Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-15
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The recent meeting of The Aoard was
very quiet. continuing rs it started in
from the beginning.
Cert Gcates or error were issued to L.
c. COT of Kiowa, F. L. Gordon, DR.. w,
H.More, E. A. Creighton. DR.. II. Yant,
Elias Arthur and F. }. Vaughn.
VIM. Rule and III. A. Beals were al
lowed to redeem lands in Sharon town.
ship by paying the fat taxes.
j. b. Johnson was appointed clerk of
Aetna township.
The committee appointed to act in
CONJUNCTION with the probate Judge to
examine the treasurer's books, report
ed the Office in good shape with all mon
eys accounted for. The committee con-
| sisted of Us. Jones and T. L. Lindley.
On Friday Capt. Rogers, ex-treasur-
er, and whose administration OCCASION
ed considerable notoriety. appeared be-
fore the boardand prayed that the clerks
| records of 1883 which show that Rogers
Is indebted in the sunf-of $555.22 to the
county be changed and corrected, show
ing that no balance is due. After hear
ing the evidences the board acted favor
ably to Rogers in tie matter and the
clerk was ordered 70 enter the proper
credits. Rogers probably was not dis
honest but grossly Incompetent and
had careless employ es under him.
On the same day the matter of re.
leasing James Roller from the county
Jail was taken up. It. will be remembered
that the same matter was taken up at
the June meeting but the application
was denied. AT this meeting a petit
ton was presented TO the board signed
by large number of, ciGszens in the
south part of the coun%g, asking for his
release for the reason that the family
of said James Roller was dependent
upon the husband and> father for sup
port and that at present. the family was
being supported by the county. Mr..
Rollers wife and thre8 small children
were in attendance while the matter
was being considered and 1t would be
a heartless man whose sympathy would
not be aroused under thk circumstances.
After hearing argument and evidence
in the case the board released Mr.. Rol-
Ter conditionally, viz: That Mr.. Roller
leave the county during the life of
the Judgment which is five years,
or until the fine and costs in the case be
paid. Failing to comply with this order
the sheriff is instructed to re-commit
Mr.. Roller to jail. Roller was released
on Friday evening" and in company
with his family went on his way re-
joicing.
On the 9th inst, ,the Board appointed
the following persons to act in con-
junction with pty Attorney Beals
with view to CUE promise the bonded
Indebtedness of the county: J.D.Fair,
of Sharon, G. @. Chandler, E. Sample,
&. M. Martin, L. nj Axline, E. III.
Nixon and L. L. Lindley, of Medicine
Lodge, J. l.. B. Ellis and A. J. Bentley
of Kiowa. and H. B. ateck of Hazelton.
The clerk was ordere& to notify each
member of the committee of his al.
pointment.
The Board passed in order notifying
treasurer elect j. S. Jones that a bond
given by him in the Fidelity and De-
post Co., in the sum of forty thousand
dollars will be accepted as surety unless
some good reason be given between
this time and October why they should
not so do.
Chase & Coan were employed to re.
pair the roof, cupola, etc., on the court
house ana are to receive SIO3 as COM
pensation.
F. E. Read and E. H. Nixon were ap-
pointed to act in conjunction with the
probate judge to examine the treasur-
er's books at the next quarter.
The board adjourned on Saturday at
noon.