The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-07
COUNTY COURT.
lhe Commercial Bank Selected as the
Depository Of the County Funds
Other Matters.

The regular February term Of the
county court began at the courthouse
Monday, with the following members
and officers present Joseph F. Smith,
presiding, and Judges Ralph s. An
drews and Henry H. Filing; Charles s.
Mitchell, sheriff; Samuel J. Andrew,
clerk.
The records for the January term
were read and approved by the court.
1t was ordered that warrants
numbered 1876 ,277 and 341, for 800 each,
drawn in October, November, and
December, 1890, in favor of Jennie
Mcbride for Tom Burke, be cancelled.
The sealed proposals of the banking
institutions desiring to be selected as
the depository of the county funds Of
this county for the next two years were
publicly opened at noon Of the first
day of the present term, and each bid
was entered upon the records of the
court. The bids were two in number, as
follows, the figures indicating the
amount the bank agreed to pay for the
deposits for the two years
Commercial bank. .$6,l55 80
Morrison Wentworth bank. 5,052 90
1t was therefore ordered by the court
that the Commercial bank be selected as
such depository, and that the clerk be
instructed to deliver the checks de-
posted with him by the said successful
bank to the treasurer of this county, to
be placed to the credit of the road fund,
and return the checks deposited with
him to the banks whose bids are re-
jected.
while the above award was made to
the Commercial bank, it was understood
and known that the Commercial and
Lexington Savings bank had joined in
the bid and will share equally in the de-
posits.]
Elijah Core, ST., was allowed to pay
taxes Oh an assessment of 1890 instead
of $500. for 1890, on the northeast quar-
ter Of the northwest quarter Of section
SO, township so. range q.
1t was ordered that John T. O'Malley
be granted the contract for furnishing
the county with coal for the period end
ing March l, 1892, at ST cents q bushel.
1t was ordered that the roadbed Of the
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
railroad be assessed at So 900 a mile
additional for the main line at May
view, .179 of a mile, and side track, 1902
Of a mile, and that the Chicago and
Alton railroad pond at Odessa be as
sessed at 800.
Abatement granted John A. Meyer
for 1890, in the assessment Of 67.65
acres, from 81 DOS to SOTO.
1t was ordered that an additional as
sessment of $4,000 a mile be placed on
the Lexington branch of the Missouri
Pacific railroad, and $4,000 a mile adj
ditional on the Kansas City and
Eastern Division Of the same road.
The poll tax for 1891 was fixed at.four
days'work on the road.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The court met Tuesday morning. all
the judges and officers present,
Ordered that SIS be appropriated by
the county to repair the south end Of the
public a intersecting Seventeenth
street, conditioned that the city Of
Lexington do its part of the work on or
before November 1st, otherwise this
order to be void.
Ordered that abatement Of taxes be
granted Mrs. Florida a. Grady on IS
acres in section 6, township so, range q.
The present valuation, 81 300, was re-
duced to 1915. Also on SO acres in
section 8, same township and range;
valuation reduced from 81 800 to 81 $50.
Ordered that abatement be granted
William Morrison on 35 acres in section
8, township 30, range 2S, from Sl63,4 3 to
$75 for 1890 and prior years on account
of assessment.
A dramshop license was granted to
Langekeahs & Moore, Of Higginsville,
for the six months ending June 30.
The following petit jurors were drawn
to serve at the April term of the circuit
court:
Robert Linns, Benjamin j. Hayden
and Robert s. Calvin, Clay township,
John B. Hargerty, John Holstein and
William H. Still. Davis township.
James Lyons, Lee Starke and Henry
Larkins, Dover township.
Adolph Bergman, Charles s. Whit
worth and William Getting, Freedom
township.
H. W. Warder, Charles NJ. Purnell,
K. p. Long and Isaac Hulver, Lexing-
ton township.
John H. Rodeknhr and c. E. Corder,
Middleton township.
Charles Hoehlm, and George Thei-
man, Sni-a- Bar township.
w. P. Coyle, w. z. Tyrll, F. W.
Stoener and John f. Leap, Washington
township.
The following warrants were drawn
on the county revenue:-