Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1890 — Commissioner's Court. [ARTICLE]

Commissioner's Court.

Ithe gravel road petition sustained. What was done about the New Election Process and other Important Mattel's. The assessment for taxes of the property of Percy S. Taylor, of Remington, was reduced $2,800, for reason that he neglected, when assessed, to have his indebtedness credited.

The bond of Shelby Grant, superintendent of the poor farm, was approved. It is in the sum of SSOO. Shelby Grant, C. C. Starr and D. G. Warner are the bondsmen. -The various frame buildings on the poor farm were insured in the sum of $1,500, with C. B. Steward, of the Home Insurance Company, for five years for $33.75. Wm M. Wood and Horace Peacock were appointed constables in Marion tp., to fill vacancies.

! Thirty of the signers of the petition for a gravel road in Carpenter tp., presented to the Board at their March session, asked to have their names stricken from the petition, and their release from further liability for cost therein. The effect of granting such petition would have been the failure of the enterprise, as it would have left the petition without • the necessary number of signatures. The remainder of the petitioners op-, posed the request to be released from the petition, and the Board, after hearing the evidence, decided that the petitioners must all be held to the petition. The issue was tried at length, E. P. Hammond appearing for the relucting petitioners and S. P. Thompson for the friends of the road. Commissioner Taber, being a party to the petition, did not sit as a member of the Board, during the tria| of the case. Dexter R. Jones, of Carpenter, tp., Isaac J. Porter, of Marioft and Granville Moody, of Barkley, were appointed viewers in the matter and J-C. Thrawls, eng’r, in the case. They are to view the road and report at the September session.

Under the requirements of the new election law;- the Board made three new election precinct, one each in Barkley, Carpenter and Marion townships. two Barkley precincts are called East and West Precincts, with voting places at Center and Cosy Palace, school houses, respectively.

The section line extending south from the northwest corner of section 2, township 21), range 6, is the dividing iine between the precincts. Marion township is divided into. Sob th. East and West precincts. South Precinct comprises all of the townships south of the Iroquois aud Pinkamink rivers, with voting place to be located at some room in South. Addition to Rensselaer. East Precinct comprises that portion of the residue of the township south of Washington and east of Division and Main streets in Rensselaer, and east of the half section line road running north from the north end of Main street to the Iroquois river. The voting place to be the sheriff’s office, in the 'court house. West Precinct includes all the residue of the township, with a voting place to be provided in Block four, of the,original plat of Rensselaer.

Carpenter township is also divided i into South, East and West Precincts. South Precinct includes all of the township south of the Pan Handle Rw, with voting place at thL town hall, in Remington. East Precinct includes that portion of the residue of the township east of the range line, between ranges G and 7, with voting place to be provided, in the town of Remington. West Precinct includes the residue of the township with voting place ftlso to be provided, in the town of Ramington. No other changes are made in the other townships, in precincts or voting places, except that in Kankakee tp., a voting place is to be provided iu the town of Dunnville. The Board appointed Inspectors of Elections for precincts iu which

township trustees do not reside, as follows: West-precinct j Barkley, Isaac I). Walker; South precinct, Marion, Joseph 11. Willey; East Precinct, Marion, Chas. W. Coen ; Souths precinct, Carpenter, Levi Hawkins; East precinct, Carpenter, Chas. T. Denham.

In the matter of providing ballot boxes, chutes, booths and other paraphernalia for the elections under the new law, the board Will hold a special session, July 23, where bids will be considered and contracts made. An adverttSUffignUfor bids is authorized inserted in all the newspapers of the

county, stating the nature of the supplies needed, and calling for sealed bids. AH ballot boxes in the county now in the hands of trustees or inspectors must be deposited in the sheriff’s office before July 23. The county tax levy for the year 1890 was made and the levies made by the various townships and corporations were eoncured in. The levy for county revenue was placed at 75 cents on SIOO, assessed valuation.

Henry O. Harris, Wm. Washburn and John Randle, were appointed a visiting board to look-after matters at the poor farm. They must visit the farm as occasion requires ; and report every three months to the com - missioners. The investigation into the affairs of the poor farm began Friday morning, was conducted with great thoroughness and lasted until nearly night, on Saturday. The great length of the investigation proceedings has constrained us to defer the publication of a report of it, until next week.