The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-04

Procssdines 81 the Boara az 0ou.sy
Cemm1ssisaera.
CoUNrx cLKRK,s OYyIcR.


Proeeedsnes 81 the Boara ef County
Cemm1sslsaeEa.
CoUNTT CLERK,a OFFICE.
January 2, 1883
TIE board Of county commissioners
met IS per adjournment. Present-H.
F. Holmes, chairman. ]. e. Jones, p. G.
HAilberg.
The appointment Of Oliver Phillips.
C. ]. Reynolds and w. a. Fields, by the
county superintendent, a. school land
appraisers TO appraise the southwest Of
the southwest quarter, section &c. town.
ship II, range 12, was approved; also,
the appointment OF e. s. Starr, c. W.
Gilman and II. ]. Williams to appraise
section II, and southwest Of southwest
quarter and northwest Of southwest
quarter, section 16, township 81,
range 10.
The insurance on the court house and
furniture and the poor house expiring
on the 9Th of January, 1888, the matter
was taken up and the following agents
instructed TO write up policies for the
following amounts:
s. B. Riggs, Sun Fire office, Lon
oon.. $AOOe
s. B. Riggs, North British and
observation-disclosures. 5000
Il. Dunlap. Liverpool, Lordon
ana GLOBE. ........-,.r... 5000
Asa Bancroft. Niagara. .. 1000
do California, on fur
nttufe.- -. Z,oOO
asa Bancroft, Niagara, on poor
| nOuSo. S,0Uu
Asa Bancroft, tornado policy on
poor house, in the Niagara. 1900
Ordered by the board that Mrs. Je.e-
my be allowed SO per month as tempo
raTy relief until April 1, 1883, or &c
much as may be needed in the judgment
of the township trustee.
Ordered that B. F. Leonard be allowed
| $1.50 per week as temporary support IN
til April I, 1888.
Ordered that Mrs. z. Hoover be
| allowed $40 per month as temporary
relief, to be used in the discretion OF
the township trustee, until April /, 1883
The balance of the day was occupied
| in examining and allowing bills.
On motion, the board adjourned to
meet tomorrow "wednesday morning
at O'Clock.
VIZ. EWING. Co. Clerk.
In thu matter of refunding the conn.
TVS Indebtedness. Major Hood and n
q. Cross came before the board and con.
scented to enter into the following con-
tract:
1nls agrSsment, mnue tnts 90 usy Q!
January, 1000, petween inc Doar0 Oh
county commlssi0neIs o. Lyon coanty'
nansas parry Oh ne LIS part, 9n0 Ce1-
YIN doodT hoWsTG OunlAP ana d. y.
Cr0ss, parties OF Tue secon4 part
Witnesseth, whereas, Lyon county
mas Outstanding $S4ssUOV OF ponds bear
ing interest at Ihe rate OF seven per cent
per annum, ana reoeen1Aole az the pleas
ure OF SAID Lyon county, ana
whereas Salu county u oeslfous OF
securing rover rate OF interest on
$SOO,uNo Oh us tnueDteuness. anu 10 Ihis
END pas employed the salo Gavin HOOP.
Howard Dunlap anu ID: y. cross a. lis
agents 70 eject snch reoucuon,
Now, therefore, this agreements Wit
nesseth that the said Lyon county does
hereby employ said Calvin Hood, How
ard Dunlap and II. Z. Cross as It's agents
to effect the exchange or sale Of new
bonds Of said county, to be dated the
- day OF -, A. d. 1883, to the
amount of 800, coo, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum, pay
able semi annually, running thirty years
from date, but radeemable at the pleas
ure of the county after ten years from
date thereof, both principal and interest
to be paid at the fiscal agency Of the
state of Kansas, In the city OF Ne"
York, and to be registered by the state
auditor OF Kansas, said new bonds 10 DC
sold or exchanged ct not less than par
value, and said county hereby agrees to
pay ssid agents as full compensation Tor
their services in selling or exchanging
said new bonds the sum OF one per cenl
upon the par value OF me olo ponds SO
pald, EXCHANGED OF redeemed, 10 De paio
| a. the ume OF reoemptlon OF PaymenS
Inc SAID neW Donds are 20 DC S1ecuteo
ana issued Dy Lyon county anu placed
IN escrow with Donne1 Lawson g Slmp'
son: hscai agents for the state OF Kansas
in the city OF New York, TO De by them
deiivereS TO sac parties Oh tne seconG
~ naTT 6E,a - .;r1 hounts from Lins 70 tIns, anu
sa;d fiscaISe Mnen lneY suaiI soII "a 80 =
oId horJs genus an eq uSi anAounS "a sSlu
nosit viii ou,s.a nun OF snS S uS-
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