Gavin v. Board of Commissioners

The board of commissioners of Decatur ■county, on the 10th day of June, 1881, which was during their regular June session of that year, made and caused to be entered of record, an order as follows:

“Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville R. R. Co.

“Levy of taxes for 'Washington township.

“Whereas, on the 19th day of July, 1879, a petition by twenty-five freeholders of Washington township-, of Decatur ■county, Indiana, was filed in the auditor’s office of said county, asking an appropriation of $75,000 for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville railroad…