Cotton Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, Trustee’s report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 Aug 1900 – Page 1, Column 4

Cotton Township.
Trustee’s Report to the Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana.
By A. J. WORKS, Trustee.

[See newspaper for full report. Page washed out and hard to read. Readable names below.]

Road Tax Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

• W. H. Lee, bridge lumber
• A. F. Hyde, work
• John Warner, [?]
• B[?] Tinker, team to grader
• Bert Hyde, [?]
• Alvin Works, [?]
• T. J. Heath, hauling
• T. J. Heath, breaking stone
• Haydon Gary, hauling stone
• [?] Bocock, [?]
• Henderson Work, hauling and breaking stone
• A. F. Hyde, work on road
• Bert Hyde, work on road
• Augustus Dunning, team and hand

Township Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

• A. J. Works, services as trustee
• W. C. Ricketts, 2 days service as Sup
• Mort Dunning, seventeen days services as Sup
• Albert F. Hyde, eleven days services as Sup
• B. W. Clark, service as Sup
• Newell Morrison, services as Sup
• M. C. Ricketts, services as Sup
• A. W. Brown, services as Sup
• W. J. Baird, publishing office day notice
• H. Stein, supervisor order
• Baker & Thornton, books and supplies, new law
• Baker & Thornton, books, records and reports made [?] by new law
• Alvin Works, services as Sup
• W. J. Baird, publishing financial report
• A. F. Hyde, services as Sup
• Alvin Works, services as Sup
• B. W. Clark, services as Sup
• Newell Morrison, services as Sup
• A. W. Brown, services as Sup
• Mort Dunning, services as Sup
• J. D. Froman, making road tax list

Dog Tax Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

• Bruce Pavy, sheep
• Lincoln Clark, sheep
• T. W. Holmes, 2 sheep
• G. W. Bunger, 1 sheep

Special School Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

• Geo. M. Frampton, 6 sets window shades
• S. R. Hatch, wire for fencing school lots
• R. M. Campbell, freight on school books
• W. H. Lee, lumber out buildings
• Baker & Thornton, bal act school goods
• A. J. Probst, hauling and rep school house
• Henry Likely, bal rent on school room
• L. E. Sedam, hauling coal
• Wm. Armstrong, rep and painting houses
• Prior M. Pavy, hauling coal and rep house
• H. [?] Steele, Cass Tp. fund for school children Cotton Tp.
• D. P. Oak, hauling coal, rep. and supplies
• Charles Jarvis, hauling coal and rep. house
• W. H. Melick, hauling coal and work and supplies
• Wm. Dickason, hauling coal and rep. house
• John S. Mead, kindling
• P. M. Pavy, hauling coal and rep. house
• Henderson Works, hauling coal and stove and furniture
• Wm. Pattie & Co., windows, doors and lumber
• A. Benedict, coal
• J. H. McDaniel & Son, lumber
• B. H. North, coal
• M. O. Dennis, hauling coal and serv. director
• Mrs. A. W. Brown, amt. paid janitor
• Mabel Pavy, janitor services
• Lula Works, janitor services
• D. M. Haskell, stoves and rep.
• Alfred Rous, coal
• J. E. Williams, school supplies
• Vevay Coal Co., coal
• Wm. P. Truitt, lumber
• G. W. Cutsnaw, lumber
• C. J. Tyler, hauling coal and cleaning house
• Henderson Works, hauling and putting up stoves
• Wm. Sheets, freight on package books
• J. F. Houze, paints and school house supplies
• J. C. Hizer, school supplies
• J. B. Moore, building fires
• Mary E. Griffith, janitor services by Henry
• Lon Bailey, oiling school house floors
• Howard Dickason, janitor services
• John H. Cunningham, janitor services
• D. H. Goble, school visitors to schools
• W. H. Lee, lumber
• Wes Tague, janitor services
• Robert Boyd, janitor services and kindling
• John A. Truitt, janitor services and kindling
• Carl Campbell, janitor services and kindling
• Alf Driver, janitor and serv. director
• Lula Works, Institute and janitor fees
• D. P. Oak, serv. as janitor and director
• John Althoff, supplies and serv. as director
• Mr. A. W. Brown, school supplies
• M. O. Dennis, serv. as janitor and director
• Eugene W. Heath, supplies
• Tom Works, taking enumeration
• Myrta Oxley, Institute and janitor fees
• M. J. Seward, coal
• S. R. Heath, paints, oils and supplies
• Emma Gary, Institute fees
• Baker & Thornton, school reg. floor dressing and furniture
• Charles Pavy, Institute fees
• Lula Williamson, Institute fees
• Mabel Pavy, Institute and janitor fees
• Mrs. A. W. Brown, Institute fees
• Wm. S. Humphrey, transfer of pupil to Posey Township
• H. B. Steele, Trustee, transfer 21 pupils

Tuition Fund.

EXPENDITURES.

• Mabel Pavy, teaching district 7
• Charles Pavy, teaching district 4
• W. D. Tyler, teaching district 2
• Myrta Oxley, teaching district 5
• Emma Gary, teaching district 8
• Lula Works, teaching district 3
• Lula Vandever, teaching district 6
• Bertha Littlefield, teaching district 10
• Lula Williamson, teaching district 1
• Mrs. A. W. Brown, teaching district 9