The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-30
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
Hays, Kansas, January Is, 1918

pliance with section 1854 of the Gen
eral Statues of 1915. Members pres
ent; Herman Tholan, John Jacobs
and Frank Atwood.
The meeting was called to ordtr
and Herman Tholen was made tenn
porary chairman.
On motion made by commissioner
Jacobs, Herman Tholen was unani-
mously elected Chairman of the
board for the ensuing year.
The Board designated all banks in
the county of Ellis, as County De-
positories for the ensuing year. The
deposits being divided as follows:
Citizens State Bank, Hays, IA per
cent.
First National Bank of Hays 10
per cent.
The Farmers State Bank of Hays,
13 per cent.
The Farmers State Bank of Ellis,
10 per cent.
The First National Bank of Ellis,
10 per cent.
The Ellis State Bank of Ellis, 10
per cent.
The Farmers State Bank, Victoria,
10 per cent.
The First Rationale ank, Victoria,
10 per cent.
The Farmers State Bank, Walker,
10 per cent.
All banks to pay two per cent in
terest on county deposits and render
monthly statements to the County
Commissioners of their respective
districts in addition to the report re-
quired by law. Collections to be free.
All nine banks agree to pay checks
drawn on them by the County Treas
urer at any time of the year. All
nine banks agree to pay cash for
county warrants for face value when
properly drawn and Endorsed, and the
County Treasurer is hereby impower-
ed to withhold the deposits from any
bank until it has complied with the
law and filed bond with the County
Clerk and the Board ordered that the
County Treasurer be instructed to
collect said interest as provided in
section 2788 of the General Status
of the State of Kansas of 1915, and
to collect Immediately the interest
for all months of 1913 that have not
yet been collected for.
On motion of Commissioner Jacobs
and seconded by Commissioner At
wood the Ellis County News was des-
ignated the Official County Paper
for the ensuing year, to do all job
work for the same price as last year.
The County Printing to be divided
equally among the three news papers
of the county, viz: The Hays Free
Press, The Ellis County News and the
Ellis Review-Headligh for the sum
of 1899. And that all three papers
publish the delinquent tax list. Said
sum to be divided equally among the
three papers. All legal notices to be
printed in The News and Free Press
at legal rate. Each paper to be paid
one half of legal rate. =
The following bids for county ply
stefan and Health Officers were pre-
sented, opened and considered. The
bids being as follows:
Hays, Kans., Dec. is, 1918.
From P. C. Anders, NJ. D., Hays, KS.
To the Board of County Commits
sioners Of Ellis County, Kansas.
Subject, Application for the Office
of County Health Officer and County
Physician of Ellis County, Kansas.
1st That I shall agree to perform
all the duties of County Health Off
Ger and render services as County
Physician for the year beginning jan
uary 1, 1919 and ending January L,
1920, for the sum of six hundred dol
lars ($600.OO) payable quarterly,
which shall be full compensation for
services as County Physician.
End. Duties required as County
Health Officer shall be those required
by law land rules of the state Board
of Health, and shall also include visit
ing and investigating of sanitary con-
ditions of all public schools in the
county, and fumigating shall be only
that of the fumigaters which will be
bought at wholesale prices.
3rd. Services as County Physician
shall include medical treatment and
attention of all paupers of the coun-
ty and county prisoners in the county
jail who are unable to pay for such
service. Operations that are consider
ed major to opening the abdomen,
cutting off limb or an operation of
the head, to be paid for by the county
at fixed sum OF fifty dollars $500
Each minor operation such as not
mentioned above but requiring a gen.
eral ansethetic to be paid for by the
county at a fixed price of twenty
five dollars ($25.OO) each.
No travelling expenses expected to
be paid by the county.
(Signed) P. C. Anders.
To Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
I hereby make application for frs
district, for County Physician anC
IL.