COMMISSIONERS’ COURT DOCKET
JULY 1890 THROUGH AUGUST 1891
JULY 1890
Clark & Courts; application to furnish books; $1,266.50
allowed, Pg. 1-1
Diebald Safe Co.; application to sell safe; $375 allowed, 1-2
L. D. Mars; petition to be appointed County Attorney; approved; 1-3
L. D. Mars; Official bond; approved, 1-3
L. D. Mars; claim as ex officio services per month; $25 allowed;
1-4
County Clerk; Ordered to procure book from Hall County; books rec’d
Aug. 2, 1890; Pg. 1-5
County Clerk F. Faulkner; Official bond; approved; 1-6
Sheriff Frank Scott; Official bond; approved; 1-7
Tax Assessor T. A. Gray; Official bond; approved; 1-8
Justice of the Peace G. F. Acred; Official bond; approved; 1-9
S. P. Strong; Claim for making general index to deeds; $55 approved;
2-1
W. W. Stegall; Official bond; approved; 2-2
Com. court; Order for court house; no action; 2-3
Diebald Safe Co.; Order for jail; $4,300 approved; 2-4
J. L. Stallings & W. G. Conner; Ordered to have assessors rolls
transcribed (no action); 2-5
Motion to create a 4th class; allowed 2-6
Clarke & Courts; Bill for furniture; $75 allowed; 2-7
Special tax levied for courthouse and jail and general purposes;
court house & jail tax fifteen cents on $100.
Twenty-five cents on $100 (no allowance or approval) 2-8
Tulia Town Company; Order to buy two lots; price of two lots $35
allowed; 3-9
Court; Order to contact General Land Office for certificates; approved
3-10
Court; Ex-officio salary of officers; County Judge $500, County Clerk
$350, Sheriff $500; approved; 3-11
Com. W. G. Conner; Appointed to superintend boring the well in jail
yard; approved; 3-12
L. D. Mars; appointed to look after county school land; approved;
3-13
J. L. Stallings and W. G. Conner; appointed committee to empower
said agent to act for county; approved; 3-13
It is ordered by Court; Bonds for title for jail lots and court house
square; approved; 3-14
Court; Purchase Lots 6 & 7 in Block 31 for jail; $35 approved;
3-15
Court; Rental of house for temporary building; amt. $8.00 approved;
3-16
Citizens of Swisher County; Petition for special school tax; twenty
cents on one hundred dollars valuation; approved and an election ordered
on 13th day of Sept. A. D. 1890; 4-17
Presiding officers of election; Claim for holding election; allowed;
4-17
Officers of Court; Per Deim; six days each allowed; 4-18
SEPTEMBER 1890
Clark & Courts; % of G. F. Acred; Notary seal and record
$8.00 (no action); 4-1
Clark & Courts; % of County Clerk; 100 blanks and postage $2.82
allowed; 4-2
F. W. Scott; % transporting prisoner; $70 allowed; 4-3
W. C. Gray; % paid on 12 chairs; $120 allowed; 4-4
W. G. Conner; % paid purchase of 1 dozen chains; $7.80 allowed/ 4-5
Clerk; Transcribing minutes to District court minutes; Ordered paid;
4-6
C. L. Carter; Officer for special school tax election; appointed;
5-7
Sheriff Crosby County; boarding prisoner; requested to present bill;
5-8
J. T. Service; Bid on court house; amt. $2,000 accepted; 5-9
Citizens of Swisher County; Petition to court to allow for finishing
well on public square; $100approved; 5-10
Mrs. S. E. Butts % for boarding well men while digging well on public
square; $11 allowed; 5-11
D. L. Baker; % for digging well on jail yard; $42.50 allowed; 5-12
OCTOBER 1890
Clarke & Courts; County books; $1,172.08; 6-1
Clarke & Courts; Recording desk; $25.00; 6-2
W. S. Thacker & Bros. house rent; Amt. $8.00 allowed/ 7-1
C. R. Bailey for erecting windmill on public square; $100 allowed;
7-2
F. W. Scott Sheriff; transporting prisoner form Canyon jail to Vernon
jail; $60.40 allowed; 7-3
NOVEMBER 1890
W. G. Conner appointed presiding officer of election in
Prec. 1, pg. 14; 6-1
C. L. Carter appointed presiding officer Prec. 2, metes & bounds
of Prec. 2; page 14 min.; 6-2
F. A. Scott appointed presiding officer Prec. 3, metes & bounds
of Prec. 3 page 14 min.; 6-3
T. A. Gray appointed to hold election in Prec. 4, metes & bounds
of prec. 4, page 15; 7-4
S. Faulkner; account freight on books; $7.00; 7-5
C. R. Bailey asks this court to correct the Ret. from Prec. 2; Rets.
corrected; 8-1
W. W. Stegall County Treas.; Quarterly Ref.; Accepted; 8-2
W. W. Stegall % on Pub. School fund; amount .85 allowed; 8-3
Frank Scott; bond as Tax Coll.; Amt. $6,000 approved; 8-4
J. M. Stapp; bond as Com. Prect. 2; Amt. $3,000 approved; 8-5
Jury of Review on public roads in Swisher County; Report; Report
accepted and roads declared public roads; 8-6
J. L. Stillwell, C. r. Bailey, J. C. Jowell; 8 days services as Jury
of Review at $2.00 per diem and mileage; $24.40 each allowed; 9-7
W. B. Hutchison; as sup on roads; $36.00 allowed; 9-7
Sam Wise Sheriff of Randall County; Account for feeding prisoner;
Amt of Account $36.75 allowed; 9-8
L. D. Mars; Account against Swisher County; Amt. $27.50 allowed;
9-9
S. Faulkner; Account freight on file case; Amt. of Account $5.08;
9-10
F. A. Scott, J. L. Stallings, W. C. conner; bonds as commissioners
of Prec. 3, Prec. 4, Prec. 1, respectively; amt. of Bond $3,000 each approved;
9-11
G. f. Acred J. P. Prect. 1; bond; approved; 9-12
Frank Scott; Bond as Sheriff; approved; 10-13
Frank Scott; bond as County Collector; Approved; 10-14
J. H. Settle County Judge; bond; approved; 10-15
J. H. Settle County Judge; Bond ex-officio County Supt.; approved;
10-16
F. Faulkner County & Dist. Clerk; Bonds; approved; 10-17
W. B. Hutchison Surveyor; bond as surveyor of Swisher County; Amt.
of Bond $1,000 approved; 10-18
Order of Court to clerk authorizing the sum of $180.00 issued to
pay for field notes files and map; 11-19
W. B. Hutchison ordered to procure a map and mark public roads thereon;
approved; 11-20
Collector; to strike off the rolls 16 ½ sec. of land that
taxes have been paid at Austin for 1890; 11-21
Ordering the issuance of bonds to pay for court house and jail; Amt
bonds $800.00; 11-22
R. S. ford; Account for approving tax rolls; $20.00 allowed; 11-23
T. J. Soule; appointed Justice of Peace Prect. 2; bond; approved;
11-24
W. G. Conner appointed to buy stoves, coal, chairs, lumber, and pipes;
account for stoves, for chairs and col.,freight $112.90; 12-26
F. Faulkner; account for recording 3 deeds and transcribing dist.
court min; $6.50 allowed; 12-27
Action of com. court; Transferring $150.00 from 4th class fund to
court house fund; allowed; 12-28
Officers of general election; per diem pay for holding same; allowed
12-29
W. S. Thacker & Bro.; house rent; $8.00 allowed; 12-30
Court officers; per diem pay for 3 days; allowed; 12-31
J. T. Service; turned over ct. house; court rec’d same and ordered
warrants to amt. of $1,750.00;13-1
T. A. Gray’s official bonds; approved; 13-2
Order of court; numbering rooms in court house; 13-3
F. W. Scott ordered to buy a desk for Sheriff’s office not to exceed
$10.00; 13-4
J. H. Gouldy Agt. Policy on court house and safe, furniture, books;
Amt. issued $2,500. Time 3 years, 05% of premium $125.00 approved in open
court; 13-5
W. J. Siles’s official bond; approved; 13-6
Officers of Court; per diem for 1 day; allowed; 13-7
DECEMBER 1890
Diebald Safe Co.; Account one iron safe; $375 allowed (28);
14-1
J. W. Dillard; hauling iron safe; $30.00 allowed (28); 14-2
Diebald Safe Co.; Erecting jail; $4,300 allowed (28); 14-3
D. B. Hill appointed County Atty; Exofficio allowance $25.00 per
month from Dec. 27, 1890 (28) 14-4
W. S. Thacker & Bro. rent on temporary court house; $7.45 allowed;
(28) 14-5
Floyd Shocks Co.; Stationery; $11.90 allowed; (28) 14-6
W. G. Conner; Superintendency erection court house; $5.00 allowed
(29); 15-7
F. Faulkner; door lock and book case for court house; $2.85 allowed;
(29) 15-8
Com. Court; per diem one day; allowed; (29) 15-9
J. T. Service; Bal. on Ct. house; $100.00 allowed (30) 15-10
T. A. Gray Assessor; com. for assessing non res taxes; $104.23 allowed;
(30) 15-11
Com. Ct.; per diem 1 day allowed; 15-12
FEBRUARY 1891
Clarke & Courts; Stationery; $4.40 allowed (31) 16-13
Clarke & courts; Recording Desk; $25 allowed (31); 16-13
Clarke & Courts; File case; $15.00 (31); 16-14
Clarke & Courts; Blank Case; $35.00 (31) 16-15
Clarke & Courts; Stationery; $1.35 allowed (31) 16-16
Clarke & Courts; Stationery; $3.33 allowed (31) 16-17
Clarke & Courts; 4 desks; $95.00 less $10.57 allowed (32) 16-18
Clarke & Courts; Stationery; $1.10 not allowed. Amt put in no.
19 on this page; 16-19
Clarke & Courts; Stationery & books; $25.85 allowed (32)
allowed 16-20
Texas Printing Co.; Book for surveyor; $12.50 (32) allowed; 16-21
F. Faulkner; Postage & expenses on blanks from Clarke & courts
& 1 record book from Jack Bros.; $3.55 allowed (32) 17-22
J. Billingsly jailor Vernon, Tex. board of prisoner 75 days;at cts
pr day; %58.50 and $35.10 allowed (33) 17-23
Kirkland and Loftin; coffin and box for Johnson; work on court house
& c.; $12.50 & $22.50 allowed (33) 17-24
W. G. Conner; stove for jail, pipe, freight; $9.25 (32) allowed;
17-25
W. F. Wright; Publishing financial statement; $23.00 allowed (32)
17-26
W. B. Hutchison; map, field notes of count. roads, expenses &
c; $12.35 allowed; 18-28
W. F. Wright, Printing financial statement; $23.20 filed on page
17 and allowed; 18-28
R. H. McAlsime pr, W. G. Conner; stove, pipe and freight; $9.25 amt
allowed to W. G.Conner on page 17; 18-29
J. W. Standifer; board of Taylor and guard; $31.50 & $63.00 allowed
$72.00/ 18-30
L. M. Faulkner; stove pipe; $2.00 allowed (32) 18-29
Thacker Bros.; clothing for pauper Johnson; $3.15 allowed (32) 18-30a
D. B. Hill; ex-officio for 1 month; $25.00 allowed (34) 18-37
Cou. Court; Levying Co. Tax; Levied: 25 cents ad valorum, 25 cents
court house & jail, 15 cents R.& B.; one half state occupation;
25 cents pole (35) 19-38
J. M. Stapp and J. L. Stallings ordered to view & work draws
and specifications for bridge (35)19-39
Con. Court apportion county into four school dist’s; ordered (35)
19-40
D. B. Hill; that the county order the clerk to issue warrant for
the purpose of procuring lawbooks for county; approved and allowed account
of $34.00 to purchase Sayles & wilsons Civ. & Crim. Stat. &
Soles form book; 19-41
Frank Scott; claim for bedding for jail, amt. $15.00 allowed $15.00;
19-42
Frank Scott; Account for feeding prisoner F. A. Taylor $1.00 per
day; allowed (35), $1.00 per diem; 19-43
F. Faulkner; claim for postage in official correspondence for quarter
from Aug. 1st ’90 to 1st ’91, 6 months $1.50 per week/ allowed $9.00 (36);
20-43
W. G. Conner; freight paid for books, desks, coal & c;allowed
$13.00; 20-44
B. G. Brown; freight on 4 desks form Amarillo 690# at 50 cts pe hnd;
allowed $3.45; 20-45
Frank Scott; claim for feeding prisoner T. A. Taylor amount of $23.00;
allowed (37) 20-46
W. B. Hutchison County Suv; Claim for bal on transcribing Swisher
county field notes at Austin at $180.00 Nov. 12, 1891, 10 cts pr 100 words
for work at Austin, see G. L. 1885. p. 92; allowed $153.00; 20-47
Court; per diem for this term of court; W. G. Conner 6 days; J. M.
Stapp 6 days, F. A. Scott 5 days, J. L. Stallings 6 days; allowed (39)
21-2
Court; appointed C. T. Word County Judge; approved (39) 21-2
Court; official bond as county judge; Amt $1,000.00 approved (39)
21-2
Court; official bond as county superintendent of public inspections;
amt $1,000.00 approved (39) 21-3
Appointed C. T. Word to have table and bannisters in courthouse oiled
and varnished (39); 21-4
Court; allowing C. T. Word $500.00 pr amt to be paid monthly by court;
allowed (39) 21-5
Court; allowing per diem for court; Hon. C. T. Word, W. G. Conner,
J. M. Stapp, F. A. Scott, J. L. Stallings, each1 day at $3.00 (39) 21-6
MARCH 1891
W. L. McGehee freight on 36 chairs from Amarillo at 60 cents
per 100#, 360#; amt $2.16allowed (40) 22-7
G. F. Acred; account papering room & c; amt $12.81 allowed (40)
22-8
W. H.Halding jailor of Vernon, Texas; account boarding T. A. Taylor
from January 1st to Jany 25,1891; allowed $11.25 (41) 22-9
Court appoints J. L. Stallings and J. M. Stapp; to have county school
land surveyed; also W. B. Hutchison to survey said land; apointed; (41)
22-10
C. T. Word granted leave of absence for 20 days from 15 March 1891;
granted (41) 22-11
Court; per diem for 1 day; allowed (41) 22-12
Clarke & Courts; %stationery; Amt $2.68-see page 25 Com Ct. Docket;
23-13
State Comptroller; % interest on Court house and jail bonds; Amt
$176 allowed (42) 23-14
Clarke & Courts; % amt. dedicated from desks/ Amt $10.47 (42)
23-15
C. T. Word granted leave of absence 20 days form 1st of April; granted
(42) 23-16
G. W. Longley put on public work to work out his fine and cost due
county (43) 23-18
Frank Scott, Sheriff, acct. for feeding prisoners; Amt allowed $84.30
23-19
J. L. Stillwell jailer and guard; acct. for feeding and guarding
prisoners; allowed $62.50 ;23-20
S. E. Butts; application to feed prisoners at 30 cents per day; granted
(44) 24-21
Court officers allowed their per diem; (44) 24-22
C. T. Word and W. B. Hutchison appointed to look after Swisher County
school land and have same located; amt to be sent to Austin $120.00 allowed
(45) 24-23
W. B. Hutchison; acct. for surveying for Swisher county; $85 allowed
(45) 24-24
J. L. Stallings and J. M. Stapp; account for assisting in sur. Swisher’s
School land; amt of account $216.00 allowed (45) 24-25
F. Faulkner; account freight & c; Amt $4.70 allowed (45) 24-26
S. E. Butts; acct. feeding prisoners 2 days; amt $2.40 allowed (45)
25-27
Order of Court transferring $548.00 from 5th class fund to 3rd class
fund; amt transferred (46) 25-29
F. Faulkner; freight on cabinet $1.50, Express on stationery, books
and letterheads from Co. Judge $3.00, Pens at W. C. Turners’s 50 cents;
total $5.00; amt $5.00 allowed (46) 25-29
White & Boyd; 2 Smiths pr Stillwell, 1 sp ad. Frank Scott; $4.00
allowed; 25-30
C. & Courts; Stationery books and c; Amt $76.68 allowed (46)
25-31
C. L. Bailey; repairing pump at jail; $1.50 allowed; 25-32
MAY 1891
C. B. Vivian, acting Judge in 2 cases; Amt $6.00 allowed
(47) 26-33
Stillwell; Acct. for guarding prisoners and boarding same for 23
days ending May 11, 1891; Amt $79.20 allowed(46) 26-34
U. S. Gober; Account 1 door lock; Amt. $.75 allowed; 26-35
G. W. Rayford; Account repairing furn. Shackles & Co; Amt $2.90
allowed 26-36
Frank Scott; Acct. removing T. A. Taylor form Vernon to Tuluia; Amt.
allowed $91.55 (47) 26-37
W. C. Turner; Acct medicine for prisoners; Amt. $.90 (50) 26-50
Court making 4 school dist in a previous term of this court rescinded
orders and made one district; one dist for public schools; making one dist
in entire county approved (4) 27-40
Court; Petition from 34 voters asking that an election for a special
school tax; approved (47) 27- 42
Court appointed C. L. Carter, W. B. Hutchison and D. H. Courtney
to hold school election for trustees; appointed (48) 27-43
F. Faulkner makes quarterly report for quarter ending May 11, 1891;
approved; (48) 27-45
Quarterly report approved (49) 27-46
C. F. Bailey; quarterly report; approved (49) 28-47
Court; transferring from 5th class to 3rd class fund – transferring
from 2nd class to 3rd class; $153.00 approved (50) $11.70 approved (50)
28-48
Transferring from 5th class to 4th class fund $58.43 approved (50)
28-48
J. E. Standifer; account for attending prisoners in jail; amt $4.00
App. 28-49
G. R. Acred; account for coat and vest for Johnson pauper; amt. $5.00
38-51
W. G. Conner & Frank Scott appointed to have pipe put in trough
and report; (51) 28-51
Frank Scott Collector; quarterly report; approved (51) 29-53
Frank Scott Collector; quarterly and final report approved (51) 29-54
Court; Report of land sold to individuals for taxes 1890; approved
(52) 29-56
Court; Report of land sold to individuals State of Texas for year
1890;
approved; (52) 29-57
G. F. Acred Justice Court; Quarterly report; approved (52) 29-58
Court allowing Frank Scott $15.00 per month to wait on prisoners
at jail; approved (52) 29-59
W. G. Conner and J. L. Stallings; motion for the two mile roads;
W. G. Conner, and J. L.
Stallings voted for the roads and F. a. Scott and J. M. Stapp and
C. T. Word against the motion (53) 30-61
Court appointing jury of view 4 roads running from Tulia to Co. line;
appointed (53) 30-62
Court transferring from 2nd class to 3rd class fund; $7.70 approved;
30-63
Court; appointing C. T. Word Co. Judge to publish a notice of Swisher
County wishing to sell her lands; approved (54) 30-64
Citizens of Swisher County petitioning for a court house; pet. laid
over; 30-65
Court asking for bidders to file certified check for $1,000.00 as
warranty of good faith; approved (55) 30-66
JUNE 1891
Court; return of an election for official sch. tax; court
ordered the tax levied of 15 cents per $100 evaluation. Approved (56) 31-1
Court; Return of Sch Dist No. 1, W. G. Conner, T. J. Soule, G. F.
Smith elected; approved (57) 31-2
F. A. Scott and W. G. Conner appointed to a committee; to look at
material for ct. house; approved (57) 31-3
C. T. Word; app to write for bonds; approved (57) 31-4
Court; Appointed Jury of view for 2 mile roads; name of Jury J. A.
King, J. W. Ratliff, J. A. Scott, M. A. Bradberry and G. W. Duke; 31-5
& 6
Appointed jury of view for two other roads. See apt jury of view
for road page 59, pae 59 & 60; 31-6a & 6b Court appointed C. T.
Word to confer with Com. Gen Land Office about having block lines established;
approved; (58) 32-8
Frank Scott appointed to have well at jail cleaned; approved (58)
32-9
Court asking bids for the survey on the work of locating Blk lines
and 2 mile roads; approved (58) 32-10
Court raising the ex-officio salary C. T. Word; $625 from $450 (59)
32-11
Court; F. Faulkner authorized to issue Script to Ft. Worth Gazette;
Amt $27.00 (59) 32-12
D. H. Courtney et al; petition for a public road; pet granted and
jury of view app to wit: J. W. Ratliff, J. A. Scott, J.A. King, G. W. Duke
& M. S. Bradberry; 32-6a
J. A. King et al; petition for a public road beginning at N.E. cor
Sec. 12 Block W.1 thence W. to county line; jury of view appointed same
as the previous order; 33-6bCourt; per diem; allowed (60) 33-12a
Court as a board of equalization; equalization of taxes in Swisher
County (60) 33-13
T. J. Soule and Jno. R. Wright present to court bids; on the surveying
of blk lines and the two mile roads; work given to W. B. Hutchison at $5.00
per day and county board him. (62) 33-15
W. B. Hutchison ordered to send Vol. 2 Field notes of Swisher Co.
to Austin for correction (62) 33-15
C. L. Bailey; account for repairing well at jail; amt $3.50 allowed
$3.50 (62) 33-16
F. Faulkner; acct postal cards to notify tax payers to come before
Equalization bd.; allowed $2.50 (62) 34-17
W. B. Hutchison; account 1 door lock $1.00 allowed $l.00; 34-18
W. F. Wright; account for printing; allowed $8.20; 34-19
J. E. Standifer M. D.; account for services at jail; allowed $4.00;
34-21
Court; Ordered C. R. Bailey to procure pipe & stamps for county;
(62) 34-22
Court; Ordered C. T. Word to write and ____$5,000.00 bonds; Rds &
Bridge 34-22
Court; Ordered Co. Judge to appoint ten citizens to represent the
county at stock conv. at Childress Jun. 27, 1891; appointed; 35-23
Court; Order for per diem for 2 days; allowed (63) 35-24
W. B. Hutchison & T. A. Gray; account for correcting abstract
of Land titles for Swisher County; allowed $25.00 each page 64 C.C.minutes;
36-24
C. B. Vivian & F. A. Scott; Claim for $25.00 each for expenses
to Childress; allowed $25.00 each page 64 C. C. minutes; 36-25
W. B. Hutchison and C. T. Word; Claim for $2.00 & $1.00 postae;
allowed $2.00 & $1.00; 36-26
Clarke & Courts; Claim for stationery; allowed $8.10 (64}36-27
C. R. Bailey, Trea; quarterly report of county finances; approved;
36-28
Clarke and Courts; Claim for Stationery furnished W. B. Hutchison
Co. Surveyor; allowed $6.65; 36-29
Frank Scott Sheriff; claim for boarding prisoners from May 13th to
July 1st 1891; allowed $88.80 37-30
J. M. Stapp; bid for 35 cents per hr for cutting pipe for County;
Bid accepted & approved; 37-31
AUGUST 1891
G. W. Rayford; claim for repairs at jail; allowed $5.60
38-1
J. A. Scott et al road viewers; claim ifor 17 ½ days work
at $2.00 per day; allowed $55.00 ea 38- 2
Frank Scott Sheriff; claim $2.30 for blinds for jail and lock for
jail door; allowed $2.30;38-3
Clarke & Courts; Claim stationery for county officers amt $18.00;
allowed $18.50; 38-4
Jno. R. Griffin bid of $1.25 pr A. on Swisher co. school land; rejected
(56) 38-5
W. R. Wright; Claim printing financial statement amt of bill $40.50;
allowed $40.50; (66) 38-6
Tom Lovell et al; presented to court plans for new courthouse in
Swisher county; plans adopted Aug. 15, 1891; Page 67 C. C. minutes; 38-7
to 10
Court; application to state Board of Education to cash $1,500.00
Ct. house & jail bonds; (67) 39- 11
F. A. Scott; claim for team and self looking for material to build
ct. house; amt. $13.00; allowed $13.00 pg 68 C. C. min.;39-12
W. G. Conner; claim looking for material to build Ct. House; allowed
$8.00 39-13
C. T. Word; Claim looking for material to build Ct. House; allowed
$12.00 39-15
J. H. White; account for road viewers; allowed $15.25; 39-14
T. A. Gray; Tax rolls for 1891 of Swisher county presented to court
for approval; approved 69 C. C. min; 40-6
U. S. Gober; claim for making assessors abst for Swisher Co.; allowed
$60.00; 40-17
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Zoe Smith.
