Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23
Commissioners, Court.

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and filed.
Wood s Low allowed $3.50
and SOFA for lumber for
bridges and buildings on poor
! farm.
Hon. Seth Shepard appeared
before the commissioners in be-
half of the G. c. & S. F. rail-
way to ask that the county
taxes assessed against that COM
pany be remittcd, in accordance
with an order of this court made
some years ago and by which
it was agreed that the Santa Fe
railroad company be exempted
from all county taxes for a
period of FIVE years. The pres
ent commissioners regard the
action of their predecessors as
illegal and with the exception
Of one commissioner, who was a
member of the court making
the exemption order, all voted
against renting the taxes.
A good portion of Friday
was spent on road business.
Report of Fishes & Weis re-
ferred back for compliance with
with Sec. 1865 K. S.
Stern & Martin allowed S7.26
for blankets for paupers.
Henry Roushouser allowed
$500 for timber for public road.
Report OF c. Minkwitz, coun-
ty treasurer Of road, bridge,
common and jury fund received
and paid out Ist quarter 1882
also report of scrip registered
January 1882 examined and or
dered filed.
J. H. Hutchinson allowed
s37 for purifying county jail
room occupied by lunatics.
G. w. Brooks. allowed SIS
for holding three inquests.
John L. Muse allowed SIS
for lumber for bridges.
Report Of l. H. Bowers J. P.
precinct No. 4 received and
filed.
T. o. Hyneswas appointed
county physician for the year
1882 at a salary of SIS per
month. He to furnish medicine
at his own expense.
VIM. Strewe allowed 81 for
timber for bridge.
!. L. Moore allowed SIPS for
salary for ex-officio services for
quarter ending February 1882.
T. J. Allcorn allowed $40 for
timber for public road.
Application of G. G. & S. F.
Ry., for order to direct tax col
lector not to collect taxes levied
on said company and the asses
sor not to assess said company
for county taxes in accordance
with an order of this court en-
tered in 1873 was heard and re-
fused.
J. D. McAdoo allowed $50
for IL cases finally disposed of
at December and January terms
county criminal court.
H. M. Poss allowed So for
timber for public road.
Allen Harvey allowed $40 for |
coffin and burying John Henry |
Watson, apauper.
M. Meyer allowed $40 for
coffin and burylng Grip Monroe,
4 pauper. K. Fluth allowed So
for digging grave for same.
Otto Gicsecke allowed S. for
gates for courthouse fence.
Mrs Hutchinson allowed So
S. for making garments for lun-
atics.
R. Hoffman allowed $50 for
goods for jail and poor farm
T. S. McDade, sheriff of Wal
ler county, allowed So for find
ing prisoner.
NJ. Strickland & Co., allowed
sI25 for books and stationery
for county.
Jennings Bros, allowed SIS
ior blanks for use of county
H. M. Lewis allowed So 50
or freight on stationery.
Application of R. A. Harvin
and c. R. Breedlove, two of the
securities upon the official bond
IF J. H. Hutchinson, sheriff, to
De relieved from said bond as
'ureties thereon, was granted,
md said Hutchinson was or
Tered to make new bond with
n twenty days from February
IS, 1851,
Bonds of 7. ], Evans, ]. F.
5melser and J H Roushouser as
in precincts Nos. I,
and 6 were approved.
Ordered that the statement
If the financial condition of the
county be published.
Ordered that the commits l.
toner's and county judge be al
owed So each for SIX days, ex-
ept commissioner Phears and
Judge McAdoo, five days each. t
nd that So per day be allowed
ne sheriff for six days. t
Adjourned till the next regu- S
If term
for u,unic;D,I