Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
SUPERIOR COURT TO MOVE
County Board Decides it Needs the Room il
the Court House,
HEARING IN DITCH CASES POSTPONED
Filing Of Damage Claims tender IL
Necessary to Appoint Appraisers
Before County Board
Can Act.

The city will have to provide a suitable
place for the holding of the superior court,
as the board Of county supervisors decided
| yesterday that the county needed the rooms
in the court house occupied by the superior
court for the last fifteen years. The board
adopted a resolution calling on the city
council to provide and furnish a place for
the superior court and its records outside
of the county court house.
When the county court house was erected
in 1887 the city was given permission by
the then board of supervisors to occupy
what is known as the south court room
and adjoining ofices for the superior court
for a term Of ten years. No move has been
made to dispossess the superior court Of
these rooms until now when County At
torney Killpack notified the board that
the present quarters occupied by the dis
trict grand jury were inadequate and sug-
gested that 1t be given the large room at
the southeast corner Of the building now
occupied by the Judge of the superior court.
The board granted the request and at the
same time decided that the city should
! provide room for the superior court.
/ It is understood that this action on the
part Of the county board is acceptable to
the city council as 1t will result in the
superior court being held either in the city
council chamber or in the large room over
! the patrol house where police court is
now held. This change will result in the
deputy city clerk and clerk OF the superior
court being able to assist in the work Of
the city clerk.
Ditch Matter Postponed.
The hearing in the matter of the pro-
! posed drainage ditch scheme for Harrison
and Pottawattamie counties was postponed
until the June session Of the board. The
matter was set for hearing yesterday, but
the board learned that in view Of the fact
that a number of claims for damages had
been filed, the law required that 1t be
postponed until the next session and that
in the meantime the county auditor ap-
point three commissioners to assess the
damages. This same action will be taken
today when the matter of the Pigeon Creek
drainage ditch comes up for hearing, as a
number of claims for damages IN this have
also been fled.
The claim Of County Surveyor Cook for
$1,00o.6S for services as commissioner and
engineer in the matter Of establishing the
bitches and drains in Pottawattamie county
in connection with the proposed drainage
scheme Of Harrison county was allowed
and ordered paid. There had been some
question as to the right Of the county to
pay this claim owing to the fact that the
petition for an Independent drainage
scheme for this county had been thrown
out and a Joint one with Harrison county
, decided upon.
No Transcript of RecOFd.
Clerk Reed of the district court offered
to have the probate records OF the east end
of the county at Avoca transcribed without
cost to the county beyond the expense Of
furnishing the necessary books and paying
the fare Of one Of his clerks to Avoca. but
the board declined to agree to the PROPOSE
tion. This proposition was made by Clerk
Reed in view Of the fact that a petition
that the records be transcribed up to date
had been signed by a majority of the mem
bers Of the Pottawattamie County bar.
The board also refused to allow the bill
Of the Globe Publishing company for the
printing Of the Avoca court bar docket.
which was brought up again at yesterdays
session.
At the request Of the Council Bluffs Fish
and Game Protective association, the club
recently organized by Deputy Fish and
Game Warden Brown in this city. the board
decided to turn over to it the 500 received
this year for two hunters licenses, to help
defray the salary of Harry Sims. appointed
by the association as its caretaker at Lake
Manawa, part OF whose duties is to patrol
and enforce the fish and game laws. Sims.
according to the statement furnished the
board, is to receive a salary OF $40 a month
from the association.
Supervisor Brandes decided yesterday
that he would be unable to attend the good
roads convention in Des Moines next week
and o. L. Barritt Of Hazel Dell township
was named as delegate in his place.
These were appointed justices OF the
peace to NIL vacancies: Center township,
George H. Nash; Grove township, George
A. Bolton; Macedonia township, T. S.
Clark; Minden township, John W. Grow;
Rockford township. Julius Trelfs; Silver
Creek township. w. A. Wilbur.
The board expects to complete the busi-
ness Of the April session today and ad-
tourn.