The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-10-24

said volunteers, under the age OF twelve
years, be allowed the sum Of one dollar
per month from the county treasury, and
that the same be allowed in all said desti,
tute cases, save and except in all such
cases where allowances have already been
granted by the Board Supervisors; and
that each supervisor report only such
cases as they really deem cases of desti-
tuition.
And be it further
Resoiued, That this resolution shall
not debar any person or persons from re-.
ceiving greater allowance than the
aforesaid if in the judgment of the
Board they deem it necessary But such
greater allowance shall be granted only
upon the vote Of two thirds of all the
members present.
| And be it further
Resolved, That children under the age
of ten years, whose fathers are volunteers
and whose mothers are dead or have de-
serted them, shall be allowed the sum Of
two dollars per month. And the word
uoiunteers shall be construed so to mean
those who are in the service of either
the United States or the State of Iowa
And all resolutions or reports Of reso.
lutions conflicting with these resolutions
be and the same are hereby repealed.
The committee on Public Buildings
made the following report, which was
adopted with McGilrs amendment:
Your committee on public buildings
and property, beg leave to report as fol-
! lows
BY examining the public buildings,
your committee find that it is necessary
to make some repairs on the Jail, there
being some plastering knock,d d off, &c;
also, some panes Of glass out Of the court
house windows, &c. Your committc,
would recommend the same to be re.
paired
Aud further, That the clerk be and he
is hereby authorized to have one coat OF
slate colored paint put upon the inside of
said court house cupalo; aud furthermore,
that he be authorized to have the section
of law, 1927, posted at the foot of the
hall of court house, aud at such other
places in said house as may be necessary.
W. have also examined the job of fag,
ging and grazing, done by James Doyle,
| on the south side, also south one
half of the cast side of the public lots,
and 6nd it done in good workman like
manner. All Of which is respectfully
submitted.
The chairman added II. c. Loomis to
the committee on public buildings.
Mr.. Lo )mi>, OF the committee on pub
lie property, offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolred. That the clerk be and is
hereby authorized to withhold ten (l0)
per cent of the amount of the contract
price, of work performed by Edward
Golden in laying pavement on the north
side, and also the one half on the east
side Of court house square said deduc-
ton to be made on account of the work
not being performed IN good and work
manlike manner Of the kind.
Mr.. Magill called for the yeas and nays
on Loomis's resolution, which resulted
as follows:
Tcas-Z Brown, Mason, Roberts,
Robinson, Houghton, Ed Wright. Stan,
ton, Wharton, Baker, McGi'l, j. j.
Wright, Leith, J. W. Brown, Henderson
and Loomis--l4.
None asaiust-declared adopted.
z. Brown offered the following:
Resolred, That each member of the
Board of Supervisors be allowed the sum
of one dollar per day for services render
cd in obtaining list of persons subject
to draft in their several townships.
Ed Wright called for the yeas and nays
which resulted as follows:
Tcas-Z Brown, Mason, Roberts,
Robinson, Houghton, Baker aud Hen
dersou-7
Ndys-Sheldon, Ed Wright, Stanton,
Wharton, McGill, j j. Wright, Leith,
J. w. Brown and Loomis--9: Lost
Ed Wr,- ht offered the following which
was adopted:
Resoiued, That the clerk be and he is
hereby authorized to issue warrants in
favor of the members of the Board for
the per diem and mileage due them for
service as members of the Board
The committee on claims made the
following report, which was adopted:
As per resolution passed by the Board
Of Supervisors at the October session, re-
quirlDg the committee On claims to ex.
anime into tie amount Of work necessary
| to be performed BY the clerks in the otfi-
ces OF the clerk Of the District Court and
Treasurer and Recorder and report at its
next session the amount of clerk hire
necessary to be employed in said Offices
and the SUN per day for which said clerks
can be employed, &c.
Beg leave to report that they have per-
formed the duties Gas they understand
them) contemplated in the above resolu-
tion.
1st. Tha. the deputy clerk, Mr.. J. W.
Bagley, has been employed in the Office
of c,erk of the dis,rl>t court, 2134 days
commencing January 9th, 1861, to Oc-
tober lst, 1861. aud that the said deputy
has been allowed by this Board s427, Or
81 per day as per resolution of the Board
at its January session, 1861. Your CON-
mittee would not undertake to say what
amount of work is necessary to be done
by the clerk, nor the time necessary to
be employed in the office. But are Of
the opinion that the deputy clerk should
receive 81 90 per day for all time actual
ly employed.
I'd. That the deputy recorder in the
Treasurer's Office, Mr.. John Whan, has
! ,,a,rJ.d commnncioo Jauu.rv 1861