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Notice to Bidders
The Board of Trustees of the East Mississippi Regional Library will receive bids from financial institutions until 2:00 p.m. July 7, 2021, to become a depository for funds of the First Regional Library for two years beginning October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2023.
Such depository shall maintain the Library’s checking accounts and/or short-term investment accounts. All bidders shall meet the requirements provided in Section 27-105-305 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated as amended.
Bank branch locations in most Cities/Towns where East Mississippi Regional Library branches are located is desirable. In addition, all bidders shall provide for remote authorization for the electronic transfer of funds.
Sealed Bids should be addressed to:
East Mississippi Regional Library
Attn: Business Manager
116 Water Street
Quitman, MS 39355
The outside envelope containing the bid should be clearly marked with the words:
ATTENTION: BANK BID
The bids shall designate the security to be pledged for said depository. The Board reserves the right to take all bids under consideration and award the bid to the financial institution and or financial institutions proposing the best terms. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any formality.
The bids will be presented to the Board of Trustees for approval at the July 19, 2021 board meeting.
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CAP LOAN PROGRAM
Public Notice
The Board of Supervisors, acting for and on behalf of Clarke County, Mississippi (the “County”) took up for consideration the matter of authorizing and approving a loan on behalf of the County from the Mississippi Development Authority (the "Department") for the purpose of completing capital improvements identified as:
To purchase five new fire trucks.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Governing Body of the County does hereby declare its intention to enter into a loan agreement with the Department in the principal amount not to exceed one million two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars ($1,250,000) for the purpose of completing the capital improvements identified above.
Section 2. The Loan will be secured by a Note executed and delivered by the County to the Department. Failure of the County to meet its repayment obligations shall result in the forfeiture of sales tax allocation or homestead exemption reimbursement in an amount sufficient to repay obligations due until such time as the indebtedness has been discharged or arrangements to discharge such indebtedness satisfactory to the Department have been made.
Section 3. The Governing Body proposes to authorize and approve the Loan from the Department in the amount and for the aforesaid purposes at a meeting of the Governing Body to be held at its regular meeting place at the Board of Supervisors room in Quitman, Mississippi at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on the 5th day of July 2021, or at some meeting held subsequent thereto. This date assigned to authorize and approve the aforementioned loan documents has been set to meet program requirements which mandate that four public notices be issued prior to loan closing. This will allow sufficient time for public comments.
The motion having received the foregoing vote of the Governing Body, the President declared the motion carried and the Resolution adopted, on this the 10th day of May, 2021.
Paul Mosley
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
(SEAL)
Angie Gibbs
CLERK
0610, 0617, 0624, 0701
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ILA DOWNS, DECEASED
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 21-103-CS
LINDA ROLISON, PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having been issued and granted by the Chancery Court of Clarke County, Mississippi, to LINDA ROLISON, as Administratrix of the Estate of ILA DOWNS deceased, on the 28th day of May, 2021 in the above entitled and numbered cause, all persons having claims against said estate of the said ILA DOWNS, deceased, are hereby notified and directed to have the same probated and registered with the clerk of said Court within ninety (90) days after this date, the date of the first publication of this notice, or the same will be forever barred.
THIS the 4th day of June, 2021.
LINDA ROLISON, Administratrix
JOSHUA B. TRAXLER
123 Main Street
Quitman, MS 39355
Telephone 601-776-9159
Fax: 601-776-4528
State Bar No. 101915
Attorney for Linda Rolison
0610, 0617, 0624
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES GLEN SMITH, DECEASED
MARSHA SMITH SHUMACK, ALLEN DANIEL SMITH, VICTORIA SMITH AND JASON SMITH
PETITIONERS
CAUSE NO.: 20-169 (S)
V.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JAMES GLEN SMITH, JR.
RESPONDENT
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: The Unknown Heirs-at-law of JAMES GLEN SMITH, JR., Deceased,
You have been made a defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner, Marsha Smith Shumack, Administratrix of the Estate of James Glen Smith, Jr., deceased, seeking to Determine the Heirship of James Glen Smith, Jr., deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 8:45 o’clock a.m. on the 21st day of July, 2021, in the Chancery Courtroom of the Clarke County Courthouse at Quitman, Mississippi and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire. If you do file an answer, you must file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT, THIS THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 2021.
(SEAL)
ANGIE CHISHOLM-GIBBS
Chancery Clerk of Clarke County, Mississippi
BY: Ellen Allen, D.C.
0610, 0617, 0624
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
THE ESTATE OF DORA TAYLOR, DECEASED
CAUSE NO.: 20-0083S
DORA COLLINS, PETITIONER
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Known and Unknown Creditors of DORA TAYLOR
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
THE COMPLAINT OR PETITION WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS SUMMONS IS IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint or petition at 8:45 O’Clock a.m. on the 29th day of June 2021, before the Honorable Judge Smith in the Courtroom of the Clarke County Courthouse located at 101 S Archusa Ave, Quitman, MS 39355.
If you fail to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the attached pleadings. You are not required to file an answer or other responsive pleading but you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 17th day of May, 2021.
Chancery Court Clerk of Clarke County
P.O. Box 689
Quitman, MS 39355
By: Brianna Underwood, DC
Presented By:
SHAKITA L. TAYLOR (MSB#103446)
PO Box 15783
Hattiesburg, MS 39404
Phone: (662) 516-5537
0603, 0610, 0617
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BENNY JOE POPE, DECEASED
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 21-075-CS
VS ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
BENNY JOE POPE, DECEASED
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION ON MOTION TO DETERMINE HEIRS OF BENNY JOE POPE, DECEASED
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF CLARKE
To: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BENNY JOE POPE, DECEASED
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in the Chancery Court by James Pope, Administrator of the Estate of Benny Joe Pope, Deceased, to determine the heirs of Benny Joe Pope.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said Motion to Determine Heirs at 8:45 A.M. on the 7th day of July, 2021, in the courtroom of the Clarke County Courthouse in Quitman, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the Motion.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you must contact Traxler Law Office immediately if you are a heir of Benny Joe Pope, Deceased.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 1st day of June, 2021.
ANGIE GIBBS, CHANCERY CLERK OF CLARKE COUNTY, MS
BY: ______, D.C.
SUBMITTED BY:
JOSHUA B. TRAXLER
123 MAIN STREET
QUITMAN, MS 39355
TELEPHONE 601-776-9159
FAX- 601-776-4528
MS STATE BAR NO. 101915
Attorney for James Pope
0610, 0617, 0624
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IN THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
RE: PETITION OF JUNCTION CITY OIL COMPANY FOR EXTENSION OF INACTIVE WELL STATUS UNDER STATEWIDE RULE 28 FOR CERTAIN WELLS IN JUNCTION CITY FIELD, CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
DOCKET NO. 112-2021-D
PUBLIC NOTICE
Please take notice that the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board, at its regular meeting to be held Wednesday, July 21, 2021, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Hearing Room, Suite E, 500 Greymont, Jackson, Mississippi, will hear the Petition of Junction City Oil Company, to extend the inactive well status for a period of not less than one (1) year for certain wells in the Junction City Field, Clarke County, Mississippi, as follows:
Mayo-Reily #1A - API#23023002170000
R.C. Love #1 - API#23023002450000
R.C. Love #1A - API#23023204340000
Gaston #1 - API#23023003340000
Longbell Petroleum Company #1 - API#23023204350000
West Ellis Paper 32-4 - API#23023204450000
Longbell Petroleum Company #2 - API#23023204550000
West Ellis IPCO #2 - API#23023204710000
Pearl E. Stark #1 - API#23023000620000
Margaret O’Harrow #2 - API#23023002990000
Longbell 30-9 - API#23023003350001
Kirkland #1 - API#23023204510000
Longbell Petroleum #2 - API#23023205680000
Land #1 - API#23023205760000
O’Harrow #2 - API#23023208070000
Longbell Petroleum #1 - API#23023002520000
Miller 1-A - API#23023205790000
Harris Mayo Unit #1 - API#23023002470000
A copy of the Petition is on file at the offices of the State Oil and Gas Board, Suite E, 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi and may be there examined by any persons interested. At said hearing, all interested persons may appear and be heard.
If you intend to contest the docket or request a continuance, you must notify the Board and the Petitioner’s Attorney of your intention in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Failure to so notify the Board and Petitioner’s Attorney shall be a waiver of your right to contest or request continuance.
You are advised the Board may adopt orders concerning a Petition which may differ from the relief requested by the Petitioner and Board will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in accordance with the evidence presented.
Dated this the, 28th day of May, 2021.
MISSISSIPPI STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD
By: /s/Jeff S. New
Jeff S. New
Executive Director State Oil and Gas Board
George E. Gillespie, Jr., Bar No. 4846
Condominium Unit 23
25773 Canal Road
Orange Beach, AL 36561
Telephone: 601.310.7700
Attorney for Petitioner
Junction City Oil Company
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