The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
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County, CLERK's OFFICE.
EmDoPie. Kaa March >


The various township assessors met
for the purpose Of agreeing upon an
equal base Of valuation for the next A.
sessment
They organized by the election of
Eliza Moore OF Ivy township as chair
man and r. II. Gray of Emporis town.
ship a. clerk, and agreed to assess prop
erty as follows:
Colts at S14; two year horses at S24:
hr ee year horses at $40; work horses al
$50; stations At $50 70 $3.50: carriage
horses same IS stations; ponies one
third OF other horses. Cattle, vearlings
at 81; two year old steers at $1z; three
years old, rough fed, ct $18; three year
old, half fed, at &24; three year old, full
fed, at S33; four year old, half fed, at
&33; four year cid, full fed, at $40: Col
orados, half fed, af $26; Colorados. full
fed, at $36; two year old heifer, at $11;
COWS, $14; pedIgreed, one TO two hun
dred per cent higher than common
mules and asses, ten per cent
higher than horses; sheep, 80 cents
per head; hogs, 50 per hun
S Snsd I Weight Iaw s gSst e. e. per
plements, carriages, gold watches, silver
-
and other musical instruments at the
same rate as wagons; all moneys and
deposit and all interest on United States
bends at 100 per cent, corn, 10 cents pei
bushel: wheat, IS cents per bushel; oats
u cents per bushel; bees, s.. 90 per
hive; all bonds and interest on bonds OF
any state, county, district or municiral.
itY all other bonds not exempt from
taxation /; stocks In any company or cor.
poration; shares in national banks
credits, less legal deductions; average
amount of merchants stock for preceding
year average amount of manufacturers
stock for preceding year; average
amount Of manufacturers moneys aud
credits, preceding year; shares in any
vessel or boat, tax sale certificates, judg.
ments, notes. mortgages, to be assessed
at the same relative value as other prop
teIeet on United States bonds. All i'm
on the same baais.
The assessors then adjourned, after
which the board of county commission
ers met, all members present.
II was ordered that the personal prop
erty assessment OF E. r. Campbell, in
EmpOria township, be stricken from the
rolls, as SAID property was assessed in
Center township.
The contracts and bonds of J. 81.
Burke, county physician; Hardcastle
and Kenyon, for undertaking, and G. V.
EskrIdge, for county printing and and
advertising, we're approved.
The following officials bonds were ap-
proved:
Al. Triggs. trustee Pike township.
G. o. Hughes, trustee Center town
d. Hughes. trustee Jackson town.
ship.
Eliza Moore. trustee Ivy township.
j. G. Grimsley, trustee Agnes City
E. n. Spencer trustee Reading town.
]. ]. Finn trustee Waterloo town
w. h. Clark trustee Americas town.
ship.
Edward Ayers justice of the peace
Fremont township.
L. L. Davis justice of the peace Read
ing township
j. L. B. Snyder Justice of the peace
Americas township.
Hugo Mockrey clerk Center town
ship.
j. P. Maddox clerk Emporia town.
snip.
T. F. Byrnes clerk Waterloo town
ship.
@. De Baum clerk Agnes City town.
W. B. Vandevort treasurer Agnes City
township.
r. Funk treasurer Center township.
c. A. johnson constable Elmendaro
W. 81. Hickox constable Emporia
township.
John Gregory constable Emporia
township.
J. W. Floyd constable Americas town
ship.
E. L. Joyce constable Agnes City
township.
The claim Of G. w. Davis for refund
ing of taxes was rejected.
The board go to- morrow to visit the
Lumly and Ruggles bridges.
The board then adjourned until TO
morrow morning.
Attest: ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk.