Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-24

Jos. Holland ON the Jos. Holland
road No. 1909. said cattleway to be
"a feet long 3 feet wide in the clear
and feet high in the clear, at point
agreed upon by the Board of Super
visors of Winnesheik county and the
aforesaid Jos. Holland, said cattleway
when completed to be kept in good
repair by said Jos. Holland
The adoption of the following reso-
luton was proposed by Nicholson and
seconded by Moore:
Whereas, the attention of the Board
of Supervisors, of late, has been
called frequently to the crowded con-
dition of the vaults in the Clerk S and
Recorders offices, and also to the
wholly exposed condition of records
and papers in the various other
offices, the loss of some of which
would create untold labor and expendi-
ture TO replace, and others which
could not be replaced at any cost, and
Whereas, numerous citizens and pro-
perty owners, people who each pay
large amount of taxes, have asked
and petitioned the Board to take some
steps to provide for the safety and
security of public records, records in
which the entire county have an equal
interest, and
Whereas, we as the Board of
Supervisors of this county and public
officials who have to do for the well
fare and benefit of the people in gen.
eral, realize that some action must
be taken inside of year for providing
better security for all records, but be-
fore any steps are taken in relation to
building and adding to the present
structure, which is nearly fifty years
old, we prefer to have an expression
of the people as TO tie way in which
their money shall be expended, there
for,
Be it Resolved, by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Winnesheik county, Iowa,
at the September, 1902 regular ses-
sion, that the following questions be
and are hereby submitted to the legal
voters of said county at the next Gen
eral Election of 1902, to be voted upon
as follows:-
Shall the Board of Supervisors be
authorized to tear down the old
Court House building and bond the
county in the sum of not exceeding
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars, for
the erection of a new Court House
building, and be authorized to erect
a new Court House on the old Court
House ground?
Shall an annual tax, in addition to
the usual taxes, be levied upon the
taxable property of the said county,
in a sum not exceeding Eleven
thousand Dollars per annum, for the
purpose of paying for the erection of
said Court House?
Shall bonds of the county be issued
in the sum of not exceeding Seventy
Five Thousand Dollars, upon which
to borrow money to erect Court
House, in and for said county; said
bonds to be issued in denominations
of not less than 800 nor more than
$1,000 and to bear interest at the rate
of not exceeding four per cent per
annum, with interest payable semi
annually on the first day of April and
the first day of October of each
year, ON and after April lst, 1904, at
the Office of the County Treasurer
of said county, provided, that said
bonds shall not ba sold for less than
One Hundred cents ON the dollar?
Seven Thousand Dollars of said
bonds and interest thereon shall be
made due and payable on the first day
of October, 1904, and Eight Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars and unpaid
| interest thereon shall be made due
and payable on the ,st. day OF October
of each of the years 1905, 1906, 1907,
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912 respec-