BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTES-1886
CLARK COUNTY HERALD
27-APRIL-1886
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The following information comes from the April 27, 1886,
minutes of the Clark County Board of supervisors.
The following COMMITTEES were appointed by the Board of
Supervisors.
CLAIMS: E. Hurst, N.B. Devol, Ed R. Brown, Alexander
James and John Page.
POOR: Ed R. Brown, Alexander James, E. Hurst
FINANCE: Sim Best, John Baker, Joe Lutz
PRINTING: Lewis weaver, Abe Harrison, John Page
EQUALIZATION: C.R. Winterrowd, Abe Harrison, William
McNurlin, RECTOR CORNWELL, Lewis Weaver, A. Lee, John Baker
IMPROVEMENTS: Joseph Lutz, C.R. Winterrowd, A.Lee
COUNTY OFFICERS REPORT: William McNurlin, N.B. Devol.
Sim Best
The following petition of Wilfred Shaw was presented to
the board.
"Your petitioner , Wilfred Shaw, of the County of Clark
and state of Illinois, respectfully represents that he is the owner
of a ferry across the Wabash river, from the town of Darwin to the
opposite shore and as such owner, desires to obtain license to
maintain the same in accordance with the statute in such case made
and provided. He further asks that your honorable body
fix the fees for ferriage across said river and that the same be
made to correspond with the fees fixed by the commissioners of Vigo
County, Indiana, for the same ferry and for like services."
Baker moved that ferriage license be granted to Wilfred Shaw
for ten years at $3.00 a year. Carried.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS-1886
CLARK COUNTY HERALD
13-APRIL-1886
The board of supervisors for Clark County, Illinois, for the year
1886 is as follows.
ANDERSON
TWP
James Hill, Democrat
AUBURN
TWP
Elisha Hurst, Democrat
CASEY
TWP
Alex James, Republican
DARWIN
TWP
John W. Baker, Republican
DOLSON
TWP
Joseph Lutz, Democrat
DOUGLAS
TWP
Ed R. Brown, Democrat
JOHNSON
TWP
Lewis Weaver, Democrat
MARSHALL
TWP
N.B. Devol, Republican
MARTINSVILLE
TWP
Carey Winterrowd, Republican
MELROSE
TWP
T.R. Cornwell, Republican
ORANGE
TWP
William McNurlan, Democrat
PARKER
TWP
Simon Best, Democrat
WABASH
TWP
John Page, Democrat
WESTFIELD
TWP
Andrew Lee, Republican
YORK
TWP
Abe Harrison, Republican