to be 

issued in the principal amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) 

to raise money for the purpose of purchasing additional lands for school pur- 

poses, erecting and equipping an elementary school building and related faci- 

lities therefor, and providing necessary water, light, heating, and sewerage 

facilities therefor and for the schools in said district. The said bonds shall 

bear date of December 1, 1969; shall be numbered from One (1) to Seven Hundred 

Fifty (750), inclusive; shall be of the denomination of One Thousand Dollars 

($1,000) each; and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, in law- 

ful money of the United States of America at Deposit guaranty National Bank, 

in the City of Jackson, State of Mississippi. The said bonds shall hear inter- 

est from the date thereof at the rates per annum hereinafter set forth, payable 

March 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each 

year until payment of the principal of said bonds, respectively. Interest 

accruing on and prior to the respective maturity dates of said bonds shall be 

evidenced by appropriate interest coupons to be attached to each of said bonds. 

The said bonds shall be executed by the signature of the M a yor of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, attested by the City Clerk of said City, un- 

der the corporate seal of said City. The interest coupons to be attached to 

each of said bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. 

Said bonds shall mature in the amounts and at the times, and shall bear interest 

at the rates hereinafter set out, as follows:

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BOND NUMBERS 

1 to 15, 

16 to 30 

31 to 45 

46 to 60 

61 to 75 

76 to 105 

106 to 135 

136 to 165 

166 to 195 

196 to 225 

226 to 255 

256 to 285 

286 to 315 

316 to 345 

346 to 375 

376 to 412 

413 to 449 

450 to 486 

487 to 523 

524 to 560 

561 to 598 

599 to 636 

637 to 674 

675 to 712 

713 to 750 

Inclusive 

ff 

11 

ft 

ft 

tf 

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tt 

ft 

ft 

ft 

tt 

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RATE OF MATURITY 

INTEREST AMOUNT (March 1) 

7 6,4 $15,000 1970 

7% 15,000 1 97 1 

7% 15,000 1972 

7% 15,00o 1973 

7% 15,000 1974 

7% 30,000 1975 

7% 30,00o 1976 

7% 30,00o 1977 

7% 30,000 1978 

7% 30,000 1979 

7% 30,00o 1980 

7% 30,000 1981 

7% 30,000 1982 

7% 30,000 1983 

7% 30,000 1984 

6.30% 37,000 198; 

6.30% 37,000 1986 

6.40% 37,00o 1987 

6.40 37,000 1988 

6-1/2% 37,000 1989 

6-1/2% 38,000 1990 

6-1/2% 38,000 1991 . 

6-1/2% 38,000 1992 

6-1/2% 38,000 1993 

6-1/2% 38,000 1994 

449 

The right shall be and hereby is reserved unto the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District, at its option to call in, pay, and redeem bonds num- 

bered Two Hundred Fifty-six (256) to Seven Hundred Fifty (750), inclusive, in 

inverse numerical order, at par and accrued interest, on March 1, 1980, or on 

any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity. Notice of the exercise 

of said option shall be given in writing to the paying agent named in said 

bonds not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date set for the redemption 

of said bonds. No further interest shall accrue on said bonds so called after 

the date specified for the payment thereof, provided that funds be available fo 

the redemption of said bonds on such date. 

SECTION 2. That the said bonds and the interest coupons evidencing 

the interest to accrue thereon shall be in substantially the following form, 

to-wit: 





SCHOOL BOND 

No. $1,000 

The Oxford Municipal Separate School District of Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, acting herein by and through the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of 

the City ofOxford, Mississippi, its governing authority, acknowledged itself 

indebted and, for value received hereby promises to pay to bearer the sum of

4h0 

97768 



($1,000) on the first day of March, 19 , with'interest thereon from the date 

hereof at the rate of per centum ( %) per annum, 

payable March 1, 1970, and semi-annually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 

in each year until this bond shall have been fully paid. Interest accruing on 

this bond on and prior to the maturity date hereof shall be payable upon pre- 

sentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they sever- 

ally become due, and no interest shall accrue on this bond after the maturity 

date hereof unless this bond be duly presented for payment and he not paid. 

Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful 

money of the United States of America at Deposit Guaranty National Bank, in 

the City of Jackson, State of Mississippi, and for the prompt payment of this 

bond and the interest hereon, according to the terms hereof, the full faith 

credit, and resources of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District are 

hereby irrevocably pledged. 

The right shall be and hereby is reserved unto the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District, at its option to call in, pay, and redeem bonds 

numbered Two Hundred Fifty-six (256) to Seven Hundred Fifty (750), inclusive„ 

of the issue of which this bond is one, in inverse numerical order, at par and 

accrued interest, on March 1, 1980, or on any interest payment date thereafter' 

prior to maturity. Notice of the exercise of said option shall be given in 

writing to the paying agent named in said bonds not less than thirty (30) days 

prior to the date set for the redemption of said bonds. No further interest 

shall accrue on said bonds so called after the date specified for the payment 

thereof, provided that funds be available for the redemption of said bonds on 

such date. 

This bonds is one of a series of seven hundred fifty (750) bonds, 

all of like date, tenor, and effect, except as to number, rate of interest, 

date of maturity, and provision for redemption prior to maturity, numbered 

from One (1) to Seven Hundred Fifty (7)0), inclusive, aggregating the principal 

amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), issued to raise 

monry for the purpose of purchasing additional lands for school purposes, erect- . 

and providing necessary water, light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor 

and for the schools in said district, under authority of the Constitution and 

Statutes of the State of Mississippi, including, among others, Chapter 231, 

Laws of Mississippi, 1950, as amended, and pursuant to an election held in said 

District on the 15th day of July, 1969, whereat more than three-fifths of the 

ing and equipping an elementary school building and related facilities therefor,

97768 wrown-tanon 


votes cast were in favor of the issuance of this bond and of the series of 

which it is one, and by further authority of proceedings duly and lawfully had 

by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 

451 

It is hereby certified, recited, and represented that all acts, con- 

ditions, and things required to be done, precedent to and in the issuance of 

this bond, in order to make the same a legal, valid, and binding obligation 

of said District, have been done, have happened, and have been performed in 

due and regular time, form, and manner, as required by law; that the amount of 

this bond and the issue of which it is one, together with all other outstand- 

ing indebtedness of said District, does not exceed any statutory or constitu- 

tional limit of indebtedness; and that due provision has been and will be made 

for the annual levy and collection of a tax upon all the taxable property with- 

in said District sufficient to pay the principal of this bond at maturity and 

the interest hereon as it accrues. 

TN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Oxford Municipal Separate School District 

of Lafayette County, MisSissippi, acting herein by and through the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, its governing authority, 

has caused this bond to be executed by the signature of the Mayor of said City, 

attested by the City Clerk of said City, under the corporate seal of said City, 

and has caused the annexed interest coupons to be executed by the facsimile 

signatures of said officers, and this bond to be dated the first day of Dec- 

ember, 1969. 

Attest: 

City Clerk of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi 

No. 

(FORM OF INTEREST COUPON) 

OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRI 

OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 

By -A-

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Attest: 


City Clerk of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi 

* In the coupons attached to bonds numbered 256 to 750, inclusive, here insert 

the words, "unless the bond with which this coupon is identified then shall he 

redeemable and theretofore shall have been called for redemption and provision 

therefor duly made," 

Interest coupons attached to the aforesaid bonds shall be payable in 

the following amounts: 

Coupon due Subsequent 

Bond Numbers March 1, 1970 Coupons 


376 to 449 

450 to 521 

524 to 750 


SS 


$17.50 

15.75 

16.00 

16.25 


$35.00 

31.50 

12.00 

32.50 

I, the undersigned, City Clerk within and for the City of O x ford, in 

Lafayette County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the within bond has been 

registered in my office in a book kept for that purpose, as provided by law. 

I do further certify that the within bond has been validated and con- 

firmed by decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, rend- 

ered on the day of , 1 9 


SECTION 1. That, in order to provide for the payment of the aforesaid 

bonds and the interest thereon, there shall be and there is hereby directed to 

be levied and collected, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes 

of said District and of said City are levied and collected, a direct, continu- 

ing annual tax upon all taxable property within the boundaries of said District 

sufficient in amount to provide for the payment of the principal of said bonds 

and the interest thereon as the same matures and accrues. Tt shall be the duty 

of the tax-levying authority of said District and of said City, in each year 

while any of the bonds issued hereunder shall remain outstanding and unpaid, 

without any further direction or authority, to levy and collect the taxes here- 

in provided for, and the rate of taxation to he levied in each year shall be 

sufficient, after making allowance for delinquencies in the payment of taxes 

and the costs of collection, to provide the sums required in each year for the 

payment of said interest and principal. Should there be a. failure in any

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year to comply with the requirements of this Sectiop, such failure shall not 

impair the right of the holders of any of said bonds in any subsequent year 

to have adequate taxes levied and collected to meet the obligations of the 

bonds herein authorized to be issued, both as to principal and interest. The 

proceeds of such tax shall be credited to the School Bonds Interest and Sink- 

ing Fund. 

SECTION 4. That the proceedings had incident to the issuance of 

the bonds herein authorized shall be submitted to validation under the provi- 

sions of Title 18, Chapter 1 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, and to that end 

the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and instructed to make up and cer- 

453 

tify to the State's Bond Attorney a full and complete transcript of proceedings 

and other documents in relation to the authorization and issuance of said bonds 

SECTION 5. That when the said bonds shall have been prepared, vali- 

dated, and executed as herein provided, they shall be registered by the City 

Clerk in a book kept for that purpose in his office, and the said Clerk shall 

sign the registration and validation certificate endorsed thereon. 

SECTION 6. That, when the said bonds shall have been registered as 

hereinabove provided, the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and instructed 

to deliver the same to the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of 

sale and award. 

SECTION 7. That the proceeds received upon sale and delivery of 

the bonds herein authorized to be issued, immediately upon receipts thereof, 

shall be set aside in a separate fund and shall be used for the purpose of 

purchasing additional lands for school purposes, erecting and equipping an 

elementary school building and related facilities therefor and providingheo 

essary water, light, heating, and sewerage facilities therefor and for the 

schools in said district. The accrued interest received upon sale and delivery 

of the aforesaid bonds shall be deposited forthwith in and credited to the 

School Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund referred to in Section 3 of this reso- 

lution. 

SECTION 8. That all orders of resolutions, or any part thereof, 

which may in any manner conflict with the provisions of this resolution, shall 

be and the same are hereby repealed and rescinded insofar as they may so con- 

flict. 

SECTION 9. That, (1) the issuance of the bonds herein described hav- 

ing been authorized at an election held in said District on the 15th day of 

July, 1969, (2) the said bonds having been contracted to be sold on the 18th

454 

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day of November, 1969, and (9) the preparation of said bonds for delivery 

being now immediately necessary, this resolution shall become effective imme- 

diately upon the adoption thereof. 

Alderman Pettis seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, 

and, the question being put to a roll call cote, the result was as follows: 






The motion having received the affirmative vote of all the members 

of the Board present, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution 

adopted, this 2nd day of December, 1969.. 


passed unanimously to approve a Confirming Order with Layne-Central Company 

to make necessary repairs to the City of Oxford pump no. 31828, and authorizing 

the Mayor to sign said Confirming Order. 




1270 CITY DEPOSITORY. 



purchase 1270 City Depository. 


n. m. on January 6. 1970, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Goolsby, it was 




ALDERMAN J. P. McTAIRTN, JP YEA 

ALDER iAN BEN PTTTIS YEA 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOISBY YEA 

ALDERMAN JAME) N. KING YEA

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bids on 1970 City Depository. 



CITY OF OXFORD, MTSSISSIFPI TO PURCHASE 

UTILITY POLES FOR THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT. 

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the CIty of Oxford, 


purchase utility poles for the Electric Department. 


p. m. on January 6, 1970, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King it 




ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURTN, JR YFA 






bids on utility poles for the Electric Department. 

Motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and 

passed unanimously approving the annual volunteer firemens' payroll in the 

amount of $4,994.50.

4U 

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OF OXFORD 




A TWO-TON TRUCK FOR THE SANITATION DEPART- 

MENT. 



purchase two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 






as a whole, and on motion of Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 










bids on two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department. 

Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to adopt the 

following ordinance: 

*

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 

OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 1966, SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS RE-ZONED 

FROM (A) AGRICULTURAL TO R-D MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 

457 

WHEREAS, on October 27, 1969, the Oxford Planning Commission, as 

authorized by Section 122 of the Official Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of 

Oxford, Mississippi, 1966, recommended that the following described real 

property in the City of Oxford, Mississippi, be re-zoned from (A) Agricultural 

to R-D, Multi-Family Residential: 

A fraction of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 

Quarter of Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 4 West, 

being more completely described as follows: 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of the 

N o rtheast Quarter of Section 25, Township 

8 South, Range 4 West, running thence due 

North with the section line 1790 feet to 

an iron pipe, said iron pipe being at the 

point of intersection of the section line 

with the North line of Mississippi State 

Highway No. 6; run thence due North 0° 50' 

East 200 feet to the point of beginning; 

run thence N 0° 50' East a distance of 

631.55 feet to a point; run thence due West 

670.0 feet to an iron pipe; run thence S 0° 

36' West 548.69 feet to the center of a sand 

ditch; run thence Southeasterly with the ditch 

center line South 44° 42' East 156.0 feet to 

a point, run thence N 89° 50' East 499.0 Feet 

to the point of beginning, containing 9 acres, 

more or less, all in Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

and being the same property conveyed to Edward W. 

Brittingham and wife, Jane D. Brittingham, by 

Warranty Deed of record in Book 208 at Page 406 

in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette 

County, Mississippi. 

WHEREAS, on November 4, 1969, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford, Mississippi, accepted the recommendation of the Oxford Planning 

CoMmisSion and determined to give notice of its adoption of an amendment to 



to said zoning ordinance, as required by the afOresaid Section 122, by 

publication and by posting, said notice being returnable to a meeting of the 

Mayor and Board of Aldermen held at the City Hall in Oxford, Mississippi, at 

7:30 o'clock, P. M. on December 2, 1969; and 

WHEREAS, at such time and place, no objections were interposed by 

any person to such re-zoning; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN 

OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI: 

Section 1. Re-zoning. That the above-described real property be, 

and it is hereby, re-zoned from (A) Agrigultural to R-D, Multi-Family Residential. 

Section 2. Changes On Zoning Map. That the City Engineer shall 

make the necessary drawings on the Official Toning Map For Oxford, Mississippi, 

and print thereon the following: " On December 2, 1969, by official action 

of the Board of Aldermen, this Map was amended as authorized by an ordinance 

appearing in Ordinance Book 3 at page The foregoing entry on the Map 

shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, as required by Section 103 of the 

Official Zoning Ordinance For Oxford, Mississippi, 1966. 

Section 3. Repealing Section. That all ordinances, or parts of 

ordinances, in conflict herewith shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

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Section 4. Effective Date. That this ordinance shall take effect 

and be in force from and after the time when the requirements of Section 2 

thereof have been met. 

(SEAL) 

This the 2nd day of December, 1969. 

, 

MAY OR-- 

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR, AND REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF, A PENALTY OF 

TEN PER CENT (10%) ON ALL UTILITY BILLS NOT PAID WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FROM THE 

DATE OF SUCH BILL. 


MISSISSIPPI: 

SECTION 1. Penalty On Non-Payment Of Utility Bills. There is hereby 

assessed, and there shall be collected by the Department responsible for the 

collection of any utility bill, a penalty of ten per cent (10%) on any such 

bill not paid within ten (10) days from the date of such bill, subject to the 

limitations of any contract heretofore entered into by and between the City 

of Oxford and the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

SECTION 2. Effective Date. The general welfare and health of the citizens 

of Oxford so requiring, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from 

and after its passage. 

ATTEST: 

Adopted this the 2nd day of December, 1969. 

(SEAL OF THE CITY OF OXFORD) 

( 

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ck_y 

MAYOR

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this Board do now recess until December 15, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:10 P. M. DECEMBER 15, 1969 

Pursuant to a recess order on December 2, 196 9 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on December 15, 1969 at 7:30 p. m. in the Mayor and Board 














OLD OXFORD AIRPORT PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD 

OF NOT MORE THAN FOTR (4) YEARS. 



purchase the old airport property for a period of not more than four (4) years. 






as a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Goolsby 




ALDERMAN J. P. McIAURIN, JP YEA 

ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS YFA 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLS9v YFA 

ALDERMAN JAMFS N. KING 'N./ 7 A 



bids on the old Oxford airport property for a period of not more than four (4) 

years.

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A. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF 



A NEW FIRE TRUCK & APPARATUS ( PUMPER 

& CHASSIS ). 



purchase a new fire truck and apparatus (pumper and chassis). 


P. m. on January 6, 1970m then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 



461 


a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Goolsby it was 








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that the Mayor and Clerk of this Board be authorized and directed to advertise 

for bids on anew fire truck and apparatus (pumper and chassis). 




A NEW MOTOR FOR 1965 INTERNATIONAL FIRE 

TRUCK FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and B o ard of Aldermen to 

purchase a new motor for 1965 international fire truck for the Fire Department. 


p. m. on December, 1969, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 




as a whole, and on motion of Alderman King, seconded by Alderman Hannaford, it

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ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY Y 7A 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING- YEA 



bids on a new motor for 1965 international fire truck for Fire Department. 

Came on for consideration the matter of a charge to the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District Minimum Program Fund by the State Tax Commission 

Homestead Exemption Division in the amount of $144.48 which is 3.8839% of 

$3,720.00 which was paid on a school bus shop note and interest (warrant no. 

2159). After discussion motion was made by Alderman King, seconded by Alderman 

Hannaford and passed unanimously to accept said charge. 

Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman McLaprin and 

passed unanimously to re-appoint Mr. John R. Tatum as a member of the Board 

of Trustees of the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital for another five (5) year 

term; said term ending January 1, 197. 

Members of the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital Board are as follows: 

L. L. Horne - term expires January 1, 1971 

B. O. Elliott, Sr. - term expires January 1, 1972 

Hamm G. Fuller - term expires January 1, 1973 

Dr. Jerry Hopkints - term expires January 1, 1974 

John F. Tatum - term expires January 1, 1975. 

Came on for consideration the matter of appointing someone to fill the 

unexpired term of the late Eddie Mac Morgan on the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District Board of Trustees. Motion was made by Alderman MeLnurin, 

seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously to appoint Mr. Travis 

King to fill the unexpired term of Eddie Mae Morgan on the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District Board of Trustees; said term ending March 1, 1970. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLuari n, seconded by Alderman Hannaford 

and passed unanimously adopting the following resolution: 

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A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING A SENSE OF GREAT LOSS BY THE CITIZENS OF OXFORD 

TN THE PASSTNG OF EDDTE MAC MORGAN AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY. 

Whereas, God in his infinite wisdom has taken from our midst our fellow- 

citizen, Eddie Mac Morgan; and 

Whereas, during his lifetime Eddie Mac Morgan so well served his friends 

and his City, County, State and Nation as an officer in the United States 

Air. Force, as a citizen interested in good government at all its levels but 

particularly at the state and local level where he actively partiCipated in 

political campaigns at the state-wide level and where he served as a faithful 

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member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate School Distric 

and, -for a time, as the president of such Board; and 

Whereas, Eddie Mac Morgan will be sorely missed as a distinguished citizen 

of Oxford and particularly as a member of the aforesaid Board of Trustees; 



1. That Eddie Mac Morgan be commended for his long and faithful services 

to his City, County, State and Nation and particularly for his devotion and 

labors as a member and past-president of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District; 

2. That Eddie Mac Morgan's friendship, cheerful attitude, and particular- 

ly his services as a member and past-president of the Board of Trustees of the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District will be sorely missed; and 

`3. That tru copies of this resolution be forwarded to his wife, Mrs. Bery 

J. Morgan, and his sons, Mr. John J. Morgan and Mr. Eddie Mac Morgan, Jr. 

Attest: 

Adopted on this the 15th day of December, 1969, by unanimously vote. 

CITY C E K MAYOR 

(Seal of the City of Oxford, Mississippi) 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and 

passed unanimously directing the City Clerk to publish the following:

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS 

Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 

of Oxford, Mississippi, will receive sealed bids for lease of the old Oxford 

Airport property, containing certain buildings and one hundred sixty (160) acres 

of lands, more or less, on Tuesday, January 20, 1970, at 7:10 o'clock p. m. 

Bids should be plainly marked "Sealed Bid On Lease of Old Oxford Airport Pro- 

perty," and they should be filed with the City Clerk at City Hall. Bids may 

be for a term of one, two, three or four years and the lease, among other things, 

will contain provisions that the annual rental required will be payable in 

advance, that the lessee may make any lawful use of the property desired, that 

the lesse may sublet any part, but not all, of the property, that all maintenance 

on the property and improvements to it desired by the lessee will be clone at 

the lessee's expense, the City declining to do any maintenance or improvements 

to said property or its buildings, that any substantial changes to the property 

must first be approved by the City through its City Engineer, that the lessee 

will bold the City of Oxford harmless from any and all liability which the City 

might incur by reason of the lessee's use and occupancy of the premises, and 

that, upon conclusion of the lease, the property will be returned to the City 

in as good a condition as when leased, normal wear and tear expected. The form 

of the proposed lease is on file in the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 

and bidders are invited to examine it if they desire to do so, the lease contain- 

ing a detailed description of the property proposed to be leased. 

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 




H. C. Wiley, Jr., City Clerk 

LEASE C O N T R A C T 

This lease contract is entered into on this the day of 

1970, by and between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal 

corporation, hereinafter referred to as City, and 

a , hereinafter referred to as 

witnessetb: 

Whereas, City is the owner of the following described real property situa- 

ted in Lafayette County, Mississippi; and

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Whereas, City requested bids for lease of said property, and 

became the lowest and best bidder; and 

Whereas, in order to carry out the obligations of the parties, it is 

necessary that this lease contract be entered into by and between City and 

• 

Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual promises of the 

parties, it is agreed by and between City and ad 

follows: 

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1. City agrees to, and does, lease unto the following 

described real property for a term of years, said lease expiring on 

the day of , 19 , for which 

agrees to pay to City an annual rental in advance as follows: 

2. The property herein leased and let is described as follows, although 

the references are to highways and bridges as they existed on March 3, 1936: 

3. 

A fraction of Sections 28, 29, 32, and 33, all in Town -ship 9 

South, Range 3 West, and more particularly described as 

follows: Beginning at a stake, said stake being on Mississippi 

Highway No. 7, and north 66 degrees thirty minutes east 1,185 

feet from the point of intersection of above Mississippi Highway 

No. 7 with the west boundary line of Section 32, Township 

9 South, Range 3 West in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Said 

stake further described as being Station No. 302 plus 85 of 

State Highway Survey, as filed and recorded in the office of 

the Mississippi State Highway Commission in Jackson, Mississippi; 

thence north 1,240 feet to a stake on the north hank of the 

old Yocona River channel, said stake being on the east bank 

of roadway leading to existing bridge across Yocona River 

(old channel) in a northeast direction (up channel direction) 

said bank to he considered 15 feet from the low water line of 

Yocona River and is intended to convey a distance to extend 

to the top of said river bank, to a stake on above described 

Mississippi Highway No. 7, said stake located at the north end 

of the Highway bridge across the old Yocona River run, said 

stake and end of bridge being Station No. 360 plus 42 as shown 

on Survey of State Highway No. 7, and filed and recorded in the 

office of the Mississippi Highway Commission in Jackson, Mississippi; 

thence north following the survey of Mississippi Highway 

No. 7 to a stake at the Station 340 plus 36, as appears on said 

record, said station being point of tangency of a 3 degree curve 

of said highway, thence following above described highway on 

a 3 degree curve 2,228 feet to a stake, said stake being Station 

318 plus 08, which point is the point of curve of a 3 degree 

curve to the left as shown on State Highway Survey described 

above; thence south 66 degrees and 30 minutes west 1, 523 feet 

to the point of beginning. This property is the same property 

conveyed to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, by Nina Elizabeth 

Markette on March 3, 1936, as same appears of record in Deed 

Book 108 at page 381 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of 


but not all, of the property herein leased. 

is herewith given permission to sublet any part, 

4. Any and all maintenance on the property herein leased and any improve- 

ments desired to be made to it shall be done at Is expense, 

City declining to do any maintenance or improvements to said property or its 

buildings; however, any substantial changes to the leased property, including 

its buildings, which desires to make shall first be

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approved by City through its City Engineer. 

5. 

bility which City might incur by reason of 

will hold City harmless from any and all lia- 

's use and 

occupancy of the premises including, but not limited to, any use and occupancy 

by of any part of the premises for airport or aviation 

purposes. 

n. Upon conclusion of this lease, agrees to return 

the leased property to City in as good of condition as when leased, normal 

wear and tear excepted. 

Attest: 

city to k 

(Seal of the City of Oxford) 

CITY OF OXFORD, 1ISSTSSTPPI 

BY: 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

4(7 

MAYOR 

LESSEE 



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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:30 P. M. DECEMBER 29, 1969 

467 


Board of Aldermen met on December 29, 1969 at 5:30 p. m. in the Mayor and Board 







Jack White - Fireman 

Roy White - Fireman 

James R. Phillips - Fireman 


A RESOLUTION MkrcING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF 

INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGUTAP MEETING OF 

DECEMBER 15, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT RIDS ON A NEW MOTOR FOR A 1965 

INTERNATIONAL FIRE TRUCK FOR THE FIRE DEPART_ 

At the December 15, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Alder- 


the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on a new motor 

for 1965 international fire truck for the Fire Department and that the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would takefinal action on said 

resolution at 5:30 p. m. December 29, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the 



having remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen 

for more than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objec- 

tions to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on a new motor for a 1965 inter- 

national fire truck for the Fire Department according to the plans and specifi- 

cations on file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 




Alderman Goolsby it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, and 

the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows:

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ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS....YEA 

ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY.YEA 

ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING.YEA 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on a neu 

motor for a 1965 international fire truck for the Fire Department to be opened 

at the regular meeting of December 29, 1969 bids were received from the follow- 

ing firms: 

Jim Cregar's Garage, Inc. 


$1600.00 

International Harvester, Co. 

Memphis, Tennessee $1539. 8 9 

Truck Center, Inc. 


$1663.71 


unanimously, to continue all bids for further consideration. 


this Board do recess until December 70, 1969 at 9:30 a. m.

1 RECESS, 

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MINUTE BOOK No. 24 , 


469 

RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 9:30 A. M. DECEMBER 30, 1969 


Board of Aldermen met on December 30, 1969 at 9:30 a. m., in the M a yor and Board 







* * * * * 


Jack White - Fireman 

James R. Phillips - Fireman 

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Pursuant to an order passed at the meeting of December 29, 1969 to continue 

for further consideration all bids on a new engine for a 1965 international fire 

truck, the hid of Truck Center, Inc. of Tupelo, Mississippi was accepted it 

being the best hid. 

Said hid was adjudged by the Board of Aldermen to be the best bid due to 

the quick delivery date promised by Truck Center, Inc. 

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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. JANUARY 6, 1970 

J.. 


Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, January 

6, 1970, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meeting 














M. C. "Chooky” Falkner - Fire Chief 

Clyde G. Huggins, Jr. - Asst. Fire Chief 




unanimously accepting the December minutes as read. 

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TO ACCEPT BIDS ON A TWO-TON TRUCK FOR THE 

SANITATION DEPARTMENT. 

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intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on a two-ton truck 

for the Sanitation Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the 

City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:00 p. m., January 

6, 1970 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 

Said resolution adopted at the December 2, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having 


than two weeks for public inspection, and there having been no objections to or 



the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on a two-ton truck for the Sanitation 

Department according to the plans and specifications on file in the office 

of the Mayor of said City. 


by the Clerk of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by section, 

and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by 








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igaXililiiiiiliKXXXYWORTAXIMMIXHIMXIMMXPXVIRMINUXXXXXX)XliNXIMXXILVXMLYXIMENDI- 

XXXXISNX 

Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on a two-ton 

truck for the Sanitation Department to be opened at the regular meeting of 

January 6, 1970, bids were received from the following firms: 



Rebel, Inc. 


After the bids were opened motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded 

by Alderman King and passed unanimously to continue all bids for further consideration. 

.t.

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Came on for consideration the matter of a Utility Easement between the lots 

of Dr. Joe Sam and Mr. David Cook in University Hills Subdivision. Motion was 

made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and passed unanimously 

to approve the release of the City Utility Easement between the lots of Dr. Joe 

Sam and Mr. David Cook in University Hills Subdivision, upon the condition that 

a new easement at another location be given the City, the description for such 

new easement to be furnished through the City of Oxford by Dr. Sam and the Superintendent 

of the Electric Department. 

RESOLUTION OF THE PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 

WHEREAS, December 5, 1969, there was fire of undetermined origin discovered 

at the Thaxton Attendance Center Cafeteria, located in the county of Pontotoc, 

Pontotoc, Mississippi, and 

WHEREAS, the Pontotoc County Board of Education being desirious of commend- 

ing the City of Oxford Officials for services, and 

WHEREAS, said City of Oxford Fire Department did faithfully and meritor- 

iously serve, and 

WHEREAS,as a result of their untiring effort, in the time of need, prevent- 

ed great loss to befall on the Pontotoc County School System, and 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Pontotoc County Board of Education and 

concurred in by the Pontotoc County Superintendent of Education, they being in 

lawful meeting assembled, that the said City of Oxford be commemorated for their 

duties performed as aforesaid. 

Witness the signature of the president of the Pontotoc County Board of 

Education, attested to by the Superintendent of Education of said county on this 

the 16th day of December, 1969. 

ATTEST: 

is/ Richard C. Ball 

Richard C. Ball, Superintendent 

of Education 

/s/ Thomas Caldwell 

Thomas Caldwell, President 


this Board do recess until January 7, 1970 at 5:30 p. m. 

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 5:30 P. M. JANUARY 7, 1970 

Pursuant to a recess order on January 6, 1970 at 7:30 p. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on January 7, 1970 at 5:30 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 







* * * 



M. C. Falkner - Fire Chief 

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Pursuant to an order passed at the meeting of January 6, 1970 to continue 

all bids for further consideration, motion was made by Alderman King, seconded 

by Alderman Goolsby and passed unanimously to accept the bid of F. W. Belk & Son 

on a chassis for the new fire truck in the amount of $8,737.47, and the bid of 

Jack Cocke, Inc. in the amount of $21,766.00. The low bid of Truck Center, Inc. 

in the amount of $7999.00 for the chassis was not accepted because said bid did 

not meet specifications. The low bid of American Fire Apparatus in the amount 

of $16,311.00 was not accepted because said bid did not meet specifications. 

Pursuant to an order passed at the meeting of January 6, 1970 to continue 

all bids for further consideration, motion was made by Alderman King, seconded 

by Alderman Pettis and passed unanimously to accept the bid of F. W. Belk & Son 

on a two-ton truck for the Sanitation Department in the amount of $5,105.00. 

The low bid of Rebel, Inc. was not accepted because said bid did not meet specifications. 

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this Board do recess until January 14, 1970 at 9:00 a. m. 

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RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 9:00 A. M. JANUARY 14, 1970 


of Aldermen met on January 14, 1970 at 9:00 a.m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 







The Mayor and Board of Aldermen met with members of the School Board to 

discuss school problems. 




SHRUBS FOR LANDSCAPING THE GROUNDS AT 

STONE RECREATION CENTER AND OXFORD REC- 

REATION CENTER. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to pur- 

chase shrubs for landscaping the grounds at Stone Recreation Center and Oxford 

Recreation Denter. 


p. m. on February 3, 1970, then said Mayor and Board will take final action on 



Clerk of said Board was read and considered section by section and then as a 

whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford it 





ALDERMAN BEN PETTIS YEA

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bids on shrubs for landscapaing the grounds at Stone Recreation Center and Oxford 

Recreation Center. 

On motion duly made seconded and passed unanimously, it was ordered that 

this Board do now recess until January 20, 1970 at 7:30 p. m. 

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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P. M. JANUARY 20, 1970 

Pursuant to a recess order on January 14, 1970 at 9:00 a. m., the Mayor and Board 

of Aldermen met on January 20, 1970 at 7:30 p. m., in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen's 










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unanimously employing Louise Banks King to work with the Police Department as a 

School Crossing Traffic Control Officer on a part-time basis at a salary of 

$100.00 per month; said employment effective immediately. 

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There came on for consideration the matter of the abandonment and deactivation 

of the Oxford Municipal Airport. The Mayor pointed out that it was no longer 

used for its intended purpose and that it should not be maintained as an airport 

in its delapidated condition. On motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by 

Alderman Hannaford, and passed unanimously, the Oxford Municipal Airport was 

abandoned and deactivated as an airport, and the Mayor was authorized and directed 

to give notice of such to the Federal Aviation Agency and the Mississippi Aeronautics 

Commission and to take any other steps which might be necessary to give 

other notice to the public.

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There came on for consideration the matter of the Mayor and Board authoriz- 

e ing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and deliver to Oxford Housing Authority 

the following OFFER OF SALE OF LAND.

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Stone Property to Housing Authority 

A fraction of the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 21, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Lafayette County, Mississippi described as 

follows: 

Beginni4e at. an iron axle at the Northwest corner of Section 21, Township 8 

South, Range 3 West, and run thence South along the West line of said Section 21, 

a distance of 658.7 feet to a stake; thence S 69 ° 47' E a distance of 277.0 

feet; thence S 45 ° 27' E a distance of 252.2 feet; thence S 52 ° 07' E a distance 

of 282.2 feet; thence S 82 ° 50' E a distance of 77.8 feet to the West right of 

way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence Northerly along the West line 

of said right of way following a curve to the West a distance of 1,122.0 feet 

to the North line of said Section 21; thence West along the North line of Sec- 

tion 21 a distance of 821.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 17.2 

acres, more or less. 

The Mayor and Board, feeling such to be to the best interest of the City, 

on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unani- 

mously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized to execute and deliver said 

instrument for and in behalf of the City. 

Pursuant to a Notice To Bidders duly published, there came on for considera- 

tion the matter of the acceptance of the highest and best bid for lease of the 

following described property. The bid of E. O. Champion, Sr. appearing to be 

such, the Mayor and City Clerk were unanimously authorized and directed to exe- 

cute and deliver the following lease contract for and in behalf of the City upon 

the payment by E. O. Champion, Sr. of the sum of $1,600.00 to the City, cover- 

ing the least consideration for the year 1970. 



LEASE CONTRACT 

This lease contract is entered into on the the 20th day of January, 1970, 

by and between the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, herein- 

after referred to as City, and E. O. Champion, Sr., an individual, hereinafter 

referred to as Champion witnesseth: 

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481 

Whereas, City is the owner of the following described real property situated 

in Lafayette County, Mississippi; and 

Whereas, City requested bids for lease of property, and Champion became the 

lowest and best bidder; and 

Whereas, in order to carry out the obligations of the parties, it is necessary 

that this lease contract be entered into by and between City and Champion; 

Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual promises of the par- 

ties, it is agreed by and between City and Champion as follows: 

1. City agrees to, and does, lease unto Champion the following described 

real property for a term of two years, said lease expiring on the 31st day of 

December, 1971, for which Champion agrees to pay to City an annual rental in 

advance as follows: 

One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) on the execution of this lease and 

One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) on or before January 1, 1971. 

2. The property herein leased and let is described as follows, although the 

references are to highways and bridges as they existed on March 3, 1936: 

A fraction of Sections 28, 29, 32, and 33, all in Township 9 

South, Range 3 West, and more particularly described as follows: 

Beginning at a stake, said stake being on Mississippi Highway 

No. 7, and north 66 degrees thirty minutes east 1,185 feet from 

the point of intersection of above Mississippi Highway No. 7 

with the west boundary line of Section 32, Township 9 South, 

Range 3 West in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Said stake 

further described as being Station No. 302 plus 85 of State 

Highway Survey, as filed and recorded in the office of the 

Mississippi State Highway Commission in Jackson, Mississippi; 

thence north 1,240 feet to a stake on the north bank of the 

old Yocona River channel, said stake being on the east bank 

of roadway leading to existing bridge across Yocona River 

(old channel) in a northeast direction (up channel direction) 

said bank to be considered 15 feet from the low water line of 

Yocona River and is intended to convey a distance to extend 

to the top of said river bank, to a stake on above described 

Mississippi Highway No. 7, said stake located at the north 

end of the Highway bridge across the old Yocona River run, 

said stake and end of bridge being Station No. 360 plus 42 as 

shown on Survey of State Highway No. 7 and filed and recorded 

in the office of the Mississippi Highway Commission in Jackson, 

Mississippi; thence north following the survey of Mississippi 

Highway No. 7 to a stake at the Station 340 plus 36, as appears 

on said record, said station being point of tangency of a 3 degree 

curve of said highway, thence following above described high- 

way on a 3 degree curve 2,228 feet to a stake, said stake being 

Station 318 plus 08, which point is the point of curve of a 

3 degrees curve to the left as shown on State Highway Survey 

described above; thence south 66 degrees and 30 minutes west 

1,523 feet to the point of beginning. This property is the 

same property conveyed to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, by 

Nina Elizabeth Markette on March 3, 1936, as same appears of 

record in Deed Book 108 at page 381 in the office of the Chancery 

Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi. 

3. Champion is herewith given permission to sublet any part, but not all, 

of the property herein leased.

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4. Any and all maintenance on the property herein leased and any improve- 

ments desired to be made to it shall be done at Champion's expense, City declin- 

ing to do any maintenance or improvements to said property or its buildings; 

however, any substantial chamges to the leased property, including its buildings, 

which Champion desires to make shall first be approved by City through its 

City Engineer. 

5. Champion will hold City harmless from any part and all liability which 

City might incur by reason of Champion's use and occupancy of the premises in- 

cluding, but not limited to, and use and occupancy by Champion of any part of 

the premises for airport or aviation purposes. 

6. Upon conclusion of this lease, Champion agrees to return the leased 

property to City in as good of condition as when leased, normal wear and tear 

excepted. 

Attest: 

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Vetra ep 

Notary Seal Notary Public 

By: 

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Mayor 

(Seal of the City of Oxford) Lessee 

State of Mississippi ) 

County of Lafayette ) 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law in and for 

the State and County aforesaid, Richard W. Elliott and H. C. Wiley, Jr., Mayor 

and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and E. O. Champion, 

Sr. who each acknowledged that they signed and delivered the above and 

foregoing lease contract, the said Mayor and City Clerk further acknowledging 

that they were duly authorized so to do for and in behalf of the City of Oxford, 

Mississippi 

This the 26th day of January, 1970. 

My commission expires 8/14/72

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TO ACCEPT BIDS ON OLD AIRPORT PROPERTY FOR 

A PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN FOUR (4) YEARS. 



intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on the old airport 

property for a period of not more than four (4) years and that the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution 

at 7:30 p. m. January 20, 1970 in the office of the Mayor of the said City. 






the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on the old airport property for a 

period of not more than four (4) years according to the plans and specifications 





by Alderman Goolsby it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole; 







Pursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagle for bids on the old airport 

property for a period of not more than four (4) years, to be opened at the 

regular meeting of January 20, 1970, bids were received from the following: 

Ross N. Boatright-$1450 per year for one (1) year contract 

E. O. Champion Air Service-$1600.00 per year for two years 

Rebel Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol-$100.00 per year for 

a period of three years. 


seconded by Alderman Goolsby and passed unanimously, to accept the bids of 

E. O. Champion Air Service it being the highest and best bid.

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passed unanimously to adopt the following Resolution: 

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF 

THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL 

SYSTEM WITHIN THE OXFORD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 

Whereas, due to the impending total integration of the schools of the 

Oxford Municipal Separate School District, some of the citizenry of the City of 

Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District have expressed grave 

doubt as to whether public education should continue to be supported by this 

and other governmental authorities; and 

Whereas, this Mayor and Board, though appreciative of the feelings of 

those who have such doubt, feel that a strong system of public education is 

essential to the well-being of the Citizens of the City of Oxford, the State of 

Mississippi, and the United States; 

Now, therefore, be it, and it is hereby, resolved by the Mayor and Board of 

Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi; 

Section 1. That it is the sense of this Mayor and Board that a strong 

system of public education must, and such shall be, maintained in this City and 

District; 

Section 2. That the Citizens of Oxford and the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School District are urged to rally to the support of public education in this 

time of crisis; 

Section 3. That the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate 

School, its superintendent, principals, teachers, staff, and patrons be, and 

they are hereby, commended for their patience, untiring effort, understanding, 

and support of public education and, particularly, the schools of the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District; and 

Section 4. That a true copy of this resolution be made available to the 

press for publication so that all interested may be advised of the wholehearted 

support of this governing body for a strong system of public schools in Oxford 

and the Oxford Municipal Separate School District. 

ATTEST: 

Adopted on this the 20th day of January, 1970. 

(SEAL OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI) 

MAYOR 



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RECESS, RECESS, RECESS, RECESS REGULAR MEETING 1:00 P. M. JANUARY 28, 1970 

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of Aldermen met on January 28, 1970 at 1:00 p. m. in the Board Room of the Laf- 

ayette County Courthouse when and where the following were present: 







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WHEREAS, the following described property is subject to a special 

municipal street assessment by the City of Oxford, for the improvement of the 

street known as Varner Loop; and 

and 

WHEREAS, said special assessment was originally assessed to H. M. LAMB; 

WHEREAS, the special street assessment for the year 1963, in the amount 

of $23.94, was not paid and said property was sold to the City of Oxford for 

non-payment of said tax; and 

WHEREAS, said property was subsequently sold to Paul L. Parker at a 

city tax sale, for non-payment of said special street assessment assessed to 

H. M. Lamb and his successor in title; and 

WHEREAS, Paul L. Parker executed a Quitclaim Deed to J. L. ZANOLA 

(one and/the same person as J. L. ZANOLA, SR.) the present owner of record of 

said property, by deed filed for record on January 28, 1970, in the land records 

of Lafayette County, Mississippi; and 

WHEREAS, J. L. Zanola has paid to the City of Oxford the above special 

assessment for the year 1963, plus interest and penalty; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of said payment by J. L. Zanbla, the 

receipt of which being hereby acknowledged, the City of Oxford, Mississippi, does 

hereby convey and quitclaim unto J. L. Zanola (one and the same person as J. L. 

Zanola, Sr.) the following described property, to-wit:

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Commencing at a concrete monument at the Northeast 

corner of Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 

West, and running thence South 85 ° West a distance 

of 341.5 feet to a stake and the point of beginning 

of this survey; thence South 11 ° 35' East a distance 

of 65.0 feet to a stake; thence South 8 ° 52' West a 

distance of 89.1 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 

83 ° 45' West a distance of 176.0 feet to a cedar post 

on the right-of-way line of Mississippi State Highway 

No. 7; thence along right-of-way of said highway, 

North 13 ° 30 ' East a distance of 145.3 feet to 

an iron pipe; thence North 78 ° 06' East a distance 

of 144.6 feet to the point of beginning; all lying 

and being situated in the Northeast Quarter, Section 

21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of Oxford, 


EXECUTED this 28th day of January, 1970. 

ATTEST: 

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H. C. igy:7;1U ITY CLERK 



BY: 

CITY ,4F) OXFORD 

RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR 

This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in 

and for the above jurisdiction, the within named RICHARD W. ELLIOTT, Mayor of 

the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and H. C. WILEY, JR., City Clerk of said City, 

who each acknowledged that they signed and delivered the foregoing QUITCLAIM 

DEED on the day and year therein stated, for and in behalf of said City of Ox- 

ford, and that they are duly authorized to execute same. 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 28th day of January, 1970. 


The remainder of the meeting was taken up in a joint discussion with the 

Board of Supervisors concerning ambulande service for Oxford and Lafayette County 

and the feasibility of this service being operated by the Oxford-Lafayette County 

Hospital.

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The matter of granting a quitclaim deed to Mr. J. L. Zanola for the 1963 

Special Street Assessment of H. M. Lamb for the amount of the assessment and 

penalty for 1963 which totals $26.38 was brought to the attention of the Mayor 

and Board of Aldermen by the City Clerk. After discussion motion was made by 

Alderman Goolsby, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously authorizing 

the Mayor and Clerk to sign and execute the following quitclaim deed on 

behalf of the City of Oxford, Mississippi. 


this Board do adjourn Sine-Die. 


Mayor 

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7:00 P. M. FEBRUARY 3, 1970 


Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, February 

3, 1970, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meeting 
















Motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman King and passed. 

unanimously accepting the January minutes as corrected. 

Motion was made by Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed 

unanimously to approve the January accounts as read. Said accounts being record4 

ed at page 183 through 190 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book.

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The following petition which was signed by Julia Dean and others was presented 

to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen: 

We, the undersigned petitioners, being bona fide residents, taxpayers, 

property owners, and citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, who reside in the Rivers 

Hill Community and within the 

the City of Oxford to furnish 

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Julia Dean 

Arthur Dean 

Linnie Mae Kimmons 

Lillian Orange 

Mary Ragland 

Lillian Pegues 

Luster Briggins ??? 

Mary Agnes Wiley 

Sam Wiley 

Evelyn Goliday 

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Pegues 

Walter Robison 

Lucille Robison 

Jessie Carruthers 

Mattie Carruthers 

Annie M. Houston 

Pearlie Mae Vaughn 

Myrtis Vaughn 

Elijah Pegues 

corporate limits of the city, respectfully request 

our Community sewer services. 

ADDRESS 

General Delivery, Oxford 

Route 1 Box 232-B, Oxford 

Route 1 Box 21 

General Delivery 

Route 1 Box 232, Oxford 

General Delivery 

Route 1 Box 229-C, Oxford 

Route 1 Box 229-C, Oxford 

After a discussion of the matter, the Mayor requested the City Engineer 

to check into the feasibility of the sewer service in this area. 

Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman 

passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign 

following Quitclaim Deed: 




Hannaford and 

and execute the 

WHEREAS, Flora Lynch McLaughlin was the record title owner of a certain 

parcel of land situated on the East side of North 14th Street and fronting on 

said North 14th Street in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, 

which property was conveyed to her by Deeds which are recorded in Book III at 

Page 602, Book 112 at Page 234, and Book 116 at Page 135 of the Land Records 

in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi, and which 

Deeds more particularly described the property as follows, to-wit:

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A fraction of Lots number 192 ot 197, beginning at the 

NW corner of Kate Jackson's lot on 2nd N. Street running 

E with her line 290 to an alley, thence N. with alley 

110feet to South lens of Mrs. Holcomb's South line, 

thence West with her line 290 feet to the SW corner of 

her lot on 2nd North Street, thence South with said 

street 110 feet to the place of beginning, situated in 

Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Oxford, 


WHEREAS, Flora Lynch McLaughlin conveyed to E. J. Lacoste III by Warranty 

Deed dated December 22, 1969, and recorded in Book 250 at Page 312 property 

described as follows, to-wit: 

Fraction of Lot no. 192 ot 197 beginning at the 

Northwest corner of Kate Jackson's lot on second 

North Street running East with her line 290 feet 

to an alley, thence North with alley 110 feet to 

the South line of Mrs. Holcomb's South line, thence 

West with her line 290 feet to the Southwest corner 

of her lot on Second North Street, thence South with 

said Street 110 feet to place of beginning, situated 

in Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, being 

a portion of that property which was conveyed to me 

by deeds which are recorded in Book 111 at Page 

602, Book 112 at Page 237 and Book 116 at Page 135 

of the land records in the office of the Chancery 

Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi to which 

deeds reference is hereby made. 

And further described in that survey made by John 

W. Hester, Civil Engineer, dated November 5, 1969 

as follows, to-wit: 

A fraction of Lot 207 in the SWI of the NE+ of 

Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City 

of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, said 

property being further described as follows: 

Starting at the SW corner of Lot 207, proceed 

thence North 28° 40' East for 477.05 feet to the 

point of beginning. From said point of beginning 

proceed thence South 81° 28' East for 86.26 feet, 

thence South 80° 39' East for 43.46 feet, thence 

North 70 00' East for 105.0 feet, thence North 

81° 18' West for 235° 04' feet, thence along the 

East ROW line of North 14th Street to a point which 

lies South 25° 28' West for 117.5 feet, thence 

South 84° 26' East for 142.53 feet to the point of 

beginning. 

WHEREAS, Merill L. Bailey and wife, Ethel N. Bailey, are the record title 

owners of a certain parcel of land situated on the East side of North 14th Street 

and fronting on said street situated immediately to the North of the above de- 

scribed Flora Lynch McLaughlin/E. J. Lacoste,III property and in Section 21, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West in the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi 

which was conveyed to them by Deed recorded in Book 170 at Page 261 of said Land, 

Records and being described as follows, to-wit: 

A 400 by 90 foot lot bounded on the West by a 30 foot 

street and on the South by a 12 foot alley being a part of 

lots 192 and 197 of the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi. 

WHEREAS, James W. Jackson, James R. Jackson, and Paul L. Parker are the 

record title owners of certain parcels of land situated immediately to the 

South and East of the said Flora Lynch McLaughlin property in said Section 

and City of Oxford, which were conveyed to them by Deed recorded in Book 91

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at Page 511 and Book 196 at Page 427 of said Land Records. 

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WHEREAS, the official map and plat of the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, 

Mississippi, in the office of the Mayor of said City designates a 12 foot strip 

of land running East and West between the said McLaughlin/Lacoste and Bailey 

properties as an alley. The same map and plat designates a 15 foot strip of 

land running North and South between the said McLaughlin and Jackson property 

as an alley. Said alleys are unused and unopened and the adjoining property 

owners have claimed the property designated as alleys as their property for a 

period of ten years and more. 

WHEREAS, for the purpose of clarifying the property described herein, a 

copy of the said survey by John Hester, Civil Engineer, of Oxford, Mississippi, 

dated November 5, 1969, is appended hereto and made a part hereof. As a result 

of said survey it was found as follows: 

(1) 

That North 14th Street is inaccurately platted on said official map and 

plat of the City of Oxford, Mississippi; 

(2) 

That there are no signs that an East-West alley-way between the said 

McLaughlin and Bailey property was ever in use; 

(3) 

That there are monuments indicating that a North-South alley-way to the 

East of the said McLaughlin property existed at some time in the past. 

WHEREAS, in order to clarify the description of the McLaughlin Lot and 

establish property corners with certainty, Merill L. Bailey, and wife, Ethel 

N. Bailey, James W. Jackson, James R. Jackson and Paul L. Parker executed Quit- 

claim Deeds to E. J. Lacoste III, said Deeds being recorded in Book 250 at Pages 

125, 313, and 137, which said Deeds used the said Hester survey description. 

WHEREAS, the City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi desires to 

correct the errors appearing in the official map and plat of said City and to 

relinquich any claim the said City may have to the McLaughlin/Lacoste III pro- 

perty in order that the property may be profitably utilized to the mutual benef 

of the owners and the City and to realize additional taxes which will accrue to 

the City. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and $10.00 cash in hand 

paid, the City of Oxford does hereby convey and quitclaim untl E. J. Lacoste II I 

that certain property described as follows, to-wit:

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Fraction of Lot no. 192 or 197 beginning at the Northwest 

corner of Kate Jacksnn's lots on second North Street running 

East with her line 290 feet to an alley, thence North 

with alley 110 feet to the South line, thence West with her 

line 290 feet to the Southwest corner of her lot on Second 

North Street, thence South with said Street 110 feet to 

place of beginning, situated in Section 21, Township 8 South, 

Range 3 West, being a portion of that property which was conveyed 

to me by deeds which are recorded in Book 111 at Page 

602, Book 112 at Page 237 and Book 116 at Page of the land 

records in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette 

County, Mississippi to which deeds reference is hereby made. 

And further described in that survey made by John W. Hester, 

Civil Engineer, dated November 5, 1969 as follows, toir.wit: 

A fraction of Lot 207 in the SW+ of the NE+ of Section 21, 

Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of Oxford, Lafayette 

County, Mississippi, said property being further described as 

follows: 

Starting at the SW corner of Lot 207, proceed thence North 

28° 40' East for 477.05 feet to the point of beginning. 

From said point of beginning proceed thence South 81° 28' 

East for 86.26 feet, thence South 80° 391 East for 43.46 feet, 

thence North 7° 00' East for 105.0 feet, thence North 81° 

18' West for 235° 04' feet, thence along the East ROW line 

of North 14th Street to a point which lies South 25° 28' West 

for 117.5 feet, thence South 84° 26' East for 142.53 feet to 

the point of beginning. 

WITNESS our signature this the day of , 1970. 



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BY( /1,... ,,,c4Kik 

RICHARD' W. ELLIOTT, MAYOR 

HUGH . WILEY, JR., CITY LERK 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority at law in 

and for the State and County aforesaid, RICHARD W. ELLIOTT and HUGH C. WILEY, 

Mayor and City Clerk respectively of the City of Oxford, Mississippi who each 

acknowledged that they signed and delivered the above and foregoing Quitclaim 

Deed on the day and year as therein mentioned and for the purposes as therein 

expressed. For and in the behalf of the City and being duly authorized so to d 

Given under my hand and seal on this the day of 

1970. 


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appointing Ira Lee 

and gas inspector for the City of Oxford. 

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Came on for consideration the matter of the term of Travis King a member 

of the Oxford Municipal Separate School Board expiring on March 1, 1970. Motion 

was made by Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimotsly 

to re-appoint Mr. King to the five year term as a trustee of the Oxford 

Municipal Separate School District; said term ending March 1, 1975. 

The following is a list of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District 

trustees and their tenure of office: 

W. N. Redmond - term expires March 1, 1971 

James S. Downs - term expires March 1, 1972 

W. N. Lovelady - term expires March 1, 1973 

A. T. Bunch - term expires March 1, 1974 

Travis King - term expires March 1, 1975 


unanimously to employ Mrs. Margaret Tatum as a part-time school crossing guard 

at a salary of $100.00 per month; said employment effective as of February 2, 

1970. 

Came on for consideration an application from Henry Orange, Jr. to own 

and operate a private school bus in the City of Oxford. Motion was made by 

Alderman King, seconded by Alderman McLaurin and passed unanimously to grant 

said permit providing proof of insurance is furnished and all fees and privilege 

taxes are paid up to date. 

Motion was made by Alderman Pettis, seconded by Alderman Goolsby and passed 

unanimously authorizing the City Tax Assessor to assess a (5) five acreselot of 

land in Section 13, Township 8, Range 4 to John Morgan on the Oxford Municipal 

Separate School District Tax Rolls for the years 1967, 1968 and 1969; said 

property having escaped assessment these said years. 

Upon the recommendation of Mr. T. H. Landrum, Superintendent of the Electric 

Department, motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Goolsby 

and passed unanimously authorizing the following promotional program for the 

Electric Department: Pay wiring allowances as follows: $5.00 per KW on new 

electric resistance heat; $25.00 per ton on new heat pumps; and $25.00 for installation 

of new electric water heaters. The program was approved for a six 

month duration.

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FOR FENCING FOR THE CITY WATER WELL ON 

SOUTH 16TH STREET. 


Mississippi that it is the intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to pur- 

chase/advertise for fencing for the City Water Well on South 16th Street. 


p. m. on March 3, 1970, then said Mayor and Biard will take final action on 




a whole, and on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis it was 








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bids on fencing for the City Water Well on South 16th Street. 



jANUARYY14, 1970 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF 


TO ACCEPT BIDS ON SHRUBS FOR LANDSCAPING 

THE GROUNDS AT STONE RECREATION CENTER AND 

OXFORD RECREATION CENTER. 

At the January 14, 1970 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen 


intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on shrubs for land- 

scaping the grounds at Stone Recreation Center and Oxford Recreation Center and 

that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford would take final 

action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m. February 3, 1970 in the office of the 

Mayor of the said City.

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Said resolution adopted at the January 14, 1970 meeting as aforesaid, 



i to or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof, 


495 

of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on Shrubs for landscaping grounds 

at Stone Recreation Center and Oxford Recreation Center according to the plans 

and specifications on file in the office of the Mayor of said City. 



section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded 

by Alderman Goolsby it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole, 





ALDERMAN J. C. GOOLSBY * YEA 


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No bids having been received on shrubs for the Recreation Department, 

motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Goolsby to re-adver- 

tise for bids on shrubs for the Recreation Department; said bids to be opened 

at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on March 3, 1970 at 

7:00 p. m. 


this Board do recess until February 11, 1970 at 1:00 p. m.

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RECESS REGULAR MEETING 1:00 P. M. FEBRUARY 11, 1970 

Pursuant to a recess order on February 3, 1970 at 7:00 p. m., the Mayor and 

Board of Aldermen met on February 11, 1970 at 1:00 p. m., in the Mayor and Board 


CITY CLERK 




Ben 'Pettis . Alderman Ward Two 


James N. King- Alderman Ward Four 

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Came on for consideration a request for Mr. R. B. Anderson for assurance 

that the City will provide water and sewer service to his proposed subdivisions * 

Anderson Subdivision No. 1 (inside corporate limits) and Anderson Subdivision 

No. 2 (outside corporate limits). 

After a discussion motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alder. 

man Hannaford, and passed unanimously authorizing the Mayor to write a letter 

giving assurance that the City is committed to furnish both water and sewer 

services to Anderson Subdivision No. 1 and Anderson Subdivision No. 2, provided 

said subdivisions meet all requirements of the City of Oxford Subdivision Regulations. 


this Board do nod adjourn Sine-Die: 

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MAYOR

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