The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-06-20

Oncrg, and the petition OF WIN Cassie
asking An abatement or taxes, presenter
the following report, which was, o.
motion, adopted:
Il Your committe, to whom was referee
the matter of boarding tho prisoners
have examined the matter, and iron
! what your committee have ascertaine'
have come to the conclusion to recon-
mend that the price of boarding remail
as Mt present fixed.
Your committee have also examines
the pctition of VIM Cassie, asking 70
remittance of tax, and have come to tn
conclusion that, whereas, a certain tim
is fixed by law at which every tax
payer can seek and obtain redress, pro
vidcd hefeels aggrieved, therefore woult
recommend that said petition be dis
missed, and that the clerk be directed tt
issue orders for the expense, &,
| Respectfully submitted.
r. T.. BAssETT, Chairman.
MFR Cover offered the following reso.
luton, which was adopted:
Resolved, That VIM. III. Tuthill, at
torney for this Board, DO authorized to
settle the claim of the United States
against Cedar county, for furnishing
transcripts of judgments in United
States District Court. upon which sum-
mons has been issued; and upon such
settlement being made, the clerk OF this
Board shall issue to him county order
on the treasurer for the amount paid out
by him for that purpose.
On motion of Mr. Chase, Mr. Potter was
f,SeAsfa ,frap'J fqrthsr :: attendance on the
Mr. Shearer offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted: sa.
= Resolved, That when we adjourn the
clerk be authorized to issue warrants for
the per diem and mileage of this Board.
On motion of Mr. Chase, Board adj
journed until o'clock p. III. 49,.
JUNE eth r. ".
Board met pursuant to- adjournment
aud was called to order by the chairman.
The Grand Jury presented the follow
ing report in reference to the condition
of the Jail, which was, on motion, &C.
cepted:
The Grand Jurors in and for the coun-
ty of Cedar, State of Iowa, for the term
of the District Court holden at Upton,
June Sd, 1867, beg leave to submit the
following report upon the county Jail,
viz: That we consider it incompetent to
the public safety and good order for the
county, in not being sufficiently secure
in preventing. the escape of prisoners
therefrom. We think insufficience COLI
sists chiefly i'm an addition, or what was
known as the yard. In this we find
much loose timber or joice, which can
he easily wrenched from their proper
place, ana by being put against the sky
light making it very easy for prisoners
to escape therefrom. These timbers may
also be used to knock Off the boards
from the roof, through which prisoners
might easily escape. These timbers or
Jjoice, which are probably intended to
hold up the plats should be removed.
We also think that the vcntiIator to
the sink should be more securely fasten-
ed, so that it could not be taken out and
used as II ladder Oh which prisoners
could climb out rs aforesaid.
The sky-light should be grated so as
to prevent any one from the outside
from communicating with the yard or
addition. The door opening out of this
yard, is fastened on the inside. We
think the lock should be upon the ont
side, and new lock placed upon the
door. Sc GUNsoLUs, Foreman.
Mr. Chase offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Sheriff be author
lied to make such alteration us accord
ing to the report of the Grand Jury and
by them thought necessary; and the
Clerk be authorized to draw orders on
Mr. fRffee Biicffees the The aapfeowIng resolu-
ton, which was adopted:
Whereas Mr. SHETLAND wishes to dis
pose of fifty or more cords of hard, sea-
soned body wood, therefore,
Resolved, That the Clerk be authoriz-
,d to enter into Il contract for the furn-
lshing of such an amount of wood AS he
may think necessary for the use Of said
cedar county, provided he thinks it adj
Vantages to the county to do so.
The committee on Equalization pre-
sented the following report, which on
motion was adopted:
To the Hon Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on Equalization have
examined tic assessment books OF the
respective townships in the county and
Il large number of individual, complaints.
and would respectfully submit the fol-
lowing:
Your committee would recommend
the following alterations
Springfield, add ) per cent; Spring
iale, deduct - per cent; Linn, add per
cent; Rochester, add pr ct: Cass, de-
duct 10 pr ct on land; Pennington, de-
duct per ct, Inland, deduct - per ct:
Upton, deduct 10 per cent on personal:
add 10 pr ct; Red Oak. add l.
per cent; Center, add ) p C; Sugar Greek,
ada 10 pr ct on personal; Dayton, aid
per cent on land; Fremont, deduct 10 per
cent on land, add p Oh personal; pion-
eer, deduct ) per cnt; Iowa, deduct 5 per
cent On land, add 5 pr ct OH personal.
Also, that tie INV NV Of Sec 2, and the
ne ne OF see 5, tp 80, range =, west, DC re-
duced 81 per acre: W sc and sw Of sec
3, tp 80, ,, ", be reduced 20 per acre:
W sec 81 II 81 ], W, be reduced & per
acre; sec 80 tp 81, I !, ", he reduced
Il per acre; sw lie and W J sc sec 3, IN 81
+ }, w, be reduced - per acre ] sw sec
l., tp 81, ], W, be reduced II per acre
NV see u tp 80 i. be reduced 81 pr :ae
lie sec l. tip s =, be raised 50 per acre
80 aud J r" sec : tp 50 ? ", DC reduc-
ed 81 per acre; G hw Of see - I'd So re-
w, be reduced - per acre; re see ~ III
- : W, be reduced - per acre; anI
that ) IA Bowman's assessment, Iowa
township, be reduced 500
Respectfully submitted.
T.. l.. BAssETf, Chairman.
The special committee appointed at
this term, to inquire and report on the
probable cost of Il farm for Il home for
the poor Of this county, presented the
following report, which, Oh motion, was
reccived
70 the Hon Board of Supervisors:
we your select committee. after care
fully examining the statistics and tipur-
ing on the probable cost of a farm. build
al