Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-25

s Y at!ef Oa11ers Vas fefetfeds TO-
the board for investigation with.
reference t04tiie matters COM
planned Of by said petitioners.
On motion BY supervisor Err
ixon, the following resolution
was adopted:
RESOLUTION.
Now, on this 2nd day of April,
1918, due notice having been
given in the matter OF he letting
of the work for the construction
of the improvements i'm Hannah
Sub-Drainage District Nil, and
the folloing, bids were sub
mittcd:
Mills Construction Company,
Logan, Iowa, 1915 cents per
cubic yard.
S. o. Briggs Co, Omaha. Ncb.,
20. cents per cubic yard.
And it appearing to the said
board that the hid submitted by
the said Mills construction Com
pany is the lowest and best bid
and for the best interests of
the drainage district, and that
said bid is Il reasonable one
should be accepted; therefore.
BE il resolved by the said
board of supervisors that The bid
of the said Mills Construction
Company. he and the same is
hereby accepted for the price of
1915 cents per cubic yard: and
the chairman of the board of
supervisors, MIR. Van .,coy, is
hereby authorized and empowered
to enter into a contract with the
said Mills Construction Company
for the due performance of said
work in accordance with terms of
said bid and plans and spcrifica-
lions therefor.
Roll Call. EriNon, yes: Hos
brook, yes; Van Scoy, yess.
On motion by supervisor Hos
brook, the folloing resolution was
adopted. as shown by the roll call
below:
Resolution.
Whereas, on the 5th day of
February, 1913, a petition, sign
ed by j. e. Latta, aGlI Others and
asking the establishment of a
sub drainage. district in Jeffer-
son ownship, Harrison county,
Iowa, was filed i'm the office of the
county auditor of said county, and
stated that the signers thereof
were DESTROYS of securing more
complete drainage for the lands
described in sid petition, and
that certain bitches, drains and
leNees be constructed therein
and,
Whereas, a bond accompanied
said petition, it'll suretics which
were approved by the county au-
ditor, as required by law, and
was filed by the said county au-
ditor on the 5th day of February
1913, and,
Whereas, the said board OF
supervisors did on the 5th day
Of February. 1913. appoint C. l.
Huff, a competent and disinter-
ested civil engineer, to make a
preliminary survey of said pro-
posed sub-drainage district, and
directed the said engineer TO make
the necessary Investigations and
surveys with reference to the ter
ritory described in said petition
and such other additional terri
tory adjacent thereto. as would
be benefited by the improving OF
the same, and further directed
the said engineer to report his
findings with reference ~ said
surveys and Investigations to the
board of supervisors, as provided
by law, and to accompany the same
with plat and profile: and
Whereas, the said engineer did
on the second day of April. 1918
file his report with reference to
said matter, and accompanied
the same with plat and profile;
and,
Whereas. the said board OF
supervisors having duly consider
ed the said report of the said
board finds that the plan APP
proved, subject, however, TO
final determination after hearing
thereon; and the county auditor
of said county is hereby directed
to give notice, in The manner re-
CURED by status, to the owner OF
each tract of land or lot within
said proposed drainage district
as shown by the transfer books
in his office, and to each lien
holder or incumbrancer through
which or abutting upon which
the proposed improvements ex-
tend, and all other persons whom
it may concern, including actual
occupants, of the tendency and
prayer of said petition, the favor
able report thereon by the en-
gineer, and that said report may
be amended before final action