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

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Tho eoiimittee on roads and bridges
made another report rs follows:
Your committee on roads and bridges
would respectfully report that the hear
ing be had on the vacationrof an alley
a. petitioned for by s. Bagg and others,
bo had OH the fourth Monday in July.
and the Clerk be authorized to adjourn
the hearing till tho next regular meets
ing of this Board. ..s...., .....
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..an.. s.r.. j, JACKSON.
Bailey moved that tho report be
adopted. -sstr.a ID .r
Motion carried. ..as..at ...
May offered the following resolution
and moved Its adoption, to wit:
WHEREAS, The bridge over Dry Run
on the County road running from Wa
terloo to Cedar Falls was carried away
by a freshct one year ago, and ....
WHEREAS, There has been no bridge
over said stream for the last year, and
WHEREAS, 1t Is Of the greatest Inn
portance that there should DO q bridge
over said stream, not only for the inter-
est and convenience of thoso who live
on said road, but for the whole County,
therefore, @s
Resolved, That this Board appropri-
ate the sum of one thousand dollars for
the purpose Of building said bridge,
Raid bridge to be built Of good Oak or
Pine timber Of suitable size for build
ing bridges, the abutmcnts to bc built
of stone with one pier built Of oak tim.
bcr, tho work on said bridge 10 bo lot
by and under the supervision of conn
mittec Of three to be appointed by the
Board Of Supervisors, and that tho
Clerk be instructed to issue warrants
for the building of said bridge rs direct
ed by said Committee. ,..a ."
. signed, c. MAY.
Mr.. Mott moved that the matter be
laid over till next session. agr.E
Mr.. May called for the yeas and nays,
which were taken with the following
result: ... -
Yeas--Gilchrist, Rolpli, JaolSsah, Alb
bey, Hutton, Sandiland, Champlln,
Garfield, Mott, Bailey, Vittam.
Nays-Georgc, May, Nichols, Allinc,
Hitchcock. ........ =. ......
Absent and not votIng~-Corwln and
Goings. . ......,
Motion carried. a- .l b.. d.
II. M. Bailey offered tho following
resolution, and moved lts adoption, to
wit: a.gf.
Resolved, That tho Treasurer be- ati.
thorized to retain in his hands a suffA,
cient amount of funds to pay the mem,
bers of this Board for their services on
the presentation Of their warrants for
the same. ". ..e'.. ....a
Signed. II. NJ. BAILEY.
ID. Mott called for tho yeas and nays
on the question, which were takeNwith
tho following result:
Yeas-Rolph, Bailey
Nays-Gecrge, May, Gilchrist,i Jack
son, Nichols, Alline, Abbey, Hutton,
Sandiland, Chaniplin, Garfield, Mott,
Hitchcock, Vittam.
Absent and not voting-CorvAn and
Goings.
Motion lost.
d. Mott moved that the Boara now
proceed to elect the committee on tho
matter Of tho Cedar Falls bridge!
Motion carried.
ID. Mott moved that the committee be
elected by acciamation. * "'"
Motion carried. s'.''A
Board then proceeded to elect said
committee, when G. May, of Cedar Fais
township, A.. A. Alline, of Black Hawk
township, and T. B. Carpenter, Of Cedar
Falls, were declared duly elected such
committees. r.
A petition from II. II. Carpenter was
received asking reduction in valuation
of lot 7, block II, Cedar Falls, rs assess
ed, and that personal property charged
to T. b. Carpenter be changed and
charged to ID. NJ. Osborn & Co., with T.
B. & II. Fl. Carpenter rs sgenps, lin the
assessed sum Of $4,000. @'" "''
c. May moved that the petition be
granted. ...l. ....."...'.~
Motion carried. .." ." 'Ht .... .".i
The special committee to ascertain
and report attendance and mileage Of
members of the Board, reported as fol-
lows. ".51.. 0.@1'o @t 't.
To tho Hon. Board Of Superpisors: 's
Your committee on attendance and
mileage would report as follows, and
recorr, N, and tho odnntiOu of the aaYne.-