The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-13

and executed to him therefor. when
the cash is paid over.
Thereport Of the County Judg& of
Poor Fund was OH motion rccoited
approved and placed on file.
The petition of s. A. Monroe, sask-
ing for an appropriation Of $50. b dgc
fund, was on motion lost.
The road petition of JohK Over
man, ct. al. came for final hearing,
and on motion the prayersf tho petit
toner was granted by TIC adoption
Of the Commissioners report, except
the establishment offhe road 80 feet
wide, exclusively on tho land Of said
John Overman, Immediately east Of
the line betweep said Overman and
g Derks; conditioned that the petit
TONERS pay accruing costs by April
LIST, 1863. Said road as now estab.
lished is on the road leading from
Ottumwa to Chillicothe according to
commissioners report, viz: That all
that part of said road now located in
sec. %, and 26, and in the Of the
n. Q. Of sec 22, in tip u, range IA be
vacated, and that said road be changed
and made SO feet wide, and located
as follows, to-wit: Commencing
where said road crosses the line be-
tween the n Of the 8 9 l, and the
set Of the g I, of said sec. % !;
thence east on the line between the
said quarters to the soc. line thence
south on the sec. line to the sec. line;
thence south 80 feet on the east of
said sec. line to the State road leads
ing from Ottumwa, Iowa, to Abba, !
mile, in all about ola mile, from the
place where said road turns south.
On motion the Board adjourned
until ! o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
o'clock p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Sup. Ladd appeared and took his
seat.
In the petition Of ]. T. Foster, ask.
ing that 1913 acres of land in sec. 5,
tp. Il, range IL enormously assessed
against him in 1867, as shown upon
the Assessors book of Washington tp
when q correct assessment would
show that he is the owner of but 1903
acres in said section. The taxes not
being yet paid on said land for the
year specified, on motion the tax
books were ordered corrected, that
he shall not be required to pay taxes
upon the 20 acres so enormously as
sessed to him.
On motion the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Resolved, That in the matter of a
road petitioned for by David Ullery
and others, set for final action at this
term, that the prayer of the petition
ers be granted: said road commenc-
ing at the 9 corner of the w OF
he W / of.sec. ID tip. %, range IL
and run due east "a miles to the Co.
lines, except ono mile on the east end
where certain parties have filed
claims for damages, and that por-
tons Of said road be abandoned by
consent of parties, and that the petit
TONERS pay all costs connected with
the laying out of said road by June
LIST 1868.
The road petition of VIM. Dunlap
ct. al. being contested by Supervisor
Lotspeich on a technicality of law
was not granted.
On motion of Sup. Carver, to raise
the assessment on real estate in Ad-
ans Township, one dollar per acre,
and the yeas and nays being called
the motion was lost. Yeas. Lots
peich, Carver, Randalland Nevill. 4.
Nays. Ladd, Barbour, Reinhard,
Molumby, Israel, Cloyd, Butin, Evans
Harlan and Wilcox. 10.
On motion President Hedrick was
excused for the day, and Sup. Ladd
appointed President pro tenn.
The.petition ofthe Ottumwa Bridge
company was on motion referred
back to the committee on Bridges,
&c. with instructions to confer with
said Bridge Company as to the time
of completing said proposed bridge,
&c.
On motion the Board adjourned
until 8 o'clock tomorrow.
JOHN WILCOX. elk. B. s.