The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-05

Board Of Supervisors a ,;s
Napello County, Iowa. A a,
FIRST DAY.
ID OrruMwA, Iowa, Sept. 2, 1872.
Regular session of Board of Super ~
visors Of Wapello county, Iowa a
Roll called. Present Sup's, Canfield, p
Reinhard and Nelson. IT,
President Garfield in the chair. -
Proceedings of Auditor in vacation, y
and the minutes of last days proceed =
ings of June term, were read and ap-
proved. ~.
Jno. r. Mcleod presents petitionI
for exclusive right to run q ferry fof
one mile above and one mile below
point in Section ~, township II, range
-, about 300 feet below the railroad
bridge across the Des Moines River, at
Eldon, Wapello county, Iowa, for the
term of ten (1O years from this date.
Mr.. Reinhard moved that the petit /
ton be granted, and that the rates OF
ferriage to be charged by Mcleod be
the same as those established for the
regulation of Prosser's ferry at IT
Richmond; provided Mcleod pays
one dollar annually for license. Car
ried.
On motion, adjourned till 9 o'clock,
tomorrow morning.
WIN. H. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUDITOR DURING
VACATION.
JUNE 10, 1S72-Wm. Cloyd, Com
missioner appointed to view and If
deemed expedient to vacate and locate
roads pstitioned for by Joseph ORA
y per, having reported back, on the Sd
day of June, to the Board of Super
visors, in in favor Of the petition, and
the Board having granted SO much of
the petition as to the establishment OF
the road prayed for, and having failed
to set day for final hearing upon the
petition for vacation, it is hereby or.
dered that the 9Th day Of Aug, A. D
1872, be set for final hearing before thu
Auditor
.sf @ w. III. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
JUNE -, lS72.-John Vass, Com
missioner appointed to view and
deemed expedient to locate a roa'
.petitisHed for by Nancy Priest ratiara
=. -deeming 1t for tn
public good that the road sAsnYd b
located and It is hereby cracren tina
Tuesday, the Sd day of Sept, 1872, b
set for final hearing before the Boar
of Supervisors. 81
ea w. n. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
ala79 --sIahr n.-s1Ea1gu!
Commissioner appointed to view, an
if deemed expediept to locate : ron
petitiAnsd for by Charles Beck, ct a
returns his report this day, recon
mending the establishment Of the ros
as prayed for, and in accordance vii
the Surveyors notes attached to
said report and it is hereby ordert
that the Sd day of Sept. A. d. 1879,
---sAt az the day rUr final hearing in Il
matter before the, board of Superv
sors. W. H. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
JUNE 30, 1s72.-Caleb Heacoc
Commissioner appointed to view al
if deemed expedient to locate and v
cate roads petitioned for by Samuel Y
Lyons, reports this day as follows, I
wit: Your commissioner is of Il
opinion that the road will be of gre
convenience and utility to the publ
and would hereby .recea..aend ITS e
tnblislsnent.
Your Commissioner is of the OPT
ion that the road asked to be vacate
should be vacated from the point I
commencement to the point Of inte
section with the Ottumwa and Osk
loosa road.
And it is hereby ordered that Il
18th day of Sept, 1872, be set as Il
day for final hearing on the petite
and report, before the Board of Supe
visors. w. H. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
July LIST, l872.-J. Curtis Ives, Con
missioner appointed to view and
deemed expedient to locate road D
titioned for by j. NJ. Leisure, ct a
returns his report this day, to-wi
Your Commissioner is of the opinic
that the road will be of great conyen
ence and utility to the public, an
would hereby recommend its establish
ments as follows: To commence at Il
ne corner of the sw14 of sw1 of Sc
rs, TIP. %, range IL; thence due ca
eighty rods to the county line to Co
ner stone--witness tree 6k feet du
north from the stone. And it is her,
by ordered that the 4th day Of Sept
1872 be set as the day for final hearin
on the above report.
w. H. CALDWELL, Co. Aud.
July 8, 1S72.-Joseph Gardner, Z
a., present petition praying the ap
pointment Of o commissioner to viev
and if deemed expedient TO vacate
road, described as follows, to-wit
Commencing at the sw corner of Il.
nwA of Sec. q, TIP. 70, range Is
thence north "a of a mile thence NV J
mile, angling through lots and IN
til it intersectlnfhe road leading sout
ON the east line Of se4 of Sec. q