Webster City freeman., 1913-11-25

Su umclently explicit; hence the Qls-
cussion became animated, and quite
a number of the professional men
and literati of the city were asked
to construe the meaning of the reso-
luton; and like the board, they diff
fered as widely and warmly as the
original contestants. Finally the
motion was put to vote and the reso-
luton voted down by five to three -
The board finally passed a resolu-
tion giving to Cass township, all of
the territory in Hamilton county ly-
ing north of a line running east and
west one-half mile north of the cor
rection line and parallel with said
correction line.
In 1858, the townships of Hamil-
ton, Marion and Norway were also
organized. Hamilton received from
Webster township all of congression-
al township 81, range 25, and all of
that part of the east third of town
ship 81, range 26, lying south of
Boone river. From Boone township,
it received all of the south tier of
township in township SS, range 25,
lying east of Boone river, and it also
received from Clear Lake township
Cor from Webster, as there seems to
be some uncertainty as to which
township the territory transferred
belonged), sections II, IS, 10, 20,
29, 80, 81, 32, and the south half Of
sections and s in township 81,
range "a. The following July, Ham,
ilton also received from Boone the
southeast quarter of section 3O-SS-
25.
To repay Webster township for the
territory transferred to Hamilton,
she was given from Boone township
the south half of township So, range
26, and all that part of sections 10,
80 and 81 in township IS, range 25.
lying west of Boone river.
Marion Township received from
Hardin township, all of congression-
al township Sc, range 25 and 26,
and all that part of Webster town
ship lying south of Boone river, not
previously assigned to Hamilton
township.
Hardin township was now extinct,
having been entirely consumed in
the appropriations Of territory made
to Clear Lake and Marion townships.
Norway township took from Clear
Lake all of congressional township
SO, range 23 and "a.
After the readjustment of 1858,
Hamilton county was composed OF
seven townships, to-wit: Cass,
Boone, Webster, Hamilton, Clear
Lake, Marion and Norway.
Wall Lake Township was created
Oct. 20, 1860. 1t took from Norway
! township all of township Sc, range
"a, except the east half of sections
l, -, l3 and "a.
Grove township was created Sept.
3, 1861. 1t was cut off from Cass
township and contained all Of town
ship SO, range 90, except the south
half of the south tier of townships
and sections 6, Z, IS. 10, 80 and the
north half of 81 in township So,
range 25- Grove township did not
exist, however, but a few hours at
most, for on the same day it was
organized, its name was changed to
Fremont. At the same meeting of
the board, the name of Wall Lake
township, which had been organized
about a year before, was changed to
Ellsworth and Clear Lake was chang
ed to Lyon and Norway was changed
to Scott.
The townships of Grove, Clear
Lake, Wall Lake and Norway had
now been wiped off the map and the
county was composed of nine town.
ships, to-wit: Fremont. Cass. Boone,
Webster, Hamilton, Lyon, Marion,
Ellsworth and Scott.
June 5, 1862, that part of town
ship Sc, range "a which at the time
OF the organization Of Wall Lake
township, except the east one-eigth
of section "a, was transferred from
Scott to Ellsworth, and the east one
eighth of sections 25 and SO were
transferred from Ellsworth to Scott.
Rose Grove township was organiz-
ed March 27. 1865. 1t was taken
from Boone township and originally
comprised township SS and the south
one-twelfth of township SO in range
70, and the east two-thrds of town
ship IS, and the south one-half of
sections So and Sc in the township
SO, range "a.
Blairsburg township was organiz-
ed Sept. ,. 1867. 1t received from