Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-10-04
Proceedings of the Board
of supervisors fBsack
Hawk County.
SEPTEMBER SESSION, 1867.
FIRST DAY.

The Board of Supervisors of Black
Hawk County, Iowa, convened at the
Court House in Waterloo, st Eleven
o'clock A. NJ, Sept. I'd, 1867, and were
called to order by the chairman A. A.
Alline. a
A quorum not being present the
Board adjourned until o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON. aa.r
| Board convened persuant to adjourn
ment.
| Roll called: quorum present.
The Board then proceeded to bust
ness as follows:
/ Mr.. George moved that committee
Of three be appointed to see Judge
Couch and ascertain the position he
takes concerning the completion of the
/ Waterloo Bridge.
Carried.
Messrs. George, May and Corwin
were appointed said committee. Mr..
George asked to be excused from said
committee.
Mr. Gilchrist moved that Mr.. George
be excused. . IL @ -. 20.
Carried.
| And Mr.. Gilkey appointed in his
stead. ..
Mr.. George moved that Seymour
! Gookins be appointed Comfy Superin-
\ tendent of Common Schools to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the non-qualifi-
cation of j. j. Tolerton.
/ Carried.
The petition of X. Howe asking
for remittance of taxes. .....
| Referred to the Committee on errone-
Gus assessments.
The affidavit of G. ID. Gray concern.
| ing lost Bounty Warrants.
Referred to the appropriate standing
committees. liz :
Mr.. Vittam moved the following res
| olution:
I That the Clerk of the Board of Super
visors be authorized and empowered to
receive and cancel the Warrants on
Bills allowed for substance furnished
the Poor House of this County and for
salary of the Steward and that new
Warrants be drawn for the same amount
out of the Poor House Fund. And
that all Warrants issued on Bills allow
ed for subsistence and expenses of said
Poor House draw same interest up to
the time when said tax is collected and
that the additional sum offour per cent
be allowed and the Warrants now issu-
ed up to time when new Warrant is
I issued. #-..a @r..a sir. g...a
/ Adopted. # #@ a.# .aa. 81. Is.
The committee to see Judge Couch
! reported written statement from him;
that he intended to proceed Immediate
ly to rebuild the piers of the Bridge
across the Cedar River ut Waterloo,
ana complete the same according to
contract, ana he would trust to the
Board 10 MAKE a fair adJustmcnt OF the
whoie matter, Wheh the Bridge is COM
Pieted. 2s
mepors accepted.
IDe clerk report OF Warrants issued
10 Jurors, since Jan. til, 1867, was then
presenter rs rolIoWs: POI"
amount pmd Grand Jurors at
May term, 1867, S3l2.2O
amount pald fetlt Jurors at
/ May term, 1867, S54l 90
amount paiu Ietit Jurors at
july term, 1867, $2l4.4o
/ .~".
Iotai, SlOoT 40.
sept. "a, 1857.
i u. a. Eoerhart,
;, Clerk.
report referred 20 the committee on
eXamlnatlon or county Books, and
settiemeht with the county OIL
GERS.
Inc committee appointed to nave
charge Oh Dulidlng me bridge at Cedar
City, reported as follows:
That on examination of the place for
the building OF sald Brluge we found 1t
necessary 10 oulld bridge two hun
dred ieet long, ana to have span in
the same, eighty feet In length. On
aseertalning from dlfferent parties who
, were oriuSe puilaeIs, tlaI we couiu not
sixteen to eighteen hundred dollars.
we Authorized our chairman, C. May,
to get the material. and see to the
building of the same. -. - . 49,
And we would report that no has
built the said bridge, and on examina-
ton we find IL buiIt to onr entire salts.
faction. and acceptance. and would
recommend the same be accepted by
; this Board. - >
We find the expcnse for building
said bridge to be Sli56.6s. ----- -
We have received from different par
ties i'm cash, S47.00, i'm timber, fifty
sticks for pileing. and fifteen sticks for
; caps and braces. leaving n balance of
Sl4OO 90, still due. 800 - 80.
Il We therefore ask the Board to make
an additional appropriation of four hum
bred dollars. and authorize the Clerk
to issue Warrants on the Bridge Fund
in favor of the committee for the same.
, and the approximation which is already
made.
All of which is respectfully submit
4 ted, -. - -" -
i A. +. Webster.
| /. ID. Gilkey.
Report received and adopted.
Board adjourned until A. Nj. to-
morrow, go - SO
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auesuayr oePt. ou.
boaru cohNehea persusnt 10 a'JourH-
ment. sasea ...- ..... .....
ION caiied ....
quorum present.
Minutes OF yesterday read ana approx
cd. a.. -.
petition was then presented ASK