Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1887 — Commissioner’s Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

Commissioner’s Proceedings.

Wednfbday: Thos. Thompson, Jas. T: Randle and W. E. Moore were appointed viewers to lay out a public road in Jordan tp., beginning in section 12-28-7 and runand running south 540 rods, if they find that public utility requires it. May 23 is the day appointed for the work. The width of the road is to be sixty feet. W. D. Myers, S. F. Brown and Wm. Halle were appointed viewers to locate a public road in Kankakee tp., beginning at the center of section 21, then north one mile, then west 230 rods, north \ mile and west If miles to the northwest corner of section 18. The road is to be 50 feet wide. May 23 is the day appointed. Thursday; John Platt, of Rensselaer, was appointed a constable, in and for Marion tp. | The Board went to the poor I farm and made a list of the prop- ! erty to be turned over to the new Superintendent.

DOCTORING THE POOR. On Friday the contracts for giving medical attendance to the poor people of the various townships were awarded to the lowest and best bidders, as follows: Carpenter tp., H. Landon, $36. Keener, I. <B. • Robbins, S3O. Wheatfield, Robbins, S3O. -Barkley, F. P. Bitters, S2B. Marion and county asylum, Bitters, S6O. Newton, Bitters, $22. Union, Bitters, sl6. Walker, Willard Stockwell, S3O. Kankakee, Stockwell, S3O. Jordan, W. W. Hartsell. $25. Hanging Grove, Hartsell, sl3. Milroy, Hartsell, sl3. Total for the county, $343. Sheriff Yeeman was authorized to under-drain the court house square with two lines of five inch tile, running parallel with Van Rensselaer street arid opening into the sewer on the north side pf Harrison street. j The auditor was directed to have I the bolts of the big bridge, across 1 the Iroquois river, at Rensselaer, tightened up. The auditor and treasurer were granted the use of tae old vault in the court house, formerly used by theclerk. The bond of James C. Thrawls, as county surveyor, was accepted. | George N, Dunn, son of I. D. - Dunn, of Kankakee tp., was api pointed a student in Purdue Universitv. -

M. F. Chilcote was engaged as county attorney for one year, at a salary of $125. Three hundred dollars was appropriated to assist the Town Board of Rensselaer to build a stone arohway over Makemself ditch, on Front street. Washington Scott, trustee of Milroy, was directed to repair the abutments to bridge over the state ditch, and' t$ draw warrants for the costs of same in exeess of $75. Lewis P. Shire:*, trustee of Wheatfield tp., was directed to examine the approaches to Baum’s bridge, injured by the late high water, and if bo finds that the same cau be repaired for a sum not greater than SSOO, to proceed to make the repairs,*and if lie finds that the cost will exceed SSOO, to report the fact to the auditor. The Champion Bridge Co. was contracted with for an iron bridge over Michaels ditch, in Jordan tp., for $l6O. The substructure of the bridgejs to be of stone, and to be. constructed finder the direction of the township trustee. Saturday: The Board accepted the bond of Coroner elect, Philip Blue, with M. F. Chilcote and Abraham Leopold as bonds- ;• —»- • y men.