The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-11-15
cOs1A1IssIONERs' PROCEEDINGS
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The hoard of county commissioners
met as board of canvassers for the pur-
pose of canvassing the vote cast on No
vember 6, 1883, for the different county
officers.
Present.. f. Jones, chairman, P. q.
Hallberg and John L. Butler.
After carefully canVassing the vote of
the several precincts in the county. the
following persons were declared to he
elected:
For sheriff.. H. White.
For county clerk-Roland Lskin.
For treasurer (unexpired term)-Wm.
Ernst.
For treasurer Irregular term)-C. T.
Cavaness.
For register of deeds-E. Beck.
For county surveyor-R. H. EdmistOn.
For coroner-J. A. Overatreet, NJ. ID.
For commissioner of the Third dis
trict-W. Y. Phillips.
The county clerk was authorized To
issue certificates of election to said per-
sons.
On motion the board adjourned as a
board of canVassers and organized as a
board of county commissioners when the
/ following proceedings were had.
Ordered by the board that a reward of
$500 be and the same is hereby offered
for the apprehension and conviction of
the murderer of one W. ii. Mcmillan,
who was murdered in the
city of Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas,
on the night of November B. 1888.
j. f. JONES, Chairman.
The bond of Robert Pollock as trustee
of Waterloo township, was approved.
The bond of Sidney Putnam, as treas-
urer of Ivy township, was approved.
The bond of w. w. 10y, as constable
of Americas township. was approved.
The bids of j. q. Anderson and John
Allen for an assignment of the tax sale
certificates on certain lots in Americas,
was adopted.
On motion the board adjourned 10
meet tomorrow morning.
WIN F. EWING, County Clerk.
SATURDAY, Nov. 10.
The county commissioners met this
morning and transacted the following
business:
It was ordered that the petition of the
Emporia Street Railway company to ex-
tend their line outside of the corporate
limits Of the city of EmpOria for period
of twenty one years, be granted upon the
condition that the said company issue a
bond with sufficient sureties in the sum
of $4,000 that the said road shall
be used only for horse cars, to be
drawn by horses or mules and not by
steam and that the said company shall
keep their roads 10 such condition that
It shall not interfere with the ordinary
public travel, and that said railway shall
be on the grade OF said roads, and be
kept in good condition, and the right
thus granted shall not be exclusive.
/ 1t was ordered by the board that
whereas J. D. Davidson, the coroner of
Lyon county, has ceased to be an inhabi-
tant of said county, that the Office
be declared vacant, and il was further
ordered that J. 4. Overstreet be appoint
ed to fill the vacancy and to serve in
such capacity until his successor shall
be qualified, and that he be required to
execute bond in the sum of $1,000 as
required by law before entering upon
the duties of said office.
Commissioners Jones and Hollberg
went to the Columbia ford bridge To in
spect the work at that place and Commits
sioner Butler went to inspect the bri dge
at 142 creek.
The commissioners then adjourned to
meet next Saturday.