Biographical and historical memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton counties, Nebraska, comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties mentioned, and numerous biographical sketches of the citizens of such counties, Part 121

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The following events are of interest, as being connected with the early history of the county: The first birth which occurred in the county - but before its organization as such-took place at the Millspaw Ranch in 1861, a child to John and Rosy McClellan, and grandson of David Millspaw, and the first death occurred at this same ranch, in the removal of the above-mentioned child in the summer of 1863. It was buried in a lonely grave on the prairie, near the site of the old ranch.

The first birth on record was Orville Wescott, a son to C. O. Wescott, and the first death was that of the wife of J. D. Wescott. The first marriage was that of Philip Hart to Elizabeth Ellen Verley, on August 21, 1870, the ceremony being performed by Robert Lamont, probate judge.

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The first Fourth of July celebration was held in the year 1870, in a grove on the south side of the Blue River, the property of J. D. Wescott. The oration was delivered by B. D. Brown, and was the first oration delivered in the county.

The first crime committed was the murder of a Mr. Johnson, of Illinois, in August, 1870.

The first post-office was established on the Blue, at the house of Robert Lamont, who was appointed postmaster. The post-office was named Verona, and continued under that name until its removal to Orville City. In the spring of 1871, a second post-office was established on Lincoln Creek, at the house of S. W. Spafford, with S. W. Spaf- ford as postmaster. A weekly mail route was es- tablished, L. W. Hastings, contractor, from Sew- ard to Grand Island, via York and Spafford's Grove, and in the spring of 1872 another office, called Williamsport, was established at William Werth's place. Later this office was moved to the house of G. W. Hiatt on the "State Road," the town line between Townships 10 and 11.

The first school district was organized Sep- tember 27, 1870, with Joseph Stockham as di- rector. The census return of the district recorded the names of thirty-nine children of school age. A log school-house was erected by the settlers. Two pine boards served as desks, and split logs as seats. It was located on Section 34, Township 9, Range 5, with Miss Jennie Laurie (now Mrs. A. M. Glover) as teacher. E. J. Waddle, Esq., of Aurora, was a pupil in this primitive educational institu- tion. He says, "The seats were made by splitting green box elder, full of sap, which they could never get warm." Quite a number of the old set- tlers yet remain, and continue to till the soil, many of them being in comfortable circumstances, and some having accumulated respectable fortunes; among them are the following, with a statement of important official positions which they have occu- pied in the county: Jarvil Chaffee, James Waddle, J. D. Wescott (county clerk, 1870 to 1874), N. M. Bray (commissioner, 1870 to 1875), George Proud, James Rollo (coroner, 1870 to 1872), Alex Sal- mon (coroner, 1872 to 1874), John Laurie (super- intendent, 1870 to 1872), Martin Werth, James

McBride, John Mathews, John Hagerman, P. C. Culver, T. W. Manchester, John Danhauer, J. M. Hewitt, O. Thurman, Jacob Jaffers, G. K. Eaton, Robert Eyres, B. F. Iseman (county commissioner, 1875 to 1878; is a member of the present board, his term expiring January, 1893), Benjamin Ab- bott, M. Farrell, D. Kensinger, J. M. Livingstone, T. D. Case, J. W. Skelton, W. J. Carver, Frank Jenison, W. H. Hardin, F. C. Putnam (State Sen- ator. 1885 to 1887; commissioner, 1887 to 1890), Ed Huling (commissioner, 1879 to 1882, and mem- ber of present board, his term expiring January, 1891), Edward Nugent (commissioner, 1873 to 1878), Jonathan Foster (commissioner, 1879 to 1881), Samuel Yost, J. W. Jones, C. O. Wescott (treasurer, 1870 to 1874), P. C. Housel (commis- sioner, 1873 to 1875).

The following-named pioneers of the county have abandoned the peaceful pursuit of agricul- ture, to engage in other occupations: N. P. Spaf- ford, merchant, Aurora; L. W. Hastings, editor Republican, Aurora; George Hauer, Hampton; John Tweedy, postmaster, Aurora; C. H. Kimball, retired, Aurora; S. B. Gebhart, constable, Aurora; A. V. B. Peck, postmaster, Bromfield (served as commissioner from 1878 to 1880); D. A. Scovill, police judge (served as State Senator in 1879 and 1880, and is one of the present members of the Legislature, his term expiring January 1, 1891, also served one term as sheriff from 1876 to 1878); S. B. Chapman, merchant, Aurora; Henry New- man, retired, Aurora; J. F. Glover, retired, Ham- ilton (served as commissioner in 1871 and 1872); William Glover, banker, Aurora and Bromfield; A. M. Glover, merchant, Aurora; Robert Lamont, drayman, Aurora (served as first probate judge in 1870 to 1872); T. A. McKay, retired, Hamilton (served as treasurer from 1878 to 1882); Robert Waddle, meat market, Aurora; E. J. Waddle, banker, Aurora; T. B. Johnson, editor and pub- lisher, Stockham (served as Representative in 1877 and 1878, and in 1881 and 1882); Joseph Stock- ham (was commissioner from 1882 to 1885); Gen. Delevan Bates, banker, Aurora (served as super- · intendent in 1876 and 1877, has also served the city of Aurora as treasurer, councilman and mayor);

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R. W. Graybill, attorney at law, Aurora (was Rep- resentative in 1879 and 1880).

The following-named settlers, who were prom- inently identified with the early history of the county, have passed over the river and settled in that country " from whose bourne no traveler ever returns:" John Brown, John Salmon, Phil Hun. ter, G. C. Boyce, James M. Foster, J. A. Foster, S. K. Butler, Alex Laurie (one of the members of the first board of commissioners), S. N. Case (died

while serving as commissioner in 1885), R. M. Hunt, William D. Young, William Werth, John H. Helms, James Laurie (died April 18, 1886, while serving as county clerk).

A strong feeling of fraternity exists among the "old timers," which has led to the formation of old settlers' organizations in several portions of the county; this feeling will no doubt continue until the last "old settler" has passed into the hereafter.

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CHAPTER XXIX.

LEGISLATIVE ACTS-BOUNDARIES DEFINED-REPRESENTATION-SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS- SECTION LINES-ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION-COUNTY SEAT WAR-COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS- ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1890-JUDICIAL HISTORY-DISTRICT COURT-BEGINNING-EARLY

TERMS-OFFICIALS-ROLL OF ATTORNEYS-PRESENT COURT OFFICERS-CASES OF CIVIL IMPORTANCE-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL CASES.

Of all virtues justice is the best; Valour without it is a common pest. - Waller.

HE boundaries of Hamil- ton were defined by an act of the twelfth session of the Territorial Legislature, Sections 2 to 31, as follows:

An act to define the limits of Clay, Webster, Hamilton, Adams and Franklin Counties.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska:

SEC. 2. That the territory included within the following described limits, to wit: Commencing at the point where the west line of range four, west of the 7 sixth principal meridian, crosses the Platte River, and running from thence up the channel of said river to the point where the west line of range eight west of the sixth principal meridian crosses the said river, and running from thence due south, to the southwest corner of township number nine, range eight, and running from thence due east, to the south- east corner of township number nine, range five, and running from thence due north to the place of begin- ning, be, and the same shall constitute the County of Hamilton.

An act of the Legislature approved February 24, 1873, provides that section lines in the county shall be public roads and highways.

Hamilton County, by an act of the Legislature

of 1871, formed a part of the Twelfth Senatorial and Thirteenth Representative Districts, each of which was entitled to one member.

The Twelfth Senatorial District included the counties of Saline, Gage, Jefferson, Fillmore, Clay, York, Polk, Hamilton, Nuckolls, Webster, Adams, Kearney and Franklin, together with all that por- tion of the State not included in any other Sena- torial district, and which lies south of the Platte River and west of the counties named.

The Thirteenth Representative District included the counties of York, Polk, Butler, Platte, Hamil- ton, Fillmore, Clay and Adams. By the constitu- tion adopted in 1875, the county was apportioned representation as follows:

* * " District (Senatorial) No. 22 shall consist of the counties of York and Hamilton, and be entitled to one Senator." Representative Dis- tricts: "District No. 28 shall consist of the county of Hamilton, and be entitled to one Representative."

In the reapportionment of 1881, Hamilton and Hall Counties were constituted the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, while Hamilton County formed the Forty-third Representative District, and was entitled to two members, which continued in force until 1887, when Clay and Hamilton were united to form the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, and

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Hamilton County constituted the Forty-first Repre- sentative District, entitled to two members, which continues at this time.

Hamilton County was organized at a general election held May 3, 1870, at the house of John Harris, called for that purpose by a proclamation of Gov. David Butler, issued March 13, 1870, of which the following is a copy:

STATE OF NEBRASKA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT: S

WHEREAS, a large number of the citizens of the unor- ganized county of Hamilton have united in a petition asking that an election be called for the purpose of choos- ing county officers, preliminary to the organization of said county :

Therefore, I, David Butler, Governor of Nebraska, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby order that an election be held, at the house of John Harris, in said county, from 9 o'clock A. M. to 6 o'clock P. M., on Thursday, the 3d day of May, A. D., 1870, for the purpose of choosing three county commissioners, one county clerk, one county treasurer, one sheriff, one probate judge, one county surveyor, one county superintendent of public schools, one coroner, three judges of and two clerks of elections.

And I here designate and appoint John Laurie, Nor- ris M. Bray and Jarvil Chaffee as judges, and Josias D. Wescott and William D. Young, clerks, to conduct said election in accordance with the act for the organization of counties, approved June 24, 1867, and the election laws of the State.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and seventy, of the independence of the United States, ninety- fourth, and of this State the fourth.

[ SEAL. ] By the Governor, DAVID BUTLER. THOMAS P. KENNARD, Secretary of State.

In accordance with this proclamation eighteen citizens, the voting population, assembled at the house of John Harris, in what is now known as Farmers' Valley Precinct, on the Blue River, May 2, 1870, and organized the county, electing the following officers, as shown by the certificate of this election filed in the county clerk's office, which is as follows:

For county-seat, south half of northeast quarter, and north half of southeast quarter, Section (22), Town (9) north, Range (6) west, had (18) votes, being the whole number cast at the first election held in Hamilton County. The officers elected were Josias D. Wescott, County

Clerk; County Commissioners-William D. Young, Norris M. Bray, Alexander Laurie; Clarence O. Wescott, Treas- urer; George F. Dickson, Sheriff; Robert Lamont, Pro- bate Judge; John E. Harris, Surveyor; John Laurie, Superintendent Public Instruction; James Rollo, Coroner.

Attest: JOHN LAURIE, NORRIS M. BRAY, JARVIL CHAFFEE, Judges of Election.

JOSIAS D. WESCOTT, WILLIAM D. YOUNG,

Clerks of Election.

The county-seat, as located by the vote of the people, was named Orville City, and was surveyed by John Harris.

A court-house was built in May, 1872, in which the records of the county were kept until their removal to Aurora, January 1, 1876, at which date Aurora was made the county-seat after a long and bitter contest, during which five elections were held to decide the question of removal.

The question of removal was first submitted to vote in October, 1873, and resulted in favor of removal, upon which the commissioners decided that the electors of the county should, at the next general election, designate on their ballots the place of their choice. The next election was Octo ber 13, 1874, and resulted as follows: Aurora, 399; Hamilton, 147; Orville City, 53. The county clerk, William R. Mitchell, thereupon declared Aurora to be the county seat. The commissioners, however, rejected the decision, and refused to remove the records.

At this juncture Aurora mustered 150 of her faithful followers, and by the force of superior numbers captured the records and removed them to their present depository, but the following spring a writ of mandamus compelled their removal back to Orville, and a third court house election was ordered.

Hamilton now entered the fight, and it became a three-cornered battle; the law required two- thirds of all the votes polled to move a county seat, and on this ballot Aurora failed to get a sufficient number of votes, the vote standing, Aurora, 394; Hamilton, 361; Orville, 5. Not dismayed by these unfruitful contests, Aurora quietly took its defeat, and in July, 1875, again succeeded in getting the question of removal submitted. After a hotly con

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tested battle it was badly defeated, Hamilton get- ting a majority of thirty votes over Aurora, but not enough to remove the county seat from Orville, the election being Hamilton, 434; Aurora, 404; Orville, 3. The vanquished charged fraud, cor- ruption, ballot box stuffing, but at that time the trick of going behind the returning board was un- known, and Orville still held the much-coveted county seat.

The fifth election in this somewhat extensive series was, however, the Waterloo for both Hamil- ton and Orville. Aurora had by this time learned the tactics of its rivals, for when the last vote was counted Aurora had a majority of eighty over all, and its enemies laid down their arms. The votes at this last election were confined exclusively to the two principal contestants, Aurora receiving 481 and Hamilton 400.

Aurora, according to agreement, built a court- house, which, together with the public square, was transferred to the county August 11, 1877. This had been one of the most hotly contested county seat fights ever known in the State, almost every man in the county taking an active part in it. A great deal of ill-will and bad blood resulted from it, causing a bitter sectional feeling to prevail, which continued for many years, leaving its im- press on the politics of the county, nntil time gradually healed the wounds and smoothed away the scars.

The following summary of commissioners' pro- ceedings from 1872 to the present time is a record of the more important acts of that body: Jannary 19, 1872, action to secure pre-emption of location for county seat; July 27, to establish each road district as a voting precinct, except North Blue, which constitutes one voting precinct; January 19, 1872, fix salary of probate judge $100 per annum; August 10, 1882, appropriate $250 to fencing square and planting trees; August 24, 1872, issue warrant for $220 for payment pre-emption claim- county seat; order consolidation of Scoville and Deepwell as one voting precinct; December 9, 1872, order special election iu Farmers' Valley, Orville aud Scoville Precincts to vote on $10,000 bonds to aid in building grist-mill; March 23, 1873, first

settlement with county treasurer since organization, balance on hand, $409.33; April 21, 1873, contract for iron cell 62x7 feet, 7 feet high, price, $1,500; May 27, 1873, order submission of question of voting bonds in Aurora, Williamsport, Beaver Creek and North Blue Precincts, to aid in erection of wind grist-mill in Aurora; August 26, 1873, es- tablish Deepwell as election precinct, to include Towns 10 and 11, Ranges 7 and 8; September 3, 1873, order submission at next general election of re-location of county seat; December 1, 1873, the following record is made: " According to the can- vass of the last election there was a majority of the votes cast for the removal of the county seat; it shall be the duty of the county board, in the no- tice for the next general election of 1874, to notify said electors to designate upon their ballots at said election the place of their choice for the county seat; " April 7, 1874, South Platte Precinct organ- ized out of North Blue, to comprise Towns 12 and 13, Range 6; April 20, 1874, claim of Brown & England, attorneys in case of County vs. Union Pacific and Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Companies, allowed $1,200; to appoint Stanford May probate judge in place of S. M. Hunter, re- signed; re-district county as follows: First Com- missioners' District, Towns 9 and 10, Ranges 5 and 6; Second Commissioners' District, Towns 9, 10, 11 and 12, Ranges 7 and 8; Third Commissioners' District, Towns 11, 12, 13 and 14, Ranges 5 and 6; May 11, 1874, S. W. Hunter appointed to fill vacancy as probate judge; June 9, 1874, special election called July 18, 1874, to vote on bonds for the construction of two bridges across the Platte; July 6, 1874, bond election postponed to general election October, 1874; September 9, 1874, special election ordered on re-location of county seat; Bluff Precinct organized, comprising all territory lying north of Town 12, in · Range 5; appoint E. D. Preston sheriff in place of J. M. Smith, resigned; "Ordered that the clerk be instructed to destroy all claims against the county in his office;" Oc- tober 13, 1874, W. K. Ream and Clinton Briggs employed to collect the Union Pacific and Burling- ton & Missouri taxes for the year 1873, for ten per cent; the vote on the re-location of county seat

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as ascertained by board of canvassers, presented, and the town of Aurora declared by county clerk to be the county seat of Hamilton County (on motion it was voted that the said declaration be re- jected); December 8, 1874, "charges and articles of impeachment brought against William R. Mitch- ell, clerk, and J. H. Faris, treasurer, by H. W. Hickox, received, and summons issued return- able December 14, 1874;" charges and articles of impeachment filed against P. C. Housel, commis- sioner, by Darius Wilcox, summons issued re- turnable December 16; B. F. Iseman, commis- sioner, protests against all business transacted December 8, except settling with road supervisors; December 14, 1874, writ of injunction served on commissioners to restrain action in case of H. W. Hickox rs. William R. Mitchell; December 15, 1874, separate voting precincts formed of north half of Aurora Precinct; January 5, 1875, special election ordered to vote on issuing $60,000 aid bonds (the election resulted in their defeat, 559 voting against, to 23 for the bonds); Commission- ers Nugent and Honsel issued order commanding county clerks "to return the property belonging to his office to Orville City, against Monday, Jan- nary 11, 1875" (this property was the records, etc., heretofore removed to Aurora).

March 5, 1875, a special election was ordered for April 6, to elect member of constitutional con- vention (J. H. Sauls was elected, receiving 207 out of 211 'votes cast); Monroe Precinct, formed by cutting from Deepwell all of Towns 10, 11 and 12, Range 7; appropriation of 12} per cent of taxes collected in case of Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany vs. McShane et al., in full settlement of at- torney's fees of Brown & England; ordered county treasurer to pay Brown & England 20 per cent of taxes received from Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany, for year 1872 as attorney's fees; April 6, 1875, election ordered for May 20, 1875, on re- location of county seat; suit ordered brought against Darius Wilcox, David Stone et al. for damages, for removal of county property from Or- ville City to Aurora; May 27, 1875, Hamilton Pre- cinct created by cutting from Monroe, Town 10, Range 7; Union Precinct created by cutting from

Scoville, Town 9, Range 7; election ordered for June 28, 1875, on relocation of county seat; spe- cial election ordered to vote on granting bonds to aid in construction of Midland Pacific Railroad, in Bluff Precinct, $5,000; North BIne, $5,000; South Platte, $4,000 ( election resulted, North Blue, yeas, 52, nays, 0; Bluff, yeas, 35, nays, 0; South Platte, yeas, 52, nays, 8); September 1, 1875, sub. mission of question of re-location of county seat at general election, October 12, 1875; September 16, 1875, Briggs & Ambrose, of Omaha, retained to defend Hamilton County in action brought by Union Pacific Railroad Company to recover taxes heretofore paid; fee, 10 per cent of amount saved; ordered settlement with Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company for taxes of 1873-74, on basis of Judge Dillon's decision; October 28, 1875, election ordered for November 30, 1875, to vote on issuing bonds for $89,000 to aid in construction of Nebraska Railway through the county (propo- sition was defeated, vote standing for bonds, 295; against bonds, 341); resignation of J. T. Price, as superintendent accepted; bids ordered for re. moval of all county property from Orville to Aurora immediately after January 1, 1876; April 19, 1876, suit against Darius Wilcox et al. withdrawn; July 5, 1876, Town 11, Range 8, annexed to Monroe Precinct; $1,000 appropriated to assist in build- ing bridge across Platte east of Grand Island; September 16, 1876, A. W. Agee employed to at- tend suit brought by Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company to restrain treasurer from col- lecting tax for 1875; proposition to vote bonds for $1,000, to complete and furnish court house (propo- sition defeated, for 84, against 595).

October 3, 1876, agreement with commissioners of Merrick County, for construction of wagon bridge across the Platte (Chapman bridge); Ham ilton County to pay $800 toward cost of bridge, and maintain in repair the bridge over south chan- nel; November 8, 1876, established Cedar Valley Precinct, Town 13, Range 6; ordered that proceed. ings be begun on bond of Robert Miller et al. for failure to complete court house; April 18, 1887, ordered that road supervisors work the north and west boundary lines of their districts; July 3, 1877,

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appropriate $5,000 for construction of wagon bridge across Platte, Town 11, Range 8; incorporate town of Aurora; August 11, 1877, court house building accepted from the trustees of Aurora; suit against Robert Miller et al. discontinued; lightning rods ordered for court house at 32} cents per foot; Oc- tober 2, 1877, ordered the submission of township organization at the next general election, and also question of issuing funding bonds; November 14, 1877, Ed. Nugent resigned as commissioner; George M. Hollenbach resigned as surveyor; a majority of 371 of the votes cast having been in favor of issuing the funding bonds, clerk was or- dered to have prepared Series " A," 110 bonds of $500 each, at 10 per cent per annum, interest pay- able semi-annually, bonds to mature in twenty years; December 4, 1877, negotiated $10,000 of the funding bonds at 96 per cent of par value, and $15,000 at 91 per cent, and placed $30,000 in the hand of the county treasurer for negotiation at not less than 90 per cent; December 15, 1877, organ- ized "Towns," appointed officers, etc., under "Township Organization " law (the supreme court deciding the law unconstitutional, on February 5, 1878, the board annulled their action of December 15, 1877); appropriated $5,000 to building Chap- man bridge across the Platte; December 31, 1877, office of coroner declared vacant, and Goodman Noble appointed to fill the vacancy; February 5, 1878, election ordered in Monroe Precinct, March 8, 1878, to vote on issuing $1,200 bridge bonds (vote resulted, for 71, against 2); March 13, 1878, D. A. Scovill appointed coroner; April 2, clerk ordered to contract for planting of trees in square; April 18, old court-house sold to W. H. Streeter for $200; arranged for building jail 14x20 and ten feet high; provided for issuing Series "B," $20,000 of funding bonds; May 8, William G. Brotherton appointed coroner ..

June 18, reward of $300 offered for the capture and return of H. C. Case, who broke jail Sunday night, June 16; August 2, appropriated $125 to spike one half of Chapman bridge; August 14, is- sued the Monroe Precinct bridge bonds, $1,200; appropriated $641.50 for Chapman bridge; $5,000 appropriated for building Hall County bridge, one

end to be in Hamilton County; January 7, 1879, settled in full with John Burlingham for recapture of H. C. Case for $150; fixed salary of superin- tendent at $4 per day actual service; January 29, met in joint session with commissioners of Hall County and settled in full for Grand Island bridge, issning warrants for $5,000; June 7, special elec- tion called to vote on the question of the bonds of the county for $40,000-Aurora Precinct $8,000 and Valley Precinct $2,000, to aid in the construc- tion of the Republican Valley Railroad (election resulted, for 956, against 238, blank 7); July 1, set- tled attorneys' fee, Briggs & Ambrose, for collect- ing taxes from Union Pacific Railroad Company, in accordance with contract September 16, 1875, for $3,625; September 1, made provision for leas- ing poor-farm, formerly county seat; October 8, ordered question of appropriating $1,500 for building poor house submitted to vote at next general election, also sale of county lots in Aurora; November 17, issued $50,000 bonds to Republican Valley Railroad; October 5, 1880, ordered sub- mission of question of selling county lots in Aurora to vote at the general election November 2, also of appropriation of $2,000 to build poor-house; Jan- uary 15, 1881, salary of superintendent fixed at $3.25 per day actual service; March 8, application ordered to be made to supreme court for mandamus to compel county clerk to report fees for year 1880, and pay over to county all in excess of $2,- 050; April 19, vote on sale of lots declared car- ried-number voting, yeas, 349, nays, 206; May 19, appropriated $70 to secure quit-claim deed from David and Mary A. E. Stone to county property in Aurora; August 16, levied tax of 10 per cent in School District No. 6 for payment of judg- ment of $1,632.40 and costs $108.06 in favor of School District No. 9 et al; also levy three mills tax on all taxable property in Beaver Precinct, formerly constituting School District No. 3, to pay balance of judgment of $291.46 against said dis- trict; November 15, provided for construction of plank walks through the square; rescinded action levying tax of 10 per cent on School District No. 6; January 11, 1882, accepted report of W. L. Whittemore, ex county clerk, and case in supreme

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Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820