Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Proceedings Of tho Board Of Super
visors at Their March Meeting, 1914.

visors at Their March Meeting, 1914.
Marshalltown, March 2, 1914.
Board of Supervisors met as per ad-
| journment a. 10 a. M, with all mem
bers present. Minutes of the last and
adjourned meetings were read and ap-
| proved.
! Bids on lumber, pii;ns. cement, etc.
were taken up. Moved by Jones, sec
| onded by Nicnols that the contract for
the cement DE awarded to the Citizens
Lumber Company of this city at SITS
per barrel delivered at any town In
the county. Motion carried. Moved by
Jones. seconded by Nichols and car
ried, that the Wheeler Lumber Bridge
Supply Company Of Des' Moines. Iowa
be awarded the contract for lumber at
$3.50 per thousand feet, and cypress
| piling, Sx24 end under at $12 per foot.
| Moved and seconded by Nichols and
carried that the Bunchwald Lumber
| Company Of this city be awarded The
contract on red cedar piling on Sx12,
ska and Skis at Is cents and Sx20 and
ska at II cents.
! Moved by Nichols. seconded by Jones
and carried that the county purchase
of p. F. Arnc! 20 eight foot adjustable
| Topeka road drags at S15.25 each 10
cents extra fc. stenciling. Also twenty
Of the Western road drags Of the Aus
tin West Roe7 Machinery Company of
| Chicago at SIS each. stenciling 10 cents
extra. Board adjourned to March 3.
! March ;, 1914.
Board met at 9 a. m: with ali members
present. Oav was spent in examining
claims. Board adjourned to March 4.
March 1. 1914.
Board met at 9 a. m...vith all mem
bers present.
Resolved that the Thor Construction
Company VI Cedar Falls. Iowa, be
awarded the contract for the construc-
| ton OF two bridges, one 40 foot span and
one 2-3O foot span. situated in sections
| 8 and 10-S2-20 at the price bid of
is5,sS0 and that extra concrete is to
be furnished at $11.!5 per cubic yard
and piling at 20 cents per lineai foot
and bonds 10 be furnished covering
| Is per cent of the contract price. The
i adoption was moved by Jones. Sec
onded by Nichols and carried.
Moved by Jones, seconded by Nichols
and carried that bills be allowed rs
read and that the county auditor be
! authorized to draw warrants for the
same.
Whereas it appears from the records
| that in the early history of the coun-
| ty school fund. mortgages were released
I; by James L. Williams. clerk Of the
| board OF supervisors and sometimes by
! him as clerk of the district court.
| And whereas /: can not now be
shown that he had authority to release
said mortgages and thus creates !
cloud upon the title Of the land.
! Therefore be it resolved ny the
board of supervisors Of Marshall couI
| ty. Iowa. that the auditor of this
county be and he hereby is directed
and authorized to release all suct
mortgages nf record. Resolution move;
by Jones, seconded by Nichols AM
carried.
BE 1t resolved by the board OF su.
pervisors Of Marshall county, Iowa
that the auditor Of this county be anc
hereby is, directed and authorized &
release the mortgage given by Jane.
Gardner and wife to Joseph NJ Fergu.
son. school fund commissioner and rec.
orded in book B, page ITO. Said mort
gage conveying the mex neA 7-s2-17
Resolution moved by Jones, seconded
by Nichols and carried.
| BY a resolution OF, the board, the fol
lowing exemptions. are made:
Soldiers exemption for B. A. Beeson
on money and stocks. 1918.
Soldiers exemption for n. H. Archer
on Kirbyi's sub. to s, 1914. in 1 Mar.
shalltoWn.
Soldiers exemption for Angelin.
West, on VIZ ne 24-s4-1S. 1914. i.
Soldiers exemption for James Tay.
Tor, on blk. IS. In original town OF Ed.
enyille 1914. :.
Soldiers xemption for E. NJ. Santee
on M lott, and los It lot s. blk. ]
| 1913-1914.
| Soldiers exemption for j. X. Fill o,
Anson's sub. Of sub s. OFFS. lsl3-lsI4.
! Moved by Jones, seconded by Nichol.
and carried that contract for makint
new cement and marble floor In tn.
vestibule and halls OF the court hous,
be awarded to the De. Mo!nes Marbl,
! and Mantle Company. Des Moines
Iowa. for $3.50.
/ BY vote OF the board, the county au
ditor is directed to draw warrant o,
J the county fund for $10.3s t. pay tn,
tax sale on Anson's sub. Of sub. 10
s, block ;. on condition that J. X. FIJI
pay all the accruins expense on tn,
same. fE5
| ~, vote ~ tho hoard Ahra n, Sto,.,o -