The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-01-18

| l.. M. COOLEY, Clerk, B. S.,
By J. E. GILLESPIE, Deputy.
Thursday, January 4, 1866.
Fohrth Day of Session. ...-.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called.
All present. Es,- ...... .......
Minutes of yesterday read and approv-
ed. .....-a.. ..." ".... ..
The Road Petition of John Overtrsan ct
al, was received and Nathaniel Bell APP
pointed Commissioner to view said road
petitioned for and ordered by the Board to
begin said work on the third Monday in
March next and make report thereof to
the Clerk of this Board on or before Satur-
day, March oath. 1886, and further ordered
that the June session of this Board be the
time fixed for the final hearing of said Pc
tition.
| A committee of three consisting of
Messrs Osborn, Carver and Cloyd, was
appointed to confer with A w CASTOR.
Esq, in reference to taking the case of VIM
Downey VS.. Wapello County to the Su-
preme Court.
The Bond of Orin A. Derby, Deputy
|
The Petition of David Shick. of Adams
township, asking for an abatement of
taxes on Mill Block in Blakesburg, was
-eceived and referred to committee on as
sessments.
Bids from the following persons
viz: NJ Williams, A w CASTOR and
Thomas Bigham, for the Office of County
Attorney the present year were received
read and referred to a special committee
consisting of Messrs Carver, Neville and
Renhard.
Bids for the Poor Farm were received
from the following persons:
VIM Knight, Thomas Eyre and John n
Eyre also bids for county physician from
Doctors A Hawkins, II J Douglass, j G.
Hinsey and ID w Stuart, all ofwhich were
referred to committee on Poer Farm with
instructions to report tomorrow morn
ing.
Bids were received from J W Norris and
Burton Il Evans, for printing the proceed
ings of this Board. Referred to commit
tee on printing with instructions to report
Tomorrow at o'clock, p. m.
On motion Board adjourned uptit to.
morrow at 9 o'clock, a. m.
In COOLEY, Clerk, s,
BY + GILLESPIE Deputy.
Friday. Jan. 5, 1866.
Fifth Day of Session.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
| President Temple in the Chair.
Roll called.
All present.
Minutes of yesterday read and approx
ed.
The proposition of A w CASTOR in rela-
ton TO the case of VIM Downey vs. wap-
clio county, together with resolution in
relation to the same, were referred back to
the committee for further consideration.
The following resolution was on motion
adopted.
Resotred, That the. Resolutkort passed by
the Board of Supervisors, Jan 11th, 1861,
concerning the duties of the Stewart and
Director ofthe Poor Farm, is understood
to require that hereafter the Stewart and
| Director of the Poor Farm shall be requir-
ed to furnish this Board at its Regular Ses-
sions quarterly statement of ar the re-
| ceipts and expenditures ofsaid Poor Farm.
Said exhibit shall show every item Of ex-
penditure, of whom purchased, or for
what purpose expended; also, all and ev-
cry item of receipts from whatever source;
also, all balances either for or against said
| Poor Farm.
And Resolved further, tho. the present
Stewart and Director of sal Poor Farm be
| required to furnish this Board with fl
nancial exhibit as specified above for the
present official year, from the 9th of last
March, to be presented at its next Regular
or Called Session.
Reso1ved, Further. that all the County
Officers be required to furnish this Board
such quarterly exhibits full ana complete.
rs above, at the same time as is required
of Stewart and Director of the Poor Farm.
The Bond of II A Woodward, Constable
os Columbia Township, also the Bond Of
Jesse Leonard, Justice of the Peace Of
Agency Township. also the Bond of G w
Randall, Constable of Green Township,
was presented and approved by the Board.
| The following Report of Committee on
proposition to employ a County Attorney,
was on motion adopted.
We, your Committee would recomme nd
that there be no Attorney employed for the
coming year by the year. Signed.
JH CARVER.
| ET NEVILLE.
..... II REINHARD.
On motion the following report was
adopted.
We, the Committee on Printing, in ac-
cordance with resolution passed by this
Board, recommend that the Printing ofthe
minutes and proceedings of this Board be
published i'm the Mercury and in the OF
tumwa Courier at the rate of Fifteen Cents
per Square of ten lines.
Signed, Charles Barbour, chn.
The report Of Supervisor Williams, i'm
relation to distribution of Bridge Fund i'm
his Township, was read, received, AMI or
dered to be placed on file.
The Report of d w Baskins, Justice of
the Peace I'M Agency Township, was read,
and on motion not received for want of
proper form.
| The report of d A Sheofe, Justice of the
Peace in Highland Township, was read
and received, and ordered to be placetl on
| file. .- ........ .... #.
The report OF Jesss Leonard, Justice of
the Peace i'm Agency Township was read
and received and ordered to be placed on
| file. ... .... #sa-....
| The Committee t, whom was referred the
Petition of David Shick, for an abatement
of taxes on Mill Block, in Blakesburg,
made the following report, which was con-
Cured in by the Board. - ........