Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Clerk Perkins started in on his second term of four years Monday, Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Monday, looking after matters in court. Attorney Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond was a visitor in Rensselaer between trains Friday evening. Nine marriage licenses were issued last month, against 14 for the preceding month and 12 for the corresponding month of 1915.

The grand jury reported 31 indictments to the clerk Saturday and bench warrants have been issued on same. At this writing they have not been served and we can not therefore give the names of the people indicted.

A petition for a system of stone roads in Newton township along the lines recently published in The Democrat, was filed Monday. The petition was signed by 7 4 resident freeholders and the mileage asked for in the petition is 23.

At the meeting of the county board of education Monday Truant Officer C. B. Steward was re-elected for another term. Nothing was done regarding the election of a county agricultural agent, the matter being in abeyance until Purdue can find a man for the place. There are three ot four other counties ahead of Jasper, but Purdue has two men to fill two of these applications and will soon be in line for Jasper county, no doubt.

We drove out over the new south gravel road through Newton tp. Sunday. This is a very good road, but not a thing has been done to it since it was built, and the ruts are quite deep. Two hours time with a team and a log drag would pull the gravel from the sides up toward the center and fill these ruts, but still it is not done, and the ruts are growing deeper all the time. It is a shame to spend money in building roads and then take no care of them. A gravel road, to be kept in good condition, should be occasionally dragged right after a rain.

The returns had been made by the sheriff yesterday morning on six of the 31 indictments returned Saturday by the grand jury, the arrests having been made in these six cases. The parties were all Fair Oaks people, and four of the indictments were against Udora H. Cottingham, two charging him with permitting minors to play pool; one charging permitting minors to congregate in pool room, and one charging giving liquor to minor. Walter McConnell was indicted on one count— charging gaming, and Milton Gundy on one count charging selling cigarettes to minor.

County Treasurer May had quite a strenuous week, ending Monday, perhaps the biggest week in the history of the treasurer’s office in this county. The totals for Monday’s collections had hot been made up in time for us topublish in this issue, but Monday’s collections were in the .neighborhood of $40,000. The total for the last seven days’ collections ending Monday was nearly $135,000. Last week’s collections were as follows each day:

Monday $10,933.28 Tuesday 11,018.01 Wednesday . .., 10,065.49 Thursday 15,146.76 Friday 22.475.79 Saturday 24.437.33 Total $94,076.66 Following are the proceedings of Monday's session of the county commissioners. The board was also in session yesterday,, and the proceedings of the second day’s session will

be published in Saturday’s Democrat. Plans and speci fications were *»a pproved and advertisement ordered for the following bridges, bids to be in at June meeting: One in I nion, ibree in Kankakee and six in Wheatfield township. M. B. Price, engineer, was granted further time, until first day of June term, to file report in the Milton Roth ditch. J. W. Phares ditch; no remonstrances filed as to form or substance of drainage commissioners report. Board finds improvement will be of public utility and co/Ts will be less than benefits. 1). S. Makeever remonstrates against assessment and board finds that his lauds will not be benefited. S. A. Brusnahan files remonstrances against. assessment, and board finds that his assessment en sw sw should be reduced S4O. J. L. Babcock files remonstrance and his assessment is reduced to $lO. Ditch ordered established, John E. Alter appointed superintendent of construction, bond $5,000. W. L. Wood and C. M. Sands allowed attorney fee of $75. M. E. Bice ditch; proof of notice filed, notice found sufficent and cause docketed. Bond approved and cause continued for objections. Albert Knovinsky of Demotte was granted a renewal of liquor license, license to date from May 4, for one year.'

Requisition for supplies for poor farm for next quarter examined and approved and notice ordered forbids.