The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-16
Proceedings Of the Board Of
Supervisors of Wapello Co.,
Iowa, at their September
Session, 1869. .44

Proceedings Of the Board o
/ Supervisors Of Wapello Co
+ Iowa, at their Septembe.
| Session, 1860.
| SEPTEMBER 9Th, 1869. !;
Board met at l o'clock p. m. Th
President being absent, Supervise
Cloyd was called to the chair.
| Members Of the Board all presen
except Supervisors Ladd, Boyd, an,
President Lotspiech.
The minutes of the last day of tn
June session, 1868, were read, an,
there being no objection, the sam
were approved.
The President appeared and tool
the char and proceeded with the reg
ular order of business. Claims ant
petitions we're referred to the propc
committees.
The Board proceeded to take u,
the road petitions set for hearing OF
the FIRST day of this term.
In the matter of the road petition
ed for by George PARROT, ct al, tn,
Commissioner, Joshua Marshall, hav
ing reported adverse to the establish
ment ofsaid road, the petitioners up
pearing in person, and upon leave
being granted by the Board, mad,
statements as to tho necessity fol
said road and asked the Board to se,
aside the report of said c Commissioner
and appoint another Commissioner
and on motion, George Reynolds was
appointed said Commissioner, 10 quail
ify and begin work on the 18th day
of September. 1869, and make repor1
to tho Cork Of this Board on tho 25th
day of said month.
The matter Of the road petitioned
for by BIS. Sylvester, ct al, came on
for hearing, the Committee to assess
damages having fled their report.
Upon examination of the papers it
was found that the report OF Martin
Dickens, Commissioner to locate said
road, having been lost or misplaced,
it was, on motion, ordered that said
Martin Dickens be requested to sub
stitute said report, and file the same
on the third day Of the October ses-
sion, 1869, ofthis Board.
The road petition of VIM. Garrison
and James Jordan, referred back to
the Committee on Highways aud
Bridges. Said committee reported
in favor Of establishing said road.
On motion, the prayer of petitioners
was granted, and said road establish
ed as prayed for, to-wit: On the line
between the east and west half of the
southwest quarter Of section twenty
five, in township of Washington,
Wapello county, Iowa, Said petition
ers being the exclusive owners of the
land through which said road passes;
the width Of said road TO be 80 feet.
The matter Of the road petition of
A. Benson, ct al, coming on for fur
ther hearing, claims having been filed
for damages. On motion, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolped, That in the matter of the
petition for road by A. Benson and
others, commencing at the north
west corner of section IL, township
70, range Is, and running west Oh
said section line to the west line of
the township. That the same be es-
tablished from place of beginning to
the northwest corner of section 8, "a
distance cftwo miles, and from the
ne of the NV dissection 8, west to the
township line, be also established q
distance of one and one half miles,
leaving space OF one-half mile not
established, namely: Along the north
line of the northeast of section s, and
that John McCarty, J. G. Gray, and
A. Davis, be appointed Commission
ers to assess the damages on said
one-half mile along the north line Of
the northeast of section 8, and that
they appear at the Office of Il. A.
Sheafe, ]. p, on the first day of Oc-
tober, 1869, to qualify and commence
said work, aud report their doings in
said matter on the Sd day of tho Oc-
tober session next, and that petition
ers pay all the costs herein, on or be-
fore the first day ofthe January term,
1870.
The road petioned for by w. L.
Moss, ct al, having been acted upon
by the county Auditor, who upon
hearing, found that the petitioners
were the owners fthe land. and hav-
ing entered upon the record the es.
tablishment Of said road, it is, on mo-
ton, ordered by the Board that the
action Of said county Auditor in the
premises be, and the same is hereby
ratified and confirmed.
The road petition of William Dra-
per and others, for the vacation of
portion of the State road leading from
Ottumwa to Centerville, Iowa, came
on for further hearing, and it appear
ing to the Board that no claims for
damages have been filed, and no one
objecting to the vacation ofsaid road,
OH motion, it was ordered that said
portion Of said road described in the
said petition be, and the same is here
by vacated, provided petitioners pay
all costs herein made, Immediately.
The matter of the vacation of
part Of the county road petltioned for
by Levi G. Traul, ct al. Commits.
sioner B. McClasky having reported
in favor of the vacation Of said road
from the place of beginning, as set
forth in said petition to the north
west quarter Of the southwest quar-
ter OF section 20, township 72, range
l3 west, and against the vacation Of
said road from that point to the IN
tersection Of the Ottum wa and Agen-
cy City road, being about five rods.
There being no objections to the va
cation of said road as reported by
Commissioner, on motion, it was or
dered that the same be vacated on
condition petitioners pay all costs on
or before the 1st day of January,
1870.
The matter Of the petition of Philo
l.. and L. A. Clapp for the relocation
Of a road described in their petition,
j. V. Bear, Commissioner, having re-
ported in favor of said change, it was,
on motion, ordered that the prayer
OF petitioner be granted, and as re
ported by the Commissioner, to-wit :
ECommencing at point on the State
road leading from Sigourney to OF
tumwa, at the west end of Vine street