The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-16

Proceedings Of the Regular Session
sof ~ Beard Of Supervisory
MONDAY, JAEuARY 4, 1869.

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1862.
The Board of Supervisors Of Lee county,
Iowa, met ct twelve clock NJ.
Mr., George Stanwood dominated J. ~.
Goodrich, Esq, for President for the en-
Nj. Goodrich declined the nomination. :,
On motion OF Mr. Merriam. the Board
proceeded to the election OF Pressdene p
ballot. Messrs. Stanwood and Clark scslnS
a. teIlers. when r, s. Mccullough receives
nina votes Joseph HSfifnsn one VOTE and
T W Goodrich three votes; and =. 3.
Mccullough was declared duly elected.
The bond Of Edmund jaeger rs Auditor
Thereupon the Board adjourned to two
o'clock 2. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At two o'clock p. NJ, the Board met &C.
cofdins TO adjournment.
Mr.. Merriam offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolred, That the Treasurer be directed
to report to this Board the amount of fines
received during the past year, and from
whom the same was received.
Mr.. Malthy offered the following resolu-
tioD, which Vas adopted:
IesoAved, That oil claims upon the conn-
y, as they may be presented shall be hrst
tiled BY the Clerk Of the Board and BY
him classified and distributed to the proper
committees having charge of the partic-
ular department of business. to which the
claim belongs, and such as cannot readily
be classified shall be passed to the commit
tee on 6uance as miscellaneous.
The Board adjourned till nine clock TO-
morrow morning.
TUESDAY, JAN. 5. 1869.
Board met puasuant - adjournment.
The minutes Of yesterday were read and
approved.
standing committees
Claims and FInance-Holiman, Mer-
Ram and Brown.
On Public Buildtngs-Cutler, Taylor
and Stanwood.
Official Bonds-Tebbs. Overton, and
Clark of Van Buren,.
Officers Salaries Holman Maltby and
Road., Bridge. and Fsries-W Wright.
Maltby aud Hahner .
Rslrodd Bonds HOLMAN, Overton and
Hafner
School Fund and .Schools-G Goodrich,
Clark of Van Buren,, and Tebbs.
Settlement ,oith County OGYrs-Cutler,
Maltby and HOLMAN.
Pinting-Brown, Kennedy and Cutler.
Elections Merriam and
Wright.
Poor and Poor House-G oodrich, Water
man AID Stanwood.
Zdzes and sAssessments--Wright, Taylor
and Goodrich.
On motion Of Mr. Holman, the chairman
r. 8. Mccullough and George f. Kennedy
were added to the Railroad Bond Commit
tee, and Mr.. Mccullough made chairman
thereof
On motion of Mr.. Maltby, the school
fund committee was changed to committee
on school funds and schools.
The credentials Of John Il. Clark, super
visor Of Pleasant Ridge township, were re-
terred to committee on elections.
The communication of Mr.. j. A. Davis,
and the assessment Of merchants, and the
comploint Of Mr.. Caldwell, were referred to
the committee on taxes and assessments.
The committee on elections made ma
jority report on the appointment Of John
H. Clark ~ supervisor Of Pleasant Ridge
township, which was received, and the con-
sideration thereof postponed to two . clock
PM
Ou uOLlOu VI obOuIiCIIs tlc buHt VI
thirty dollars was appropriated to William
q. Kent, Superintendent of Public Schools,
to defray the expenses Of the Teachers In
stitute.
The Communication of Y. Feiertag was
referred to committee on taxes and assess
ments.
The communication Of d. F. Miller was
referred to committee on railroad bonds.
On motion Of Mr.. Maltby, special COM
mittee was appointed to prepare rules for
the government of the business before the
Board, consisting of Messrs. Maltby, Holl-
man and Oyerton.
Adjourned to two o clock NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr.. Wright was temporarily excused
from duty as chairman Of committee on
taxes and assessments, and Mr.. Stanwood
was appointed in his stead.
Mr.. Merriam made the following report,
which was received. to-wit:
" the Honorable Hoard n .s1psrrisors OF Lee 60:
The undersigned. member Of the COM
mittee on elections, to whom was referred
the claim of John H. Clark to be received
as q member Of this Board from Pleasant
viz The facts in relation to this appear to
be as follows:
AT the election held in 1867, &. G.. Ham
ilton, Esq, was duly elected supervisor
from said township for the term Of two
years from the first Monday of January,
1868. Said Hamilton acted as supervisor
till some time in the summer Of 1868, when
he resigned, and j. B. Lawson, Esq, was
appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of said Hamilton. Said
appointment was until the first Monday in
January, 1869, or until his successor was
duly elected and qualified At the annual
election held in November, 1863 for super
visor, to FIJI the balance of the term for
which said Hamilton was elected, it appears
upon counting the votes that there was q
tie between George berry and Robert Barr. |
In such case the law authorizes the parties
to draw for the Office, but for some reason
they had, up to the first Monday in January,
1869, neglected 20 to do.
1t further appears that on the 3Oth day
of Decembei, 1868, tie trustees OF said
township met. and j. b. Lawson having
Clark to fill the vacancy occasioned by said
resignation.
The undersigned veheves that said Berry
and Barr had, up to the first Monday Of
January, 1869, perfect rirht to draw for
said office, but having neglected SO to do,
that the Office thereby became vacant and
that under the law it is the duty Of the
clerk of this Board to notify the township
clerk Of Pleasant Ridge that there is va
cancy in the office Of supervisor from said |
township, 20 that the trustees can proceed
to fill tie same.
The undersigned does not believe that
the township trustees had any authority to
appoint any person to said Office until the
time had expired which the Law allowed to
said Berry and Barr to draw for said office.
that is up to the first Monday in January.
1869, it being the time fixed by law at which
officers elected at the November election,
1868, must qualify. or the Office to which
they are elected becomes vacant Such
being the case, would recommend that
the clerk Of the Board notify the township
clerk Of Pleasant RIDGE of The existence NJ