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lding ucted L vir-ritualwiththat tabil-e for : will . The noble value prac-las a is an y, ant can itiful ' and 3 of e ef-soul1 andwillment:oun-spir-£ this3SS0H all ously rove-Y tO ctual vhich e an Theanditlonsstand •rious I the util-tem-tcientgnifl-«rhichbeenButrediesujg;h;, andmen,willVwlllMl AUUi v UliU iiiVUvi Uedifice.On April 20, 1863, the commissioners met in special session by order of a notice issued by the county auditor* They examined the plans and specifications which had been made by S. W. Sprott and Ephraim Berry, and directed the auditor to advertise for sealed proposals fdr the building of a cou: h use according to the plans proposed, on the 4th day of June, 1863, in the various papers of the county.On th e4th of June of the same year the bids were opened and a contract was awarded ot William Val-leau, John McKay and A. Wheelock. As they were given until December 1, 1864, to complete the building, they immediately commenced work, but abandoned the undertaking and turned the contract over to Silver and Wheeiock, who completed the building in the autumn of the year 1863, at a total cost of $23,372.DeKalb county then had a court house of whiCh they were justly proud, and it is doubtful if we who may have the good fortune to attend the dedlca-tion of the new building, now in pro-%cess of erection, will be more highly ealted over the new temple of justice than our forefathers did on the tenth day of September, 1863, when the structure which has passed before our eyes, was dedicated to the cause of truth and ustiee.The first appropriation for the new /couse was made on September 9,1910, when $200 was set aside for use in inspecting buildings In other counties,H j 4 ^ ,with the view that a. court house best suited to the needs,of DeKalb county would be ‘secured. At that time there were several thousand dollars of sur-^ • • • i •lus in the county treasury, and Auditor Shook contended that if the cotfa-, t * H * * ' * j* 'oilmen intended* making an appropria-remain as it was—44 cents and a fraction on the $160, butlf they did notlfiakC an appropriation1 the levy should be reduced, so that only money enough tor actual needs wbuld^e collected.an appro-pViatioh would he made a year hence,thdCou^riineh^ l«t#e^^as ii£ifiapeetS^ throuhh lndi-1
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Auburn Courier
Auburn, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 03, 1911
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