The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-23
Commissioners. Proceedings.


Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all the members present.
The county attorney was ordered 10
prosecute petition in error in the SUI
preme court in case of Isaac Sargent vs..
board of county commissioners of LYON
county.
Henry Sanford was allowed to redeem
lots numbers IL, Is, II, 10, and 1G in
block II in Americas, Lyon county, Kan
sas by paying the original tax with ten
per cent. interest.
Bond of ]. l.. Butler, as Justice of the
peace of Americus township, nee, G. S.
Van Eman resigned was approved.
h. +. Sprague was ordered to proceed
to what is known as the Lockerman
bridge across the Cottonwood river, and
make an eXaminatcd and inspection OF
the same and report to said board wheth-
er or not said bridge is in safe condi-
ton, for the ordinary use by the travel
ing public.
A. Gillett was allowed S35 90 as dam
ages on road as pctitioncd for by Elem
ing, et al.
On motion, the road heretofore peti-
toned for by Griffith ct al, was granted.
q, Also road on petition of Z. Mccoy ct.
al, was granted.
Also road on petition of Jas. A. Me
CullOch ct. al. was granted.
Also county line road on petition of
j. w. Ellis ct. at, was granted.
Also road on petition of j. w. Bower
sock ct. a., was granted.
On motion, new road petitions were
taken up and viewers appointed as fol
lows, to-wit:
On petition of Samuel LauShner, Ell.
at, G. c. Hiatt, M. Lindley and T. n .
Dixon, to meet ON the Sth day of Sep
tembcr 1850.
On petition of Isaac COult Ct. nj ,
Francis Brogan, r. 4. Snedikcr and w.
j. Combs, TO meet on the 9TH day of
September, 1880.
On petition of 3. Weiland, ct. aL.,
Simon Butcher, l.. o. Priest and L. S.
Starr, to meet on the 10Th day of Sep
TENDER, 1890.
On petition OF VIM. Shockley, ct al
Daniel Griffin, o. ii. r. Vansickle and
V. G. Baysinger, to meet September 22d,
On petition of d. Reed, ct all. Ferren,
Dennis Chamblin and w. T. Starr, TO
meet on the Goth day of August, 1880.
On petition of James Williams et al,
J. Engles, Robert Gilliland aud Carl
Scheel to meet, August 2Sth
On petition of w. Scheel ct al, Jos.
Davis, Duff G. Edwards and s. P Cadv,
to meet on the 9th day of September,
1880.
On petition of c. c. Fry ct al, Jacob
Pruitt, Francis BrOgan and NJ. Wicks,
to meet August 31st.
On petition of VIM. Brown, OF al, G.
r. Harper, j. NJ. Meskimens and J. w.
Osborne, to meet September Goth, 1900
On petition of John Moran eli al, Z. ID.
Mosher, b. n. Hunt and ]. A. Collins, TO
meet September oath, 1890.
L. o. Priest, OIL Vansickle and ST.
mon Butcher were appointed to review
n part OF q certain county
road heretofore located through section
81, township 20, range IL, with the as
sistance of j. ii. Hibben, county survey
or, to meet July 80, 1880.
Petition of James Jones ct. a., hereto
fore presented and viewers appointed
thereon for the vacation of part of a GER
tain county road and relocating the same
was taken up, and the board finding the
viewers report against the vacating of
said road did not grant the same.
Road heretofore petitioned for by ID.
S. Gilmore as the city of Emporia was
not granted.
Road heretofore petitiOned for by
Jacob Shatfer et> al. was laid over until
the October meeting.
Board having no further business ad.
jOurned. VIM. F. EWING,
County Clerk