Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1870 — Proceedings in Commiśioners Court. [ARTICLE]

Proceedings in Commiśioners Court.

Board met in the auditor’s office June 6th, 1870. Present, Chas. M. Watson, George H. Brown and Jared Benjamin, commissioners; Ira W. Yeoman, auditor; and A. J. Yeoman, sheriff. Issued orders upon the treasury to the following persons for services and in amounts specified: Ben. R. Fails, keeping pauper of Gil lam tp., .1 Dr. McCandless med. aid to poor of GillaYn tp........ 20.00 John G- Carter aid to poor of Newton tp 1.00 A. Leopold goods to poor of Milroy tp 7.85 Sani'l McCullough flour to poor of Gillam tp 3.50 Wm. Robinson aid to poor of Gillam tp 7.00 Braden & Buford station’ry 23.20 Wm. J. Laßnc goods to poor of Jasper county 49.10 Harding & Alter med. aid to poor of Jasper county.... 19.80 Willey & Sigler goods to poor of Barkley tp 10 00 Geo. M. Johnson scli’l ex’r 21.00 A. J. Yeoman sheriff 28.00 J. W. Duvall expr’s ch’ges 3.25 John Querry, Jess. Wilcox, O. B. Rockwell and R. 11. Bush, each $4 for services on hoard ,of canvasser of Ft. W. & P. Railroad election 16.00 S. Erwin, H. C. Bruce, I. V. Alter, Jas. W. Smith, Thos. Lamborn, Jas. Yeoman and Henry A. Barkley, each $2 services on board of canvassers of Ft. W. «fc P. election 10.00 Ira W. Yeoman clerk of board, of canvassers of Ft. W. & P. It. R. election 2.50 M. H. Grant w’k on p'r fm 10.00 Chas. Plait money paid oti account of insane 90.06 James & Healey printing & stationery 40.00 Dr. D. H. Patton med. aid

to poor of Carpenter tp 15.50 Rosser, Spring & Co. stat’y 30.00 J. Peacock witn’s in r'd e’e 1.00 Dwiggins & Thompson Co. attorneys 9.00 li. J. Bright order b00k... 26.00 Wm L. M’Connell county - att’-y in Woosley pauper case 5.00 James Smith wit. “ “ 2.00 Jos. Woosley “ “ “ 2.00 G. M. Ballard tract book congress lands 100.00 A. J. Yeoman b’ld’g gr’des to iron bridge 575.00 M. L. Spitler qr’t'ly al. el’k 50.00 A. J. Yeoman “ “ sh’ff 25.00 G. H. Brown commissioner 24.00 C. M Watson “ 24.00 Jared Benjamin “ 27.00 Ira W. Yeoman per diem commissioners’ court.... A. J. Yeoman per diem commissioners’ court 18.00 A. J. Yeoman subpeening witnesses. 4.00 Ira W. Yeoman Ft. W. & P. 11. R. election 10.00 Ira W. Yeoman county auditor 303.85 Assessed the levy of taxes for county purposes at 40 cents on each SIOO valuation. Levied tax of $26,480, “the same not exceeding one per centum upon the real and personal property in the county liable for taxation for State and county purposes for the year 1870,'’ to aid the Fort Wayne anil Pacific Railroad. Mr. Brown entered bite protest to this levy “on the ground of illegality.” Discharged Messrs. Dwiggins & Thompson from employment as county attorneys. Accepted the grades at cither end of the iron bridge across the Iroquois river one mile above Rensselaer, made by A. J-. Yeoman, and released him from further liability on contract. Accepted, and ordered spread upon the records, the following REPORT OF SCHOOL FUNDS: Amount of congressional township fund held in trust at date of last report... .$40,402 00 Amount since added from sale of school lands 240.00 Acres of unsold school land 3,650 estimated val. 7,300.00

$47,942.00 Amount of common sch’l fund held in trust at date of last report 7,136 85 Since added by fines and forfeitures by Justices Peace 15.00 do by clerk 10.00 All other sources. 17.00 $7,178.85 CONDITION OF SCHOOL FUND. Common Cong. Ain't In Treaa. at lust rep. $121.00 $ 215.00 Loans psid within the year 600.00 1,376.00 Funds loaned •• “ “ 625.00 1,492.00 "Not invested—ln treasury 40.60 122.00 Interest col. witliu the y’r 370.36 2,239.67 Interoßt delinquent 132.16 636,47 Accepted the exhibit of the county finances reported by the auditor and treasurer for the year ending May 31, 1870. Orucrcd the auditor to give notice in the Rensselaer Union of a meeting of the Jioard on the 25th day of June, 1870, at the bridge across the Iroquois river on the line dividing townships 29 and 30, for the purpose ot investigating the condition of said bridge and to receive bids for its repair. f