Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — FEBRUARY TERM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT [ARTICLE]

FEBRUARY TERM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT

County Commissioners Charles Welch, D. S. Makeever and H. W. Marble completed the work of the Fubruaiy tal’iii Monday, Feb. 8/ The following business was transacted: Bridges. AU matters pending continued. Roads. No. 3014. W. H. Gratner stone road. Contractors Johnson & Salrin allowed $220.80. No. 3125. Joseph Kosta gravel road. Auditor directed to advertise for bids to be filed by first- day of March term at 2 p. m. No. 2923. F. J. Slight stone road. Contractor Charles Stalbaum and bondsmen show board that road will be completed Board finds thatroad should be completed with rock as per original specifications. No. 3194. Bertis C. Eldridge stone road. Petition signed by Bertis C. Eldridge and seventeen others. The board finds there to be less than 100 freehold voters in Hanging Grove township, and that petition is signed by a majority of said freeholders, that petition is in due form and sufficient, proof of publication in Rensselaer Republican on Jan. 21 and 28 is shown. Proof of posting also shown. Notices found sufficient. No objections being on file petition is referred to. Edgar D. Nesbitt, county surveyor, Walter V. Porter and Ben D. McColly as viewers, who are directed to meet and qualify at at auditor’s office on or before Feb. 8, 1919, and proceed to view proposed improvement and report first day of March term. All other causes continued.

Ditches. No. 3054. Henry C. DeKock drain. Auditor presents partial report. Allowances examined and approved. No. 1387. Harry E. Gifford drain. Supt. L. P. Shirer to file final report on or before first day of March term. No. 1950. F. M. Goff drain. Supt. W. .Frank Osborne to file final report on or before first day of the March term. No. 2573. Garland Grant drain. Supt. DeVere Yeoman ordered to file final report by first day of March term. No. 1982. W. S. Lowman drain. Supt. W. Frank Osborne to make final report on or before first day of March term. No. 2602. Edward Ritter drain. Supt. DeVere Yeoman to make final report on or before first day of the Miarch term. No. 3055. Aaron F. Rice drain. Partial report examined and approved. No. 3143. A. J. Sargent drain. Plea and abatement of May Gifford is sustained and the docketing of this cause is set aside and- petitioners are directed to give new nonresident; "notice," returnable first day of March term. No. 2556. Fred S. Tyler drain. Supt. DeVere Yeoman directed to make final report on or before the first day of March term. ■No. 2919. John F. Zimmer drain. Auditor directed to claim of $42L35. Other claims also ordered paid: Lee Coulter, labor, $147.00; Floyd Sanders, labor, $22.00; .J. S. Lakin, groceries, $69.29; J. 6. Sreffer, blacksmith, $5.70.---All other causes continued. Miscellaneous. No. 3202. Transfer book. Board tee of Barkley township, granted request to extend additional aid to William Hurley to the amount of $20.00. No. 3202. Transfer zook. Board contracts with J. P. Hammond to recopy same and he to receive $250.00 for said work. No. 3199. Bond of Willis J. Wright, coroner, approved. No. 3200: M. J. Delahanty and William Hallier appointed to fill vacancies in the Wheatfield township advisory board. No. 3201. Erroneous taxes. Taxes to the amount of $185.58 on the Benjamin Harris property, which has become the property of the Harris Home for Widows and Orphans, is ordered cancelled. . County Board of Finance. The reports of the amounts of interest, due from banks of the county were examined and approved: First National Bank, of Rensselaer, $142.58; The Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $158.89; State Bank, Rensselaer, $137.64; State Bank, Remington, $135.71; Bank of Wheatfield, $47.55.