Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-01-14


Brooks and others for bridge on Hazleton
road near residence of Campbell Dixon of
many citizens for bridge on Carpenters
Creek, near residence of Thomas Williams !;
of Leonard h;rkner and others for brid ge
on Pine Creek of j. W. Baird and others
for bridge at Decker's Ford, Fairband Tp.,
be referred to the Bridge Constructor Com
mittee.
Also, that the Auditor be instructed to
issue warrant for $3l so in favor of C. W.
Lille, to be equitably distributed by him to
citizens who paid by voluntary contribu-
tons for repairs upon the bridge across
Harter's Run.
On motion the Board concurred in the
recommendations of the committee.
The Committee on Bridges also recon-
mended the adoption of the following reso.
luton, viz:
Resolred By the Board Of Supervisors Of
Buchanan Co., Io,ra, That there be and is
hereby appropriated out of the bridge fund
of this county the sum of three hundred dol
lars for the purpose of building two piers in
the dam above the bridge, at independence,
Iowa. The said piers to be not less than
l6 feet square and 20 feet high, and thor
oughly bolted together at the corners with
inch iron bolts, and filed with rock, to be
equal in strength to those now built, provi-
ded the City Council of Independence or the
Independence Mills Company appropriate
the balance necessary to construct said piers,
and neither to have any claim on the coun
ty for the amount SO appropriated.
| In which recommendation the Board did
not concur.
The Committee on County Property made
the following report:
10 the Board Of Supervisors Of Buchan-
an County Your Committee on County
Property beg leave to report that we have
| examined somewhat into the condition of
the Recorders books, and find the index OF
a portion of the same 10 be very imperfect,
and we would therefore recommend that a
committee Of three, to consist OF John Hol-
lett, j. l.. LOOMS aud d. l.. Smith be ap.
pointed to procure some competent person
or persons to rc-index said portion of the
Recorders books as need re-indexing, to
make them legal and convenient said COM
mttce to have the care and supervision of
the work herein authorized to be performed,
prorided the cost of said re indexing shall
not exceed ten cents for each description.
We would also recommend that the Auditor
be authorized to nuke the necessary atera-
tons in his Office, and also that he be au-
thorized to cause two Jury rooms to be con
structed in the northeast corner of The
Court House, also that said Auditor be au-
thorized TO contract with some suitable per-
son when the safes contracted for by the
county arrive at the depot, to take the same
and place then, properly upon suitable foun-
da:ions in the Court House, the location of
the same to be determined by the Recorder
and Clerk.
On motion to concur in The report, a d.
vision of the question was called for and the
vote was first taken upon the re-indexing of
the records, and lost The recommends
tons for the construction Of jury rooms and
authorizing the Auditor to make necessary
alterations in his Office, and contract for
putting the safes in place upon their arrival,
were approved.
youch to the Auditor on contract for safes.
The Committee on Miscellaneous Claims
reported, recommending the allowance Of
claims, as follows: See Schedule.
And that the claims of David Gill for
$ll 80, and C. G. Woodruff for $3.50, be
continued.
On motion, the report was adopted and
the Auditor was instructed to issue warrants
accordingly.
Mr. Manson moved to rescind the resolu
ton of this Board, adopted at the June sess-
ion, 1868, giving the County Superintendent
fifty cents per day additional compensation
while visiting schools.
Upon call OF yeas and nays. Messrs. But
terGcld. BIakeley, Fowler, Lille, Manson,
Marsh, North, Riseley, Richmond, Russell
and Sill an voted yea, and Messrs. Calvin,
Coughtry, Rich and Stoddard (4) voted nay,
and the motion was carried
On motion adjourned till o'clock p NJ.
JAN. 9TH, 1872 O'clock p. N.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. All
present except Mr.. Elliott.
The following resolution was offered, viz :
Reso,red By tie Board Of Supervisors Of
Bnchanan County, Iotra, That the Auditor
is hereby authorized to issue his warrant to
J. C. Perham and Russell Rowse for the
| amount found due them from the county as
per judgments Of record also that he issue
| a warrant for the amount Of 500 with in
terest at 6 per cent, from the date of their
re.enlistment in the military service for the
following named soldiers, il upon examina-
ton he shall find tina. they re-enlsted under
the call of the President for 100000 men,
dated October II, 1869, and in accordance
with resolution oithis Board dated Dec
II, 1863 Proeided, said orders be made
due and payable on the lst day Of March,
1871, at per cent. interest:
Phieus Vanderbilt, Thomas Fleming,
Jas NJ Steel, James p Ayrault,