Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1905 — THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The June term of the county commissioners was still in session yesterday, having lasted all week. Following is the more important business of the term: Fees collected for the quarter were reported as follows: Recorder, $845.25; Clerk, $297.56; Sheriff, $270.17; Auditor, $70.75. Contracts for supplies for the poor farm were awarded as follows: Geo. E. Murray, dry goods, clothing and shoes, at $24 39, $5.04 and sl2, respectively; John Eger, groceries, at $126.77; Moody & Roth, meat, at 132.50. Wm. C. Pruitt petition for ditch; report of second reviewers approved and ditch ordered established. The report of the poor farm supertendent for the quarter ending May 31, shows 16 inmates. Receipts for the quarter were $724.04, and expenses $520.26, leaving a net surplus of $223.78. Mandel Sensibar, petition for new road in Kankakee tp.; Daniel E. Fairchild, William H Tyler and James Irwin appointed veiwers, to meet Jane 21.

C. R. Peregrine et al, petition for highway in Kankakee tp; John Biggs, Michael Delehanty and John Tilton, Sr., appointed viewers, meet June 21. Washington Cook, trustee of Hanging Grove tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor releif to Nels C. Sampson, not exceeding sls per quarter. Highway petition of W. E. Culp; Isaac Walker, Wallace Murray and Elias Arnold appointed viewers, to meet June 21. Advertisement ordered for bids on repairs to grade to Hebron bridge; letting on July 3. In the S. F. Iliff road petition from Jordan tp., Francis M. Welsh, A. C. Scott, Geo. Hensler, Eleanor M. Adams, William Washburn, Louis Simonin, Henry Welsh and Geo. M. Myers each file separate remonstrance; remonstrance granted and Chas. Schatzley, John Greve and Douglas Clark appointed reviewers to meet June 21. J, P. Gwin was appointed superintendent of construction of the Hanging Grove gravel road. H. L. Gamble appointed engineer. Nt tioe ordered given for letting contract for a new bridge in Jordan tp., on July 3. This is the term, it seem 9, for employing a poor farm superintendent, but the matter has been kept so qniet that not many people knew that this was the time, and the present incumebent was the only one to file an application for the place. As we go to press nothing had been done in the matter.