The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-05-06
COUNTY BOARD.
Full Proceedings OF Their Meet
inSs,
Held Monday and Tuesday, May
3rd and 4th, 1875.
REGULAR sEssloN.-oFFICIAL.l

REGULAR sEsSloN.-OFFICIAL.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called.-Present, Hook, Mccormick,
Pickins, Wilson and ". +. Ashby, Chair
man-5.
Absent, Harmon and McIntyre.-2.
Minutes of the meetings held in the
month Of April, 1879, were read, and on
motion approved.
On motion the Board adjourned until
O'Clock, p. Nj.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called.-Present,. Hook, Harmon,
Mccormick, Mcintyre, Pickins and w. F.
Ashby, Chairman..-6.
Absent, Wilson,.
The communication of the County Aud
itor, setting forth, in compliance with an
order of the Board, tnat the amount due A.
A. HiginbOtham, was, up to May 3rd, 1873,
S3,64O.Sl which report was, on motion OF
Mr.. Hook, ordered received and placed on
file.
The communication of the County Aud
itor, in reference to indexes furnished by
the contractor. The contract calls for in
dexes at 81, and the indexes required by
the Register Of Deeds, the price charged is
So whichdeport was, on motion, ordered
received and placed on file.
The following deputy Assessors were ap-
pointed, upon application of the Assessors ::
J. c. VOgel, Leavenworth township.
- Earnest, Alexandria township.
G. W. Foster, Delaware township.
W. IL. Wheeler, Paramount township.
l.. c. Kincaid, Kickapoo township.
Fred Gress, Stranger township.
Mr.. Wilson appeared and took his seat
The report Of the Poor Commissioner for
the month OF April, and the report of aid
furnished to destitute citizens in the
county, was presented, and referred to the
Committee on Poor.
The petition of sundry citizens Of Kick
apoo, asking an appropriation to repair
road near Lawrence Kennedy, was present
ed, and referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges.
Report on sundry bridges needing re-
pairs by the Engineer, was presented, and
referred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
Claim of S. A. Thompson for lamp fur
nished Court, amount "a, was presented,
and on motion the Auditor was requested
to audit the same.
The following claims were referred to the
Commissioner of the Poor:
Claim Of Geo. Scuthwell boarding pauper,
Claim no Of c J. Richardson boarding 30
Claim Of A. X. Adamson, boarding pauper.... . %
Viewers were appointed on the road Pc
titioned for by James Coursy and K. Craig,
at High Prairie, Delaware township.
The viewers report on the HARRIS road
was referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges.
DR.. Van Eaman, of Tonguanoxie, pre-
sented claim for medicines furnished and
professional services rendered to paupers,
which was referred to the Commissioner of
the Poor.
The official bonds of Township Trustees
and Assessors were presented, and on mo-
ton approved.
The contracts OF Fansworth 4 Eaves,
+. NJ. Gable, and G. n. Piper, with bonds,
were presented and read. The bonds were
approved, and the Chairman was author
lied to sign the contracts and ELI the
blanks
The Auditors report on the claims for
the month of April was presented, and re-
ferred to the Committee ON Claims.
The following resolutions were offered by
Mr.. Hook:
-7Resoiped, That the County Attorney be
requested to confess judgment in the name
Of the county for the amount found due
A. A. Higinbotham by the County Auditor
on viod tax deeds, which resolution was
adopted.
Resolred, That d. n. Barns, County En-
gineer, proceed and examine the work done
on q county road on the Delaware and High
Prairie township line, near the Holman
farm, for the repairs of which an appropri-
alton OF 500 was recently made BY this
Board, and that he report the result of
such examination to the Board.
On motion the resolution was amended
by adding the Chairman of Roads and
Bridges, which resolution, as amended, was
adopted.
On motion bids for bridges and groceries
were opened and read, and the following
bids read:
F. NJ Gable, B. A. Spears, and Missouri
Valley Bridge Works, on bridges.
On groceries the bidders were NJ. Phelan
and Gable & Kirk.
On motion of Mr.. Hook, the bids were
referred to the Board a Committee of the
Whole.
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