Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05

county treasurer to be by him sold
and delivered to the purchaser there
Of; and the proceeds thereof shall be
used only for the purpose aforesaid;
or said bonds may be exchanged for
said outstanding obligations, par for
par; and in any event, said outstand-
obligations so paid or exchanged shall
be cancelled simultaneously with the
| delivery Of the bonds hereby author
lied; the intention being to change
! but not to increase the Indebtedness
of said county.
! Section 4. The board of supervisors
shall annually levy tax upon all the
taxable property within said county
outside of the city of Ottumwa, city
, of the first class, in addition to the
levy authorized for other purposes, 4
sufficient sum to pay the interest
coupons on the bonds hereby author
ICED as and when the same mature,
and also special levy to pay the
principal as required by law, and
moneys arising from such levies shalt
be known as the bridge bond fund,
series 1914" and shall be used for the
payment of said interest coupons and
isaid bonds and for no other purpose
whatever.
| Section S. All resolutions or orders
or parts of resolutions or orders, in
conflict herewith be, and the same are
hereby repealed
Passed and approved November II,
l1s14.
| J. R. Stodghill,
Chairman board of supervisors.
latest: J. F. Stevens, county auditor.
! (Seal)
The balance of the day was spent in
following claims and transacting other
business. On motion the board ad-
Ijourned to meet Thursday, November
liz, at 9 o'clock a. m.
! J. r. Stodghill Chairman.
Attest: J. F. Stevens, Auditor.
Proceedings of the board of super
ivisors, Thursday, November II, 1914,
being the fourth day of the November
session. The board met pursuant to
adjournment Members all present,
President ]. R. Stodghill in the chair
The minutes Of last meeting read and
approved The day was spent in al
lowing claims and transacting other
business On motion the board ad~
!journed to meet Friday, November IL,
1914, at o'clock a. m.
J. R. Stodghill, Chairman.
Attest: j. F. Stevens, Auditor.
Proceedings of the board of super
visors, Friday, November IL, 1914, be-
ing the fifth day of the November
session. The board met pursuant to
adjournment, members all present,
President J. r. Stodghill in the chair
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved. The hearing Of
petitions for abatement of mulct tax
heretofore assessed by John F. Peck,
assessor of Ottumwa city, against
various property owners and in
dividuals came before the board All
of the DIRECTORS to said tax appeared
in person or by their council, j. j.
Smith, M. c. Gilmore, E. R. Mitchell,
Emmett Work, and 10 R. Jaques, and
the county attorney, Daniel f. Steck,
appeared for the county and against
said petitions. The matter having
been argued before the board, the
board reserved its decision until Sat
urday, November IA, in the point dis
cussed, that is as to whether legal no
tice had ever been given as to the
levy of said taxes. After transactins
some other business the board on mo-
ton adjourned to meet on Saturday,
November IA. at 9 o'clock a. m.
J. R. Stodghill, Chairman
Attest: J. F. Stevens, Auditor.
| Proceedings of the board of super
visors, Saturday, November a. 1914,
being the 9Th day of the November
session. The board met pursuant to
to adjournment. Members all pres
ent, President ]. R. Stodghill in the
chair. The minutes of last meeting
read and approved. The hearing of
the several cases for the abatement
of mulct tax, levied by the city asses
sor in June and September, 1914, and
/ filed with the county auditor and en-
tered upon the tax lists of Ottumwa
city by the county treasurer against
| the following named persons: E.
Seigel, John w. Leisy, Letta j. Baker
ct al, Nancy e. Watson, J. R. Picker
ct al, H. E. Byrne ct al, John j. Elan
nigan, w. V. Silvers, F. J. Crimmons,
Sarah Stein, E. Brown, Michael
Schwartz, Martin Munley, w. P. Hail.
Laura Strader, M. L. Byrne, T..
GALLEY SIX
O'Brien, J. E. Cosgrove, Nicholas Win
chell, Noah Brewer, Axel Nelson,
ChaS. SnOOkS, VIM COOK, JOnn DxOn,
James Jenkins, Elmer and Pearl
Quigley, A. R. Courtney, Hayden
Leonard, Jack Thompson, George
Cline, Harry Leonard, and G. Hahn,
Fred Hahn, W. H. Wyatt, Jas. Travis,
VIM Travis, R. Travis, Alex Robert
son, John Erbacher, Henry Mungoven,
C. E. Mcdaniel.
On motion by H. B. Patterson, Sec
onded by J. R. Hall, it is hereby
ordered by the board of supervisors
LOT Wapello county, Iowa, now in regu-
liar session, on this 14th day of Novem-
lber, 1914, sitting as a court to deter
mine the legality of the assessment
of mulct tax against the above named
persons, that the assessment of said
tmulct tax be cancelled on account of
the Illegally of the said mulct no.
ltices, and the several petitions for
abatement of mulct tax are hereby
approved.
J. R. Stodghill, president board of
supervisors. -
II. B. Patterson, member board of