The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-02

Board adjourned at IL clock noon,
to meet at one o'clock p. M.
Afternoon Session.
Board met at one o'clock p. m.
Resolved BY the Board of Super
visors Of Crawford county. Iowa. That
the County Auditor is hereby ordered
to have 500 financial reports printed
of the year 1909.
On motion following claims were
allowed:
j TCarey. session and committee work
e and mileage .-..................s.. 8 20
John Hagge session and committee work
John Holland. session and committee work
and mileage. Observation-Disclosures. IS 20
II Baeth session and committee work
Moved by j. 7. Carey and seconded
by John Holland that the report Of the
commissioners on the Boyer Improve,
ment ditch No. be adopted.
On call Of aye and nay vote:
j. T. Carey, John Hagge, John
Holland, and n. D. Baeth voted Aye.
Voting nay none.
Whereas: At the regular Septem-
Der 1909 session bf the Beard Of So
pervisors Of Crawford County, lows.
q petition signed BY E. W. O'Banion
ct al. land owners, representing that
9 large tract or body Of land laying
along in the vicinity Of about two
miles. on either side Of the Boyer
river 10 subject to overflow and too
wet for cultivation and that the public
benefit, utility. the public health con-
venience and welfare will be promoted
by draining and ditching the same,
and changing the natural water courss
of the Boyer river, beginning at a
point at or near the north line Of
Union Township. and nding at Q point
IN Boyer Township, so as to empty in
to the Harrison County ditch, and the
said petitioners filed with the county
auditor 9 bond conditioned as required
by law, which said bond was APP
proved by the said county auditor.
and requested that the board appoint
q competent engineer to make survey
and report Of said proposed ditch and
report his findings therein whether
the prayer Of the petition be granted
or rejected. and at the said September
session Of the board Morris McHenry
was duly appointed the engineer and
instructed to survey said route rs
nearly as practible as set forth in
said petition and to report at the
November session 1909. of said board,
and on date for said report. the en-
gineer not being able to complete said
survey the time for report was ex-
tended to January session 1910. and on
the 14th day Of February 1910, it
being an adjourned meeting of Jan
uary session of the Board the said
engineer makes his report inv itine
recommending the establishment of
Q drainage district as prsyed by
said petition, and that the proposed
Improvement be made. and it ap-
pearing by said report, and return
of the engineer. that it sets forth
the starting point. the route, and
terminus Of said ditch and improve
ment, togather with q plat and
profile showing the ditch and inn
provement. together with plat and
profile showing the ditch. and the
course and Length OF the drain
through each tract of land and the
elevation Of all ponds ..and desp de-
pressions in said district, so as to
include therein all lands that will
be benefited by the proposed i'm
provement and the boundry of the
proposed district. and the description
of each tract of land therein and the
nance of the owners thereof as shown
by the transfer books in the audi tor g
Office, together with the probable
cost. and the board finds, that all the
requirements Of the law in reference
Ito said Improvement have been COM