The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-02-11
Friday morning, Jan Is, 1869.

Ffioay morning, Jan Id, 1867.
NINTH DAY.
Board mat pursuant to adjourn-
ment at 8 o'clock m.
Roll called.
Members of the Board all present
except Supervisors Ladd, Boyd and
Barbour.
Minutes of yesterday read, corrcc-
ted and approved.
Petition of d w Tower County
Recorder for additional compensation
was on motion referred TO county
officers and buildings.
Committee on assessment reported
back the petition of w McCarty with
recommendation that S31 80 be aba
ted. Moved that recommendation OF
committee be concurred in by tho
Board.
Yeas and nays called for, whereup-
on roll was called and vote so taken
with the following result, yeas 4,
nays 9, motion lost, said petition was
on motion referred to county attor-
ney.
In the matter of the case of Wan.
clio county vs. McDivitt, Ping and
Wright now pending in the District
court of said county, resolution offer
ed that defendants be allowed con.
tinuance Of the case for one year.
On motion said resolution was refer.
red to committee on school fund and
lands.
Supvsr. Barbour appeared and took
his seat.
l. M Cooley clerk d G, came be.
fore the Board and made statement
with reference to county orders III
his possession belonging to Wapello
county.
Supvsr. Carver offered the follow.
ing resolution.
Resolved that the clerk Of the dis.
trict court be authorized to turn over
all notes, orders and papers proper
~ coming into the hands of J S Por-
ter the present clerk of the Board.
And that the county attorney be
instructed to collect all claims against
Appanoose, Monroe and Wayne coun-
ties in favor OF this county, and that
he report said collections in all such
matters.
On motion the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
Whereupon said L M Cooley sur
rendered to J s Porter ex-officio clerk
Of said Board the following county
orders, to-wit.
One county order on the Treasurer
of Appanoose county, Iowa, dated
June 18th, 1867, calling for the sum
ct $43 O5.
One order On the Treasurer of Mon
roe county, Iowa, bearing date July
23rd, 1867, calling for $278 O5.
One order against the county of
Wayne dated Nov 20, 1867, Tor the
sum of 1857 46.
In the matter of the petition of
VIM Robinson for abatement of tax
es for 1868, committee on assessment
referred the same back to the Board,
and recommended that the same be
laid on the table. On motion recon-
mendation of committee concurred
in by the Board.
N Poston Ex-Supervisor of Cass
township made reports Of receipts
and expenditures of bridge funds, to-
wit.
Amount drawn from tho
Treasury. $500 90
Paid out for building and
repairing bridges &c. 1928 OSa
Balance on hand. $11 91s
On motion said report was received
and clerk ordered TO draw an order
in favor of said Poston for tho sum
of Slo, for services, experimenting,
work, &c.
In the matter of the case Of Wapel.
10 county VS. McDivitt, Ping and
Wright, committee reported back
the following resolution with the rec
ommendation that said case contin-
ued until the August term 1869 of
district court Of Wapello county.
Resolved by the Board of Superyi-
sors of Wapello county, that G i
Fulton the attorney Of the county be
instructed to continue the case of
Wapello county VS. McDivitt, Ping