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WILLIAM TALLAET, Esq.. Of Baltimore,
writes My wife has tined ssveral kinda Sf
BAking Powder, bat can fnd none equal 70
yourA.'
PROP. TAYLOR, Of the Beaver Female Sem.
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with IL"
REE. j. L. READ, Of Pittsburgh, writes us-
ZOE have permission 70 use my name 70 any
extent In recommending your Baking Powder
, HUNDREDS OF LADIES, from al parts Of
INC county have sent Ne similar testimonials.
DIEALEI-S tel u that cur Baking Powder
sells better than any other!
II sCoSVExIEST, WHoLRsoKE AND RElIABLEi
SOLD By DEALERS GENERALLY.
LOGAN, LIST a CO.,
PRoPHRToRs
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ITO be Continued. I
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Hardware and Cutlery,

Consisting of Harvest Implements, Coopers
and Miners Tcos, which he offers to the trade
as cheap as any in the city. junl9.3n
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the assessment 10 the lands described
in said petition should be- reduced to
valuation ofel6 per acre.
On motion Board concurred in ac-
ton OF committee by tho adoption
ofthe following Resolution.
Resolved. By this Board that 10 the
case OF r 9 and VIM Edgar for abate.
ment Of assessment upon certain
lands 10 Columb;A tp described in their
petition, to-wit: n 1 of the. I o.
the nc | section -, tp %, r Is, and
! Of the I Of the Q I of sectior
ID, tp %, r IL Wapello county, Iowa
that said assessment be reduced K
$l5 pcr acre, and that the Clerk o.
this Board be instructed to draw al
order upon the county Treasurer il
favor Of said r G and VIM Edaar 70
! al! excess Of tax paid, together will
interest and penalty thereon.
On motion Board adjourned until
O'Clock a m, tomorrow.
]. s. PORTER,
Clerk.
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clio county lie and he is hereby re-
quired to make report Immediately
to this Board of his doings as ex-
member of said Board, also to deliv-
or over all monies, books and papers
in his hands belonging to said office,
to his successor in Office on demand
also that tho Clerk of this Board be
authorized to notify the said Poston
|of the requirements Of this Board.
VIM. Cloyd Chairman"
On motion Board adjourned until
|tQ>morrow at 8 o'clock a. m.
k S. s. PORTER.
tN CLERK, B. s.
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instructed to consummato tho con-
tract by written agreement with
said Eyre, and take his bond in the
penalty of $4,000 for compliance
with the terms of said contract.
On motion the above RESOLUTIONS
were adopted by the Board.
Committee on School Fund and
Lands To whom was referred the pc
tition of John Reed asking that
mortgage heretofore executed by
him to the School Fund be cancelled
reported back said petition with
recommendation that the proper Of
ticer be instructed to cancel said
mortgage, as prayed for in petition,
to wit; on the s W t sec 10, tp %; r
II W Wapello co. Iowa, recorded in
Book l page 591, and given for the
sum Of $4,000. On motion recom-
mendation of committee concurrSSaa
in.
The matter Of the road pct. of 1u-
ther Hitc ot.al. asking for the cstob-
lishment Of county road, common
cling at q point on the south, side Of
the s Of the N w t of Sec 5; tp Il;
n of Range IL W in Wapello CO,
Iowa, about 6S rods east Of 8 w cor
ner of said 8 /, Of N W /, thence w
about 68 rods to intersect road rum.
ing north and south along section
line on w line of sec 8. Also asking
f1r vacation Of n. road commencing
at the Same point thence North
across said S ] N W thence West
about 6S rods connecting with said
road running North and South, come
on for final action. Moved that the
prayer of petitioner be granted, con-
ditioned that slid petitioner pay all
costs on or before the first day OF
June next. Motion prevailed.
In the matter of the election OF
county Physician for Poor Farm, on
motion, Board proceeded to elect by
ballot, Moved by Supr. Israel that
it REQUIRED q majority OF all the
votes cast to elect Motion prevail
cd.
Supervisors Randel and Harlan
were appointed tellers. On the first
ballot Hinsey & Lewis having receiv.
ed a majority of all the votes cast
ware declared duly elected physicians
for Wapello coanty Poor Farm for
the year 1859.
Board then proceeded to election
of Physician for Jail and Center tp,
to-wit; for paupers & criminals Him
sey 4 Lewis having received a major.
ity of all the votes cast were declar.
ed duly elected as such Physicians.
On motion Board proceeded to the
election of county Attorney. Upon
first ballot q E Fulton having receiv-
ed majority OF all the votes cast
was declared duly elected Attorney
for Wapello county for the year
1869.
The matter of the road petitioned
for by l H Page etal. coming on for
final hearing, and the, Board being
fully advised in the premises, and
there being no claims for damages OF
objections to the location Of said
proposed road, or motion ordered by
the Board that the prayer of petit
ton be and the same is hereby grant.
ed, and the said road established in
accordance with the recommended.
tion of commissioner conditioned
that petitioners pay all costs on OF
before the first day of the June ses-
sion 1869.
On Motion Board adjourned until
clock Tomorrow morning. !,
J, S. PORTER,
Clerk B. s.
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Road petltlen OF >. Henry ana 9TH
ers, committee to whom said petition
was referred, recommend that the
same DO laid upon tho table. Concur.
red in by the Board.
In tho matter Of the road petition
cd for by I. ]. Devin, ct. al. On mo-.
ton J. W. EaForee, w. w. Connolly,
and w. n. Reynolds, werc appointed
commissioners TO assess damages
claimed, that they meet at the office
of Chas. Dudley, j. p, in Agency
City, oh the first day of February,
1869, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. M,
and qualify that they mako report to
this Board on the ist day OF the June
Term 1869, and that the Cd day OF
said June session be the time fixed
for final action. .as Z
On motion Benz. Randel, L. P.
Graves, and II. c. Ellsworth, werc
appointed commissioners TO assess
damages claimed in the matter of the
road ret;,iohod Tor by J. NJ. Fish, ct.
al, that they meet at the Office of l..
NJ. Cooley, Clerk District Court, on
the First day Of February, 1869, at
the hour Of o'clock, p. IA, and quail
ify and mako report TO this Board on
the f1rst day ofthc June session, 1869
and that the Sd day Of said term be
fixcd as the time tor final action.
| On motion Lauren Rose, Absalom
Brooks, and Geo. e. Tucker, be ap.
pointed commissioners to assess dam
ages claimed In the matter Of the
road petitioncd for by Jacob Rooms
ct. al, that they meet at tho office Of
A. Beagle, J. p, in Polk Tp., on the
lst day ofFcbruary, 1869, at the hou.
of 10 o'clock, a. M, and qualify, that
they make report TO this Board on
the Hrst day 6f the Juno session, go
| and that the 4th day of said term be
fixed upon as the time for final ac-
| ton.
] On motion the matter of the judg.
ment of Robert NOR against WapelIo
county, was referred to county attor-
ney, and the attorney in the case
| (for the defense)
| On motion the petition Of P.Knox,
ct. al, for bridge fund, was laid on the
table, the same having been hereto
| fore granted.
i On motion the following resolution
was adopted
i Resolued, That r. W. Boyd, is here.
! by authorized to pay the sum of SIS
out ofthe bridge fund apportioned to
Columbia Tp., for the current year
for the purpose Of paying balance
duel B. Earned on contract for bridge
by him built in Columbia Township
i On motion, petition of Miss E. Hale
for abatement of assessment was re.
ferred to Committee on Assessments
II On motion, Beard adjourned until
8 o'clock, a. m, tomorrow.
1 Us. PORTER,
!. Clerk.
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All members Of Board present ex-
copt Suprs, Lsdd and Barbour.
Minutes of yesterday read and ap.
proved.
The following resolution offered by
Supr. Cloyd, was, on motion, adopt
ed
"Resolved, That tho clerk Of this
Board be required to obtain of the
Register Of State Land Office a copy
Of field notes of this county"
Supr. Carver offered the following
resolution, which was, on notion, re-
ferred to committee on Poor Farm,
to-wit:
Resolved, That the bids for stew
ard and director of Poor Farm are
not satisfactory, and that said parties
DC allowed to withdraw their bids,
or make q second bid /; also that bid
ders be allowed to bid for one year
and for a term Of Years, said second
bids to be acted on Friday next at :
O'Clock, q, M.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted, to-wit:
| "Resolved, by the Board of Super.
visors, of Wapello county, Iowa, that
the county judge of said county act.
ing as auditor and ex-officio clerk Of
this Board be, md he is hereby en-.
powered and authorised by virtue Of
the statute creating county auditor
to have power and Jurisdiction to re-
ceive petitions, issue notices, appoint
commissioners, and to hear and de-
tefmine all matters in relation to the
vacation, establishment or alteration
of roads, and to make all orders rela
lating to the same, subject, however
in all cases, to final review and ap
proval by the Board of Supervisors
4 Finance committee made the fol-
; lowing report OF settlement with the
j Treasurer, which was, on motion
J adopted, and ordered to be recorded
as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors o.
Wapello county, Iowa: The Finance
. committee beg leave to report the
following exhibit of balances Of the
several different funds in the hands
of W. Ross, County Treasurer, and
also that the same may be received as
the settlement of this Board with
n. - r. nj 4.
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Saturday, Jan 9, 1869.


SIXTH DAY.
Board mot pursuant te adjourn.
ment at 8 o'clock a m.
President Eotspiech in the chair.
Roll called.
All present except Supvsrs. Ladd,
Boyd and Barbour.
Minutes ofyesterday road, Corr &C.
ted and approved.
Tho following resoluti ion was on
motion adopted.
Resolved that Edward Everett be
and is hereby appointed Janitor for
the year 1859 at q salary ofs2 90 per
day when In Attendance Upon this
Board, and that he be required to be
present at all public meetings when
the Court House is rented, and he ia
hereby charged with the care and
supervision of the room, especial.
ly heating and lighting, provided al
why's that tho rent shall be sufficient
| to pay him for such attendance to-
gether with expense of heating and
lighting.
In the matter Of the petition of
John Shea for abatement of taxes,
committee to whom the same was
, referred recommended to lay upon
the table. On motion recommends
ton of committee concurred in by
the Board.
Petition Oft w Barhydt for abate
ment oftaxes referred back by COM
mittee with the Recommendation that
the same be laid upon the ia ole, which
was on motion concurred in by the
Board.
Petition of Mrs Emma Brown for
abatement oftaxes, referred back, and
report thereon as follows.
Committee know of no law author
izing them to recommend the abate-
mcnt asked for. On motion the same
laid upon the table.
Petition of E G Minnick for abate.
ment oeassessment, referred back by
| committee ana ON fhotion laid on the
table.
| lOtAtlOu Va MISS II Lulu lOT dUHt0.
ment of taxes, committee refer back
and recommend the same to lie on
the table.
Petition of James Harper for abate-
ment of taxes on personal property
assessed in 1868, on recommendation
of committee it was on motion order
ed that the tax on $S5 of said assess
ment be, and is hereby abated.
Report of Thomas Eyre, Steward
and Director of Wapello county Poor
Farm was received and on motion
ordered to 10 placed on file.
Report Of r NJ Gibbs, Justice of the
Peace of Cass tip, was taken up and
on motion received and ordered to
be placed on file.
Report of G E Fulton County At.
torney read and on motion ordered
to be placed on file.
On motion Supervisors Isreal, Ran
del and Nevill was granted leave of
absence during tho remainder of to-
day.
On motion Board adjourned to
meet Wednesday, Jan ID, at tho hour
of one o'clock p m.
j. 5. PORTER,
Clerk.
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Tuesday, Jauy 5th 1869.

Board met persuant to adjourn
ment al 8 o'clock q. m.
President Lotspeich in the chair.
Roll called. odd
Members all present except Super
visors Ladd and Barbour.
Minutes of yesterday read and ap-
proved.
The matter Of Comanissions 10
anon Shaul and John Hite to view
and locate certain roads petitioned
for, was on motion referred to COM
mittee on Highways and Bridges.l
Official bonds Of the following off.
GERS were read and on motion APP
proued, to-wit:
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Wednesday, Jan. Ii, 1869.

'NuSSu"J3 O"h' AZ, low
SEVENTH DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at O'Clock, p. m.
President Lotspeich in the chair.
Members OF the Board all present
except Supervisors Ladd and Bar
bour.
Minutes OF last days proceedings
read and approved.
&C. Blake, Justice of the Peace,
Center Tp,, presented his resignation
which was, on motion, accepted and
ordered to be placed on file.
Bids for county attorney we're ia
ken. up after reading the same. 1t
was moved that further action be
deferred until tomorrow morning.
Propositions tor county physicians
were read, and, on motion, laid over
until tomorrow morning.
| Bids for steward and director of
Wapollo county Poor Farm were
read, and, on motion, further action
deferred until to morrow morning.
Reports Of the following named
Justices of the Peace were read, and
on motion, ordered to be placed on
file, to-wit: VIM NJ Foster, Richland
Tp., A Beagle, Polk Tp., John Craig,
Highland Up, ] NJ Estes, Agency
Tp., Daniel Carl, Adams Tp., II p
Graves, Center Tp., and W P Brod.
erick, Columbia TIP.
On motion the claim of John Gov
an for fees as Clerk Of Grand Jury,
was laid upon the table.
Petition Of Lytle for abatement of
taxes was, on motion, referred TO
Committee on Assessment.
Resolution offered by Sup'r. Boyd
resembling former act of this Board
in relation to extra pay to Grand Ju
rors acting as clerk of Grand Jury,
was. by vote of Board, rejected.
Resolution Of Sup'r. Carver in the
matter of road established upon pc.
tition OF Henry Downs, ct. al, was,
ON motion, referred to committee on
assessment.
The matter Of application by VIM
Robinson for abatement or refunding
OF taxes wrongfully paid by him, was,
on motion, referred to committee on
assessments.
Official bond ofW HC jacques.
Justice of the Peace, of Center Tp.,
was taken up, and, on motion, an
proved, and ordered to be placed on
file.
On motion, the official bond of w
IL z Jacques, Up. clerk of Center Up,
was approved.
Official boLd Of Samuel McCul-
Tough, Up clerk of Richland Up, was,
on motion, approved.
Petition of w McCarty tor abate-
ment of taxes WIS, on motion, refer
rod to committee on assessments.
a pplication of l. NJ Cooley, clerk
D 9, was read, asking Board to fix
his salary at $4,000, 90 per year inclu-
ding clerk hire, was, on motion, res
ferred to committee on county offices
and buildings.
Board adjourned until to morrow
at 8 O'clock, a. IN.
j. s. PORTER,
Clerk, b. S.
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said damages have been paid ~. nd
petitioners. Ke III s VIZ All

said damages have been psH by:pfhr
petitioners. ! "a kfa9sS 7 All 1
! Resolved therefore that said mat.
ter be brought up for rc-hearing and,
now action (see page 135, sec 8b2 Of
Codc) aud be it further ,g.4As.
Resolved that tho time petitioners
to pay said damages be extended
until Jan l, 1870. And that the clerk
Of the Board be,
And is hereby authorised and in
structed to order the opening of 10
much of said road as lies east 81
Richland township and 80 much of
said road as lies west of the lands of
B. Pelham to its terminus, and
whenever said Clerk is satisfied that
the claims for damages have been
withdrawn or have been paid, no Is
hereby authorized and instructed IL
order the opening Of the Remainder
ofsaid road, riatiioly from the east
line of Richland township TO the
west line of tho lands of said BsPsl,
ham. aa.::
On motion tho foregoing rsss dlIOn
was adopted
Committee on county Offices ~
buildings reported back the pssltl1es
of Il NJ Cooley clerk district oonSA.
and recommend that 4 salary oeo1llQtD
per year be, allowed said Z M Cooley
as said clerk. That he keep q cotrsct
account of fees coming into his hands
and make quarterly report Of the
same to this Board and said G 1mmit-
tee further recommended that said
clerk be allowed to employ ,suct DE-:
sistant clerks as the blsineSs of his
office may require at compensation
Of three dollars per day each. On mo,
ton recommendation of committee
concurred in by the Board. y,
Supvsr Reinhard of Green tR made
report Of bridge fund by him e1psnd
cd, to.wit. sssS
Constructing q bridge on the
Ottumwa and Bloomfield
road cost 4 $500 90
vile $50 % %
| .--r-
Total. $3.50 90
Time expended in experimenting
said work five days.
On motion report received and or
dered to be placed on file with the
further order that the clerk Of this
Board draw an order in favor, Of said
Reinhard fol. the SUM of 912 50 as
compensation for his. said services. !
Supvsr Barbour g resolution requi.
ring all claims against Wapollo coun-
to be filed on or before the fourth
day Of each session duly signed and
sworn to by whose order and for
what purpose nc. was on motion re-
| jected.
The following resolution offered
| by Supvsr Carver was on motion
adopted.
Resolved by the Board, &c. That
the county auditor and clerk of, the
district court be. authorized to, draw
their compensation BY monthly in>
stallments as allowed by previous
resolutions of this Board, said orders
to be for the remainder of the INSTALL
ments after deducting the fees CON-
! ing into their hands
Resolution fixing compensation of
Superintendent Of schools for the
year 1869 at So, per day for office
work and 81 per day when schools
outside the city of Ottumwa, was OH
motion rejected. IS /
Tn tho matter or tho classification Hf
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~S~N~>>..~s~s -
hard and Cloyd.
Claim of ST.. Burnham taken from
the table and on motion referred TO
Committee on LIST class claims.
Road petition of Thomas Ping, ct
al, read and referred to Committee
on Highways and Bridges. =
Whereupon Committee mac tho
following report;
Committed resAmneAded th{k Pc
tition lilo up tasj, thl oafl
has no right scstHDli a nblic
road less than ttkty- thru Fec vide,
eoe o, %s' ;s'.l srs II kt'ss
Roadpe.ition Of jeremiah Wilson
ct n, was on'motion referred TO com.
mittec on Highways and Bridges.
On motion School Fund mortgages
executed since last session were re-
forred tn com u1ittce on School Funds
and lands.
On motion Board adjourned unit
tomorrow at 8 o'clock a. m. % 81
]. s, PORTER. ~
fss9,ast...sa a Clerk,
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Thursday Morning, Jan. II, 80
board OF Supervisors of WapelIo
county met at 81 o'clock, ii m.
President Lotspeich in tho chair.
Roll called.
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'HsintMSnday jan. ith 1859.
First day of the regular January
session 1869. Board of Supcrvi-
>, sers of Wapello County Iowa.
Board met at 2o'c!ock p. m.
On motion,J H Carver was cho>
sen President pro tenn.
On motion of VIM Cloyd, Il l.
Randel and Nj G Israel were app oint-
cd n committee on credentials, who
made the following report: H''aV9''
To the honorable Board CT Super
visors of Wapcllo icoanty, Iowa.:
Your committee appointed to ex-
anime the credentials of newly elect.
ed members f this Board would re.
port that they find the following
named persons entitled to seats rs
members of this Board:
John Harlan, Of Polk TIP. Henry
Reiahard, esa~ Green tip. Edward I
Neviil, of Pleasant tip. w H Hitter
man, Dahlonega tip. A Lotspeich, OF
Centre tip. II w Boyd, of Columbia
TIP. Rhodes Hyatt, ofCass tip. All OF
which is respectfully submitted.
a VIM. Cloyd, Chairman.
& E l. Randel, 8al
ne NC Israel.
Report Of committee adopted, and
the usual oath administered to the
newly elected members by l. M God
ley Clerk, DC.
On motion of Sup CNyd, the Off
cial bond of j. S. Porter, Ex.Officic
Auditor was read and approved. Is
On motion the Board proceeded tc
the election of President for sale
tedy for the year 1869, RW Boyd
and WIN Uoyed were appointed tel
scrs. Board proceeded to ballot
with the following result. First bal
lot, A Lotspeich received seven votes
Jas u Ladd Seven votes, no election
Second ballot A Lotspeich received
s vetes, JAS ID Ladd 6 votes. A Lot
sPeich having reed majority of all
the votes cast, was declared duly
elected. Whereupon tho Presiden,
elect took the chair and proceeded to
the regular business of the Board.
Roll called. ss,,.sf US ~
Present: President Lotspeich, SUI
pcrvisors Ladd, Carver Randel
Reinhard, Malumby, Ncvill, Israel
Cloyd, Evans, Boyd, Harlan, Hitter
man, and Hyatt.
Absent Charles Barbour.
On motion Board adjourned unit
8 O'Clock q. m. tomorrow.
J. S. PORTER,
Clerk B s.
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TO n. Hunts limo, 40 links of said
Hunts " corner; thence s9a +; 9
ID 9la chains to ccnter of Bloomfield
road, 20 links II of ! sec. corner on
east line Of said sec l, tp7l, of r
ID, west. And it appearing to the
Board that said petitioners are the
owners ofthe land over which said
proposed road passes and there being
no. one to object or Claim damag 90 I
\ III w1BAhof1f pre- oSfmotioa oraered
~ The. Boar that ho prayer ofIsti,
tener ~ gf ted I'd . said read
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