Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-15
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Proceedings Of the Board Of supervis-
ors At Thor April Meeting, 1912.

Marshalltown. Iowa. April !. 1912.
Board Of supervisors for Marshall
county met at the court house at
a. M, all members present. The fore
noon was spent in examining claims
against the county.
At 1 o. m. the matter Of letting the
bridge contracts was taken up. After
reading the bids offered (three in num-
ber) the contract for the five cement
bridges was awarded to the Capital
City Construction Company Of Des
Moines. Iowa.
The bid on No. s35 arch, the balance
girder bridges. was (for AID s17.s0o.
The awarding Of this contract is Civ
en- with the provision that the plans
submitted, are approved by the state
highway commission. Board by mo-
ton adjourned to Tuesday April 2.
Tuesday. April ., 1912.
Board met at 9 a. M. all members
present, day spent in examining claims
and other work for county. Board
adjourned to Thursday. April 4.
Thursday. April 4, 1912.
Board met at a. m, all members
present, finished allowing claims. The
claims were read and by motion Of the
board the county auditor was author
lied to draw warrants for all claims
allowed.
Resolved: That the county auditor
be authorized to redeem the following
property from wrongful tax sale: Lot
120 fr section 2s "a, IS. by presenting
certificate to the treasurer who will
deduct from current collection. Reso-
luton carried.
Moved by Maytag, seconded by Emes
and carried. a motion to cancel the
tax assessed to the International Har-
vester Company al st. Anthony, for the
years 1905 1909, 1910 and 1911.
Be it resolved: By the board OF
supervisors of Marshall county. Iowa,
convened in regular session. that the
county auditor, A. H. Welker, be and
Is hereby authorized to release on the
margin of the record, two certain mort
cages. made by Henry Arson and wife
to Joseph NJ. Ferguson. school fund
commissioner. one recorded in book b.
page 232, and one recorded in book b,
page 239, records of the recorders Of
flee of said Marshall county, the same
having been paid but satisfied in an
irregular manner.
BY vote of the board the following
taxes were ordered Cancelled or re-
mitted:
Anna stinson. part of lots and 8,
block II, Marshall. remit Is. WI
r911.
Julia Brown, remit Is. W. 1911.
G. n. Gordon, west y Sc, section
10, 81. II. remit 50 1911.
Francis Tuffree, part of lots :, and
8. block 1s. Rice's addition, remit
Is. W. 1911.
r. L. Pelham, north u Of lot Id,
re, NV, "a, "a. IS, remit go 1911.
Angeline Miller. lots II and Il, sw,
Sc, 13, "a, 18, remit IS. W. 1911.
William Thompson. Jeromes addi-
ton. west so feet of lot 10 block 2,
remit (S.) 1911.
Oliver Wingate, parts Of lots l and .,
block II, Rices addition, remit go
1911.
Moved by Keen, seconded by Maytag
and carried, a motion to discontinue the
guard at the stone pile after April
20, 1912.
BY vote of the board Victor Liebig
is appointed inspector of bridges to be
erected under contract, at 81 per day,
TO be under the direct supervision of
the chairman of the bridge committee,
voted as follows: n. o. Keen. aye; f:
B. Emes. aye: D. c. Maytag. nay.
BY vote of the board the chairman
Of the bridge committee is Instructed
TO draw up a contract for cement with
Kreutzer & Wasem for the year 1912.
Board adjourned to meet Friday
Friday, April 5, 1912.
Board convened at 9 a. M, all mem
bers present 1t was moved by May
tag, seconded by Zines and carried, a
motion % reduce thee onstables' fees
to 5 cents for each arrest Of tramps
or vagabonds to take effect Monday,
April Is, 1912.
Vote as follows: ~ o. Keen, nay; E.
b. Zines. aye; D. c. Maytag, aye.
& Officers for the primary election of
June were appointed by the board as
follows:
Bangor township. r. Green, F. z.
MARSHALL. ]. H. Kinzer. judges; c. w.
Hollingsworth, Jesse Cox, clerks.
Eden township-H. ]. Waters, A. F.
pike J. L. Bloomercshin, judges; H
n. weeks, g. II. vautnrin, CLERKS.
Ofesncastle, No. IF. L. Williams,
q. g. Peterson, C. g. Pohle. judges; r
4. Dunkle, A. r. Urbine. clerks
0reencastle, No. John Runner
Az Ounaast, Fred Hoes. judges; c.