Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-01-02
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of Supervisors Of
Howard County.

the County Auditor at CTesco, To-
wa, Tuesday, December 16,19lS,
with Supervisors Chas. II. Wallace,
J. F.. Pecinovsky and J. w. Conway
and e. A. Hoopman, County Audi
tor and Clerk OF the Board pres
ent. The meeting was called to or
der by Chas. H. Wallace, chairman
of the Board. ..s-s.-... .-...
Petition Of Isaac Wagner.
TO the Honorable Board Of Super
visors of Howard County, Iowa:
Comes, now Isaac Wagner and
being duly sworn says: .
That he is the present owner in
fee simple of the South East quar-
ter of the South East quarter OF
Section Thirty-five $3.50 Town
ship Ninety-nino (99) North OF
Range Fourteen (14) West of the
Fifth (5th) P. M. That said prem
Uses were originally granted to
Howard County by State Of Iowa as
claimed against said title due to
swamp lands.
And whereas it appears that
there are objections ard clouds
the claimed defective conveyance of
Howard County.
Petitioner asks that quit
claim deed be given from Howard
County, Iowa, to Isaac Wagner, Of
said premises, and that the Chair
man Of the Board Of Supervisors
and Auditor OF Howard County,
Iowa, be authorized and empowered
TO deliver a quit claim deed of the
said premises to petitioner. That
petitioner is willing to pay all ex-
penses therfor
Isaac Wagner.
Subscribed in my presence and
sworn to before me this 16 day Of
December, 1913 ~ +
B. N. Hendricks,
(seal) Notary Public.
State Of Iowa, Howard County-ss.
Be it resolved by the Il Board of
Supervisors of Howard County, To-
wa, in regular adjourned session
this 16 day of December, 1918
That, whereas it is ella med that
the conveyance executed by Howard
County to the McGregor Western
Railway Company of the South
East quarter of the South East
quarter of Section Thirty-five 1851
Township Ninety-nine (99) North of
Range Fourteen (14) West of the
Fifth (5th) P. M. is technically de-
fective, a
And Whereas, the petition Of
Isaac Wagner is on file showing
that he is the present owner in fee
simple of said premises
!, And Whereas, Howard County
makes no claim to said premises,
Be it resolved, that said petition be
granted, that the Chairman of this
Board Of Supervisors, and the Aud
itor Of Howard County author
lied and empowered to execute q
quit claim deed to the said Isaac
Wagner, the effects of which shall
be. to convey whatever interest
Howard County might have in said
premises to the said Isaac Wagner.
That a Quit Claim Deed was pre.
eented and signed as above reuuir-
ed by the Chairman of the Board
and the Auditor of Howard County
and same is duly approved and de
livered.
On motion said resolution was
adopted.
Whereas, Thomas Dixon and wife.
and Mrs. Short, all of jamestown
have made application
to the trustees of said township for
aid, .. ..
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Board of Supervisors of Howard
County. Iowa, that the Trustees of
Jamestown Township be and are
hereby authorized to issue orders
to the amount Of $500 per week
for the support of Thomas Dixon
and wife to May first, 1914, and
G1.25 per week for the support of
Mrs. Short to May first, 1914.
On motion said resolution was
adopted. 4
On motion at o'clock P. M. the
Board adjourned to 8 O'Clock A. NJ.
Wednesday, December II, 1918.
Second Day. !
The Board met pursuant to ad- ,
ournment at O'Clock A. M, We'd /
esday. December II 1913, with
II members present.
Whereas, w. L. Richards, Coun-
y Engineer. estimated the bridge
'ork done by N. M. Stark & Co. I
n contract at $64s9.O0, O. # !