Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19

the comfy before the June session of
this board.
The following committees were APP
pointed by the chairman for the ensu-
ing year:
Bridge Com. entire board with Allen
as chairman.
Highway Com. entire board with
Haug as chairman.
Poor house Com. entire board with
Greer as chairman.
Court house and Jail Com. Magnes,
Greer, Allen and Haug, with Magnes
as hartman.
Moved and carried that II. F. Auch-
moody be employed to index the fol-
lowing books i'm the clerks office at a
compensation of $50:
One book colled "Record of
Everything" and two books of
Naturalization Records
The quarterly reports of T. f. Auch-
moody, ex-recorder, We're examined
and ordered placed on file.
Balance of the afternoon was spent
in listening to petitions.
On motion adjourned to a. M,
Jan. 9.
SIXTH DAY.
Sa. M, Jan. 9.-Board met pursuant
to adjournment, members all present,
minutes of yesterdays meeting read
and approved.
The auditor was on motion author
lied and ordered to ask for sheriff's
deed on the Steyer property.
Moved and carried that the auditor
be authorized to advertise for bids for
doing the steel bridge work of this
county for the year 1897, bidders to
submit their own plans and specifica-
tons and bid oh the same, this to in
clude spans up to sixty feet i'm length.
Specifications to show weight bridge
will carry and weight of bridge. di-
mansions of all material, also prices of
steel tubes from Is inches i'm diameter
upward to SO inches, filled with con-
crete and placed in position and also
also the price of the oak piling driven
per lineal foot, nothing smaller than 10
inches at the top to be used.
Moved and carried that the board
proceed to a formal ballot i'm selecting
a physician for doctoring the poor and
inmates of the Jail as per advertisement,
the result was as follows: Stevens
three votes, Daubney two votes. DR..
Stevens was thereupon awarded the
contract for the ensuing year at COM
pensation of $3.50.
The awarding of the county printing
for the ensuing year was taken up, and
as there appeared to be contest, action
was, on motion, postponed until 80
p. m.
The following resolution was offered
by Haug and seconded by Greer:
WHEREAS, the taxes for the year 1896
levied upon the property of the First
National Bank of DEBORAH, Iowa, are
now due and unpaid, and whereas the
said bank is now insolvent, and its af-
fairs are in the hands of receiver, and
it has been satisfactorily shown to us
that the result of the assets and liabili-
ties by said receiver shows that in the
year 1896 the said bank had no person.
al property properly assessable for tax
alton for the reason that its capital
stock had not only been impaired but.
was in fact entirely lost and that the
assets of said bank will fall far short of
sufficient to pay its depositors i'm full,
and ifthe said taxes have to be paid by
the receiver so much will be deducted
from dividends that will be paid to
said depositors who will in any event
be heavy losers, most of said depOsitors
being poor people who can lily afford
to bear the loss, and whereas under the
banking laws of the United States the
personal assets and personal property
of an insolvent National bank i'm the
hands of a receiver appointed by the
comptroller of the currency is exempt
from taxation under state laws, there
fore
RESOLVED i'm view of the foregoing
that the taxes for the year 1896 levied
upon the personal property of the
First National Bank of DEBORAH be
and the same are hereby abated and
discharged and the same be so marked
by the county treasurer of Winneshiek
county.
Action on the above resolution post
poned until the adjourned session of
this board.
The bids for the stewardship of the
poor farm were opened and after an
examination the contract for the en-
suing year was awarded to A. A. Sny-
J. q n m