Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-04-15
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

County Commissioners of Barton
countys Kansas, convened in regular
session. at aforesaid place and time.
Commissioners T. c. Browns S. S. |
Shattuck and w. B. Pickerill and
County Clerk Fred M. Lntschg, were
present, and County Attorney J. w.
Clarke and Sheriff Buntin were in
attendance. Commissioner Brown,
, chairman, presided.
oThe minutes of the regular anuary
meeting and of the adjourned meet
ings of March ; and 8 were read and
approved.0
Q Frank Price, Great Bend township,
was related the 1903 tax onS160 val
uation, on account of excessive assess
ment of improvements.
Bill of w. K. Bunting, for window
shades for the jail, s22.5O, rejected.
Mrs. Balm, Great Bend City, was
rebated the 1903 tax on so valuation,
no exemptions 90 j
Adjourned to April s.. 1904. :
The Board met on April5, 1904,
pursuant to adjournment, all members
being present. 90
Dr.3 Howe was appointed. county
physician at $50 per year for Olmitz
district, to fill vacancy caused by DR..
, Atkins removal. q O
Isom Wright, Liberty township was
refunded the 1908 tax on $3.50 va1ua-
ton on sw 36-20-14 on account of
Q excessive assessment of improve
mentS.
The Citizens National Bank, the
J. V. Brinkman Co. and the First
National RBank, all of Great Bend,
were designated. as the repositories
of county funds for the ensuing year.
Saidsbanks contracted to pay 2 per
cent per anum on the average daily
4. balances. and to furnish satisfactory
bonds.
w. F. Honnenp Great Bend City,
was rebated the 1903 taxes. on $3.50
valuation "on account of erroneous
assessment. @
Bond of Ed Jacobs as. clerk of
Beaver township, was approved by
the Board. 90
] Viewers report Of road petitioued
flor by Fred Selle and others, being
favorable and no legal objections APP
pearing against it, owas confirmed ; by
the Board, and the road described as
follows: % Commencing at the n E
corner of section 2, twp 20 r Is,
from thence to run west on the section
line 2 miles to the n w corner of the
ne / of sec TOO, R13, the Board or
dered to be opened for public travel
by the trustee of South Bend town
ship, and be made of record on the
road record of the county by the
county clerk.
In the matter of the road petition.
by Conrad Moore and Others, pray
ing for the laying out of road COM
mencing at the n W corner of secs TIL
r Is, from thence running south on
section line six miles and terminating
at the sw cornerof sec 80 T17R15,, the
Gland owners having relinquished their
claims for damages, the Board ordered
that said road be opened for public
travel blythe trustee of Grant town
ship, and directed the county clerk to
place the same upon the roadorecord
OF the county.
Oreport of road petitioned for by R. L.
Hampel and others, and ordered that
said road, described as follows: Com
menCing at the corner of section
"a, TIL, R15 from thence to run west
on section line six omiles to the
corner of sec 10, T17,R1 be opened
For public travel by trustee of Grant
township, and directed the county
clerk tooplace the same upon the
noad record of the county,.
In the matter of H. Herds claim
for damages for the county line road
along the east line of the sec
24-16-16, which road was laido out in
May 1908, the county clerk was in
structed to write to the clerk of Rush
county for information. %
VIM. Polzin, Cleveland township
was refunded the 1908 tax of S406
on S126 valuation in Beaver township
personal property, on account of
double assessment.
U. S. Harden, Cheyenne, was re-
funded the 1898 tax of Soc on $40
valuation of personal property, double
assessment.
Petition for bridge on the line be-
!. tween sections 81 and 35,o Walnut
township, was granted, also the one
g for a bridge across Blood creek on
the line between sections % and %,
Albion township, and the one for a
9 bridge across Cow creek on the line
between sections % and 26, Chey-