Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1875 — Proceedings in Commissioners’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Proceedings in Commissioners’ Court.

Board of Commissioners of Jasper county met in Auditor’s office in Rensselaer, in regular session, June 7th, 1875. Present, Samuel McCullough, George Kessler, Frederick Hoover, commissioners, and Frank W. Babcock, auditor, and Lewis L. Daugherty, sheriff. Proceeded to organize a board of equalization, consisting of the commissioners together with the assessors of the several townships, as follows: Hanging Grove, Geo. F. Mullendore; Gillam, John Querry; Walker, David Daniels; Barkley, W. W. Murray; Marion, Chas. Boroughs; Jordan, Henry Welsh; Newton, James-Yeoman; Keener, Albert ft. Wilcox; Kankakee, Jonathan N. Wyant; Wheatfield, John M. Helmick; Milroy, Albert F. Israel; Union, Malachi P. Corner; and Frank W. Babcock, auditor. Catherine Lewis, of Gillam township, widow, dependent upon herown labor for support and having an imbecile son to maintain who is subject to frequent spasms or fits, was allowed sls relief in full of all charges for keeping Thomas A. Lewis, her said son, to May 31, 1875; and it was further ordered that she should have a quarterly allowance of sls for keeping said person until fourtber orders of the Board. Also allowed Sarah Hilton, of Gillam township, in a similar case, a like sum for temporary relief, and sls per quarter pension. Awarded the contract to furnish blank books, blanks and stationery for the use of Jasper county for one year, to the Indianapolis Journal Company. Ordered the levy of one per cent, tax upon the real and personal property of Marion township, for the nse of the Idianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railroad Company. Also the levy of one per cent, upon property in Ne'wton township for the same purpose. Ordered that the tax levy in Jasper county for 1875, for county revenue, be thirty-five cents on each SIOO valuation of taxable property. For township purposes the levy is as follows:

Hanging Grove, road 15 cents SIOO and 50 cents poll; special school, 20 cents per $100; township tuition 12 cents per SIOO. Gillam, road 10 cents per $100; special school, 10 cents per SIOO. Walker, township 10 cents per $100; road 20 cents per $100; special school 40 cents per SIOO and 50. poll, township tuition 25 cents per SIOO and 25 cents poll. Marion, road 25 cents per $160; township 5 cents per $100; special school 25 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll, township tuition 10 cents per SIOO. Jordan, road 25 cents per $100; special school 25 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll; township tuition, 25 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll. Newton, special school 20 cents per $100; road 25 cents per SIOO. Keeuer, townships cents per $100; special school 25 cents per $100; township tnition 25 cents per SIOO. Kankakee, township 5 cents per $100; load 25 cents per $100; spe«

cial school 25 cents per SIOO. Wheatfield, township 10 cents per $100; road 25 cents per $100; special school 25 cents per $100; township tuition 25 cents per SIOO. Town of Remington, special school 50 cents per SIOO and 25 poll. Milroy, township 15 cents per $100; snecial school 25 cents per SIOO and 25 cents poll ; township tuition 25 eents per SIOO and 25 cents poll. Union, township 15 cents per SIOO and 25 cents poll; special school 30 cents per $100; township tuition 25 cents per SIOO. Barkley, road 15 cents per $100; special school 25 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll; township tuition 15 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll. Carpenter, township 5 cents per $100; road 25 cents per flOO; spe cial school 20 cents per SIOO and 50 cents poll; township tuition 15 cents per SIOO. Accepted resignation of Charles P. Maybew, surveyor of Jaaper county, to take effect June 15, IRP* Appointed Daniel B. Miller to vacancy. Appointed James H. Snoddy Superintendent of Jasper county.. Appointed Albert G. Robb, William Hanley and Silas L. Swain to appraise the benefits and injuries which will result to land from the proposed work of the Jasper County Ditching Association. L. C. Janes, treasurer of Jasper county filed his official bond for term commencing August 12, 1875, in the penal sum of SBO,OOO, with Henry C. Bruce, David J. Huston, Marion L. Spitler, Ezra L. Clark, Lewis L. Daugherty, Harvey W. Wood, Wallace W. Murray, Jonathan Pancoast, Charles Boroughs, Newton V. Snodgrass, Jenkins S. Cox, William H. McDonald, David H. Yeoman, Hugh E. Coen, William E. Moore, John A. Benson, Albert G. Robb, Daniel Daugherty, Henry 1. Adams, Benjamin R. Moffitt, Abner F. Griswold, James Yeoman, Isaac J. Porter, Charles M. Watson, Isaac V. Alter, George Guild, John Querry, Fted. Zard, William M. Nolan, Steward C. Hammond, Isaac ST. MeCurtain, James Ritohey, Charles H. Price, Lemuel Tylei and WiHiffin C. Parkison sureties, which was approved by the Board.

Ordered an election to be held in Newton township on Saturday, August 21st, 1875, upon the proposition to levy a township tax of $1,973 in aid of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad. Ordered an election to be held in Marion township on the 21st day of August, 1875, upon the proposition to levy a township tax of $5,880 in aid of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company. Robert Hedge filed a petition staling that he has done work for Jasper county upon a grade to a bridge over the Iroquois river between Marion and Barkley townshins, in which he lost SSOO, that he is a needy person, and asking a just donation of money for his relief. The Board was of opinion that they could not make the allowance; being advised that be'is an aged, needy and worthy man, they order that a quarterly pension of sl2, commencing with the quarter ending August 31, 1875, be paid him out of the county treasury so long as he remains a resident of Jasper county, and that this allowance cancel claims that he may now have against the county for services rendered or loss sustained to date. Allowed Jacob Bumgarner, poor person of Marion township, $lO for temporary relief and a pension of sls per quarter until further orders of the Board. Ordered that horses,mules, asses, cattle and sheep, male and female, shall not be permitted to run at large nor pasture on the unenclosed lands of Carpenter township without the attendance of a person competent to control them and prevent damage and molestation to crops. Made a similar order against sheep in Newton and Gillam townships. Declared the Miscellaneous Record of the auditor’s office a part of the records of Commissioners’ court.

Instructed the auditor to correspond with the auditor ot Porter county, with reference to what will be proper in the matter of building a bridge over the Kankakee river between Porter and. Jasper counties. Changed the line between Gillam and Walker townships to run as follows: Beginning at the halfmile post on the south line of section 28, town 31 north, of range 5 west, thence north on the half-mile line to the north line of section 28, thence east to the north-east corner of said section, thence north on the line dividing sections 21 and 22, and to the north-east corner of section 21. Frank W. Babcock, auditor, filed financial exhibit of Jasper county (published in these columns last week) which was examined and approved. Frank W. Babcock, auditor, and L. C. Janes, treasurer, filed their report of the condition of the school fund of Jasper county, (published m these columns last week). Ordered that Frederick Hoover and James F. Irwin procure the construction of a bridge across Carpenter creek, near the Thompson school bouse in Carpenter township, provided that the expenditures shall not exceed SSOO. Ordered the surveyor of J asper county to make a survey and estimate of the costs of a suitable grade to approach the west end of the bridge site at Eaton’s Ferry, on the Kankakee river. Said grade to be l£ miles long, 20 feet wide on toj>, with suitable base, slope and hight to be above high water

'mark. ' ”'****&?**?' Ordered that from and after the promulgation in newspapers of Jasper county of this action of the Board, no bills or claimß will entertained by the Board, for any alleged services rendered, or relief of any kind furnished to poor persons, unless said claim be supported by the affidavit of claimant and endorsed by the proper township trustee that snch services were actually rendered, or relief furnished on his older, and is properly charged against the county. And it was farther ordered that the trustees of the several townships of Jasper county in ordering or providing relief for poor persons of their respective townships, shall confine snch relief to articles of food, clothing and other provisions as are ’considered necessaries of life, except in case of sickuess other articles are prescribed by the attending physician as actually necessary tcu-the health and recovery of the patient. Ordered that the lessee of the Poor Farm, having in keeping the poor persons of this county, be and is authorized to procure necessary clothing, medical aid and burial fixtures for such poor. Said lessee shall confine himself to articles of necessary, plain and serviceable clothing, and will personally attend to making all purchases. In funerals he shall procure only plain coffius and burial clothes, and give his written order, specifically stating so far as practicable the material and services required to be furnished. He will keep an account of the visits and other services rendered by physicians in cases of sickness, and carefully inspect all bills for services or material furnished.

CLAIMS ALLOWED. J. 11. Loughridge, making post $ mortem examination of John Clark 35 00 David Daniels, assessing Walker township 56 00 Hines & Wood, medical aid to James Acres Gillam township 35 00 J . N. Wynant, assessing Kankakee township 54 00 J. M. Helmick, assessing Wheatfield township 82 00 Albert Wilcox, assessing Keener towuship 80 00 MalachiP. Coiner, assessing Union township.. 92 00 A dun Co over, erroneous taxes... 1 10 William Railsback, erroneous taxes 8 57 Lewis L- Daugherty, fees in case of Dan. Owens, prisoner 21 20 James & Healey, printing 8 00 Lewis L. Daugherty, fees in case of Patrick Bartou, prisoner........ 15 00 James F. Irwin, expended on account of poor of Carpenter towu’p 12 15 R- Y. Martin, medical aid to poor of Jasper county 23 00 Charles M. Johnson, printing .... 39 55 Micha B. Halstead, roadviewing. 2 50 Ralph Feudig, goods to James Burns on order of township trustee 200 John H. Wood, wood to Mr. Bumgardener, poor of Marion t’p.. 7 50 Thomas H. Robinson, goods to poor of Gillam township 3 10 Michael Eger, work on Court House... 9 00 Emmet Kannal, pens for auditor J 65 James 11. Snoddy, county superintendent. 28 00 R. Y. Martin, trees for public square 8 50 L. C. Janes, stationery for treas’r 2.00 Indianapolis Journal Company, real estate notices.• 2 90 Spring & Robertson, stationery, etc 328 89 Frank W. Babcock, Auditor 909 27 L. C. Janes, miscellaneous collections and disbursements as treasur’r 103 98 L. C. Janes, erroneous tax refunded 2 52 Jeremiah Mailatt. erroneous taxes 5 57 Charles P. Hopkins, painting bridges % 46 00 Haver H. Cherry, deputy assessor Carpenter township 80 00 C. M. Nisley, board of Daniel Owens in Tippecanoe county jail... 51 90 L. L. Daugherty, Sheris'. 71 50 Isaac Y, Alter, provisions to poor of Union township 34 58 Thomas Antrim, medical services to poor of Union township 2 00 Samuel R. Pratt, medical aid to poor of Keeuer township... 22 00 Moses B. Alter, medical aid to poor of Mariou t0wn5hip......... 14 00 Thomas J Sayers, wood for Court House 4 06 James H. Loughridge, medical aid to poor of Milroy township.... 35 00 Hiram Kissiuger, erroneous taxes 1 07 Pat Ryan, witness at inquest of John Clark 1 05 A. Leopold, goods for paupers on poor farm 14 15 M. B. Alter, medical aid to family of George Beasey 36 75 R. Y. Martin, medical aid to poor 6 00 M. L. Spitler, services as clerk... 681 F. J. Sean &c Co., canvass for map cover 3 60 George F, Mellender, assessing Hanging Grove township 80 00 John 'Querry, assessing Gillam tp 84 00 W. W, Murray.assessing Barkley township 52 00 S. R. Nichols, deputy assessor Barkley township 40 00 Chas. Boroughs,assessing Mariou 98 00 Thus. Boroughs, dep. •* 44 00 Ezra C. Nowels ** “ 35 00 Henry W eich, assessing Jordan 60 00 James Yeoman, “ Newton 88 00 G. G. Thompson, “ Carpenter 80 00 W. H. Shaw, deputy “ 24 00 A. F. Israel, asseesslug Milroy... 66 00 Haley Sc Meyers, mending shoes for paupers on poor farm 1 75 G. A. Muss, medical aid to Mrs. W ilkinson, insane. 9 00 G. A. Moss, medical aid to Jones and Anderson families 25 25 Emmet Kannal, medicine for Mrs Joshua Jones 185 Samnel McCullough, 12 days services as Commissioner 60 00 George Kessler, do 60 00 Frederick Hoover, do 60 00 Frank \V. Babcock, money expended for aoditor’s office 11 14 L. L. Daugherty, per diem for attendance oncommission’ra 12 days 36 00 D. I. Jackson, qualifying road viewers..... 2.00 LorenzoTlnkham,qualifying road viewers 50 Andiew K. Yeoman, view’g road 2 50 Omar Moreland, viewing and reporting road 3 00 James F. W atson, do 3 00 John Jordan, viewing r0ad...... 2 50 Samuel Babb, “ and report’g 300 J.B. Spangle, do 3 00 W. G Smoot, viewing.... 2 50 Allen Catt “ 2 50 J.O. Hench “ 3 50 Wilburn Day “ 2 50 John English “ and repVg 300 J. Wilcox •* 6 75 J. S. Hershman ** 250 JohnWenrick “ 250 S. L. Swain “ 2 50 Chas. Boroughs “ and rep’t’g 300 O. P. Maybew, surveying, etc... 5 85 Thos. Robinson, viewing. 2 50 Jobu Adamson “ 2 50 I.M Trussell « 2 50 H. W. Porter, view’g and rep’t’g 3 50Jasper Kenton “ 200 John W. Hargrave, viewing..... 250