The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-22

TIE sellletncnlS vain the county treas
urer. Adjourned until morning.
THURSDAY MORNING, Oct H.
Board met; all the members present.
On motion, the beard completed the
annual settlement with the county treas
urer and made the following endorse
ment thereon:
EMPoRIA, Kas.. Oct. IA, 1850.
At II regular meeting OF the hoard Of
county commissioners OF Lyon county,
Kansas, held the abtJqe date, the foFego-
ing statement of ID. w Eastman, county
treasurer, was compared and found 10
be correct. /, A. TAYLOR,
J. Nj. GRIFFITu,
III. +. HOLMES,
Commissioners.
4 petition from the city or town of
Reading signed by 2SS of the citizens of
Reading township, asking for license
allowing w. II. Penfield TO sell liquors
under the dram shop act upon which
petition the board make the following
endorsement:
EMPoRLA, KANSAS, Oct. IA, 1880.
Petition not granted.
l. A. TAYLOR,
JIM. GRIFFITH,
Ii. T. HOLMES,
Commissioners.
And now, on this 18th day of October,
1880, upon petition of Samuel Tiliippin,
j. R. Frost and ten other citizens of the
town of Reading, filed October, 1880, it
is now ordered. that the Atchison
Topeka s. Santa Fe railroad company
have the privilege and are hereby au,
thoriZed TO dig and maintain a well at
point not more than 1.250 feet south of
the center of the. main track of the said
4. T. & S. F. railroad company, ON the
east side of the extension of the street
known as Broad street, in the town of
Reading in this county, said well to be
20 feet in diameter, also to build and
maintain a house to aecommo-
date, cover and protect steam pump
and boiler to be used in pumping water
from the aforesaid well; also TO lay and
maintain pipes from said well, to and
along the center of said highway and
extension of Broad street to the south
line of the right of the way of said rail-
road company. I. A. TAYLOR,
Chairman board county commission
ers.
ID. w. Eastman, county treasurer, pre-
sented his bond and the following en-
dorsement was made therein:
EMPoRIA, Oct. IA, 1880
Approved. l. A. TAYLOR,
j. M. GRIFFITH,
Fl. F. HOLMES,
Commissioners.
EMPoRIA, Kan, Oct. 1880.
Ordered that the following persons be
and they are hereby appointed to assist
the probate judge in examing the coun-
| tytreasury, to-wit: w. E. McCrearY and
c. V. Eskridge. |. a. TAYLOR,
Chair Board Co. CONS.
AT regular meeting of the board of
county commissioners of Lyon county,
! Kansas, there was present /. A. Taylor,
chairman, ]. NJ. Griffith and II. f.
Holmes, commissioners, and said board
having under consideration the PROPOSE.
ton of o. F. Richmond to redeem lot
Is. in block 80, in the town of Neosho
| Rapids, by paying the actual taxes and
the costs of advertising, and it appear,
Ling to said county board that the county
has held and owned the tax certificates
to said lot for more then three years last
past, said proposition is accepted.
1t is thereupon considered ordered and
adiudged by the SAID board of county
commissioners that upon the payment
into the county treasury of Lyon county
Kansas by o. F. Richmond or any one
for him of the amount of the actual tax
together with the costs of advertising
lot number Is in block 80 in the said
town of Neosho Rapids the said county
treasury be and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to issue redemption Ger
tificate for said lots to said o. F. Rich
mond I. A. TAYLOR.
| Chairman.
An order was also made allowing
Thos. Gordan to redeem irregular tract
of land in Reading township upon thu
payment of $30.S1 to the county treasur
er of Lyon county, Kansas.
The following bills were allowed: