Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-06-22

The committee heretofore appointed
10 purchase poor farm made report as
follows: .....
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors Of
Black Hawk County, Iowa:
Your committee whom, you appoint
ed to purchase and improve farm for
the paupers Of said county would report
as follows: ...,... 49,. ..... ID.
That the said committc did examine
a number of farms and did select and
purchase farm Of Mr.. Russell on the
west side of the Cedar River, of 100
acres prairie land and ten acres of tim
ber at so dollars per acre. Mr.. Russell
executed Warrantee Deed for the said
farm. Your committee did request the
Clerk of this Board to issue bonds to
Mr.. Russell to pay for said farm. But
on examination we found the Board
was not authorized by law to issue these
bonds for the same. The said bonds
would be the same as our common coun-
ty warrants drawing ten per cent inter-
est. Mr.. Russell would not accept the
warrants as payment for said farm.
All of which is respectfully submitted
by your committee. H .1... ..s.r.a n
'a...-.t. WM. GILCHRIsT.
..sr. ...... ..-,-, q NiRFEr HRETGHG1GK,m VfTrS,m
Mr.. G. May moved that the report OF
the committee be accepted and the COM
mittee discharged. q" " ~.
Motion carried. ..."' ... .....#
Mr.. J. Jackson presented a petition
asking that certain school taxes be re-
mitted; also communication from J.
II. Cameron was read, and each referred
and passed to appropriate committees.
The special committee on the matter
of soldiers monument made report as
follows: ~ ... ....|. "
Your special committee to whom was
referred the communication in reference
to the building of county monument
to the deceased soldiers who served in
the military service from tho county in
tho late rebellion, would respectfully
recommend that the prayer i'm said
communication be granted.
JAS. e. GEORGE,
+. y. CANFIELD.
The Undersigned, a member of the
above committee, begs leave to make q
minority report As follows:
That in consequence of the large
Indebtedness of the county and tho
present state Of its finances the prayer
of the petitioners be not granted.
Waterloo, June 5th, 1865.
II. W. ABBEY.
Mr.. G. May moved that the report be
received and the committee discharged.
Motion carried.
Mr.. Alline moved that the majority
report concerning soldiers monument
be indefinitely postponed.
Motion carried. .~.
Mr.. J. Il. Corwin moved that a conf
mittee of three be appointed to exam
inc the records of the McStay road and
report upon the necessity of correcting
the same.
Motion carried.
The Chairman appointed as such
committee Messrs. J. Il. Corwin, G. p.
Nichols and ID. Mott. '.
Mr.. G. May presented petition of
Of Anna Barker asking that certain
taxes, viz: $3.50, wrOngfully paid,
might be refunded, and moved that the
petition be granted.
Motion carried. .s...... ........
The hour of two o'clock having arriv-
ed the motion of Mr.. Alline to allow a
new warrant to ID. w. Suiter in place of
one lost by him coming up for action,
the motion was carried.
Mr.. A. Vittam offered the following
resolution, and moved its adoption, to
wit:
Resolved, That the Board of supervi-
sors of Black Hawk County discharge
Messrs. Bagg & Allen from further SER
vices as attorneys for the county.
Pending the discussion on said resolu-
tion, Mr.. Gilchrist moved that the mat
ter be laid over till 10 o'clock A. NJ. of
tomorrow.
Motion carried. Ht. -
The special committee concerning
the record Of the McStay road made re-
port as follows: f. Ef#a|s".
To the Board Of Supervisors:
Your special committee on tho Nc
Stay road report as follows: Having
examined the records and papers, we
understand the McStay road to DO all on
the farm and lands (at the timo Of loca-
ting said road) then belonging to M. s..
Oxley, aud running on the east and
north sides of said farm.
1T. CORWIN,
{. G. +. GHiItGHoLs.
Mr.. Alline moved that the Clerk be
instructed to modify the record to cor
respond with the report, and that the
report be adopted.
Motion carried.
The committee on New Townships
made report as follows:
TO the Hon. Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on New Townships,
to whom was referred the petition for a
portion of East Waterloo called Cedar
City, to be annexed to Cedar Falls
Township, report as follows:
That the prayer Of the petitioners to
annex Cedar City to Cedar Falls. be
granted.
T.. S.r. y; s1Gl5Hs. HYEa9S'
Mr.. ID. Mott moved that the prayer Of
the petitioners be granted.
Mr.. Gilchrist moved that the matter
be laid over till one o'clock r. M. OF to-
| morrow.
Motion lost. ...-,
The original motion being called, Mr..
II. w. Abbey called for the yeas and
nays, which were taken with the fol-
lowing result:
/ Yeas-C. May, A. A. AlHne, w. w.
| Hutton and ID. Mott.
Nays. s. George, VIM. Gilchrist,
VIM. Rolph, Josiah Jackson, G. p.
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