The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-29
ADJOURNED SESSION.
OF the Board Of Supervisors Of Lee
County, Iowa.

FORT MADISON, Iowa, Oct. $1,000.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
Supervisors Kreiger and Hosier pres
ent.
on motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, John Middendorf and
others, on February 1. 1909, filed a
petition with the county auditor OF
Lee county, Iowa, praying for the es-
tablishment of highway, commence
ing at the southeast corner of Section
One. ~, Township Sixty-nine esq
North, Range Seven 60 West. and
running thence north one mile and
terminating at the northeast corner
of said Section One ~, Township
Sixty-nine (69) North, Range Seven
90 West, and
Whereas, On February i, 1909, the
said petitioners filed bond with sure
ties approved by the county auditor
of Lee county, Iowa, and
Whereas, The said county auditor
appointed M. e. Bannon as commits
stoned to examine into the expediency
of establishing said road, and the re-
port of said commissioner was made
and filed. reporting that he is of the
opinion that said road as prayed for
will be of great convenience and util-
ity to the. public, and recommended
its establishment, and
Whereas, One T.. M. Hartley and
others filed remonstrances against
the establishment of said ro2d, and
L. M. Hartley, on the 9th day oS
May. 1909, filed s2aim for damages
in event sale highway be established,
and
Whereas, Notice was served upon
L. M. Hartley on March 20, 1909,
and upon others directly interested,
as by, law provided, and
Whereas, Appraisers were appoint
ed to assess the damages sustained
by l.. M. Hartley, and said damages
were appraised at One Thousand
Dollars. and
Whereas, The petitioners were rep
resented by their attorney, George B.
torney, J. G. McCoid, and the hear
ing of said case was continued from
time to time by consent of parties,
and all requirements have been fol
lowed as provided. and
Whereas, AT the final hearing evil
dence was heard and received by the
aforesaid board, and after the hear
ing of the evidence, objections and
arguments of counsel, the board
finds that the public good requires
the establishment of said road fifty
feet wide. and that said L. M. Hart
ley will sustain damages In the sum
of Five Hundred Dollars; therefore,
be it
Resolved, BY the board Of super
visors of Lee county, Iowa, that a
highway fifty feet wide, to-wit, COM
mencing at the southeast corner of
Section One %, Township Sixty
nine (69) North, Range Seven (7)
West, running thence north one mi,e
and terminating at the northeast cor
ner Of said Section One a.. Town
ship Sixty-nine t69) North Range
Seven CD West, and between the
points designated and that the dam
| ages sustained by l.. NJ. Hartley be
assessed and placed at Five Hundred
Dollars, and that said highway as
described be and the same is hereby
established upon payment, on or be
fore the next regular session of sale
/ board, to be begun and holden al
! Fort Madison, Iowa, on the first da.
| of November, 1909, by said petition
ers of the sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars damages awarded to said L. NJ
Hartley, and the costs of this Pre-
ceeding. taxed st c2SS.25. end tn
said auditor Is hereby ordered eat
instructed TO notify the TOWNSHIP
clerks of Marion and Cedar 5own
snips Of The establishment OF sal