Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-09-12
For Congress, 4th Cong. District.
A. L. SORTER,
Of Cerro Gordo County.
Proceedings Of the Board Of SUI
pervisors Of Howard County.
Iowa, September SEES.
~;on ooNo

sion 1902.
The Board of Supervisors Of How
ard county, Iowa, met at the Office of
the County Auditor in Cresco, Iowa,
at O'Clock p. M, Sept. l, 1902. There
were present Supervisors Seavy, Dell
and Keune, and Geo. L. Champlin,
clerk of the board.
E. L. Chambers, under contract to
build and repair bridgesin the county,
being present, the board proceeded to
settle with him for work done up to
Sept. l, 1902, finding s427389 due him
as per item1zed claims filed with the
county auditor.
The annual report of the Soldier s'
Relief Commission was approved and
is in words and figures as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors o fHow-
ard county, Iowa.
Gentlemen;-
The undersigned, members of the
Soldiers Relief Commission of How
ard county, Iowa, under appoint ment
by your honorable body, would re-
spectfully report that we met at the
Office of the county auditor in Cresco,
Iowa, on the LIST day of September, A.
d. 1902; that we have expended dur
ing the year ending Sept 1, 1902, for
e. UuO lOlAO1 OAS VI w P1J oAS 4u0SAoA
penseS of, INDECENT soldiers or their
widows or minor orphans as provided
by law, and as compensation OF men,
bers of this commission, the sums Bet
opposite the respective names below:
For Joe SimerSon aid ..........". S156. 90
For Mrs. A. Linville aid......... 1900
For S. RadfOrd cOmr ..."........ ~. 80
For A. o. Rowley comr ......".". $40
For n. S. Durgin comr 6 20
Total s2I7 80
We would respectfully recommend
that a tax of one tenth Of one mill on
each dollar of the taxable property Of
said county be levied for the Soldiers
Relief Fund of Howard county for the
ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
A. o. RowLEY,
n. S. DURG1N.
Fred Hill of Forest City township
dierS' Relief Commission to succeed
S. Radford, deceased.
Contract with Joshua Bates, janitor
was renewed for one year from Sept.
3rd, 1902.
Board adjourned to 8 o'clock a. m /,
Sept. Q, 1902.
SECOND DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment with all members present.
Recorder IS report of fees for quar-
ter ending June Goth, 1902, showing
fees collected to the amount of $216..
SIS, was approved.
Petition of Fannie e. barrow for a
soldiers widow IS exemption Of $500 on
her homestead on sw4, ne4, sec. 49,
100, IA, was granted and the 1901 tax
on that amount cancelled.
Petition of Mrs. f. E. Russell for
cancellation of the 1901 tax on lot 8,
block 2, Gillette's add. to Cresco, vas
rejected.
the cancellation Of the 1902 tax on
$40 worth of personal property belong
ing to the estate Of S. S. Howe, de-
ceased, was rejected.
Clerks report OF fees for quarter
ending June Goth, 1902, showing fees
collected and paid into the county
treasury as follows. Fees and costs
$435.00 was approved.
Petition Of Mrs @. B. Blaekman for
soldiers widows exemption Of $500
on her homestead on lots and 4
block 2, PARK add. to Cresco was
granted and the 1901 tax cancelled or
that amount.
Petition Of d. D. Dayton for the
cancellation of the 1902 tax on the
building, formerly situated on Ell lot
Ill, blk in Lime Springs station,
which building was burned August 9,
1901, and valued at $1,000 was granted.
The following report of the county
superintendent of schools required by
chapter 1913, acts Of the 29th general
assembly, was examined and approved
Receipts and disbursements Of the
summer session Of the Normal insti-
tute of Howard county, held in Cresco
Iowa, July IA, Aug. 8, 1902.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation from board Of supervisors $1,000
Enrolment fees collected from those not
enrolled at spring session.. .......".. sS.0l
Examination fees. Observation-Disclosures. 1890
Total receipts sl71.Ot
DISBURSEMENTS.
as literature pamphlets at 4c.............s 800
Catharine Clink for ilstte nst'n ......... $500
Prof. G. S. Cory Z" (" - $500
Prof. r. s. Parry /" ,,,..,.. 5000
Robert Halliday for ianitor work.. 300
J.C.&I.G. Adams for pt'g ex. questions 500
VIM. Connolly for examination paper 80. 225
Charles Mellang for drayage. .............. s5
J.C.& 81. G. Adams for printing prog'ms. SOC
Total disbursements $lG9.6(
I hereby certify that the above is
correct Aug. q, 1902.
ELSIE e. PERRY,
County Superintendent.
The following school fund loans
were approved: John H. Jones $500,
ID. w. Haven $1,000, and Mary Slifka
$l7S5.