The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-12

Commtttee.
On motion the foregoing report and reso.
luton were adopted.
= Mr. hoffman was directed to settls with
Mr.. Hyde in vacation the account Of the lat
ter, pertaining to Little Devil creek bridge
hsilding. 80
Mr.. Ingalls, then presented his resignation
as Supervisor from denmark township, which
was, on motion, accepted.
10 the matter Of the application for locating the
so.salled String Prairie and Peakviile road.
This day came w. s. Sample, md 9th ers,
and presented their petition asking the loca-
ton Of said road, and il appearing that dus
notice and bond had been given herein, proof
of which ia fled, it Is ordered that J. b.
Craze be and the same is hereby appointed
commissioner TO examine into The expedien-,
cy Of establishing said roAd, and that he com
Mr.. Rogers presented and moved the adop>
ton of the following resolution:
Resolred, That hereafter the allowance
made by this Board for services Of its mem-
| beers 10 vacation, shall not exceed two dol.
lars per day and mileage, the same as allowed
| for the regular sessions.
The ayes and nays being called upon the
passage of this resolution, resulted as fol
lows: rr
Yeas Messrs, Rogers, Stevenson Over
ton, Heaton, Reesman, Hyde, Caldwell
Cruze and Brown-9.
| Nays-Messrs Haffner. Wright, Holman,
Goodrich, Sullivan and Merriam-6.
Resolution therefore adopted.
Mr. Merriam thereupon rendered his resig-
nation as member of the Committee on
Roads ard Bridges.
On motion it was
4,
and Bridges be authorized to draw the sum OF
twelve hundred dollars from the bridge fund
| in the hands Of the Treasurer, to be used for
the purpose of payments upon the contracts
made for the building Of bridges.
On motion of Mr.. Wright, it was
Resolred, That the Attorney OF Lee conn
ty be instructed to forthwith commence suit
Of foreclosure upon all school fund mortgages.
wherein the interest has not been paid up to
Jan. |, 1865, and to take judgment on those
suits now pending.
! Mr.. Sullivan presented resolution in re-
| lation to an appropriation for bridge repairs
in Charleston township, which, on motion.
WAS laid over until the next session.
A like resolution by Mr.. Haffner for bridge
repairs in Franklin township, and one by Mr.
Holman to aid the corporation of Fort Mad
ison in building bridge over French Greek
were negatlved.
The sum of fifty dollars was allowed te
George R. Parsons, aud the sum Of ten dol
lars to D. ". Henry, each for collecting de
linquent taxes, aad fire hundred dollars te
Charles Doerr, on his compensation as Clerh
d. C.
i The following gentlemen we're appointed
as judges and clerks respectively, for the en-
suing October election, at the general cleo
! ton precmcts OF jackson township, VIZ:
First Precinct-Wm Barrett, H. S. Farre
and Louis Barnasconi, judges; A. NJ. Carpen
ter and Charles Hubhel, clerks.
Second Precinct-Wm. A. Patterson, II
Fulton and Gottieb Unzieker. judges; Chas
Allen and r. n. Brinkmsn, clerks. -
Third preciact-T. J. Chenowth, Georg
Higgins and Jasper A. Wall, Judges; j. A
Samuels and Norman Starkweether, clerks
Fourth Pfec,nct-A. Burger, Alfred aver.
and Geo. h, Parsons, judges; John McNa
mara and E. Fl. Wickersham, clerks.
The prayer Of E. A. Gibbs from relief 0
certain taxes was rejected.
| Schedule # Claims alto,ecd By the Board Q
superrisors Of Lie County. lcsoa, Septen
: Der Term, 1867.