The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-06-17

FIFTH DAY.
Friday, Juno I1th, 1869.
Board met pursuant to adjourn.
mcnt.
President in the Chair
Members all present.
Minutes of a portion of Yesterdays
proceedings read and approved.
Committee on assessment, reported
in favor OF allowing an abatement of
tax in favor of J. w. Carpenter, to
the amount of one hundred and nine.
teen and HOO dollars, and the clerk
was ordered to issue an order in "a.
vor of said Carpenter for said sum.
Joseph Mowry and others having
potitioncd tor the establishment of q
road, the committee on roads and
highways, to whom the petition had
been referred, reported in favor of
granting the prayer of the petition.
ers. Report adopted by tho board
and James McElroy appointed com.
missioner to view said road, and re.
quired to qualify and commence work
on tho 10th day of August next. and
report to the clerk of this board on
the 18th day of September next. and
that the clerk be authorized TO take
all further needed action inthc mat
ter.
The special committee to whom
was referred the resolution in rela-
ton to the purchase of Thompson &
Everctt's Map, Sup. Barbour. on be.
half OF the majority of the commit.
tee, reported in favor of purchosinc
eighteen of said maps. Sup. Hitter,
man presented minority report re-
commenting the purchase Of four
copies of said map.
Both reports were received and
committee discharged.
Sup. Ladd moved the adoption OF
the majority report.
Sup. Cloyd moved to amend by
striking out "maiority," and inserting
minority" Amendment withdrawn.
On motion to adopt the majority re-
port, the yeas and nays were called,
rs follows:
Yeas-Ladd, Barbour, Boyd, Ma
lumba, Rhinedard, Harlan, Lotspeich,
~.
Nays-Cloyd, Randall, Hyatt, Kit.
torman, Evans, NovilI, Carver and
Israel, s.
So the motion was lost.
Moved by Sup. Ladd, that tho mi
nority report DO adopted.
The yeas and nays being called, re-
suited as fallows:
Yeas-Ladd, Barbour. Boyd, Ma
lumba, Rhinehard, Harlan and Lot
spcich, z.
Nays-Cloyd, Randall, Kittcrman,
Hyatt, Evans and Israel, 8.
Motion lost.
Charles Dudley, administrator of
the estate of Il. ]. Dudley, deceased,
presented petition for abatement of
tax against said estate for the year
1868.
On motion, the petition was refer
ed to the committee on assessment
Petition of John Shoemaker for
abatement of tax presented, and re-
ferrcd to same committee.
In the matter Of the road petition
of Oliver Jones and others, the COM
mittee on roads and highways re-
ported in favor of granting the pray
er of petitioners.
| Report concurred in by the board,
and Samuel Lent was appointed com.
missioner, with direction to qualify
nd commence his work on the both
day of August next, and report to
the clerk of this board on the fourth
day of September next, and that the
clerk be charged with the completion
of the matter of the application, sub
ject to the approval of this board.
In the matter Of the petition of Z.
L. Garrison and others, for the cstab.
lishment Of a road, tho committee on
roads and highways reported in favor
of the petition laying on tho table
for want of evidence that notice had
been properly posted.
Report concurred in, and the pcti-
ton ordered to lie on the table until
perfected.
Sup. Ladd, from the committee on
assessment, reported in favor of an
abatement Of tax in favor of Charles
Dudley, administrator Of the estate
of +. j. Dudley.
1t was therefore ordered by the
board that an abatement of tax for
the year 1868 be made, as prayed for
in said petition.
Sup. Ladd, from same committee,
made a report in the matter of the
petition of Allen Wing, asking for
abatement OF tax assessed against
him for tho year 1869, reported
against the abatement.
The report was concurred in, and
the claim for abatement rejected.
Sup. Novill filed a report of his
disbursement of bridge fund in Pleas
ant township, which was received
and placed on file. The report
showed an Indebtedness to him in the
sum of $3.50, which, on motion, was
allowed by the board, nfthe clerk
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