Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-09
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

last meeting read and approved. On
motion Amas Gray OF Columbia town.
ship was appointed member of the
Soldiers Relief Commission to succeed
himself. A. G. Abraham was appointed
trustee in Green township to fill vac
ancy. The consent highway petition
of e. Butroche, ct al. was granted pro-
viding petitioners put said highway IN
coed travelling condition by November
/, 1909. The petition of d. P. Jones,
for abatement of tax was examined
and approved. The official bond of H.
T. I-athrop as justice of the peace of
Polk township was examined and ap-
proved.
The balance of the day was spent in
examining and allowing claims and
transacting other business. On motion
the board adjourned to meet tomorrow
morning at a. M
VIM. Wilson, Chairman.
Attest: C. w. McCarty. Auditor.
BY ]. F. Stevens, Deputy
Proceedings of the board of super
visors Tuesday, Sept. Ii, 1909, being
the second day of the September ses.
sion. The board met pursuant to ad-
iournment, members all present, Pres
ident VIM. Wilson in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved. The petition of the
Iowa Central Railroad company for
abatement OF taxes on account If
double assessment was granted. The
petition of D. B. Cowles for abate
ment of taxes was granted The ap-
p]ication for a school fund loan on
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to Ottumwa, was raconsidered and re-
iected. The application for a school
fund loan on the e. u of the S, W. 4
Of Sec. No. a3, Twp. II, Range 13. and
the n. E. u of the S. W. a and the
S. z. u Of the S. E. u of Sec. %.
Twp. II. Range 13, was examined and
approved.
The quarterly report of E. S. Low
onberg, steward of the poor farm, was
examining and allowing claims and
applications for admission to the Sol
diers' Home were granted: Martin
Kirfman and Sarah Kirfman. The fol-
lowing applications for admission to
the Soldiers Orphans Home were
granted; Earle Edward Fisher, John
Elvin Donehay and Arthur William
Donehay
The application for school fund
loan on the N. E. "A of the N. w. u
of Sec. 16. Twp. II, Range 13, was
granted. On motion Austin Wymore
was appointed constable in Pleasant
township, to fill vacancy.
The balance of the day was spent in
examining and allowing claims and
transacting other business. On motion
the board adjourned to meet tomorrow
morning at 8 o'clock a. m.
VIM Wilson, Chairman.
Attest: G. w McCarty, Auditor.
BY j. f. Stevens. Deputy.
Proceedings of the board Of surer-
visors, Wednesday,, Sept. Is, 1909, be-
ing the 3rd day of the September ses-
sion. The board met pursuant to adj
journment, members all present, Pres
ident VIM. Wilson in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved. The tax assessment Pc
tition of Anna and Chas. E. Morgan
was granted on account of not being
able to contribute to the public sup.
port. The tax abatement petition If
Mrs Nancy o. HILL was granted on
account of being widow and in poor
llStsllIi. L llS DHlCIdl .JOlitl VI "A. v. HIS
ley as constable in Adams township,
was examined and approved.
The balance of the day was spent in
examining and allowing claims and
transacting other business. On motion
the board adjourned to meet Friday,
Sept. II, at 9 o'clock a. m.
VIM Wilson, Chairman.
Attest: c. w. mccarthy, Auditor
By ]. F. Stevens, Deputy.
Proceedings of the board of super
visors, Friday, Sept. IT. 1909, being the
fourth day of the September session.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, members all present, President
VIM Wilson in the chair. The min
utes of last meeting read and APPROX
ed. On motion of ]. w. Reinhard that
no job of concrete, stone, grading or
other county work shall be done by
the county where the amount is more
than $4,000 without a contract, speci-
fcations, etc, for work to be filed with
the county auditor and signed by the
chairman or two members of the board
of supervisors, motion carried A mo.
ton was made by j. w. Reinhard and
seconded by A. ]. Fairchild, that the
salaries Of the deputy auditor deputy
treasurer and deputy clery of the dis,
tTict court, be raised to ($4.00) four
dollars per day beginning July /. 1909
motion carried. The application for a
school fund loan on lot No. 8 of Cole.
mans subdivision of lots Nos. 90 and
80, of Williams End addition to Ottum,
wa was granted. The annual report
of the soldiers relief commission was
examined and approved. On motion
the soldier relief districts were fixed
by the board of supervisors as follows
District No /, Amos Gray, Eddyyilla
commissioner, Columbia, Richlana
Cass, Polk, Adams and Highland town,
ships. District No. 2, G.. L. Nye, Agen.
cy, commissioner. Competine, Pleas
ant, Agency, Keokuk, Washington and
Dahlonega townships. District No. 8
Henry Arnold, Ottumwa, commission
er, Center and Green townships.
The following resolution was then
adopted: Resolved, by the board oi
supervisors of Wapello county, Iowa
now in regular session, that the follow.
ing taxes levied on the taxable pres
erty of said Wapello county as asse
ed for the year 1909, to-wit: