Arthur v. adam

Citations

• 49 Miss. 404

Syllabus

<p>1. Boaed of Supeuvisobs — Poweb to Pat Accounts. — The board of supervisors of Warren county, at the March term, 1871, ordered the payment of an account of $2,000.00, in favor of Adam & Speed for professional services, and at the April term, 1871, the hoard rescinded the order. HeW: That the order allowing the claim was a judgment, and valid until reversed by an appellate court.</p> <p>2. Same — Signing Minutes. — The statute requires the reading and signing of the minutes of the hoard; this statute is merely directory, but it should be scrupulously observed, and the omission to do so, though it may indicate, perhaps, carelessness, if not incapacity, does not, however, affect the validity of the proceedings.</p> <p>8. Same — Poweb to Employ CouNsel. — The Code of 1857, art. 85, p. 420, gives power to the board, at their discretion, to employ counsel in all civil cases in which the county is interested, and to pay such counsel out of the county treasury; and art. 52,p. 419, enacts that “all demands and accounts against the county shall be audited and allowed, on due proof, in term time; and any account allowed by the board, in whole or in part, shall be filed and preserved by the clerk,” etc.</p>