The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-17
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Proceedings of the board of county
commissioners of Lyon county, Kansas,
at the meeting held Sept. 6, :, and s, 1875.
James OfOole flied proof of the errOn-
eOus assessment of lots % and %, block
81, Neosho Rapids, for 1872, the same hav-
ing been assessed as improved lots, and
the evidence showed that they had no i'm
improvements thereon; whereupOn the
board ordered that the taxes, amounting
to $6.07, be refunded to said O'ToOle.
On motion, the following Ievies were
made in the various school districts, for
interest aud sinking funds on bonds,
to-wit: District No. (city), mills;
No. ,, mills; No. 3, mills; No. 9, s
mills; No. 10, mills; No. 81, 10 mills;
No. %, IL mills; No. 30 (ioiEt) mills;
40. 33 Goint) mills; No. ~, - mills;
No. IS, IA mills; No. 80, 1O1I mills; No.
53, 1917 mills; No. %, II mills; No. 81, >
mills; No. 80, 8 mills; No. 60, 8 mills; No
81, 1214 mills; No. 90, II mills; No. Is, 10
mills; No. 81, IL mills; No. IS, IL mills:
No. 90, 10 mills; No. 30, 81 mills; No. II,
10 mills; No. 20, mills; No. "a, 81 mills.
On motion, the board ordered that the
following levies, for township and road
purposes, be made in the several town
ships, tO-wit: Agnes City, township, IL
mills; road, u mill. Americas, town
ship, $40 mill; road, 2 mills. Centre,
township, 7-I0 mill; road, a mill. Ell
mendarO, township, $40 mill; road,
mills; Emporia, township, l mill; road,
mills. Fremont, township, $40 mill;
road, IA mills. Jackson, township, Il
mill; road, , mills. Pike, township, $40
mill; road, 2mills. Reading, township, 1
mill; road, mills. Waterloo. township,
- mill; road, ~ mills.
On motion, the following levies were
made for state and county purposes:
State, mills; county, general fund, D
mills; railroad bond fund, $40 mills.
Total, Is $40 mills.
Robert Milliken rendered his resigua
ton as county surveyor, which, OH mo
tiOn, was accepted and placed on file.
On motion, the following bills and ac-
counts were allowed, as herein set forth.
tO-wit:
A., r. n : +. railroad company, tickets
for Dauper~, &l9.IO. James Means, massn
work on tlIe Allen creek bridge, $247. 40.
Thos. Beers, repairing and replacing the
Allen creek bridge, $36i.52 allowed
$;i53.52. Thos. Beers, janitOr's fees court
house, $1,000. Thomas Beers, boarding
prisoners, S4S.60' ThOs. Beers, witness
fees probate court, SI.50. RObt. MiIltken,
surveying county road, 5000. Emporia
NEWS, publishing delinquent tax list,
$1S9.27; allowed $l79.27. Emporia Led
ger, publishing delinquent tax list,
Sl79.27. EmpOria Ledger, county print
ing, $4G.II- Mmporia Milling and Com
mereial Co., supplies for poor, $I2.S3. Z.
+. Sprague, work on Cottonwood bridge,
S62.7A. Ii. +. Lockard, boarding paupers,
S2JO.10. EmporIa NEWS, county print
ing, $22.94. q. w. Crane, deed record,
S24.OO; allowed $1,000. w. NJ. Young.
ct al, jurors probate court, $24 90. #. b
Hall, balance of assessors fees, $4,000.
L. +. Bailey, repairing Jail floor, $500.
JAS. OToOle, tax refunded, SCOT. J.E.
Evans, expires on book, 40 cents. Eliza
Moore, examining treasurer's accounts,
$500. II. +. Holmes, examining treasur-
er's accounts, $500. +. w. Cunningham.
examining treasurer's accounts, S2.00. 4
w. Cunningham, probate judges fees,
$3.50. Tandy " Eastman, drugs (by T.
Beers }, 81 65. BTuner e Co., tinware, &c.
(by T. Beers), $3.50. Day, Egbert & Fid-
lar, blank book, $500; allowed S4.OO. C.
Z. Paine, telegram from state board oil
equalization, S7.15. C. f. Payne. county.
commissioners fees, S15.00; Jacob Metz
ger, county commissioners fees, $500.
J. +. Stratton, county commissioners fees,
$1,000. j. S. Craig, county clerks salary,
$4,000. 1. ID. Fox & Co., stationery for
county, $S6.2T. NJ. w. Phillips, balance
viewing county road, $l.OO. w. L. Tray
Tor, balance viewing county road, S1.O0.
w. p. B. Paisley. SI.OO. A. G. white,
viewing county road, $500. w. B. Ross,
viewing county road, S2.OO. q. II. will
liams, chairman, viewing county road,
$l.50. ID. J. Davis. chairman, viewing
county road. $3.50.
Total allowed, $I,I5O.O2.
On motion, the beard contracted with
Buck q Cunningham to defend the coun-
ty in a law suit, brought by AImerin Gill
lett, against the board of county commits
sloners, st fee Of fifty dollars, to try the
cause in the district court.
On motion, the board ordered that the
legal voters be called upon to vote for or
against the sale of the eOunty's stock in
the M, K. & T. railway and the a, & t.
S. F. railroad companies; said vote to be
taken at the general election in November
next.
On motion, adjourned to the regular
term in October next.