The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-06-25
Thursday. Juno 4th 1868.

Board met pursuant to adjourn.
ment.
President Hedrick being absent
Sup. Lotspcich was called to the
chair.
Roll Called.
Present. -Sup's. Butip, Barbour
Boyd, Carver, Evans, Harlin, Israel,
Ladd, Malumby, Nevlll aud Rein
hard.
Abseat.-Sup'rs. Hedrick aud Ran.
del.
Minutes of yesterday read and ap-
proved.
On motion the resolution offered
by Sup. Boyd, for an appropriation,
from the Bridge Fund for the com :
pletion Of bridge across Millcrs
creek in Columbia tp., was ordered
to lie on the table.
Sup. Randel appeared and took his
seat, having been absent at roll call.
The bill of d. Franklin Wells was
read and on motion referred to the
committee on claims LIST class.
The following report Of the COM
mittee on School Lands and School
Funds was read and on motion re-
ceived and ordered entered upon the
records of this Board.
Ottumwa, June 4th 1868.
To tho Board of Supervisors of Wap-
clio County.
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the school fund papers of G..
Myers and others, and E. w. Gates,
and others, beg leave to report in
the case Of G. Myers and others, that
we are satisfied that the county
should require two good and suffi.
cient sureties in the place of those
now upon that paper, we have also
ascertained in the investigation of
this case, that nearly all the money
lost to the school fund has been where
it was secured by mortgages upon
town lots in some of the small
towns or villages Of our county, and
we therefore recommend that the
clerk be instructed not to take any
such mortgages hereafter.
The following statement and reso-
luton offered by Sup. Carver was on
motion adopted:
Whereas, there is an error IN the
record made Of the road petitioncd
for by Henry Downs and others, non
residents that the clerk be instructed
to perfect said record 80 that it will
read N. w. I of the N. w. I of Sec.
No Is. tip. %, Range IA.
On motion the road petition of T.
J. Dcvin, ct. al. was ordered to lie on
the table until said papers are per-
perfected.
On motion tho pct, of Lewis
chooler asking the Board to refund
certain taxes enormously paid by
him for the year 1867, was ordered
to lie on the table.
The communication of A. l.. Graves
was referred back to the Board by
the committee, without report. and
on motion it was ordered that said
communication lie on the table.
The claim off. T. Hackworth was
read and on motion ordered to lie on
the table for want of sufficient evil
dencc.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the claim of u. Franklin
Wells, recommended the payment Of
$1,000, which recommendation was
concurred in by the Board, and the
clerk directed to draw an order in
favor Of said Wells for said amount.
On motion the report of Sup. Ma
lumby was read and ordered to DO
placed on file, and the clerk directed
to draw an order 10 favor of said Sup.
for the sum of s., 90 for services rem
dered in the construction OF bridges
in Keokuk tip.
The road petitions OF Geo. D.
White and J. N. Markle were read,
and ON motion ordered to lie on the
table.
The following preamble and reso-
luton was OH motion adopted by the
Board:
Whereas, G. A. Derby, former
Sheriff of Wapello County, Iowa,
a claim for some $4,000
against the county for keeping pris>
oners for Wayne CO., and with view
to avoid delay presented said claim
direct to Wayne county and the
same being allowed and an order
drawn on the Treasury for the amt,
and whereas there are no funds in
said Wayne county Treasury to pay
said order.
Therefore resolved, by this Board
that whenever said Derby presents
said order properly signed by tn,
Treasurer of said county and by
said Derby transferred to Wapello Co.
the clerk shall pay the same.
The petition of A. J. Hicks, asking
tho Board to refund certain taxes
wrongfally paid by him for the year
1867, came on for final hearing, and
the Board being fully advised in the
premises, order that the prayer of
the petitioner be granted, and the
clerk directed to draw an order in
favor of said Hicks for 1878.
The following resolution intro
duced by Sup. Carver, was on motion
adopted:
Resolved by the Board Of Supervi-
sors Of Wapello county, Iowa. that
the committee on Poor Farm be in