Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-01-13

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" 1867. ... $3.50
| +" 1868 1853
+" 1863. ...... .22l.3O
1870 ....., .7Ol.6S
Safe WITS not due, .....2, $1,000
Total 4.O73.69
The Co. Auditor reported the amount
of fees received in his office during the
year 1870, as follows:
Redemption Certificates s l43. .25
Non-redemption do 290O
Transfers 272. so
+ Tax Sale Certificates I46. 81
Abstracts (school fund loans) 12.00
Total 603. 80
The Co. Auditor was authorized to pro
cure sufficient number of copies of
''Conklin's Treatise to supply the JUS
tees of the county, at a cost of not more
than five dollars per copy, delivered.
The following resolution was presented
and on motion adopted to-wit:
Resolved, That the Clerk of the
| Circuit Court is hereby authorized to retain
all fees charged by him for services in
the Circuit Court, including Probate fees
and fees for Marriage Licenses, as his
compensation for such services
The Co. Auditor was instructed to
effect insurance on the Court House and
Jail and Jailor's house, as follows:
On Court House, in the Chart
ford OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $1,000
On Court House, in the ''Secu-
rity, =. 1.,..........,. $500
On Jail, in the ''Aetna," Hart
lOTu, /, o,UUU
On Furniture Of Court House in
the ''Underwriters, n I.,. 5000
The Bridge Construction Committee
for 1870 made the following report,
which was accepted and ordered on file,
to-wIt
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of
Buchanan Co.
We, the bridge construction committee
of Buchanan Co. hereby submit the
| report of our doings since the report
made to the Board of Supervisors at
the Oct. Session. All contracts made
previous to that date for the erection
of new bridges and the repair of old
ones have been completed and accepted ex-
| cept one contracted for with H. NJ. Broad
street. We have no knowledge of any
thing being done toward building said
bridge. The time for completing said
bridge expired on the first day Of Dee.
1870.
In our report, the contract price Of
bridge No 8 was through mistake, stated
to be Sl92, it should have been $20t.
In settling with r. N. II rrington for
the erection of bridges No. 3 and ID,
we deducted $40 from contract price,
| because said bridges We're not built
fully according to contract. Also on
bridge No. IA, 3. B. Brown contractor,
$40 was deducted for same reason as
in No. 3 and l5.
| On bridge No. 10 (Ban & North con-
tractors) we paid Sl3 more than the
contract price for extra work. Also
on the first contract for bridge south
of independence (Rsely Il Scott contract
ors) we paid extra $3.50 for using
three inch plank instead of two inch
plank.
We have also made the following
contracts since our report in Oct.
Bridge across Willow creek, Halle
on Township, 4S feet long; contract
made with p NJ freeman for $255;
bridge completed and accepted.
Also made contract with Frank How
ard and Jason Nicholas to repair Fair
bank bridge, for Sl39, which job is
completed and accepted.
Contracted with Lyman J. Curtis to
build bridge across Brigh.'s creek, Wash
ington Township, 80 feet long for
$3.50.
Contracted with T. P. Caniield to
build bridge across tributary of But
falo creek, Madison Township, 40 feet
long for 5000.
On all all jobs which are reported
completed and accepted we have given
orders to contractors for warrants to
the full amount their due.
j. ID. RUSSELL,
Chairman of Bridge Con. Com.
THIRD DAY.
Jan 4th, 1871.
The Board met at Q O'Clock, A. NJ,
pursuant to adjournment.
All the members present.
The minutes of yesterdays proceedings
were reat and approved.
The following claims of veteran soldiers,
under resolution of the Board, passed
Dec II, 1868, were presented and allow
ed, as appears in the following schedule,
and the Co. Auditor was instructed to
issue warrants on the Bounty Fund ac-