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The purchaser or undertaker to give bond and security for the per- formance of the work of said building and completion of the same, the centre of the building to be in the centre of the Public Square.
The Commissioners also propose that one hundred and fifty dollars in cash shall be advanced in January next, and that the present court- house and lot should be sold in May next, with conditions that the pay- ments should be paid in cash, a certain portion at time of sale, and the remaining part within twelve months, and the payments when made to be applied to the use of said contractors.
SAMUEL MARSHALL, PETER MUSSELMAN, SAMUEL GAMBLE.
Attest, THos. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk.
July 25, 1831. The Board offered the building of the new court-house agreeable to the foregoing proceedings, and Charles Bush, Wm. Doak, and George D. Leckey became the contractors agreeable to the conditions of the proposals offered on day of sale as recorded.
SAMUEL MARSHALL, PETER MUSSELMAN, SAMUEL GAMBLE,
THOS. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk. Commissioners.
John Barkalow elected assessor at October election, 1831, failed to give bond, and, at a meeting of the Commissioners held March 5, 1832, the office was declared vacant. Barkalow having appeared was ap- pointed to fill said vacancy for the year 1832, and gave bond on the suc- ceeding day.
March 31, 1832.
The Commissioners met for the purpose of making an alteration in the building of the court-house, with the consent of the contractors, and making provision for selling the old court-house and lot. On consulting with the contractors it is agreed that the stories shall each be thirteen feet high in the clear for the purpose of the court up stairs, thereby deducting one foot from the height; also that the entry in the lower story shall run north and south twelve feet wide; to partition the lower story in five rooms, three on the west of the entrance and passage of equal size, and two on the east side, the northeast room to be fourteen by twenty-six feet; to put in a window in the west side in place of the blank door, the same size as the other lower windows. The fireplace down stairs to be in the large room. It is agreed that the difference in expense caused by this alteration shall be calculated when the building is completed.
The Commissioners and contractors sign the minutes so far as relates to said alteration, and said minutes to be considered binding in law and in fact.
PETER MUSSELMAN, SAMUEL GAMBLE, SAMUEL MARSHALL, Commissioners.
CHARLES BUSH, WM. DOAK.
Attest, THOS. W. RUCKMAN, Clerk. Contractors.
May 16, 1832. James Wells is this day appointed recorder of Shelby County by the Board, such appointment to continue until the next annual election in October.
October 20, 1832. Description of a Cupola to be built on the Court- house in Sidney .- The octagon to be framed into timbers resting on the
upper joists, extending fifteen feet above the top of the roof, ten feet in diameter, a window in each square inclosed Venetian blinds from the bottom of the windows to the floor; there is to be a door which, together with all the window-blinds, are to be hung with hinges and to have iron fastenings on the inside; the joists on the top of the roof to extend one and a half feet outside of the octagon, making the floor fifteen feet square, with posts set upon the roof, framed into and extending two and a half feet above the floor, finished with Chinese balustrading, and wea- ther-boarded from the floor down to the roof, the lower edge to be scal- loped. The octagon to be finished with a Doric cornice in full, round the top. On the iron part of the spire there are to be a brass or gilt ball 20 inches in diameter, 22 feet from the wood work, and a weather vane two feet in the clear above the ball. The outside to have two coats of white lead, except the blinds, which are to be painted green. Also, a conduct- ing iron rod to extend from the ground eight inches above the top of the spire, safely secured and cased with boards six feet high from the ground. The frame to be put up and the floor laid tight by the 15th of December next, and to be completed by the 1st day of June next. One half will be advanced in county paper by orders issued on the Treasurer when the frame is up and floor laid, including the subscription by individuals, and the remaining half in county paper when the work is completed. John Niswonger became the purchaser at three hundred and ninety dollars.
GAMBLE and MARSHALL, Commissioners.
December 3, 1832. Commissioners present : Samuel Gamble, Samuel Marshall, and John Francis ; also, Thos. W. Ruckman, Clerk.
Ordered that a new township be created, beginning at the southwest corner of town. 8, in the Piqua Land District, on the old boundary line at the range line dividing ranges 5 and 6; thence north with the said range line to the north line of Shelby County; thence east on the Shelby and Allen line to range line dividing ranges 6 and 7; thence south with the said range line to the old boundary line; thence west with said boundary line to the place of beginning : and further, that all included in the above described bounds be organized into a township under the name of Dinsmore.
Ordered also that the inhabitants of said township meet at the house of Joseph Green on the 25th day of Dec. inst. for the purpose of electing township officers according to law : and further-
Ordered that the electors of the original surveyed township No. 7 south, range 6 east, in the Piqua Land District, meet at the house of Joseph Green on the 25th of Dec. inst., and then and there elect three trustees and one township treasurer for the original surveyed school section of said township.
March 30, 1833. At a special meeting of the Commissioners for the purpose of receiving the new court-house on the contract entered into by Charles Bush, Wm. Doak, and George D. Leckey, contractors for building said new court-house, present, full Board.
The Board received the new court-house as being built according to contract, with the exception of the moulding around the doors and win- dows, and the glazing of the sash above the doors. The moulding to be put on and the sash to glazed on or before the 1st day of August next.
The Board contracted with Charles Bush and Wm. Doak to put on the base around the brick wall, above and below, at two cents per foot ; and also pay said Bush and Doak the customary price for the materials. The said Bush and Doak agree to have said work completed on or before the 1st day of August next, and take county paper in payment.
The Board order that the auditor issue orders on the Treasurer to the contractors for the building of the new court-house to the amount of the balance on the contract.
SAMUEL GAMBLE, JOHN FRANCIS, ROBERT HUSTON, Commissioners.
Attest, WM. MURPHY, Clerk.
May 12, 1833. At a special meeting of the Commissioners for the purpose of receiving the cupola built on the new court-house in the town of Sidney upon the contract entered into by John Niswonger as con- tractor for building said cupola: the Board received the cupola as being built according to contract, and also allow the said contractor $9.50 for
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extra work on said cupola, and for hindrance of the hands at court in May, 1833.
The Board orders that the Auditor issue orders on the Treasurer to the amount of $204.50 (to the contractor), said sum being the amount due for building said cupola.
SAMUEL GAMBLE, JOHN FRANCIS,
Attest, WM. MURPHY.
Commissioners.
At a session held June 4, 1833, the Board allowed the contractors for the building of the court-house their account for extra work done to said court-house, and for forty-three panes of glass-said account amounting to forty-six dollars and seventy-five cents in full.
Dec. 2, 1833. Present: Samuel Gamble, John Francis, Wm. W. Cecil, and Wm. Murphy, Clerk. The Board of Commissioners, upon being petitioned to erect a new township, ordered that a new township be cre- ated, bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at the place where the Indian boundary line intersects the east boundary line of Shelby County ; thence north with said east boundary line of Shelby County to the county line between Shelby and Allen counties; thence west with the line between said counties to the place where the east boundary line of Dinsmore Township intersects said boundary line between Shelby and Allen coun- ties ; thence south with said east boundary line of Dinsmore Township to the place where said east boundary line of said township intersects the Indian boundary line; thence easterly with said Indian boundary line to the place of beginning; and further, that all included in said bounds be organized into a township under the name of Jackson.
The Board orders that the inhabitants of said new township meet at the house of Andrew Naggle in said township, on the 25th day of Decem- ber inst. for the purpose of electing township officers for the said town- ship of Jackson, according to law.
March 3, 1834. Present: Samuel Gamble, John Francis, Wm. W. Cecil, and Wm. Murphy, Auditor.
The Board being satisfied that it is necessary to erect a new township, and being petitioned for that purpose, they proceeded to erect a new township of the following bounds, to wit: beginning at the county line between Darke and Shelby County where the old Indian boundary line (made at the Greenville treaty in 1795) intersects said county line, and running thence with said Indian boundary line in an easterly direction to the southeast corner of section 8 in town. 8 south, range 5 east; thence north with the section line to the county line between Shelby and Allen counties ; thence west with said line to the northwest corner of Shelby County ; thence south and west with the west boundary line of Shelby County to the place of beginning; and the Board order that said town- ship be known and designated by the name of McLean : and the Board do further order and direct that notice be given (by advertisement, ac- cording to law) to the electors of said township to meet at the house of Hezekiah Hubble on the first Monday of April next, for the purpose of electing township officers for said township.
Dec. 1, 1834. The Board received a petition signed by sundry persons, to the number of seventeen, praying for the setting off of a new town- ship of the following bounds, to wit: commencing on the old Indian boundary line at the southeast corner of McLean Township; thence east with said line to a point so as to take one tier of sections off the west side of range 6; thence north to the Allen County line; thence west to the northeast corner of McLean Township; thence south to the place of beginning: and the Board being satisfied that legal notice of the pre- sentation of said petition has been given, and that said petition was signed by a majority of the householders residing within the boundary of the said proposed new township ; and believing it necessary to erect said township, they therefore order that said new township as described and bounded as aforesaid, be set off and known by the name of Van Buren : and the Board do further order and direct that notice be given (by advertisement, according to law) to the electors of said township, to meet at the house of Moses E. Baker, in said township, on the 1st day of January, 1835, for the purpose of electing township officers.
June 5, 1837. The Board convened. Present: A. K. Hathaway, James G. Guthrie, and Wm. Murphy, Auditor.
The Board of Commissioners received a petition praying for the fol- lowing alteration in Perry Township, to wit : to attach the whole of frac- tional township No. 1, in range 14, which is in Perry Township, to Salem Township; and, the Board being satisfied that said petition was signed by a majority of the householders residing within the boundaries of said proposed alteration, and also that 30 days' previous notice of the pre- sentation of said petition had been given, the Board therefore makes the alteration as prayed for in said petition, by attaching to Salem Town- ship all of fractional township number one, range fourteen, which is in Perry Township.
June 6, 1837. The Board proceeded to estimate the annual income of each of the practising lawyers and physicians residing in Shelby County, as returned in the assessor's list in 1837, and to charge a tax on each according to his income, as follows, to wit :-
Practising Lawyers .- Patrick G. Goode, income, $1200; tax, $4. Jo- seph S. Updegraff, income, $1200; tax, $4. Wm. J. Martin, income, $300; tax, $1.
Practising Physicians .- Ezekiel Thomas, income, $1200; tax, $3. H. S. Conklin, income, $600; tax, $1.50. Nathan Updegraff, income, $600; tax, $1.50. L. K. Milton, income, $800; tax, $2. Julius Deppe, income, $1200; tax, $3. S. B. Musselman, income, $400; tax, $1. Levi Hous- ton, income, $400; tax, $1. James H. Stewart, income, $1000; tax, $2.50.
March 5, 1838. Board convened. Present: A. K. Hathaway, J. G. Guthrie, Wm. M. Flinn, and Win. Murphy, Auditor.
The Board received a petition praying for the following described alteration in Orange Township, to wit: to strike off from Orange Town- ship all of fractional section 9, town .. 1, range 13, and attach the same to Clinton Township: and the Board being satisfied that said peti- tion was signed by a majority of the householders residing within the boundaries of said proposed alteration, and being also satisfied that legal notice of the presentation of said petition had been given, and the Board believing that it was necessary to make the proposed alteration, did therefore order that said fractional section No. 9, town. 1, range 13, be stricken off from Orange Township, and attached to and included in the bounds of Clinton Township.
June 5, 1838. The Board, together with the auditor, estimated the annual income of each of the practising lawyers and physicians residing in Shelby County, as returned by the assessor in 1838, and charged a tax on each as follows :-
Practising Lawyers .- P. G. Goode, income, $960; tax, $4. J. S. Up- degraff, income, $1200; tax, $5. J. S. Conklin, income, $960; tax, $4. Wm. J. Martin, income, $600; tax, $2.
Practising Physicians. - Ezekiel Thomas, income, $1200; tax, $4. H. S. Conklin, income, $1200; tax, $4. James H. Stewart, income, $900; tax, $3. Robert C. Johnston, income, $1200; tax, $4. A. San- born, income, $600; tax, $2. Levi Houston, income, $1200; tax, $4. Julius Deppe, income, $900; tax, $3. S. B. Musselman, income, $300; tax, $1. Peter Julian, income, $300; tax, $1. Lewis A. Davis, income, $600; tax, $2.
Dec. 3, 1838. The Board received a petition praying for the follow- ing described alteration in Orange Township, to wit: to strike off from said township the north half of section 3 in town. 1, range 13, and attach the same to Clinton Township; and the Board being satisfied that said petition was signed by a majority of the householders residing within the boundaries of said prayed alteration ; and being also satis- fied that legal notice of the presentation of said petition had been given, and the Board being of opinion that it was necessary to make said pro- posed alteration, did therefore order that the said north half of section 3 in town. 1, range 13, be stricken off from Orange Township, and attached to and included within the bounds of Clinton Township.
June 4, 1839. The Board, together with the auditor, estimated the annual income of each of the practising lawyers and physicians residing in Shelby County, as returned by the assessor of said county in 1839, and assessed a tax on each as follows, to wit :-
Practising Lawyers .- Joseph S. Updegraff, income, $1440; tax, $3. Jacob S. Conklin, income, $1440; tax, $3. Patrick S. Goode, income,
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$3440; tax, $3. Wm. J. Martin, income, $960; tax, $2; John H. Ryers, income, $720; tax, $1.50.
Practising Physicians .- Julius Dippe, income, $960; tax, $2. W. L. M. Le Fevre, income, $480; tax, $1. Lewis A. Davis, income, $480; tax, $1. Samuel B. Musselman, income, $240; tax, 50 cents ; Park Bea- man, income, $720; tax, $1.50. William Fielding, income, $1200; tax, $2.50; Ezekiel 'Thomas, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Henry S. Conklin, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Horace C. Mann, income, $960; tax, $2. James H. Stewart, income, $720; tax, $1.50. Robert C. Johnston, in- come, $1200; tax, $2.50. Levi Houston, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Peter Julian, income, $240; tax, 50 cents. Wm. C. Ayers, income, $480; tax, $1.
June 1, 1840. The Board, together with the auditor, did estimate the annual income of each of the practising lawyers and physicians residing in Shelby County, as returned and listed by the assessor and deputy assessors of said county in 1839, and did assess a tax on each as fol- lows, to wit :-
Practising Attorneys .- J. S. Updegraff, income, $1440; tax, $3. J. S. Conklin, income, $1440; tax, $3. Patrick G. Goode, income, $1440; tax, $3. William J. Martin, income, $960; tax, $2. Wm. Armstrong, income, $720; tax, $1.50.
Practising Physicians .- Ezekiel Thomas, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Henry S. Conklin, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Wm. Fielding, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Robert C. Johnston, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Levi Houston, income, $1200; tax, $2.50. Julius Deppe, income, $960; tax, $2. Horace C. Mann, income, $960; tax, $2. T. V. W. Young, income, $960; tax, $2. Park Beaman, income, $720; tax, $1.50. Lewis A. Davis, income, $480, tax, $1. Samuel B. Musselman, income, $240; tax, 50 cents.
June 6, 1843. Practising Physicians .- R. C. Johnston, N. Updegraff, H. S. Conklin, James Stewart, P. Beaman, Win. Fielding, E. Thomas, H. C. Mann, W. V. Cowan, M. Zitzler, - Ewing, S. B. Musselman, A. Moyze, L. A. Davis, J. H. Drum, J. Deppe, - Duffengweller, - Little, O. H. P. Baer, L. Houston, C. Emerson, A. C. Bliss.
Attorneys .- J. S. Conklin, R. C. Poland, J. H. Byers, Edward Smith, B. F. Metcalf, W. J. Martin, J. S. Fry.
1846. Practising Attorneys .- J. H. Byers, Wm. J. Martin, J. S. Conk- lin, B. F. Metcalf, P. G. Goode, R. C. Poland, E. D. Smith.
Practising Physicians .- P. B. Beaman, R. C. Johnston, H. S. Conklin, H. C. Mann, Wm. Fielding, H. S. Stewart, N. Updegraff, O. H. P. Baer, W. C. Cowan, Charles Emerson, L. Houston, P. Julian, Jno. C. Leedom, J. Deppe, L. A. Davis, S. B. Musselman, A. Moyze, A. W. Pinkerton, Wm. Manson, M. Zitzler, John Little.
March 5, 1845. The Board made final settlement with James Blair, contractor for the building of the jail, per John W. Carey, sub-contractor, when it was found that a balance of $52.50 was due said contractor on the original contract and supplemental contracts for extra work per- formed, which made an aggregate cost of $3750.18, inclusive of said balance due of $52.50.
June, 1846. Under section 20 of an act for levying taxes on all prop- erty in the State according to true value, passed March 2, 1846, the full Board and auditor present, proceeded under said law to divide the county into districts as follows: District No. I to include Orange, Green, Perry, and Salem townships. No. 2 to include Clinton, Turtle Creek, Franklin, Dinsmore, and Jackson townships. No. 3 to include Washington, Loramie, Cynthian, McLean, and Van Buren townships.
Assessors were appointed as follows: 1st district, David Buchanan ; 2d district, Samuel A. Croy; 3d district, Elijah Stoker. The per diem allowance of assessors was fixed at $1.50.
It was ordered, under provisions of " An act to authorize county com- missioners of the State to lay out and establish State roads," passed February 27, 1846, that all free turnpike roads within the county of Shelby be and are hereby declared to be changed into State roads, to be constructed and repaired as other State roads are by law constructed and repaired.
October 30, 1848. Under " An act for incorporating the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad Company," passed February 25, 1848, an election
was held on the second Tuesday of October, 1848, to vote for or against the subscription for capital stock in said road.
The returns of said election showed that 1659 of the qualified voters at said election voted for said subscription, and 350 voted against it, being a majority of 1309 in favor thereof.
The Board then proceeded, agreeably to the will of the people of said county thus expressed, to subscribe the amount of $50,000 to the capital stock of said road as the law provided ; and the auditor, Andrew Waucop, was directed to subscribe the same on the books of said company.
Lowman, Dill, and Marshall, Commissioners ; Waucop, Auditor.
March 6, 1850. A petition was received from citizens of Cynthian Township, praying for the following alteration in said township, to wit : That fractional section 34, in town. 12, range 4 east ; also sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, and 12 in town. 11, range 4 east ; also fractional section 35 in town. 11, range 5 east; also sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 in town. 10, range 5 east, be attached to McLean Township in said county ; and the Board being satisfied that said petition was signed by a majority of the householders residing in the bounds of said proposed alteration, also that thirty days' notice of the presentation of said petition had been given, do order and direct that the alteration as prayed for be granted, and that the above described territory be attached to McLean Township for all civil purposes.
April 9, 1850. Under an act entitled " An act to authorize the Com- missioners of Shelby County to subscribe stock in the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad Company," $60,000 was subscribed by the Board.
Abstract of votes cast for and against the subscription of $60,000 to the capital stock of the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad; election held April 1, 1850.
Townships.
For Subscription.
Against Subscription.
Clinton
.
319
5
Turtle Creek
118
6
Washington
74
66
Loramie
108
4
Cynthian
109
26
Orange
105
36
Green .
78
77
Perry .
102
12
Salem .
39
193
Dinsmore
49
21
Jackson
35
74
McLean
34
29
Van Buren :
27
16
Franklin
97
18
1294
583
Being a majority of 711 in favor of capital stock.
December 6, 1850. The Board authorized the council at Sidney to erect a market-house in the northeast corner of the Public Square, said building to front on Poplar and Main streets, and to be a good substan- tial brick, at least as large as the one at Piqua.
June 9, 1852. Under the act of April 13, 1852, providing for the assessment and taxation of property, the county was divided into four districts, as follows: First district to embrace Clinton, Orange, Green, and Perry townships. Second, to include Washington, Loramie, and Cynthian townships. Third, to embrace Turtle Creek, Van Buren, and McLean townships. Fourth, to embrace Salem, Jackson, Dinsmore, and Franklin townships.
December 8, 1852. The Board being satisfied by the testimony of John C. Elliott, of Jackson Township, that there are more than twenty legal voters residing in the original town. 7 south, range 7 east, in Shelby County, it is ordered and directed that an order be issued, requiring the qualified electors residing in said original township to meet at some place as near the centre of said township as is convenient (five days' notice having been given) for the purpose of electing three trustees and one treasurer, to perform all and singular the duties of trustees and treasurer as pointed out by law.
April 8, 1858. Election ordered in original town. 2, range 12, M. R. S., situate in Shelby and Miami counties, to be held at some place near
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the centre of the township, for the election of three trustees and one treasurer, under act of March 14, 1831.
September 5, 1853. The Board sold six hundred shares of Bellefon- taine and Indiana Railroad stock to the incorporated village of Sidney for $30,000 in village bonds, to be issued under the act incorporating the D. & M. R. R. Co., said bonds to bear interest at the rate of seven per cent., and be redeemable March 15, 1865.
January 26, 1854. Sold $10,000 worth of B. & I. R. R. stock to the trustees of Clinton Township, to be paid for in township bonds.
March 6, 1855. Joseph Elliott presented the following petition : To the Commissioners of Shelby County, Ohio. Your petitioners, inhabi- tants of sections 31, town. 6 south, range 6 east, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, and 30, town. 7 south, range 6 east, of Van Buren Township, would respect- fully represent that the public convenience and wants require that the above-named sections be attached to Dinsmore Township ; also to attach sections 31, town. 7 south, range 6 east, and section 6, town. 8 south, range 6 east, to Franklin Township. This petition was granted.
March 7, 1855. A petition was granted attaching sections 31 and 32, town. 6 south, range 5 east; also sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32, town. 7 south, range 5 east, to Van Buren Township; also attaching sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and so much of 9, 10, 11, and 12, as belongs to Van Buren in town. 8 south, range 6 east, to Turtle Creek Township.
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