Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1908 — Page 8

Commissioner’s Annual Report. RECIPTS. Balance on hand *.,100- 0Amount from taxes, June ®4.Zzu.Z» Amount from taxes. December 32,045.55 Amount from sale of produce from farm 1.520.80 Amount from sale of miscellaneous 4,188.42 County orders redeemed during year..... $75,538.48 1 Balance of county revenue on hand $91,257.97 $91,257.97 | ?! 3 4; ssr -a. eg c a* - 9 s -a. gg -» c- - 3T*S ■s’ ; FC!iD P r§ 2 -3? ‘-a t’ -8 I » *-«? < s i> = -S? 2. tg? ; 9 *g, ’ St* Sclent “ i I s* ar ch d >1 fuud ::: «*j » *£2 “ • BBSS? I RSUUa . <g>S9B Tm^ipbridgc fund >** *SU 7’ *s'3 72 and congressional interest . 668,13 .«9« 99 47*31 <U U7's ■> Common and congressional principal . . 47 35 > 9»5 93 00 1955 95 I ibrarv fund . . . < b 25 *> <92© 35 *9™ 03 IxtMdur corporation 7° W» >? 4g7» '7 Geneva corporation ** 36 tog 13 Gravel Hoad W 5* 3584 65 7*’ 09 ' Sr^ luna < Hast Washington gravel road ?3S 945 M » >44 Kast Washington extension So. 1 . . * *378 89 Bast Washington extension Ro. » . ng °3 ‘7M 33 z3* 9’ ,01 M Kaat Washington extension No, 3 - 2588 92 3752 or 1218 33 2533 68 gravel road. '9*B 99 3993*227606, 10195; wemwasntugi s tension No , . „« , 5 >5,363 50412 101951 .. - , J 57s Sa 1472 03 541 ’1 93° 92 .:: :: f :: *.«, 5130 «*« 7,113 MHhnr & HuAoa ; ‘‘ .■ «« > ,683 75* _s*4 >’ >79*3 •• a r 66 74 3io* I* 54* o« 25*0 14 .■A®arr & M-oorae I. 111, 5, 4 170632 *3'44 1 1634 97 2226 79 1097 iy 1129 50 .. .. •• 3 6»5 97 1544 8s 724 o? 820 74 ■ftasant YalUj-lhi .*« trovegawel roai 248683 309299 170022 130277 ” , .. jf, ,3,7 y, 10*4 Ot 273 49 U O - 2 5»2 03 1802 40 755 30 lO4T to MbnnWVp. Central arave! road *i 1903 '3 '*B* •*' JM ®5 ™ r .P extension Ko. 1. . 7'3 3# * '3®3 41 1755 5P *2 oa C. F. Bolinger grwel road 94® 00 “"'S 3* ’538 — <9 3* CUim-a Ceylon & Waba-sh tp graval rS -w <n ‘9S7 29 2184 30 t* 01 ex No 1 4°* 1*72 90 I*ll 20 bi 79 „ .. .. •• •• 2 704 30 1294 OS 2318 00 ia,3 <4l & Pwarie<ravel road ’3® 757 51 F» 61 163 10 *■ extension No. 1 . ?S4 43 479 Sb 502 75 22 8e Hir-klmd Township Central raad 37’ 3$ wl7 79> 74 . ’9J 4v Bacwtur 8c Preble, aravel road axis 3* 2*oi 53 ' "'7 1* Srth Preble gravel road IS *® 5* ... ’ 17% 87 3’34 9* ■*• <« | Pleasant Mills gravel read 284 n 593 63 3*7 5 ,J 286 B K«ushwood Colleae gravel road . ... *622 08 1175 °* J 447 °® Wiest Washington extension bM). 5. . . 2801 7* 10 26 MWunat Valiev it Oak Groveex 3 . 4364 70 43b» 70 2 S « C. K Bo!in*<?r extMsioM No. I .... . 4 , 34»0 00 34 2 ° 00 *7 X 2 5 7S B« n <hwoed 1 30800a IttMtostneyer graval raad ..... 4«37 37 * 2 37 37 WV »• *79 74R ®ir-*'trte & Sftkgley oravel rasfti 4835 «• 4-5 35 ?• 7<> 4iß /• It& Preble axteiwkM Na. t fii S7 4211 5; wS 3®* 2 3 4® 2 •• 49*2i oa 4941 00 670 55 4240 R»ushwa»4 “2 . ♦'"2 03 6572 oa ife-Her & Buhlmax >645 11 ” i > 338 v • VWnchester gravel road oa °® 4238 •• as 00 flkmroe Corparatioa 291 32 291 32 ifei 72 13a 20 spacial building >757 .*> *757 5 8 x 757 T* Wwgner & Hus-r gravel roifd .* 4*»2 4" 4«62 47 Itaudexbssii & Hain gravel i-a.iii . 6428 42 642 S 42 2454 70 ikayKolds extension No. 4 4222 57 4222 57 599 Otfeoßeppert extensiwa • 6446 44 44 f 1472 M 8 9- 1 J. A. Cline ... 8a 319 fe. 20 Raetrch tp. extension N 2 faae 4a S 6 * 2 4® iP 4 k <> >0 Wtn. Shoemaker gfrraua! . • 3*5 7? 84° &4° "• . Wst JeffersoK I.* I7<* : 45 93865 Sat 8a Maubh Jeftersox 4** 243,' 42 326$ 97 Pa? faelHirsehy 3.W « 1116 4; 7 8 7 7* &77 fet>Mh.Blue Cre<k 4M w»a4.s Gravel road % 63 Faench township Central gravel rata# *s°* »• 21*1 30 3Ui 8r a*« <*• >• 1 . . 7W9 00 7U 77 <>77 85* '36 92 ►mbwn extensian No. 1 S 2 *! 7* ?t’Cl 3W« Q 4 • 12 5 : 9® Im»uis Worthman gravel road .... 4 !1 4 . 5 2 ®4 4®»9 *i* J 3 HAS Uloses gravel road 3* 7* 13*3 n u 34 Q* I 7 S 12 Chas Ewell gravel road . -•* t 2 5 46 ! 77 2 09 <43 37 Rfeynolds gravel road exteaaaiMi 1 . 3a. 7<4 77 8.5 39 9 s “ “ 3 • I!, l I I 2 5° 2 35* *5 o« Sfca^tiever graval road . . j *• BMae gravel road 7»3 2 4 2 78 9J13 77 36 g» KO. Ee?rs ewtensioa No 4 2 37 37 44«7 n i? 9 74 Ms>rrh St. Marys »•. : . . u? 00 231*60 w. IV*-th Ditch * 2 47 73* 81 Kf 88 a-2 Ditch ? 365 4< s*’ 7 2 Clerb's fund «3 2 7.1 07 22 75 oa ®7 Mrcorder's fund .... I 4« *• <s 2 i < -'*> Barimment En«k)MK>.a* Priwciplta Ic * 7* 303 68 142 52 *1 * I •(••rest ; •« R 3* 20 4* -*• -W »;hck Repaar F«nß I *3l-3 <5 <s’3 <5 *58.3 3'-' 7° *3 »'h Tav ■«* 7* 141 K 3JOI 22 w*». 38 Baar Fuxd . . *4l 4° 6j 69 ronf < iJheriff'A fuai 68 70 4Hb 99 36 45 37 2 ?4 Backet Fees .....’ « 20 00 238 ©a oa 4* •« Baar in towxsiw]i .1 Tl 3° ! 3 2 44 2 44 2 *t 2 Nh ffc'hrote aravel rasa! extasraoa >0 2 . . . | 37*4 isf -*.'s 05 -*3 *i <47< •& — * M DM»U»«MtKT». of ee«Hty agylm f ;.W<s.34 " °»«rt t J. 174.351 . " >r.v » I.9WH “ nbVKht . , w •421.3 V “J»il 3.»».iT '■ •“ i«®»ity s. ..,..*... 117.>0 “ attorney >6 “ highway i»9.3fe “ coiity osteon .• «.*S.I» “ i-MWest ’ 255. W “ brides “ priatiaff 816. “ »»es«ag 3.90€.8H “ coaaty «»«rt ....» <673.9# “ balance oh etoattea ”..... 96. f» “ beiiie w.ini ® “ stationery 2,300.06 “ boari of ne.-wie*v • 395.00 “ benevateikt 131.7 b? ''baari at health ..» Sin.fll “ county superintendaib 4J).dlb • “ institute 100.00 “ clerk of council 500.00 “ rent at orfSae.. 112.50 “ “ burial of soliier 350.00 Cafd coanty orders 10.461.40. Paid interest on caunty orders ®d aid cßwws Paid brick street 1.247.64 Paid change of venue cost l;831.50 Paifl treasurer adding machine , 375.00 * Paid repairs on Geneva roads 199.78 Paid sprinkling streets 50.00 Paid school fund interest 5,000.00 Miscellaneous 3,006.35 CONDITION OF COMMON AND CON E gCHOOL FUND. Amount held in trust by county $64,154.18 Amount since added from fines 725.05 Total amount of common school fund held in trust, to date $64,879.23 Total amount of cong. school fund held In trust to date 23.580.91 e—- — amount common and congl. school fund held in trust to date. 88.460.14 CONDITION OF PERMANENT FUND. Total amount held in trust $ 4,750.58 COUNTY BONDS OUTSTANDING. Oh refunding debt $10,000.00 j On county infirmary 16,009.00 i Total outstanding bonds to date 26,000.00 OUTSTANDING GRAVEL ROAD BONDS. Chas. Ewell G. R $ 4,410.00 E. Washington Twp. Gr. R .- 9,584.88 Decatur & Monroe & Washington Tps 20,608.08 Geneva, Ceylon & Wabash Gravel Rd 17,517.50 Joel Hirschy Gravel Road 6,279.78 Monroe Twp. Gravel Rd 13,829.94 C. E. Bollinger Gravel Rd 12.874.50 Pleasant Valley & O. G. G. R 12,640.86 Peterson & Prairie Gr. R 6.356.00 ’ Kirkland Twp. Central Gr. R 7,192.00 Decatur & Preble Gr. R 7,535.00 West Pleasant Mills Gr. R 1,320.00 Brushwood College Gr. R 3,000.00 West Jefferson Gr. R 7,896.00 South Jefferson Gr. R 6.176.00 Woods Gravel R 8,920.00 N. Blue Creek G. R 7.904.00 N. St. Marys G. R 8,382.00

is. St. Marys G. 9.282.00 'N. Preble G. R E. Washington Ex. No. 1 2 469.01 'E. Wasbingion Ex No. 2.................,..... • • 2.660.<‘( E. Washington Ex. No. 3 ■6.30' 00 l Ed Moses Gr. R. ’. M4b*# West Washington Ex. No. 1- 2.470.00 West Washington No. 2.. 2.856.00 West Washington No. 3 ......................... 2-880.00 West Washington No. 4.. 3.094.00 We»i. Washington No. 5 2.800.09 Decatur & Bluffron Ex. No. 1 ......... 2.470.00 ! Decatur & Bluffton No. 2... 5,600.00 I Decatur & Bluffton Ex. No. 3. 3.168.00 Stiegmeyer G* R 7.380.00 Decatur & Monroe Ex. No. 1-— 3.094.00 Decatur & Monroe Ex. No. 2 5.656.00 Decatur & Monroe Ex. No. 3 3,710.00 Pleasant Valfby & Oak Grove Ex. No. 1. 5.418.00 : Pleasant Valley & Oak Grove E« No. 2 4.320.00 Geneva- Ceylon & Wabash Ex. No. 1 8.960.09 i Geneva, Ceylon & Wabash Ex. No. 2....... 9,264.09 Geneva, Cevlon & Wabash Ex. No. 3..... 8.240.00 i Reynolds Ex. No. 1 2.380'00 . Bieeke Gr’R 8,100-00 I Monroe Tp. Cent. Hk No. 1.... 5,790.00 I. Wqrthmtm Gr. ft ..... 3,904.00 Echrr.e Ex. No. 2 3.972.00 | Peterson & Prairie Ek. No. 1 3.168.00 Jimtowxi Ex. No. 1 T. 296.00 L. O. Bears Ex. No. 2 X 510.00 French Twp. G. R 9.184.00 French Twp. Ba. bio. 1 • .. 8.190.00 ; Reynolds Ek. N«. 3 3.906.00 French Twp. No. 2 ® - 5 282.00 'Root and Preble No. J 3.971.00 Root and Preble No. 2 4.636.00 Reiter and Buhlnwa G B 8 113.00 Monrae Tp. No. 2 5.004.00 Winchester G. R 4.280.00 Otto Reigiert G. R 6.440.00 Raudenbusk «id*Hiaes 01. ‘R 6.420.00 J. A. Cline G. R 8.880.00 Huser and Warner G. R » 4.060.00 lbwnolds No. 4 4-220.00 C. E Ballinger Na. 1 3.420.00 P. V. and O- G. G. Ih .'bo. 3 2.975.00 Wm. Ilacteemeyer G. B 3,933.00 Preble and MagfaM' 4.560.00 Brushwaod No. 1 % 2.907.00 N. St. Marys No. 1 1,962.00 Xa. !> 6.479.00 TiaWk $424,564.54 <WTIX LAVGBLIN I »AVI» Whw ING I COMMISSIONERS wiluaA Seller '

PCTIT-WS SFF€fl<Bß SW of Indeatoa. County »f .Warns, ss: Befoae the Boarsd es Cenwtiissieaers t* the eeuwty of Adams, May Tersi. 19*8. I Tfe the usntessiwed-. ea&h and all ctf wheat are resident fr,eeh«lde»s and vaters of and in. Freneh towaship. in the csuety of A*«ts. and State cf Indiana. do hereby respeet fully petition I your henercble bedy that you proceed t» have a free siaeadotiMzed stone read. • constructed and completed in said French township ever and upM the P-wWic highway situated •» tie? teltawrente, ts-wit: BVSitindng at t-he sMtite'esk cereer ctf She north-west quarter of section twenty-three (23) township twenty-six (26) ne-rth ranger thirteen (13) east la the ceater es the highway which ex- j teeds north a»d so-uth; theace ruaninp : east ewer and wpen the public highway ’ through the center of seetioa twentythree (23) a«d section twenty-four (24) lownship and range atoresate twd ending at the southeast cerreer at the northeast quarter of seetioa twentyfo»r (24) township tw«uty-six (2S) nerth range thirteen (13) eate. That the impro-vtotomt as prayed for is less than three (3) mites in leng.h amH is tn be and is an e«te*tooa of th* French Township Centrad Gravel Rood a free gravel road heretofore coastrwrted and which was voted upon by the voters of said Frewch township. Fate proposed improvement eeeeects ad the coMmeacement thereof with said French Township Central Gravel Shand. ;«ad that at the end er terminus therelof said prepesed read etehs <w the tewush-h-i Itee, beteg the Itee dividing French township amd Skmroe township in sate aeuwty and stare, and said proposed improvement at the end aud te»mtess therenf eoraeeete with an improved hMinwor.- on She teuvn-Anp lirae ateresaid. • Your peMSinnens Juteimc atdt year hnnewa-Me beds ** raid higtiwew abeve dteseribed be guathed t®d j&at broteen stone be started ufspn the grade and ihad upon such broken tonne, that *u-ae be pltfte/T shone screenings and ffedt there be buflt made and constructed up*n said hnghwap wh» i-s laawi as a maeadamized road, and yeur petitioners 'iustber shew that tttte j pulflic highweg- thus saugfat ta be im- ' proved is a putftid iflahvw* 1 ateeady I established. and is one of the public hiKhwupß »f said Frencht tswiiMJ Your petitioners further ask that said road as abqve described be graded tea width of twenty-tee (22) feet and that broken stone be plaaed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center thereof and to a depth of eight (8) inches at the sides thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed theredh to a depth of three (3) inches upon said broken stone. That said road be constructed as a double track that the name of said road shall be French Township Central Extension No. 4. We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams, in the State of Indiana. ! payable in twenty semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment ; of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of said French township in Adams county, Ini diana, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds, as ' they may become due, that said road i be built and that said bonds be Issued : and said tax be levied upon said property of said township in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the State of Indiana, now in force and passed in the year 1905, beginning on page 550 in the acts of 1905. and as amended in the acts of 1907 and all and any other amendments thereto. We further ask that the board take the different steps as required by law and as the law authorizes them to do so to have said improvement constructed and made as they ate authorized to do under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. Jacob Wulliman. Joseph Rich. Louis H. Strain, Jonas Neuensehwander, W. H. Bollinger, Simon Smith, John A. Amstutz, John Rich- Edw Bents, 1. J.

Itewmaa, C. H. Walter, Herman Yake, Aml. Reinhart. John Smith. G. S. Golfe, Lawrence- Butler, Jacob Nehauser, Eckert, Frank Behling. George I. Shirshall. P. D. Roth. Henry* A. Meyer, Ep Kiphfer. Noah Moser, John Jtichte. M. Witzemann. John Siepler, larowel Lochner, Christ Maerchberger. J. Maeschberger. William Fuchs, Jacob P. Klopfenstein. Ferdinand Klickmann, William G. Smith. E. D. Marshand, William Yager, Andrew Mertz. V. D. Bell, jJebn Beeler, Ch. G. Gerber, Noah Schindler, David Schindler, Ed Meshberger, L. D. Miller, John Meshberger. C. I Jacob B. Steiner, John Meuhauser, F. A. Kahler, Jacob Danger, Albert Maker. This petition will be presented to th* Board of Commissioners on IFrttoey,-May 4. 1908, iat which time the taxpayers- of French township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 16-3 t C. D. LEWr,ON, Auditor. FWTITIO4B FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams. May Term, 1908. We., the undersigned, all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Washington township, and Monroe township, in Adams county, State cf IndiM*, petition your honorable body titot you build and construct a free macadamized stone road, on the line dividing said Monrve township and said TV ashington township, said county and state, over and upon the public highway situated on tiie following , ro«te, to-w’t; i Commencing at the southwest corner of section thirty-two (32), township twenty-siven (27) north ranger fowtee* (14) east, at a point where the C. E .Bollinger and West Washington M-acadam roads intersect and connect with each other, running t-henee east on the line dividing sectiezte five (5) and thirty-two (32) and secttons four (4) and thirty-three (33) a«d eadlng at the southeast corner of seation tihrty-three (33) township and itoige aforesaid. Sections five (5) and tour (4) aforesaid are in township twetoy-six (26) north range fourteen (14) east in Monroe township, Adams •ounty. Indiana,, and sections tbirtytw» (32) and thirty-three (33) aforesaid are in Washington township, Adams county, Indiana. That the improvement thus prayed for is less than three miles in length and connects at both ends with a free macadam road connecting at the commencement thereof with the C. E. Bollinger and West Washington Macadam roads and at the end thereof connecting with the Decatur and Monroe Free Macadam road. Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway heretofore described be graded and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and that upon such broken stone that there be placed stone screenings. Y our petitioners further show that the highway thus sought to be improved is a public highway already established and in use and is on the line dividing said Washington and Monroe townships. That the improvement prayed for herein is to be an extension of the West Washington and C. E. Bollinger free macadam roads. Your petitioners further ask that said road as above described be graded to a width cf twenty-four (24) feet and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet, and to a depth of ten (JO) inches in the center thereof, and to a depth of eight (8) Inches at the sides thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth of three (3) inches upon said broken stone. That said road be constructed as a double track, and that the sam- be called the Hendricks Macadam Road Extension. i We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams In the State of Indiana payable in twenty semi-annual install- -

ments or series, and for the of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Aashtngton township, and the City o(Decatur, situated therein and upon Men roe township and the towns of Berne and Monroe, situated therein, all in Adams county. Indiana, in a suffr cient amount to pay the interest and principal cf said bonds as they may become due. .. . That said road be built and that said bonds be issued and: said tax be levied, upon said »xaMe property jrf said Waphfngton townaMp. and said Monroe township, in accordance with the acts ot the legislature of the State of Indiana, passed in the year 1900, beginning on page 550: and as amended in the acts of the legislature ot the State of Indiana, for the year 1907. and now in force providing for the extenswn of free gravel or macadam roads . We further ask that the board take all the necessary steps as is required by law tb have said improvement made and constructed as petitioned for herein, that tho same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said Washington township and safd Monroe township, and that they construct the same, under the laws of the State of Indiana, now in force providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. Monroe township—M. F. Parrish, Daniel Landis. R. L. Shirk. Shelby Ray, J. A. Hendricks. Jonathan Burkhead. A. B. Bailey. J. L. Gross. G. W. Keller, A. N. Keller, J. F. Crist. Wm. L. Keller. Sylvan O. Babcock, Chas. E. Bahner, Z. O. Lewellen. Moses Badders, G. W. Hahn. Joseph Wister, D C. Brandyberry. William Brandyberry. A. R. Brandyberry, J. J. Hafer, "W .S. Smith, N. Wagoner, J-.bn Badders. George Bailey. J. F. Hcoker, H. C. Andrews, C. W. Everhart, O. T. Hendricks. S. E. Lewton. Jacob Baker. Oscar Ehrsom, Fred H. Meyer, F. M. Price. Jacob Miller. Philip Zaugg. John Lobsiger, P. P. Klopfenstine, W. A. Bollinger. Jonathan Andrews, Jacob W. Klopfenstein, J. J. Roth, Paul Girod, Samuel Baker, David Biberstine. Ira Wagoner. Peter Rich, Jacob Dobb, John Bauman. William Gillett, Elias Carpenter, C. E. Bollinger. V. C. Laisure. Henry Hirschy, John T. Martz, L. L. Rupert, L. N. Stahl. H. O. Sterman, J. W. Klopfenstein, A. Q. Durbin. L. L. Sheline. Geo.

H. Martz, R. E. Smith. Washington township—-Michael Miller. W. W. Graham. J. 11. Hahnert, J. S. Johnson, J. B. Corson. J. N. Burkhead. Samuel Post. Guj- Sanders. Lois A. Sanders, L. C. Pease. C .W. Merryman. T. Deen, Jonathan Merryman, Wm. Reppert, Noah H. Johnson. C. T. Lee. Jno. Heimann, Joe H. Andrews, Frederick Hahnert. T. H. Baltzell. Jonas Hoffman, Perry Andrews. S. B. Nelson. C. W. Andrews. L E. Marker, T. H Tablet. James Kirkedall. G. E. McKean. J. M. Anderson, Oil Gay. E. Ehinger, C. S. Niblick, W. H. Niblick, R. K. Erwin. J. C. Sutton. J. R. Coffee, John Baker, John Hessler. Ernest W. Rusch, John Wagoner, Noah Mangold. Eli Engle, Frank Corson. E. F. Gass. J. H. Yager. H. A. Fristoe, H. Hite. Henry Barkley. B. P. Rice, John Everett. J. R. Parrish. Clem Heiderman, Julius Heideman. W. H. Ward, N. A. Loch. J. F. Keifer, J. W. McKean, J. D. Hendricks, Elmer J. Cook. H. Osterman, T. O. Martin, L. A. Graham. This- petition will he presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 4» 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Monroe and Washington townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 16-3 t C. D. LEWTON Auditor. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana. County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, May Term, 1908. We. the undersigned, each and all of whom are legal voters, householders and freeholders of and in the township of Wabash, in the county of Adams, and State of Indiana,do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road constructed and completed in said Wabash township over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of section fifteen (15) in township i twenty-five (25) north range fourteen ■ (14) east running thence east on the section line between sections ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), twelve G 2) and thirteen (13) to the northeast corner of section thirteen (13) township and range . aforesaid and there to terminate, said > road being less than three (3) miles ■ in length. Said road to be knowm as i Extension No 4 of the Geneva. Ceylon and Wabash Township Macadam Road, ■ a free macadam road heretofore constructed and the question of constructing the same was submitted to and vot- ' ed upon by the voters of said Wabash I township. Said proposed improvement ■ connects at the commencement thereof i with the said Geneva, Ceylon and : Wabash Township Free Macadam road and at the eud or terminus thereof t said proposed road end on the town- ■ ship line being the line dividing said - Wabash township and Jefferson town- ’ ship in said county and state, and > said proposed improvement at the end and terminus thereof connects with an improved highway on the township * line aforesaid. Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway t above described be graded and that ■ broken stone be placed upon the grade t“ d “P° n suc b broken stone there ■ be placed stone screenings and that nn™ e = e i? U J.i t J nade and constructed - upon said highway what is known t as a macadamized road. ! ° Ur si? et l t 1 iO v ers fari ' n er show that I PU^t C h ghway thus sought to be ' I 8 3 r. bHc hig bway already i h d , and is one of the public i highways of said Wabash township - Your petitioners further ask that 1 sa.d road as above described be graded to a width of twenty-two (22) feet • t w^ en^ onebß ’»“2 ) . oc to a width of ten (10) feat tn : terX h Of , ten (10) inches to Sen’ ter thereof and to a depth of eight (8)

inches at the sides thereof and th * the crushed stone screenings be r.la h thereon to a depth ot three (3i £,<,[. upon said broken stone That iura ' read be constructed as a double Jact i that the name of said road -han nl ■ the Geneva. Ceylon and Wab» h Tbw7 i snip Macadam Road Extension Ni> 1 We ask that said improvement J paid for hy heads issued by the countv <rf Adam® hr the fetate of I payable in twenty semi-annual instar’ ments or series, and for the payme> of which we ask that a tax ba Jevuij upon the taxable property of <aid Wa I bash township in Adams county h ■Jiana, jn a sufficient amount to pay interest and principal cf said bonds as they become due. that said road be built and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon said nrenerty of said township it, aecor<fe.nce with the acts of thv legislature of the state of Indiana, passed fn the v ear 1905 and amended in the year 190in the acts of the General Assemb’v of the State of Indiana for the v M r 1907. We further ask that the board take the necessary required br law to have said impr<w<-» meni Co[ ;_ strutted and made and that they con? struct the same under and by victim of the laws of the State of Indiana providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. George F. Cook. Jacob Cook Ardon S. Burley. John W. Cook. Wm. F. Fr a _ vel, Henry Chrisman, Samuel X Burkett. William Foiien, Jacob I. Run? kel. Dearick Barkalen. Thomas E Macy, R. B. Kerr. Sam Scldner. c" Biery, W. G. Glancy. Wm Peel. Wm' Sheffter, Peter Bauman. Fred HanniJ William Mann. Jacob T. Burley. Christ Steiner, William Lehman. Lafayette Rape, T. J. Williams Abe Kneuss John Kuntz. J. H. Smith. Michael Engel, Michael Schafer, Alex UtthinJ ger, Henry Eagle, Eldridge Weaver. Nathan Shepherd. J. W. Deitsch. p’ A, Macklin, S. W. Hale, J. A. Anderson. L. L. Mattox, Adam C. Fcrd, S. Cook. D. B. Llntnn, F. M. Ryneanion" J M. Pqase, Adam Cully. P. C. W. W. Briggs. William Speicher, Andrew Idlewine. S. H. Teeple, Barti'meus Boice, John Brown,Jacob Knejss, Ja.wb Halfen, George Aumiller. Peter Aumiller. Daniel Baumgartner. Wm. Farlow, Russel Long, August Husel? man, Fred Mathys. This petition will be presented to

the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 4. 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Wabash township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 16-3 t C. D. LEWTON. Auditor, — o NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION To the Legal Voter* of Monroe Town-j ship, Adams County, Indiana: You are hereby notified that on tbd Fourteenth day of May, 19C8. between the hours of 6 o'clock a. m. and 6 o’clock p. m., of said day, as prescribed by law for holding elec tions at the usual places of holding elections in each of the precincts in said Monroe township, in said county and state. The Board of Commissioners of said county have ordered thal the polls shall be opened and an elec tion held to take the votes of the qualified and legal voters of said town: ship upon the subject of said township, aiding the Fort 'Wayne & Spring field railway company in constructing its railroad in said township, to tht amount of three thousand dollars t< be raised by levying a tax upon th< taxable property of said township ti enable said commissioners to appro priate and donate money to said rail way company, its successors and as signs of that, amount upon conditioi that said railway company construe its said railroad in and through sail township. Such donation to be madi on condition that said railway com paeny shall construct and compleu in said township its said railroad. Sail railroad company to expend in so con structing its said road in said town ship not less than said amount o three thousand dollars. The amoun to be paid to the said company, it successors or assigns under the dona tion aforesaid and the amount so da nated to be payable to said company its successors and assigns upon c >ni pletion of said road and in and fron the city of Decatur, southward to thi Town of Berne in said township a:u upon the terms and conditions requii ed by law. In witness whereof we have hereun to set our hands and caused the sea of the Board of Commissioners of sai Adams county, Indiana, to be affixei this 6th day of April. 1908. MARTIN LAUGHLIN. DAVID WERLING, WILLIAM MILLER. Board of Commissioners of Adams C< C. D. LEWTON. 15-4 t Auditor, Adams C< — o NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, County of Ad&ms.ss In the Adams Circuit Court, Fet Term. 1908. Warren W. McQuistoi Savilla M. McQuiston by Calvin Mi ler their next friend vs. Charles 1 Felty et al. No. 7573. Complaint so partition of real estate. It appearing from affidavit filed > the above entitled clause, that Jess T. Felty of the soove named defei dants is a non-resident of the Stat of Indiana.'' )( Notice is therefore hereby given th said Jesse T. Felty that he be an appear before the Hon. Judge of th Adams Circuit Court on the- 4th da of June, 1908, the same being th 46th Juridical Day If the next reguls term thereof, to be holden at the Coui House in the City of Decatur, con mencing on Monday, rhe 13th day < April, A. D.. 1908, and plead by a swer or demur to said complaint, c the same will be heard and determine in bis absence. . Witness my name, and Seal of sal Court hereto affixed this 2nd day ' April, 1908. JAMES P. HAEFLING, Cleft A. P. Beatty Atty, for plaintiff. 15-