The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-01

l,ohrer, two Of the commissioners hay-
ing failed to attend having met at the
house of Grove Pomeroy, On the said
18th day of July, 1896, for the pur-
pose of permanently fixing the seat of
justice for the said county of Marshall,
they personally examined all the sites
proposed to them, in said county, for
said seat Of justice and received propo-
sltions for donations for the same from
the different prOprietors O. lands, naming
and proposing sites, and we, after such
examination, and seeing and inspecting
said propositions, have concluded and
determined tofx, and b. presents DO
permanently locate fix and establish the
seat Of justice Of said county of Mar
shall, the site for the public buildings
for said county, is designated On Il plot
Of said town, as made by James Blair,
John Sering and William Polk, propri-
etors Of said town, the names being re-
corded in the county of St. Joseph, In
diana, the said site for said public build
ings, being by said proprietors donated
among other things to said county.
And the undersigned DO further re-
port that the said Blair, Sering and
Polk, in consideration Of the location of
said seat Of justice at the place afore-
said have donated to said county, money
and lands as follows: One thousand
dollars in cash, payable as follows:
$500 90 down in hand, paid to Peter
Schroeder, county agent, in u pre-
sence. $3.50 90, payable in one year
from date and $3.50 90, payable two
years from date, for the payment of
which said proprietors have executed
their notes, bearing GATE herewith, and
the said proprietors have, also, donated
to said county, the following lots, i'll said
town, to-wit: Lots number |, 6, 10, l3,
10, %, %, 33, 81, A., As, 50, 81, 90,
SO, 66, 20, a, 10, 81, Sc, 80, So, 90,
80, 1O2, 1o5, 108, 112, III, 100, 1913,
1875, 129, 1872, 1916, III, IN, HI, 1913,
1856 and 159, being corner lots, and for
ty two in number; and, also, lots num-
Der >, II, 20, 2J. 80, 80, sc, Go, 90,
%, 81, IS. 1O1, 40, 11G, 125, 1874,
40, l46, 152 and 1873, being twenty
one in number, and middle lots, and
making in all sixty-three lots.
And, also, the said proprietors have
donated 70 said county one acre and four
ifths of an acre of land for a public
burial ground, lying in the southwest
corner Of the north west quarter of sec
ton thirteen OBJ, Of Michigan road
lands, the same lying west and south OF
Plumb street, in said town; also, two
acres. more or less. Of land for a site
for a county seminary, bounded as fol
lows:-Beeinning at the southwest cor
her IF Adams and Plumb streets, in
said town. thence southwardly with
Plumb street 26f feet, to the n0rth-west
corner Of Washington and Plumb
streets; thence west IN ~ line on the
south with Washington street. and Oh
a line on the north with ADAMS street
to the west line Of said section thirteen
OBJ; the said seminary to maintain ;
width of 264 feet, from east to west; ant
for which lots, said proprietors have ex.
ecutcd their deed to the county agent
Of said county, and for which lands fol
4 burial ground and seminary, they have
executed their deed to your honors, fol
the uses aforesaid.
And the said p-oprictors have furth-
or agreed to bald a temporary court
house, not less than thirty feet by TWEEN
ty, one story high, en- lot number thirty
two, in said town, the county of Mar
shall to have the use of the same, 70
the term Of four years from the compile
ton thereof, the same to be ready fol
the use Of the county by the Spring
term Of the circuit court Of 1897 and
for the completion of which house, ant
Tor the Use thereof, as aforesaid, tn,
proprictors have executed tacir bonds
PAYABLE to the board of commissioners
in the penal sum of 81, O00 90, and tn
said pIoprietcrs have also agreed to &c
fray the expenses of the location Of sait
site, being SIS, and which sum they
have paid the undersigned. All Of
which deeds and bonds and notes tn,
undersigned herewith produce to YOU
honors. Al of which is respectfully
submitted, the 20th day of July, 1886
SAMUEL G. SANpLE,)
PETER JOHNSON, Comrs.
GRIFFIN IREADwAY,
And, therefore, the said commission
ers, now bring and deliver to the board
the said deeds of said lots, and the sal,
donation Of said land for said buria
ground, and county seminary, and also
deliver to the SAID board the said severa
promisSory notes, executed by said Blair
Polk and Scring, as by said report i
specified. which said deed for said sixty
three lots, the board delivered to Peter
Schroeder, county agent, to whois tn,
said lots are conveyed for record there
of to be made, and said notes are deliv
e.cd to said Schroeder, to whom. n
agent aforesaid, they are made payable
And it is ordered by the board that
the clerk of this board, do file among tn,
papers of this board, the said deed 70
the said land donated for Il buria
ground and seminary, and that he forth
with have ,he same recorded among TIA,
deed records Of this county.
Attest.
ROBERT BLAIR,
ABRAHAM JOHNSON, Comrs
CHARLES OUSTERHoUT,
STATE OF INDIANA,
MARSHALL County.
Commissioners Court, Nay icra 1896