Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-12-24
SUPERVISORS
PROCEEDINGS
NOVEMBER 4, 1912.

anu GbaWuen; absent, bonner.
Proceedings on benefit assess
ment in Voorhees, drainage district
No. SO having been continued to
this date and the board wishing to
view the lands in said district the
board on motion deferred further
proceedings until Nov. IL, 1912.
Proceedings on petition for drain
age district by Theo. Arnold and
others having been continued to this
date and the report of J. T. Drug,
engineer appointed to make survey
and report on said petition, being on
file, and the board being fully adj
vised in the premises, the following
resolution was presented and it was
moved and seconded that, same be
adopted:
Whereas the board finds that the
proposed improvement will be con-
ducive to the public health, con-
yenience, welfare and utility and is
necessity.
Therefore be it resolved that the
drain and drainage district is here
by located and established, and the
boundary line of same is hereby
made as shown by plat filed by E. S.
Boudinot, engineer, and the drain to
be constructed as shown by profile
and report of J. T. Drug, engineer,
and to be known as Arnold drain
and drainage district No. 1871. Mo-
ton carried, all members voting aye
On motion board divided Arnold
I drain into sections as follows: Main
line, section No. l latterals Nos. l
and Q, section No. Q; latterals Nos.
8, A and 5, section No. and in
structed auditor to advertise for bids
for construction of said drain.
On motion J. T. Drug is appoint
ed construction engineer of Arnold
drainage district No. 1877 and his
bond fixed in amount of $3500.O0.
Report of engineer on petition Of
VIM. Pabbeldt and others being on
file, the board on motion instructed
auditor to publish notice of hearing
on said petition.
On motion auditor is authorized
to cancel tax on lots 10 and IA.
block 2, in McKinney's addition to
Stratford on account Of being church
NV o1c Ia Int z
and eR IA, block in Kamrar, on
account of soldiers exemption. also
cancel tax on east of river in neA
swA section 80, township SO,
range Is on account Of land being
used for public park purposes, also
& cancel tax on lots and A., block 76,
Webster City, on account OF being
property of city, also cancel tax on
lots 25 and 90, block ], Ellsworth.
on account of owner being poor. al
50 cancel tax on lots 1 and 2, block
], Funk's addition to Webster City,
on account of soldiers exemption.
On motion board adjourned to
meet November 9Th, 1912, at 1880
.. m.
NOVEMBER 6, 1912.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment Members present, Wilson and
Bawden; absent Bonner.
On motion auditor is authorized
to cancel poll tax in amount OF
$3.50 of l.. Overboe on account of
error in poll tax for year 1911.
On motion auditor is authorized
to issue county warrant in amount
OF $176.4O in payment of three
electroliers placed on Des Moines
street, also authorized to issue coun-
ty warrant in amount Of $196.74 in
payment of curbing assessment on
Bank and Elm streets abutting
county property.
On motion the board extended the
time for completion of Koop drain
No. 1913. to December 1st, 1913, up
on condition that company bonding
contractor consents to said extern
sion.
Report Of Engineer II. G. Austin
being favorable on taking addition
al lands into Olmstead drainage dis
trict No. 6S as petitioned for by w.
D. Northrup, being on file the fol-
lowing resolution was on motion
presented and adopted:
Whereas W. D. Northrup has pc
titioned that 61 acres Of land own
ed by him in WIZ sell section IA,
township SO, range 26 be taken into
Olmstead drainage district No. 6s.
and whereas r. G. Austin the en-
gineer appointed to make survey OF
said land has made favorable re-
port on said petition.
Therefore be it resolved that said
lands are hereby taken into and
made part Of said Olmstead drain
age district No. 6S. And be 1t furth-
err resolved that said lands be and