Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-04-28
Board Proceedings Of Audi
bon County, Iowa.
Adjourned Session, April 1898.

Adjourned Session, April 1898.
Auditors Office, Audubon, Iowa,
April 20, 1898.
Board of Supervisors met pursuant
to adjournment. Members present
w. d. Stanley, Niels P. Hoegh and S.
F. Garmire.
On motion bills were allowed as fol-
lows:
H Jones, expense for county $lO5 90
John Ward, repairing county
bridge 100 %
j HI Jones, expense Sc IS
] II Jones, board for Courtney II 90
j HI Jones, expense in Cunning
ham and Hepp cases at Car
roll, Iowa, on writ of habeas
corpus 2S IS
j B Doak, meat for poor farm Is 90
E j Freeman, lights for county
to April s, 1895 80 so
John Bailey, witness SO
A Slender, merchandise for
Mrs. Hardesty ? 90
On motion the chairman of Board
of Supervisors and the County Audi
tor We're instructed to enter into con-
tract with B. S. Walker, of Des
Moines, Iowa, to settle and adjust
with the United States government
the claims for swamp land and cash
idemnity due the county.
On motion Board adjourned until
one o'clock p. NJ.
One O'Clock P. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
On motion the following claims were
allowed:
John Weighton, refund erron-
eous assessment 50
DR.. G Eyer. medical attendance
on Mrs. Beadle during confine-
ment, claim $500, allowed 10 90
DR.. r F Childs, medical attend
ance on juror l 50
Baker & Kelly, merchandise for
poor, claim $3.50, rejected.
VIM Dryden, livery for county 3 90
Albert Polzin, trustee work. 3 90
l. Bridenstine, making out road
J T Baker, house rent for Joseph "
Haines ----- II 90
DR. R F Childs, medical attend
ance on Phillips family , so
| F NJ Barrett, trustee meeting
and making road books Is 90
DR.. w r Koob, medical attend
ance on n. l.. Wood family 50 SO
Lewis Ellis, work on park, claim
$500, allowed .-- Is OC
Chas. KILLER, repairing county
bridge ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 5 81
R NJ Dickey, assessing Douglas
township " 81 0C
L R Gill, assessing Hamlin
township "a %
Dodd & Struthers, rodding Of
buildings at poor farm l02 0(
On motion contract and bond of DR.
j. c. Newton as county physician fol
south half of county for 1898 was APP
proved.
On motion bond of Geo. A. Fenster
macher for 1898 as justice of the peace
for Audubon township, was approved
On motion claims We're allowed as
follows:
Il } Fish, erroneous assessment IL 81
w d Stanley, board meeting
and mileage --- 4 &C
S f Garmire, board meeting and
mileage 5 II
Niels P Hoegh, board meeting
and mileage ----- ) sc
Matt Thielen, house rent for Mrs
Emery II O(
Peter Madsen, trustee work - 3 O(
On motion the following resolutions
were adopted:
Be it resoIped, that hereafter when
bridge work is completed by the con.
tractor and same is certified by the
committeeman to be in accordance
with the contract for such work en-.
tered into by such contractor with the
county, which certificate shall state
the amount due for such work; then
upon filing such certificate with the
auditor Of this county, said auditor
shall issue to the contractor Of the
proper warrant upon the bridge funG
of this county, for the amount so Ger.
titled to be due such contractor fol
such work.
Approved April 20, 1898.
w. d. STANLEY,
Chairman.
Be it ReSoIred, That hereafter
when the monthly statement for worl
done under contract with Ward &
Powers, for road work shall be flee
with the County Auditor and same is
certified to be correct by the commit
teeman for that purpose, the said au
ditor shall issue to said Ward & Pow
CTS IL WdfIauJ Oh lIle iOslu lullu Ol I'LL
county for ninety per cent of TIL,
amount so certified to be due sale
parties.
Approved April 20, 1898.
w. ID. STANLEY,
Chairman.
| On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
WHEREAS, The outstanding in
debtedness OF Audubon county, Iowa
on the first day Of April 1898, exceed
ed the sum of ($5O0O.00) Five Thousan,
Dollars and
WHEREAS. The total indebtedness
of said Audubon county, Iowa, di,
not at said time nor does at the tim
of passing this resolution, exceed tn
constitutional or statutory limit of in
debtedness therefore be it
ResoIPed, BY the Board of Super
visors of said county, in regular ses
sion assembled, that bonds for tn