Proceedings of Switzerland County, Indiana Commissioners’ Court appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 12 Dec 1867 – Page 2, Column 1
Proceedings of the Commissioner’s Court.
The following is a synopsis of the business transacted at the recent session of the Commissioners Court, held in this place:
John J. Roberts was granted a license to retail intoxicating liquors.
Luther M. Hotchkiss, Esq., qualified and took his seat as Commissioner from the 3d District.
A petition, signed by 82 taxpayers, was presented, asking that a bridge be built across the mouth of Indiana Creek, and offering as an inducement a subscription of $1200.00.
It was ordered that the Assessors of the Vevay and Moorefield Turnpike Company, assess the lands in and one and one-half mile beyond Moorefield; they omitting to do so at their recent assessment, owing to a misunderstanding of the law.
The Treasurer made a statement of the County orders redeemed during the quarter ending Nov. 30, 1867, together with the interest thereon, amounting to $6,564.59; which were ordered to be canceled and burned.
The following persons were appointed to constitute Boards of Registry in the several Townships of the County:
- Jefferson Township—Jas. Brown, J. S. Scofield, R. F. Grisard.
- York—Lemuel Bledsoe, Dan’l McCreary.
- Posey—Wm. Stewart, Jas. H. Merit, I. Humphrey.
- Cotton—B. L. Simmons, A. J. Works.
- Pleasant—Jas. P. Marsh, David Henry.
- Craig—Samuel Porter, Perry K. Cotton.
In the matter of Philip A. Bettons and others petitioning for a change of the road leading from Vevay to Florence, it was ordered that said change be made, and the road opened, according to the report of viewers—to be 40 feet wide.
It was ordered that the Court House and public square be under the control of the Auditor, who was ordered not to permit the Court Room to be used for any purpose, except regular Courts, for a less sum than $5 per day.
It was ordered that hereafter the sessions of this Court be held in the room now occupied by the Sheriff.
The following bills were allowed:
- F. M. Jones, for burying drowned man, $7
- J. H. Cotton, keeping pauper house, $426.53
- Wm. J. Braden, stationery, $249.32
- Sarah Burtro, pauper expense, $12
- H. Schroder, pauper expense, $10
- Alfred Stow, taking man to poor house, $3
- W. Sartain, pauper expense, $12
- John Roberts, serving as Bailiff, $2
- M. Worstel, keeping criminals, $23.25
- Daniel Wilcox, serving as Bailiff, $2.00
- Larkin Johnston, cleaning Court House, $13.33
- E. M. LeClerc, locating ground on township map, $5.00
- John W. Wright, assessing Florence and Allensville Turnpike, $36.00
- Daniel Caine, $30.00
- David Shull, $36.00
- U. H. Stow, assessing Indian Creek and Bennington Turnpike, $36.00
- Edward Abbott, $36.00
- Jos. H. Netherland, $36.00
- James Brown, assessing Florence and Quercus Grove, $36.00
- Jas. H. Banta, $36.00
- David Henry, $36.00
- Percy Rous, Vevay and Moorefield, $36.00
- David Lee, $36.00
- Asa Newton, $36.00
- C. Goldenburg & Son, stoves, &c., for jail, $15.95
- W. T. Pate, pauper expense, $3.00
- J. C. Wells & Co., same, $20.34
- W. J. Baird, public printing, $54.50
- W. T. Graham, conveying man to pauper house, $3.00
- John Gill, coal, $7.50
- Shaw & Rous, pauper expenses, $7.56
- T. B. McGregor, $2.00
- Jas. Marsh, same, $2.50
- T. F. Voris, same, $10.00
- Dorcus Sheets, same, $20.00
- David Henry, registering, $8.00
- J. L. Thiebaud, lamps for Court House, $15.35
- C. Goldenburg & Son, work on pauper house, $6.40
- D. Wilcox, summining Coroner’s Jury, $2.00
- Dumont & Dupraz, stove pipe, &c. for Court House, $3.45
- James Davies, pauper expenses, $95.88