Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-11-24
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
OF FLOYD COUNTY,
November Session. 1864.
)P FLOYD COUNTY
MONDAY, November 18th.

"ONbAn, NONtfuscE HUI.
Board met at IL o'clock NJ. Men,
bcrs all present, as follows:
Messrs. Billings, Brownell, Chap
man, Darland, Flint, Gleason, Howard,
Mathews, Reed, and A. l.. Collins,
chairman, and j. V. w. Montague
clerk.
The minutes of the September scs-
sion were read and approved.
On motion, the Board proceeded to-
open and canvass the election returns
from the several townships-the result
of which canvass was duly recorded
in the Election Book, and on notion
the canvass of the vote fer County Off
GERS was adjourned until the first day
of the next session of the Board iIs
January, in order to receive the return
of the soldiers vote.
Mr.. Fairfield, attorney for the School
Fund, appeared before the Board, and
made statement in regard to mort
gage given by G. HUM and others to
the School Fund, prior mortgage OF
the land sucured by said mortgage
having been forecloscd.
On motion of Mr.. Mathews the mat
ter was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee, and said committee instructed
to consult with the attorney for the
School Fund, and report their action
forthwith.
A memorial of w. P. Gaylord, as
SCISSOR of Rock Grove township, rela-
ting to soldiers families in said town.
ship, was presented, and, on motion,
the same was referred to special COM
mittec consisting Of Mcssrs. Reed,
p~o--nen and rlinI, ana said commit
tee were instructed to make full re-
port of the names Of all soldiers FAM
lilies to whom relief shall be granted,
and the monthly amount due each.
A file of accounts was presented and
referred to the Committee Oh Ac-
counts.
The Chairman offered the following
resolution, which ON motion was adop-
ted. ... = ...-
Resolred, That the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court be and he is hereby author
lied to issue certificate of final pay
ment to Christian Myers for the south
half of southeast quarter of section
sixteen, township nincty-fvc, range
seventeen, which land was contracted
by the School Fund Commissioner to
one Peter I. Beara and by him assign
ed to David Ripley and by Ripley as
signed to Richard Bumgardner and by
Bumgardner assigned to II. N. Math-
ews and by said Mathews the interest
in said land and contract was sold to
said Myers, and the contract not deliv-
cred to him, and it being shown by af-
fidavit that the original contract is
lost, mislaid, or has been carried out
of the State by an agent of Bumgard-
ner, Nowif the said parties interested
in said land so contracted, shall first
make, execute and deliver to said
| Clerk good and sufficient bond, con-
ditioned that they the said parties SO
interested will hold the School Fund
and the officers having the custody
and management of the same HARM
less, then said Clerk shall issue said
certificate as aforesaid, and not other
wise. The amount of the bond shall
be fixed in the sum of five hundred
dollars, and the Clerk shall approve
the same, and when thh original con-
tract is produced the Clerk shall can
Gel and deliver said bond to the parties
aforesaid.
On motion the Board adjourned.