Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — Commissioners in Council. [ARTICLE]

Commissioners in Council.

’Monday. Timothy O’Conner, of Remington, was granted a saloon license. There was no opposition made. The resignation of E. L. Clark/ as drainage commissioner, was accepted. The taxes of James Welsh, of Marion tp., were remitted. It was ordered that the number of justices of the peace in the civil townships should be two in each except Barkley, Carpenter and Marion, which have three each; and, one additional in each of the incorporated towns, Rensselaer and Remington. Win. W. Watson and James C. Morgan, both of Rensselaer, were appointed justices in and for MarTon township. Twenty-eight claims tvere disposed of; all being allowed in full, except that of John Maguire and others, who asked for $28.90 for costs in case of State vs. Skinner, which was dismissed; Tuesday: Forty-two claims were “considered and allowed in full. The petition of John Karsuer to have a pauper -released from the , county asylum was refused. A contract was made: with the Champion Bridge Co., of Wilmington, Ohio, for an iron bridge and iron substructure, for §995, over Carpenter’s creek, near James Sbeetz’s residence, in Carpenter tp., about a half mile south of Remington. Carpenter tp. is to pay §75 of the-cost of the bridge. Jas. Sheetz is appointed superintendent. It is to be completed by May 25th. The petition of the Town Board of "Rensselaer, for a bridge across Make-em-self ditch, on Front street, was ref used. f Wednesday. —A contract was made with the bridge company above mentioned, for an iron bridge 40 feet long, across the State Ditch, on the line between Marion and Milroy townships. The price is S7OO.