Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-19
COUNTY AFFAIRS.

Proceedings Of the Board Of Superivis-
ors of Marshall County at Their
May 1905, Session.
Monday, May 1, 1905.
Board convened as per adjournment.
All members present. Examination OF
bills occupied the day. Adjourned to
meet Tuesday, May 2.
Tuesday, May 2, 1905.
Board convened as per adjourn
ment. All present. On motion of Ar
ney the resignation of Aaron Richards
as Justice of the peace, was accepted.
Petition of Almond Swartwood, an
old soldier, for exemption of taxes
amounting to $11.s5 and penalty on lot
16, block 4. Electric addition, was on
motion of Jones, granted.
On motion Of Arney the following
resolution was adopted:
BE it Resolved by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Marshall county, Iowa.
that c. H. Van Law attorney for said
county in the matter of the claim of
said Marshall county against the es-
tate of Louisa Blumenschein, de-
ceased, and w. E. McLeland, county
auditor of Marshall county be and are
hereby authorized to consent to and
Join in the petition for compromise of
the claim of the estate Of Louisa Blu
menscheiil, deceased. pending in the
county court Of Iroquois county, state
of Illinois, against the trustees of the
Amish church mentioned in the last
will and testament of John Baumgart-
ner, deceased, and the executor Of said
will John Zehr, copy of which is
filed herewith, and consent is hereby
given that the administrator of the es-
tate of the said Louisa Blumenschein,
deceased, in the district court of Mar
shall county, Iowa, may join In such
proposed petition for the settlement
upon the basis therein designated, If
authority therefor is granted and con-
Cured in by the district court of Mar
shall county Iowa.
Dated this LIST day Of May A. D.
1905"
The Following petition was granted
on motion of Jones:
1.-THE petition of Mrs. Ida A. Van
Pelt and others for change in county
road No. 226 coming before the board
for hearing, and the board believing
said change beneficial to the public
use, and there being no objections fill
ed, on motion of Jones the petition was
granted and the change in said high
way ordered as follows:
Beginning at point in county road
No. 226, fifty feet northwest Of the
present county bridge No. 1922, and
running thence in northwesterly d.
rection and intersecting the present
line of county road No. 226 at point
forty rods north of the southeast corr
ner of the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter Of section No. S,
township S4 range TO- said road as
changed to be forty feet wide, and 1t is
also ordered that the present line of
county road No. 226 between the points
described, be vacated"
On motion Of Jones the following
resolution was adopted
Be it Resolved, by the board of sup
ervisors of Marshall county, Iowa,
That the boundaries of Marion town.
ship of said county of Marshall, be and
are same are, hereby altered. changed
and extended so as to conform to the
regular congressional survey by the
addition to said township of Marion.
as now CONSTITUTED of sections 80, 81
and 80. township "a, north Of range II,
west of the fifth p. NJ, Iowa, and that
the three named sections heretofore
constituting a portion Of Linn town
ship are hereby detached from said
Linn township and attached to said
township of Marion. That the boun-
daries Of said township Of Marion shall
hereafter be defined as follows:
Commencing at the northeast cor
ner IN E corr OF section one o., town
ship "a, north of range II west of the
9Th p. NJ. Iowa, runninE thence west
a distance of six CO. miles to the
northwest corner IN w cory of sec
ton six CO.. of said township and range,
thence south a distance of six co. miles
to the southwest corner Is w cory OF
section 81 of said township and range;
thence east six CO. miles to the south
east corner Is E cory of section SO, of
said township and range; thence
| north six CO. miles along the east
line of said county of Marshall to the
place of beginning, all as shown and
designated by government survey of
said township subdivision"
On motion of Arney, M. A. Gaunt
was appointed constable of Minerva
township.
| On motion of Arney the auditor was
authorized and directed to draw war
rant for S20.42 on the poor fund to pay
the taxes of 1904 on land purchased for
poor farm.
The report of the committee ap-
pointed to divide the bridges on the
county line between Marshall and
Grundy counties was submitted and on
motion of Jones, was adopted and
placed on file.
Bills were read and on motion of Ar
ney were allowed as read and warrants
ordered drawn in payment Of same.
Minutes were read and approved.
Adjourned to meet May Is. 1905.
Per Diem and Mileage.
w. H. whitehill, two days. thirty
miles, $3.50.
c. E. Arney, two days, twenty miles,
$500.
w. H. Jones. one day, two miles,
$50.
w. E. M'LeLand, Clerk.
w. H. Whitehill, Chairman.
Saturday, May 49, 1905.
Board convened as per adjournment.
All members present.
The petition for establishment Of
highway filed by Wilton & McCon-
nell and others, coming up for final
hearing, and claims for damages hav-
ing been filed by the Chicago Great