Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23

the t-ana ra.stee On Roads and 8rid---
- ta = flasa N4- referred lie Eses.isan
az ss1u1.ry esfszegs-. asking Ter III aEs-
s,ross,sailnn OF three hundred dollars
80 the erection ri bridge asTfs-s
Kgs.laEgt creek ia Road Di-IT:e. AGz4-
Ser ftne. In Perry Township, report a.
follows. tes-wlt:
MINERALS, there vas an appropsia-
.sos, az three hundred dollars made by
The Board o. Supervisors some two
wears ago. sor ahe erection Of q bridge
acrss~ Walnut creek in Road District
No. IN Perry Township,
ANFs MREREAs, tile said apprnrT7a-
,isIn wa- deemed by the aEeBi tsnos
Carer arsr,ointed by the Board, iis-
swfiic3ent for tie erection and full
s.e,-a,.lef;on of said bridge, and he ilaS
failed ~ expeDa said sum,
Asp Is nEREAs. there y petition
from Read Di-trie4 number one. 10
Perry Township, asking That three
ilundrefi dollars he appropriated ~
fhe lizard - supervisors ioT the eret.-
;sos of bridge across Walnut creek
On the Prairie City road,
Prsof.yfD. by the Board Of Super
vi4nrs of Marion County. Iowa, That
the appra rriatian Of three hundred
dollars made for the erection OF a
fridge across Walnut creek in road
/ District number Three, and not ex-
pended. be used To aid in the erection
ana fall completion OF bridge across
Walnut creek in Perry Township on
The Prairy City road. and that james
II BrGus be appointed agent OF the
Board 70 let the contract and supe.in-
tend the erection of said bridge, and
upoy full completion of the same. the
agent will issue a certificate In favor
or the contractor. To the Auditor. who
urou the recriDt Of tl.e same Will i9-
sue a warrant 20 the contractor. on
the Bridge Fund for three hundred
dollars.
Report adopted.
The Committee on Roads and
Bridges. to whom was referred the
Resolution asking an appropriation OF
one hundred dollars for the building
Of a bridge three miles up the Calhoun
creek. in Red Rock Township. Ma
rion county. Iowa, reported as fol-
lows. towit:
we. your committee. recommend
that the within appropriation asked
for he not granted. for reason. to-wit:
\ et advisable to build bridges across
small stream. and on roads no much
travelled. under existing Indebtedness
Of Bridge Fund.
Report adopted.
The Committee on Roads and
Bridges. to whom was referred the
petition of the Township clerk Of
Lake Prairie Township. asking an
appropriation Of four hundred dollars
Ia aid the Amsterdam Road District
to put their roads in good repair, re-
! port as follows:
We recommend that the prayer Of
| the petitioner be not granted, for
reason, to-wit: That an Act amend
atory of the Road Laws, passed by the
| Twelfth General Assembly of Iowa,
| confers powers on the Trustees of the
| Townships, which, il exercised by the
I Trustees Of Lake Prairie Township.
will remove the difficulty complained
/ of by the petitioner.
| Report adopted.
The Committee on Poor reported
upon the following claims. and recon-
mended their allowance, as below
| stated:
| Report adopted, and warrants or
dercd for same. to-wit:
| 100 Syntlia A Rogers, boarding
and clothing pauper S43 W
791 A Doedyam, coffin furnish
| cd for stranger 900
| 7J2 & i. Smith, same on
1913 J A Shrader, medical at
tendance on Richard Clark,
| bill $l4 %, allowed 5 on
/ 70i Il II Wright. medical att
tendance on L Farley, bill
$50, allowed 10 W
795 Henry Parker, supplies for
Nancy A. Smith, bill ST. 80
! allowed IL IN
796 Rachel Clark, supplies for
self and family war widow
claim $50 0O, allowed 20 W
| Upon the application Of Elizabeth
/ Lloyd pauper OF Red Rock Town
ship, Marion county, Iowa, an al.
lowance Of eight dollars per quarter
was ordered by the Board.
Tho following claims were rejected
by the beard, .o-wit.
Claim OF & Boyer for boarding
aud stage fare for John Hoo
gan, for temporary relief,
| amount SD y
Claim OF John + Parker, for
nursing, boarding and pro-
viding medical treatment
for Eliza + Smith, pauper
| orphan child. amount 80 "
| Upon the application of the Trustees
of Indiana Township, for the supper
of Hiram Briggs Ga blind person) ant
family, an allowance Of two dollar
per week was granted by the Board
! for sixteen weeks.
Upon the application Of Joseph r
Spencer, for aid for himself and fam
ily, he being unable to perform man
ual labor, to aid I'm their support, thu
Board granted an allowance of tw'
dollars per week for ten weeks.
Upon the application of VIM Car
Isle, for an abatement of tax on tn,
/ east half Of the southwest quarter o
/ Section Township a Range 10 west
| for 1860, 1867, 1868 and 1859, tthe sam,
| having been sold for taxes the Com
mit.ee on Taxation and Equalization
made the following report:
Your Committee, after giving tn,
matter due consideration, recommend
that the prayer OF the petitioner bt
| no, granted.
! The above report, upon motion o
| II. r. Williams, was amended. allow