. History of Lafayette county, Mo. , carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns, and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; the Constitution of the United States, and state of Missouri; a military record of volunteers in either army of the great civil war .. . n constituted the 17th state senatorial district, in the convention which framedthis constitution. HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY. 303 For Against South Washington 38 1 Wellington 137 2 Napoleon 57 8 Greenton 84 1 Coffeys School H
. History of Lafayette county, Mo. , carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, cities, towns, and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; the Constitution of the United States, and state of Missouri; a military record of volunteers in either army of the great civil war .. . n constituted the 17th state senatorial district, in the convention which framedthis constitution. HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY. 303 For Against South Washington 38 1 Wellington 137 2 Napoleon 57 8 Greenton 84 1 Coffeys School House 37 Higginsville 125 Middleton 257 3 Total 1778 287 Majority for the constitution, 1,481, in Lafayette county. The majorityfor it, in the state, was 76,688. This constitution went into effect Novem-ber 30, 1875, and still continues. July 21, 1845, Robert Aull, William H. Russell, and Robert M. Hen-derson were appointed commissioners to locate a county jail; but for somereason not recorded did not act. Afterward, Eldredge Burden, WilliamBoyce, and Alex. McFadden appear as jail commissioners, and on October6, 1846, it is recorded that $2,700 was paid to Gabriel F. Brown, con-tractor for jail building. COUNTY LINE SURVEYS. Sept. 2, 1846, a report was made to the county court by John C. Bled-soe, surveyor of Lafayette county, and A. H. Perry, surveyor of Johnson. COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, LEXINGTON, MISSOURI,county, in regard to an official survey of the line between these two coun-ties. The cost of this joint survey was $, of which Lafayettecounty paid half. The report covers twenty-two pages (from pp. 131 to152) of county record book No. 8. Sept. 1, 1851, the county surveyor was ordered to re-survev and estab-lish the boundary line between Lafayette and Saline counties. And onOct. 10, 1854, appears a similar order with reference to Lafayette andJohnson counties again. May 8, 1854, the sum of $4500 was appropriated to build offices for theclerks of circuit and county courts.
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