The sun., 1893-08-03
proceedings of Board County
Commissioners.

in the village OF Morris at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, July 10th, 1893, in accordance
with law,
All members present. Minutes of
last meeting read and approved.
A petition for the location of a
county road was presented to the
board, signed by VIM. Gausman and
% other residents and freeholders of
the county, with the affidavit of VIM.
Gausman that he had posted notice of
petition thirty days previous to the
present session Of this board, and the
board being satisfied that the legal
requirements as to the road petition
had been complied with, appointed
the following members of the board
as a committee to meet in the village
of Morris at 10 o'clock a. M, Saturday
July 18th, 1898, aud proceed to the
vicidity of the proposed highway and
report as to the advisability of the
location:
Committee. w. Heller, II, j.
Schrapps, Peter Brandt. Petition on
file. +
On motion adjourned to half past
one p. NJ.
Afternoon session-All members
present. A petition for change of
location of Pomme de Terre river
bottom road, signed by Thomas
Thomasson and 27 other residents
and freeholders of the county, with
affidavit of G. w. Edmonds that he
had posted notices of the pending
petition at three Of the usual posting
places in each of the towns to be af-
fected by the proposed change more
than 80 days previous to the present
session of the board, and the board
being we'll advised as to the fact, ap-
pointed A. P. Dye, F. w, Heller aud
Peter Brandt, committee to meet at
the residence of G. w. Edmonds, near
the site of the proposed change at
o'clock p. M, Friday, July IA, 1898,
and report as to the proposed change.
Fredrick Struck came before the
board and made application for reas-
sessment and abatement of taxes on
the sell of section ID, town 126, range
II, which application was recon-
mended favorably to the state audit
or.
The petition for sidewalk on west
side of court house block, by resi-
dents and property in the vicinity,
was laid over till next meeting of the
board.
The application of the town of Scott
by John Sanders, for an appropria-
tion of $50 to assist in grading piece
Of road in said town, was allowed and
the auditor was instructed to draw his
warrant for the amount whenever the
certificate of the proper town officer is
presented that the work has been
completed and an itemized bill of the
work also presented and verified. .
It was ordered by the board that
the county surveyor, D. T. Wheaton,
procure and place, as required bylaw,
corner posts at the northeast corner OF
each town and that the said posts be
of iron.
The bond of J. D. Gillespie, as
court commissioner, in the sum of
$4,000, with Chas. E. Camp, Chester
D. Hill, L. r. Macintosh and Justin
Berkin as sureties thereon, was ap-
proved.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, 10 a. m.-Board met as
per adjournment. All present.
J. D. Good here appeared before
the board and applied for an ahate-
ment of taxes on his farm lands in
the village of Morris; after consider
able discussion the board took no
action in the matter. The finance
committee retired to audit bills and an
adjournment was taken to half past
one p. m.
Afternoon session-All present.
The following bills audited by the
finance committee were allowed: