Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
were present.

members were present.
The board finished considera-
/ ton and allowance of claims,
having passed on claims at this
session numbering from 276 to
475, both inclusive, and made the
same part of the record of this
session, and authorized and en-
powered the auditor to issue war
rants upon the several funds in
payment thereof.
On motion by Supervisor Erik
on, the following resolution was
adopted:
RESOLUTION
Now on this 3rd day of July,
1917, the board of supervisors of
Harrison County, Iowa, being in
regular adjourned session, and
all members present, take up the
matter of the petition of Anna
Rccs, ct al, filed in the office of
the county auditor of said coun-
lty on the 25th day of June, 1917,
(which said petition alleges that a
Icertain body or tract of land sit
uatcd in Section IS, %, % and IA
lin township 80, North, Range ~,
iof said county is subject to over
flow: that the public benefit and
utility and the public health, con-
venience and welfare will be pro-
NOTED by improving the same,
and asking that the said board of
supervisors take the necessary
steps to the end that a drainage
district may be established and
certain improvements constructed
therein. The said petition of the
said Anna Rees ct al, was pre-
sented to the board at its first
session after the filing of the
same, and after having examined
and considered the same, togeth-
er with the record herein, the said
board finds:
First, that the said petition of
the said Anna Rees, ct al, was
filed in the office of the county
auditor of said county on the 5th
day of June, 1917;
Second, that bond accompan-
led said petition with sureties as
provided by law, which said bond
and sureties were approved by the
said county auditor;
Third, that it is the opinion of
the said board that the allega-
tons of said petition are true;
Fourth, that the lands described
in said petition are all within
Harrison County, Iowa, and un-
der the jurisdiction of the said
board of supervisors; therefore,
BE it resolved by the said board
OF supervisors and it is hereby
ordered that A. w. Gaines, a COM
potent and disinterested civil en-
gineer, be and he is hereby ap-
pointed to examine the lands de-
scribed in said petition and such
other lands adjacent thereto as
will be benefited by the improve
ment of the territory adjoining
the same, and to survey and To-
cate such drains as may be prac-
ticable and feasible to carry out
the purpose of the petition:
BE it further resolved that be-
fore entering upon his duties the
said engineer shall execute good
and sufficient bond as required
by law in the penal sum of $500,
conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his duties as such
engineer, which said bond shall
be approved by the county audi
tor, and upon the filing and APP
prevail of said bond copy of the
petition herein shall be placed in
the hands of the said engineer
that he may proceed Hereunder
and in accordance with this order.
Roll call: Erixon, yes; Hos
brook, yes; VanScoy, yes.
Passed. adopted and approved
this 3rd day of July, 1917.
Attest:
J. r. VANSCOY, Chairmon.
j. M. ALBERTSEN, Clerk.
A summary of the Second
Quarterly Report for the year
1917. approved by the board fol-
lows:
Original notices .....-.S 1870
Serving SubpOenaS ... 945
Writs of attachment ........ 1850
Serving executions .......... 129.18
Shcriff's deeds ...... 100
conveying to Clarinda ....-. 1850
Writs of replevin ....... 2.75
Condemnation proceedings $50
With reference to change in
the public highway in the SW SW
Section 14-8O-44, and the vaca-
ton of the old road made un-
necessary in the event of the es-
adjustment of the proposed road,
County Engineer A. w. Gaines
submitted the following recon-
mendations: