Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-07-02

tiieh AO oitaiA OoliCCt aSCCoEulHGlS.
The committee on roads and britg-
es reported on bridge appropriations,
and recommended rs follows:
On memorial asking for one
thousand dollars to bridge Spring
Creek that four hundred dollars be
appropriated
On resolution Of Mr.. McCord In Ia
vor of four hundred dollars, TO bridge
Spring Creek, on township line be-
tween Fox and Spring Creek-that
three hundred dollars be appropria-
ted.
On resolution of Mr.. Gilky for al,
appropriation to bridge Dry Run
that two hundred and fifty dollars be
appropriated.
On resolution of Mr.. Homer for
an appropriation to build bridge on
the Township line between East Wa
terloo and Bennington-that fifty
dollars be appropriated.
On petition of J. I. Carr, ct al,
asking for one hundred and twenty
five dollars to repair bridge on the
Waterloo and Eldora road-that
twenty-five dollars be appropriated.
On petition for a bridge near Mar
tin Hoover's in Orange Township
that two hundred and fifty dollars be
appropriated.
On resolution of Mr.. Champlin
for one thousand dollars to DO ex-
pended on the east end of the Water
loo bridge, that 70 action be taken.
On resolution of Mr.. Abbott, in fa-
vor Of one hundred and seventy. five
dollars, to bridge Spring Creek, in
Barclay Township-that one hun
dredand fifty dollars be appropriated.
On resolution of Mr.. Humphreys,
in favor of two hundred and fifty
dollars to assist i'm building two
bridges in Lincoln Township-that
one hundred dollars be appro i,riated.
That the resolution of Mr.. Close,
in favor OF one hundred dollars to
obtain right of water ut Miller's
Creek, be referred to the Board.
That the petition Of B. b. Parsons,
asking ON appropriation to complete
a bridge across Elk Run, on the Wa
terloo and Independence road, be re-
ferred to the Board. And that the
chairman appoint a committee of
three on each bridge, one Of which
shall be member Of this Board, to
advertise and let each contract, and
that the Auditor be authorized to
draw warrants on the bridge fund in
favor of contractors of said bridges
are completed. And that all memo
rials and resolutions that have been
before the committee not above men,
toned, be laid over till the next ses-
sion Of the Board.
Report adopted.
Yeas-all except Messrs. Champlin,
Corwin, Mott and Robinson, who
were absent.
The resolution of Mr.. Close, which
was referred to the Board, was
amended and adopted as follows:
Resolved, That there is hereby ap-
propriated the sum of one hundred
and twenty-five dollars out Of the
Bridge Fund not otherwise appropri-
ated, for the purpose of purchasing
the right Of water of John IL. Nc
Clure, at the intersection of section
lines, No. s, @, and 3, Township 81,
Range II, Cedar township, and for
Strengthening Miller's Creek near
said point; and that tie Auditor is
hereby authorized to draw warrants
on the bridge fund for the same, on
presentation of certificate of the
bridge committee appointed to super
intend the building of a bridge at the
same point, under resolution passed
at the January session, 1869, when
said Mcclure has given full and
sufficient release of his right of wa.
ter at the above described point, and
the cut to straightsn the creek has
been completed. .. ..
Yeas-Messrs. Abbott, Close, Cobb
Humphreys, Homer, Gilkey, Klock,
MoCord, Norris, Rownd, Shepard
Wasson--12.
Nays-Messrs. Jackson, Sergeant
g.
Absent-Messrs. Champlin. Cor.
win, Mott, Robinson, WeLster--5.
xMr. Shepard offered the following
resolution, which was adopted.
Rcsolved, That when this Board
shall appropriate any sum less than
five hundred dollars for the purpose
of building any bridge in the county
the committee appointed to build the
same, she'll render their services free
of cost to the county.
The committee on Taxation and
Equalization reported and recon-.
mended that the Seminary in Water
loo be exempt from taxation, thai
the following townships DO raised
to-wit: