The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-01-13

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/. Road petition of Jeremiah Wilson
et;aL Order to vacate road made b,
:: the Auditor. Said order on motiol
ratified and confirmed BY the Boart
Petitioners to pay all claims ant
costs on or before Jnne lst, 1870.
Is The rond petition OF Edward Sim
mons, ct al. The action of the Audi
tor granting said petition, wa,
concurrcd in. the petitioners 10 pa,
all costs. s t
| The road petition Of q W Dickens
ct, oil. The action Of the Auditor
approved aud time Of payment OF
| costs extended to June lst, 1870.
The official bond OF A. Il Chamber.
lin, as Township Clerk, was fled
and on motion approved.
| The report of J. D. Baker, for
taking Mrs, Gates to Illinois, filed
and approved, and the balance Of
| funds, viz 1926 ordered to be
| paid to the Treasurer and placed on
tho Poor Fund account. ~ yd
rs The petition Of d. W. Tower, in
reference to the map OF Ottumwa,
was filed and on motion referred to
, the committee on Finance.
The petition Of Leonard Il Bach
man, for Ferry License was called up
by Capt Jaques. The committee
to whom the same was referred,
reported favorably, aud on motion
said report was concurred iii aud
said petitioners granted a license as
prayed for. @ E
The matter OF the road petitioned
for by ]. IL Peck, ct. al. 1t appear.
ing to the Board that claims for dam.
ages have been filed. On motion the
Auditor was authorized TO appoint
commissioners to assess the same.
rs The matter OF the road petitioned
tor By ABenson ct AL. The commits.
sioners appointed having failed to re-
turn the papers with their report -
On motion the said commissioners
were allowed further time, to Wit
until the End Mondayin March 1870
The petition OF Ira Wilson ct al
asking for the vacation Of !, portion
of road in Richland TIP. The Coun.
ty Auditor having ordered the vacae
tion of said portion ofroad, and now
comes on for final action by the
Board. After hearing ~ts.ta.aents Of
c D Fulton, and testimony, Of Wit
nesses, motion was made By Super
visor Barbour that the action OF the
County Auditor in the premises be
sustained. The yeas aud nays being
called for, the vote was taken as iul.
lows. Yeas-Cloyd, Hyatt & Bar
bour, 8. Nays--Reynolds, Derby,
Boyd, Kitterman, Evans. Monroe,
Neville, Harlan, slutz, foster and
i, Action OF Auditor not
sustained, on motion OF Supervisor
Boyd, said matter was lald on the
table. Y
Supervisor kittcrman made report
of bridge funds expended, bridges
built, &c On motion the said report
was received and ordered to be placed
on ile, and the Auditor authorized to
issue an order on the Treasurer for
1925 IN favor OF said Supervisor.
The claim OF 10, Briscoc was ta
ken up. The committee reported in
favor Of reducing said claim 10 sl2 so
On motion the report OF said commit.
tee WAS conc,rred in.
n The claim 0: S. l.. Burnham, supt.
OF Schools, for sl7o.65. The com.
mittee recommended that the sum of
$4,000 be allowed. On motion the
said claim was concurred in, ~
The report OLA. Beagle aud John
Cattrell were taken up and il ap-
peariBg that. neither of said reports
were sworn to. On motion the said
reports were laid on the table.
The official bond Of W. II. Gay.
lord was submitted to the Board for
approval. On motion said bond was
approved. a
On motion the Board adjourned
to meet tomorrow morning at 81
o'clock. 4
- GEORGE ID, HAcKWoRrH, tal