Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1916 — Commissioners’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Commissioners’ Court.

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and Tuesday. Ditch road matters were takeri up on the latter day and bids were received on the stone roads in Union township. - The following business was transacted Monday: Milton Roth stone road; contractor Jacob Johnson allowed $2,400. M. J. Slight stone road; contractor George Stalbaum allowed S4OO. Auditor directed to advertise for bids for supplies for county offices for' year 1917, letting to be on Dec. 30. Contest of election of Jesse Nichols as clerk dismissed on motion of con-, tester, Alva D. Bond of George Scott, set in sum 1 of $4,000, with Walter V. Porter, Judson J. ‘Hunt, Charles G. Spitler and Sam Roth, as sureties, approved. Interest on county funds deposited in the various county depositories re- ' ported for the month of November ‘ as follows: First National Bank,' $153.44; State Bank of Rensselaer,! $121.44; Trust & Savings Bank of Rensselaer, $119.13; State Bank if Remington, $83.20; Bank of Wheatfield $39.18. Bond of B. D. McColly, sheriff, .in sum of $5,000, with B. J. Moore and W. V. Porter, as sureties. Jesse Nichols,-retiring superintendent of the county farm, filed his report for the quarter. The report showed receipts of $928.87 and expenses of $822.96, leaving a net balance of $105.91 for the quarter. There were eleven inmates at the county asylum at the end of the quarter, eight males and three females. The inventory of personal property at the farm gave the total value as $8,210. Included in this inventory are fourteen horses s and colts $1,700; sevencows, one calf, $450; thirty-one hogs, four sows, 26 pigs $600; 2,300 bushels of corn, 1,950 bushels of oats, 435 bushels of wheat, $4,150; fifteen dozen chickens, fruit, meat, lard, potatoes, wood, coal, S3OO. Farm tools and wagons make up the balance of the amount. . T .