The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-06-29

Sept. 18th, 1865.
The clerk of the Board was authorized
and instructed to bid of, At any tax sale
that may hereafter occur, wherein school
lands or lands that have been mortgaged
to the school fund shall be offered for
sale for delinquent taxes, the same to be
bid of and purchased in tho name of the
county for the use Of the school fund.
The wife of Allen 7. Ayres, (ho hay
ing enlisted from Dayton township, Aug.
7th, 1862, in the 3lst Reg Iowa Vols, }
was allowed the same relief given to the
wives of other volunteers, said allowance
commence with June LIST, 1865.
Il was resolved and resolution adopted
that the county bonds promised Samuel
Pruis, now deceased, as bounty for VOL
unteering from Cedar CO., shall be made
to his wife, Barbara Pruit, and that il
shsll be competent for her to assign and
| transfer the same as the said Samuel Pruit
might have done.
The Special Committee to whom was
referred the petition Of Tho's Osborn,
sub director of sub district number 6, In.
land township, report that, We find that
at the meeting Of the Board in Sept,
1864, a tax of 8 mills was levied on said
sub district; we next examined the tax
book in the Treasurer's Office and found
a tax was levied, for school house purpo.
ses, upon the personal property in said
sub district, but no tax on the realty; We
then examined the assessment on which
said tax was levied, and find tho land in
said sub district assessed to sub district
number 3 and 4, in said town.
Report accepted and committee dis
charged.
Board adjourned to to morrow morning
at clock a. m.
June 7th, Q o'clock a.. m. Board met.
Quorum present. Minutes of previous
day read, corrected and approved.
A petition was presented and accepted
and referred to Committee on Roads, ask
ing for new bridge across Rock Creek.
A petition was presented asking that
the Board of Supervisors permit temper.
ance, benevolent and charitable organ;za.
tions, or individual aiding the above
purposes to hold entertainments or dsliv.
er lectures in the Court House of this
| county, and receive pay for such enter
tainments or lectures-such pay to 60
and be in all cases entirely appropriated
for the benefit Of the public at large, or
for the advancement Of temperance or
charitabls p~.p~--.' -. . ~A--~ = s'-s+ 80 ~---
the money 90 received or any part there
of 20 to individual interests or purposes
I Prayer Of petitioners granted.
II was resolved and resolution adopted
that the clerk be requested to hold parties
responsible for damages that may be done
to the Court House while being used for
such purposes a. permission has been
granted, and for its being properly clean.
ed after such use.
The Committee on Public Property
recommended that the owner of the sta.
bic on the Jail lot be allowed to remove
the same.
Report of tho Committee on Roads
and Bridges:
Catholic Church Road-Sct for final
hearing the first of August next.
Section Line Road, Red Oak-Your
Committee have examined the papers and
find the petition was signed by fifteen
persons, and the remonstrance against
said road was signed by thirty persons,
Of whom six signed the remonstranoe,
leaving only nine names on the petition
to thirty against it. The locating oom.
mission recommended thirty feet for its
width, while 80 feet is the least width
allowed by law. The report of commits
sioners on damages is just, in 5000. We
would recommend the whole proceedings
dismissed.
Township Line Road, Fremont town.
Recommend new commission to
assess damages, to consist Of James Smith,
Volney Briggs and John Mckee.
Vacation Of a part of the Inland and
Elkhorn Road-Recommend Samuel
Chamberlain be commissioner,
| Section Line Road, Pioneer township
No bond or proof notice filed. Con-
tinued.
Louden Township Line Road-Recom
mend it be established.
Murry Road, Red Oak-Recommend
that commissioners of damages be ap.
pointed, to consist of Baldwin Parsons,
Joseph Downing and Ezekiel McKibben.
Iriquois Road, Fremont and Red Oak
Township-Recommend commissioners
to locate. Preston Downing is recon-
uanned for commissioner.
Fearling Road-Recommend Joseph
Wilcot be a commissioner.
Gospel Ridge and John Wooley Road
-Recommend II. B. Potter, Sen. bs
commissioner to locate.
On the petition for bridge over Hick-
ory Grove Creek, springdale township,
would refer the petitioners to the bridge
fund in the county treasury.
On a petition for bridge over Rock
Creek in Center township, would refer
the petitioners to the bridge fund in the
county treasury.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That no more money be drawn
from the relief fund Of Cedar county only
on tho order of the Supervisor Of the
township, and no order be issued to fam