The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-24

Insurance Of the Court House and
Jail upon the notice from the finance
committee, Of the amounts, whenev
or the Insurance provided for BY .
previous order has been effected.
In the matter Of the road pet of A
Stevenson et.al. On motion the 3D.
day Of the January session next, was
pct for further action on said pet.
In the matter Of the road pet Of
y. F. Newell, et.al. and D. Newell,
et.al. On motion, the 9Th day Of the
January session next was fixed for
further action on said pet.
In the matter Of the road pet of I.
81. Page, et.al., L. g. Bergren, et.al.
and Luther Hite, ct. u. It was, on
motion, ordered that the 9th day Of
the January Session next be fixed for
further hearing Of said petition.
The road pet of J. 81. Ward, et.al.,
coming on for final hearing, and the
Board being sufficiently advised in
the premises, it was, on motion, or
dered that the prayer OF petitioners
be granted, and that said road be,
and the same is hereby established
as recommended by commissioner in
said case, conditioned that petition
ers pay the damages as assessed in
said case: TO Seth Richards to the
amount of two hundred and twenty
dollars, and the costs herein, and
that said damage be paid by the first
Monday in June, 1869.
On motion the road pet Of Joseph
Yerger was ordered to on the tar
BILE.
The following resolution was on
motion adopted.
Resolved, That in view Of infor-
nation now in the possession Of the
Board, in regard to Mrs. Houk and
daughter, paupers Of Adams Town
ship.
We request Messrs. Cloyd and
Reinhard TO act with the Township
trustees, and if in their opinion It is
expedient to send said paupers to In.
diana at the expense Of Wapello Go.
to be paid from the Poor Farm Fund.
On motion to adopt the following
resolution the yeas and nays being
called for said resolution was adopted
by the following vote: Yeas, Boyd,
Evans, Harlan, Israel, Ladd, Lot
speich, Malumby, Nevill, Poston,
Reinhard, Randell and Pi esident
Hedrick. Said resolution is asifollows
tow wit: Resolved, By the Board Of
Supervisors of Wapello County,
Iowa, that the Office of the Clerk Of
the District Court be enlarged by
taking out the partition wall between
the bffice now occupied by said Clerk
and the Office adjoining, and that the
Book case be moved back to the
north end of said room, and that
the Clerk be authorized to have an
additional Book case constructed on
the east side Of said room, large
enough to contain the papers and
books to be transferred from the
County Judges Office, and such other
changes as may seem necessary fol
the convenience Of said Office, and
that Sup. Ladd be appointed on the
part of the Board to act in CONJUNCTION
with the Clerk in making said chang
es and improvements. m
On motion the claim Of A. E. Ly
on was ordered TO lie on the table.
The claims Of Jno. Jones, NJ. D
T. j. Douglass, NJ. ID. and Mr.. Helm
rich, was, on motion, ordered TO lii
or the table.
The following claims were, on mo
ton, ordered to lie on the table TO
want Of proper authentication, TO
wit: T. NJ. Wilcoxcn, II. G. Hum
bert, d. W. Baskin, W. c. Renolds
J. W. LaForce and j. r. Myers.
On motion the Board adjourned
until 8 o'clock q. m. tomorrow.
LIN. COOLEY,
Clerk B. s.