The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-18
County yCOmmissioners' Distriets.


In accordance with the provision of an
old law of this State each county is divided
into three districts, for the purpose, in elect
/ ing county commissioners, of having those
officers located in different portions of the
county, SO that all parts of the county
shall be represented on the Board Each
commissioner is elected for three years, and
the expiration of their terms are so alter
mated that each year new commissioner is
elected. In this way, there are always two
old members on the Board, and new ele-
ment, fresh from the people, is infused into
it each year.
Having made a number of inquiries about
the arrangement of districts in this county,
and receiving no satisfaction, we yesterday
went to the County Auditors Office for the
information, and were furnished by Mr..
Walker with the following facts
The commissioners districts, as originally
formed, were regulated by the then existing
township lines. There were four townships
Armstrong, Scott, Pigeon, and Union.
The line dividing Congressional Townships
and 6 separated the two first named
from the two last-named subsequently
since the formation of the districts
-four new townships have been form
ed-Knight, Perry, German, and Centre.
Perry and Knight lie entirely south of the
Congressional Township line, but that line
cuts Centre and German nearly in equal
parts there being little more territory
north in each than south of the line We
now give from the old Commissioners
Records the descriptions of the boundaries
of the districts.
At the May term, 1881, of the Board of
County Commissioners. the following order
was passed
"In pursuance of an act of the General
Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled
An act to regulate the mode of doing
county business in the several counties of
this State approved Jan. 10, 1881, it is
" Ordered, That the County of Wander
burgh be divided into districts as follows,
10 wit:
"The First District commencing at
the mouth of Big Pigeon Greek, thence ex-
tending up said creek to the mouth of Locust
Lick Greek, thence up the said creek to the
Forks, thence up the main East Fork of
said creek to the Armstrong township line
the line of Armstrong township at that
time being the line dividing Congressional
townships and 6 thence east along the
Pigeon Township line a continuation of the
same line due east to the Warrick county
line, then south along the Warrick county
line to the Ohio River, thence down the
Ohio River with the meanders thereof to
the place of beginning.
so Tte Second District commencing at the
southwest corner of Armstrong Township
where the said Congressional Township
line strikes Posey county thence north
along the county line to the northwestern
corner of the county, thence east along the
county line to the north least corner of the
county, thence south along the county line
to the southeast corner of Scott township
1.-THE south line of Congressional township
5 thence west along the Pigeon township
line said Congressional Township linel to
the place of beginning.
"The Third District commencing at the
southwest corner of District No. :, thence
extending south along the county line to the
Ohio River, thence up the Ohio river to the
southwest corner of District No. |, at the
mouth of Big Pigeon Creek, thence up said
the mouth of Locust Lick Greek, thence up
said aforementioned creek along the line of
District No. l to the line of Armstrong
tow nship the aforesaid Congressional
Township linel, thence west along the
line of said last mentioned township to the
place of beginning.
BY reference to map of the township,
it will be seen, by the aid of the official
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of Pigeon except that portion below Pigeon
Greek, all of knight, and about two-ffths
of Center township; that District No. 2
embraces Armstrong and Scott townships,
and about three ffths of German and the
same portion of Center and that District
No. embraces Union, Perry, that portion
of Pigeon below the Creek, and about two
ffths of German This information will be
are two commissioners to elect in October,
and there has been some question as TO what
portions of the county they are to be taken
from The Districts from which the can
didates have to come are the First and
Third, although the voters of the whole
county vote tor them In the First District,
a commissioner is TO be elected in place of
Mr.. Michael Muentzer, his time expiring
this year In the Third District, vacancy
occasioned by the death of Mr.. Robert Par
rett is to be filed, Mr.. Hogue now occupy
ing the position temporarily by appoint
ment.
It has been proposed several times, to
make new division of the county into
districts, for the sake of convenience, and it
is likely that the Commissioners will dc so
at no distant day. We think it ought to be
DONE as it is hard to keep within the recol-
lection the present division.
If the change should be made, it would
seem that the District ought to be consti-
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