Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT
the Commissioners of
Gallia County.

To Hon. 4. Il. PLANTS, Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas:
The Commissioners of Gallia County
beg leave to present the Annual Report
of their official transactions during the
year ending the first Monday of Septem-
Der, 1878, together with an accurate
statement of the financial affairs of the
County.
SEPTEMBER SESSION, 1872
A contract was made with r. d. Ed
wards for doing the woodwork of a
bridge across Raccoon creek, at Gard
ner's Ford, for s 99-100 dollars per lineal
foot.
John l.. Guy, County Treasurer elect,
submitted his official bond, in the penal
sum of one hundred thousand dollars,
conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties, and properly endorsed,
which was accepted and ordered to be
recorded.
A full settlement was made with w.
H. H. Sisson, outgoing Treasurer, and
the sum of ten thousand and ninety-siX
dollars and thirty-five cents $50, 096. $50
found in his hands, which sum cores
pended with the amount charged to him
on the Auditors books. Accordingly
| that amount was paid over 10 his sue
cessor, John l.. Guy, Treasurer elect,
and his receipts taken for the same.
The road alteration in Raccoon Tp.,
petitioned for by William Brandyberry
and Others, was established a public
highway forty feet wide, no objections
having been made nordamages claimed.
RAILROAD ELECTION.
At the request of more than one hun
dred taX-paying electors of Gallia county,
an election was ordered to be held on
the Sth day of October, 1872, for the
purpose of voting for or against the con-
struction of a railroad by said county,
and for the appropriation asked therefor
of three hundred and twenty thousand
dollars.
At a special meeting of the Board,
held October l, 1872, a petition was pre-
sented, asking the Commissioners to re-
call the above order for an election,
which was done, and no election vas
held for that purpose.
The orders redeemed by the County
Treasurer during the past year, We're
checked and cancelled.
The annual reports of the Clerk,
Sheriff, and Prosecuting Attorney were
submitted, examined and placed on file.
1t was decided to publish a notice that
the Job of constructing a bridge across
Symmes creek, in Perry Up, at the
crossing of the Portsmouth road, would
be sold on the 9th September, 1872, at
l o'clock p. NJ.
The scholarship in the Ohio University,
to which the county is entitled, was
granted to William H. Gibbons for one
year.
Bills were allowed and ordered to be
paid out of the County Revenue Fund to
the amount of $50 44-100 dollars.
The following payments were ordered
to be made out of the Bridge Fund:
To Adds Harrington for plank for
Sl.OU
To Hugh Plymale for repairs to
2.O
To John c. Graham for rock and
fill for Portsmouth bridge. 1851
To G.. G. Weibert for 1860 yards
earth a. $500
S499.5l
A report of the official transactions of
this Board, for the past year, was ordered
to he made.
The Directors of the County Infirmary
made their report for the last quarter,
which shows their receipts to have been
$50 97-100 dollars and their expenditures
t1173 25-100 dollars, which report was
accepted and the accounts therein al
lowed ordered TO be paid from the Poor
Fund.
SPECIAL SESSION, OCT. !, 1872.
aorfrnaf MOI r,o.1o urffh 7 n unn
shaw for building the superstructure of
a bridge over Symmes creek in Perry
Tp., where the Portsmouth road crosses
said creek, at the rate of s 49-l00 dollars
per lineal foot. Two hundred and fifty
dollars to be paid when the material
should be delivered at the site of the
bridge, the balance upon its completion.
A contract was also made with Edward
said bridge at two l5-1O dollars per
perch (S2.15).
DECEMBER SESSION, 1872.
H. C. Midday, County Commissioner
elect, having qualified for his Office, took
his seat as a member of this Board for
the full term of three years.
The official bonds of H. A. Kent, Pro-
bate Judge, and Ira w. BOOton, Re-
cOrder, were submitted with the proper
endorsements, and accepted. Also the
official bondo of Andrew Watts, Infirmary
Director, was presented, accepted and
ordered to be placed on record.
Payments were ordered to be made
from the Bridge Fund, as follows:
To Addison H~oulsworth, repairs
to Harrisburg bridge................ $500
To A. w. Boggs, repairs TO
Symmes creek hridge........... 1900
To Caswell Martin for siding Mill
creek bridge..................... $3.50
To Pleasant ellis for repairs to
300
To r.. d. Edwards, LIST payment,
Gardner Ford bridge............. 1926
To Grasson Davis, repairs to Long
run bridge~.................-. 82.2s
To Lewis Dyas for work done on
abutments of Gardner Ford
bridge and stone Delivered. 400. 90
To G. E. Johnson fol. work done
on stone piers for bridge across
Symmes creek-..--"............. 5000
S93O.04
Bills were allowed on the County
Revenue Fund to the amount of 1143
12-100 dollars.
A. J. Powell, Esq, was, on motion,
appointed to prepare plans for remodel
ing the interior of the County Jail so as
to secure drainage and better ventilation,
as we'll as greater security, and to SUBJ
NIT the same as Dol as practicable.
Also to ascertain the difference in the
cost of making changes in the present
Jail and that of building a new Jail.
MARCH SESSION, 1873.
The first day was spent in examining
plans prepared for changing the interior
of the Jail and plans for a new Jail.
Bills were allowed on the County
Fund to the amount of 76O 25 o dollars.
A payment of l27 72-I00 dollars was
ordered to be made to Samuel Rothgeb,
Prest. Gallia County Agricultural So
ciety, according to a certificate of the
President of the Ohio State Board of Ag-
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