The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

until tomorrow morning at o'clk.
r. w. BOYD,
Clerk, pro TEN.
NINTH DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
President Lotspeich in tho chair.
Members all present.
On motion, the vote allowing the
claim of Carter, .Hussey l. Curl was
reconsidered, and the said claim re-
ferred to com. on Sd class claims.
The claim Of John Coyan for $6.4U
was taken up for consideration, and
on motion was rejected.
The action of the board yesterday
with reference to the claim Of Park
hurst & Shadford for the sum of
SlO.25, was, on motion, reconsidered
and after due deiibcration on the part
of tho board, the same was rejected.
The claim of Fish e. McGinitic,
which was laid On tho table during
the present session, was on motion
taken from the table, and on motion
was allowed.
Committee ON Cd class claims made
a report, and recommended the pay
ment of 1910 on tho claims of G.
p. Mason, calling for S3l.65. On
motion tho recommendation of com
mittee was concurred in.
Same committee recommended the
payment of the sum OF $74.70 on the
claim Of John S. Wood, calling for
$1,000. On motion the board con-
Cured in tho recommendations of the
committee.
Tho following resolution was offer.
ed by Sup. Carver, and on motion the
samo was adopted:
| Resolved, That tho books as re-
turned by the Assessors OF the town
ships Q: Richland, Agency City, Ed
dy>i!o city, and Competlnc, be dc
clar"d incomplete, and that they be
returned to the Assessors to be com
| plctcd, and tho remainder be and
they are hereby received by the
board.
Tho committee to whom was re.
ferred tho claims Of Carter, Hussey
4 Curl, submitted their report, re-
commencing that the same be cur
tailed 20 per cent, and that tho re-.
mainder DO allowed, which was con-
Cured in by the board.
The following resolution was adop-
ted, to-wit:
Resolved, That tho claims of J.
M. Rule, E. G. Thompson, Il. l.. Nc
Nair, and Joseph Negus, be paid by
the Auditor, when they shall each
complete and return to him the as
sessment books as contemplated by
resolution Of the board this day pass
ed.
Resolution of Sup. Boyd instruct
ing the Auditor to purchase chair
for Judge of the Court, was read and
Preferred to finance committee.
On motion, Edward Everett was
authorized to box the trees on the
sidewalk around the court house;
that he put in three good, substan-
tial hitching posts along the sidewalk
in front of the court house.
The following resolution was adop-
ted: s
Whereas, We have reason to be-.
lievc that the subject of the lots be.
longing to the school fund which G.
A. Derby proposes to purchase, Is
worthy of further investigation be-
fore the next meeting of this board,
therefore
Resolved, That the subject be re-
ferred to The County Attorney. tho
Clerk of this Board, and Sups. Ladd
and Lotspeich, AS a special commit
tee, and that they be and are hereby
authorized to sell said lots if they
! deem it to be for tho best interest of
the county; propided, however that
they do not sell the Same for less
than the original cost to this county,
including legal rate of interest there
on.
J. o. Briscoe, deputy sheriff, made
application to withdraw tho petition
of Thomas Bedwell, sheriff OF Wa
polio County. asking for increase OF
lpay, DC. On motion the said paper
was ordered to be returned to said
petitioner.
On motion, the sum OF $500 per
day extra was allowed Sup. Boyd for
services as Clerk, pro TEN, of this
board during the present session,
The following claims were allowed
by tho board--
FIRST CLASS
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