Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-09-15
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of Board Of Supervisors, Sep
TENDER Session, 1899.

TENDER Session, 1899.
The Board of Supervisors met in reg
ular session at the Auditors Office in
Cresco, at o'clock, p. m. Sept. 4, 1899
Present, Geo. Merrill, Chairman, AL
bert Wallace and James Irvine, Super
visors and e. J. Williams County Audi
tor and clerk of the Board.
Meeting called to order by the chair
man when the following proceedings
were had.
Petition of Frank Palansky for refund
of 81 cents tax, rejected.
Petition of Amy Watros, admins.
traitor of the estate of Burton Watros
for cancellation of tax, rejected.
S. Radford was appointed member
of the Soldiers Relief Commission fol
the three ensuing years.
The following is the report of the Sol
diers Relief Commission for the year
ending Sept. 4, 1899:
CREsco, Ia, Sept. 4, 1899.
State of Iowa, Howard County-ss.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors
Gents:-We, the members OF the Soldiers
Relief Commission, beg leave to report
the amount that has been expended du
ring the last year, from Sept. 6, 1898 to
Sept. 4, 1899, to be two hundred and
three and 50.l0o dollars, ($203,50) for
which N. s. Durgin, Sec, vouches. Also
tax of one tenth of mill on all the
taxable property in said county is recon.
mended to be levied by the Board of Su-
pervisors for the use of said commission
All of which is respectfully submitted.
A. Q. RowLEY, Sec. Pro Tenn.
S. RADFoRD, Chairman.
On motion the above report was ap.
proved.
Bond of S. Radford, Soldiers Relief
Commissioner, with sureties approved.
Petition of l.. F. Bulls, ct al, for road
work in Paris Up, laid over to the jan
1900 session.
Petition of Margaret MCGEE, ct al
for consent highway in sec. l4-1O0-l1
granted and Auditor authorized to issue
warrant on county road fund for SIS
in favor of VIM. MCGEE to pay for land
occupied.
School Fund loan of j. j. Jones ap.
proved.
RESOLVED, That whereas the county
Auditor has received notice from the
Treasurer of State, in accordance with
Sec, 8, Chap. $50, acts of the 9th g. a.
| (lS62) and Sec. 6, Chap. rs, acts Of the
! 18th G. A. (lS66) stating that he has re-
ceived from the q. s. Government a
check for slS37,74, representing the pur.
chase money received hy the national
government for swamp land sold in 1859
and 4 in Howard county, and that the
same is subject to the disposal of the
Board of Supervisors, in accordance with
the provisions of the aforefaid acts
! therefore be it
RESOLVED. And We the said board do
hereby appoint G. r. Story agent to re-
ceive said money from the State Treas.
urer, and to receipt for the same in du.
plicate IN the name of Howard county,
and the Hon. State Treasurer is hereby
requested to pay said sum to the said
u. II. Story, upon presentation of copy
OF this resolution, certified to by the
County Auditor with the seal of How.
ard county thereto attached.
Ayes-Merrill, Irvine and Wallace.
Nays-None.
Report of the County Recorder show
ing fees collected during the quarter year
ending June SO, SO, at $2SO,2o, approved
Adjourned to o'clock, a. m. Sept 5.
SECOND DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
All the members present.
Petition of J.O. Stating to cancel tax
on personal property in Albion township
rejected.
Petition of Mrs. Mullen for cancella.
ton of last half of 1898 tax on lot -,
block 8, Cresco, rejected,
Petition of j. A. Bronner, ct al, for a
relocation of part of Road No 1Oa, gran,
ted and costs taxed to county.
Petition OF Dominick Waldron for re.
fund of S1,50 erroneous dog tax in 1898,
granted.
Balance of day occupied in the exam.
ination of claims.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock, a. M. Sept. 6.
THIRD DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
All members present.
Settled with J.J. Fessenden, steward of
the poor farm to Sept. 5. 1899, finding &C.
count of sales of produce from farm
since last settlement to be $4,000. Re.
ceipt No l6S to balance.
Joshua Bates engaged as janitor at
Court House for the ensuing year-com-
pensatioD $4,000. Contract on file.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock, q. M. Sept. Z.