The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-01-12

1 sum be paid only to those volunteers who
shall produce satisfactory evidence to tho
Clerk of this Board that in such enlist
ment they have been accredited, by the
proper authority, to Cedar County; and
provided, further, that this resolution
does not include those volunteers for one
hundred days who have already received
the sum of Fifty dollars from the county.
Upon the yeas and nays being demand.
ed the following is the results Yeas-
Garrison, Bailey, McClain, Aiken, Wise,
He euderson--6 Nsys-Sbeldou, Cover,
Byers, Rice, Ferguson, Edwards, Leith
-. Resolution lost.
Board adjourned to l o'clock p. m.
l o'clock p. m.-Board met pursuant
to adjournment; quorum present.
Board appointed }. l.. Bradshaw sheriff,
in place of d. Platner, resigned.
Robert Dwiggans was appointed Jus
tiec of the Peace for Center townshis, to
fill vacancy occasioned by failure Of He.
Horn to qualify.
Luzerne Cotton was appointed Justice
of the Peace for Inland township, to fill
vacancy oecasioned by failure Of l. N.
Gabriel to qualify.
Mr.. Cover offered a resolution author.
izing the Clerk of our Board to procure
the twenty volumes of the Adjutant
Generals Report due this county. Adopt
3D.
The following report was accepted:
The loan of 5000 of the School Fund
to Catharino Fleming, and the loan Of
$500 to A. J.. Parker are correct. The
mortgage aud note Of Samuel Soesbe aud
wifo have been paid and cancelled, and
ASST gned to Jas, Soesbe, for which he
asks deed from the county, aud We re-
commend that deed be made and de.
livered to him.
VIM II Tuthill, Esq as attorney for
the county, was authorized to release the
mortgage of VIM. Ayres, in favor of the
School Fund, so far as it relates to forty
acres Of the property mortgaged, upon
the payment by said Ayres, of one huh-
drcd and fifty dollars of the principal
loaned; provided that all the expenses
attending the same be paid BY said
Ayres.
Mr.. Cover offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
RESOLVED, That We pay a bounty Of
5000 under the late call for 300, 900 men,
to all volunteers hereafter sworn into the
United States service from Cedar county,
in installments and persons as follows,
Fifty dollars when sworn 10, fifty dollars
in six months from that date, and one
hundred in one year therefrom, to single
men, to them or their order; and to mar.
ried men, to them or order or to their
families, at the election Of the Board Of
supervisors of said county; and to carry
out the provisions of this resolution il
good faith, would hereby authorize and
direct the treasurer of said county t.
issue bonds of said county, bearing inte
rest at ten per cent, from their issu.
yss45 s sfqFaSt sfq a.te sesB easB beba ' & T &
fifty dollars, and to the amount that may
be necessary to meet the demands occa-
stoned by the above resolution.
On motion Of Mr.. McClaio the follow.
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That this Board will not,
hereafter, order the payment Of assessor .
fees to any assessor whose books do not
furnish satisfactory evidence that he has
discharged his duties as required by law.
A resolution was adopted instructiDg
the clerk to draw a warrant on the treas
urer, in favor of VIM. II. Tuthill, for
fifty dollars, in payment for profession
al services as County Attorney for the
year 1864.
The committee on claims reported in
favor of accepting from A. Shaw, the
amount of principal on notes Of George
Bagley, in favor Of Cedar CO, and deliv-
ering up notes to him on paying the
same, without interest, to clerk. Adop.
ted.
A resolution was adopted, extending
the same relief to the wife Of L. NJ.
Brown, volunteer from Cedar county in
the hundred days service, as is now al
lowed the wives of other soldiers now in
the service of the United States,
Mr.. Edwards offered a resolution
increasing the rates Of ferriage in Cedar
county fifty per cent, which was adopt
ed.
Mr.. Cover offered the following reso.
luton, which was adopted:
Resolred, That we acknowledge the
receipt of the communication of Messrs
Cook & Drury, of the 26th Of Dec 1864,
in which they propose, if We will provide
for the past interest due on the Lyons
Central Railroad Bonds, that they may
be able to induce their clients to reduce
the interest to FIVE per cent, and they
will also cndeavor to arrange with those
who hold the remainder of the same class
Of bonds; we hereby pledge this Board
that We will. at our next levy, provide
for the payment of the past interest on
them, and hope the five per cent. may be
accepted in full for the interest; that our
clerk forward this resolution to them
and hope they will advise him of its &C.
ceptancs.
Board adjourned to meet at 0 o'clock
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