Show commissioners TRANSACT IMPORTANT BUSINESS at the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners the first of the month at which all the members of the board as well as the clerk cherki sheriff attorney assessor and road supervisor were present some important business mattes matters were transacted among which were the tc fc the matter of appointing a road man for paragonah Para gonah was discussed and the clerk was instructed to ask the president ident of the paragonah Para gonah town board to call a mass meeting to discuss the matter and chairman adams was requested to meet with them to determine their wishes in ill the matter some irregularities in the assessment of property belonging to J al ward and others were referred to the county attorney with the request that beget he pet an opinion from the attorney general concerning same the condition of the county jail was discussed at some length following the reading of a communication from the state board of health and the deputy sheriff was ordered to have the rooms re whitewashed and otherwise placed in a sanitary condition for the detention of prisoners upon the suggestion ot the state auditor in a letter in which he be called e d the attention of the board to the duties of county officers the treasurer was instructed to prepare a lis of all the unpaid taxes particularly en personal property and give it to the county attorney and the county sheriff with instructions to commence the collection of said taxes at once communications from the citizens of hamlin valley concerning the proposed change in the road in that vicinity were considered and tabled pending an investigation by the county attorney the county road supervisor was instructed to repair the road near the gran pace farm south of hamiltons fort the clerk was instructed to make requisition on the state road commission for a 1000 balance to the credit of the cedar long valley road and to place same to iron countes Coun tys state road account the county attorney was authorized to purchase from the J H arthur estate for the sum of 45 a desk to be used in the county attorneys office claims were allowed and the meeting adjourned until the second monday in february |