The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-31
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY BOARD
January End, 1918.


members present w. A.. Caldwell,
Chm, NJ. S. Downey, A. w. Holdings
worth, absent. -
SupervS or Dow1ey introduced and
read The resolution next hereinafter
set forth, and moved its adoption sec.
onded by Supervisor Caldwell and af.
ter due consideration thereof by the
Board, the Chairman put the question
upon the adoption of said resolution,
and he roll being called, the follow
ing named Supervisors voted aye
Downey and Caldwell Nayt None.
Whereupon the Chairman declared
said resolution duly adopted as fol-
lows:
Resolution.
To provide for the issuance of $751;
800, Funding Bonds.
Whereas, the County of Mahaska
in the Stale of Iowa is a body cor
porate duly organized and exiting un'
der AMI by virtue of the laws and Con
s.itution of the State of Iowa; and
said County has population exceed
ing fifteen thousand 15,0J0); and
there is not located in said county, a
city of the first class and there Is not
loca+ed within said county and city OF
the second class with a population OF
FIVE thousand or over which is travers
ed by a stream two hundred feet OF
more in width from shoreline TO
shoreline, and
Whereas. This Board did duly adopt
on the 23rd day of October, 1917.
resolution providing for the adoption
of voting machines in said County foi
use in the elections in this County oil
Mahaska, and lid at that time author
ize the execution of he contract fol-
the purpose of voting machines, a1o
authorized a. directed payment to be
made upon the acceptance of the ma
chimes following their delivery, ana
did further by the same resolution
authorize the issuance of bonds in
payment of the machines, and
Whereas, at the. time of the delivery
of bonds. it was found more conven
lent to is ;ue in payment thereof a val
id warrant, and
Whereas, the bonds authorized tc
be issued By he resolution of October
23rd, 1917, have not been issue1, and
the County now has an indebtedness IS
out jtanding in the amount of over
Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred
ISIS, 5O0) Dollors, incurred for the
above purposes evidenced by valid
warrants, each issued in pursuance OF
Section 401 of the Code of Iowa
which Indebtedness thus evidenced
wa on he first day of January 1918
and now is outstanding, payable and
due, AMI
Whereas, said Indebtedness was
contracted. incurred, and allowe1
and TIE said warrants duly executed
AMI issued by order of the Board OF
Supervi ,ors of said County for the
purpose authorized by law, and none
of said in 1ebtedness wa incurred and
none of said warrants were issued II
viola lion of any of the statutes of the
State of Iowa now in force, and
Wherea5, None of said Indebtedness
or warrants have ever been adjudi
Gated 10 be invalid, and no litigation
is pending, prayed, or threatened in
volving the validity of any of said in
debtedness or warrants, and all Of
said indeb. edness thus evidenced is &
legal valid, and binding obligatio1ot
laid county, and all of said indebted
ness thus evidenced, is in such form
and of such character that it can leg
ally be funded and in the manner
hereinafter provided; and
Whereas, 1t is deemed to the best
interests of laid County to fund said
outstanding Indebtedness, thus evi
denced, to the amount of Fighter
Thousand Five Hundred ($1S,5O0)
Dollars; and
Whereas, The amount, nature, ant
condition of the Indebtedness of said
County now is, and was on the frs:
day of January. 1918, such that &C
cording to the last previous State and
County tax lists, no portion of said
County now is, or wal at any of said
times chargeable with taxation (eith'
er levied or necessary afterwards to
be levied to pay County indebtedness
exceeding the limit of one and one
quarter qA%o) per centum of the
actual value of the taxable property
within such portion of said County,
and such that at aforesaid time, ex.
coed the Constitutional or Statutory
Limitations; now therefore
Be /. Resolved, by the Board of
Supervisors of the County OF Mahas'
ka, in the State of Iowa:
Section l. That for the purpose OF
funding the indebtedness of said
County in the amount of Eighteen
Thousand Five Hundred (1S,500) Dol.
lars, referred 20, and proposed to be
funded in the preamble of this resolu'
ton, and evidenced by the warrants
also referred to in the preamble OF
this resolution-there are hereby
authorized to be Issued thirty-seven
1871 negotiable Funding Bonds OF
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