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ELECTION, May 7, 1855, resulted as follows: James F. Givins, Enoch Rinehart, Andrew H. Evans, James H. Dunlap, and William M'Cain were elected council- men; Henry M. Graham, marshal and assessor; Eras- tus W. Hubbard, clerk and treasurer.
May 31, 1855 .- James H. Boylan was appointed school trustee ; James P. Dugan, school treasurer; and Andrew H. Evans, school clerk.
September 6, 1855 .- Rev. E. W. Wright and Vine Holt were elected school trustees; in the place of James H. Stewart and James H. Boylan, resigned.
January 2, 1856 .- Noah B. Dewey resigned as school trustee, and J. C. Applegate was appointed in his place.
May 9, 1856 .- Board met. Present, Messrs Abner H. Bowen, George Robertson, Thomas Weakly, and James P. Dugan, Trustees, and James H. Stewart, Clerk.
Enoch Rinehart was appointed trustee, in place of George W. Pigman, declined.
Abner H. Bowen was appointed president of the Board.
May 28, 1856 .- James P. Dugan was appointed school treasurer, and A. H. Evans school clerk.
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August 2, 1856 .- Thomas Haugh was appointed sex- ton, and Thomas C. Hughes fire-warden.
December 16, 1856 .- David Leonard was appointed school trustee, in place of J. C. Applegate, resigned.
March 28, 1857 .- John B. York was appointed street commissioner.
May 6, 1857 .- At an election held on the first Mon- day of the present month, the following persons were elected : Messrs. Enoch Rinehart, Jesse R. Henry, James P. Dugan, and Abner H. Bowen, Trustees; Daniel L. Richard, Marshal and Assessor ; Artemas Merritt, Clerk.
May 23, 1857 .- George Robertson . was appointed trustee for the First Ward.
April 3, 1858 .- Pat Bowes appointed sexton.
ELECTION held May 3, 1858: Messrs. Abner H. Bowen, Enoch Rinehart, James P. Dugan, George Robertson, and Jesse R. Henry, Trustees; Nathaniel M. Crawford, Marshal and Assessor; Clerk and Treasurer, Nathaniel Black; John S. Case, B. F. Schermerhorn, and A. Merritt, School Trustees.
Geo. W. Pigman was appointed school trustee, in the place of John S. Case, declined.
June 3, 1858 .- Edwin R. Davis, marshal and street commissioner.
July 7, 1858 .- David Leonard, school trustee, vice G. W. Pigman.
September 7, 1858 .- John M. Bowman was appointed clerk and treasurer, in the place of Nathaniel Black, resigned.
The following is the result of the election held May 2, 1859: Messrs. Anthony Garrett, Enoch Rinehart, Joseph Assion, James P. Dugan, and Milton R. Gra- ham were elected trustees; Reed Case, treasurer; and Robert Shealy, clerk and assessor.
May 16, 1859 .- James Shealy was appointed street commissioner.
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June 16, 1859 .- Robert Shealy, treasurer.
November 4, 1859 .- E. R. Davis resigned as marshal, and James Shealy was appointed in his place.
May 14, 1860 .- M. R. Graham elected president of the Board; Wm. W. Schermerhorn appointed clerk and assessor, in the place of Robert Shealy, resigned ; An- drew Robertson appointed trustee, in the place of An- thony Garrett, resigned.
November 26, 1861 .- Wm. W. Schermerhorn ap- pointed marshal. The result of the corporation elec- tion, May 6, 1861 : Messrs. John Sonenfelt, Enoch Rine- hart, Wm. H. Buford, James W. Kilgore, and Erastus W. Hubbard were elected trustees; James P. Dugan, treasurer; Wm. M'Neil, marshal; Bernard B. Daily, clerk ; William Barnett, George W. Pigman, and John M. Grant, school trustees.
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CHAPTER XVI.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
TACOB BAUM, Aaron Hick, and Graham Roberts, the first Board of Commissioners of Carroll County, met pursuant to an act of the Legislature, for the forma- tion of the county of Carroll, "approved January 7, 1828," at the house of Daniel Baum, on the 12th of May, 1828.
The first duty performed by the Board was to lay off Tippecanoe, Deer creek, Rock-creek, and Eel Town- ships. Elections to be held in Tippecanoe, at Thomas Hamilton's; in Rock-creek, at Aaron Merriman's; in Deer-creek, at Daniel M'Cain's; and in Eel, at Alex. Chamberlain's.
INSPECTORS .- Nathaniel Hamilton was appointed in- spector of elections for Tippecanoe; William G. Bishop, for Deer-creek ; Isam Atkinson, for Rock-creek; and Daniel Bell, for Eel.
Elections were ordered to be held in each township on the 7th day of June, 1828, for the election of justices of the peace.
Daniel Baum was appointed treasurer, and Jacob Baum and William G. Bishop appeared as his securities. Aaron Dewey was appointed assessor ; Henry B. Mil- roy, collector ; and Samuel Milroy and Aaron Dewey, securities.
CONSTABLES .- Thomas Robb. for Eel ; Adrew M'Coy, Tippecanoe; Joseph M'Cain, Deer-creek; and David M'Combs, Rock-creek.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR .- Daniel Bell and John
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Hall, Eel ; David Hamilton and Nathan Rose, Tippe- canoe; Samuel Wells and James Odell, Deer-creek ; James M'Dowell and John Crook, Rock-creek.
FENCE-VIEWERS .- William M'Cord, John Givins, and Thomas Stirlin, Deer-creek ; James Hamilton, Ben - jamin Baxter, and John E. Metcalf, Tippecanoe; Wil- liam Cummins, Henry Bingaman, and David Lucas, Rock creek; Alexander Chamberlain, William Scott, and Marsh, Eel.
Isaac Griffith and Daniel F. Vandeventer were licensed to " vend foreign merchandise."
SPECIAL SESSION-COUNTY-SEAT.
THE Board met on the 15th day of May, 1828, at the same place, for the purpose of receiving the report of the commissioners appointed to locate the seat of justice. The locating commissioners reported the same day.
SPECIAL SESSION, MAY 24, 1828.
SAMUEL MILROY was appointed county agent, Isaac Griffith and David Baum his suretics.
Ordered, that three streets in Delphi, on the south side, running east and west, and two streets on the east, the other on the west side of the Public Square, running north and south, be ninety feet in width, and all the other streets eighty feet; alleys, twelve feet ; each lot to contain one-fourth of an acre.
Sale of lots ordered to take place second Monday in August next; the agent authorized to give notice in the Indiana Journal, Terre Haute Register, and a paper at Dayton, Ohio. Conditions of sale: one-fourth in hand, and the residne in three equal annual install- ments. The agent was authorized "to give any me- chanics, who will become actual settlers in the town of Delphi, and build a comfortable dwelling-house thereon, not less than eighteen feet wide, and twenty feet long,
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one and a half stories high, of hewed logs, frame or brick, with a brick or stone chimney, and a shingled roof, within one year from the sale of lots, one lot in any part of the town they may choose, except on Front Street, or around the Public Square."
SPECIAL SESSION, JUNE 14, 1828.
AARON DEWEY was allowed, for assessing the revenue of Carroll County, eleven dollars.
Cyrus Taber was licensed to sell goods. The place of holding elections for Rock-creek, changed from Mer- riman's to the house of Jacob Sager.
SESSION, AUGUST 11, 1828.
SAMUEL M'CLURE, Hugh B. M'Keen, and Walker, Carter & Co., licensed to sell "foreign goods."
Alexander Chamberlain, William Scott, and William G. Bishop were appointed to view and locate a public road from Delphi to Logansport.
Daniel Bell, Samuel M'Clure, and Samuel Taber were appointed to view road from Logansport via John M'Gregor's to Champion Helvey's.
Hugh Manary, William Wilson, and Aaron Dewey, appointed to view two roads, one from Delphi to Ben- jamin Baxter's, and the other from Delphi to Nathaniel Hamilton's.
Hugh B. M'Keen was licensed to keep a ferry across the Wabash, at Logansport.
Moses Standley, Robert Cade, and John Adams, appointed to view a road from Delphi to intersect a road from Lafayette to the Carroll County line.
Daniel Baum, William M'Cord, and Samuel Wells were appointed to view two roads: one from Delphi to where the meridian-line crosses Deer Creek; the other from Delphi to Elisha Brown's, on " Bachelor's Run."
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SESSION, NOVEMBER 11, 1828.
ALEXANDER CHAMBERLAIN, William G. Bishop, and Thomas Stirlin were appointed to view road from Del- phi to Logansport.
The Board "ordered that William Wilson receive off the north-east corner of the donation for the town of Delphi, four acres, two quarters, and twenty-two rods of ground, the west line running parallel with the town plat, in exchange for the like quantity of ground, for a public grave-yard, in the north-east corner of the land the said Wilson bought of Henry Robinson in the north-east quarter of sec. 29, T. 25, R. 2 W., to lie in a square form."
Aaron Dewey was allowed ten dollars for laying off the town-plat of Delphi. A permanent corner was ordered to be made at south-west corner of lot No. 1, and at north-east corner of lot No. 63.
William G. Bishop, John Carey, and James Odell were appointed trustees of school section 16, T. 25 R. 2 W.
SESSION, FEBRUARY, 1829.
Rock-creek Township .- David M'Combs was ap- pointed constable ; Daniel Kuns and James Cummins, overseers of the poor; Jacob Sager and Lewis Neff, fence-viewers.
.Tippecanoe Township .- Benjamin Baxter was elected constable; David Hamilton and Jacob Clister, fence- viewers; Nathaniel Hamilton, inspector.
Deer-creek Township .- Samuel Wells and James Odell, overseers of the poor; David Banm, Robert Cade, fence-viewers; William George, inspector.
Daniel Baum, reappointed country treasurer, and Jacob Baum and Moses Standley his sureties.
Elections for Deer-creek Township ordered to be held at the school-house in Delphi.
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Moses Standley was appointed constable for Deer- creek.
Robert Cade was appointed assessor.
Daniel M'Cain, Moses Alldridge, and Elisha Brown were appointed to view a road from Delphi to where the meridian-line crosses Deer Creek.
Hugh Manary, William Wilson, and Aaron Dewey were appointed to locate a road from Delphi to Na- thaniel Hamilton's.
Daniel Baum, Samuel Wells, and Joseph Dunham were appointed to view road from Delphi to the Wa- bash River, the nearest and best route to intersect a road leading from Delphi to Logansport, at a point known by the name of the " Old Trading-house."
The Board ordered a frame building to be erected in Delphi, for a clerk and recorder's office, twenty-two feet wide, and twenty-eight feet long, "the clerk to occupy the front room in said building for a store- room, by paying a reasonable rent."
The road leading from Delphi to Logansport was divided into four districts. William M'Crery appointed supervisor of one of the districts, and ordered to work the following hands: William George, William Wilson, Joseph Dunham, Abner Robinson, Coleman Robinson, - Graham, Samuel Milroy, Henry B. Mil- roy, Joseph M'Cain, Thomas R. M Cain, Moses Thomp- son, Joseph Jackson, Thomas Burk, John Givins, Joseph. Patterson, John Robbins, James M'Dowell, and Dr. J. M. Ewing.
The Second District assigned to John Kuns, who was ordered to work the following hands: John Mikesel, Isam Adkinson, William Adkinson, Jacob Kuns, Eph- raim Denison, David Moyer, Jacob Sager, Aaron Merri. man, William Sieres, Alexander Sieres, Solomon Burket, Eli Cotner.
The Third District was assigned to Henry Binga-
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man, with the following hands: John Scott, David Kuns, James Cummins, William Cummins, Joshua Mer- riman, John Cummins, Thomas Martindale, William Hicks, Jacob Bingaman.
The Fourth was assigned to General John Tipton and " all the hands below the mouth of Eel River, to the north line of Carroll County," were assigned to him.
SPECIAL SESSION, FEBRUARY 21, 1829.
THE order for building a clerk and recorder's office was revoked. This was about all that was accom- plished at this session.
MAY SESSION, 1829.
JOHN ODELL, John Carey, and Daniel M'Cain were appointed to view a road from Delphi to Daniel M'Cain's north-east corner, thence to the corner of secs. 33-4, on township line, between townships 24-5, 1 W.
John Briggs, John Knight, and William G. Bishop, were appointed to view a road from the house of Thomas Gillam to Delphi.
Jeremiah Ballard, Jacob Zook, and Thomas Gillam were appointed to view a road from Delphi to the me- ridian-line, where it crosses Deer Creek.
Lewis Neff, Isam Adkinson, and Christopher M'Combs were appointed to view a proposed change of the Logansport road, on the land of Daniel Kuns.
Samuel Wells was appointed supervisor of road from Delphi to Nathaniel Hamilton's, and ordered to work George J. Banm and Jesse Jackson.
The road leading from Delphi to the "Old Trad- ing-house," was divided into two districts. The First was assigned to William Hughes. His hands were Isaac Griffith, James Laughlin, Snelsam Anthony, - But- ler, Laren Shafer, William Craig, Jacob Baum, Robert Cade, John Adams, John Kistler, Elias Sowther, Thomas
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Berry, Jacob Mitchell, Philip Rohrbaugh, John Rohr- baugh, Isaac Bozarth, Thomas King, James King, - Justice.
Second District, Christopher M Combs, Supervisor, to work the following hands: James Clark, John Mitchell, John Lemuel Marsh, John Swalls, Joseph Swalls, Lewis Neff, Aaron Hicks, Moses Scott, John Moyer, David Glasscock, David M'Combs, John Crook, William Sieres, Isam Adkinson, George Byers, Peter Black, Eli Cotner, Richard M'Griff, William Adkinson.
The road leading from Delphi to Logansport was divided this time into three districts. In the First, Joseph Dunham was appointed supervisor, to work the following hands : Enoch Cox, Aaron Dewey, William Wilson, John M'Millin, Joseph Holiday, George M'Millin, Thomas M Millin, James Cannon, Isaac Jones, William M Crery, Joseph M'Cain, Thomas R. M'Cain, Moses Thompson, Joseph Jackson, John Givins, Thomas Burk, Thomas Strain, and Ralph Wilson.
Second District, to James M Dowell, with the follow- ing hands: John Mikesel, John Robins, Jacob Kuns, Ephraim Denison, John Kuns, David Myers, Aaron Merriman, Solomon Burket, Lewis Dubois, and Harmon.
Third District, to Daniel Kuns, with the following hands : Jacob Sager, Alexander Sieres, Henry Bingaman, John Scott, James Cummins, John Cummins, Alexan- der Cummins, William Hicks, Thomas Martindale, and Jacob Bingaman.
William George was appointed supervisor from Delphi to Tippecanoe County, to work the following hands : Daniel Baum, David Baum, Martin Thornberry, Jabob Stair, John M. Ewing, William M'Cord, Daniel F. Vandeventer, - Lamb, Henry Sidenbender.
The bounty on a "full-grown " wolf-scalp, was fixed at fifty cents; under six months old, twenty-five cents.
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Election for justice of the peace, ordered on first Monday of August, in Deer-creek.
Contract made with Aaron Dewey. The county sold him a brick-yard on the bank of Deer Creek, for which he was to pay twenty-five dollars a lot, in material for county building.
Isaac Griffith, John Robins, and Enoch Cox were licensed to vend foreign merchandise.
AUGUST SESSION, 1829.
THOMAS GILLAM, appointed supervisor of the road from Delphi to Gillam's; John Carey, of First District, of Bachelor's Run road; John Odell, of Second District, road from Delphi to forks of Deer Creek ; Daniel M'Cain, Sr., of road from crossing of Deer Creek to Bachelor's Run.
William M'Crery was appointed agent of Carroll County ; his bond was five thousand dollars; Isaac Griffith, security.
Permanent corners were ordered to be established as follows : At south-west corner of Public Square, also at south-east corner of Public Square. The former order was revoked.
The agent was ordered to perfect the contract made with William Wilson for exchange of ground for grave- yard; also to let out the contract for building the jail, the same to be let to contract October 1, 1829; the jail to be placed on lot No. 101, thirty feet from the front of said lot. The agent was directed to inspect donated lots and buildings thereon, and ascertain if those who have received donations have complied with the terms. The order donating lots to mechanics was revoked.
SPECIAL SESSION, SEPTEMBER 26, 1829.
PRESENT, Jacob Baum, Thomas Stirlin. Mr. Stirlin was elected county commissioner at the August elec-
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tion, 1829, in place of Graham Roberts. The order for the erection of a jail was partly revoked.
SPECIAL SESSION, NOVEMBER 9, 1829.
PRESENT, Messrs. Baum, Hicks, and Stirlin.
William Hance, Jolin Little, and David Baum were appointed to view a road from Delphi via south -east corner sec. 28, T. 25, R. 2 W .; thence to Odell's land, and to county line.
John M. Pinkston, Joseph Dunham, and John Gil- lam were appointed to view a road from one-half-mile stake, on State line, sec. 13, T. 24, R. 2 W .; thence to Wild-cat, between R. 1 and 2 W., " so as to intersect Milroy's 'blazes,' leading from Delphi to Kirk's;" thence with said "blazes " to the county line.
J. H. and I. Martin were licensed to sell goods.
Thomas Martindale was appointed supervisor of the road leading from Delphi to Logansport, in the place of Daniel Kuns, deceased.
The clerk and recorder's office ordered to be built eighteen feet long by sixteen feet wide. The county agent was ordered to give notice of the letting of said building, to take place on the 21st of November, 1829.
Jonah T. Hopkinson was appointed constable of Deer-creek Township, and Isaac Griffith, Wm. George, Aaron Dewey, and Joseph Dunham, approved of as his sureties.
FEBRUARY SESSION, 1830.
PRESENT, Messrs. Baum, Stirlin, and Hicks.
Jonah T. Hopkinson appointed constable of Deer- creek, and John Knight and William M'Crery approved as his sureties.
Daniel Baum was reappointed treasurer; Gavin Black and Isaac Griffith, his surcties.
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The following overseers of the poor were appointed : Rock-creek-Jacob Kuns, Eli Cotner; Deer-creek-John Knight, James Odell; Tippecanoe-Alexander Smith, Nathaniel Hamilton.
INSPECTORS. - Deer-creek - William George; Rock- creek-John Bozarth ; Tippecanoe-Joshua Lindsey.
FENCE-VIEWERS .- Deer-creek-Joseph Dunham, John Knight, David Baum; Rock-creek- William Hicks, Thomas Martindale, David M'Combs; Tippecanoe- John E. Metcalf, Friend Johnson, Thomas Hamilton.
Moses Scott was appointed constable of Rock-creek. On petition of Emanuel Flora, John Bozarth, Samuel Marsh, and Solomon Burket were appointed to view change of Logansport road, on land of petitioner.
Jesse Jackson, John Kistler, and William Hughes were appointed to view a road from Delphi via For- sythe's cabins, to the Tippecanoe County line, in the direction of Tippecanoe battle-ground.
William M'Crery was appointed county assessor.
Scott & M'Allister were allowed to establish a ferry across Wabash River, opposite Forsythe's cabins.
MAY SESSION, 1830.
PRESENT, Messrs. Baum, Hicks, and Stirlin.
J. H. & I. Martin and Isaac Griffith licensed to vend foreign merchandise.
Peter Harter asked a change in the road from Delphi to Wild-cat, on his land; and Samuel Wise, Peter Replogle, and Peter Imon were appointed to view the same.
John Bozarth was allowed, for crying the sales of lots in Delphi, three dollars.
John Lenon, George Julian, and William Hance were appointed to view road from Delphi to Michigan road.
Gavin Black appointed trustce of county seminary.
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William George, Justice of the Peace, reported that he had assessed and collected the following fines: James Quick, profane swearing, $1; Thomas Ivers, as- sault, $1; Ephraim Denison, profane swearing, $1; William Craig, Sabbath-breaking, $1; Martin Thorn- berry, Sabbath-breaking, $1.
The following persons were appointed supervisors : Moses Alldridge, John Carey, William G. Bishop, Jere- miah Ballard, Thomas M'Millin, Isaac Martin, John Robbins, Aaron Merriman, Emanuel Flora, John Rohr- baugh, Lewis Neff, Sam'l Wells, John Odell, Wm. Hance.
Samuel D. Gresham was licensed to sell foreign and domestic groceries, and Robert Scott, Joseph Dunham, James H. Stewart, James Miller, and David Loucks were approved as his sureties.
William George was appointed to superintend the digging of a public well, fifty feet south of the center of the Public Square.
The county agent was ordered to have the lots that were sold to Aaron Dewey and Ralph Wilson, surveyed.
William M'Crery was allowed, for assessing the state and county revenne, ten dollars.
The clerk produced a set of scales and weights, which the Board established as the standard for the county.
William M'Crery was appointed collector for the county, and James Odell and Isaac Griffith approved as his sureties.
SPECIAL SESSION JULY, 13, 1830.
PRESENT, Messrs. Baum and Stirlin.
Thomas Gillam was appointed commissioner to lo- cate a state road from the point of intersection of the Newcastle and Michigan roads to Delphi, in the county of Carroll, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig- nation of Samuel Milroy.
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AUGUST SESSION, 1830.
PRESENT, Messrs. Baum and Stirlin.
Jackson Township was organized, and the place of holding elections fixed at the house of Enoch Alldridge. Election was ordered for a justice of the peace on the third Monday of October, and Moses Alldridge ap- pointed inspector.
SPECIAL SESSION, SEPTEMBER 28, 1830.
PRESENT, Jacob Baum and Alexander Smith.
Jacob Humerickhouse was appointed constable of Deer-creek Township.
NOVEMBER SESSION, 1830.
PRESENT, Jacob Baum and Thomas Stirlin.
Morris & M'Carty licensed to vend foreign merchan- dise.
The following fines reported by justices : By Henry Robinson, against Lewis Dubois, for Sabbath-breaking, $1; by Isam Adkinson, against Stephen Wright, for assault and battery, $3; by William George, against Ephraim Denison, for assault and battery, $3; and John Dukes, for contempt, $1.
William Olinger was appointed constable of Rock- creek, and Christopher M'Combs approved as his surety.
The half-bushel measure made by William George, and branding-iron by Elias Lowther, were adopted, and one dollar paid for each.
The allowance of fifty cents for a wolf scalp was revoked.
Moses Standley was ordered to work all the hands from Alexander Sieres's up Rock Creek, and along the road to the county line.
The state road from Delphi to Frankfort was divided into two districts; Samuel Bugher was appointed su-
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pervisor of one, and Thomas Gillam of the other; to work all the hands in the Gillam settlement.
Christopher M'Combs, Aaron Hicks, and Lewis Neff were appointed trustees of school sec. 16, T. 26, R. 2 W.
James Alldridge was appointed constable of Jackson Township; Moses Alldridge and Elisha Brown, his sureties.
Oliver D. Butler appointed constable of Deer-creek ; Jacob Humerickhouse and Thomas Pike, sureties.
The county agent was ordered to "lay off lots on the north side of the lots already laid off in the dona- tion for the seat of justice for Carroll County, not to exceed in size one block of those already laid off, and make sale of the same at his discretion, with condition to the purchaser to clear off the lot or lots he may pur- chase, within six months.
A road was ordered to be located from Main Street, in Delphi, to the upper ford of the Wabash River through the lands of Samuel Milroy and James H. Stewart.
William George was appointed county treasurer, in the place of Daniel Baum, resigned ; Samuel Milroy and James Odell approved of as his sureties.
"Ordered, that the jail built by Henry Robinson be received as finished, agreeably to contract."
FEBRUARY SESSION, 1831.
PRESENT, Thomas Stirlin, Thomas Hight, Samuel Williamson.
James H. Stewart, James Mark, and William M'Crery were appointed to view a road from John Wagoner's new saw-mill, on the north fork of Wild-cat, to Delphi.
The same viewers were appointed to view a road from the lane of the Widow Wagoner, by the way of Alexander Murphy's, to the Delphi and Frankfort state road, on the north side of Wild-cat Creek.
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William Hopkins, Samuel Williams, and George Hornback were appointed trustees of schools, sec. 16, T. 25, R. 3 W.
John R. Merritt was licensed to keep a grocery in Tiptonsport.
James Alldridge, John Wagoner, and Alexander Murphy were appointed to view and locate a road from Wise's new saw-mill at the mouth of Bachelor's Run, thence the nearest and best route to John Wagoner's mill, on the north fork of Wild-cat.
James Alldridge was appointed Constable of Jack- son Township; Moses Alldridge and Elisha Brown, sureties.
Robert D. Royster, Stephen A. Miller, and Robert Miller were appointed to alter the road from Delphi to Bachelor's Run.
Nathaniel Wilson was appointed to assess the revenue of Carroll County, "for the sum of eighteen dollars." Isaac Griffith and D. F. Vandeventer became his sureties.
John Carey, Stephen A. Miller, and Isaac Wilson were appointed to alter the road leading from Delphi to the second principal meridian.
Edward Cooley, appointed supervisor, District No 2, Frankfort road.
Clay Township was organized, and the place of holding elections fixed at the house of Jonathan Gil- lam ; Albert G. Hanna, Inspector. Election ordered for second Monday in April.
William M'Crery was allowed, for taking the enumeration of the county, six dollars.
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