The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-24

An abatement came on for hearing
and the Board aher|hearing the evil
denoe and arguments Of counsel, and
being fully, adviaed in the premises,
it Vas on metaon ordered that the
prayer Of petitioner bc granted and
that the taxes Against lots So and SO
in OttumwA b, and the same is
hereby remitted for the year 1868,
and it 10 farther ordered by the
Board that g. Treasurer be directed
to refund the taxes paid BY said Pc
titioner for tho year 1895, 1866, and
1867, and that the Clerk be directed
to draw an order in favor OF said
petitioner for the amount found due,
and that said property be held in
the future as not taxable. .l.,s.
The Bridge Fund report Of Sup.
Evans was, on motion, received and
placed on file, and the Clerk directed
to draw an. order in his favor for
$3.50 for services rendered in super
intending the construction Of bridges
in Highland Township. !.
The road petition Of J. w. Wob-
Der, et.al. came on for final hearing,
and the Board being sufficiently ad-
vised in the premises, il was, on mo-
tion, ordered that said road be estab.
Ilished 10 accordance with the report
of. T. Hackworth commissioner
in said case, ana that the County pay
the damages assessed, to-wit: To R.
5. Smith, seven hundred dollars,
Seth Richards, thirty dollars, J. w.
Dixon, two hundred dollars, also that
the County pay the costs in this
case.
The road pet. Of J. NJ. spurgin ct.
al. coming on for final hearing, and
there being no opposition to said
pet, it was, on motion, ordered that
theprayer of petitioners bo granted
and the road be, and the same is
hereby established in accordance
with the report Of the commissioner
conditioned that the petitioners pay
the costs herein by the first day Of
January next. a'
The pet. Of VIM. McCarty for
abatement, coming on for hearing on
motion it was ordered that 81, 900, 90
be stricken from his assessment ..for
the year 1867, and that he be requir-
ed to pay tax on u, ,2oo, 90 instead Of
$3, 10000.
The report " Supr. Cloyd on
Bridge Fund wss, on motion recd.,
and placed onA1k ~aad tho sOlerk d..
rected to draw an order in his favor
for $500, for services rendered in
the construction and repair Of bridg-
es in Adams Township.
On motion the Board adjourned
until 9 O'Clock q. m. tomorrow.
L.. M. COOLEY,
Clerk b. s.
j FIFTH DAY.
Nov. 13.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
journment.
President Hedrick in the chair.
Roll called.
Present, Supr's Boyd, Barbour,
Carver, Cloyd, Evans, Harlan, Israel.
Malumby, Nevill, Reinhard, Poston,
and Randell.
| Absent Ladd, and Lotspeich.
The pet. of VIM. Davis for abate-
ment coming on for hearing, it was,
on motion, ordered by the Board
that the assessment of the said
VIM. Davis be reduced $4,000 in the
aggregate for tho year 1868.
| The pet Of E. Ulrey for abatement
came on to be heard, and, on motion,
it was ordered that said pet. be not
granted. s
j On motion to adopt the following
resolution presented by Sup. Barbour
the yeas and nays being called for,
said resolution was adopted by the
following vote: Yeas, Barbour, Ev-
ans, Ladd, Lotspeich, Maiumby, New
i'll, Reinhard and Randell. Nays,
Boyd Cloyd, Carver, Harlan, Israel
Poston and President Hedrick.
i Resolved, That the Finance Com.
mittee be, and are hereby ordered to
procure an immediate insurance on
the Court House to the amount o.
100000, and on the Jail Of $4,000,
90, in two or more reliable Insurance
Companies on the best terms rrac
ticable.
The following resolution was, or
} motion, adopted.
Resolved, by the Board of Super's
That the Clerk of the same be an
thorized and is hereby directed t.
draw an order on the County Treas
urer for the amount of the damages
allowed to the parties damaged il
the establishment OF the road, where
; in r. s. Smith. Seth Richards, and J
w. Dixon we're each allowed dam
} ages, and petitioned for by J. w
Webber, et.al., also to draw an ordel
J for the costs in said case, to the re
srective parties for services rendered
as per bill, the above damages to b
, paid when the road is opened.
In the matter of the road pet. o
T. J. Devin et.al. on motion the fol.
lowing named gentlemen were ap'
| pointed commissioners TO assess dam
ages claimed: Perry Sanders, Allel
Il ~