Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-16

Court as filed, is on motion approved.
The appointment, Of Dorethea ].
Hunt, as Deputy Clerk of District
Court, as filed by c. H. Swiney, Clerk
of District Court, is on motion approx
ed.
On motion, the action Of the County
Auditor in approving the bond of
Dorethea J. Hunt as Deputy Clerk of
the District Court is approved.
This being the date fixed for receiv-
ing bids for $1,000, funding bonds on
account of registered warrants on
Road Fund of Hamilton County, Iowa,
the Board proceeded with sale of said
bonds, after due consideration of bids
made, it was found that the bid of
Geo. M. Bechtel & Company of Daven-
port, Iowa, at par with accrued inter-
est and $1,000 premium, was the best
bid made, 1t was therefore moved and
seconded that bid be accepted, and
Chairman and Auditor be and they
are hereby authorized to sign an
agreement on account OF the sale OF
said bonds. Motion carried.
Supervisor Bawden introduced and
read the resolution next hereinafter
set out. and moved it's adoption, sec
onded by Supervisor Knickerbocker {;
and after due considerat ton thereof
by the Board, the Chairman put the
question upon the adoption Of said
resolution, and the roll being called,
the following named Supervisors voted
Aye: Bawden, Knickerbocker and
Johnson
Nays: None,
Whereupon the chairman declared
said resolution duly adopted as fol
flows:
RESOLUTION:
To provide for the issuance of $17,-
10000 Funding Bonds.
WHEREAS, The County of Hamil-
ton, in the State of Iowa, is a body
corporate, duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws and
Constitution Of the State Of Iowa !;
and said County has population ex-
ceeding $4,000 and there is not locat-
ed within said County and City Of
the second class with a population of
five thousand or over which is travers-
cd by stream two hundred feet or
more in width from shore line to shore
line, or any City Of the first class or
any special charter city; and
WHEREAS, Said County now has
an Indebtedness IN the amount of over
$4,000 all evidenced by valid war
rants now remaining unpaid, each
issued in pursuance OF Section All of
the Code of Iowa, all of which indebt-
edness, thus evidenced, was on the
First day Of September. 1913, and now
is outstanding, payable and due; and
WHEREAS, All of said indebted
ness was contracted. incurred and al
lowed and each Of said warrants were
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 Indebtedness
was incurred. and none of said war
rants We're issued, in violation of Sec
tons 40D-a ct seq. ABB ct seq. 429,
44O, f43. 44G ct seq. or. 2241 of the
Code of Iowa and Code Supplement,
or of any law amendatory thereof or
SALES.--FUTURE therefor OR supplemental
or additional thereto, or in violation
OF any law forbidding, restricting, or
the contracting or the in
curing of Indebtedness or the issu-
ance of warrants, or in violation OF
any law whatever; and
WHEREAS, None of the said in
was incurred. and none of
said warrants were issued, for the
purchase of any real estate or for the
purchase or construction of any build
ing or for bridge purposes; and
WHEREAS, None of said indebted
ness or warrants has ever been adjudi-
Gated to be invalid. and no litigation
is pending, prayed or threatened in
volving the validity of any of said in
or warrants, and all of
said indebtedness thus evidenced, is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of
said County, and all of said indebted
ness thus evidenced is in such form
and of such character that 1t can
legally be funded (and in the manner
provided and
WHEREAS. 1t is deemed to best in
terests of said County to fund said
Indebtedness, thus evil
denced, to the amount of $1,000: and
WHEREAS, The amount nature
and condition of the Indebtedness of
said County now is and was on the
First day of September. 1913. includ-
ing the aforesaid indebtedness. evil