Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-29
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Minutes of the Adjourned November
Session of the Board of County
Supervisors.


The board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
man.
All members present.
Moved, seconded and carried the fol-
lowing refunds be allowed: Old Folks
Home in Madison Township $117.SO, on
account of erroneous assessment for
the year 1914. Wesley Wicks. Canoe
Township, $4.33 on account of erron-
eous assessment for the year 1914.
At 5 o'clock the board on motion car
ried adjourned till $50 next morning.
$3.50 a. m, Tuesday. December l4th,
1915.
and was called to order by the chair
man.
All members present
Moved, seconded and carried the var
ious book companies be notified to send
representatives to confer with the
board of education on Friday, January
9TH, 1916.
Various matters were then taken up
till noon at which time the board on
motion carried adjourned till 1880 p.
1880 p. M, Tuesday. December 14th,
The board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
All members present.
This being the date and time set for
the opening of bids and applications
filed with the county auditor. for the
various county positions as advertised
for. the board proceeded to open and
The following had filed applications:
C. A. Funke and Walter ID. Gross.
For dayman at the county farm
James Mailman and Elmer Stohr.
For nightman at the county farm
c. f. Bertossa.
For matron at the county farm
For cook at the county farm-Mrs.
James Mailman.
For county physician-Dr. A. F. Bar
For overseer of the poor. DEBORAH city
p II. Whalen and ID. Swenson: :,
For janiter court house and jail
After due consideration it was moved
and seconded the following be appoint
C. A. Funke, p steward county farm.
James Hallman, dayman county
c: F. Bertossa, nightman county
Mary Fortcamp, matron county farm.
Mrs. James Hallman. cook county
DR. A F. Barfoot. county physician
p. II. Whalen, Overseer of the poor
DEBORAH city.
Dennis Koran, janitor court mouse
The following resolution was passed
by the board: Be it resolved by the
board of supervisors of Winneshiek
county: That the assessment levied
against the west part of lot four in
block seven, in the original town OF
proprietor of the restaurant kept IN
said premises be abated excepting
$1,000 for the last quarter of the yeai
1915. This resolution being based or
the provision set forth in Section %;
Laws Of the 33rd General Assembly
II appearing to the board of supervis
to that time said Ciemence J. Frericl
had not been found guilty of selling
cigarettes.
nnSitinn of ianitOr c1<irt house and ia 4
= FOR the year 1916 was received at 3:3
p. M, Tuesday, December, 14th. 1915
been opened and the appointment
made and put on record this applica
ton could not be considered
Three o'clock being the time set fo
opening the bids on the -four contrac
for the county farm for the year 191 6
the board opened and checked the bid
that had been fled with the count!
The following had died bids:
stoskopf q Baker1$5s5 per barre
Bernatz Bros.-S6.00 per barrel de
livered at the county farm
Stosllopf & Baker being the loves
bidders were on motion carried award
ed the contract
The board then proceeded to checl
in the various claims that had beer
filed against the county.
Moved, seconded and carried to ad
journ till 2 80 next morning.
$50 g. H., Wednesday. December
The board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
man.
All members present
Minutes of previous meeting reaC
and approved.
The Standard Telephone Company
assessment was again taken up and the
following resolution passed:
Whereas. a comparison of the taN
lists of Winneshiek county with GER
tain plats and schedules on file in the
shows EXCESSIVE
and erroneous leVies against the Stan
dard Telephone Company for the years
1909 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, and
whereas, such excessive and erroneous
taxes have been paid in by said Com
pany based on such leVies. Now. there
fore, the county treasurer of Winnie
shiek county is herby directed to com
pute and refund to said Standard Tel
ephone Company the said taxes so err
roneously levied and paid as shown by
the records on file herein from the var
ious funds into which said excess taxes
so paid have gone.
The following resolution was on mo-
ton adopted:
owing to the heavy traffic on the
West DEBORAH bridge and whereas, the
city of DEBORAH is willing to pay hall
the cost of widening the bridge. Then
be il resolved by the board of super
Nisors of Winneshiek county: that the
county pays the other half of the cost
advertised for by the council of the
city OF DEBORAH and the actual work to
be under the supervision Oh tue county
engineer.
The board then continued with the
checking OF the claims and at twelve
o'clock adjourned till 1880 p. m.
1870 p. m, Wednesday, December
18th, 1915.
The board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the char-
man.
All members present.
Various matters were at first taken
UP. ,,,, ..o
The board then continued with the
checking of the claims and at hve
clock adjourned till $3.50 next morning
$3.50 a. M, Thursday, December 10Th
The board met as per Adjournment
and was called to order, by the chair
man
All members present.
The board then continued with the
checking of the claims,
At g:I5 the board adjourned in order
10 make a trip to the county farm.
Al 1915 the board returned from tht
county farm and again took up tine
checking of the claims till noon a.
which time they on motion carried al
journed till 1880 p. m. ..,
1870 p. M, Thursday, December 10Th
The board met as per adJournm
and was called to order by the chair
man.