The Kanzas news., 1858-09-04
Proeesdings Of the Second r...;-
me County Board Of SUPERVISE. Of
sembisd at Americus, August "a ;sss =


Board met at Amerieus, pursuant 81
ment, August 3Oth, at O'Clock P lOun-
present: aoess
WA.GRlhsLEY' Chm'n, AneriOus Tov,.,.
p B. PLUMB, Emno-;. "hsAP.
PETER EIKENBERRY, Cottonvooa
Y CoLo MbIA, Agnes City
W. H. WATKINS. Kansas Cent?.
q " EAknDsE. CAL
Report of viewers on road from plvn,.a
Americus was adopted, and the said .Uas ~,
established.
Report Of viewers on road from PvmO,.,
Cah0la was adopted and the said ruad A.,
established. Sea
1t was ordered by the Board that II.
Surveyor be employed to draw two p.,, !
county, showing section lines, the course Of ,.- '
and roads, the location of towns, etc. and a.l-'
Clerk of the Board furnish the surveyor ~, Ne
plats OF all roads established.
Mr.. Ekenberry offered the following rs.,,...
which was adopted:
Reseleed By tie County Board Of Supervise, n.
the appointment, by the Governor, of cvp
kridge. as Clerk of this Board, and h ". E.l :.
County Treasurer, meets our unqualified aad bs.,
ty approval.
The vote on the above was called for vh;.,
stood as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Eikenber-r.S,
Columbia; Nays-Aessrs. Plumb and WatL,e
Mr.. Grimsley gave the casting vote in favor Offs,
resolution, and declared the same to be adopteS
The assessment roll of the county Assesso, -.
then taken up. RemoDstranees against the San.
were presented, after which, on motion, the Boa,
adjourned for supper-thirty minutes.
At the expiration of the 80 minutes the C.;.
man called the Board to osder, when a ien..s-
discussion on the assessment roa took place
The following resolution was finally sd0..,
whereupon discussion ended
Resotoed, That the late assessment of n,0D..-
in this county by Geo. II. Rees, Assessor, ann
as complete at the time of making the ssr.
could well be made, and considering the dig.rl
ties under which the Assessor had to labor HI, =.
returned list is as correct as could have been ~.
pected, and is, in the opinion of this Board val
i'd assessment. But, inasmueh as q thoroD0b y.
ganization under the "new laws" is des;rabk tA.,
the newly elected officers may at once enter vDo.
the discharge of their proper and legitimate dr-
ties, and that the whole people of the county nav
have another opportunity of uniting with the Of
fcers in removing all obstacles to the cOpnlesA
operation of the law, and that greater amount Of
revenue may be raised, for county expenditure,
Therefore, be it
Ordered, That the Township Assessors in the
several townships, between the lst and 25th d.v,
of September, shall assess the property in their re-
spective townships prescribed by law to be assess
ed, and upon the completion of the assessment
so ordered, they shall post up notices, as BY law
required, in five of the most public places in each
township, that the assessment roll for the present
year has been completed and may be seen at the p-
ces mentioned in said notices. respectively untlths
18th day of October, by any person desiring to
view the same, and will be open for correction du
ring that time; after which the Assessor of each
Township shall, on or before the 25th day of 0c-
tober, transmit his assessment roll, with the prop
er certificates attached to the Clerk of the Board
of County Supervisors.
The Board. on motion. adjourned until to-mOe-
row morning at o'clock