The Columbus journal., 1881-05-25
ConamissiOners' Proceedings.
TUEsDAy MAy17 1881.

TUESDAY, MAY q, lco1'
Board of County Commissioners,
met at l0-a. m. All present at roll call.
Minutes of previous meetings were
read and approved.
Wm. Hollinshead was appointed
overseer of roads, for district No. 20,
Monroe precinct, and Clerk instructed
to issue certificate of appointment.
Bond of John KoOp, road overseer
for district No. q, Woodville precinct,
was approved, and ordered spread in
the Bond Record.
The following road was located, the
same having been petitiOned for by
consent.
KoOP ROAD, Commencing at s. Z.
corner, Sec. &, Town. 13, r. 4 west.
Board took recess until p. IN.
One o'clock p. m, roll call, all pres
ent Petition to appoint Henry u.
Carew, Constable for Columbus pre-
cinct, was read and the said Carew APP
pointed, and his bond was approved,
and the Clerk ordered to spread the
same OH the Bond Record.
John Koop, overseer of roads for
district No. q, was furnished one
scraper, and some LOup Fork bridge
lumber, for the purpose of building
culverts in his road district.
The following bill of lumber was
allowed road superintendent Lucid,
of district No. s, from the Loupe Fork
bridge lumber, to-wit: 6 pieces, 20 #.
long, 4 pieces, II it. long, 6 pieces, 8
it. long, and p planks.
The S. Z. /, Sec. "a, Town Is, r. l
east, being sold for taxes amounting to
S5S.49 to date, said land being now a
timber claim. On melton, the Clerk
was instructed to draw a warrant OH
the General Fund, in favor of County
Treasurer, for said amount of S5o.49,
to redeem said land.
Tax on s. w. !, Sec. II, Town 20,
r. 4 west, 1884, and tax on N. Z. /,
Sec. 81, Town 20, r. west, Sl5.24, for
the year 1873, being paid twice, and
on motion, the County Treasurer was
instructed to remit, one tax being
above amount.
Clerk was instructed to furnish
overseer Lohans, of Humphrey pre-
cinct, with bill OF old bridge lumber,
as applied for.
Commissioners, Wise and Rivet
We're appointed committee to ex-
anime the safe at Schuyler, offered by
A. j. Arnold
On motion, Clerk was instructed to
notify the several road Overseers in
the county, to work all such parties
their road and labor tax for the year
1880, which are desirOus of doing so,
and which have not paid their tax
yet.
On motion the Clerk was instructed
to get a list of taxable hOmesteads
from the land office at Grand Island, !
Neb., and enter the same on the as
sessment rolls, also, to get lists of such |
homesteads which have run five years |
and which were retaken.
Petition of Wendell Eschelbecker,
to sell liquor in the town of Hum
phrey, laid over at the meeting held
April 2Sth, was now granted, and the |
bond approved, and the Clerk instruc-
ted to issue said license for one year
from this date the clerk to insert i'm said |
license subject, however, to the
new license law" taking effect June
next, if found in conflict Herewith"
On motion the chairman of the
Board and the Clerk were instructed
to compare the original plats of Co
lumbus with the copies made by Will |
B. Dale and report at next meeting,
Resignation of G. G. Roberts, road
Dverseer for Walker precinct, was ac-
,epted, and the Clerk instructed to
who would be desirable to
he residents of said precinct as sue
lessor in said office.
On motion, Commissioner Wise was
to furnish from the old
bridge lumber, to road Overseer, Wur-
lerman, of Bismark precinct.
On motion, the Clerk was instructed
o inquire of Bernard Scheder, at st.
Bernard, if Henry Rieger, now an in
mate of the Hospital, owns any prop
erty at or near st. Bernard.
On motion, it was ordered that Mrs.
Benz be discharged from the Hos
Dital.
Commissioners reported that j. o.
Blodget, road overseer for Butler pre-
,inct, had been supplied with timber
rom the Platte bridge to repair APP
proach on Jackson bridge.
On motion, the Clerk was instructed
o furnish road overseer Smith, of dis
,rict No. II, with Loupe Fork bridge
timber as per bill.
On motion, Peter Ripp was appoin-
ed road Overseer for Burrows precinct,
md the Clerk instructed TO issue GER
iicate of appointment.
w. j. Wynand, was appointed
Justice of the Peace, in Walker pre-
,inct.
Commissioner Rivet was appointed
IS a committee to examine county
ridge at John Walkers, and if nee
ssary have the same repaired.
Petition to form new road district
n Walker precinct was granted, and
Hans Christensen was appointed
Dad Overseer of said new district, to
e known as Road District No. %,
nd described as follows:
Commencing at the s. +. corner of
I. +. of Sec. %, Town 20, r. 4 west,
nd running thence direct west on the
lalf section line and terminating at
he county line of Boone county, the
Iew District being the south part of
aid district.
On motion, the Board adjourned
ntil June 10th, 1881, at 10 IN.
rA,,o,,.1 JOHN STAUFFER,