The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-02

innate being in til sum of 1901. S4
Therefore be it resolved that the
auditor be and is hereby ordered to
draw a warrant in favor of said A.
I L. Parsons for the sum of $304.S "a, as
provided for in Section l9s9a9 OF
the drainage laws of the state OF Iowa,
Resolved. that the contract made
and entered into by and between Lee
county, by D. A, Young, chairman OF
the board Of supervisors, and G, S.
land Margaret Washburn, in relation to
a drainage ditch along side of Donnell-
son and Argyle road, be, and the same
Is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Whereas the Burlington Quarry
company have petitioned the board OF
supervisors for permission to change
temporarily the present wagon road
at the Willard farm near the quarry
iof said company at Montrose, Iowa,
therefore
Be 1t Resolved BY the board OF SD
pervisors that the petition be granted
Insofar as the board may have power
SO to do provided that the Burlington
Quarry company settle all claims for
damages that may be sustained by the
owners of the Willard farm or any
lother persons, company, corporation
or partnership that may sustain dam.
ages by reason OF the temporary
change and relocation OF said road
and provided further that said road
shall not in any way prevent and en-
danger public travel.
On motion the board appointed the
following physicians for the poor in
Lee county for the year ending June
"A, 1913, and the county auditor is au-
thorized TO make contracts, to-wit:
DR.. Cora Witch, Cedar and Marion
townships. at $500 per annum.
DR.. A. J. Davis, Charleston township,
lat $500.
DR.. A. e. sloat, Denmark township.
at $500.
DR.. P. E. Hanes, Des Moines and
Van Buren, townships. at $500.
DR.. q. r. Parks, Franklin and Har-
rison townships. at $4,000.
DR.. R. F. McKaig, Green Bay and
Washington townships, at $4,000.
Dr.. b. NJ. Buck, Jefferson and Mont
rose townships, at $4,000.
DR.. F. H. Dierker, Pleasant Ridge
and West Point townships, at $4,000.
Dr.. Geo. P. Neal, City of Fort Mad
ison, at 5000 per annum.
Dr.. G. A. Jenkins, City OF Keokuk,
at $3.50 per annum.
On motion DR.. H. A. Kinnaman was
appointed physician for the Lee Coun-
ty Home and Insane hospital and for
the poor Of Jackson township outside
the city OF Keokuk for the ensuing
year at a salary Of s25 per month.
On motion the agreement entered
int, by and between the board Of SUI
pervisors and Mr.. Frank Hoenig for
the three year lease of strip of land
40 feet wide, running north and south
on the west side OF the public road as
now laid out across the east part OF
the ). frac. " Of Sec. 13, Twp. 81 NJ
r. 5 west, on account of the old road
being washed cut and unfit for public
travel, was approved and ordered
fled
The petition Of walter A. Rayburn
for license to operate ferry across
the Mississippi river for a period OF
ten years from this date between a
point on the Iowa shore OF said river
within the City of Keokuk, Lee coun-
Ity. Iowa, and at or near the foot Of
Absolute hill road where the street
reserved by the City Of Keokuk
reaches the waters edge, all in Jack
son township, inside the City of Keo-
kuk, Lee county, Iowa, to point on
the Illinois shore of said river in the
n. pit. of Sec IS. Montebello township.
Hancock county, Illinois. said license
to be exclusive for distance of one
half mile each side of the above
mentioned point on the Iowa shore.
vas granted as provided by law.
| On motion the contract made by
the Clinton Bridge & Iron Works OF
Clinton. Iowa, to furnish this board
two 6o-foot steel spans, three 1o-foot
and two 16-foot spans, all 16-foot road
way, lattice rail and for concrete floors.
as per contract and blue prints on file
with the county auditor, for the sum
of $1,000 was approved and ordered
/ filed.
The petitions Of the following named
soldiers and soldiers widows for the
cancellation of assessment on account
OF soldiers exemption and refund OF
certain taxes oyerpaid on account Of
such exemption were granted, to-wit:
D W. Brown, In city Of Keokuk,
Kate Donahue in City OF Keokuk, D.
i A. Morrison in the City Of Fort Madi
son, Mary e. Payne in City of Fort
Madison. Aug Paul in City OF Fort
Madison, Geo. Rollett in Fort Madison
Aug. Soechtig in Fort Madison, Jas
L. Wilson In Keokuk.
On motion the petition for redemp
ton of lots 2, 3, 4. S, block 8, Aliens
addition, Fort Madison, from errone
GUS tax sale, was granted.
The petition of Andrew Jacobson TO,
fraflInd IF Ct 1 fovac ,oid l., ,n1o