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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
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
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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Hugh C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
John R. Smith - City Engineer
Tom H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept.
After the meeting was called to order the following business was transacted:
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.