The following contracts for convict labor were approved by
the Board and signed in open session: T.P. Barry, agent, 60 1st-class
negroes; John D. Rogers, 50 1st-class negroes; Tom Peoples, 50 1st-class
whites and Mexicans; C.W. Riddick, 50 1st-class negroes; Edwin Wilson,
50 1st-class negroes; Dyer & Bertrand, 50 1st-class negroes; T.W.
House, 60 1st-class negroes; W.T. Watt, 50 1st-class negroes; E.H.
Cunningham & Co., 200 1st-class negroes; C.G. Ellis, 125 1st-class ne-
groes; W.L. Steele, 50 1st-class negroes; M.H. Turner, 75 1st-class
whites and Mexicans; H.D. Lindsey Land & Cattle Co., 75 1st-class
whites and Mexicans; W.J. Terrell and G.W. Harrington, 50 1st-class
negroes; Mrs. D. Eastham, 125 2nd-class whites and Mexicans; W.W.
Watts, 50 1st-class negroes; A.P. Borden, Executor, 50 1st-class ne-
groes; Roach & Hughes, 75 1st-class negroes.

There being no further business on hand, the Board adjourn-
ed sine die.

APPROVED: L.M. Openheimer                                                                              Chairman.

ATTEST:        N.A. Cravens

Secretary.