The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-02-11
FOURTH DAY.

Board met pursuant to adjourn
| ment.
President Lotspiech in tho chair
Members all present except Super
| visors Laid and Barbour.
Minutes of yesterday read and
Clerk allowed further time to make
| corrections.
Resolution offered by Supervisor
Carver fixing salary Of County Audi
tor was on motion referred to Com
/ mittee on Finance.
Petition of. j. Ellison, ct. al, Of
Cass township, relating to bridge
fund In hands of N. Poston, was ia
ken up, and on motion referred, to
Committee on Highwaysand Bridges
Committee on third class claims
reported back tothe Board the claims
Of Kiser and Willard, and recommend
the Same to lie upon the table. On
motion recommendation of Commit
teo concurred in by the Board.
Claims Of T. w. Gatke, referred
back by committee with recommen>
dation TO lay upon the table, until
tho said claim be perfected. On mo
ton action of Committee concurred
in by the Board.
Claims Of NJ. u. Baldridge, report
cd back to the Board with the recon.
incubation that the same be laid up
on the table. On motion rccommen
dation Of Committee concurred in by
the Board. nv
On motion clerk of the Board in.
structed to draw an order upon the
Treasurer in favor of e. G. Eastman
for the sum of $500 out of bridge
fund, being a balance due on bridge
constructed by him across Sugar
Creek in Confer tp.
Official bond OLA. Terrcl, constable
Center tp., was on motion approved
by the Board.
Claim of Mills & Co., referred back
by committee. On motion SIS, 90 Of
said claim was allowed, lhe same be-
ing amount offrst item therein char,
god.
Claim of Frasier Troxel reported
back to the Board by Committee with
recommendation that the same be
laid upon the table, until the said bill
be certified to by Justice Of the Peace
that fees could not be collected off do,
fendant
Claim Of Hughes & Co. reported
back, recommending the same to be
laid upon the table until qualified to.
On motion recommendation concur
ed in by the Board.
Claim of Thomas Bowen Sexton
Ottumwa Cemetery, calling for s., 90
referred back by committee with the
recommendation that "a, 90 ofthe same
be paid. On motion said recommen-
Jation of committee concurred in,
and clerk ordered to draw order for
the same in favor ofsaid Bowen.
Claim of DIR. John Jones reported
back by committee, recommending
that the came be laid upon the table,
for the reason that Trustees have not
certified that they employed him or
that said Malissa Johnson is a pauper.
Recommendation concurred in by the
Board. - ~
Clam of Rico Il Co., referred back
to the Board by committee who rec
Commend that it be laid upon the ia
BILE until claimants inform the
Board as to name of person obtain
ing articles mentioned in said BILL
On motion concurred IN by the
Board. st3a -
On motion the report of Il. NJ.
Cooley Clcrk d. G. on permanent
School Funds was referred to COM
mittee on School Lands and Funds.
: Report of L. M..Godley, Clerk d.
C. OF Fees collected &c. was, on mo-
ton, referred to committee on FL
nance. 'rH
Committee on petition of j. ]. Ell
lison ct al. submitted the following
report which was, on motion, adopt
ed. "Whereas ono Nimrod Poston
of Cass tip. ex-mcmber of the Board
of Supervisors OF Wapcllo county
having failed to make report to this
Board Of his doings asa member of
the Board of Supervisors according
to an order Of this Board, now there.
fore DO it resolved
That Nimrod Poston, ex-member
Of this Board of Supervisors of Wap-