Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-08
Titus Amendment Made No Differ
ence in Ottumwa.
COUNTY OFFICERS ASSUME DUTIES
Meeting of the County Board Con-
vened at 1888 O'Clock This After
noon-H. j. Wing Is Deputy for
County Clerk Michael.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The changes in the list of county
officers were made today without a
single hitch of any kind. Those regu-
larly elected at the last election were
sworn in this afternoon, shortly after
the meeting of the board of county
supervisors, while those whom they
were to succeed stepped down and
out without a word of disagreement.
The bonds of the incoming officers
were regularly approved and the
county's official machinery moved off
without semblance of friction.
The county board meeting was call
ed to order at 1885 p. m. by Chairman
H. B. Wagers. Supervisors Elder and
Spilman were present. J. M. Neil
roy, the incoming supervisor was reg
ularly sworn in and Mr.. Wagers step
ped out. Mr.. Elder was then regu-
lar1y elected to the Craftsmanship of
the board.
The Official Papers.
The first work of the new board
was to select the official papers for
the ensuing term. They are as fol-
lows: The Courier, The Saturday
Herald, The Eldon Forum and the
Eddyville Tribune.
Superintendent George Wilson of
the county farm addressed the board
for a short time regarding matters
pertaining to the conduct of the in
stitution The bonds of the various
county and township officers were
approved. Among these were the fol-
lowing:
County Clerk-H. W. Michael; dep
uty H. j. Wing.
County AUDITOR. H. Hommand;
deputy, John R. Criley.
County Recorder-GeorgeH .Smith;
deputy, Laura Smith.
Coroner-David Throne.
County Attorney-D. H. Emery.
Justices of the Peace, Center Town
ship-J. A. Ballard and o. L.
Campbell.
Cons bles, Center township-E. M.
Campbell and John Slaughter.
Observation-Disclosures
In order to forestall any action that
might come up in regard to the matter
of the Titus amendment, the board
adopted the following resolution:
''Now, on this 7th day of January,
1901, the board being in regular SEES
sion and the matter of the resignation
of A. w. Enoch, county attorney, Nor
gan Griswold, county auditor, and. IL.
B. Wagers, member of the board or
supervisors, coming up, and also the
question of the appointment of their
successors in office, for the purpose
of settling as far as possible the tech
nical queslion as to officers holding
said Office under the Titus amendment,
| the board being fully advised accepts
| said designations of said county Off
| GERS and each of them, and the said D..
H. Emery, the duly elected and quail
| fed county attorney is also hereby ap-
pointed county attorney of Wapello
county, Iowa, and I. H. Hammond, the
duly elected and qualified county audi
tor is also hereby appointed county
auditor of Wapello county, Iowa, and
John McElroy, the duly elected men,
Der of the board of supervisors of
| Wapello county, Iowa, having also
heretofore been appointed as by law
required, and the same is hereby ap-
proved"
o. j. Garrott's Report.
County Clerk o. j. Garriott, retir.
ing, submitted a report IOr l9UU, snow
ing the amount of district court fees
collected to have been $936.S2; 81,
penses of office, 452.S5; balance tuin
ed over to county treasurer, $484.S2;
1 fees due sundry persons, $60.61; Roll
| Lewis fine paid in, $25; money depos
tied in probate matters, $115.2S; pro
bate fees, $347.10-all of which was
duly turned over to the treasurer.
Auditor Griswold's Report.
! County Auditor Morgan Griswold
retiring, submitted a report showing
fees having been received by him dur
ling 1900, as follows. First quarter
$139.90; second quarter, $S6.S5; thirt
quarter, $91.75; fourth quarter, $169 sc
total for year, $4SS.10. This amount
was reported TO have been retained il
accordance with the provisions of 6
resolution adopted by the board June
! Ia, 1899.
| Sheriff B. F. Suits, County Physi
clan G. R. Russell, County Attorney A
w. Enoch, County Recorder Church
Porter, County Treasurer Spry anG
/ other officers also filed renorts