Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-06-29
PROCEEDTNGS,

Black Hawk County, Iowa,
AT THE
JUNE SESSION, 1866.
concluded from last week.l
THIRD DAY.
Wednesday morning, June 6, 1866.
Item Is, y
IA. That the request of Martin
Buechley be granted and that his land,
Us described in his petition be placed at
S. per acre.
Is. We recommend further that the
tax assessed against A. II. Palmer, OF
$4,000 be remitted, said property being
held in U. 8. Bonds. e
18. That the assessment against Pat
rick Londergan for 2 horses and cows
be remitted, said property not having
been in the county at the time of assess
ment.
II. We further recommend that the
assessment of Blassburg & Auter ol
$4,000 be remitted said property having
been doubly assessed.
I 1S. That the petition of Elizabeth
Harmon be granted, and the school
house tax on the W of W / of sec.
81, township 81, range IL, be remitted.
10. Further, that the tax assessed
against J. II. Cameron be decreased as
per his request.
90. The Assessors books for 1866
have been carefully examined by us,
and we believe them to be fair and inn
partial, and we would recommend that
they be accepted by this board.
q. In regard to the petition Of II.
M. Bailey and others we would recon-.
mend that the taxes for Mt. Vernon Tp
for this year be made out from the orig.
inal assessment of 1865, having previ.
ously been greatly raised from said as.
sessment by the equalizing committee
%. We would recommend further
that the petition Of Margaret Hewett be
granted, and that the assessment on her
37i acres, as described in her pc tition,
be reduced to S5 per acre.
%. Also that the assessment for the
present year against Annette Raven.
scroft DO reduced to SIS per acre accord.
ing to her request.
"a. We would further state that we
have had under consideration a request
asking that q warrant be issued in favor
of G. M. Merrill, for six dollars, being
amount paid on school land bought
from the State of Iowa, over what il
ought to have been, AZ shown by the
certificate of Geo. w. Miller, county
Surveyor. We recommend that the pc.
tition be granted.
%. 1t is further recommended that
the Interest, being S32.4 paid by Ly-
man Blair & Co. on personal property
for the year 1865, be remitted, and that
warrant for said amount be issued in
favor Of Lyman Blair & Co.
26. The communication of S. Wilson
is referred back to the Board. l."
p. s. CANTIELD,
WM. ROLPH.
Mr.. d. Mott moved that the report be
adopted. r a. .#.HEHTss
Mr.. n. A. Allinc moved to amend by
taking up the report and acting upon il
item by Item.
Amendment carried, and the motion
as amended being called was carried.
Thereupon the items were taken up
separately and all adopted as reported,
excepting the second, eleventh, If
teenth and twenty-siXth.
Tho second item being read, which
was referred back to the Board by the
committee, concerning the assessment
of G. G. Young,
Mr.. d. Mott moved that the prayer OF
petitioner be granted.
Motion. carried. - r~zsTE fin
The eleventh item being read,
Mr.. H. w. Abbey moved that this
item be laid over till one o'clock 2. NJ.
Motion carried.
The fifteenth item being read,
Mr.. Alline moved that this matter be
laid over till three o'clock p. NJ. srw
/ Motion carried. Is &@&E
The twenty-sixth item being read,
Mr.. G. May moved that the prayer of
petitioner be granted, and the price of
the property be fixed at fifty dollars.
Motion carried.
On motion of G. May, Board adjourn
ed till one o'clock z. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION. t."
At one o'clock p. NJ. Board met and
resumed business as follows:
The eleventh item of the report Of the
committee of Taxation and Equaliza-
ton being read,
Mr.. C. May moved that the report on
this item be adopted 9TgaB
Motion carried.
The committee on County Accounts
made report, recommending the allow
ance of bills (see schedule).
Mr.. III. w. Abbey moved that the re-
port be adopted. ya-.a..rf
Motion carried.
Certain bills being referred by the
committee to the Board,
Mr.. G. May moved they be now taken
up and acted upon. ....--..,
Motion carried.
Bill No. 13 being brought up for ac-
ton,
Mr.. G. May moved that 1925 only
be allowed on said bill.
Motion carried.
Bill No. 124, of c. Young ct. al, Mr..
H. NJ. Bailey moved that said bill be re-
fused.
Mr.. J. 8. George moved that the mat
ter be laid over till next session of the
Board. F Hg
Motion carried.
Bill No. 1873 Of d. Cantonwine was
read and the hour of two o'clock hav-
ing arrived,
Mr.. Corwin moved that the special
matter be deferred till the matters re-
forrod IN tho Eloo "a ~, <h> oo,,o <oo