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Several payments approves, the largest being to Calhoun in the amount of $600 for 15 months of "keeping and maintaining D.S. Brush." Payments of $2 and $4 approved for 38 individuals, listed by name and code letters, similar to above, but this time broken down by Beat number.
11-7-64: Finance reports made, showing $18,047 in relief fund, $370 in county funds, and $87 in probate funds. Mary Favre again allowed funds for Rachel Pollard, this time in amount of $110. Commissioners for destitute families allowed $13,786 out ofrelief fund. D.W. Johnston, assessor, made "returns of the assessments of his county for the year 1864."
I-2-65:	George Holloman now president. Board ordered that future meetings be at Smith's school house, seven miles above Gainesville. Commissioner Jacob Seals allowed $500 out of relief funds; another, illegible, given $1,000 out of fund. Roberts allowed $15 for removal of jail irons. Johnston given $90 for making out assessment rolls and stationery.
3-6-65:	Meeting held at "Jourdan's Smiths School House [sic]." Future meetings were to be at court house in Gainesville. Sheriff ordered to hold election for one county surveyor, one member of Board of Police for Beat 5, Justices of Peace, and one constable. [This is first specific indication that members of board are elected.]
4-3-65:	John V. Toulme now a member of the board. Wm. Poitevent appointed overseer of the poor for Beat 2. Henry Carre appointed overseer of the River Road from Napoleon to Gainseville; "hands" include J.V. Favre, two Murphys and others. Twenty persons are appointed "Grand jurors to serve at next term of Circuit Court." Payments in amounts of $2 and $4 allowed to twenty persons. Samuel Jones allowed $150 for booksand stationery. J.J. Bradford allowed $200 "for stationery furnished during his term in office." Board ordered a rescission of commission of Jas. McGee, who was replaced by Stewart, who was then allowed $1,000 out of relief fund.
8-7-65: Henry Weston appointed overseer of road from Pearlington to Napoleon "with all hands in Pearlington and all other hands liable to work said road." Other new overseers were Russ, Holloman, Randall, Stockstill, Necaise, Seals, McGee, and Byrd.
10-9-65: Amos Seal appointed overseer from the fork above the swamp to Hog Pen branch, including nine hands named Seal, plus Nathan Seal, negro. Wheat also named overseer, to cover inside road from the three bridges in Hobolochitto swamp to Black Creek; Wise to be overseer of inside road from Black Creek to Henly old place.
10-16-65: Following members elect appeared and produced credentials: Martin, Toulme, Holloman, Smith and Ladner. (Note: this is only one week after last meeting.) Martin then reelected. John Poitevent was made sheriff. Johnston, Randall, and Johnson were appointed commissioners "to let out and superintend such repairs as may be required to be done on the Court house at Gainesville and report the same to the board." Ezra Carver and John Long were made commissioners of the
Shieldsboro area involving the bay road and the 8th mile post to the west end of Ravine Favre.
II-8-65:	List of persons to be "Grand Jurors to serve special term of the court." Listed by Beat number. Motion was made to take John Brush off the list of paupers. John Calhoun given $10 "for keeping J. S. Brush a pauper of this court," in addition to $271. John Moore allowed $6 for making a coffin for Rachel Pollard, pauper. Many new overseers were appointed, including LF Russ on the inside Shieldsboro road leading from Pearlington; hands named include Narcis (Black Boy) and JFH Claiborne, "and all his hands in his employ." In each case, a clear description is given to outline the areas. A special election was called to elect a coroner. Substitutions were made for the commissioners to repair the court house, and given instruction "to advertise forproposals [be] made to them in sufficient time to have the court house repaired by the meeting of the next court." They were further allowed to contract in the best interest of the county; it was stated that the "first Moneys received in the treasury will be applied to defray the expenses necessary for the repairs of the Court house and Jail." Report of