Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23

County CoMMssIoNERs.-The Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners adjourned its June term on
Monday. During the second week much bust
ness was transacted. Besides passing upon and
allowing the usual number of accounts for Court,
Jail, Poor, Road, Bridges, Assessing and other
expenses, the following matters were decided.
The County Auditor, Jacob L. Wright, filed
his annual report Of receipts and expenditures of
the County, showing the receipts for general pur-
poses, $50 ,lS2 70; from specific taxes S44 sol
So; from principal of Common School and Con-
gressiOnal Township fund SO, SIS So; from inter-
est of said funds S20,OS6 80; total receipts from
all sources Sl31 .346 o..
The expenditures were: For general purposes
S35, $50 IA; on account of a specific revenue
S45. 1913 OIL; on account of principal of Common
School and Congressional township funds So
347 SO; Of interest on said funds Sl7 ,90l IS;
amount of general fund Overdrawn at last report
81 ,422 So; total SlO9, 900 %; outstanding orders
Sl,7le "a; cash on hand S22,O3O 10.
The County Treasurer. John L. Brown, re-
ported a balance on September Sd, 1861, of Sl4,-
10 "; the aggregate receipts from all sources,
SlI0,225 "a; the gross disbursements for all pur-
poses. including school fund and specific revenues.
$50, 049 %. The balance in the treasury, June
LIST, 1862, is $685. 4 OF. This report embraces
the financial transactions since the present Treas
urer went into Office, nine months since.
Weaver 4 Williams we're appointed coffin
makers for the paUpers for the ensuing year.
The indianapolis and Leavenworth Gravel
Road Company were allowed to extend their
road from the present road south to the line d.
viding Marion and johnson counties, being about
two miles.
George g. johnson was appointed Constable
for Lawrence township.
The Trustee of Centre township reported
the amount of funds received by him for dis
tributiOn to the needy families of soldiers, as
follows:
Surplus received of Mayor Maxwell. 4. .s2Os 80
Appropriated by County Com'rs......s 81 900 90
Total receipts. ............ 81 POS %
Amount disbursed to June ii. .......S 81 047 81
Some orders are outstanding which, when paid,
will leave a balance in the hands of the Trustee
of about $3.50.
Inspectors of election were app tinted as fol-
lows:
Milford H. Vert, for poll No. ?, Lawrence
township.
Lorenzo vanscyoc, for poll No. ?. Washington
township.
Richard ". Thompson, for poll No. 3, and
Hiram Wright, for poll No. 3, in Washington
township.
James H. Turner, for poll No. ?, Decatur
township.
William Boaz. for poll No. 2, and John C.
New, for poll No. 3, Center township.
The levy for 1862 upon the taxable property
for county purposes was ordered to be at the rate
of twenty-three ceEts on the one hundred dollars,
and fifty cents on each poll. A levy of three
cents on each one hundred dollars was made to
refund in part 70 Court House revenue for apprO-
p~riatiOns for the relief Of soldiers families:
A township road. petitioned for by Samuel
Harper and others, was ordered to be opened as
public highway.
Liquor licenses we're granted to John Zurich
and Charles LOehman.
II was ordered that the County Auditor invite
proposals for building an addition to rhe County
ASYLUM for the Poor, the contract to be let on
the 18th of July, and the work to be completed
by the LIST of November.
The Board will meet in special session on the
18th OF July.