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In Account with Shelby County.
By money paid for school . $4 00
Robert McClure, road
13 632
66
J. McClure
11 064
66
Turtle Creek 10 94
J. Blake
112 61
66
66 Jas. Wells .
5 00
66
Cynthian, road .
11 97
By uncurrent paper .
66 road receipts
balance due county
38 47
$600 06
Signed, J. BEATTY, S. C. T.
Jonathan Beatty is appointed County Treasurer, who appears and gave bond according to law, with William Beatty, John Whitmore, and James Roby as his sureties, and took oath of office.
Examined the orders issued by the old and new auditor, and found them correct.
Adjourned.
JOHN WILSON, JOSEPH MELLINGER,
WM. BERRY,
Commissioners.
D. HENRY, Clerk.
Nov. 13. A special meeting of the Commissioners, for the purpose of improving the public building.
John Hathaway and Charles Johnston produced their certificates of election and were sworn into office, and proceeded to business. Repair- ing the court-house and jail was the object of the meeting The con- tract with Nicholas Smith to plaster the room for the clerk's office in the manner stipulated in his contract, in which he agrees to do the work for twelve dollars. The repairing on the jail was laid over until their regular session in December.
Adjourned.
Dec. 6, 1824. Present : Full Board.
The account by John Blake, in favor of Ira Dickson, assigned to said Blake for house-rent for an office to H. B. Foote, is allowed $9.50. John Francis, for fuel for court up to present, $2.122.
Jobin Blake, for room-rent for the last grand jury, is allowed $2.00.
Joseph Stewart, surveyor of the road from Sidney to St. Marys, is allowed $11.37.
Asa Hinkle, commissioner on said road, is allowed $6.63. John John- ston, commissions, $5.70. Christ. F. Tilberry and Parker, $3.80. Jos. Blake and Henry Bryan, chainmen, $5.70. Henry Smith, marker, $2.85.
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orders redeemed
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6 25
117 61
4 00
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The petition of Matthew Sturms and others, praying for a road begin- ning at the West Liberty road, thence through the land of E. Sargent and P. Locker to the Dayton road, was received and read; and Philip Locker, Jacob Kyser, and Henry Sturms are appointed viewers of the same; or any two of them, together with Joseph Stewart, surveyor, and legal assistance, is to proceed on the 16th instant to locate said road, and make report at the next session of this Board.
Dec. 7. The Board met. Present as before.
The petition of Francis Kendall and others, praying for a vacation of that part of the State road leading from Sidney to Bellefontaine, that runs through said Kendall's and Jackson's land, that was read last ses- sion, was again read, and no objections made, and it appearing to the Board to be reasonable, the same is hereby declared vacated.
'The petition of James Dingman and others, that was read last ses- sion, praying for the vacation of the State road through said Dingman's land, was taken up and read ; no objections being made, the said peti- tion was granted.
The report of the viewers, appointed last session, to view the county road past Rufus Carey's to Sidney, was received with plat of survey, which being read, and no objections made, the same was granted.
John Hathaway and Charles Johnston, the late Commissioners elected, drew lots for their term of office. John Hathaway drawing for one year, and Charles Johnston for three years.
Allowed to Joseph Garver for washboard and facing for two windows in court-house, $2.00.
Ordered that the qualified electors of the original surveyed township No. 7, range 6, to be notified to hold an election, on the first day of Jan- uary next, at the house of James Barnett, to elect three trustees and one treasurer, to take charge of the school section.
Allowed James Wells for books, stationery, and drayage, $8.314. David Henry, county auditor, for his services to this date, forty-five dollars and fifty-seven cents.
Ordered that the clerk collect and record all townships and roads on file in this office. Adjourned.
JOSEPH MELLINGER, JOHN HATHAWAY, CHAS. JOHNSTON, Commissioners.
Attest, D. HENRY, Clerk.
Commissioners' Office, Shelby Co., O., March 7, 1825. Commissioners met. Present : Full Board.
Allowed David Henry, late auditor, the amount of his bill up to March 1,$25.00.
The Board appointed Wm. W. Cecil, Benj. Blankinship, and Samuel Marshall, appraisers to view and revalue school fraction No. 16, town. one, range seven east, on the tenth day of March next, in accordance with an act of the General Assembly.
Ordered by the Board that the inhabitants of town. eight, range six east, meet at John Stephens' on the 19th instant and proceed to elect three trustees and one treasurer for school section 16, for the purpose of organizing the said original surveyed township.
Ordered by the Board that a new township be created out of the town- ships of Turtle Creek, Clinton, and Loramie, beginning at the N. E. cor- ner of fraction eleven, town. seven, range six east on the river, and running west to the S. E. corner of section four; thence north along said line to the centre of said line; thence west to the centre of the west line of section two, town. nine, range five east ; thence south along the section line to the county line; thence east to the Miami River; thence up the river to the place of beginning, be organized into a new township by the name of Grayson, and that the qualified electors meet at the house of Joseph Stewart on the first Monday of April next to elect township officers.
March 8. The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Received the report of the viewers appointed last session to view and lay out a road from the West Liberty road south to the county line, and being read in open session, and there being no objection, the same was granted.
Ordered that the auditor procure the following work to be done in the court-house: to fit the banisters on the south side of the doors and
make sufficient benches from the banisters to the south end of the house on each side to make a bench for the judges on the south end of the house, to be raised two feet from the floor; a writing desk ten feet long and four feet wide, with sloping top; and fill the windows with glass.
Allowed James Wells one dollar for two set of door-latches for court- house, and one quire of paper.
Allowed Thos. W. Ruckman, auditor, his account of four dollars ($4.00). Adjourned.
JOSEPH MELLINGER, JOHN HATHAWAY, CHARLES JOHNSTON, Commissioners.
Attest, THOMAS W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
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Samuel McClure, of Loramie Township, appeared and gave notice of his taking an appeal from the Commissioners to the Court of Common Pleas respecting the creating of Grayson Township, in Shelby County, and also gave bond for costs, with James Wells as security.
March 12, 1825. THOS. W. RUCKMAN.
Commissioners' Office, Sidney, June 6, 1825. The Board met. Present: Joseph Mellinger, John Hathaway, and Charles Johnston, and Thos. W. Ruckman, Clerk.
Received the petition of George Layman and others, praying for a road to be established, beginning at the east line of section 5, where the road crosses leading to Dayton from Sidney, and running south with said line to the southeast corner of section 4, town. 1, range 12, to intersect a road leading from Troy up Spring Street.
The Board appoints John Lucas, John Miles, and Wm. Bireley view- ers, to view and locate the above-named road, taking to their assistance the county surveyor and other assistance necessary, on the 18th day of June inst.
The Board allow Stephen Julian, lister of Loramie Township, for 1825, $5.00.
Allowed Jacob Shayley, lister of Cynthian Township, for 1825, $5.00. Allowed John Francis, lister of Orange Township, 1825, $4.50.
Allowed Samuel B. Musselman, lister of Perry Township, 1825, $4.00. Allowed Aquilla Ellsworth, lister of Green Township, 1325, $4.50. Allowed Jas. A. Graham, lister of Turtle Creek Township, 1325, $5.00. Allowed Elisha Williams, lister of Clinton Township, for 1825, $3.50. Allowed Joseph Steinberger, appraiser of Turtle Creek Township, 1825,
$1.00.
Allowed Wm. Minnear, appraiser of Orange Township, 1825, $1.00. Allowed George Myers, appraiser of Cynthian Township, 1825, $1.00. Allowed James Roberts, appraiser of Perry Township, 1825, $1.00. Allowed James Forsythe, appraiser of Clinton Township, 1825, $1.00. Allowed Joseph Sutton for listing Amanda Township, $3.00.
Mr. Wm. Beatty, collector of Shelby County for 1824, produced the State Treasurer's receipt for $165.43.2.
Also the State Auditor's receipt for receipts paid into the county trea- sury, to wit: for road purposes, $168.00.7; for county purposes, $66.85.9; for the proportion of land tax due Shelby County from State, $102.00.6; for expenses printing, etc., $40.11.0 : also the County Treasurer's receipt for the county levy of 1824, $285.48.0.
The above discharges him from his said office, errors excepted.
Ordered that Alex. W. McKee be allowed for work, etc., at the court- house, $15.42.0.
June 7. The Board met the same as yesterday.
Allowed Cephas Carey for the use of a horse five days to Dayton for books, $1.25.
Allowed John Blake for carriage to Wells to go to Dayton for books, $1.25.
To James Wells for cost in the cases of the directors of the town and Beatty & Blake, $1.41}.
To Elisha Williams, justice fees in the above case, 562 cents.
To James Wells for six chairs for the use of the court-house and offices, $4.00.
June 8. Board met the same as yesterday.
Ordered that the county levy be charged at the highest rate the law allows.
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John Blake was appointed Collector of Shelby County for the year 1825, at 2} per cent. for State, road, and county taxes of Shelby County. Ordered that the auditor take bonds of said collector, with good and sufficient security, to the amount of $2000.00 for the State and road taxes, and $1000.00 for the county levy.
The Board appointed Jonathan Beatty treasurer of the county for one year from this date. He appeared and gave bond, with Wm. Beatty, Abraham Dingman, Amos Evans, and Wm. Drake, Jr., to the amount of $3000.00.
Ordered that Alex. W. McKee have $12.78.4, being road tax in money overpaid by him for the year 1822.
June 9. The Board met the same as yesterday.
Ordered that a publication be put in the Piqua Gazette for the build- ing of a new jail at Sidney, to be let out on the 16th day of July next, to be 22 feet by 30 feet; one story high; with a cell; the walls to be hewed timber and double; filled in with stone. Conditions make known on day of sale.
Ordered that notice be given to the Commissioners of Logan and Mercer counties that the county surveyor of Shelby County will be or- dered to proceed to run that part of the bounds of Shelby County which lies in the new purchase, north of the old boundary line; to commence on the 11th day of July next, at the old boundary line on the east line of Shelby County, and run it agreeable to the law for the division and creation of Shelby County.
Ordered that Francis Rook be notified by the auditor to produce a barrel of whiskey due the county on the 16th day of July next in Sidney, to be sold.
Ordered that Cynthian Township record be altered agreeable to the petition for the organization of said township.
Ordered that the auditor be authorized to cause cases to be put on the inside of the windows of the court-house that have sash in, and also strips to hold the sash in, and to procure shutters to the under windows.
Allowed T. W. Ruckman, auditor, the balance of his account, $23.72.5. John Blake produced the receipts for his collections of 1823 for State and county purposes of Shelby County, and is discharged from said office, errors excepted.
Adjourned sine die.
Attest, THOS. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
JOSEPH MELLINGER, JOHN HATHAWAY, CHARLES JOHNSTON.
July 16, 1825. Special session.
The Board proceeded to sell to the lowest bidder the building of a new jail in Sidney, agreeable to the plan and conditions on file in the audi- tor's office, and Augustus Richards became the contractor for $793; one- fourth to be paid when the work is commenced, as appears by his bond with Samuel MeClure and Amos Evans, his securities, for the completion of the building by the 25th day of December next, in a good, substantial, workmanlike manner.
Ordered that the auditor issue orders for one-fourth when the work is commenced.
Adjourned sine die.
Attest, THOS W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
JOSEPH MELLINGER, JOHN HATHAWAY, CHARLES JOHNSTON.
July 26, 1825. Present: John Hathaway, Charles Johnston, and T. W. Ruckman, Clerk.
The Board entered into an additional agreement with Augustus Rich- ards, for the jail to be raised two feet higher, and to cheek three doors with iron, to make the windows in the criminal room to be as large as the iron in the old jail will answer, and the windows in the debtor's room to be two feet square. Also to cheek the outside wall at the win- dows with iron, as entered on plan or conditions. It was also agreed Augustus Richards should have orders for the additional iron that will be required at cash value, and to be advanced for raising the wood wall two feet inside and two feet outside, and the stone wall between one foot; the said Richards is to have, agreeable to the first undertaking, the iron in the old jail at cash rate, to be deducted out of the additional iron required.
Sept. 16, 1825. Special session. Present: John Hathaway, Charles Johnston, and T. W. Ruckman, Clerk.
The Board authorized the auditor to make a calculation of what addi- tional iron will be required, and to issue orders on the treasurer to the amount required by selling the orders at sixty-two and a half cents on the dollar, or the best price they will command, and to furnish the orders or the amount they will bring in cash to the contractor when wanted to go after the iron, after deducting the iron furnished out of the old jail.
It is ordered by the Board, in consequence of an appeal taken by Samuel McClure from the decision of the Commissioners of March 7, 1825, creating Grayson Township, to meet the Court of Common Pleas, which was continued by the court under advisement until August term last, when it was dismissed by the court, as appears by the clerk's cer- tificate, dated August 13; therefore it is ordered that the clerk of the Board advertise an election to be held in Grayson Township on the 26th day of September inst., for the purpose of electing three trustees, one clerk, one treasurer, two overseers of the poor, two fence viewers, and one constable for said township.
March 6, 1826.
Ordered by the Board that all that part of Perry Township lying west of the following line be attached to the township of Clinton, beginning as follows: At the southeast corner of section 4, town. 1, range 13, thence north with the surveyed township line to the northeast corner of section 5, town. 1, range 13, on the river, and ordered to be recorded.
Attest, THOS. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
CHARLES JOHNSTON, JOHN WILSON.
April 26, 1826. Special session. Present: Joseph Mellinger, Chas. Johnston, John Wilson, and T. W. Ruckman, Clerk.
The Board agreed with the contractor to give him one hundred dol- lars in addition to the amount of the first contract for the additional contract, exclusive of an order issued for the additional iron, making in all eight hundred and ninety-three dollars for building the jail. The Board orders that the auditor issue orders for six hundred and ninety- four dollars and seventy-five cents, being the balance due after deducting the one-fourth of the first contract which has been issued to the con- tractor.
Adjourned sine die.
June 5, 1826. Commissioners convened. Present: Joseph Mellinger, Charles Johnston, John Wilson, assessor Amos Evans, and clerk T. W. Ruckman.
The Board orders that one tier of sections be struck off the north side of Green Township and attached to Perry, and that all that part of Perry lying on the northwest side of the Miami River be created a new town- ship by the name of Salem, and that the qualified electors of said Salem Township meet at the house of John Hathaway on Saturday, the 24th day of June inst., for the purpose of electing three trustees, one clerk, one treasurer, two overseers of the poor, two fence viewers, and one con- stable for said township.
Ordered that the auditor give notice of aforesaid election.
Ordered that all that part of Grayson Township lying east and north of the following lines be attached to Clinton Township : Beginning on the line of said township at the northwest corner of section 10, town. 7, range 6 east; thence south to the southwest corner of said section; thence east with the section line to the Miami River; ordered also that this be duly recorded.
June 6, 1826. The Board appointed James Lenox collector of the taxes for the county of Shelby for present year.
The Board appointed James Forsythe treasurer of Shelby County for one year.
William Richardson paid his donation to seat of justice in full May 1, $16.644.
Benjamin R. Brandon paid on his father's donation, $12.50. Rodham Talbott paid on his donation, $13.00.
December 6, 1826. Present : Charles Johnston, John Wilson, Peter Musselman, and Clerk Ruckman.
Ordered by the Board that the auditor give public notice and attend
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to the selling of the old jail on Saturday, the 16th day of this instant, on a credit of six months, with good and sufficient security for the pay- ment. The purchaser to remove the building in twenty days after date.
March 7, 1827. The Board appointed Booth Burdette assessor of the county, under act of January 16, 1827.
June 4, 1828. Ordered that the auditor take bond of James Forsythe, treasurer of the county, in the sum of $4000, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
JOHN WILSON, PETER MUSSELMAN, JOHN FRANCIS.
Attest : THOS. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
December 1, 1828. Samuel Marshall appointed and took his seat as Commissioner. Present also Peter Musselinan, John Francis, and Clerk Ruckman.
June 3, 1829. The Board allows James Wells, postmaster, the privi- lege to keep the post-office in the court-house ; he paying therefor the sum of $3.00 in compensation, from the 1st of June, 1829, to the Ist of June, 1830; said postmaster is in no wise to interrupt the court or lower room of said court-house, but to have privilege to pass and re-pass through said room.
Treasurer's Report, 1830. James Forsythe, Treasurer.
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1829. To amount of balance on hand at last settle- ment
$302 10
To amount received from State Treasurer for amount due for 1828 .
29 55.3
July 13. To amount of license of H. Hubble 5 00
Sept. 23. .6 David Henry, Director of Sidney 100 00
Nov. 2.
John Blake, tavern license
5 00
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66 Wm. Mills, 66
5 00
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M. F. Brodrick for permit
2 50
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Adam Hull, Sheriff, jury fees 6 00
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6 00 *
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66 for J. Evans, fine .
4 7.
Jesse P. Blankinship, per't
4 07
Dec. 16.
66
B. B. and Geall, 66
5 75
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66
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Jason Taylor, Coroner 12 00
June 1.
B. Bleden for tav. license . 5 00
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on sale of school lands 599 60
386 03.8
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for county 515 25.7 .
April.
for stallion license
27 00
June. 66
of clerk for fine and costs
against N. Burnett . 7 94.5
66 Direc'r of Sidney 210 00
$2332 45.2
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By State Treasurer's receipt for money on school lands
$618 36
" his percentage for carrying same to Col bus
6 24
" State Treasurer's receipt for State and canal tax collected, 1829 .
362 87.4
" amount of school orders redeemed .
24 55.9
66 taxes not collected in Allen County
and in Shelby County 5 56
" amount of county paper redeemed 779 52.7
his percentage on $2030 32.2 21 51.7
66 balance produced in cash .
413 81.5
$2332 45.2
JAMES FORSYTHE, Treasurer S. C.
March 8, 1831. The Board appointed Amos D. Kennard assessor of Shelby County for the year 1831, to fill the vacancy of Amos Evans, removed from the county.
Thomas W. Ruckman, elected Auditor in October, 1830, entered into bond with Rodham Talbott, David Henry, and Bazell Burton, as sure- ties, on the 7th instant.
Samuel Gamble, elected Commissioner October, 1830, and took his seat in the Board at December session following.
July 23, 1831. The Commissioners met for the purpose of forming the plan of a new court-house, to be built on the centre of the Public Square, in the town of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. The following is the plan and condition of said building: The walls above the foundation to be built of brick, forty-four fect square and two stories high. The foundation to be of stone, well laid in lime and sand mortar, eighteen inches under ground, and eighteen inches above ground, and two and a half feet thick. One foot of the top of the said wall to be range work jointed on the outside. The sleepers on lower joist to be three by ten inches of oak timber, laid twenty inches from centre to centre, and put in three lengths long, and sup- ported by two walls of stone or hard brick across the building at the ends in from the out walls. The said two walls to be sunk one foot in the ground. The first story to be sixteen feet high in the clear, and the walls twenty-three inches thick, and the second story eleven feet high in the clear, and the walls eighteen inches thick. The joist at the top of the first story to be three by ten inches, laid eighteen inches from centre to centre, and the upper joist three by eight inches, laid twenty inches from centre to centre. The second and third tiers of joist to be good, sound, durable timber, both put in two lengths' long, framed into one girder in each story, supported by two columns in the lower story, to be turned in a proportion to the height of the story, and set upon sufficient pillars of stone or laid brick, and the upper column a sufficient square size. Two pieces of good strong timber, six by ten inches and forty- four feet long, to be laid at right angles across the upper girder in a proper position to build a cupola on. The building to be covered with a hip roof (framed with a space in the centre of twelve feet square for the purpose of building a cupola hereafter, but well covered for the pre- sent). 'The roof to be covered with joint shingles eighteen inchies long. The eaves to be finished with a good cornice all around. There are to be three doors with eight panels in each. One in the north, one in the south, and one in the east, four feet wide, with elliptical tops, and a blank door in the west side with an elliptical top. The door tops to be finished with a transom, a circuling frame and sash filled with glass, and the door frames finished on the inside with single architraves, and hung with substantial hinges fastened with sufficient fastenings.
The lower story to have sixteen windows, four in each side, to be placed at proper distances from the doors and each other, to contain fifteen lights of glass twelve by sixteen inches in each, and put double window shutters to them, panelled and lined, hung with substantial hinges and fastenings, and fastenings to hold the shutters open. The upper story to have twenty windows, five in each side, with twelve lights in each twelve by sixteen inches size in each; all the windows to be fin- ished in the inside with single architraves, and sills to the windows for architraves to stand on; all the doors, including the blank door, and all the windows to be recessed four inches in the walls on the outside, and circuling at the top. To be one fireplace in the lower story, four feet wide in the clear, and two fireplaces in the upper story, two and a half feet wide in the clear. The lower floor to be laid with oak or ash plank, sawed one and one-eighth inch thick, not more than eight inches wide, well seasoned, and laid with a square joint. The upper floor to be laid with the same description of plank, and ploughed and grooved, to be fourteen squares of partition in the upper story, with one and a fourth iuch poplar plank, planed on both sides, making four rooms, with a button door to open into each room, finished with single architraves, hung and fastened with sufficient hinges and locks. A flight of open newal stairs, rampt and kneed, to be run from the lower floor to the second. The walls to be painted outside a good brick color and pen- cilled. The roof to be painted with two coats of Spanish brown, except the part over where the cupola will be built. The doors, door frames, and window frames to be all painted white with white lead, on the out- side with two coats. The window shutters to be painted with two coats on both sides. The sash to be all painted white with two coats of white lead.
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The whole of the material for the building'to be of a good substantial quality, and the work all done in a good substantial workmanlike manner.
The undertaker to receive three hundred and fifty dollars when the brick is burnt, six hundred and fifty dollars when the walls are up, two hundred dollars when the roof is on and painting of the roof and walls done, and the balance when the work is done and received, to be paid in orders issued on the treasury of the county. The proceeds of the sale of the present court-house and lot to be applied, when sold, to the under- taker of this one. The whole work to be completed by the 1st of Octo- ber, 1832.
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