Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-09-21
PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of Supervisors Septem.
Der Session.

Board met at the auditors Office at 2:3O
p. m. Sept 6, 1897.
There were present, James Irvine,
chairman of the board, and George Mer.
rill and Hans jacobson, supervisors, and
w. g. Fish, deputy auditor and clerk Of
the board.
Meeting was called to order by the
chairman, whereupon the board proceed
ed to levy taxes in mills on each dollar
Of valuation as follows:
State taxes certified by state auditor 2s mills.
State university by state auditor OIL mill.
County taxes levied by the board of supervis.
ors, 8 mills.
Bridge taxes levied by the board of supervis-
ors, mills.
Poor taxes levied by the board of supervisors,
II mill.
Insane taxes levied by the board Of supervisors,
IL mills
County school taxes levied by the board of
supervisors mill
County road taxes levied by the board ofsuper
visors, mill.
School taxes as certified by the school
boards of the several district townships
and independent school districts.
Independent district Of Lincoln, teachers 4.3
mills, contingent 81 mills.
lu0epcnQe0t district OF ElOrenCeY1lle, teachers
Is mills, contingent mills.
Independent district OF Oakley, teachers mills.
contingent mill.
independent district OF Nichols teachers 81
mills. contingent "a mills
Independent district of Liberty, teachers I
mills, contingent 0.6 mill.
Independent district OF Albion, teachers IL
mills, contingent "a mills
independent district Of Darrow, 81 mills, con.
tingent 2.5 mills
Independent district Of Creseo, school house
Q mill mill a lie
Independent district of Lime Springs, teachers
1875 mills. contingent S.3 mills
Independent district Of Chester. school house
mills. teachers 1871 mills, contingent IL mills.
Independent district of Riceville. school house
10 mills, teachers IA mills, contingent 0.5 mills.
INDEPENDENT district Of Elma. school house s.s
mills, teachers 81 mills, contingent 4,5 mills.
District township Forest City, contingent 2.s
mills
District township Chester, teachers rs mills,
District township Oak Dale, library O.1 mill
teachers rs mills, contingent 81 mills :,
District ship Jamestown teachers 10 mills
District township Saratoga. school house 81
mills. teachers 81 mills, contingent 90 mills.
District township Howard Center, teachers o.!
mills.
District township Vernon Springs, teachers g.!
mills. contingent mills.
District township New Oregon, school hous'
mills
District township Paris, teachers 7.s mills con
G0gent 30 mills
District township Howard school house o.
mills, teachers Sc mills, contingent 2.9 mills.
District township Alton school house &c mills
teachers 10 mills contingent mills
On motion, adjourned to o'clock a
m. Sept. Z.
SECOND DAY.
Sept. Board met pursuant to ad
journment. All members present, ant
were called to order by the chairman.
Continued the levy of taxes.
Corporation taxes as certified by cit,
clerks:
Cresco, general ................ 9 mill
6 water works. .......... 3 mill
Lime Springs, general. ........ 10 mill
Riceville $3.50. $500. ........ b mill
Also in accordance with the provil
ions of section 2, chapter 80 Of the law
of the twentieth general assembly, Their
is hereby levied tax of so cents againl
every male dog and 81 against every Il
male dog as returned by the several al
SCISSORS in the county.
Also in accordance with the provision
of subdivision 2, section 1856 of the God
of 1873, poll tax of so cents was levie
against every male person over 81 veal
OF age not exempt by law.
Petition of F. G. Croxen to refund dc
tax of so cents, was on motion, grantee
On motion, the road poll tax ($2.5O) {
T r. Roche for 1S95 WAS ordered cal
celled.
On motion, resolved that on and att
this date S12 will be the maximum
amount that will be allowed by Howa1
county for any coffin furnished to pa
per.
Ayes Merrill, jacobson, Irvine.
Nsys-None.
The following is copy OF the annu
report Of the soldiers relief commission
CREsco, Iowa, Sept. Z, 1897.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisor
of Howard County, Iowa:
Gentlemen:
We, your soldiers relief commission
would report: We have expended &c
relief for the year ending Sept. z, 1s9
$2O1.1O. We also recommend tax {
one.tenth of mill on the taxable prop
erty for ensuing year.
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