North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-22
o an informal ballot for Chairman,--car

Whole number of votes cast 20.
! Il. G. Place received IL p. p. Olmsted
Svotes, Henry White votes, g. W. Beach
! vote.
Moved by Mr.. White that r. c. Place be
declared duly elected Chairman of this
Board, for the ensuing year,-carried.
The following are the Rules of Order
adopted by the Board for the year 1868,
and Standing committees appointed by the
Chairman
SEC. ]. The President shall take the
chair at the hour to which the Board is
| adjourned and call the members to order,
and if a quorum be present he shall direct
the journal of the preceding day to be read
| and errors therein, if any, corrected.
/ SEC. 2. After reading and approval OF
the journal, the order Of business shall be
| as follows:
lst. Presentation of accounts or claims.
I'd. Presentation Of petitions or me-
MORALS.
Sd. Resolutions and notices.
4th. Reports of standing committees.
9Th. Reports of select committees.
9th. Communications on the Pres dents
table.
7th. Unfinished business of preceding
day. -
Sth. Special order Of the day.
9th. General order Of the day.
SEC. 3. Al. matter presented for the
consideration of the Board shall be rcgu-
| larly endorsed and presented by member
standing in his place, who shall state the
substance of the contents and deliver the
same to the chairman, to be passed to the
| proper committee or acted upon as the
Board may determine. And all claims
and accounts presented for tho action Of
the Board, shall be presented before the
close of the I'd day of the session at which
they are expected to be acted upon.
Sec. 4. No account or claim shall be
allowed by the Board unles accompanied
by the affidavit of the claimant as te the
correctness thereof, and to the effect that
no part thereof has been paid, and all
claims arising under authority Of town.
ship trustees must in addition to such af-
fdavit have the certificate of majority
Of such trustees attached stating that they
authorized the same.
Sec. 5. The Rules of the House Of
Representatives of the State of Iowa, as
far as applicable in the transaction Of bu-
siness Of the Board, shall be observed.
SEC. 6. The ayes and nayes shall be
taken on all motions and resolutions when
requested by any member of the Boasd.
SECT. Others than members may pre-.
sent matter and be heard upon questions
before the Board upon two-thirds Of the
members present consenting thereto pro-
vided that any person thus permitted shall
not occupy more than fifteen minutes or
speak more than twice upon any given
question.
SEC. 8. The following standing Com
mittees shall be appointed by the Chair
man unless otherwise specially ordered by
the board, and shall be composed of three
members each except the lst, which shall
have seven members, and the I'd and 7th
shall be composed of five members. viz:
lst. On Equalization.
I'd. On Highways and Bridges.
Sd. On Poor House and support Of the
poor.
4th. On Schools and School Lands.
5th. On Military matters.
9th. On Constable's, Sheriff's, Justices
and Coroner's accounts.
7th. On County Treasurer's reports and
accounts.
9Th. On Township Officers (not before
named) accounts.
9th. On County Officers (not before
named) accounts.
10th. On Printing and Printers &C.
counts.
llth. On Miscellaneous accounts.
18th. On Finance.
Sec. 8. Special committees may be ap.
pointed at the option of the Board.
COMMITTEES.
On Egualization-Henry White, G. F.
II~I I.,n III, L.
ip Fischel, Richard Edmonds, and II. s.
Humphrey.
On Highways and Bridges-John Gar
Der, P. P. Olmsted, John Keeling, S. l..
Peck, and VIM. Blake.
On Poor House and support Of Poor
NJ. OBrien, Charles Mentzel, and Gilbert
Cooley.
On Schools and School Lands-James
Schroeder, JAS. Taper and ). G; Rounds.
On Military Matters-Philip Fischel, S.
L. Peck and John CARRIER.
On SheyIf's, justices, Constables', and
Coroner's Accounts-P. p. Olmsted, VIM.
Blake and C. +. Hall.
On 7oscnship Offers accounts mot be-
fore named)-J. Z. Rounds, John Gehon,
and r. L. Knight.
On County Officers accounts (not before
nanedl-James Taper, Charles Mentzel,
and John Keeling.
On Printing and Printers Accounts
Michael Uriel, Henry White and Richard
Edmonds.
On County Treasurer's Reports and Ac-
Uriel, G. w. Beach and M. O'Brien.
On Miscellaneous Accounts-G. w. Beach
John Gehon and H. S. Humphrey.
a. ID d III 81
and James Schroeder.
Moved that we now proceed to the elec-
ton of Sergeant-at-Ar Arms,-carried.
Mr.. Beach Uominated j. w. Libby.
Mr.. O'Brien nominated j. B. Ross.
following result:
Whole number of votes cast, 10.
j. w. Libby received II votes.
j. B. Ross received 2 votes.
Mr.. j. w. Libby having received ma
jority Of the votes cast, was declared elect
ed Sergeant-at Arms.
On motion, NJ. O'Brien, NJ. Uriel and
r. G. Place, were elected Directors of tho
Poor House for the year 1868.
The following Bonds were approved:
the sum of $4,000 c. A. Dean, rs Co.
Judge, in the sum of sic, 900; NJ. E Smith
as County Surveyor, in the sum of 81 900;
James Davis, as Sheriff, in the sum Of $5,-
600; Ira P. Winter, as Deputy Treasurer,
in the sum of $4,000 Adam Schneider,
as Deputy Sheriff, in the sum Of $40, 900
II. D. Brownson rs Coroner, in the sum
of 81 ,0c0.
PETITIONS.
Petition of Mrs. Caroline Kerzman for
partial rebatement of the tax assessed to her