The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-06-10
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Board Of Supervisors of
Wapello County,
JUNE SESSION.

Monuay, Juno ith, 1909.
Board called to order by President
Lotspeich.
On call Of the roll, all the members
answered to their names.
Minutes of last day of January
session read and approved.
On motion, r W. Boyd was APP
pointed Clerk, pro tcm Of the Board,
for this session.
On motion of Sup. Boyd, the fol.
lowingpreamble and resolutions were
adopted:
Wereds, The precise location of
the line between the counties o. Wa
pello and Monroe, where the same
passes through Eddyville, is not de-
tinitely known, and
Uhtrcas, For the purpose of tax.
ing and conveying real estate, and
for other purposes, it is important to
both counties that said line be def.
nitely known and designated ; there
fore be lit
Resolved, by tho Board of Super
visors of Wapello County,
LIST. That the County Surveyor be
and he is hereby directed to proceed
at as early day as practicable to
survey and designate said line.
I'd. That the board of supervisors
Of Monroe county are hereby re-
specially requested to send the Sur
veyor of their county to cooperate
with the Surveyor of this county, in
the establishment of said line.
3D.. That the clerk of this board
be, and he is hereby directed to i'm
mediately transmit copy of these
resolutions to the clerk of the board
of supervisors Of Monroe county,
Iowa.
4th. That the Auditor is hereby
directed to audit the claim of the
surveyor of Wapello county, for said
services, and draw an order in his
favor for.the same.
In the matter of the road petition
ed for by Thos. Ping and others,
James IL. Jordan filed written con.
sent that a public highway may be
granted over ana along the south end
OF the west half OF the ne. !, and off
the south end of the nwl of section
SO, township II, Off II west.
On motion Of Sup. Barbour, the
clerk was directed to furnish copy
| of the minutes of this board daily,
to the editors of the COURIER and
Copperhead.
| In the matter of the road petit
toned for by b. Sylvester and others,
the third day of the September ses-
sion, was set for the final hearing Of
the matter.
| In the matter of the road petit
toned for by D. Newell and others,
on motion of Sup. Randel the com
mittee on roads and highways were
instructed to personally examine the
contemplated road, and report to this
board whether the requirements of
the board, as indicated by its action
| on the Sth day of the January ses-
sion, 1869, has been complied with.
In the matter of road petition of
l.. J. Michael and others, The follow
ing agreement was filed, to-wit:
STATE OF IOWA, !
Wapellc County,
To the Board Of
Supervisors of said County:
Your petitioners state that the
road petitioncd for by one Lee j.
Michael and others, to run from the
Bloomfield and Ottumwa road to the
Centreville and Ottumwa road, and
running on the section line between
one and twelfth sections of township
II, range IA, apd continues along on
the section line between sections 6
and z, same township, which was cs-
tablished by same honorable body
in September, 1868, on condition that
the damage be paid by tho petition
ers or or before the 1st day of June,
1869, respectfully represents that A.
G. Crane and james L. Taylor are
the owners Of the following land
through which said road is located,
to-wit: said Crane of ten acres south
part of sci sci, sectian 4, II, IA, and
said Taylor the NV part of said forty
acres, and swl OF the sci of section
4, II, II, and we, the undersigned, in
Guiding the owners of the SAID land,
do hereby consent TO the location of
said road, and ask that the following
slight change be made, to run rs fol
lows. From the Sc corner of the ne
/ Of the SCI of said section 4, thence
south sixty rods; and theY ask that
said-ro ha estabiishod With sud
change. And the said Crane icing
allowed the sum Of sixteen dollars as
his damages in the location oil the
same, hereby relinqulshes the same,
in consideration of said change OF
said road, to which both the owners
of the lard affected by said change
do hereby agree to the same. To all
of which we, the undersigned, agree,
this 9th day Of May, 1869.
{ A. G.. Crane,
Signed James l.. Taylor,
L. J. Michael.
On fling the foregoing agreement,
the following preamble and rcsolu.
ton was adopted by the board, TO-
wit:
In The matter of the road petition-
cd for BY l.. J. Michael aud others,
and established On condition that the
damages awarded for the right Of
Why b said petitioners. on or before
the lst Monday of jung, 1869:
Waereas, Sid petitioners have
Da Il IA fLa rlAyR ri thia Mud Ja,f,