Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1873 — Commissionera’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Commiss i onera’ Court.

Board of Commissioners of Jasper county met in regular session in Auditor’s office September Ist, 1873. Present, Win. K. Parkison, Jared Benjamin and Samuel McCullough, Commissioners, Frank W. Babcock, Auditor, and -Lftwio -L. Daugherty. Sheriff. 1 J act > b M. T voxel! ackn ow 1 e dges indebtedness to the county of Jasper, as follows: Amount due at last settlem’t $333.38 Rent of Poor Farm for qr. ending August 31,1873, - - 79,25 Interest on balance due at last settlement, - » - 3.62 Total, - - - - §416.25 Cr, by ain’t paid into treas’v 92.21 Balance due, * - - - §324.04 Lucius Strong, trustee of Newton. township, petitioned for an appropriation of $125 to build a bridge over Curtis Creek on line dividing lands of John Yeoman and John E. Watson, in section 29, town 29, range 7, and the Board authorized said trustee to collect material and build said bridge at a cost not exceeding $125, and further authorized the Auditor to issue a warrant on the treasury for that amount upon completion of such structure. Appointed Win. K, Parkison agent of the Board to iet a contract for furnishing material and constructing a Wooden bridge, not to exceed in cost the sum of SSOO, over the Pinkainink river at the crossing of the new Davissonville and Gillam road. * Amended an order passed at the Juuc session ol the Board directing the Auditor to strike from the tax - ASduplicate the, stun of $51.25 assessed against Samson Erwin to read $ 16 38* that being the amount"erroneously assessed. , . “’County Treasurer L. C. Janes having submitted a list of taxes due from the following persons, together with a statement of the Trustees of the several townships in which said persons reside that the collection of said taxes would probably leave the parties named in a destitute condition, and make it necessary for the county to provide means for the support of these persons, it was ordered that the Auditor and • Trcasu rer drop from the duplicate all taxes now due and •charged as delinquent against R. D. Anderson, Joshua Jones, Peter Jones, John ClarK (ot Walker township, blind), Thomas Hibbs, Narcissus LaCount, Joseph T. Cason, Barney Daywitt* heirs of

Richard Steel, J. N- Ilillon, RobeccaLogan, Elisabeth Nelson,‘George Ilishling and George W. Becsey. ALLOWANCES. J. M. Troxeli, keeping Levi Smith and John Thomas for quarter eliding August*. 31, 1873 $124.85 J. M. Troxeli, keeping sundry pauper's same quarter 28 56 L. D. Glazebrook, medical "services to.Tno Clark and family, of Walker tp 20.75 L. D. Glazebrook, medical services to Charlotte Newcomb, of Walker t’p 14.00 \ In D, Glazebrook, medical serviqes to Joint W. Atkins, of Kankakee township, bill §32.40 ,29.40 .James F. Irwin, for Cain Marion, of “Carpenter t’p 8.54 Chas. Platt, provisions to pauper, of Barkley t’p... 8.75 Indianapolis .Journal Co., Looks, stationery, &c., bill $87.05 84.65 J. 11. Loughridge, med aid to Mrs. Steel, of Barkley tp 4.75 Chas. Platt, medicine to 11. Platt, of Barkley t’p.... . 4.50 Alfred Glazebrook, money expended for relief of Narcissus LaCount, of Kankakee township 8.10 L. L. Daugherty, Sheriff, serving precepts in road matters,.. 38.70 Geo. W. Ilascall, Deputy Assessor for town of Remington and part of Carpenter t’p, bill $117.. 105 00 J. I. Purcupilc & Co., clothing for paupers on p’r fm 7.90 B. 11. & G. W. Patton, conveying pauper to-p’r Cm 3,Gi) J. 11. Snoddy, County Su- - perintendent of schools.. 28.00 ,§am’l McCullough, conveying pauper to poor farm. 3.00 A. L. Whittaker, taking care of transieiit pauper of Gillam township 2.00 Willey,. Sigler A-llalstead, clothing for prisoner in custody of ,Sheriff;;.. 6.35J a til os A. Burnham, balance for services as School Ex. 16.50 James A Healey, p in ting and advertising.-....,.»71.15 Frank W. Babcock, expended in Auditor’s oHiee 4.89 A. McCoy A Thompson, sale lor Treasurer’s office 1 20.00 L. C. Janes, expended in Treasurer's office 2.30 Harding A Alter, sundry goods to Jasper county.. 5.25 Loughridge A Martin, med. aid lo Mrs. Win. Seeley* of Jordan township 20.25 MichaebEger, material and work on Court House, and about i-tthlir square 8.16' I Win. Beck, . digging grave I for Mrs. Wm. GiTisoit, of ! Mamm townshfjr......... 4.00 i Frank W. Babcock, Anuit’r i J.-i-'per conuiy . ~,... . . 270 78 L. L. Daugherty, Shi riff, 4 .days attendance on Contmisrimiers 12.00 Win. K. Parkison, Commissioner, 4 days services... 10.00 Sam’l McCullough, Comm'r 4 days services.. 10. CO Jared Benjamin, CommisT, 4 days services 16.00 Tlios. Antrim, tiled, servic’s, to family of Amos Goff* poor of Union 1 1 )\v 11 s 1 tip., 16.00 I. V. Alter, provisions to p’r of Walker township..... 5.50