The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-20
Vol. 10, No. AZ
Sup. I.add appeared and took hi.

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On motion the following resolr
tion was adopted:
4 Resolved, By the Board of Super
visors of Wapello County Iowa, tina
the Committee on Poor Farm lie. an
are hereby authorized to offer at pull
lie sale on the Sd day Of Marcl
1858, on a credit of nine months OF
all sums over SIS, and cash ii
hand for all less amounts. all IN,
grain, provisions, stock and nipple
ments pertaining to the County Poo
Farm and non inventoried to Thomas
Eyre, and inventory to him again al
the household goods pertaining Il
tho Poor House; provided only thai
the said committee shall be author
lied 70 sell the first described proper
| ty at private sale prior to said I'd day
Of March 1868, if in their indgmen,
said property can be thus disposed O
to greater advantage to the county
/ On motion the following preamble
and resolution was adopted
! Whereas, the Supreme Court Of
Iowa has decided that the Bank
Stock is not taxable; and, whereas,
there is a number Of petitions before
this Board asking this Board to re-
fund taxes paid by said petitioners
on Bank Stock and, whereas. our
Attorney has decided that all persons
paying taxes on Bank Stocks under
protest, are entitled to have their
money refunded to them. Now. there
fore, be it
Resolved, That all persons claiming
to have paid taxes on Bank Stock in
Wapello County are entitled to have
their money refunded to them BY an
order from the Clerk on the Treas.
urer whenever parties claiming to
have paid taxes on Bank Stock shall
come before the Clerk Of this Board
and testify that they paid the within
named taxes under protest.
The petition Of Curtis Chisman, ct.
al, for diversion of Bridge appropria-
ton, was on motion ordered to lie on
the table.
The report Of Abner Beagle, ]. r.,
was received and placed on file.
The report of Geo Temple, late Su-
pervisor of Centre tp., was on motion
received and placed on file, and the
Clerk authorized to issue warrant
in the amount of $40 in favor Of said
Temple, for services rendered in
erecting Bridge across Sugar
Greek.
The report of L. N. Cooley, Clerk
of the District Court, concerning a
note ofs50. handed to E. L. Burton,
late County. Attorney, was on mo-
ii on received.
On motion, the following report of
the Committee on County Buildings
was received and adopted
First. We find the Jail without any
inmates as criminals The Sheriff
asks the privilege Of repairing and
whitewashing the hall, and also asks
the privilege Of moving the corn
crib from the south, TO the north end
of the Stable. The Committee rec
ommend that the privilege be gran
ted at the expense of the Sheriff.
Second. The County Judge proposes
that if the Board willpaint and grain
the wood work of the doors and win
dows of his Office, that he will paper
the room at his own expense. The
Committee recommend thatt he Boar
comply with the proposition, and that
j. s. Porter be authorized to get said
work done.
Third. The Recorder requests that
a committee be appointed to exam
inc his work. The Committee rec
ommend that said Committee be ap-
pointed.
Fourth. The County Supcrinten-
dent Of Schools, desires to use the
Grand Jury room for his office, which
he will hold open one day in each
week, and that if the Board will have
the room cleared when they adjourn,
that he will whitewash, and keep the
room in order the remainder Of the
year; this proposition not to exclude
the Board or Grand Jury from the
use of said room at any time if need
ed. The Committee recommend
that the proposition be accepted.
Fifth. The committee recommend
that the Clerk Of this Board be re-
quircd, when warm weather arrives,
to employ some person to repair the
Coal House at the south west corner
and the south east window also to
any sanitary attention the privy may
demand. All of which is respectfully
submittcdr
j. II. CARVER,
Chairman.
The report Of A. C. Olney, late Sa-
perintendcnt Of Schools. was on moS
tion referred to the Committee on
Schools.
On motion the Board adjourned
until 8 o'clock y. m. tomorrow.
JOHN WILCOX,
Crk. B, s. pro tenn.
Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 12.
Special to the N. Y. World
A plan il on foot here to secure
one half the registered votes to car
~ the Constitution. The majority
against it is about 1000, but today
orders were given to reopen the
polls in y few counties for Ave days
further. A circular Of the question
has ;nsf haan ssauod IN cvei.v Rn~in.