Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-14
COMMISSIONERS
HOLD A SESSION
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TRANS
ACT IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
ROAD CHANGES ORDERED.

The commissioners met in regu-
lar session before the Honorable R.
E. Erwin, county judge. Commits
sioners present, Jno. F. Nash, com
missioner precinct No. 1; W. H. Far
ish, commissioner precinct No. 2;
w. N Harrington, commissioner pre-
cinct No. 8. and w. NJ Brown, COM
missioner precinct No. 4; County
Clerk ]. F. Austin and Sheriff H. A.
Watts
The following orders were passed:
We do hereby ask permission to
change the East Palestine and Athens
road, leaving the old road at the
twelve mile board, intersecting again
at bridge, a distance of $40 yards
by the old road. by the new route
SOC yards. The old road two hills,
branch to cross twice; one place in
wet weather gets DOGGY with much
hauling; new road no hills, gradual
slant, no branch, no ground that will
get Doggy or wash. (Signed) w. H.
Harding, P. p. Funderburk. ]. d.
Hutcherson, Z. n. Fitzgerald, f. F.
Fitzgerald, j. T. Malone.
Which petition having been seen
and considered by the court, and it
having been shown to the satisfac-
ton of the court that if said change
be made it would prove a public ben
eft, on motion it was ordered by the
= court that said change be ana the
same is hereby granted.
We, the undersigned resident cit
liens of the hereinafter mentioned
territory, a part of Justice Precinct
No. l and Justice Precinct No. 5 be
changed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning where the Lake Greek
crosses the west boundary line of
the Isaac Simpson survey; thence
south with the west boundary line of
the Isaac Simpson survey to the
southwest corner of the same; thence |
east with the south boundary line of |
the Isaac Simpson survey TO the |
southeast corner of same; thence |
north with the east boundary line of |
the Isaac Simpson survey to the |
northeast corner of same; thence |
west with the north boundary line
of the Isaac Simpson survey to where
the precinct division line between
justice precinct No. and justice pre-
cinct No. crosses the said north
boundary line of the said Isaac Simp-
son survey. Wherefore your petition
ers pray that said change be made as
above set out, and that said terri
tory mentioned in said lines be added
to justice precinct No. and voting
precinct No. II. (Signed) T. d. De
Hay, E. A. Foster, Joe Foster, ]. H.
Foster. w. T. Foster, 7. A. Brown, w.
l. Harris, ]. S. Hutcherson, H. NJ
Cook, Will Kersh, j. R. Purgeen.
Which petition having been seen
and considered by the court and 1t
having been shown to the satisfac-
ton of the court that If said change
be made 1t would prove public ben
eft, on motion it is ordered by the T
court that the same be and the same
is hereby granted as prayed for.
On motion it is ordered by the
court that the county clerk be and
he is hereby authorized to issue war
rants to Henry Bryan, tax assessor,
as an allowance to be paid out Of the
general fund as follows: $4,000 for
each month of February, March,
April and May. The above amounts
to be deducted from the total amount
due sad Bryan for assessing taxes
for the year 1906.
Now comes the undersigned ask
ing that your Honorable body order
the following changes in public road
leading from Fosterville to Kickapoo,
said change to begin where said road
crosses the division line of the Jose
Pineda 3 league grant in Anderson
county, Texas, near Charley Slaugh-
ter's residence; thence in an easterly
direction with said division line to
the point where said division line in
tersects said Fosterville and Kicka-
poo road, again this change will not ,
be made more than one mile and be
be some nearer and on equally as
good ground
Respectfully. S. A. Cook.
Which petition having been seen
and considered by the court, on mo
ton it is ordered that the same be
and is hereby rejected by reason of
the fact that it not signed by a num-
Der required by the law
On this, the 18th day of February
came on to be heard the following pc
tition, to-wit:
We, the undersigned citizens, re- ,
specially ask that the FosteTville
and Wild Cat road be changed as fol-
lows: Beginning at the mouth OF the
lane at ]. w. Jernigan's; thence east
on line by the Hallum Grove School
House, intersecting the said Foster
Vile and Wild Cat Bluff road again at I
or near a tenant house on p L. Brad
ford's farm. Said change will not in
crease the distance, and will put the
road on better land (Signed) p. L. ]
Bradford, J. w. Jernigan, T. L. Ram :
sey, j. A. Forester, J. Myers. G. H.
Stevens, H. K. Bradford. II. r. Wal
tiers. E
Which petition having been seen Z
and considered by the court, on mo I
ton II is ordered by the court that .
the same be and is hereby granted as
prayed for, however, at no expense to !
the county. [