The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-08
Proceedings of the County Commits
SfOners.
FOURTH DAY.
COMMISSIONERS CHAMBER,

Tuesday, Sept. 9th, 8 A. NJ.
The Commissioners met pursuant to ad-
journment. Present, all the members as
yesterday.
The Board being in session, Henry Stock,
Of Perry Township, presented to the Board
a petition asking payment for damages re-
sulting from the opening of a certain ditch
on the road near his premises in Perry Town
ship, whereby the petitioner claims that
portion of his land was everfowed and he
thereby prevented from cultivating it.
The Board after examining the petition
and witnesses and hearing their testimony
in relation to the matter, considered Hen
~ Stock not entitl ed to payment for dam
ages resulting from the opening of the ditch,
as claimed but ordered that the county
should cause the water accommodating
therefrom TO be drained without unneces-
sary delay.
Thomas Bowers and John Thumann, from
a committee heretofore appointed to view
and locate a road in Scott township, COM
mencng at the southeast corner of the
west-half of the northwest quarter of Sec
ton %, in town south of range 10 west,
and running due west for about one mile
and half until it intersects the road lead
ing omEvansville to Princeton; submitted
a favorable report.
Z POu TIC ANtlllLIS AlA mug % tbAS IS-
port Joseph Deemed and j. II. Neiderhaus
produced and filed with the Board their re-
monstrances against theopening of the road
whereupon the Board appointed Cassimer
/ Schlamp, VIM. +. Wood and Hiram Hop
| kinS 10 meet at the office of John Ingle,
/ Esq, sr., in Scott township, on the first
/ Saturday in November next at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, and then and there proceed to qualify
! themselves the law directs, and repair to
/ the locality and make a review of the
road and assess the damages, if any, which
would lie sustained by the remonstrants by
/ reason of the opening of the road.
a petition was presented to the Board,
signed by Henry korniug and twenty three
other citizens Of Perry township, asking for
a change Of a road in Perry township, COM
mencinE at a point % yards northeast of
the point W here the road crosses the west
line of the east half of the southwest quar-
! ter Of section 9, township 6, range IL west,
at a white oak tree marked H." thence
running in straight line northeast, about
$50 yards, intersecting the original road at
stone marked "A"
The Board, after considering the petition,
appointed John Rheinlander, John Rettig
/ and Ira Gavin, to meet at the office of A.
Fitzgerald, ESQ., in German township, on
the first Saturday in November next, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, and then and there qualify
themselves as the law directs, and proceed
to view and locate the proposed change of
road, and make their report to the Board
| Mt its next term.
A petition signed by Carl Schaus and
others was presented to the Board, asking
for certain road in Armstrong township
but the Board having examined the petition
and the notice therefor, were satisfied that
both were informal and illegal. The petit
ton was therefore rejected. The Board
then proceeded to examine and allow sun
dry accounts, amounting in all to the sum OF
S53.85 ; after which
Adjourned to meet on Friday morning
Sept. 7th, at o'clock, A. NJ.