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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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        Sheriff may direct,
Rule 11 There Shall be and is hereby vested in the Chair-
        man of the Board the power to direct and control the
        operations and labor of the Convicts Subject thereto
        and to proscribe the duties of the officers in charge
        thereof So as that no resignation neglect of duty
        or refusal to act upon the part of the regular chosen
        officers shall defeat the regular employment of
        the Convicts according to the contemplations of the
        law and in accordance with the rules herein estab-
        lished. Provided that this authority, which is intend-
        ed to be ample for any emergency Shall not con-
        tinue to be exercised beyond the next regular meeting
        of the Board of the County Commissioners after the
        occasion therefor without their Special warrant be
        given for its continuance

    The Guard in charge of the convicts will make a
        Report the 1st day of each Month except when
        Such first day shall occur on Sunday then upon
        the 2nd day, the number and condition of the tools
        Material &c on hand and the amount and man-
        ner and kind of work done and all other matters
        pertinent thereto.
463 Ordered that the Building on the Jail Lot be
    turned over to the Sheriff by its present occupant
    to be rented and that the Sheriff be required
    instructed to inquire if any rent has been paid
    for it & to whom.
464 Ordered that the account of James B. Dawkins
    for certified copy of resolutions and Rules
    for Government of Convicts for two dollars
    and fifty cents be paid by the County
    Treasurer in United States Currency          $2.50
465 Ordered that W.P. Tompkins Joseph Blake and
    M McCarroll J.S. Martin be appointed road commission-
    ers on Road district Twenty Four vis from Gaines-
    ville to Antiock.
466 Ordered that the clerk notify the Road Com-
    missioners to have the roads in the County worked
    immediately.
467 Ordered that the account of S.F. Roux for
    Irons and Ironing Prisoners for the Sum of twenty
Transcribed by Leslie Frazer 13 February 2006
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