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treasury showed balance of $506.05.
12-4-65: [Mostly illegible] It seems that a license was requested by Roberts, possibly to selIspirits. John Huber presented petition signed by majority of voters of Beat 2 "or retailing of spirits and various liquors in less quantities than one gallon in the house known as 'Stanley House/ about two miles north of Gainesville." Board ordered approval.
1-1-66: $135 to be allowed Mary Favre for keeping Rachel Pollard. [Much illegible] County clerk allowed $125 for books.
1-2-66: Special meeting. Bradford, clerk of court, allowed $63 for extra services in 1861 and 1862. Other tavern licenses applied for. [Could it be that such were not allowed during the war?]
3-19-66:	Stewart applied for liquor license. $48 allowed to Attaway for keeping a pauper.
Petition of majority in Beat 5 for liquor license for house known as Saint Louis Exchange in Shieldsboro. Roberts authorized to "change houses," but retain the name "Mulberry house." Roberts allowed additional $8 for removal of jail irons. $88 authorized for books. More Grand Jurors appointed by Beat.
4-2-66:	Adolph Bolanger applied for tavern license. John Montz applied for license to sell liquor in Beat 5 in house known as "Crescent Exchange. Liquor said to be limited to less than one gallon. $184 allowed Murray for "keeping Peter Attaway a pauper." Rates of taxes established for fiscal 1866 as follows: County tax equal to state tax; probate tax 5% of above; special pauper tax and other purposes 50% of state tax.
The last documents are comprised of several pages of small amounts, similar to those mentioned above. The first seems to be a recap, dated April 1865, and shows a balance brought forward of $27,286. The last pages reflect the years 1863 and 1864.
Addendum
Whitfield: The mention of W.A. Whitfield is intriguing. This appears to be the same as the person JFH Claiborne mentioned as living on the bay at the site now referred to as Pine Hills. He called it Belle Fontaine. Other information shows that Whitfield was actually a plantation owner in Harrison County. In the minutes, he is treated as someone living to the north of Gainesville, being an overseer of an area including the swamps around Hobolochitto (Minutes of June 6,1864). It may be that some folks moved north during the war for protection against the Yankees.
Scharff book: There is mention of "Board of Police" on p. 174, but here Scharff equates it to County Board of Supervisors. The era is antebellum, perhaps about 1852, as no reference is given, and it dealt with land pricing, removal of obstacles in Pearl River, and reclaiming swamps.
Another mention is on p. 242, and tells of legislation in 1867 concerning and election to determine the county seat: "There was intense rivalry. Gainesville got the most votes, and the Police Board chose to remain at Gainesville, but the circuit court decided that Shieldsboro had received the majority of 'legal' votes, a wording which suggests irregularities in the voting."
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