Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-15

Inc county commissioners OF IreEO
county, Kansas, met to-day to organ
ize the new board. and to transact
such other business as may properly
come up at this time. There were
present, the county clerk, and all the
members of the board, be Frakes, j.
L. Barclay and f. G. Swiggett.
+. G. Swiggett was duly elected
chairman of the board for the ensuing
year.
After examining the new fee and
salary bill and the return of the as
SCISSORS for 1897, relative to the pOpu-
lation of the county, upon which the
salaries are fixed for the various offices
of the county.
The ommissioners on motion in
each case fixed the various salaries
for the ensuing year, as follows:
County clerk, 5000.
County treasurer, 5000.
County attorney, $500.
On motion it was ordered that dis
trict court clerk be allowed salary
for the ensuing year, which together
with fees collected shall amount to
the sum of S350.00. If said fees
collected amount to less than the
above amount at the end of the year,
they are to be paid when collected in
to the general fund of the county.
On motion it was ordered that the
sheriff shall be allowed such addition
al compensation that the fees charged
and the additional compensation
taken together shall equal S50O.0 90 per
annum.
@. NJ. Ufford, county clerk, was APP
county for the ensuing year, and the
care of the court house and grounds
were placed in his charge.
On request of Supt. Peacock &C.
r. Piersee and Hudson Harlan were
appointed associate examiners OF
teachers for the ensuing year.
Bids of Givler s. Crooks and Cox &
Olson, to do the county printing for
the ensuing year, were read. The bids
in words and figures are as follows:
WA-KEENEY. KAN, Jan. 10, 1898.
To the Honorable Board OF County
Commissioner, of Trego County,
Kansas:
We hereby agree to do all the coun-
ty printing required by law to be pub
liShed in a newspaper in Trego cOun-
ty for one year from January 10, 1898,
for seventy per cent of legal rates, eX-
cept tax list and treaSurer'S final no
tice, which we agree to publish at
legal rates. Cox & OLSON,
Publishers of Independent.
WA-KEENEY, Kan, Jan. 10, 1898.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Trego County. Kan
SaS:
GENTLEMEN, We. the proprietors Of
hereby agree to do the county printing
for the year 1898. at the following
rates:
All commissioners proceedings such
as tIeaSurer'S quarterly report, exam
liners county treaSurer's books, super
intendent'S quarterly report and
claims allowed at 20 per cent of legal
rates.
Tax lists at full legal rates.
We also agree to do the job work for
the year 1898, at the following prices:
1000 letter heads, $3.50.
1000 envelopes, No. 6 or 81, $3.50.
1000 envelopes, No. 10. $500.
1000 tax notices. $500.
1000 scalp receipts, 81. co.
1000 vouchers, Si.00
All other job work at proportionate
rates.
And the said proprietors of the
WESTERN KANSAS WORLD do hereby
agree to furnish bond in the sum of
$1,000 for the faithful performance of
such work.
Signed this 10th day of January.
1898. GIvLER 81 CROOKS.
ProprietorS and Publishers of WORLD.
On motion the county printing for
the year 1898, was given to Cox X Oh
son. Commissioners Swiggett and
| Frakes voting in the Affirmative, and
Commissioner Barclay voting no.
Petition of III. G. Street for reduc-
tion of taxes for 1895, 1896 and 1897.
on lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in block No