The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-21

The claim of William Mitchell for
use of premises for highway in JEFF
ferson township was rejected.
The claim of J. M. G. Hamilton for
taking testimony In the Specht road
case was rejected.
The claim of Nellie Wallace for
damages to lot 16, block 1918, alleged
to have been caused by French creek
on account of location of bridge over
said creek on Fifth street, Fort Madi-
son. was rejected.
On motion the petition of Alex
Fairlie ct al. for consent highway
beginning at point on the north line
of Section 10, Twp. 6S N, R. Is West,
and $50 feet east of the northwest
corner of said section Is, thence
south IL degrees 5 minutes west 1895
feet, thence 20 degrees 26 minutes to
the right 800 feet, thence IL de-
grees ~ minutes to the left 1902
feet, thence % degrees % minutes to
the right 470.3 feet, thence 43 de-
grees 4S minutes to the left 1851
feet, thence l degree 8 minutes to
the right 704.5 fet, thence 70 degrees
80 minutes to the right zoos feet,
thence 4 degrees As minutes to the
right 1897 feet, thence 81 degrees 80
to the left 1858 feet, thence
81 degrees 6 minutes to the right
1904 feet, thence SO degrees 26
to the left 1852 feet, thence
4 degrees 80 minutes to the left 1886
feet, thence SO degrees so minutes to
the right 1888 feet, thence Z degrees
43 minutes to the right 1865 feet,
thence 112 degrees "a minutes to the
left 1926 feet, thence 4S degrees 80
to the right 1874 feet, thence
20 degrees 35 minutes to the right
1905 feet, thence % degrees to the
right 1874 feet to the west line of the
southeast quarter of Section IA, Twp.
6S N, R. West, having been duly
filed, and the law fully complied with,
the said consent highway as above de-
scribed is hereby established forty
(40) feet wide, and the county auditor
is directed to record and plat same,
and notify the township clerk of West
Point township of said establish
ment
The petition of John Faeth, Jr. ct
al for alteration of a road in Section
10, Jefferson township, known as the
Fort Madison and Viele Road, or the
State Road, from Fort Madison to
Browns Tavern, coming before this
board for final hearing, the same was
continued and the date for said final
hearing set for Wednesday, June Is,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
On motion the indemnity bond of
the Farmers and Citizens Bank of
West Point, Iowa, duly accepted and
approved by the county treasurer and
filed with the county auditor, in the
penal sum Of s20000.0O, was approved
by this board, to be in effect until
April 81, 1911, and the said county
treasurer is authorized to deposit in
said Farmers and Citizens Bank of
West Point any sums in his hands
not to exceed the sum of 100000.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet Thursday, June 9, 1910, at 8
o o'clock a. m.
Thursday, June 9, 1910.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
All members present. The minutes of
the session of June 6, 1910, were read
and on motion approved.
On motion the following resolu-
ton was adopted, Supervisor Brink
man voting aye, Supervisor Hosier
voting aye, and Supervisor Scheffler
voting aye, to-wit:
Whereas, At a regular meeting of
the board of supervisors of Lee coun-
ty, Iowa, held on June 8, 1909, reso-
luton was duly passed instructing
William Reimbold, county treasurer
of Lee county, and w. H. South, coun-
ty auditor, in conformity to an act
passed by the Thirty-third General
Assembly of the State of Iowa, on the
Gath day of April 1909, legalizing
the deposit of Nine Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seventy-one and 2S-1OO
Dollars s9.S71.28) in the Commercial
Bank at Keokuk, by John Menu, form
er county treasurer, and to charge off
said amount SO deposited and to
charge said amount to the general
county fund; now, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, BY the Board of Supervis-
ors Of Lee County, Iowa, That the
auditor and treasurer of the county
aforesaid be and are hereby instruct
ed to pro-rate the loss Of $9,7S1.2S SO
deposited and charge and pro-rate the
same between the different funds in
the following respective amounts:
The State fund, s1,42S.17; the One
Mill School fund, $42O.05; the Insane
fund, s8S2.10; the Railroad Bond
fund, $1,932.23; the Soldiers Relief
fund, $16s.02; total, $4,S30.57; and
that the county treasurer and county
auditor are hereby instructed to
charge to the respective funds the
amounts hereinabove set forth and
to transfer and enter to the proper
records the said amounts and to
transfer and credit the total amount,
to-wit, S4,950.71, to the general Coun-
ty fund.
The following reports of county of
ficers for the months of April and
Nav 1910 uora annrnyad op1 ordor