Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1916 — WANT TO BUY A COURT HOUSE? [ARTICLE]

WANT TO BUY A COURT HOUSE?

The One That Has Done Service at Delphi For So Many Years Will Be Sold at Public Auction. On. the closing day of the monthly session of the County commissioners an order was given to the auditor to give notice of the sale at public auction on April 24, 1916, at 4 p. m., of the old court house, the purchaser to remove the building and all wreckage within forty-five days from the date of sale, a forfeit of $5 per day to be paid upon failure to comply with the conditions. Charles J. Barley, John K. Kerlin and Warren Knapp were appointed appraisers for the property and they are ordered to report to the commissiones upon its value at the next meeting of the commissioners upon its value at the next meeting of the commissioners, March 6, 1916. In the matter of the construction of the new court house, Elmer E. Dunlap, architect, of Indianapolis, was appointed to prepare plans and specifications for the new building and all necessary appurtenances, and bids f »r the construction work will be received at the auditor’s office in Delphi until 8 o’clock a. m., April 24.