sentences:  Early county officers, including the sheriff, coroner, school commissioner, surveyor, and treasurer were elected to two-year terms of office, later changed to four-year terms.Other claimants arose attempting to wrest the county seat from Metamora, including Eureka, El Paso, and Roanoke.El Paso was nearly awarded the seat in 1867, when it sent a local attorney to make an offer of $30,000 to the town of Metamora to relinquish the county seat.