Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-02-21

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Ordered that the county clerk be
authorized to purchase 4 copies of
the Revised Statutes for use in the
courthouse.
J. L. Moore, sheriff, allowed s46
for feeding lunatic from Nov. Is,
SO to Feby. Is, 81 and $13S for
guard at jail.
Tax assessment against W. E.
Poole for 1883 ordered stricken
from the rolls.
Ordered that G. G. Lieb, county
treasurer, be required to give bond
in the sum of $4,000 to cover the
fund created by the collection of q
special courthouse tax, said bond
to be approved by county judge.
Ordered that W. ]. Johnson be
appointed constable of precinct
No. 4, vice Sam Kennada, resign
ed.
J. L. Moore allowed $4,000 for
feeding prisoners from November
Is, 'S3 to February Is, 'S4.
Reports of following officers ap-
proved and ordered entered on
Finance Ledger: L. Kirk, justice
precinct No. 8, W. P Hill, precinct
No. 7; J. L. Moore, sheriff !; J. NJ.
Woods, constable, precinct No. 6 i;
l. H. Bowers, justice, precinct No.
4; B. S. Rogers, Justice, precinct
No. 2; G. G. Campbell, justice,
precinct No. 6. NJ. Amsler, report
of occupation tax collected to
December 81, 'S3 s33OS,97, and re-
port of poll and ad valorem taxes
collected to same time s300S,1 10.
Brennan Banner allowed s26 so
for printing blanks.
The order designating election
precincts made at the regular term
of this court in 1882 is continued
in force and the following persons
are appointed presiding officers of
elections in said precincts:
Justice Precinct No. 1. Election
precinct No. l. W. NJ. Anderson,
No. 2, J. R. Baldridge, No. 8. ]. P.
Jackson, No. 4, J. n. WEIGH, No.
5, J. B. Lott. Justices Precinct
No. 2. Election precinct No. 6, ]:
b. Brooks, No. I W. K. Haynie.
Justices Precinct No. 8, Election
precinct No. 8 Jehu Mcguire, No.
9 Aug. Lindemann, No. 10 Julian
Mcfarland, No. IL Louis Leh-
mann, No. IL Louis Tesch, No. 13
4. S. Pennington.
Justices Precinct, No. 4, Elec-
ton precinct No. IA W. W. Hend-
ley.
Justices Precinct No. 5, Election
precinct No. Is ]. Handler, No. Is
H. o. Robertson.
Justices Precinct No. 6, Election
precinct No. II S. D. Carothers,
No. Is W. D. Woods.
Justices Precinct MOI, Election
precinct No. 10 X. P. Rivers, No.
20 G. Hahnke.
Ordered that Sayles L Bassett
be authorized to collect from Har-
ris county by suit or otherwise
certain claim of Washington coun-
ty for taxes collected by Harris
county, if in their opinion any just
claim exists in event of their col
Letting anything they to receive a
commission of rs per cent.
Claim of Joe Hoffman,, county
assessor, for $3.50 for rent of Office,
rejected.
TIE following further proceed
ngs were had
Ordered that the reports of the
following officers be approved and
entered on the Finance ledger:
J. G. Hewett, for the month of
January; II. NJ. Lewis, county
clerk for December and January (;
Paul Fricke, constable precinct
No. 8, c. c. Lieb, county treasurer.
Geo. D. Barnard L c., allowed
So for stationery.
]. NJ. Harris allowed 81 for tim
Der for public road.
c. c. Lleb, county treasury, al
lowed S35 for seven months Office
rent to Feby. 90, 'S4.
The following reports of officers
were rejected because not in con-
formity with the law:
W. T. Willie, J. P, precinct No.
5, J. NJ. Hannah, constable precinct
No. 2; W. II. Crowder, J. p, and
Robt Sloan, constable precinct No.
l.
1t is ordered that an ad valorem
tax be and the same is hereby levied
and the same shall be collected on
all property in Washington coun-
ty for the year 1884 as follows:
FOR STATE PURPOSES.
Seventeen and one half cents on
the one hundred dollars. Twelve
and one half cents on the one hun
bred dollars for school purposes.
Occupation tax as levied by the
state. Poll tax as levied by the
state.
FOR COUNTY PURPOSES:
Twenty-Five cents on the ono
hundred dollars for general pur-
poses.
Fifteen cents on the one hun
bred dollars for road and bridge
purposes.
Twenty-Five cents on the one
hundred dollars for the purpose of
erecting courthouse for Washing
ton county.
One half the occupation tax
levied by the state and the high
est allowed by law.
The poll tax authorized by law.
Tax on bridges and ferries to be
the same as now fixed by the
court.
1t is hereby provided that the
assessor of taxes, the collector of
taxes, the county attorney, and
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