Thanks, Bill! You are a fountain of information! Wilda Bill Sowers wrote: > 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/