Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1909 — The County Commissioners. [ARTICLE]

The County Commissioners.

Proceedings of the county commissioners, February term, 1909: Contractor allowed $2,722.24 for work oh Ott stone road in Carpenter township. Viewers and engineer ask for additional time to file report in the matter of the gravel roads petitioned for by J. J. Lawler et al, one in Union township and one on county line between Jasper and Newton counties. Time granted to March term. Myrt B. Price appointed superintendent of construction of Iroquois ditch, ordered to give bond in sum of SSOO. Superintendent of construction of Mary M. Potts ditch .files partial report, and is ordered to proceed with collections and file final report on or before March term. ° Superintendent of construction of Moody-Davis ditch ordered to fi e report by March term. Bond of W. J. Wright, county coroner, with American Surety Co., as surety, approved. Auditor directed to give notice of letting contract on March 1, 1909, of one steel bridge, on tubes, 70x16 feet, in Milroy township, across Howe ditch. Auditor directed to give notice of letting contract on March 1, 1909, for furnishing supplies for the quarter for use of county poor asylum. Annual settlement of auditor and treasurer examined and approved and ordered published. Additional aid granted in Marion township to the following persons: Cecil Potts, Sarah Platt, Alice Potts, S. R. Shreeves, Mrs. S. R. Shreeves, John Alberson, Clara Stone, Jessie Stone, Mollie Goodner and Leslie Goodner to amount of sls each. Auditor directed to prepare bonds for signature of board at March' session for on Hoagland ditch to amount of $3,373.34. The annual poor reports of all the trustees filed and approved by board for year 1909. Interest for January, 1909: Jasper Savings & Trust Co., $51.18; State Bank of Rensselaer, $55.48; Bank of Wheatfield, $8.70; State Bank of Remington, $15.65.