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MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
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:
Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding
Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large
J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One
Ben Pettis - Alderman Ward Two
J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Ward Three
James N. King - Alderman Ward Four
H. C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk
Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney
John R. Smith - City Engineer
Tom H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept.
James T. Pryor - Manager of Electric Dept.
After the meeting was called to order, the following business was transacted:
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.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford,
Mississippi, acting under the provisions of Chapter 495, Mississippi Laws 1950,
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