Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Commissioners Proceeding.

Cdenty Clerks Office, March Z, 1904.
Rard of County Commissioners
mee persuant to adjournment of Jan.
7, 1904. go
The resignation of Val Brada as
trustee of Walnut township was
accepted and J. S. Winget was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Aoard adjourned to March 8, 1904,
Coanty Clerks Office, March 8, 1904.
The Board of County Ccmmis-
siosers convened persuant to ad,
jousnment of March 7th.
Commissioners s. S. Shattuck
chairman, T. c: Brown and w. P.
Pi6erih and County Clerk, F. NJ.
Luxschg, were present.
Chairman S. S. Shattuck rendered
his resignation as chairman of the
Bo9d of County Commissioners of
Barton County, Kansas. Said
resignation being accepted by Com
missioner Brown and Pickerill.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Picterill, Commissioner Brown was
eleded chairman of the Board>for the
remsining part of the year of 1904.
The official bonds of ]. S. Winget
as trustee of Walnut township and of
Ed Dirreen as clerk of Albion town
ship were approved. O. 81
The clerk of Beaver township
having removed from the township
Ed Jacobs was appointed clerk to fill
vacancy.
In the matter of the road petition
by r. L. Hampel and others the
petition was granted and r. L.
Harvey, ]. NJ. Livesay and E. B.
Whaley were appointed viewers and
the road notice required by law was
ordered to be published. The peti-
tions tor roads by N. Neidjg and
John Schultz were granted and J. F.
StFothman, Martin Musil and August
Yoigt were appointed viewers and the
road notice required by law was
ordered to be published.
+, The petition for a road by Ferdi
nand Selle and others was granted
and Samuel Brougher, S. c. Yoe and
D. P. Robertson were appointed
viewers and the road notice required
by law was ordered to be published.
The petition by Joseph Degen and
othsfs,for an appropriation of county
funds for the purpose of prospecting
for coal and gas was laid over to the
April meeting. Co
The County Clerk was instructed
70 o11-artfco tho co1a of +bo "A J,,r, bar
from the Great Bend river bridge
also for bids for general over-hauling
of all the bridges of the county.
H. A. c. Hartman was remitted
one dollar and nine cents interest
and penalty on the 1902 taxes on the
n quarter and W quarterof section
20, Is, II on account of error of tax
RECEIPT.
]: H. oWeltmer was rebated the
1903 personal property tax of s12.52
in Beaver township on account of
double assessment. @
c. Baker, Wheatland township was
remitted the penalty, 81 cents on the
1903 personal property tax warrant
on account of clerical error on
assessment roll.
The following additional amounts
in warrants were issued for jury
service 10 correct error made at
January meeting.
William Bol;nger, jurorNov.termS2
Edward Baier, juror Nov. term 50
The following bridge petitions
were before the Board for considera-
ton, one for a bridge across Cow
Creek on the line between sections %
and 26 North Cheyenne township, a
petition by H Dick and others for a
bridge across Cow Creek on the line
between sections II and Is Logan
township and the petition by George
Murday and others for a bridge
across Blood Creek on the line be-
tween sections 9279 and % Albion
township.
The Board granted the petition of
H. Rick and others, and has set a
day which it will view the sites for
which bridges are petitioned in the
otherstwo, in order to determine their
claims. GO
The Board upon motion recon
sidered the proposition of Fred
Zutavefn and A. S. Allen, which was
presented on Jan. 5, 1904, and wss
accepted by the Board and is record
ed on p, 1O3 of vol. 'eE'' of its
records, for a : reduction of $3.50
note given by said Zutavern and
Allen on Nov. 20, 1899, to Barton
County in Satisfaction of a certain
judgement against said Zutavern and
Allen as bondsmen of d. R. Jones.