Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — Commissioners’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Commissioners’ Court.

Tho lion. Hoard of County (V.in- 1 misMonors cotivoneu in special soS' | ♦ ion nt the Court Housv, April 12, j 1,859, pursuant to adjournment. Present, Geo. 11. Brown, C'lias. M. Watson and Jared Benjamin, Commissioners; Ira AN’. Yeoman, Auditor, and Allen J. Yeoman, {sheriff. The returns of Township Asses- ■.,» ir s-w-oro-ree-eHM't-i —aard —frpprtmrd-,~ and allowances were made tiic Assessors of the several townships for their services, as follows: Johii X. Besl, Carpenter, $77 50 Tlios. M. Jones, Kankakee, 10 DO Wllli:vra Hanley, Gillum, ■■•5.5 W Conway Stone, Jordan, 30 50 AS'in. McEllresh, Kankakee, 27 50 David 11. Yeoman, Union, 48 00 Isaac Saylor, Newton, 53 CO Samuel 11. Nichols, Barkley, 45 00 Peter lihoads, Marion, » 128 00 Parley Finney, AVhcatiield, 90 00 Elam D. Fairchild, Keener, 17 50 ,11. F. Priest, Hanging Grove, 38 75 AVesley Meadows, Milrov, 20 50 The specifications for a bridge across the Iroquois River nt Bedford’s, one mile above Rensselaer, presented by John Leller, were adopted. Tho bridge is to be supported by two 'stone ‘abutments, and four atone piers placed at a distance of twenty feet apart. The piers are to be twenty feet long at the base and sixteen feet long at tho top — and six feet wide at the base .by three feet wide al the top. Abutments and piers to be made of good solid sand stoke, to be put up with" lime or cement and to be two feet above high writer mark. The Auditor was authorized to. 1 receive sealed proposals for the construction of said bridge, and sealed proposals for making the grade at thT’ends of .said bridge. Commissioners, Auditor and Sheriff, each, received $8 for services. . f . Received report pf I. M. Stackhouse, Chafiman of tho Board of Trustees for the Town of Rensselaer. The report shows a balance on hand as follows: 1 * 3U ’ - - I y.. .. Amount or Tuition Fund $224 58 Amount Spec. Sell. Fu*jd 83 44 Total . S3OB 02 Allowed I. M. Stackhouso $lO for two year’s services as School Truiteu. • •- r - ~ —•••-- —■: - f.hdiv* »1l praise ‘Tlsm'ti’s;” .