The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-11
Proceedings of the County Commits
a1Onerss
FIFTH DAY..
COMMISSIONERS CHAMBER, I
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Friday, Sept. 7th, GAM.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all the members being present.
Charles Parke, of Scott township, was
selected by the Board, as a student at
the State University at Bloomington, to re-
eeive the benefit of scholarship within the
bestowal of the County.
The Board then proceeded to examine and
allow sundry accounts, amounting in all to
the sum of ST1O.74.
Applications having been presented, and
the parties having shown to the satisfaction
Of the BOARD that they had in all things
complied with the law, the Board ordered
that licenses be granted to the following
named persons to sell spirituous liquors
less than a quart at a time, at their usual
place of business in Pigeon township, for
one year from Sept. Sd, 1860, upon their
fling to the acceptance of the County Au-
ditor their bonds, as the law directs, viz:
George Mensinger, ]. w. Speer, Adam
Schmidt, Peter KilZ, Herman Weiland,
Jonathan Newman, Patrick McPhillips,
Joseph Morshen, Martin Stolz, Nicholas
Kiel, Anthony Kohl, Fred. Krohne, John
Monk, S. Gumberts 4 Co, John Heinrich,
Joseph Jergensmeier, Carl Freund, J. S.
Allen, Kolz & Aims, Peter Sehmuck, G. F.
BolIe, John F. Bruner & Co., George
Schulz, Patrick Hughes, Thomas Hughes.
A license was, in like manner, granted to
Daniel Vented, of Armstrong township.
The Board having passed an order grant
ing a license to Louis Sauer, of Pigeon
Township, upon papers that were found to
be irregular, ordered that the order grant
ing the license be rescinded.
Thomas E. Garvin and twenty-three 9TH
er citizens of Vanderburg county presented
70 he foro hos
| of a portion of the road leading from Evans
vile to Newburgh, commencing at the
bridge over the canal and running in
south-weSterly direction along the line of
| the canal, on the south side to a point
where Ninth street if extended would strike
the canal, and thence aloud Ninth street to
] Cherry street, passing through the lands
| owned by John j. Chandler, Thomas (.
| Garvin, and Hugh Ronalds.
The Board, after considering the petition
and examining the notices accompanying it,
and hearing the testimony of George C..
Pope concerning them, being satisfied that
the notices of the presentation of the petit
ton have been properly and legally given,
appointed John Hall of Knight Township,
John Rheinlander of Perry Township, and
Edward L. Cody of Pigeon Township, with
the assistance of the county surveyor, after
! qualifying, to proceed to view, locate and
mark out the proposed change of road, and
report to the Board at its next session.
Alexander Maddox, who had been hereto
fore appointed by the Board to repair the
road leading from Mt. Vernon and Hen
derson, near the residence of Benoni Stin-
son, in Perry township, made report to
the Board stating that he had proceeded as
directed by the Board, having cross-laid q
certain road hole, placed earth upon it and
ditched it; that he had spent $97.50 of the
amount allowed for the work and expected
to expend the balance shortly aud that he
was ten days in attendance on the work.
The report was accepted and approved
after which
The Board adjourned to meet on Satur-
day, Sept. 9Th, at o'clock A. M.
SIXTH DAY.
Saturday, Sept 9Th, 9 Al
The Board met pursuant to adjournment,
the members being present as yesterday.
The County Commissioners proceeded to
the County Asylum, and after carefully ex-
aiming and inspecting it, were satisfied
that the institution was in good condition,
aud that the inmates were well attended to-
Sundry petitions were presented to the
Board, one for bridge to be built in Cen
tire township in the vicinity of K. McJOhn-
stOn's another for bridge to be erected
across the bayou dividing the townships O
Union and Perry, the consideration of which
was continued until the next meeting.
Upon motion the Board adjourned unit