Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-04-22
Commissioners Proceedings.
APRIL MEETING


office. There were present A A
Cockrell chairman and Geo. w. LYNN
commissioner and the county clerk.
The Board was called to order by
the chairman The minutes of the
January regular session were read and
approved as was also the minutes of |
the meeting held January 9th and 10th |
to organize the Board for the year.
At this meeting the Board remained |
in session during 3rd, 4th. 5th and 9th |
taking recess from day to day
The county Superintendents report |
was approved as were also the Fee |
Bills for the quarter, County Treasur- |
er. County Clerk, Register of Deeds, |
Clerk of the District Court, Sheriff, |
Probate Judge and County Attorney
The Board appoints w. j. Williams
and FL. f. Kline to assist the Probate |
Judge to examine the county Treas |
urers records for the ensuing quarter.
The Board appoints G. Fl. Baker
clerk of Wa-Keeney Township, to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death of G.
E. Shinquin.
The Board placed the amount of
bond to be given by the Treasurer of
county high school at Isl, 000) four
thousand dollars.
| The following bonds were approved
| to wit:
r. c. Wilson. Treasurer of county
high school. Clara d. Smith, county
superintendent, John w. Phares
bond as an abstractor, @. H. Baker
as Township clerk.
The Board orders all taxes against
the NJ. E. Parsonage cancelled, the
same being lot one in block twenty
nine, Wa-Keeney city.
The taxes on the following city lots
were compromised as follows: g. G.
Marshall on block to- six, Smiths adj
dition. Wax eeney city at So Charles
| Hnl I tF < ms nd I
in black 81 Wa eeney, Kan.
The following appraisers of school
lands, appointed by the county super
intendant were approved to wit:
ID. V: Plants. G. H. bronson and X
w. Rodgers on n. e. 34-14-23. Hawley
Smith, Albert Lawson and w. B..
CIPHER on n E 27-l423. Albert Law
son. Harm Schneider and w. b. Cyph-
er on n W 22-14-23. Robert Baily
Arthur Bailey and Elihu Altman on
n n 2S-14-22. Robert Bailey. Arthur
Bailey and Oren Joseph on w 16-l4-
2l and w n E and w S E section 30
l421. Albert Lawson, Harm Schnee-
der and w. B. Cypher on w 24-1423:
The Board contracted with j. Il.
Wilson to superintend the operation
of the pile driver for the ensuing year,
he to go with and operate it when
used by any township, to pay him
three dollars per day and board.
When the piledriver is used by the
UOWnSufD. lie TOWNSHIP using III Is W
be responsible for any breakage and to
return same to the county In as good
condition as when received and the
, county to make no charges for its use
except as above specified.
In the matter of IA road petitiOned
for by +. H. Burnham, came on for a
final hearing. And as all proceedings
had been legally complied with as re-
quired by law, and the viewers duly
appointed to view said road. having
reported it to be a public necessity
and of general utility, the road is
granted as petioned for, and in accord
ance with the survey and plot of the
county surveyor on on file with the
; petition and other papers in the case.
The county clerk is instructed to re-
cord the proceedings in the Road Re-
cord and to notify the Trustee of Wa
Keeney township to open the road in
accordance with this order to wit:
Commencing at the southeast corn
er of Section Thirty one (3D and run
ming thence north on the section line.
5 to the northeast corner of Section
Thirty (30), thence commencing at the
northwest corner of the northeast
quarter of Section Thirty (30) and
running thence east on the section
line to the northeast corner of Section
= Twenty-nine (29). All in TOWNSHIP
; eleven (l1J South Range Twenty-three
(23), west p. M. and there terminate.
Said road to be fifty feet
The Board also vacated the mile
. of road through the center of section
thirty as petitioned. Recorded as No.
SO.
Damages were allowed on above road
, as follows: Mrs. Hunter for moving
fence $500.
: In the IN utter of road petitioned
for by Fred. E. league, Frank Miller
Chas. Thiel, G. NJ. Thomas, J. A
Mlinek, Phillipp Lipp, Dahe Wiath
Frank Polkowsky, w. +. league, L
S. Myerly and w. Brown. commence
ing at the southeast corner of Section
Ten 10) and running thence west or
the section line to the southwest corn
er of Section Seven (7l all in Town
ship Twelve (I2l south, Range Twenty
five (25) west p. M. and there termi
mating.
The Board finds that the petition i:
a legal one, and that good and Suff1c
lent bond as required by law, has beer
filed with the said petition.
In view of the fact that all parties
owning land adjoining proposed road
o has filed along with said petition re
+ linQuiShment of any and ali claims
$ for damages and donation of the
. necessary land for right of way. The
5 appointment of viewers was dispensed
Q with and the road was granted anC
: ordered opened as follows to wit
4. Commencing at the southeast cornel
y of Section Ten (10) and running theme,
. west on the section line to the south
west corner of. Section Seven IN AL