Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1918 — DECEMBER TERM OF COMMISSIONERS' COURT [ARTICLE]

DECEMBER TERM OF COMMISSIONERS' COURT

County Commissioners C. A. Welch, D. S. Makeever and H. W. Marble were present Monday and completed in one day the business of the regular Decern ber term. The following business was tranaacted: BRIDGES. No. 3170—Repairs on Carpenter’s creek. No bids. Cause dropped. All other bridge causes were continued. ROADS. No. 2971—Borntrager stone road. Time-extended until Aug. 1,1919. No. 3014—Gratner stone load. Contractors Johnson and Sahin allowed >496.00. No. 3125—Kosta road improvement. Supplemental report filed and approved. Board find the proposed highway less than three miles in length and connects at one end with an already improved highway and at the other with the township line and should be established and constructed without election. Highway found of public utility and ordered constructed. Auditor directed to advertise for letting of contract, mds to be on file by 2 p. m. first day' of January term, 1919. No. 2969—Lane stone roasL Contractor W. V. Porter allowed 3480.00. No. 2988—Yeoman stone road. Contractor ( W. V. Porter allowed 3320.00., All other road cases were continued. DITCHES. No. 2861—George M. Myers drain. County treasurer reports assessments collected in the sum of 34,382.00, leaving uncollected 32,393.66. Bonds ordered issued as provided by law. Contractor granted extension of time until May 1, 1919. No. 3143—Sargent drain. Report and'profile filed; Expense account allowed as set out in report and ordered paid. All other ditch cases were continued. z MISCELLANEOUS. 4 Contracts for supplies for county farm were awarded as follows: G. E. Murray Co., dry goods. * Eigelsbach & Son, 50 lbs. steak at 35c, and 50 lbs. boil and roast at 28c. Supt. G. M. Wilcox’s report for quarter ending Nov. 30, showed receipts at county farm to be 31,406.80, and expenditures 33,652.58. Sheriff-elect T. D. Woodworth filed bond in the sum of 35,000.00 signed by himself, his father, Ancil Woodworth, W. V. Porter and G. L. Thornton. Bond was approved. County Board of Finance—-Inter-est on public funds for November, 1918, examined and approved as follows: First National Bank, Rensselaer, 3210.35; The Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, 3236.37; State Bank, Rensselaer, 3186.66; State Bank, Remington, 3108.32; Bank of Wheatfield, 301.04.