Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1898 — The Court House Occupied. [ARTICLE]

The Court House Occupied.

The County Officers Moved In Thursday. V At last, after nearby two years of camping about wherever they could find a place, the county offices have got permanent location once more. The general movement into the court house took place Thursday, March 17, 1898. The first to get in was Treasurer Gwin. The others in the jail building followed soon after viz: Auditor Murray, Recorder Porter and Sheriff Reed;" also the Commissioners. Clerk Coover, from the small building east of the public square, followed in the afternoon. County Superintendent Hamilton also got in, (literally on the ground floor) in the afternoon. The commissioners court room is on the second or main office floor, being ih the north or Washington street front. The auditor’s rooms connect with the commissioners, and are in the northeast corner. The treasurers’ rooms, connected with the auditor’s are in the southeast corner. The recorder in the southwest corner and the clerk in the northwest. On the first flbor the sheriff is the northwest corner; the Co. Superintendent in the northeast; and the surveyor’s office will be in the southeast. The assessor will also be on this floor; and so also is the janitor’s room, the G. A. R. memorial room and the ladies’ waiting room, toilet rooms etc. The commissioners called court for the first time, Thursday just before noon, in the new building in a joint session with the White county commissioners.