The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-20
Board of Supervisors.

| Board OF Supervisors.
! Tuesday, Jan. 16.
4 NINTH DAY.
| Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
President Hedrick in Chair.
| Roll of members called.
! Absent, Sup. Ladd.
| Minutes of yesterday read and ap
proved.
The road petition of N. Haydock,
ct. al, came for final hearing. On
motion the petition was granted by
the relocation and establishment of SO
much of county road commencing
at the ! mile stake on the east side
of Sec. l6, tip. Il, range IL west, and
run south to the corner of w. ALL
mans field; thence W course
where the road is now travelled, to
thes Q corofW. Allman's field; thence
south to Nathan Haydock's line
Thence west to the road. Condition
ed that petitioners pay all accrning
costs by June 1st, 1863.
On. motion the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Resolved, by the Board of Super
visors of Wapello county, Iowa, that
the County Attorney be required to
make out and furnish to the Clerk of
this Board, a statement in writing
setting forth substantially what it
takes to constitute a protest in
law.
The following resolution offered by
Supv. Barbour, was on motion adop-
ted:
| Resolved, BY the Board of Super.
visors of Wapello county Iowa, that
hereafter no CLAIMS of assessors
will be allowed in full, when said
claims is made at the rate of six
hours per day.
The following resolution was on
motion adopted:
Resolved, That the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors, be and is here
by authorized to make a contract
with the editors of the Ottumwa
COURIER and Mercury, for the publ
cation ofthe laws of the General As
sembly for the year 1899, IN accor-
dance with chapter 1ls of the laws
OF 1867
On motion the following resolu-
ton was adopted
Resolved; That the Clerk be aus
thorized to draw an order on the
County Treasurer, in favor of Ed
ward Everett, at the rate of two
dollars per day for time serving as
Janitor at the close of the present
term of the District Court.
In the petition of Thomas Ping,
the County Attorney was on motion
authorized to convey unto said Thos.
Ping certain lands in sections 8, and
II, township II. range IL, Gin all 40
acres,) mortgaged to School Fund
commissioners, and sold by Sheriff of
Wapello county for $4,000 clear Of
expenses of conveyance to the coun-
| ty.
| The following resolution offered by
Supervisor Carver, was on motion
adopted
| Resolved. That the Clerk of this
Board be required to procure maps
as contemplated in section S89 on
page 141 of the statute, and furnish
the several township clerks with the
same. Said maps not to cost to ex-
coed $500 in the aggregate s5.35
each.
j Thereport Of A. Olney, late Super
intendent ofSchools, was on motion re-
ceived and placed on file.
| On motion the following resolu-
ton was adopted.
/ Resolved, That in the case of the
road petitioncd for by Amos Garri-
son, and established, conditioned and
the same being before the Board
again as upon rchearing. After hear
the opinion of the, County Attorney
and being fully advised in the matter
do now resolve that said road be con
sidered abandoned. Petitioners be-
ing still held for all expenses that
have accrued in relation to said
road.
4 On motion the election of a Ply
stefan and Surgeon of Poor House
was taken up and voted upon by bal
lot, resulting in the election of DIR. J.
W. La Force to said position.
| On motion to reconsider the pro-
|priety Of employing Physician for
Centre township, and the vote taken
thereon, the motion was lost.
| On motion the Board adjourned
until o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| | o'clock p. m.
| Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
| The following resolution offered by
Supervisor Lotspeich was on motion
adopted.
| Resolved, By the Board Of Super
visors, that in accordance with the
instructions of the Superintendent
Of Insane Hospital at Mt. Pleasant
Iowa, that the Sheriff of Wapello Co.,
Iowa, obtain from the Insane Hospi-
tai aforesaid, Margaret Hilton and
Caroline Gibrich, Insane subjects
from this county, and place them in
chargeof the Steward of the County
Poor Honse and Farm, and present
his charges therefor to this Board at
| its next session.
Sup. Ladd appeared and took his