The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-12
sr~v. ,PROCEEpING0.. ,,..,.,.
CT OF "a EhfFF
Board Of Supervisors
Wapello County, Iowa.
3yF srcoND DAY. t.@s
OTTuMwA, Iowa, Sept. 3, 1872.

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OTTUMwA, Iowa, Sept. 8, 1872.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
II Members oil present. Y13(t
President Garfield in the chair.
h Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
were read and approved.
r. II. Tindell presents petition,
asking the appointment of a Commits
sioner to view and if deemed expe-
Fdient to locate a road, described as
follows to-wit:
To begin on the line Of road situat-
ed in the corner of sections %, 80, %
and 80, of township 70, range Ia; run
ming thence east on section line, be-
tween sections % and 80, also on line
between sections q and "a toa point
eighty rods from the corner of sections
%, SO, 81 and "a; thence south eight
rods, intersecting the county road.
And the prerequisites of the law
having been complied with, J. NJ.
Peck is hereby appointed such
Commissioner to perform the work,
and report back Sept. Z, 1872.
In the matter of the road petition of
Nancy Priest, which was continued
from last session, was taken up, and it
appearing that petition for damages
had been filed by r. Nimocks, Mr..
lseinhard moved that the time for
final hearing be postponed till the ID
day of November 1872, session of
the Board, and that Richard Dreamer,
Joseph Under and A. j. Bartholomew
be appointed Jury to assess damages
Oh the aforesaid claim of Nimocks,
that said appraisers, proceed at the
hour Of 10 A. NJ. on the 22d of Oc-
tober to the office of G. Z. Garvey,
Justice of the Peace, and qualify and
discharge their duties, and make their
report back to the Auditor on OF be-
fore November LIST 1872. Carried.
C.Nosler presents a petition asking
for an abatement Of assessment on
eighty acres (bcing the ca of sell Sec
IS, TIP. 70 range 14) from 1892 to $500
for the year 1871 and 1S72--and the
Board having become satisfied that
assessment was an erroneous one.
Mr.. Nelson moved that the petition
be granted and the reduction be mado
for the year 1872 only. Carried.
N. M. Ives Co. Supt. presented
claims for salary, on per diem.
Mr.. Reinhard moved the claims be
allowed, less $l.40 r. r. fare to Eddy
vile.
Mr.. Nelson moved to amend to
deduct $3.50 from the claims and call
ed for the ayes and nays which result
as follows: Nelson, aye; Reinhard,
nay Garfield, aye. Amendment car
ried.
4 Question on, original motion as
amended, ayes and nays again called
4
foras follows: Reinllard, aye Nelson;
aye Garfield aye. Carried.
Mr.. Reinhard moved that N. NJ.
Ives be allowed $500 extra compen-
sation. Upon which motion Mr.. Mel.
son called for ayes and nays, resulting
as follows: Nelson, nay; Reinhard,
laye; Garfield. aye; motion carried.
| Mr.. Reinhard was excused from fur.
| Their attendance on account Of sickness
| in bis family.
/ q. A. Wood, ct al, presented petit
| ton accompanied by an agreement
from land owners, granting right Of
way--asking the Board to establish
a road as follows to-wit:
| Beginning at the center corner Of
sec. l6, TIP. II, r Is, running due Yves,
on center of said line 100 rods, thence
due south eighty $50 rods, on line
dividing the NV Il Of sw u of sec. l6,
at which point it connects with road
running from James Ralston's west to
county line: eighty rods Of said road
running south to be established east of
said line. Road TO be thirty three (33)
feet wide.
The prerequisites OF the law having
been complied with, it is hereby de-
clared established a road in accordance
with petition.
This being the day set for final
hearing upon the road petition of Elias
Beck CT. al, and there being no remon-
STRANGE or claim for damages, the Road
is hereby declared established in &C.
cordance with petition and report of
commissioners provided petitioners pay
all costs and damages by j anuary LIST
1873.
A petition was presented from citi-
zens of Dahlonega township represent,
ing that r. l.. & L. A. Clapp have
failed to comply with the conditions
imposed by the Board at its last jan
uary session to complete the road Pc
titioned for and granted said Clapps
and praying the Board to set aside all
action in said road matter. Evidence
was heard by the Board from either
side of the question, and action post
poned till 2 o'clock T.. NJ. tomorrow.
The petition ofG. l.. Curtis for vaca-
ton of Grove street, Dahlonega, was
taken up and a remonstrance signed by
citizens of that town, presented by A.
CIapp was read. Evidence was heard
from both sides, and the matter post
poned until tomorrow.
Adjourned till tomorrow 0 o'clock
A. NJ. w. ii. CALDWELL,
Co. Auditor.
THIRD DAY.
OTTuhwA, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1872.
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