Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1915 — Monday’s Proceedings of the County Commissioners. [ARTICLE]

Monday’s Proceedings of the County Commissioners.

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and were still grinding yesterday, it always taking two days at least to complete the work oF each monthly session. The following amounts were allow - ceedings of the first day's session: Poor Farm superintendent Jesse E. Nichols made his report for the period ending Nov. 30, showing the receipts to have been $686.61, and the expenses $1,223.46, leaving a net deficit of $586.35 for the quarter. The inventory of personal property at the poor farm on Nov. 30, filed with report, was as follows: Horses and colts—l 3 head. $1,700.00 Cattle and hogs—7 cows, 1 bull, 70 hogs (6 killed, 28 sold, 2 died since last report) 64 0.00 Grain and hay—3,ooo bu. com, 3,200 bu. oats, 500 bu. wheat, 40 tons hay. . 3,250.00 Miscellaneous-—l 5 dozen chickens, 1,000 quarts fruit, 400 lbs. meat, 200 lbs. lard 250.00 Farm machinery, household and kitchen furniture, etc., 1,250.00 Total value ......... , $7,009.00 The following amounts were allowed on bridge eontraots: John Daniels, bdg. Hanging Grove, $692; Gallagher Bros., bdg. Newton, $245; W. V. Porter, bdg. Union, $1,242, and bdg. Marion, $398. Evans & Vanatta were allowed the balance due them on the John Eck stone road in Carpenter tp., $2,195.80, and superintendent discharged. Final report approved in the Geor H. May stone road in Carpenter tp. contractor allowed $3,000 balance due and superintendent discharged. Contractor A. S. Keen allowed $1,440, part pay on the Karch stone road in Walker tp. Contractors Monyhan & Son allowed $1,750, part pay on the R. L. Bussell stone road in Hanging Grove tp. ■ . Contractor T. M. Callahan allowed $4,000 part pay on the James P. Deselms stone road in Gillam tp. Lee G. Baughman petition for highway; viewers report favorable and road is established 50 feet in width. Viewers allowed as follows: Frank B. Alter, $11; Joe Thomas and John Zimmer, each $5. ■Drainage commissioners granted aditional time, until Jan. 3, to file report in the George M. Meyers ditch. Probation Officer C. B. Steward filed report of his attendance at the recent meeting of the State Board of Charities at Richmond, lnd. At this meeting Governor Ralston recommended the centralization of county poor asylums, and thought that a great saving could be effected to the tax payers by a group of counties going together and having one central poor asylum to take care of the wards of each county, and Mr. Steward mentioned this matter in his report. No doubt such a scheme would be very beneficial from a financial point of view, as there are few poorj farms in the state that are self supporting, Uos matter, how few inmates there may be. Interest was reported on county funds fronv the various depositories for the month of November as follows: First Nat. Bk, Rensselaer. . $195.08 State Bk.. Rensselaer. 133.70 T. & S. Bk., Rensselaer. . . . 125.32 State Bk., Remington...... 80.28 Bk. of Wheatfield 34.41 Total for month .$558.79 The proceedings of session will be published in the next issue of The Democrat.