Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-06-19
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
June Term, 1886.

Present, r. A. Barnett, Robt. Hale
and II. H. Filing, judges; Jos. Bow
man, sheriff, and w. B Steele, clerk.
New road, Thos. 3 Campbell ct al,
petitioners, accepted by overseers and
declared a county road.
Overseers appointed ,Robt. Matthews
district No. 6; Chas. H. Pool, district
No. Is north half; James +. Smith,
district No. IS, south half.
Dramshop licenses granted to VIM.
l.. Catron, August Lepper and John T..
Schaible.
Collectors quarterly settlement APP
proved.
Abatement of personal property of
1888 granted John M. Caldwell, on &C.
count of double assessment.
The following road orders were
made:
Ordered that overseers be directed to
observe strictly the following rules:
Ordered, That overseels of roads be
tricts, as follows: District No, 80, %
days; districts Nos. 3, 4, 8, 80, 81, 20
days; districts Nos. l, north half %,
south half %, "a, 27, "a, south half So,
80, 40, AZ, II and south half ID, 80
days; districts Nos. Z, 8, 10, IA, 10,
north half 16 and north half IL, south
half 16 and south halt II, (25 and 26,)
10, 20, 81, 30, IS days; districts Nos. 5,
G., IL, 80, 3S, Al, north half IS, 20 days;
| districts Nos. south half 2, north halt
2, %, east half %, west half %, Is
days; districts north half Is, south half
Is, east half 81, west half 81. 18 days;
district No. Sc and north halt %, SO
days to work out poll tax. And no
additional days will be paid for except
when granted by court.
Ordered, That no overseer shall be
allowed his per diem for any day in
which he has not at least five hands
under him.
Ordered, That overseers use white
oak Or burr oak for sign boards and
posts; the posts to be not less than
eight inches in diameter if round and
not less than six inches in diameter il
square; the board to be not less than
n and one-half inches thick, and
placed not less than ten feet from the
ground.
Ordered, That no overseer be allO W.
ed to purchase material of any kind, to
be used in his district, except with
uhu VI u ulStllCt3 vi ny SpCCidi ~
Of this court, and nc lumber tor roads
or bridges will be paid tor but white
oak or burr oak.
Ordered, That no overseer he allow
ed to purchase any tools or implements
for road work or bridge work bu'
plows and scrapers made of steel, anG
only upon an order from the county
clerk; and overseers are held response
BILE for all tools and implements in thei'
hands and must deliver them to theil
successors in Office.
Ordered, That each man liable e
poll tax shall be required to work foul
days for the road years 1886, 'S7; tina
l for each days service he shall be allow
ed a credit of 81; that for each day h
: fails to work he shall be required It
: pay as the law directs, 81; and tina
overseers shall be allowed, for tn
present year, 50 per day for their ser
vices.
Ordered, That'nO Overseer shall be al
lowed to work as a hand, when he ha
} other hands working under him on tn
: road; and if, in an emergency, he shaI
+ be compelled so to work, he shall b
paid as an Overseer and not as a hand
Ordered, That no overseer sha
furnish hand or team for road ex
cept in an emergency and where he
: unable to procure them from thos
+ working out their tax; and that whe
l. the Overseer furnishes his W han
and team he shall be allowed 81 pc
: day.
The following allowances were made
K. L. Greer, CrOft's Grove bridge an
John Greer bridge, sos 60; framln
bridge lumber and bolts, Sl4 30; SUP
s plies for roads and bridges and freigi
on lumber, Sl3 60; r. w. Gautie
lumber of Collier Il Brown, $26 81
0 itemized account of road and bridg
d work, 500 part salary ,$5;C S. MitcI
II ell built bridge south of Napoleon
$50 Is; Z. w. Wright, plows an
If scrapers, $50 so; lumber of A. Il
al White. S96 so; IL. V. Brown, tw
bridges, 1913 40; F. Meyers, part salar.
+ SIG lumber of Ben Munday, 81 81
l. lumber of Starr, So 40; lumber of
H.. Grumpke, $50; Robert Pickett, +
ot pair Marshall bridge, Sl3 20; L. {