Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — NEARLY $50,000 ALLOWED [ARTICLE]

NEARLY $50,000 ALLOWED

By County Council fol* Additional Expense* of the Year 1»1».

At the special meeting of the county council Tuesday additional appropriations for 1919 were made aggregating nearly $50,000. The members of the county council present were H. W. Jackson and T. J. Prouty of Marlon; Weeter Bowdy of Carpenter; F. M. Hart of Demotte, and Wash Cook of Hanging Grove. On account of its being too late to make the matter generally known over the county no appropriation was made for paying the expenses of discharged soldiers down to Indianapolis to the “Welcome Home’’ Wednesday, as had been done in same other counties of the state. In several counties, however, the proposition was turned down. The council made an appropriation of SSOO for a county celebration for our world war soldiers, to be given some time during the summer. J. M. Saueer was named as treasurer to receive and disburse this money.

Over $29,000 additional was appropriated for new bridges, $lO,306.10 additional war work activities, and the Increased salary of the' county assessor and per diem of township assessors made by the last legislature made necessary appropriations of about $2,000 more. These and other items run the total additional appropriations up to nearly $50,000, as follows: Adding mach. aud. office. . $343.00 Salary Co. Assessor 350.00 Assessor, Barkley tp137.50 Assessor, Carpenter 137.50 Assessor, Gillam .. .' 97.50 Assessor, Hanging Grove. . 77.50 Assessor, Jordan 67.50 Assessor, Kankakee 97.50 Assessor, Keener ... 100.00 Assessor, Marion 24 7.50 Assessor, Milroy .. 57.50 Asessor, Newton ~i 57.50 Assessor, Union 137.50 Assessor, Walker 137.50 Assessor, Wheatfield 167.50 Exp. Board Review 100.00 Exp. war work activities. 10,306.10 EXp. enumeration of voters 400.00 Exp. ent’tain return soldiers 500.00 County Betterment Assn... 300.00 New bridges 29,200.00 Exp. Bd. Children’s gdns.. 200.00