Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — 55 CENT LEVY. [ARTICLE]

55 CENT LEVY.

County Council Fixes Tax Levy for Next Year. REDUCTION OF 16c OVER LAST YEAR Eleven Cents of Which Is In Court House Bond Levy .—Report of Council Proceedings. The county council met in regular session Tuesday. The meeting seems to have been a rather joint meeting with the county commissioners, and.the republican county chairman occupied a position at the head of the table and seemed to be the chief mogul of the meeting whenever the writer was in the room. Jay W. Williams, whose appointment as city councilman last September rendered him ineligible, was euoceeded by R. A. Parkison. Mr. Parkison is a member of the city school board, and the requirement for a member of the county council is that he must not hold any state, county or municipal office, and if city sobool trustee fa a municipal office, then Mr. Parkison is also ineligible. Other members of the council are Frank J. Babcock, L. P. Shirer, Robert Drake, Walter Porter, John Biggs and John Martindale.

Wednesday noon the council apd commissioners were feted on fried chicken and ice-cream at the I»or farm, and after returning to iisn the matter of appropriations asked for was taken up and everything went through like a greased pig, as asked for except that E. B. {Sellers’ claim for $265 was cut down to $l3O, and some interested land owners who asked for S6OO to assist in paying damages allowed for opening a highway in Jordan township that had been srdered established by the circuit court were turned down by a vote of 4to 3. Not all the members voted for everything that was proposed, but in some matters where it was proposed to trim a little they were outnumbered and everything went. The tax-levy for next year was fixed at 55 cents, 50 cents for all regular county purposes and 5 cents for interest on court house bonds. This is a reduction of about 16 cents over last vear, 11 cents of which is in the matter of court house bonds. Perhaps the fact that there is to be an election next fall had something to do with this redaction, but as the valuation has been increased considerably this levy ought to bring in nearly as much money as that of last year. The ordinance carries a total appropriation of $61,706.89, divided as follows:

Clerk’a office, salary and supplies.... $1,763.50 Auditor’s office, same 2,737.00 Treasurer’s office, 5ame...,........... 2,504.85 Recorder’s office, same 2.249.40 Sheriff’s office, same and repairs jail 1,744.60 Surveyor’s office, same 2,109.75 County Supt’s office, same.... ...... 1,651.00 County Assessor’s office, same. 625.25 Circuit court expenses 6,626.00 Expenses court house and metalcase soy auditor 's office 3,201,25 County jail expenses 150.00 Poor farm, salary and maintenance. 3,200.00 Two brideea in Mtiroy tp 1,600.00 Bridge repairs 2.500.00 Commlseioners’court 950.00 Salary county attorney.... 400.00 Board of health... 1.... J... 258.34 Repairs free gravel roads: Ist Diet, 91,900; 2d Dist. *7,C00; 3d Dist. 91,500.. 10,000.00 Township assessors, per diem and supplies 2.278.20 Henoveient institutions..,. ..... 580.00 Public advertising 700.00 Board of Review 315.00 Insanity inquests........ 261.00 Refunding erronous taxes 250.00 Ditch funds advanced . 1,000.00 Highway vletrcM.... 100.00 School funds to reimburse interest.. 200.00 Free gravel roads, advanced 300.00 County teachers'institute 100.00 Insurance.... . 150.00 Burial soldiers 300.00 Truant officer.... ...» 215.00 Janitor teachers’ institute 12.00 Wolf and fox soalp bounties 200.00 Medical aid, poor farm aud jail 36.00 Ditch repairs.... 4,650.75 Grand total J $61,706,89 The' following additional appropriations are made for 1907. John O'Connor, expense highways.... $174.10 M. W. Coppess taking enumeration voters... 12.00 W. B. Yeoman, same...., 12.00 H. F. Feldman, same.... 12.00 ( has. Stalbaum, same 800 A, A. Fell, same..... 13,00 R. A. Hannan, same IZXtQ Wash Cook, same g.oo Great Davisson, same * 14.00 Chee. Stackhouse, same 19,00

G. L. Park*, same 8.00 Harvey DonUsun, tame........ 14.00 C.'E. Sage, same 10.00 W. J. Solt, emergency bd.of health.... 23.25 S. R. Niehola, exp. treaaurer’a office.. 10.00 Jaa. M. Sprigga, dltoh repair 4.00 S. R. Nichols, tax Evers ditch...,. 34.00 Same, Horton ditch 23.00 Same, Iroquois ditch.... 3.55 Willis Supply Co., repairs jail.... t 2.40 Sprinkling street! 45.00 Highway laws 25.00 Dltoh laws 25.00 School 1aw5...,... 12.50 County order books ~ 40.00 Clerk's supplies .' 100.00 Poor children in 5ch001....; 50.00 Pox and wolf b0unty........ 100.00 Expense special election 100.00 Bridge repair, Newton tp... 400.00 Railing, auditor’s office.... 75.00 Bridge repair, Barkley tp, 200.00 Per diem epunty council 70.00 New bridge in Union tp 990.00 Two new bridges, Gillam 1,200.00 Repairs boiler house 450.00 Advanced, ditches 1,000.00 E, B. Sellers, McCoy ca5e5....«■»......... 130.00 Bridge repairs, Union tp...., 100.00 Same, Jordan 650.00 Furniture, surveyor's office.... 200,00 Total J 8.350.80

The county commissioners finished the work of their September term Wednesday and adjourned. Followifag is a report in brief of their proceedings: Contract for furnishing supplies for the poor farm for the next three months were awarded as follows: Groceries, John Eger, sllß,61; Porter & Kresler, dry goods, $55; Roth Bros.; meats, $10.25. John Greve resigned as justice of the jaeace at Wheatfield, and John Holliday was appointed to succeed him. F. R. Irwin, who was elected J. P. in Union, failed to qualify and on petition of F. W. Goff et al Chae, Mandaville was appointed. County officers reported the following fees collected during the quarter ending August 31: Recorder, *392.70; Sheriff, $195.38; Clerk, $178.85; Auditor, $45.50. Trustee of Hanging Grove tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief to the amount of sls per quarter to Mrs. Ora Turner. Trustee of Walker tp., was granted same permission for aid of Wm. Mattock. Report oT poor farm superintendent showed 13 inmates of poor asylum, 10 male and 3 female. The receipts of farm for the quarter were $499.16 and expenses $776 59, leaving' a deficit of $277.Wesner highway ordered established in Walker tp., highway to be 50 feet wide. Viewers heretofore appointed in the G. F. Meyers highway petition declined to act and John R. Lewis, Wm. Daniels and Robt. Michal appointed, to meet Sept. 16. Frank Fenzil ditch referred to drainage commissioners, and T. F. Maloney appointed third commissioner, o meet Sept. 25. More time asked for report in the Davis-Jungles ditch. Drainage commissioners granted until Sept. 23 to report in Everett Halstead ditch and John J. Borntrager ditch. Geo. B. Switzer appointed superintendent of the E. P. Honan ditch.