Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-31
Proceedings OF the Board OF Su'
pervfSOrs.

aVASvASs
THURSDAY, Oct %, 1862.
Board met pursuant to adjournment, Mr..
Farnsworth in the chair.
The rules were suspended to accept the
bond of A. j. Ledingwell, as Justice OF the
Peace. The regular order of business was
then resumed.
The Committee on the Volunteer Fund
ma de report, the substance of which Is as
follows: That the further distribution OF the
appropriation made by the Board for the re-
lief OF the families of volunteers be made as
follows. to wit: for the month of November
and the unexpired part Of October, to wives,
widowed mothers, or entirely dependent pa
rents of volunteers, three dollars each; to
each child of volunteer, one dollar and fifty
cents. During the months Of December and
January, each wife, father or mother are to be
allowed the sum of two dollars, under the
stipulations and restrictions above mentioned,
and for each child under twelve years of age
the sum of one dollar per month. A widow
ed mother shall be considered one who is de-
pendent upon volunteer. Persons who
have dra WIN nothing under the appropriation
made by the Board in September may now
come forward and draw their several amounts.
Report adopted.
A communication from - Means was re-
ceived and referred to committee on revenue.
Report of Clerk in relation to fees, was re-
ferred to committee on claims.
A motion that the committee on revenue
be instructed to count the money in the hands
of the Treasurer, was lost.
The Clerk was called upon to make a state
ment with regard to the manner of keeping
accounts with the Treasurer.
Mr.. Heberling was excused from further at
tendence at the meeting.
The Sheriff was instructed to procure lock
and several keys for the court room.
The committee on revenue made a report
favoring the payment of ten per cent. interest
on all soldiers warrants in their hal DIS, taken
| at par. Report received.
Mr.. Dougherty offered as a substitute that
Tsett & Brewster be allowed ten per cent, and
all holders from and after this date be allow
ed the same, which substitute was adopted.
Mr. Price, from the committee to procure
the paid warrants from the hands of the
Treasurer, reported that he had procured the
remainder in Treasurer's hands.
Mr. Burgan, from committee to whom was
referred Mr. Means petition, reported adverse
ly.
AFTERNOON.
Board met, Mr. Tracy in the chair.
$1,000 was appropriated for the expenses OF
the present session of the court
Fifteen dollars was appropriated for saving
wocd for Court House
The bill of Mr. Fisher for wood, which was
referred back to the Committee on claims for
certificates, was ordered to lay on the table
until the next sitting Of the Board.
Mr. Evans moved reconsideration Of the
vote on allowing interest on county ORDERS
Carried
Mr. Crane moved that the clerk be instruct
ed to keep hogs out of the Court Yard. Car
ried.
Mr. Price offered a resolution to reconsid-
er the vote of the Board, yesterday, to COM
mence suit against Mr.. Campbell, late
Treasurer of the county. Motion laid On the
table.
Adjourned until the 10th of November.
sssy JEFF Davis recently gave instructions
to all rebel newspapers to speak Of The Union
lists, whether in or out of the army as Ct Adolf
tion;sts."