Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1910 — Page 8

VJ;; .■ •' II u v 7 h MWiS-U -. V' : ‘ • , t-J" , ' — NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND* v***"”* - ** Auditor’s Office, Adams Ceunty, Indiana. Notice is hereby given, uiat, pursuant to the Statute in each case made and provided, the undersigned, H. S. Michaud auditor of the county of Adams, in the State of Indiana, will on Monday, the 28th day of March, 1910, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m., and 4 o’clock p. m., of said day offer for sale at public auction and outcry, to the highest bidder, at the door of the Court House in the City of Deoatur, in the County of Adams, aforesaid, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following; real estate situated in said county to-wit: Thirty-nine and onehalf (39%) feet off the west end of ihlot number twenty-eight (28) in the town of Decatur, Adams (County, State »f Indiana, commencing at the northwest corner of said tot, thence east along the north side of said lot thirtynine and one-half (39%) feet; thence south sixty-six (66) feet; thence west thirty-nine and one-half (39%) feet to the southwest corner of said lot; thence north sixty-six (66) feet to the place of beginning, all in Adams county, Indiana and in case the rents and profits aforesaid fail to bring the amount demanded to satisfy principal, interest, damages and costs, together with all accruing costs upon a mortgage executed by H. S. Porter, Mrs. Emma Porter, his wife, on the 14th cay of November, 1903, in favor of the rtate of Indiana, for the use of the Common and Congressional School Fund for the payment of fournteen hundred dollars School Funds borrowed by said H. S. Porter, with interest according to law. I will at the same time and place, and in like manner as aforesaid, offer for sale at public auction and outcry to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the fee- simple, or all the right, title, Interest and estate of said H. S. Porter and Mrs. Emma Porter in and to said real estate, at the date of said mortgage, or so much and such part thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the principal, interest, damages and costs, and accruing costs due upon said mortgage, in favor- of said State of Indiana. The amount now due upon said mortgage as shown Dy the records id this office are as follows, to-wit: Amount of principal ..$1400.00 Amount of 2 per cent damages 32.16 Amount of interest 207.81 Amount of costs .. 17.00 Total amount due on said mortgage $1656.97 H. S. MICHAUD, 9t3 Auditor Adams County. - NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND MORTGAGED TO SCHOOL FUND. j Auditor’s Office, Adams County, Indiana. Notice is hereby given, that, pursuant to the statute in each case made and provided, the undersigned, H. S. Michaud, Auditor of the County of Adams in the State of Indiana, will on Monday, the 28th Day of March, 1910, betwen the hours of 10 o’clock a. m., and 4 o’clock p. m., of said day offer for sale at Public Auction and outcry, to the highest bidder, at the door of the Court House, in the City of Decatur, In the county of Adams, aforesaid, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following real estate situated In said County, to-wit: The south one-half of the following described real estate to-wit: Commencing at the center of the public highway which is two hundred ninety-five (295) west of the southeast corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of section three (3) township twenty-seven (27), north range fourteen (14) east; thence running west twenty (20) rods and seventeen (17) links to the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad, known also as the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad; thence north along the line of said railroad one hundred and fOrtythree (143) feet; thence east parallel with the line of said section about twenty-four (24) feet to the center of the public highway on the east side thereof; thence in a southwesterly direction in the center of said public highway to the place of beginning, and in case the rents and profits aforesaid fail to bring the amount demanded to satisfy principal, interest, damages and costs, together with all accruing costs upon a mortgage executed by Jacob O. Ruston and Rhoda Huston his wife, on the 13th day of January, 1903. in favor of the State of Indiana, for the use of the Common and Congressional School Fund for the payment of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars School i Funds borrowed by said Jacob O. | Huston with interest according to law. I will at the same time and place, and in like manner as aforesaid, off er. for sale at public auction and outcry to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the'fee simple, or all the right, title, interest and estate of said Jacob O. Huston and Rhoda Huston in and to said Real Estate at the date of | said mortgage, or so much and such part thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the principal, interest, damages and costs, and accruing costs due upon said mortgage, in favor of said State of Indiana. The amount now due upon said mortgage as shown by the Records in this Office are as follows, to-wit: Amount of Principal <..5150.00 Amount of interest 46.87 Amount of 2 per cent damages 3.94 Amount of costs 17.00 Total amount due on said mortgage $.217.81 » H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor Adams County, Indiana. 9t3 .—, o — NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss. In the Adams Circuit Court, February Term, 1910. Zerah O. Lewellen vs. Mary Ann Everhart et al. . No. 7916. Complaint to quiet title to real estate. It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Ell Wagoner Julia Wagoner, Andrew J — Everhart, Nancy Jane Everhart, Ottli

I ■ I Everhart, Lucy Everhart, wife of Otis Everhart whose true Christian name is ’ to the plaintiff unknown, Louisa Ever.hart, Edwin McCreary, Emma McI Creary, Edward K. Ray, Iva Ray, i Samuel J. Shepherd, George W. ; Higgins, whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, Alice Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, wife of George W. Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown. I All the unknow* heirs of George W. Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, deceased; all the unknown heirs of Alice Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown wife of George W. Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, deceased of the above named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said EU Wagoner, Julia Wagoner, Andrew J. Everhart, Nancy Jane Everhart, Ottis Everhart, Lucy Everhart, wife of Ottis Everhart whose true christen name is to the plaintiff unknown, Louisa Everhart, Emma McCreary, Edwin McCreary, Edward K. Ray, Iva Ray, Samuel J. Shepherd, George W. Higgins whose true Cnristian name is to the plaintiff unknown, Alice Higgins whose tfue Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, wife of George W. Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, All the unknown heirs of George W. Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, deceased; all the unknown heirs of Alice Higgins whose true Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, wife of George W. Higgins, whose true Christian name is unknown, deceased, that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 18th day of April, 1910, the same being the 7th Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the Court House In the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the llui day of April, A. D., 1910, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my name, and the seal of said Court hereto affixed, this 23rd day of February, 1910. JAMES r. HAEFLING, Clerk. (Seal) Heller, Sutton & Heller, Attorneys for plaintiff. St 3 ————— “♦ - 1 111 APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of William H. Kirchner, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent OTTO D. BIEBERICH, Administrator. Peterson & Moran, Attorneys. Feb. 26, 1910. 9t3 o - NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTINQ. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Monroe township in said county known as the G. K. Martz Macadam road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, April 4, 1910, at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the con- ' struction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s ' office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder If awarded the contract therefor will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will * be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer 1 in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law; Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. 10t3 o NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Monroe township In said county known as the C. C. Beer Macadam road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m., on I Monday, April 4, 1910, at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of ' Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance | with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, J which are now on file in the Auditor’s I office of said county, said road to be > built of crushed stone alone. ' A bond must accompany each bid I in twice the amount of the bld filed, ) conditioned for faithful performance -of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will L complete the same according to such contract and In accordance with the bid filed. All blds shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer I- in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the l- funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law, r- Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. e The Board of Commissioners rjeserve the right to reject any and all n blds. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, * l Adams County, Indiana. 1.1 The successful bidder w_lll be re- ■ quired to furnish, pay and make up

meat 10t3 O’ — NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive blds for the construction of a macadamized road in Root township in said county, known as the Magley Macadam road, up and until 10 o'clock a. m., on » Monday, April 4, 1910 ' at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. ” A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any'and all blds. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adorns County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement 10t3 O" ' 1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in -Kirkland and French townshipe in said county known as the William Adler Macadam road, up to and until 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, April 4, 1910 at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications apd report of the' Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bld In twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned for faithful perfbrinance of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bld filed. All bids shall be made so as* to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for casn, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of ( the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County, Indiana., The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. 10t3 O ■ '-"y,' ,■?;7.7 NOTICE OF RECEIVING 81 08. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, for the use of the Board, of turn-pike directors of said county of the State of Indiana, will on . Z z March 21, 1910, and until 10 o’clock a. m. of said day receive sealed blds for the furnishing of five road drags, according to specifications heretofore adopted and filed in the auditor’s office of said county. No bld will be received or entertained unless accompanied by the affidavit required by law. ~' Each bid shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond made payable to the State of Indiana as provided by law governing the receiving and filing of bids with the Board of Commissioners for county supplies. Each bidder shall submit with his bid drawings or descriptions of said road drags so proposed to be furnished. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all blds. MARTIN LAUGHLIN, HENRY ZWICK, JAMES A. HENDRICKS, Board of Commissioners, Adams County, Indiana. Attest: H. S. Michaud, Auditor. o - 1 — > ’ CINCINNATI, RICHMOND A FORT WAYNE RAILROAD COMPANY. Richmond, Ind., Mar. 16, 1910. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad Company will be held at the principal offices of the company In the city of Richmond, Indiana, on Thursday, April 7, 1910, at 9:30 o’ clock a. m., for for the purpose of electing eleven directors and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. S. B. LIGGETT, Secretary. i—o——I—APPOINTMENT OF ADMINI& ♦. TRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Lydia Bowers, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. SIMON J. BOWERS, Administrator. Hooper & Lenhart, Attorneys. March 7, 1910. 10t8 1 O NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Jesse Butler, deceased, to appear in the Adams

[circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the Ist day of April, 1910, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and reH&jwe their distributive shares. . ALBERT A. BUTLER, Administrator. Decatur, md., March 8,1910. C. L. Walters, Attorney. 10t3 ' 1 -— o NOTICE. To the City of Decatur, Indiana, and the citizens thereof, and to those to whom it may concern; You are each hereby notified that the undersigned have filed in the Adams Circuit Court, of Adams County, Indiana, a petition for the vacation of that portion of Market street in said city of Decatur, Indiana, described as follows: Commencing on the west side of said Market street, at the northeast corner of in-lot number three hundred thirty (330) in the Southern addition to the town (now city) of Decatur, Indiana, an<l at the south side of Adams street in said city, then running southeasterly along the west side of paid Markest street to the southeast corner ,of in-lot number three hundred twenty-, four (324) at the north side of Rugg street in said city, thence in a north easterly direction parallel with and along the north side of Rugg street forty (40) feet, thence In a northwesterly direction parallel with and forty (40) feet from the west side of said Market street to the south line qf Adams street in said city, thence southwesterly, along the south line of said Adams street forty (40) feet to the place es beginning. Said proposed vacation will affect the following described real estate: In-lot number 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 310, 311, and out-lot number 9 in the Southern addition to the town (now city) of Decatur Adams county, Indiana. Yop are further notified that said petition will be heard In said Adams circuit court by the Honorable Judge thereof at the court house in said City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, on Monday, the 21st day of March, 1910, at 9 o'clock a. m. HENRY F. LINN. NORA LINN. > F. V. MILLS. MARY C. MILLS. ADA H. SIMCOKE. B. J. SMITH, Administrator. WILSON H. LEE. CHARLES F. STEELE, . OSCAR HUFFMAN, Trustees First Presbyterian Church MARY J. NIBtICK. Arthur d. suttles. DALLAS BUTLER! —j. NOTICE OF RECEIVING BIDS. Notice is heteby given that the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, In the state of Indiana, will on t , Monday, April 4, 1910, and, up until. 10 o’clock a. m. of said day, receive sealed blds for the furnishing of all material and labor necessary for the construction of the following Bridges, Arches and Abutments, for the use of said county, towit: Bollinger Cemetery bridge, with concreate abutments and additional steel for the 12x16 foot bridge now on ground; Concrete bridge known as Cowen bridge in, St. Marys township; Alfred Ayers bridge, with concrete floor and abutments, in Blue Creek township; Painter Bridge with concrete floor and abutments in Jefferson township; J. W. Shifferly concrete bridge on Union and St. Marys township line; Mattie Young and abutments in Blue Creek township; D. C. Neuenschwander bridge, one-half mile east of Berne, in Monroe township; Chris Hirschy concrete bridge three and one-half miles west of Berne, on Hartford and French township line. Also repairs on the following: The Shoaf bridge in Kirkland township: repairs oh the galvanized iron pipe railing on top of the concrete banisters on the Linn Grove Wabash river bridge; repairs on the 40x16 three span Frejjihelm bridge in Preble township. , x No bid will be received or entertained by said board unless such bid is accompanied by an affidavit such as is now required by law governing, bids for bridges. Each bid must be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond, equal to the amount of the bld, made payable to the State of Indiana, signed by at least two freehold sureties, residents* of the county, or by a properly outhorized and qualified bonding or surety company; which bond shall guarantee the faithful performance and execution of the work so bld for, in case the same is awarded, and that the contractor shall promptly pay all debts incurred by him in the prosecution of such work, including labor, materials furnished, and for boarding the laborers thereon. Any one desiring to submit plans and specifications for competition at the same letting may do so by filing the same with the county auditor of said county not less than ten days before the said date of letIf any such plans, and specifications so submitted include the use of any patented device or of any article controlled by a monopoly, the specifications shall be accompanied by a statement of the terms upon which such device or article may be,,used or obtained. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. MARTIN LAUGHLIN, HENRY ZWICK, JAMES A. HENDRICKS . Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana. Attest: H. S. Michaud, Auditor. 10t2 a Among those from this city who attended the MMonlc meeting at Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon or last evening were C. R. Dunn, Lewis Falk, H. L. Conter, John Peterson, D. M. Hensley, C. Ernst, E. B. Adams, Will Schrock, J. T. Meyers, Lewis Falk, Dr. E, G. Coverdale, O. L. Vance, W. L. | L©hne. r < \

' o f AAdaßmßA?s:a R m 8 A ?s: I Before the Board of Commissioners | ' of the County of Adams, April Term, 1910. I To the Honorable Board of Cimmlssioners of Adams County, Indiana: We, the undersigned, each and ail of whom are resident freeholders and voters of St. Marys Township, Adams County, Indiana, respectfully petition your honorable body and ask that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road in said Township, l over and upon the public highway slti uated in the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast cor- : ner of the northeast quarter of Sec- . tion 5, Township 27, North Range 15 , East, thence running south between . the south half of Section 4 and 5, and Sections 8 and 9, and Sections 16 and 17, Township and Range aforesaid and terminating about 80 rods south of the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the Section 17, Township and Range aforesaid. Your petitioners aver and say that the improvement proyed for is less; than three miles in length, connects at both ends with a free macadam road tn said Township, and- that a United States Rural Mail Route passes , over the Highway sought herein to be improved. Your petitioners further aver and say that the highway herein sought to be improved is a public highway already established and in use and is one of the public highways of said St Marys township. a Your petitioners ask yous honorable body that the said highway above described, be adralned and graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screenings, and that this improvement be made exclusive of crushed stone and screenings. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be improved to the width to which it is now established, that being about 40 feet and that said highway above described be graded to a width of twentyfour (24) feet, and that broken atone be placed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet, and to a depth of eight (8) inches at the sides thereof, and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center , thereof, and that crushed stone be placed thereon to a depth of four, (4) inches upon such broken stone, and that said improvement be made a double track and that the name of the same be the A. Shaffer Macadam Road. j - ' That to pay for said improvement we ask that the bond be 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 tSk . be levied upon the taxable property of said St. Marys township in a sufficient amount to pay the interest arid principal of said bonds as they become due. That said improvement be made and constructed, and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said Township, ! and said situated therein, in accord-' ance with the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, passed in the year 1905, beginning on pag* 550 and as amended in the Acts of 1907 and as amended in the Acts of 1909 for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads and all amendments thereto. We further ask the Board to take all Os the necessary steps as is required by law to have said improvement constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said St. Marys Township, and that' the Board 1 Construct the same under the Laws of the State of Indiana, providing for , the. extension of free gravel end macamam roads. . ' - ? Respectfully submitted, A Shaffer, Mel Davis, J. R. Moser, Chas. Moser, J. F. Jones, A W. Gulick, C. P. Mathewson; Jesse Koos, J. R. Smitley, Henry Ehresman, Geo. A. Bunner, John W. Thatcher, Oscar Brothers, Clarence Chronister, Louis Bentz, Floyd Death, Chas.> Melchl, Henry Colter, Kit Cowan, Clyde Death, J. L. Chronister, Eugene Bun- . ner, Edward Koos, Alfred Daniels, Clark Hindenlang, Bert Melchi, Albert Chronister, Isaac Rash, Joseph Bentz, William Rash, William Ehresman, W. E. Falk, Edward S. Arnold, John - Brothers, Harvey Brodbeck, Irwin Shaffer, William H. Bunner, E. F. Harris, Henry R. Harris, Clifford Death, James E. Heath, William J. Heath, W. R. Banks, Washington Kern, A. M. Bowen, Davis Dailey, Thomas D. ' Kern, Orlando Springjey, S. T. Welker, Levi Shaffer, R. T. Smith, William Swing, John Spangler, Richard Harris, James M. Archbold, warren Jones, W. P. Johnson, B. R. Stiverson, G. W. Ray, W. H. Teeple, W. H. Brodbeck, J. W. Brodbeck, George Koos, Chester ; L. Marsh, Jason’ Hobbs, Dorwin Drake, Ezekiel Troutner, C. W. Brodbeck, Ben Shell, Jaeob Heath, William Chronister, Samuel Helm, D. A. Helm, John H. Helm, Howard Mauller, George Gay, James W. Cowen, E. W. , Jackson, Fred Gies, OH Gaunt, L. Gaunt, W. Swigard, S. Fraster, William Miller, Isaac Smith, C. H. Snitz, Otis E. Shifferly, William Olfather, C. P. Troutner, L. L. Troutner, James S. Harmon, Ben S. Colter, E. W. Dailey, John Rash, Levi Troutner, Hugh Daniels, H. M. Daniels, John S. Falk, Frederick Hilpert, W. F. Hilpert, J. T. Dailey, A. Shell, Jacob Shell, John H. Barrone, W. H. Alexander, Fred Hil-f ton, Philip Koos, J. W. Vizard, Ela France, A. A. Roebuck, G. W. Barnett, ■ William Custer, Joel Roe, A. M. Mauller, A. M. Fuller, Leroy Place, O. S. Fortney* William Armstrong, B. Fort-1 ney, D. B. Roop, Gabriel Everett, O. J. I Siman, Sanford Carter, Frank Mas1 ters, Charley E. Mumma, N.- B. Mathews, James R. Boyer, Steve Longen- ’ berger, James W. Watkins, W. A. Co- j mer, W. H. Martz, George F. Steele, ■ ,A.N. Acker, A. F. Acker, J. W. Hill, . David Archer, Daniel Marshane, Philip ' Gephart, Marcellus Davison, H. L. t Warner, Joe Blayney, J. H. Steele, R. C. Boyd, Hanez Daniels, L. D. ’ Brown, Walter Brown, U. S. Drum- . mond, W. M. Non, W. W. Smith, E. I Mcßous, J. D. Winans, -Clay Green, Jonas Fisher, Al Ross, R. A. Andrews, ’ Roy McDaniel, A. J. Porter, Israel ■ Bender, E. F. Miller, Clyde D; Wolf,' Tbo.. 8. a. M. Sypher,..

I Henry A. Tindall, John I Blaster, Frank Bauserman, J. N. Acker, H. M. Mathewson, George La Da- . vis, Asa McMillen, D. C. John W. Dague sf., B. B. Winans, Albert Boner, W- F. Beery, John Noll. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners oh Monday, April 4, 1910. at which time the taxpayers of St. Marys Township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for.- t; . Ilt3 H. S, MICHAUD, Auditor. 1 111 PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. State of Indiana, county of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams, April Term, 1910. To the . Honorable Board of Cimmissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We, the undersigned petitioners, freeholders and voters of Hartford township in the county of Adams and State of Indiana; respectfully petition your honorable body to cause a double track crushed stone road to be built and constructed on, along- and over the following described route, towlt: Commencing at the northwest cor- , ner of the northeast quarter of section fifteen, in township twenty-five north; of range thirteen east, in th A county of Adams and state of Indiana, on the east side of the macadamized public highway running north and south on the half section line through section ten and section fifteen in said township and range, and known at the Eckrote free gravel road, thence running east on, along and over the publie highwayon the section line dividing sections ten and fifteen and sections eleven and fourteen all in said township apd range, to the northeast corner of said section fourteen ana there to terminate at the west side of the macadamized public highway running north and south along the east side of said sections fourteen and eleven, and known as the Jimtown Free Gravel Road, a distance of One and one-half miles. Your petitioners ask that the above described road be property graded and drained and improved by causing a double track road to be constructed .thereon, and that the grade of the same be twenty-four (24) feet in width and the stone placed on the same to the widiu of ten (10) feet. The name of the above described road when completed shall be the “Ashleman *& Spichlger Macadam Road.” ; ■ . Your petitioners also state and show to your honorable body that the public highway from the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said section fifteen, township and range aforesaid to the northeast corner the northeast quarter of said section fifteen ( being a part of the highway herein petitioned to be improved), as located'and established is only thirtytwo feet wide. That to properly build construct and complete the improvement of said public highway, the said highway should be enlarged and widened to the width of forty feet by extending the width of said highway four feet on each side thereof. And your petitioners say that said proposed enlarging and widening of said part of said highway from thirty-two feet to forty feet will be of public utility, and such widening to forty feet is necessary to properly grade, drain and macadaihlze the same as prayed for herein. Your petitioners ask that, said improvements be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams in the state pf Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual installments dr series, and for the payment of which bonds and the-interest that may accrue thereon we ask that a tax be levied on the taxable property of said Hartford Township In a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same shall' become due,, and that said road be built and said bonds issued and said tax. levied upon said property-' of said township in accordance with the acts of the Assembly of the State t>f Indiana approved March 3, 1905. The improvement herein prayed for connects at each end with an improved free gravel road within sal'd township, x to-wlt: ' / .< At the west end with the “Eckrpte Free Gravel Road” and at the east end with tne “Jlmtown Free Gravel Road,” and we uierefore ask that said improvement be established,! ordered and constructed without submitting the question of building the same to' an election of the voters of said Hartford township, in said county and state. Arnold Ashleman, John Yoder, John Schiacller, x'red Liddy, C. C. Stucky, Peter Fox, John F. Lelchty, Johhhy D. Meyers, Chris Hirschy, David Trox, Ben Meschberger, John J. Augsburger, L. L. Dunbar, George A Adler, F. J. Shepherd, A. Schlagenhaup, Isaiah Falk, David Falk, Peter Hoffman, Sylvester Bolt, Benton Meshberger, J. A. Lindsey. Lew Moeschperger, D. H. Miller, Elmer C. Hunt, Charles Reynolds, John Huffman, David Spichlger, Christ C. Moser, Martin L. Kiser, Emanuel Warner, Jos. K. Yoder, Chris Eicher, Peter N. Mosser, Satouel Opllger, Abe Blerie, Fred Reffe, George W. Gentis, C. W. Üby W. A. Hunt, John Slmison, Andrew French, A. Runyon, John G. Adler, Robert Gerber, Smith Runyon, David Meshberger, Ben Banter, Jefferson Dunbar, John ; H. Sower, John W. Cowens, Fred L. Studler, Silas Kizer, Noah Runyon, Noah A. Pusey, Chas. E. Pusey, Noah Biberstine, John Hall, Samuel Hall, L. O. Bears, E. E. Strut, Christian j Mertz, Charles Martin, Daniel Yoder, I Amos ■ Schaffter, Jacob J. Flory, Joel Schaffter, Jeff Augsburger, Abe Egly, | Andrew Schertz, Amos Stauffer, Jackson Hay, John B. Zeiir, Daniel Letchi ty, Peter Roth, William Hall, J. Moser, Ezra Bugh, William Eicher, Simeon Sales, Sol Stucky, William Anderson, L. M. Murdhenk, John H. Mundhenk, David Fields, Edwin P. Gllllom, J. E. Eckrote, A. Shanks. This petlttlon will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on J Monday, April 4, 1910. at which time the taxpayers of Hartford township may appear and make such objection as the law , may provide for. Ilt3 - H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor.