Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-14

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and 800 to be used on the north road
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
oil Harrison county, Iowa.
Gentlemen: desire to call your at
tcation to the payment to one W A
smith, by your order under date ci
December !. 1905, by warrant No l0lG,
of S22OO0O on some alleged claim for
work on House consent road. Upon in
vestigatien | find the said amount Of
money to have been wrongfully and H.
legally paid to Smith under Your order
from the treasury of Harrison county,
and | request that the same be paid
back. | speak as u taxpayer of this
county. have made demand upon
the County Attorney TO bring suit in
the name of the county for the rccov-
cry of the same. He declines saying
that this matter was largely taken out
of his hands by the board and gives
this among other reasons for his de-
clination for bringing the suit to rccov-
CT the said money thus wrongiully ard
illegally paid out. AS an humble tax
payer and one interested in the affairs
to Il small degree in this county. ] ask
that you by resolution order the county
attorney to bring said suit, if you do
not care to do this, hereby tender my
services through you to the county,
free, fer the purpose Of collecting this
money which deem to have been
wrongfully and improperly taken from
the people.
Dated June 4, Of
Geo. w. Egan.
Moved by Hosbrook and seconded
by Murray that the request of Mr.
Egan be refused; on roll call on the mo-
ton the vote was as follows: Hos
brook aye Murray aye, Hall aye.
The following resolution was offered
by John S Hall:
Be it resolved, That the Supcrvisoral
districts of Harrison county, Iowa.
and the present system of electing
members of the board of supervisors
by districts, be and are hereby abol-
ishcd, and hereafter said members shall
be elected by the county at large.
Roll call upon the above resolution
resulted as follows: Murray aye, Hos
brook aye and Hall aye
| The board instructed the auditor to
have Sprinkle and Son to build the bal
ancc of the sidewalk along the north
side of the jail property, they to receive
10 cents per square foot for the same.
In the matter of the establishment OF
| the Rains road
This matter coming on for final de
termination by the board of supervis-
ors. w Ambrose, one of the parties
through whose land said road was To-
Gated, having appealed from the award
of damages fixed by the board of SUI
pervisors, and said appeal having been
fully tried in the district court of Har-
rison county, Iowa, at the March l9CG
term theecof and the clerk of said court
having certified the amount ascertaincd
by the jury as damages the same being
the sum of one hundred dollars, and it
appearing srom the certificate that the
petitioners, defendants in said action,
have paid to rhe clerk of the said court
the sum of eighty-seven and 5O-1OO dol
lars to apply on said damages for
which the said P W Ambrose has re-
ceived and receipted. 1t is therefore
hereby ordered that the damages to
which the said p w Ambrose shall be
entitled to receive for the establishment
of said road over and across his land
shall be assessed at one hundred doll
ars as of date of April II, 1906, the date
of the return of the amount ascer-
tanned by the jury, and that upon the
4 payment of the balance of said amount
twelve and 5O-l00 dollars said road
shall be finally and fully established
the date of the balance Of said damage
and costs to be not later than June ID
4 1906
The board passed on claims NUM-
loered from to $50 inclusive and au-
thorized the auditor to issue warrants
in payment of the same as indicated
thereon.
Mileage and per diem:
S Hall, days and is miles. S $ 81
A B Hosbrook, > d and pom. 8 OF
| M Murray, ID and 81 m. $50. II AZ
The board adjourned to meet at . a
m June IA, 1906
CIV Atkins, County Auditor.
LIST OF CLAIMS
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