Proceedings of the December 1870 session of the Dearborn County, Indiana Commissioners appeared in:
Aurora Peoples Advocates – 22 Dec 1870 – Page 2, Column 2
Proceedings of the County Commissioners.
Dec. 5, 1870—Board met and elected Mr. Tyrrel, President of the Board for one year.
Messrs. Souders and Stenger presented their certificates of election and were sworn into office.
The petition of Henry Buckhorst and J. M. Laird, to locate a certain road in Lawrenceburgh township, was granted, and Nathaniel Elliot, G. S. Jaquith and Gersham Dunn appointed us viewers, to meet Feb. 25th, 1871.
Dr. S. B. Chamberlain was appointed physician for the poor in Sparta township.
The petition of George Smith, Wm. Barker and others, to change a public road in Clay township, was granted, and George M. Bill, J. H. Bailey and Henry Marshall appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of Thos. Bebb and others, to establish a certain road in Clay and Sparta townships, was granted. Jeremiah Watkins, H. W. Heustis and N. C. Durham were appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of Hamilton Conway and others, to change a certain road in Clay township, was granted, and J. D. English, George Voshel and Michael Bruce were appointed viewers to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of J. L. Blasdell and others, to change a certain road in York township was granted, and Thos. Cottingham, and Richard Boughton and J. W. Grubb were appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of John B. Knuben, to change a certain road in Kelso township, was granted, and Columbus Kelly, Ed. Golden and Jas. Stenger, were appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of A. Epstein for funding of County tax, was dismissed, and an appeal taken to Common Pleas Court.
The petition of Rezin Gearhart and others, for the change of a road in Manchester township, was granted, and Jos. Steinmitz, John Bitner and Bennett Amdore appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The petition of Thos. Sellers and others, for change of relocation of a certain road in Hogan township, was granted, and George Givan, James Symmes and H. R. Hall appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 25, 1871.
The report of the reviewers appointed to assess damages by location of a road in Clay township, as petitioned for by J. S. Matthews and others, accepted, and damages allowed, as follows: Sarah J. Pearson, $35; Elizabeth Burroughs, $50. George Wilson files petition for a review to assess damages in his behalf. A motion to set aside said petition overruled, and Harrison Abbott, Wilkerson Smith and Benjamin Wethered appointed to assess damages, Feb. 25, 1871.
The report of reviewers appointed to assess damages for location of a road in Miller and York townships, as petitioned for by C. R. Campbell and others, accepted and damages allowed as follows: Hannah Huddleston, $10; Lewis Blasdell, $5; John Cooper, $15; Henry Merhoff, $10.
Liquor licenses were granted to the following persons: Joseph Bechtel, Gustav Werhling, E. Braunagel, W. Linkenbach, Sampson Sheppard, Peter Koehler, and Heinrich Schmidt.