Hello Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... The following is from the 1901 Kansas Statutes concerning Township Trustees. This is only the "general duties" section. There are A LOT of other laws governing just how the township trustee accomplishes all of the following duties: § 7778. Duties of. § 22. The duties of the township trustee shall be: --First, To divide his township into convenient road districts, and make alterations in the same as may he necessary. --Second, To fill all vacancies in the office of road overseer in his township --Third, To see to a proper application of all moneys belonging to his township for road or other purposes. --Fourth, To have the care and management of all property, real and personal, belonging to his township, and to superintend the various interests thereof. --Fifth, To cause a record to be made accurately defining the boundaries and number of each road district, as well as the alterations made in such district or districts in his township, and the number of road overseers in each township. --Sixth, Shall have power to administer all oaths in the necessary disharge of the duties of his office. --Seventh, Shall by virtue of his office be judge of elections and overseer of the poor. --Eighth, Shall superintend all the pecuniary concerns of his township, and shall at the July session of the board of county commissioners, annually, with the advice and concurrence of said board levy a tax on the property in said township for township road and other purposes, and report the same to the county clerk, who shall enter the same on the proper tax roll in a separate column or columns, and the treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected; but in a failure of such trustee and commissioners to concur, then the board of county commissioners shall levy such township road and other taxes. --Ninth, He shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed by law. [G. S. 1868, ch. 110, § 22, as amended by L. 1885, ch. 194, § 1; March14.] Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/