Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-03
Board adjourned till T.. NJ.
FTERNooN

t@95t'S E AFTERSooN. ~ sETI =
Board convened pursuant to ad'
Roll called; quorum present.
The resolution of MFR. Champlin
being In sorder, division of the
question was called for, and the first
and second division of the resolu-
tion were then adopted.
The COMMITTEES to examine and ac-
cept the bridge in Spring Creek town
ship, reported as follows:
This Is to certify, that we have this
day examined the bridge across
Spring Creek, in Spring Creek town
ship, and. find the same n good and
substantial structure, and that i'm our
Judgment, il is built according to the
resolution Of your honorable body,
concerning said bridge, passed Janu-
ary, 1868, and to the acceptance OF
the Trustees and committee.
A. NJ. WRIGHT,
~ w. N. HARMON,
- Trustees.
JOSIAH JACKSON,
WM. BoYI.Es,
Committee.
Spring Creek, May 80, 1868,
Report accepted. g s.ssfBs
Mr.. Jackson moved the adoption OF
the following resolution s-rrffa-, =
Rcsoired, That this Board appro-
pirate four hundred dollars In addi-
tion to appropriations already made,
to defray the expense Of constructing
the bridge across Spring creek, in
Spring Creek township, where the
Waterfoos and Spring Creek road
crosses said stream and that the
Clerk be authorized to draw a war
rant for said sum on the Bridge Fund
in favor of the Trustees of said town
ship. % = SF 4 scx IA;
Mr.. Cobb moved that said resolu-
ton be postponed till Wednesday at
f;orried 4 r. bio eFlr 80 ,8rnoFF -
The following report was then SUBJ
The committee appointed to pre-
sent to this Board plan for the ad-
justment of the difficulties existing
between the County and Judge
Couch, with reference to the bridge
across the Cedar river at Waterloo,
have had the same under considera-
tion, and would recommend to the
Board tn accept the bridge, provided
said Couch will build an abutment al
the east bank OF the river, of such
material as specified in contract, and
extend the superstructure to said
abutment distance Of about -
feet, and put the railing on the entire
bridge, and clear the county of any
further liability. gt, .g.tr..,s.
'As* t SAM'L III. RowND, (
A. a. WEBSTER,
IL. j. McCoRD,
800 Committee.
Report dd6ptcd.
Yeas-Messrs. Boylcs, Champlin,
Culver, = Hempsced, Hitchcock
Homer, Humphrey, McCord, Rownd,
Ward, Webster.-l2.
Nays--Messrs. Cobb, Corwin. Jack
son, Mott, Nichols, Wasson.-6.
Absept-Mr. Holt.-1.
Mr. Chanplin moved that a com
mittce of one be appointed to inform
Judge Couch Of the action Of the
Board.
Carried. assn a
ID. Il. Champlin was appointed
said committee. se. -. -
The following report was then sub.
mitted. ~,
The special committee, appointed
at the January session, to whom was
referred the matter of adjusting the
difficulties existing between Black
Hawk county and Judge Couch in
regard tothe Waterloo bridge, would
report as follows:
We Immediately attended to the
business assigned US, but failed u
come to any conclusions; whereupon
Judge Couch, at the request Of YOU
submitted 10 them D
proposition stating what he was will
ing to do, which proposition Is here
with submitted; but your committee
did not consider themselves author
lied TO accept Isaid ;propositicp by. tn.
resolution under which we acted.
n ID. Il. CHAMfLiH, I
JAS. SANDILANDs,
SAM'L RowND,
Committee.
Mr.. McCord moved the adoption o
the following resolutioni
Resolved, That an appropriation o
two hundred dollars be made to con