The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-16

On motion board adjourned until
Wednesday morning at 8 a. m.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY Z.
Board met as per adjournment. All
members present.
On motion the road heretofore petit
toned for by John Malmberg was taken
up and and after hearing evidence DrO
and con, in regard to the location of the
same, it was decided that said road
was public necessity and was there
fore granted
Road heretofore petitioned for by
Val Best was then taken up, and after
hearing evidence pro and con, the board
decided that the road as petitioned for
and located by the viewers, was of pub
lie necessity, the same was duly granted.
The petition of w F. Hancock for the
erection of gates on and across a certain
public road was not granted on account
of a remonstranee against the erection
of said gates being on file.
5. b. Riggs and Neil Campbell were
appointed to assist the probate Judge in
his quarterly examination of the county
treasury.
Ordered that j ii. Hibben, county
surveyor, be and he is hereby instructed
To make a survey and estimate for the
construction of a bridge, ut a point on
the Neosho river, known as the Rinker
ford and make report at the regular
quarterly meeting in October, 1880.
WHEREAS. 1t has been made to ap-
pear to the satisfaction of this board
that one W II. Davis was on or about
the 10th day of July, 1879, arrested for
horse stealing, and that he was duly ar.
raigned before a magistrate upon said
charge, and was by said magistrate
bound over to appear at
the September term of the district
court for said county, to answer SAID
charge, in the sum of 5000, with l.. L.
Davis and l.. L. 4. Davis as his sureties
and that said Davis never appeared be-
fore the said district court, as by the
terms of said bond he was required to
do, and that forfeiture of said bond or
recognlZance was declared by said dis
trict court on the Sd day of September,
4. D., 1879. Therefore il is
Resol0ed, That the county attorney be
and he is hereby authorized to COM
mence the necessary action at once To re-
cover of said L. l.. Davis and L. L. A
Davis the amount of said bond
Bond as justice of the peace of G. S.
Van Eman was approved, nee, Geo. Mil
Ter resigned.
/. Bond of w F. Hancock as treasurer
of Jackson township approved.
Proposition of Mrs. Agrelius to pay
taxes on certain lots in the town of read
ing accepted.
Proposition of J. A Collins to pay
tax on certain lots in Amerlcus &C
cepted.
Proposition of H. Goodspeed to redeem
certain lots in reading accepted.
Board adjourned to Thursday morn
ing July 8, 1880.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8.
Board met as per adjourned. Present,
j. NJ. Griffith, II. F. Holmes.
On motion, new road petitions were
taken up and viewers appointed therein.
Road on petition of Jessie Foster, ct
al, viewers, H. T. Mcmillan, ]. d. CLARK,
and z. I'll. Finley to meet on the 9th of
August, 1880.
On petition of Ed Moorehead, ct al
VIM. Wells, E. ID. Whitmore, and d. l..
Saylors to meet August z, 1880.
On petition of Wade Worster, ct al.
o. F. Richmond, A j. Andrews and
VIM. Wells to meet September %, 1880
On petition of T. W. Clark, ct al, Will
Wayman, ]. II. Leeper, and Geo. Burns
to meet August IL, 1880.
On petition of ]. n. Tucker, ct al, r.
Pollock, Lew Smith, aud Hiram Miller
to meet August 10, 1880.
On petition of Geo. H. 10y, ct al, L. A.
Wood, W. F. Kitchen and A. Howard 10
meet September %. 1880.
On petition of Ed Swartz, ct al, l. A.
Wood, a C. Sackett, and s, NJ Morgan
to meet August ), 1880.
On petition of Peter Geraghty, ct al,
G. F. Arnold, E. H. Spencer, and G. ID.
Patton to meet September 2, 1880.
On petition of Thos. Geraghty, ct al
Val Best, Jno- Holmes, and ID. O'Mara
to meet September 3, 1880.
On petition of j. SOnnideeker, ct al.