Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-07
From which deduct common fund of county
overpaid $4aS.2 % and SITS swamp land $50

From which deduct common fund of county
overpaid, $4as. % and $1.75 swamp land $50. O.
Aggregate OF all funds ON hand SIS COL a
Which amount is placed to the credit of John W Lu
cas-, Treasurer of Muscatine county, in the Bankn,
House of Green Stone, in this city, per accompany
ing certificate of deposit
Sundry claims were presented and referred
to the COMMITTEE on Claims.
On motion of Mr. Burgan, the Board ap.
pointed II. A. HOLSTER a Justice of the Peace
in Wilton township, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of. K. Terry.
Adjourned till 9 o'clock tomorrow.
SECOND DAY, June T.
Members all present
j. A. Green, A. NJ. Hare and S. o. Butler
were appointed appraisers for the Lefingwell
road, Ga proposed change in the Iowa City
road
Messrs. Heberling, Crane, and Ziegler were
appointed committee to settle with the Coun-
ty Treasurer.
The Clerk was ordered to issue an order to
open O'Brien's road in township Seventy six
afternoon. order of business was
suspended, and the subject of claims was
taken up. The bill of Geo. w. Neff, Assessor
of Goshen township, for 1914, was reduced to
$50, and allowed.
The claim of V. c. Woods, Swamp Land
Drainage Commissioner, for the sum of $685.
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Mr.. Heberling, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolred, That the County Clerk be, and is
hereby authorized, to issue an order on the
Swamp Land Fund in favor of V. c. Woods,
Swamp Land Commissioner, for the amount of
ditching now measured and certified; and that
the Clerk be further authorized to issue orders
for said work, as it shall be measured and GER
titled, by competent surveyor, leaving at all
times unmeasured, until finished, at least 1000
yards.
On motion of Mr.. Ziegler, Geo. Bumgardner,
County Surveyor, was appointed to measure
the work as above.
The regular order of business was resumed.
Mr.. Ziegler, Poor House Director, reported
having visited the poor house on the sth of
April, and finding the number of paupers to
be five, viz: Delos Bond, Michael Murphy,
a deaf and dumb boy, girl Minerva, Gdiot,)
and Mrs. Bodman. Since then blind fiddler,
name unknown, has been received into the in
stitution. A number of repairs on the prem
ises were ordered, and clothing to the amount
of S10,77 purchased for the paupers. The
report was received and placed on file
Mr. Heberling offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted:
ResoIred, That the Committee on Swamp
Lands be authorized and instructed to require
the Swamp Land Commissioner to so arrange
the papers pertaining to the contract with Mr..
Harrigan, that they shall be legally binding
upon all persons heretofore parties to said con-
tract.
Mr.. Ziegler, from the Committee on County
Property, made verbal report adverse to the
prayer of the petitioners who asked mating
for floor, and re-aranging seats in the court
room, which was accepted and adopted as the
sense of the Board
Mr.. Ziegler also reported in relation to the
vault in the Clerks office, showing the whole
cost to be $275,37, of which 5000 was already
appropriated. The Clerk was ordered to draw
an order for the remainder in favor of Caster
& Corriell.
Mr.. Dougherty, who was appointed to at
tend the meeting of the stockholders of the
NJ. & NJ. R. R. Co., reported that he had per-
formed that duty, and he found the road in a
bad condition in a money point of view, and
that there was no material change of officers
from last year.
BILLS ALLOWED.