People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-01-06
County Commissioners.

The Board OF Commissioners met in
regular quarterly session Monday, all
members being present.
Ordered that the personal property
assessment Of the Alliance Exchange
in Wellington for 1892, be reduced
from 5000 to $50 and the assessment
Of Sasher & Kirk from $500 to $50.
The same Of the swq neQ and seq
nwq sec. 10, twp. 81 r W, reduced
from $50 to 1900.
Same Of the swq and nwq sec. Is
twp 30, r e, reduced from $3.50 to
$500.
The official bonds Of ]. W. Nc
Laughlin as county superintendent
of schools and George W. Ewing as
clerk Of the district court were exam
ined and approved. Bonds Of other
county officers are approved by coun-
ty clerk.
The resignation Of Noah Bowman
as trustee Of Oxford township was &C.
cepted and John Lucas appointed to
I'll vacancy.
The application OF ]. and E. Love,
Of Springdale township, for cOnstitu-
tional exemption Of 500 on their per-
sonal property assessment was grant
ed.
The personal property assessment
Of GregsOn & Aubrey, Of Avon town.
ship, was changed to A. ]. Gregson
and reduced from sl6S to sS4 on ac-
count Of double assessment.
Ordered tnat E. Shafer be allowed
to redeem lot "a, blk 81, Wellington,
from sale of 1885 for taxes of 1885 and
all subsequent taxes on payment Of
$3.50.
The taxes on lots l, 2 and 3, blk I,
Milan, for 1891, were abated on ac-
count of said property being used as
parsonage at the time,
The personal property assessment
of J. Q. Brown, Wellington township,
1892, was transferred from school dis
trict 6 to school district 10.
Same Of Susan Presnell, Avon town
ship; changed from district % to dis
trict 81.
Same of J. c. Heasty and X. NJ.
HeaSty, Chikaskia twp, transferred
from district III to district III.
George Edwards, of Wellington
who was in Jail for petty larceny, wa,
ordered released. Also G.. D. Mark
h9m. Both were in on charges Of
stealing a pair of pants.
! The personal property assessment
of j. c. Smith, Greene township, was
re duced from $40 to $50.
I Ordered that the county appropri.
ate 500 toward building a bridge in
Greene township between section
and , and that said bridge when bull
shall be and remain the property O
the township
| Ordered that certificates Nos. 32l3
1914, 32l5, sale of 1889, on lots 5, 6 ant
II, blk 70, Oxford, be cancelled anC
that J. T. Sturm be notified to refunC
the amount Of rs cents to county By
reason of said erroneous sale.
\ Morgan Wood, Of London township
was allowed 5000 constitutional ex
emptiOn on his personal property as
sessment for 1892.
The assessed valuation OF lot I, blk
4, Stones addition to Caldwell was re.
duced from $3.50 to $500.
The annual report of the township
trustees of Falls, South Haven and
Greene townships were examined and
approved.
The quarterly report Of the county
superintendent was examined and ap
proved.
On recommendation Of Supt. Nc.
Laughlin the Board appointed H. C.
Limbert, Of Corbin and j. H. Ledger
wood, of Milan, as associate examiners
for the ensuing year.
The Board proceeded to examine
claims on file and to cut and slash in
the usual style.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Ordered that the assessed valuation
of the one acre tract lying south and
west of blk IA in +. NJ. Sumpter's ad-
ditiOn to ArgOnia be reduced from $50
to $40; same Of neg Except town LOTS
of sec. II, twp 30, r 4w, from $3.50 to
500.
The sum OfslO0 was appropriated
for the construction Of bridge across
Bitter creek between sections IA and
10, twp 30, r 2e, the balance of the
cost of said bridge to be paid by Gore
township and said bridge to remain
the property of Gore township.
The assessment of the personal
property Of J. Z. Carr. of Argonia.