The Columbus journal., 1881-10-19
Law of November. A. D., 1881, to-wit:

at such place as they may select on the
court house square in the city of Co.
lumbus, in said county, according to
contracts, plans and specifications there
for to be herefter made and adopted
by said board. Said Jail to be compile
ted before January 1st 1888. And shall
| said board of commissioners for the
purpose of providing the necessary
means fer the erection and construction
of said Jail, and appurtenances, issue
| the coupon bonds of said county, paya-
| BILE to a payee to be hereafter selected
by such board, or bearer, to an amount
| not exceeding said fifteen thousand dol
lars ($l5,000,) denominations of one
thousand Isl ,0OO) each, to be dated July
! lst, 1882, and to become due on or be-
fore ten years from the date thereof,
with annual interest at the rate OF per
cent. per annum, payable annually on
| the Ist day of July of each year, both
interest and principal payable at the Of
| flee of the county treasurer of said
| county.
| Said bonds to be negotiated by said
| board. after the Issuance therof for the
purpose aforesaid, to the best possible
| advantage of said county. And shall
| said board of commissioners cause to be
levied each year on the taxable proper
| ty of said county an annual tax In ad-
| dition to the other taxes provided by
law sufficient to pay the interest on said
| coupon bonds as it becomes due, and af-
| ter the expiration of five years from the
date of said bonds shall said board Of
commissioners cause to be levied in adj
| dition to said interest, tax, and all 9TH
err taxes provided by law upon the tax
| able property of said county, tax sufh-
cient to raise the sum of three thousand
| dollars 1884, ,O00) annually in order to pro-
vide sinking fund to pay said bonds at
maturity, and shall said tax be contin-
ued from year to year till said bonds are
| fully paid, The vote to be had and ia.
ken on the foregoing proposition shall
| be had and taken by ballot at said elec-
tion, and the ballots cast thereat shall
have written or printed thereon the fol-
| lowing words: "For Platte County
Jail Bonds and Tax-Yes;" or "FOr
| Platte County Jail Bonds and Tax
No,u and if two-thirds or more of the
| votes cast at said election shall be in
| favor of the proposition hereby submit
ted then said proposition shall be de-
| clared adopted, and said board of COM
missioners shall be authorized to make
| the expenditure aforesaid, to issue and
negotiate said bonds, and to levy said
| interest and sinking fund taxes as here
| inbefore stated. The polls in the sever
| tion shall be opened at 8 O'Clock in the
| forenoon on the day of said election and
shall continue open until 6 O'Clock in
| the afternoon of the same day, at the us
ual places of holding elections in said
precincts, to-wlt:
At the court house in Columbus pre-
| cinct; at the school house of district
No. I i'm Butler precinct; at the school
house of district No. in Bismark pre-
cinct; at the school house of district No.
46 in Sherman precinct; at the school
house of district No. AZ In Creston pre-
cinct: at the school house of district No.
4 in Shell Greek precinct; at the
school house of district No. 81 in Stearns
precinct: at the drug store of George
Sherwood in the town of Humphrey,
Humphrey precinct; at the school house
of district No. IL i'm Lost Greek precinct;
at the school house of district No. 90 in
Burrows precinct; at the school house
of district No. so in Granville precinct;
at the school house of district No. SO in
Monroe precinct; at the school house OF
district No. 81 in LoOkingglass precinct;
at the residence of Cornelius Koch in
Woodville precinct; at the school house
of district No. 63 i'm Walker precinct; at
the house of Henry Gilsdorf in the viii
lage of st. Bernard, Pleasant Valley
precinct; at the school house of district
No. 81 in LOup precinct.
Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, the 4th
day of October, 1891.
By order of the Board of County Com
missi0ners. II
JOHN STAUFFER,
County Clerk.
Therefore it is ordered by the said
board that the said proposition be
published for four successive weeks
Immediately prior to the day of said
election i'm the Columbus DEMOCRAT,
"A weekly newspaper i'm said county,
and that a copy of such question be
posted up at each place of voting i'm
said county during said day of cleo
ton, ordered that the votes on said
question be received and returned
thereof made and canvassed by the
same officers and at the same time
and manner as is required for the
election of county officers, ordered
that if it shall appear upon said cam
vass that twO-thirds or more of the
votes east at said election are in favor
Of said proposition and the require
ments of the law have been fully
complied with relating to said election
the same shall be entered at large
upon the record of proceedings of this
board and the said proposition shall
be declared adopted, and if less than
twO-thirds of said vote shall be i'm fa-
vOr of said proposition then the same
shall be declared rejected, ordered the
ballots at said election shall have
written or printed thereon the words
"For Platte County Jail Bonds and
Tax-"Yes." "For Platte County
Jail, Bonds and Tax --"NO" -
Report of commissioners Maher and
Rivet on bridge at Gallaghers was
read and ordered fled.
On motion the board agreed to pay
Mrs. Foley $50, damages on meadow
land on account of county road and
the clerk was instructed to draw a
warrant for said amount on general
fund in favor of Mrs. Foley.
The board further agreed to pay
Mrs. Foley $40 for right of way
whenever exact location Of road is es-
tablished.
Bids of bridge iron were opened
and laid over until sfternOOn.
Board took recess until o'clock
p. m. At o'clock p. M, all present.
LumDeT anu spikes were dlloWtu W
road Overseer Westphal of Pleasant
Valley precinct.
The bids for bridge iron were all
rejected and the clerk instructed to
publish new notice of same and that
separate bids for cast and wrought
iron will be considered. Commits
sioner Maher was instructed to fur
nish the necessary material to j. w.
Meyers to build a bridge on Meyer
road.
The county clerk presented account
of fees received for quarter ending
September 30th, 1881, the same was
examined and approved by the
board.
On motion the clerk was instructed
To adNnrfica for bids to huild q hrid np