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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTES-1886
CLARK COUNTY HERALD
27-APRIL-1886

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.

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