Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Ifltartsting Paragraphs Fnatfea Various Dapartmaots OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomised—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. ■ i ■■ And don’t forget “Art” Tatew for prosecuting attorney whoa yon go in to vote next Tuesday. ' The election inspectors must come in today to receive their election supplies for the election next Tuesday. The polls will be open next Tuesday from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Vote early and thus avoid the usual rash daring the closing hoars. No. 8690/ Warren W. Sage, adm. vs. Katie Sage et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 8691. W. J. Wright vs. Interstate Business Men’s association; suit on insurance contract. Demand SIOO. Remember that Monday is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes. If you will take the trouble to look up an old tax receipt for 1909 and compare it with your 1915 reeeipt—the complete rate is printed on the back—you will see that the county tax has been raised from 50.15 cents on the SIOO valuation to 74.9 cents in 1915. But you can’t lay this increase onto the Democrats.

No, that new bridge over the Hoover ditch, on the heavily traveled Ren aselaer-Rem i ngton road, has not been put in yet and the steel has not yet reached Rensselaer, perhaps has not yet been shipped even. And in the meantime the public must detour over abominable roads, made almost wholly impassable after each rain, and the ppcond month since the old bridge was tom out is well under way. The Indiana election laws require that the count of the vote shall be started by the election boards immediately upon the close of the polls, and further says that immediately after the count is finished the election inspector SHALL START AT ONCE for the county clerk’s office, where the board of election commissioners will meet at 6 o’clock p. m. on election day and remain in continnons session until the entire vote of the county is in and recorded.