Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-08
County Court prccoaa.r..


County Court ProceedtnRs.
Court met in regular term with
the Justices all present.
r. +. Dudley. n. B. Norris and
]. +. Saunders & Co., petition for
dramshop at Mexico. License
having been granted by clerk in
vacation they ! now by the court
examined and approved, and con.
tinued from this date.
w. r. Stone VS.. county road
fund, warrant s5, account as over
seer southwest IA 5l-1O.
Ordered that SIS be advanced to
road everseers whose territory COM
pose one-fourth Of township, and
in that proportion except road dis.
trict No. %, which shall receive
$75.
Ordered that road district No.
48 be divided and that school dist.
$50 and 51-10 constitute road dist.
No. 49, and that Jacob Harshman
be and he is hereby appointed
overseer for said dist. No. 40 to
hold said Office until his successor
Is elected and qualified.
Order that M. G.. Proctor be and
he is hereby appointed overseer Of
road dist. No. AZ to hold said office
until his successor is elected and
qualified.
T. T. Davis ct al, petition pub.
lie road, report of jury for damages
continued till May Is, next.
J.. D.. vinson, petition public
road, by agreement Of parties con,
tinued till May Is, next.
Ben G. johnson, warrants 1850
costs State case.
R. D. Shields, treasurer insan.
asylum No. 1, warrant $195, ad
vance pay for G. Tankerely,
Eliza Criswell and Vinie Frazier,
county patients.
A. s. Underwood was appointed
constable of Prairie townsphip
His petition was unanimousl,
signed.
G.. III. Randall ct al, petition
public road publicly read; proof o
notice to commissioner.
1t having been proven to tn,
satisfaction of the court that Vini'
Frazier, Eliza Cr1swell and C
Tankerly were insane and too poo
to defray their expenses In the In
sane Asylum, they we're certified t,
the superintendent Of the asylum
as county patients.
VIM. Frazier ct al, change pub
lie read, publicly read; proof Q
noticesto commissioner.
Grand and petit jurors for Jun
term circuit court are by cour
drawn.
Bond of A. s. Underwood, con
stable Prairie township, by coul
approved.
The Court ordered that the ia:
levy for 1890 be:
For State. ....... 30
For county purpose................3 so
For road purpose. ............ To-
Total. .7Ot
A. J. Clements ct al, petitio
public road, commissioner repol
filed May 6, 1890; continued t
May Is.
w. L. Crawford, same.
The petition of J. T. Crews file
May 5, 1890, will be decided b
Jury for damages.
Petition of j. R. Daniel ct a
was continued to August term {
court.
Petition l. H. CAN'T will be dc
cided by jury for damages.
The quarterly settlement OF I
H. Marshall, county treasurer
was approved by court.
Sec. 344O, Revised Statute {
Missouri, says "The count
courts of the several counties i
this State are hereby authorize
to direct the sheriff of their respe'
tive counties to destroy, by burr
ing during the session of and j
the presence of the county cour
the papers hereinafter designate
|, after a period of five years after Il
fling thereof, to-wit: Assessmel
lists, dram-shop petitions, dram
shop receipts and statement
r dram-shop bonds, merchant
and manufacturers statement
all school enumeration list
school estimates, poll-books, a
] nual settlements and bonds
road ~overseers, cancelled count
, warrants, and accounts and bill
allowed against the county"
This will be done before the a
!, journment of the present session
the county court, and while in Sc
sion.
l BILLS ALLOWED.
8 Barnard & Co., supplies county
r court. z
E. a.. Carter, supplies circuit
Drs. Fritts & Adams, examining
Miss Frazier, insane. ......... 8
J. B. Mcdonald, account road
OVeTS6er.. D
Q Jas. s. Brown, appraiser Mar
!, tinsburg and Shamrock road 10S
r. E. French, papering petit