Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
Attest.

Board OF Canva66ers
Attest. w. G. FISH,
County Auditor and
Clerk of Board
On motion the county auditor was or
dered to issue warrant to j. Fessenden
steward of poor farm, for S9l.66 for sal
airy for two months ending October 81
1895.
On motion, an appropriation of SlO7 II
hereby made to help pay the cost of Sc
curing road known MS Brunn's road, No
279, IN Howard township, and the audito
Is hereby instructed to issue warran
for the same when the balance of cost.
and damages are paid in full.
Ayes: Merrill, jacobson and Irvine
Nays: None.
Balance of day occupied in examina
ton OF claims against the county. Or
motion, adjourned until s a. M. Nov. IS
1895.
Nov. 10, 1895.
Board met pursuant to adjournmen,
at 8 o'clock a. m. All members present
In the matter of the petition of ]. y
Ayers and 81. L. Spauldipg to rescind q
part of the tax levied in accordance with
section 9, chapter 62, acts of the 25th
general assembly; be it ordered that the
county treasurer cancel all tax against
j. L. Ayers and H. L. Spaulding on lot 8.
block 30, Elma, Iowa, levied under the
provisions of said law, there having been
no sales of liquors on said premises since
July IL, 1885, as appears from the petit
ton OF said parties on file in the auditors
Office
Ayes: Merrill, jacobson and Irvine.
Nays: None.
Petition OF M. G. and G. Deveraux to
rebate and cancel portion of tax levied
against lot 19, block Is, Elma, Iowa, I'M
der the mulct law, was on motion laid
over till January. 1896, meeting of the
board.
Petition of Martin Kalishek to rebate
and cancel a portion of the tax levied
against lot No. %, plat of Protivin, un-
der mulct law was on motion rejected.
Petition of Henry Rink to refund dog
tux for the year 1894, New Oregon town.
ship, was on motion laid over for further
evidence.
Petition of VIM. Bent to refund 81,
dog tax for the year 1893, Chester town
ship, was on motion granted and the
auditor instructed to issue refund war
rant on proper fund for the amount.
Petition of George Halsted to cancel
road poll tax for 1893, Vernon Springs
township, was on motion granted.
Petition of Peter Hagen to refund a
portion Of the tax levied under the mulct
law against lot 8, block 80, Elma, and
paid to the county treasurer, was on mo-
ton laid over until the January session,
1896.
Petition of the trustees of Baptist
church of Cresco to rebate taxes on the
south SO feet of lots Nos. 5, 6, z and 8,
block 3, Beadle's addition TO C1esco, for
1895, was on motion granted.
: Report of fees collected by county
auditor on motion was approved.
Clerks report of fees collected for
September and October, 1895, was Oh
motion approved
Petition of Joe Neubor to cancel road
tax on Ell sell section 81 1912, road dis
trict No. Z, Howard township, for 1894,
amount $3.l2, on motion granted and
treasurer ordered to cancel same.
In the matter of the petition of Swehla
u Kobliska for rebate of liquor tax, it
appearing from an examination of the
records in the treasurer's office that the
said petitioners on June 80, 1895, paid to
the treasurer the sum of $50 as liquor
tax for the quarter ending Oct. l, 1895,
and it also appearing from the records
IN the office of the clerk of the courts
that at an adjourned term of the district
court by order of the Hon. A. N. Robson
presiding, on the 18th day of July, 1895,
the business of the said petitioners was
abated, and they not having been engag-
ed in the sale or keeping for sale of in.
toxlcatlng liquors since the last above
named date, it was by vote of the board
ordered that the pro rata tax, to-wit,
sl2O3O, be refunded to the said petition
ers as prayed for in their petition.
Ayes: George Merrill, Hans Jacob
eon. Nays: James Irvine.
On motion, an appropriation of 500
was made out of bridge fund to build
the Saratoga bridge and placed in the
hands OF Supervisor Merrill to pay for
the same.
Petition of @. Miller to refund s44s
OF road tax returned by mistake against
the eR swll and sell section 1888 for
1882, granted and the auditor instructed
to issue warrant on proper funds for the
amount.
The following school fund loans made
by the county auditor since the Septem-
Der, 1898, session of the board were ex.
amined and approved:
9 20. @. Herring, $500 on lot l sub divis.
ION lot 3, on sw4 nwl section 30.99-l4.
George p. Searles, $1,000, nell 34.1OO-
13.
TT. Gibbons, $500 on n15 sell 80 and
n1a sw4 33.99-l3.
The board settled with Supervisor
Merrill for the following bridge appro.
priations:
$500 to build a bridge across Crane
creek between sections % and 33 1913.
Found accounts correct and balance
over paid of S3O.33 and the auditor was
authorized to issue warrant on bridge
fund for the amount.
$50 to build bridge across a slough
between sections and 3-99-13. Found
accounts correct and balance in his
hands of sl038, which be paid over to
the treasurer as per receipt on file in
auditors Office.
$50 to build bridge on north and