Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-12

10 inc Memorable, the Board OF Supervis-
ors o'Scott county, Iowa
Your Committee en- Public Affairs, {,
whom was referred petition from +. l.
Dos .. Justice If the Peace for Davony OF
Township, asking for new copy Of the
General Laws Of lcva, (the Revision OF
1861 would recommend that the Clerk Of
the Board Of Supervisors be authorized TO
furnish said +. b. Dowd with a new copy
Of the Revision Of Iowa. when the old one
now in HIS possession is delivered to the
Clerk.
T. II. BLuseg, Chairman.
Which was adopted.
Mr.. Ba~don, from tho Committee or
Public Buildings and Grounds, made the
following report
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of
Scott county:
Your Committee on Public Dlildingsa-o
Grounds. respectfully report that the cell.
in the jail are very impnrfectly ventilated,
and that there are great many email holes
and joints in the msson work in and around
the cells In which vermin can seerste
themselves your comm ttce would there
fore recommend that the sum Of two
hundred and fifty dollars, or 70 mu b
thereof as is necessary, be nppropr ated
TO i,l SAID holes with cement anu VENT
late and whiten the cells Your committee
would also recommend that the two closets
IN the jail be removed, and the old vault
filled in with mason work: that two new
closets lie built Of heavy rock over the new
vault adjoining the jail. the work corre-
spending with the jail walls, aud that
seven hundred and fifty dollars, or es
much thereof a. 10 needed 20 do the work,
| be appropriated for that purpose.
SrsPnKN BAwDsS, Chairman.
Which was adopted.
Mr.. Langhein, from the Committee on
Accounts and Expenditures, made the
following report:
IL the Honorable Board Of Supervisors :
Your Committee on Accounts and Ex.
| annual report Of the Directors Of the Poor
Of Scott county, lows, have examined the
same carefully, and also three books kept
by them. and find the sans correct, and
would respectfully recommend that tho
said report be approved AID placed on dls.
j. LASSaEiM, Chairman.
Which WAS adopted.
Mr. Smith, from the Special Committee,
| made the following report:
Your Special Committee appointed 10 act
| in coulunction with = committee appointed
by the City Council Of Davenport, 10 de-
| vise some plan whereby tho city and coun-
| " prisoners can be made TO work out their
tines and costs, woald beg leave to report
thst they have agreed upon the following
| plans, to Wit Tnat there shall be . fence
built in rear of the jill on Fifth street, ten
OF twelve feet high, enclosing aspacs about
sixty Eve feet in length and fifty feet in
width, Within which enclosure sid prs
oners may bc put TO woik under the super
,ntsrdcnec Of the city authorities, without
cost 10 the county, aud that the building
Of said fence be done under the direction
Of the Committee on Public Buildings aud
/ Grounds of this Board.
| l.. SMITH, Chairman.
Which was adopted.
| Mir. Means offered The following.
Hesoissd. That the Clerk Of The District
Court OF this county DO And is hereby aus
| thorixeI % procure irom j. {. Burns, OF
Dubuquc, Iowa. complete report (as to
suhsancs aud form required by Chapter
I'D Of the act Of April, 1862. passed by the
lowe legislature Of the mn,atisfied DEGREES
and jut- rendered IN The United
States D,s;.ict AID Circuit Courts OF ID.
DistTlct OF Iowa t. the present tune. 1t
farther ordered, That On j livery Of said
report hy ssid Burns 10 the CLERK aforesaid,
he tltrl ofthls Board shall issue warrants
on the Treasurer Of this county to equal
tho smouut due for Same in funds; Pro-
vided that tho charges of eaid Barns Tor fur
ashing sad reports annually shall not ex
cssd $40 per annum.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Blunck offered the following
Il solrti, That the County Treasurer be
/ and he is hereby directed to have printed
= list OF the delinquent personal taxes that
Remain unpaid on the lst day of April, and
| that copies thereof be sent to the Trustees,
| the Clerks, tho Secretaries AID Trsasurers
Of the School Boards, the Assessors add
| the Township Supervisors Of the ditferen
| townships, and that the se,d copies shall b,
posted up hy tho sal respected oilicers -
| rhc Treasurer is further directed to have
one hundred copies the same distributed
III the city 0. Davcapari, in such way as
he deems best.
Ga the adoption Of this resolution, the
y-a1 and nays vero demanded. with 4 .
following result:
N,a,-Messrs. Bluucl and Lsnrheim
-.
Nays-Nessrr. Bsw Ion. .Crcssler, per
ing. kru-e, Lahrm,n, Matthews. Means,
M,a,r. Murray. Newton, Robson, Kigg,
Smith, Slndt and Willamson--l5.
So the resolution was lust.
On motion Of Mr. Bawd,n, the Board -.
| jyu;ned TIL . o'clock to-morrew moriin
Development Of tho Mississippi
| Valley.
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