Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-06-17

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laud. 1t will be remembered thai
the County Auditor was instructed
r by the Board to pay the taxes or
swamp lands belonging to Black
Hawk county, i'm other countess
tor according to Instructions. except
. the taxes of 1859, the State Auditor
: having reported that such lands were
not taxable. We would therefore
recommend that the prosecuting COM
mittee be instructed to take measures
for the recovery of said taxes. Re-
port adopted. ..'
Adjourned till II o'clock 2. NJ.
.r AFTERNOON.
Board convened pursuant to ad-
Ijournment. Quorum present. aF.
Mr.. Miller offered the following
resolution: go
RcSoired, That the provisions OF
chapter 20, of the session laws OF
1870, entitled IAN net to restrain stock
from running at large" he submitted
to the legal voters of this county at
the next general election. and that
the County Auditor be instructed to
give due notice of the same.
Adopted.
Mr.. Corwin offered the following
| resolution: - s' Z"
Resolved, That Messrs. Hartman &
Logan be relieved of their contract
to furnish hound blanks for the eoun-
ty, aud that the Board accept the
proposition of Smart & PARROT. to
furnish said bound blanks for the re.
mainder of the year on the same
terms as now done by Hartman d
Logan. And also that the proceed
ings of the Board be published i'm all
three of the papers now printed in
the county, provided that the cost to
the County he no more than if print
ed in two papers as prescribed by law.
Resolution made special order for
~ O'clock,
Mr.. Hardy offered the following
resolution: ed" .s .. g..
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the
Illinois Central Railroad Company to
occupy a tract over which the Bar
clay road, running into the city of
| Waterloo, on the east side Of the Ce-
dar river. passes, for the location and
construction of machine shops and
other buildings to be used for the
convenience of said railroad; and,
WHEREAS, Said highway is an oh,
structiOn TO the convenient Use OF
SAID land for said purpose, and,
| WHEREAS, Said highway is not
needed for public use; 1t Is, there
fore the opinion of this Board that
all that part of said highway, de-
scribed as follows: Commencing at
the north line of Lime street, in
Cooley Addition to Waterloo, run
ming thence north TO the point of in
tersection of said road with line on
the northeast side of the Dubuque IL
sioux City Railroad, running parallel
with the main line of said railrDad
one hundred feet northeasterly Of
the center line of said railroad
should I've vacated, and would recon-.
mend that immediate steps be taken
TO that end.
Adopted.
Mr.. Corwin offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, Chapter 95, of the laws of
the Twelfth General Assembly, made
it the duty of the city council of
cities Of the first class, and of town
ship trustees, to provide aid for the
relief of certain poor persons therein
designated, subject to certain pro-
visions uf The Board of Supervisors,
in section 3. Of said chapter: Re
sotrec!, That a separate account of all
aid to such persons be kept by Trus-
tees, rendering the same, of each and
every family, said account to accom-
pany claims coming before the Board
for payment nf such relief, together
with certified statement of the
| length OF time OF residence in this
county, the number of persons in
each family, their occupation, If able
or unable, in their judgment, to per-
form any labor, IL minute statement
of their general condition and cir
cumstauces, aud their residence be.
fore coming to this county. Adopt
ed. ...-.-..
The resolution offered by Mr.
Hardy, authorizing the funding OF
the county Indebtedness, rs prescrih-
ed by chapter So, of the acts of the
Thirteenth General Assembly, being
the special order of business, was
considered and lost.
Yeas-Messrs. Casteei. Corwin,
Hardy, HayzIett and McCHrd-5.
Nays---Messrs. Abbott, Close,
Finch, Fish, Humphrey, Jackson,
Jaquith, May, Miller, Norris, Rob
inson, Rownd, Sergeant-l3.
Absent-Mr. Cobb.
The resolution OF Mr.. COrwin. in
regard to tran sferring the contract to
furnish blanks, &C., being the special
order, Mr.. RowId moved to postpone
the same indefinitely.
Mr.. McCord moved to amend by
striking out "indefiniteiy,n and in
serting until 10 O'cOlck A. M. to-
morrow. Amendment carried, and
motion az amended carried.
The committee on accounts of
Township officers reported, which
was adopted, and will be published
next week.
The committee on roads and bridg-
es reported as follows:
| On the following roads the COM
missioners reported unfavorably. and
said roads were dismissed lay the Au-
ditOr. We would confirm his action:
No. 1872, Smith road.
- 334, Sprague %
" 337. change in Waterloo and
EIdora road.
No. 33S, Knowles road.
" 346, change i'm Cedar Rapids
and Cedar Falls state road. IN
No. 347, Vacation of part OF Null
Ian road.
The damages on the Hume road,
No. 1923, not having been paid, the
! Auditor dismissed 1T. We would
confirm his action. ...s.
We recommend that the prayer of
the petitioners be granted in the case
of the vacation of part of tue West
road, No. $50. .-- ~. ..-..-..
On the following roads the Auditor
grants the prayer of the petitioners,
! IL costs and damages be paid within
sixty days, which action we would
approve: ......
No. 33S. Rockwell road.
+" $50, Carton.
&" $40, Vacation of part of Ball
road. G.'u ..s. .7'.. > ..
No. 341, Blake road.
We would approve the action OF
the Auditor in establishing the
Coon's road, except that we recon-
mend that tile cast half of said road
may be only SO feet wide. .s
We would recommend that the
bonds on the following roads be ap>
proved, that the following named
commissioners be appointed to view
the same, and that the auditor fix
the time OF action for the several
commissioners: w '"-' "a
No. 344, change in Independence
and New Hampton road. 7. S.
| Garfield, commissioner.
No. $50, Oaks road, Amasa Cottrell
commissioner. .".
No. 35l, Garrison road, Il. A. Sny.
der, commissioner. .s-t ~ .st...
No. So, Knowles road, George
Bishop, commissioners.
We would recommend that the
Barber road, No. 3i3, be laid over
till the September session of the