Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17
PROCEEDINGS
The Board Of Supervisors.
CouRT HOUSE, WAPELLo Co..
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Court HOUSE, WAPELLo Goa
OTTUMwA, September IL, 1S74.{
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment..
Members all present.
President Nelson in the Chair.
Minutes of yesterday were read and
and approved.
j. M. Fish presents petition pray
ing tho Board to abatc assessment on
property in Eddyville, setting forth
that since the property was assessed
in January, 1873, disastrous fire had
burned off the building. On motion
of Mr.. Michael, the petition was grant
ed as follows: To abate assessment on
East part lot l, block 2, to $575; lot 2,
block 2, to $l44, lot 3, block 2, to Sis.
Geo. w. Chamberlain, John Leggett
and Edwin Leggett, each present Pc
titions similar to that of Mr.. j. M.
Fish; and, on motion of Mr.. Michael,
the E11s, VIZ, lot !, block 2, property
Of Mr.. Chamberlain was abated to
$575; the VIZ, EA, lot l, block 2,
property Of Edwin Leggett, was aba
ted to $3.50, the assessment on lot I,
block liz, property of john Leggett,
was abatcd to 500. All tho aforesaid
property being in Eddyville, Iowa.
Robert West and w. S. McKelvey
each present petitions to have personal
property assessment abated.
On motion Of Mr.. Michael, the Pc
titions of West and McKelvey were
rejected for want of jurisdiction.
VIM. Robertson presents petition
praying the Board to correct an error
in assessment Of property on the tax
books of 1870, which occurred in
transferring from Assessors book to
tax duplicate, there having been two
persons in the township (Highland) of
the same name, the assessment was
carried forward wrongfully. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Michael the Auditor is in
structed to correct the book, striking
off $493 from said assessment.
P. G. Shaw's petition for county to
pay expense of re-survey of highway
was, on motion, continued till October
lS74) session.
BENZ. Ladd presents petition pray
ing the Board to abate penalty accrued
ON certain taxes. On motion of Mr..
Mccullough the petition was reject
ed.
j. w. Millcr's petition for abatene nt
of assessment was, on motion. rejected
for want of jurisdiction.
The petition presented by w. Mef-
ford at June QS74) session asking the
Board to refund taxes which he had
paid for previous years AZ guardian for
Breon's heirs upon pension money!
which was continued till this session,
was taken up and considered, and up
on motion of Mr.. Michael, was reject
ed.
Cyrus Sinnard presents a petition
for permission to buy and sell intoxi-
eating liquors in the town of Kirkville,
Iowa.
Mr.. Mccullough moved that the pc
tition of Sinnard be granted, and call
ed for the ayes and nays, resulting as
follows:
Mr.. Mccullough Aye, Mr.. Michael
Aye, Mr.. Nelson Aye.
The Chair declared motion carried.
On motion of Mr.. Michael tho to-.
lowing resolution was adopted, to-
wit:
Resol,ed, by the Board of Supervi-
sors of Wapello county, Iowa, That |
The following taxes be levied on tho
assessment or the year A. ID. 1874,
viz:
State 2mills County, 3l% mills
County SCHOOL, g Bridge, II
Poor Farm, ] 80 Insane, 60
Poll 30 cents each
and the Auditor lie required to carry
out upon the textbooks the taxes here
In levied ; and also to ascertain the per |
centum necessary to raise the various |
sums which shall have been certified |
for school purposes by the Secretaries |
Of school districts on or before the
second Monday in October, and levy |
the same upon the assessments of each |
and all township and independent
school districts also all city taxes GER
tilted by city authority and all other |
taxes which may be certified accord |
ing to law, and that he shall attach his |
under his hand and seal of of. |
flee to such textbooks requiring the |
County Treasurer to collect the taxes
therein set forth.
Stepfarther presents petition ask
ing the Board to strike from his as
sessment the sum of 81 so for survey
ing fees. 1t appearing that the work |
was done before the law was repealed I;
on motion of Mr.. Mccullough the Pc
tition was rejected.
On motion of Mr.. Michael the fol-
lowing named persons were appointed
to act as judges of election on 18th of
October, 1874, to-wit: lst Precinct, L.
E. Gray, Frank Warden, and Fred Ar
thur; I'd Precinct, II. N. Macoy, Isaac
Logan, and w. ii. Gorsuch,-Center
HIGHWAY PROCEEDINGS.
Sept. ii, 1874.
J. T. Kline, ct. al, presents petit
lion for highway, described as fol-
lows, wit: