Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1901 — ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Commissioners’ Record 11. is filled, and the next record will be made in No. 12. —o— Only one marriage license has been issued thus far this month, which was published last week. — o — Jasper county made its June settlement with the state Thursday, paying in $16,744.30 and retaining for school fund purposes $7,148.34. —o — Following claims were omitted from our report of commissioners’ allowances published last week: S A, Dowell, quur sal. from Feb. 28, to June, 1 $56 25 Fred Waymire, stfme 56 25 —a— ... The County Board of Review will meet Monday to equalize per sonal assessments. The board is composed of Geo. F. Myers, Ellis Jones and the county assessor, county auditor and county treasurer. The two former are appointed by the judge of the circuit couYt and the latter are members by virtue of theii office. The board will be in session twenty days. ~ —OB. J. Gifford has begun, two new suits in the circuit court, one against the Churchill-White Grain Co., to recover several hundred dollars alleged to be due him on corn sold defendants. Gifford’s weightsand the grain company, it seems, were not the same, and the former sues to recover on his weights, which are several thousand bushels more than he was credited with on their books. The other case is against County Surveyor Price and the Board of Commissioners, an appeal from surveyor’s allottinent of the Jungle ditch, wherein plaintiff alleges his allottment is “unfair, unreasonable, unsconsionable and not according to law.” —o Following is a copy of the report of the county commissioners to the State Supt. of Public Instruction, for year ending May 31, 1901. CONGRESSIONAL TOWNSHIP FUND. Amt held intrust J line 1, 1900 $48,411 93 Total amt. held in trust at this date $48,411 93 No. of acres unsold cong. tp.. school lauds. 640. Value of same $7,000 00 COMMON SCHOOL FUND. Amt. held intrust June 1.1900 $36,616 58 Amt. since added from tines and forfeitures by clerk of Court . 300 00 Same, by Justices of the Peace 41 00 Same, from Estrays 3 60 Total amt. held in trust this date . $36,961 18 CONDITION OF SCHOOL FINDS. Cong F. Com. S. F. Amt safely investeds47,43B.27 $36,065 43 Amt. not invested at date 973.61* 895 75 Totals.. $48,411.98 $36,961 18 Amt loans pd during year $7,611.32 $5.39105 Amt loaned during year.. 6.637.66 4.495:10 Amt int collected dur yr 2,845.50 3.006 80 Amt derived from leasing unsold lands 160.00 —O — As an excuse for raising the salary of the recorder of Jasper county from SI, 100 per year to sl.700 per year, every republican ringster in the county argued that the raise was nothing more than right, owing to the work of the office being much heavier than neighboring counties where the salary was so much greater. Just how much truth there was in that sort of argument is seen in the ease of White county, where the salary is $1,300 per year. The business of the office of recorder is evidenced by the amount of fees earned and turned into the county treasury each quarter. In this county the last quarter, ending June Ist, was one of the best in the history of the office, and the amount of feys turned in was SBOO.05. In White county for the same period the recorder earned and turned in $955.10. Further comment is unnecessary. —o— The will of the late Andrew Arnold of Barkley tp., was admitted to probate Wednesday. The instrument is dated May 13, 1901, and his son Elias Arnold, is named as executor. Mr. Arnold had pieviously divided considerable of his large estate among his children, and the remainder is to be equally distributed. One son, Andrew H. Arnold, the will recites, has been gone and unheard of for many years, and to him ere lus departure and to his three

children since that time the sum of $3,100, has been paid, the same as to the other children of decedent. Concerning this son who left some ten years ago, the will makes the following provision: "In the cane of my son Andrew H. Arnold, who has been gone so long, it is my will that if he is not heard from, or does not appear to claim his interest in my estate before the* proceedings of administration on my estate shall have been closed and settled, that the interest which he would otherwise receive in my estate shall go to the children of my said son w ho may be alive at the time of my death, and in such case my son AflrfrSWi. Arnold, shall not take any interest in my estate. Hut, if he should appear before such settlement, or it shall be definitely known before such time that he is alive, then he shall be entitled to participate equally with my other children in the distribution of my estate, and his children shall not take any interest therein.” The remaining estate we understand, consists of about $l,lOO in personal property and 300 acres of land, 120 of which is in Ohio and is quite valuable. The residue of the land is in Barkley tp., this county.