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County Commissioners, court.
The commissioners court of Was

| Liz COulmlSSIOutIS court OF WISH
ington county met in regular term
on Monday with a full board. The
following business was transacted:
The bonds of Commissioner G.. A.
Broesche ..and Commissioner r. B.
Johnson were approved.
The petition to create new JUS
tice precinct in William Penn neigh
borhood out Of Washington precinct
was rejected, and the petition of
citizens to move the justice court
from Washington to Whitman was
postponed until the next regular
term in August
The petition of John S. Ewing
for road to the German church
in the Washington precinct was re-
jected.
E. j. Neinast, Oh application, was
released from the bond of ]. K.
Roberts, constable of precinct No. Z,
and he was ordered to execute a
new bond.
In the matter of the petition of
H. o. Robertson ct al, for change
in the Chappell Hill and Independ-
enee road, the following jury of
view was appointed: J. W. Early
wine, R. B. Tamplin, Il. o. Robert
son, j. W. Brown and F. W. Bosse.
In the matter of the petition of
VIM. Scwhartz ct al, to change the
road from Brennan and Flat prairie
to the stribbling crossing of the
Yegua, the following jury of view
were appointed: J. A. Kirk, Ben
Malone, J. 7. Hardy. Lem Blake
and Max Legbrecht.
A petition from R. Anderson to
open a neighborhood road was re.
jected.
The report of John Il. Roberts,
A. b. Rogers, j. T. Lott and VIM.
Roehling, jury of view on road in
the Washington precinct was re-
iected.
The quarterly reports of a num-
Der of precinct officers were fled
and few small bills were allowed.
Tuesday-Several claims and &C.
counts were allowed, among the
more important of which were as
follows: Sheriff Dever, attending
district court, S169, and for feeding
prisoners, 1916; W. A. Wood, lum-
Der, S811; F. W. Schuerenberg;
S145.30; G. W. Homeyer, lumber,
S116.39; A. J. Lewis. sheriff of
Milan county, feeding prisoner
Albert Johnson, S45.
The quarterly report of the county
treasurer was approved and ordered
entered upon the financial ledger.
The report shows the following bal
ances on hand: Jury fund, S164.O 3;
common fund, S9O14.94; roads and
bridges, S3661.76; courthouse,
S1577.1O.
E. G. Langhammer, county asses
sor, was allowed ten cents per family
for taking statistical information.
Application of W. P.,,Doran to have
scrip for 50 issued in 1875 allowed
was granted and ordered paid.
Among the claims allowed yester-
day was bill of F. W. Wood for
S78.77 for lumber; VIM. Jerichow
S1S.15 for building bridge in the
Washington precinct; N. A. Healy,
hardw are, S17.55.
The quarterly report of c. G.
Boyd, constable of precinct No. 8,
was filed, showing S41 in fines cot
lected.
In the matter of the claim of j.
D. Affieck and H. Werchan for dam
ages to fencing, ETC., it was agreed
that Fl. Werchan give fifteen feet of
the road and that I. D. Affieck give
fifteen feet, and that all of the mate
rial in the fence that can be used in
building new fences by Werchan
and Aff1eck be used without expense
to the county and that the county
pay the additional expenses in build
ing the fences.
The quarterly report of County
Judge Kirk was approved and or
dered entered on the financial ledger.
In the afternoon the members of
the court went out in a body and
viewed the land of John Jones,
colored man living north of the city,
who has put in a claim of 5000
against the county for damages
from overflow of his land and crops,
caused by a defective bridge con-
structed across Big Sandy creek.
Judge Kirk and Commissioner Ans
Ter were appointed committee to
have the bridge raised so as to adj
NIT of the passage of driftwood.
After viewing the bridge the
court adjourned for the term, but
meet the first Monday in June as a
board Of equalization, revision and
appeals.
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