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Isaac Spangler, Robert Woodrough, Abram Stratton, Benjamin L. Smith, Benjamin Por- ter, Noadiah Smith and Alfred T. Thompson. It was ordered that each grand juror be al- lowed 75 cents a day for active service at the court. In 1840 Carlton W. Combs was ap- pointed County Collector. He gave bond in the sum of $4,000 with Nathaniel Applegate and Degrass Salisbury as sureties.
At the August election, 1840, the follow- ing officers were elected: Cyrus Langworthy, Sheriff; Daniel Bryant, Coroner; William Hoskins, County Commissioner; and Moses Mercer, Ezekiel Thomas, Barton Anderson, John Conant and Jacob Zearing, Constables.
At the April term of the Circuit Court, 1841, John H. Bryant was appointed in lieu of Alby Smith to view the now celebrated Dover Road. This road was the one for the farmers to get from Princeton to Chicago, and as it was a highway by use and custom before the prairie began to be made into farms, and as it ran diagonally across the lands, there was a conflict arose among the people: Those who hauled over the road did not want it extended by being compelled to follow section lines, and this was exactly what the land owners mostly desired. The matter had finally to be settled by an act of the Legislature, and therefore to this day it runs "across lots " in many places.
At this time Robert Gartin was appointed Assessor for Bureau County, and the old order of the Commissioners dividing the county into two Assessors'districts and hav- ing two Assessors was repealed.
At the September term, 1841, Robert E. Thompson appeared as the Commissioner to succeed Robert Clark. At the election in August, 1841, Thomas Mercer was elected School Commissioner. September, 1841, Carleton W. Combs gave bond as Collector of the county in the amount of $13,000, with
John H. Bryant, James S. Everett, Cyrus Bryant and Oliver Boyle as sureties.
The grand jurors chosen for the April term, 1842, of the Circuit Court were as follows: Noah Sapp, Francis A. Hutchins, John Searle, Charles S. Boyd, A. G. Porter, Elijah Mer- ritt, Timothy K. Ferrell, Moses Stevens, R. Carey, Henry Thomas, Joseph Heath, Nehe- miah Matson, Marshall Mason, Hiram Roth, Nathan Rackley. Roland Moseley, Flavel Thurston, John Hall, Robert Clark, William Jones, Robert J. Woodrough, William Mer- cer, Jr., Benjamin L. Smith.
September, 1842, Enos Smith appeared as a member of the County Commissioners' Court; Justin H. Olds was elected County Collector; Stephen Smith, Sheriff; Henry Thomas, Coroner; and Gilbert Clement elect- ed Constable. Justin H. Olds gave bonds in $18,000, with Cyrns Bryant, Degrass Salis bury, R. T. Templeton, Tracy Reeve and John H. Bryant as sureties. At this time the County Clerk, S. F. Denning, appointed Oliver Boyle his deputy.
For the December term, 1843, the follow- ing grand jurors were chosen: Robert Scott, Alanson Munson, John Clark, John Searls, Jesse Perkins, Samnel Robins, Daniel Rad- cliffe, Charles S. Boyd, Asa Barney, Alex- ander Holbrook, Ziba Alden, Daniel Davis, Edward Mercer, Jr., Abram Stratton, Mar- shall Mason, John Vaughan, Thomas I. Cole, Ziba Nichols, Horace Gilbert, Martin Hopps, Nathan Rackley, Arthur Bryant, Amos N. Bacon.
The state of the money market is given by the following order passed by the County Commissioners' Court June 7, 1843: "Or- dered that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of all Shawneetown money in the treasury, for any sum not less than 36 cents on the dollar. And also to sell and dispose of the certificates
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of the State Bank of Illinois at any sum not less than 30 cents on the dollar."
At the general election August 7, 1843, the following were elected: Degrass Salisbury, Probate Justice; Oliver Boyle, Recorder; Martin Ballou, Treasurer; Justin H. Olds, Surveyor; C. W. Combs, County Clerk ; William Hoskins, Commissioner, re-elected; Justices of the Peace, Noah Sapp, James G. Swan, Nathaniel Applegate, John Searle, Martin Ballou, Daniel Bryant, Edward M. Fisher, Robert C. Masters, Matthew Dorr, Morris Spalding, James Carroll, John Mason, George W. Spratt, Joseph Caswell, Isaac Delano, Robert Gartin, A. G. Porter and Justin H. Olds; Constables, Howard W. Munson, Edward H. Scott, Lewis Apple- gate, Jesse Atkins, Ziba Nichols, William I. Karnes. Jehu Long, Ezekiel Thomas, Madi- son Garton, Alfred Anthony, Joseph N. Keyes, James Hill, Barton Anderson, Samuel Fifield, David Lloyd, Alpheus Seward, Ben- jamin C. Campbell and Hiram Roth.
The following were appointed Road Su- pervisors for the year ending March, 1845: John Lonnon, Fleming Dunn, Aaron E. May, Michael Watson, William Wherry, John W. Pinnell, Zachariah Bushong, Archibald Os- born, C. J. Corss, Asa B. Pendleton, William Knox, Aquilla Triplett, Samuel Fifield, Ephraim Sapp, James Wilson, Samuel Cod- dington, Peletiah Rackley, Elisha Fassett, Peleg Brown, Enoch Pratt, Nehemiah H. Johnston, Elijah Olmstead, John A. Gris- wold, Harrison Epperson, Jabez Pierce, Will- iam Allen, Nathaniel Chamberlain, Daniel P. Greeley, Moses S. Greeley, William N. Moseley, Joseph Campbell, Thomas M. Woodruff, Joseph Smith, Jr., and James Hosier.
At the August election, 1844, Moses T. Greeley was elected County Commissioner to succeed Thomson; Stephen Smith, Sheriff ;
John Minier, Coroner; George W. Minier, County Surveyor.
June, 1845, Thomas H. Finley was ap- pointed to take the census of Burean County.
August election, 1846, Jacob Sells was elected County Commissioner to succeed William Hoskins; Stephen Smith, Sheriff, re-elected. In 1846 James B. Chenoweth was elected one of the County Judges. Jus- tin H. Olds was appointed Overseer of the Poor for the county.
June 8, 1842, the proposal of Alva Whit- marsh to build a court house was accepted.
In 1847 Stephen Smith was again re-elect- ed Sheriff ; A. T. Thompson, County Clerk. M. Ballon was appointed Assessor. In 1848 J. V. Thompson was elected Sheriff. Joseph V. Thompson, September, 1848, filed a bond in the sum of $20,000 as Collector, with John H. Bryant, John Hall, Daniel Gaylor, Alfred F. Clark, Calvin Stephens, Robert Clark, Austin Bryant, Cyrus Bryant, B. N. Stevens, Benjamin Newell and William Corss, sureties. In 1848 Robert E. Thomp- son was elected a member of the County Commissioners' Court. J. T. Thompson was County Treasurer.
In the year 1849 the County Commission- ers' Court laid a tax of 5 cents to be appro- priated to buy land and erect buildings for a poor-house and farm. September, 1849, Joseph V. Thompson filed his second bond as Collector. November 27, 1849, the County Commissioners' Court adjourned, and we believe, as there is nothing more on the records, that was the last of it.
In September, 1841, the County Commis- sioners' Court appointed Oliver Boyle, John Vaughan and William F. Bushnell to locate an alley in the Town of Princeton, thirty feet wide, commencing between Lots 11 and 12 on First Street in the original plat of the town, thence east between said Lots 11 and
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12, 37 and 38 to Second Street, thence across Second Street between Lots 43 and 44, 69 and 70 to Third Street.
At an election in Princeton in February, 1842, Samuel Jones was elected a Constable. He at once qualified and entered upon his office.
At an election on the question of incor- porating the town of Princeton, Saturday, March 17, 1838, there were twenty votes in favor and none against incorporation. The following are the voters at that election :
Andrew F. Smith, Stephen Wilson, W. H. Wells, Noah Wiswall, Cyrus Langworthy, Jehu Long, Robert C. Masters, Samuel Trip- lett, John Walter, Butler Denham, John Vaughn, Oliver Boyle, E. H. Phelps, Joseph Houghton, Joseph Smith, Robert Stuart, John H. Bryant, Justin H. Olds, Thomas S. Elston and Robert T. Templeton.
CHAPTER XXIII.
LAWS PASSED IN REFERENCE TO BUREAU COUNTY-A COMPLETE IN- DEX AND REFERENCE TO THE SAME-ETO., ETC.
W E give in this chapter the references to the statute laws of the State passed by the Legislature in reference to Bureau County, that is, those laws that are not found in any of the Revised Statutes. The list will be found very full upon examination, and the number there is of these laws will make it an easy matter for those interested in them, or who may wish to consult them, to look over the list and turn to the book page, in which may be found each particular act in full. Many of the laws are purely private and local and are now obsolete, as well as un- known to the young members of the bar. We do not deem any of them of sufficient
importance to reprint them here, and yet in a historical point of view they are important and many of them may figure prominently in the courts in the adjudication of the property interests of individuals. We give the date and page of each act, that is, the day of the montb and year it became a law, and the vol- ume of the public or private laws in which it is printed. This is the briefest and most pointed way we could tell the history of the county in thisrespect, as the headings in each act are an index to the act itself.
Erection of public buildings-law of March 2, 1839, page 228; Greenfield changed to Lamoille, law February 3, 1840, 107; plat of Fairmont vacated, id., 108; Commission- ers to sell school lands in Town 14, Range 8, law of February 27, 1841, 258; Lamoille Agricultural and Mechanical Association, law of March 6, 1843, 16; county to borrow $5,000 to complete court house, id., 110; county confirmed in certain ferry privileges, id., 144; county to extend Hugh Freny's case of Hennepin Ferry for ten years, private law, February 17, 1847, 44; records in Put- nam "County to be transcribed, certificate and effect, law, February 10, 1849, 109; Ben- jamin Newell and heirs to construct a canal from the Illinois River to Lake De Pue, id., February 12, 133; time to build extended to February, 1856, law, February 15, 1831, 125; grant renewed, to complete in five years, private law, February 7, 273; hogs not to run at large, id., January 10, 185; Clairon Cemetery Association chartered, private law, February 17, 1851, 291; town of Gold crea- ted, law, February 12, 1853, 202; towns to support their own paupers; vote thereon, id., February 10, 261; school tax in District No. 1, town of Hall, legalized, law, February 6, 1855, 110; Livingston town plat vacated, private law, February 7, 1857, 271; sale of swamp lands confirmed, id., February 18,
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1206; for transcribing the old records of sales and redemption of land from 1823 to 1854, id., February 18, 1377; jurisdiction of County Court extended, law, February 24, 1859, 96; Dover Academy chartered, private law, February 24, 1859, 361; Princeton & Bureau Valley Railroad chartered, id., Feb- ruary 18, 491; Preacher's Aid Society of Northern Illinois District, private law, Feb- ruary 18, 1861, 52; Supervisor's location of a road from Arlington to the east county line legalized, id., February 22, 544; Sheffield chartered, id., February 22, 718; foregoing amended, 3 private law, February 9, 1867, 595; loan in aid of volunteers, legalized, law, February 12, 1863, 25; plat of Provi- dence partly vacated, private law, June 13, 1863, 273; county interest-bearing bonds is- sued in payment of bounties legalized, 1 pri- vate law, February 6, 1865, 116; organiza- tion of First Congregational Church at Ne- ponset legalized, id., February 16, 236; Ben- jamin Newell to construct a canal from Ne- gro Creek to Lake De Pue, id., February 16, 556; Lovejoy Mouument Association char- tered, erect at Oakland Cemetery or village of Princeton, 2 private law, February 15, 1865, 91; Charles L. Kelsey, surviving Trustee, to re-convey to Frances D. Shugart property held in trust for her, id., February 16, 249; Road from Hennepin to mouth of Rock River re-located in part, id., February 15, 267; Trenton changed to Sherman, id., February 16, 584; vacates a certain street in Berlin, land sold for school purposes, id., February 16, 662; vacates plat of Kinno- wood, id., 664; towns of Fairfield, Mineral and Concord to bridge Green River at Gold, 1 private law, February 28, 1867, 180; Bu- reau County Dairy and Cheese Company chartered, id., March 5, 906; Bureau County Concrete Company chartered, 2 private law, March 5, 1867, 304; Wyanet and Pond
Creek Railway and Carrying Company char- tered, id., February 20, 696; road from Men- dota to Arlington located, id., February 23, 822; proceedings of School Trustees of Town 16, Range 9, legalized, 3 private law, January 29, 1867, 15; Burbonais changed to Lovejoy, id., 247; Neponset corporate powers extended, id., February 25, 455; Lamoille chartered, id., February 25, 485; Sherman changed to De Pue, id., February 18, 607; annexing for school purposes, Sections 4 and 5, Town 17, Range 6, to Town 18, Range 6, id., March 7, 631; Winona changed to Mal- den, law, March 26, 1869, 297; George S. Emerson, Treasurer Town 16, Range 7, re- leased from payment of $907.99, of which he was robbed, id., March 27, 335.
Princeton .- Time of levying tax extended, law, February 25, 1841, page 84; town chartered, private law, February 8, 1849, 120; boundary fixed, construction of plank road to railroad depot, private law, Febru- ary 12, 1853, 607; further respecting plank road to depot, limits extended, private law, February 28, 1854, 133; survey of Elston's, Wiswall's and Flint's additions corrected, part of North Street vacated, private law, February 15, 1855, 197; vacates alleys in Elston's addition, private law, February 16, 1857, 891; corporate powers generally extended, id. February 18, 1815; forego- ing amended, opening streets and public ground, private law, February 24, 1859, 661; charter amended, power to license, private law, February 22, 1861, 715; powers further extended, 2 private law, February 16, 1865, 560. And again, 3 private law, February 18, 1867, 610; Princeton Seminary chartered, in Town 16, Range 9, private law, February 21, 1837, 61; part of tax for 1858 in District 1, remitted, law, January 15, 1859, 177; Young Men's Association chartered, 2 pri- vate law, February 16, 1865, 19; Princeton
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Loan and Trust Company chartered: Id., 24; Bureau County Fire Insurance Company chartered, 2 private law, March 7, 1867, 112; Princeton High School District chartered, 3 private law, February 5, 1867, 16.
Tiskilwa. - Names of Indiantown and Windsor changed to Tiskilwa, law, Febru- ary 3, 1840, 107; town incorporated, pri- vate law, 1855, 154; chartered again, pri- vate law, 1857, 863; foregoing amended; 3 private law, 1867, 588; leases executed to George Cattell and Calvin Stephens by Town Trustees confirmed, private law, 1861, 723; Liberty Square vacated, id., 724; Peo- ple's Coal Company chartered, 2 private law, 1867, 390.
CHAPTER XXIV.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-JOHN H. BRYANT FIRST CHAIRMAN- LIST OF SUPERVISORS-GEORGE MEDIANIS, SECOND CHAIRMAN- WOLF SCALPS-JOHN M. GRIMES THE ATTORNEY-TERWILLI- OER OVERSEER OF THE POOR-R. T. TEMPLETON, COUNTY JUDOE-LIST OF TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OFFICERS TO 1857- ANTI-DUELLING OATH-JACOB T. THOMPSON'S REPORT AS COUNTY TREASURER-THE COUNTY OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS AND OTHERS- J. V. THOMPSON-O. L. BEARSS-ETC., ETC., ETC.
TN 1849 a vote was had in the county on L the adoption of township organization, which was in the affirmative by a large ma- jority. This was among the first counties in the State to adopt this plan, and it has con- tinued it uninterruptedly to date. It will prob- ably be a very long time before it is changed. Nearly all the counties in the State have now followed the example, and St. Clair, the old. est county, only adopted it two years ago (1882). When the vote in favor of this change was had, the first step to put the act into effect was to appoint three Commissioners to fix the boundary lines of the townships and name
the same. And Simon Kinney, Jacob T. Thompson and Tracy Reeve were appointed such Commissioners. The county was divided into twenty-three townships, very much as they exist now, except additions of two town- ships since added.
April 8, 1850, the first Board of Supervis- ors met. There were represented in this meeting fifteen townships, as follows: Rich- land, John Ross; Greenville, William Mar- tin; Dover, Enoch Lumry; Berlin, Enos Smith; Westfield, Michael Kennedy; Selby, William Hoskins; Princeton, John H. Bry- ant; Concord, Thomas Stevens; Brawby, Thomas Gattridge; Jefferson, Allen Horton; Indiantown, Timothy N. Ferrell; Arispe, George McManis; Leepertown, John Wherry; Milo, William B. Whipper; Fairfield, Wicher Dow.
A ballot was had for Chairman; three bal- lots being cast before a choice was made. John H. Bryant was elected, who took the chair, called the first County Board of Supervisors to order in regular session, and the Board adjourned for the day. Additional members came in the next day as follows: John D. Pinnell, Bloom; Edward M. Wil- son, Centre; C. C. Corss, Bureau; Richard Brewer, Walnut; A. G. Porter, Clarion; R. B. Tracy, Lamoille; Ebenezer Kent, Mineral. By order of the Board the name of Richland was changed to Ohio, and Bloom to Hall, and Jefferson to Macon. An order had been passed making the townships voting precincts. This order was changed partially. The Board ordered its proceedings to be published in the Bureau Advocate.
In 1851 a bounty was offered by the county of $1.50 on wolf scalps.
The May meeting, 1851, of the new Board was as follows: A. G. Porter, Clarion; Isaac H. Norris, Lamoille; John Ross, Ohio; Greenbury Triplett, Walnut; C. C. Corss,
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Bureau; Enoch Lumry, Dover; Enos Smith, Berlin; Michael Kennedy, Westfield; John W. Pinnell, Hall; William Hoskins, Selby; Jacob T. Thompson, Princeton; Elijah Hays, Cen- tre; George Wilkinson, Concord; Albert Bush, Mineral; Ira O. Beaumont, Brawby; Cyrus Sweet, Macon; Asa Barney, Indiantown; George McManis, Arispe; Jacob Sells, Fair- field; Nehemiah Hill, Greenville; William B. Whipple, Milo.
M. Horton, the former Supervisor, con- tested the seat for Macon. On a vote of the Board the election of Mr. Sweet was con- firmed by a vote of eleven to five. George McManis was unanimously elected Chairman. The next year, 1852, A. G. Porter was Chair- man.
September, 1853, there were twenty-three towns in the county, and each was provided with various sums from the general fund for roads and bridges. Following are the town- ships: Fairfield, Mineral, Brawby, Gold, Concord, Macon, Greenville, Walnut, Bureau, Centre, Indiantown, Milo, Arispe, Princeton, Dover, Ohio, Lamoille, Berlin, Selby, Lee- pertown, Hall, Westfield, Clarion.
In 1853, Rufus Carey was the County Treasurer. In 1852 the Board began to con- tend with the question of the swamp lands. A full account of this may be found in Chap. ter XXI.
John M. Grimes was employed by the Board to act as the county's attorney for one year for the sum of $200. E. M. Fisher had been appointed County Drainage Commis- sioner. He resigned June, 1854. Septem- ber 16, 1852, a resolution was passed appro- priating $1,000 to purchase a poor farm. This order was soon rescinded, and the money ordered to be used in the ordinary county expenses. But the subject was di- rectly up again, and 160 acres were ordered to be purchased for a county farm. It seems
that John E. Terwilliger was put in charge of the county farm and the poor. He ran the thing along on very little money it seems until 1856, when he made out a written report to the Board, in which he takes occa- sion to say: " I have been paying out of my own pocket sums of money from time to time," and after stating the condition of his own financial affairs very emphatically he concludes: "The Board must provide, say a fund of $250, for me to draw against, or I will have to stop grinding."
The County Court that assembled in De- cember, 1849, consisted of Robert T. Temple- ton, Judge; Nathaniel Applegate and E. M. Fisher, Associates, and Benjamin L. Smith, County Clerk. Mr. Smith filed his bond as Clerk, with D. G. Salisbury and M. E. Lasker, sureties.
On December 3, 1849, Judge Templeton filed his oath of office, and as the peculiar law on duelling then required, it was thus worded: "I do solemnly swear that I have not fought a duel or sent a challenge to fight a duel, the probable issue of which might have been the death of either party, nor in any manner aided or assisted in such duel, nor been knowingly the bearer of any such challenge or acceptance since the adoption of the Constitution, and that I will not be se engaged or concerned directly or indirectly during my continuance in office. So help me God."
Jacob T. Thompson, County Treasurer, reported specie on hand and belonging to the county, 5 cents; paper money, $2; uncurrent bank paper (old), $23; redemption money, $16.
March 11, 1850, the County Court ordered an election for the county, to vote for or against taking $50,000 stock in the Rock Island Railroad.
June, 1850, the Treasurer reported as fol- lows on county finances:
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Amount revenue in Treasury. 446 00
Amount revenue on real estate.
4,305 78
Amount road tax.
1,845 12
Amount from license.
8 00
Total
$6,604 90
EXPENDITURES.
On roads.
$2,285 00
On road tax. 922 25
On wolf scalps.
50
On juror certificates. 506 40
All other expenses. 2,396 36
Abatements
67 11
Total. $6,177 62
The county advertised for proposals for transcribing portions of the Putnam County records, as required by act creating Burean County. W. M. Zearing was awarded the contract, at 33 cents per hundred words.
November, 1850, William Martin filed his bond as County Treasurer.
Aaron B. Church was the County School Commissioner in 1853; his bond with Will- iam Converse and Charles L. Kelly as sure- ties was filed November 23, 1853. At this date Justin H. Olds was appointed to make a sectional index to the records of deeds and mortgages. He was assisted by Stephen G. Paddock. November, 1855, A. B. Church, as School Commissioner, and Rufus Carey, as Treasurer, filed their bonds, which were duly approved.
Total amount of county revenue for fiscal year ending June, 1850, was $4,627.145.
Rufus Carey filed his bond as County Collector for 1854.
June, 1854, E. M. Fisher resigned as Drainage Commissioner, and Justus Stevens was appointed to the office, and entered at once upon its duties. Mr. Stevens continued as Drainage Commissioner until March, 1856, when he resigned.
At the March term, 1856, of the Super- visors, the Building Committee, Justus Siev-
ens, W. P. E. Mckinstry and William M. Matson, reported that $4,970.31 were due Lloyd & Whitmarsh as the balance for build- ing the jail.
At a meeting of the Supervisors, May, 1851, the following members answered the roll-call: Clarion, A. G. Porter; Lamoille, Isaac H. Norris; Ohio, John Ross; Walnut, Greenbury Triplett; Bureau, C. C. Corss; Dover, Enoch Lumry; Berlin, Enos Smith; Westfield, Michael Kenedy, Jr .; Hall, John W. Pinnell; Selby, William Hoskins; Prince- ton, Jacob T. Thompson; Center, Elijah Hays; Concord, George Wilkinson; Mineral, Albert Bush; Brawby, Ira O. Beaumont; Ma- con, Cyrus Sweet; Indiantown, Asa Barney; Arispe, George McManis; Fairfield, Jacob Sells; Greenville, Nehemiah Hill; Milo, William B. Whipper.
Benjamin L. Smith, Clerk, and E. M. Fisher, Sheriff.
At a special meeting, April 29, 1852, the following members answered to roll-call: Clarion, A. G. Porter; Lamoille, Tracy Reeve; Ohio, John Ross; Walnut, Christo- pher Wolf; Dover, Enoch Lumry; West- field, Edmund Polke; Hall, Abram Wixam; Selby, William Hoskins; Princeton, M. Trimble; Center, James Hamrick; Concord, Thomas Stevens; Macon, Cyrus Sweet; In- diantown, Asa Barney; Arispe, S. E. Mor- ris; Leepertown, William Shields; Milo, S. M. Clark. On motion, A. G. Porter was elected Chairman by a unanimous vote.
At the May term, 1853, the following Supervisors responded to their names: Clarion, David Lloyd; Lamoille, Timothy Edwards; Ohio, John Ross; Walnut, Richard Brewer; Greenville, Jacob Eastlick; Fair- field, Hiram Mckenzie; Dover, Enoch Lum- ry; Berlin, Enos Smith; Westfield, Michael Kenedy; Hall, C. W. Combs; Selby, Will- iam Hoskins; Princeton, Arthur Bryant;
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Center, James Hamrick; Concord, John Mason; Mineral, James P. Hartley; Brawby, George Norton; Macon, Lewis Holmes; In- diantown, Asa Barry; Arispe, S. E. Morris; Milo, S. M. Clark; Gold, Joseph Johnson. The towns of Bureau and Leepertown did not answer to the roll-call. B. L. Smith was County Clerk, and Osmyn Smith was Sheriff. Arthur Bryant was chosen Chair- man.
June term, 1854, the following were the newly elected Supervisors present: Prince- ton, Justus Stevens; Center, James Hamrick; Selby, William Hoskins; Hall, John E. Terwilliger; Leepertown, David McElwain; Arispe, S. E. Morris; Greenville, Lewis McKune; Clarion, David Wells; Berlin, Enos Smith; Ohio, William Ross; Westfield, Nathan Gray; Milo, Joseph W. Harris; Macon, Allen Horton; Mineral, J. B. Hart- ley; Gold, Joseph Johnson; Indiantown, Asa Barney; Walnut, Richard Brewer; Lamoille, Tracy Reeve; Bureau, William M. Matson; Dover, Enoch Lumry; Concord, T. C. Dow. Mr. Morris was chosen Chairman pro tem., J. V. Thompson was County Clerk, and Osmyn Smith, Sheriff. Justus Stevens was elected permanent Chairman.
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