The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
COMMISSIONERS .PRocEEDlNes
Wednesday, Sept. 8. 600 an.

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The Board Of County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. an
members present.
A motion, made by Commissioners
Grabbe and seconded by Commissioner
Cole, required that Mr. A o. Campbell,
q pauper, must submit an itemized
statement OF dry goods needed, TO the
chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners before making any pur-
chases, and the County Clerk was in
structed to notify Mr.. Campbell OF said
order.
Mr. Thomas Carrick notified the
+ County Commissioners that he would
no longer look after the road work on
county roads.
On motion Of Commissioner Grabbe
and seconded by Commissioner Cole,
Mr. Harvey Reemsnyder was appointed
TO look after all work on county roads,
10 have charge Of ali the road grading,
keep all time, inspect all work and o.
X all bills for work on said roads: Mr..
Reemsnyder to receive as compensa-
ton for his work, the sum Of 40 cents
per hour and he to employ a competent
engineer.
An appeal of Mr. Tracy Meyers, from
the decision Of the County Superintend-
emit, by which he refused to transfer
the west = of the east \ of section d.
township IL, range %, from School Dis
trict No. Sc to School District No. u.
was presented to the Board of County
Commissioners On motion of Commits
sioner Grabbe and seconded by Com
missioner Cole, said appeal was sustain
ed.
The petition OF R. z Joy and others,
praying for the review, Strengthening,
reserving and remarking of Road No.
81, was found legal and proper, and
prayer Of petitioners was granted
Isaac Zeigler, William Grabbe and Eli
Cole were appointed as viewers.
On motion of Commissioner Grabbe,
the Board of County Commissioners ad-
journed to 1:3O p m
1:30 p. m, Wednesday.
The Board os County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. All
members present.
The bill of the u. P. r. R. Co., for
S119.04, came up before the Board. The
+ County Clerk was instructed to return
said bill TO the Company and to call the
attention of said Company to the fact
that the bill was not certified 20 under
oath and to ask said Company 70 please
inform the County Commissioners of
Ellis County under what section of The
Laws of Kansas, the county of Ellis
could be liable for said bill.
The Board of County Commissioners
being satisfied that Mr.. Henry Deane
and Mr.. Vaughn, prisoners in the coun-
ty jail, are unable to pay their fine and
costs, they ordered the County Clerk to
notify the Sheriff to give the prisoners
their liberty.
Il On motion of Commissioner Grabbe
and seconded by Commissioner Cole, the
following named ladies were appointed
to investigate the application for q wild
ow's pension for Mrs. Norah Price, as
provided for by Chapter POI, Laws Of
Kansas 1915: Mrs. J. G. Perigo, Mrs.
/ Platner, and Mrs. E. G. Waldo. The
County Clerk was instructed to notify
the above named ladies of said appoint
ment.
A resolution accepting the lease from
the U. P. R. R. Co., for a certain por-
ton Of their right-of-way in Ellis coun-
ty for the purpose of highways for
period of twenty-five (25) years for the
sum of twenty-five (20 dollars per
year, on the terms of said lease, was
offered by Commissioner Cole and was
unanimously adopted by the Board and
full text of the resolution to be spread
on journal.
There being no more business to come
before the Board, they adjourned sine
die. Isaac Zeigler,
/ Attest: Geo. H Brown, Chairman.
County Clerk.
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