Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1878 — Precedings of Board of County Commissioners [ARTICLE]

Precedings of Board of County Commissioners

IST?*. l’gqaent, Ilona. 4"h»> V«n’t AVoud, ircsniewl; Wm. K. Mid Mm. li. } r <Jf, <wi«n!is»-J«mMV| Henry A. Barkley, Mulhi.i-, and Gauigc XI. Lvbinson, shcritl' tu me naucr ot Sytvartnr o’Mown oi «1. petition lot » «l»U'li in M iirion towrsliip, I notices set «side an.! leave grunted viewon, to withdraw tkoir report and annul die huiue. ' Washinjlan S.cH, trpleo of Milroy township, tiles hit report «r receipt* un<l ex pemiiiviros and hill Tor xcrvic.s ns Biieh trustee, ironing a balance in liit li»nd* on April IO.ISJB, s7Mt.ll»—allowed for It is (*. irivt**, 5^40. The assessor* of the revert! townships present thoti" itouhai and assessment lolls, whereupon the hoard of equalization is organiaed Mid proceeded to examine the same Whk+r alter due inapeodiM, are approved | Xj- tail! hoard. Also, allowed die* several | for their services as follows: lUnglng OrWtfeLWoy E. Noland fir So Gitlam, Adam lies* 57 to Walker. David Daniels 45 Oo liarfclcv, tiwrpi Adair . 70 0# am dan. John W avmirc .s*l*l Newton. Mi nmol K, Yeoman . 07 So keener, A<-a Tyler hmlstws Thiewiaa M. Jones ■(# lUieaUhld, Elmer II; Blown 13 75 W uetitikiM, Joseph Brcv . 11M’ tWlMiHr,Ui>m« It. I hoppcll t*s t«' 1 arpeuu-r, George li. 1 lionipson H Sll kilivy, Kiattis.W. Sparling XJOO l iiMi, George W. Owwj SO 00 The Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Kailread Coin] any hating shown to the satisla. don of die board that they have sn fur Complctt-tl their railroad ts to he entitled M recover ilic tax heretofore letted in Marion I iwnship aniouuuug to jdtjßkMM), nowask that the same be paid to their order, which request is referred to M. F. Chilcolc, |v-q.. au attorney at law. with directions to re. der his opinion in writing; whereupon the hotted, being duly advised, it is ordered that lit* andit r issue warrant* payable to said railroad company. First, for die sum of $0,3ff0.£9, now collected and due said company; the sum of S2,tHO having been paid heretofore. Second, a warrant for the st;m W $1 109.C1, being amouut now duo atid delinquent, which shall draw interest from date at 6 per cent., and payable out of the railroad Kind when collected. Third, a wan ant for the sum of $8,000.00 being the second installniei t of said railroad tax, that will be due on the loth day of NovemImt, 1878. Thi> lasi warrant is not l«> draw interest until after said l'dli day oi Novcmfier, 1878, and said wa: ranis shall not be payable out of any oilier fund except said railroad tax fu:.d. The sum of $->O.OO is set apart from said special tax to cove! the expenses hiuttrred by the election In Id in Marion township »t which said tax was voted. Entered into contract with L. Dow Gl«zehruok, M. I)., for medical aid to be furnished the jKMir of Wheatfield, Kankakee and Walker townshijis, for a term of six months at a coinpvnsitiiiuiof S4O; also, with D. J. Luring, IT. D., for medical aid to be furnished the poor of tiillam lowtiship, for a period of six inoiillis, for the sum ot $16.00, time to be extended at the pleasure if the board. The assessment of Lena O’Dohal, of Keener township, a widow, reduced $500,00 for ike taxes of the tear 1877. On petition of Allen J. Yeoman et al., for a ditch in Jordan towuship, Lucien throng, Henry Welsh and George Bessie ■ware appointed viewers. On petition of Edward S. Rhoades’ taxes amounting to $6.35, were ordered remitted on account of t rroneous assessment. The bids for building house on the cfiiinty poor (arm were rejected on account of the informality of bonds. Ordered that the auditor cauto advertisement* to be placed iu the Rensselaer Union for bid* l«r the construction of a frame building on the poor Ihrm, said bids to lie opened on the J 3.1 day of July, 1878, at 1 o’clock p. m„ when the board will meet in special session for that purpose. The budge petitioned for by--Henry Welch et al, in Jordan township, being Completed- to the satisfaction of the board, flic sum of SIOO.OO, heretofore appropriated for that purpose, was ordered to be paid to raid llenry Welch, contractor. The stmt of SIIOO.OO was appropriated for a bridge over Carpenter’s creek, on petition of Janies F. Irwin et ul., and the sunt of SIOO.OO fora bridge in Marion township, on petition of Joseph I. Adams et al., and the lion. W. B. I’tice was appointed agent of the board to see the santo properly cx- ] tended. Ob petition of Hosanna Mclntosh the sum of $7 00 was refunded 011 account of erroneous assessment for taxes of 1870-1877-) From the exhibit of receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending May 31st, 1878, it appears that, there remains in the treasury the total sum of $12,427 32, of which $2,8 •11.39 belongs to the county revenue. From the aunual report of the congressional and common school funds there tip-, pears the sum of $44,921.50 of coitgiessional township principal, and the sum of--510,700.38 of cotumou school fund principal, for which the county is held liable; all of which is safely invested. Of loans made within the year front congressional township fund the amount is $3,390.86; of common school fund, $1,350.0b*. The interest on all of which principal for which the county is liable for congressional fund per j annum is $6,4)39.27, and of common school \ fund $869.83. For the purpose of raising revenues to : deft ay the expenses of the .county lor the eneuing year it was ordered that the sunt ot 34 cents on each SIOO.OO of the taxable : property in the county be assessed for county revenue proper, and the sum of 10 cents on each $109.03 for redemption of outstanding bonds, and that the sum of 1 eent on each SIOO.OO be assessed to pay t lie interest on said bonds. Tite levies of the several townships as made by the trustee* respectively, were approved after having been modified by the board. It was ordered (hat a levy of 1 per cent, on the taxable property in Newton township bo made and extended upon the tax duplicate of said township for the year 1878, for the pur|>ose of aiding in the construction of the Indianapolis, Uelphi & Chicago Railroad. The following were designated as the places for holding elections in the several tbwtiships, vix: Hanging Grove, Bauta school house (No. 1); Cilia in, Centre school bouse (No, 3); Walker, school house No. 2: Barkley, Oeutrc school hous<-; Marion, sheriffs office —courthouse; Jordan, school house No. 1; Newton, Sayler'o tchtol house (No. 1); Keener, Centre school bouse; Kankakee, school house No. 2; AVueaUicld, Centre school house (No. 3); Carpenter, Town Hall, Ketainglon; Mtlroy, eefaool house So. 1; Union, Brush wood school house (No. 1). Mm accounts of Messrs. S. F. Thompson, ML P- Cbilcoie and Ralph Feudig, school trnethaaof Rensselaer, were exuuttnqJ and approved. • - , Hot, U. Tyler, trustee of Keener township, having been previeasly autubrizeil by* the board, reports that lie has entered into a' contract with Thomas Antrim, 11. 14. to furnish medical aid to 1 lie poor of Kooner township abaeornpeasathm of SSO per annum, payable in quarterly in•tallaieota, which said contract is now approved by Uie board. The report of Ralph Feudig, whose (erm of office as school trustee and 1 rsiuMurer ot tli« school fund of the town of Rensselaer I has expired, is now examined and approved by the board anJ settlement made with paid treasurer accordingly, f ' |jj (he case of A, 11. Fairchild et al., pc

t— —: —■—i litioncm for a ditch in Keener tow n .hip, it appearing I hut the notice heretofore given was doleclivc, uni4 notice was act aside and erdcrial that notice, as required by law, be given of the pendelWf of said petition, and said cause b*ct for hearing on Monday', the first day of licit September term. lit the nuttier of the petition of Aleida IV. Van! Wnud, Lens Ibiuten et *l, for ditches in Keener tout ship, the reports for the vieweraovere approved, and it was ordered that said viewers uutv proceed to makw a just and fair statement of the coats of said work, etc., and report to the auditor ns Sinn as practicable, In the matter of ghaog* of road in Westfield township, pfclitbinetl for by N. 1). Ingraham et ul,, on whicli action wuh heretofore fuspondod unlil satisfactory eviduteC . should lie given 'to llie lsmr<l that the new road \mis us good us tlto old otic, it being proven that jjtel! is now the case, the change was granted mid tlto new road established to the width of 7a) feet. , On pet it imt of 11. Kemi and Klishn Notion, for (ho establishment of ajhiud in Jordan township, it having twit shown (hut said road Itud k- n ie-ed for ’ more than twenty years, the snuic was declared a public highway—width 30 feet. On petition of Jacob llaan et nl., for a highway in Keener township, the viewers report id favorably, itud the road was cstalilislied width til) feet. On ]>etiti»n of FJtiiti D, Fairchild et al for chniige of r, ad in Keener township, the viewers r«-|» rtel favorably to such change and the ssitio with ordered and established —width fit) feel. On petition of Simon P. Thompson et nl., for n It gltiVny in Fjitiotl towhship, iloldriilge Clark. W illiam Daniels and George Kessler were appointed viewers; August Ist, 1878, set us the time for view. On petition .of Lewis Rich el a)., for a highway in Wheat field township, Win I>. Vnn t W ood, Asa Tyler and Joseph I*. Fairchild, were appointed viewers, time as above. . On’ petition of Is tar V. Alter et nl, fur a change of highway in Union township, the viewers reported favorably, and the cltHtige was ordered and road established to the width of GO feet. On petition of George Burke et id., for location of highway in Marion and Union townships, the viewers assessel damages in favor of Mary P.-Noirets to the amount i f -S9B.<S). Report accepted. The county ref-Scs to pay said damages; but it was ordered that when the petitioners pay said damages the road is to he established to the width of GO feet. On petition of John 11. Pruett et nl., for a highway in Qjllatn township, George M. .1 oliiisou. Clot r!i s May lieW and Joleph PnrUisoti were appointed viewers; time as above. On petition of James Culp et ul., for a highway on the county line, between Pulaski nnd Jasper c unties, Addison I’arkisott. was appointed commissioner on the pari of Jasper county to meet John 0. Boyles, who was appointed cotiiniissiomir on tite pat*, of Pulaski county, at tite house of Janies C. Culp. .011 July 25, 1878, at 2 p. in., to proceed and examine said route and report to the board of commissioners of Pulaski and Jnvpor counties and report at the r next session. On petition of John Makeevcr et id., for a change of road in Newton township, tlto viewers assess damages in favor of Jared Benjamin to tite amount of $47.50. The amount having born paid into the treasury for the use of, Jared Benjamin, it is ordered that the new raad-be established to the width of 50 feet, and the old r<*nd to be vacated; and it is further ordered that the remonstrants pay the costs of the other v i e wc-r*. —*—— On petition of Thomas M, Jones et nl., for a highway in Kankakee township, t’..p board ri-ftises to take jurisdiction—tin- petition not properly setting forth tho names of the land owners. The allowances .made by the board will be published next week.