San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-21
Comml..Iouer., Conrt Proceedings.

| ing business was had
! commissioner Peter Sohmitt was allowed
! 5000, TO be paid for the completion OF the
Dripping Springs bridge, out OF the road
aud bridge fund
w. u. Trimble, for lumber and cedar
timber for repairing road, ss,O5,
JehIel Ward. coffin for pauper, $500
=, weihunt, digging grave for pauper'
Williams, $500 ,.,,
Mrs, Julia jenkins, taking care OF Will
iams, pauper, SLOW
j. J, Nolen, guarding prisoners, sl6,5O
j. W. Powell, bringing Sarah Fuller 10
court, 5000,
W. W. Slack, holding inquest, furnishing
coffin and digging grave, aud sheriff : fees
for summoning jury over Henry Rountree'
Si2,5O.
II. L. Barber, carrying Mary Newman to
lunatic asylum, Ss,25,
T. l.. Mccall, sheriff OF Bcxar County,
bu8ling Robinson ten days, $3.50.
Woods & Burleson, medical services FOR
quarter ending May 18th, So, 80.
@, o. Mcclure, for III. @. Wallace, ma
terial for repairing Kyle and Lockhart road
$3.50,
H.. Wallace. material to fix road, Sj,97.
Daley Il Bro, clothing for prisoners,
$685..
san MaHcos Water Co., for pipe in old
Jail, Sl2.5O.
Travis Co.. for guarding Hays Co, pris-
oncrs in Travis Co. Jail, Sl2i.G5.
/. II. Julian, for printing and advertising,
S2775.
f. Northcraft, for one barrel of lime, 1926.
NJ. Strickland IL Co., stationery for Co.
Judge and District and County Clerks,
$500.
]. D. Barnard Il Co., stationery for same,
$500.
Brown & Lindsey, hack hire for carrying
pauper to cemetery, $500.
]. II. Gary, merchandise for County,
Sl2.4
Ed. Christian 4 Co., coal for Jail and
court house, 1920
Jas. G.. Burleson, County and District
J. G. Rowe, justice of the peace for Pre-
cinct No. 4, presented their reports, which
were examined and approved.
Report of W. II Cumming, overseer of
portion of the old San Antonio and Nacog-
doches road was accepted.
Court ordered that the report of /. j.
Good be rejected, and that Jas. Daniel, d.
II. Durar, L. B. Burcher and j, II. With
rich be appointed n jury of review to lay
and survey road beginning at the Hays X
Travis County line, Mt or near Peter Wuth-
richs, thence with the old Cannonvillc road
through Carpenters pasture; thence in
direct line through Joe Rogers pasture to
Martins mill and gin; thence to the San
Marcos and Dripping Springs road ut or
near Durar's place, and report at the next
regular term.
TUESDAY, MAY ~,
H. E. Barber, for boarding prisoners and
guard for quarter ending May II, $297.3O.
Same for washing Jail, 5000.
Same for attendance on court, S32.OO.
Same for stamps and postal cards, S17.39.
w. ]. Reed, oil for court house, 80 cts.
G. S. Cock, Justice of the peace precinct
No. /, and David Lynch of precinct No. 2,
presented their reports, which were exam
incd and approved
Commissioner Lightfoot was authorized
to investigate proposed change in the Kyle
and Blanco City road, on the promises of
ID. II. Cocreham, and this court will sustain
his action, and reyort and pay oil bills to the
amount of 5000. 90, or more, upon his GER
tificate that said road is open and in good
condition.
Petition of w. O. Weatherfori, A. G.
Penlleton ct al, for tirst-class road COM
m ncing Mt the old San Antonio and Bastrop
road at the southeast corner of the John
Stuart league, thence running on the divid-
ing line of said league and the Westbrook
and Little surveys, to intersect road leading
from the town of Kyle to the Lone Oaks.
Court appointed W. G. Weaherford, 4. T.
Galley, William Eule, joel Rice and B. F.
Hall jury; n majority of whom may, after
complying with the provisions of the law in
such cases, lay out and survey said road and
report at tho next regular term.
Fergus Kyle and L. Coffee were granted
leave to change n portion of the Kyle and
Lockhart road. and put the sans III good
condition at their own expense
w. w, Slack, justice of the peace for pre-
ninct No. 5, presented his report, which was
examined and approved.
Petition of WIN. Eule, j. w, Odell, b. F.
Hall ct al, for q second class road beginning
ut the north corner of b. F. Halls land,
thence south 40 deg. east along the line be-
tween said Hall, Glasscock, Reidell, Wisian,
Habarra, Arnold and r. j. Sledge to the
county line, intersecting the Bastrop
and San Antonio road near N. L. McCarty's.
The court appointed G.. w. Odell, VIM.
Lightfoot, H. G. Wallace, N. L. McCarty
anu Oue OtuCi, july W io'AN" 'hi' AO"N')
and report at the next regular term.
The court allowed the following bills
II. Reasoner, for coffin and burial of pau
per, $3.50.
Theodore Herring, stove for sheriff's Of
flee and stove-pipe for Jail, $15.25.
Account of Martin Hinzie, stove for Jail,
for $13. 90, was allowed for $1,000.
Ordered that j. G. Storey and the Cheat
ham heirs be allowed So. 90 damages and
the Watkins estate be allowed $4,000 dam
ages, incidental to the opening of the Cheat
ham lane.
Application of j. NJ Nance, c. b. Row
land, b. F. Hall ct al, to change portion of
third class road SO as to run on the old line
of the John Stuart league, was granted,
WEDNESDAY, MAY -.
Beport of w. l.. Steele, constable pre-
cinct No. 9, was examined and approved
H. G, Hubbs, justice of the peace precinct
No. 3, report examined and approved.
Ordered by the court that there be levied
and collected for the year 1885, q tax of
% cts. on the $4,000 for State ad valorem
Ordered by the court that action on the
San Marcos and Kimberley Mill road be
continued till the June term.
Constable Jepp Henson, of precinct No. 3,
presented his report; approved.
The report of II. Z. Barber, tax-collector,
was examined and approved.
Ordered by the court that ]. F. McLe-
more, editor and proprietor of the Hsys
County News, weekly newspaper published
in the town of Kyle. Hays County, be, and
hereby is, awarded the public printing for
ssid county, he being the lowest bidder
therefor and that he be required to enter
into bond with two or more good and suf-
ficient sureties, to be approved by the
county Judge of said county. 1t is further
ordered by the court that none but first
clos, ,,opar shall he 11SaJ