The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings Of the Board of Super
visors of Decatur Codnty, Iowa.
April Session. 1918.
Monday, April 1, 1


Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment in regular session, with all
members present Upon being call
ed to order by Chairman Hastings,
the following business was transact
ed:
~ Board spent the greater part Of
road changes with the New Buda
township delegation and the Burrell
township trustees,
The following resolution was pro-
posed and adopted by the board of
supervisors for the issuance of
Twenty-Three Thousand Dollars of
debted1ess outstanding in the pau
per and road cash funds:
Leon, Iowa, April 1, 1915.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Decatur, and State of
Iowa, met in regular session, pur-
suant to law, to the rules of said
board and nd, to o., adjournment. The
chairman and the roll being called
there were present L. P. Hastings,
chairman, in the chair, and the fol-
lowing named supervisors: P. c.
Morgan and w. H. Golfer. Absent,
non.
ed sPd rssa inc G. M 4es5"6 ar0sss
adoption, seconded by w. H. Golfer.
and after due consideration thereof
by the board, the chairman put the
question upon the adoption of the
said resolution, and the roll being
called the following supervisors
voted:
Aye: L. P. Hastings, P. c. Nor
gan, w. H. Golfer.
Wiereupon the chairman declar-
ed said resolution duly adopted as
follows:
RESOLUTION
To provide for the issuance Of
twenty-three thousand dollars fund
Whereas, the county of Decatur,
and the STATE ate OF flo Iowa as body
listing under and by virtue of the
laws and the constitution of the
State of Iowa; and said county has
population exceeding fifteen thous-
and; and there is not located within
said county any city of the first
class or any city of the second class
with population Of five thousand
sion form of government, or any
city acting under special charter;
and
Whereas, said county has an in
debtedness all incurred for road and
pauper purposes in the amount of
over twenty,three thousand dollars,
all evidenced by valid warrants; all
of which indebtedness, thus evil
denced, was outstanding and pay
able on the first day of April, 1918,
and is now outstanding and payable!
and,
Whereas, All of the Indebtedness
was contracted, incurred, and allow
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executed and issued, by order of the
board of supervisors of said county
for purposes authorized by law, and
in form, time and manner required
by law; and none of said indebted
ness was incurred, and none of said
warrants were issued, in violation
81 Sections as tos To- ct as sea taa
or 224l of the Code and the Code
Supplements, or of any law amend
atOry thereof, substantive therefor
or supplementary or additional
thereto, or in violation of any law re-
stricting or regulating the mourning
of Indebtedness or the issuing of
warrants; or in violation of any law
whatsoever; and,
Whereas, none of said indebted
ness or warrants have ever been adj
Indicated to be invalid; and no liti-
CATION is pending, prayed, or threat
ened involving the validity Of and
of said Indebtedness or warrants;
and said Indebtedness thus evidenc-
ed is legal, valid, and binding OBJ
entire county. and is chargeable by
law for taxation upon all the tax
able property within said county;
and all of said Indebtedness thus
evidenced is in such form and OF
such character that it can legally be
funded; and,
Whereas, it is deemed to the best
interests of said county to fund said
outstanding Indebtedness. thus evil
denced, to the amount of twenty
three thousand dollars; and,
Whereas, the amount. nature, and
condition of the indebtedness of
said county now is and was on the
the aforesaid Indebtedness evidenc-
ed as aforesaid, and was at the time
of contracting and of mourning and
Of allowing of each item OF said in
debtedness, including such item, and
at the time of authorization and of
the issuance of each of said war
rants, including such warrants, such
state and county tax lists. no portion
of said county now is. or was at any
Of caid times. chargeable with taxa
ton (either levied or necessary at
forwards to be levied) to pay county
Indebtedness exceeding the limit of
IL per centum of the taxable prop;
erty within such portion of said
county, and such that the total in
debtedness of said county does not
now, and did not at any Of the
aforesaid times exceed the cOnstitu
tional 0r statutory limitations;
Now, therefore,
Be It RESOLVED. by the Board OF
Supervisors of the County of Deca-
,tur, and the State Of Iowa:
Section l. That for the purpose
Of funding the road and pauper In
debtedness of said county in the
amount of twenty-three thousand
dollars, referred to and proposed to
be funded in the preamble of this
resolution and evidenced by the war
rants also referred to in the pre-
amble of this resolution, each OF
which was outstanding and pay
able on the first day of April, 1918,
and is now outstanding and payable
there are hereby authorized to be
issued :twenty-three negotiable fund
ing bonds Of said county Of one
thousand dollars each, numbered
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