The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-07


court, to fill vacancy
Truman S. Stevans ....... 1861
For judges Of the district
w s. Hamilton 1884
A. l.. Parsons ...... 1889
j. e.. Craig 1881
b. A. DOlan ...... 1919
For judge OF the superior
court
w L. Mcnamara ..... 1913
Ralph Smith ......... z
We. the undersigned members Of
the board of supervisors and ex-
officio board of county canvassers of
Lee county, Iowa, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a correct alb
stract Of the votes cast at the afore-
said general election according to the
poll books returned from all OF the
several voting precincts and town
ships in said county
We further certify that at the said
election the following persons were
duly elected to the offices stated op-
lposite their respective names, tO-wit:
Joseph R. Frailey, state senator,
first district.
!. Frank Oertel, state representative.
first district.
H. A. Skyles, county treasurer.
Albert Xollers, clerk of the district
court.
John C. Scott, sheriff.
F. C. Chambers, county recorder.
]. NJ. C. Hamilton, county attorney.
Walt H. Clements, coroner.
A. 7. Cruikshank, member of board
of supervisors, term commencing
January 1919
G. q. Maxwell, member of board of
supervisors, term commencing Janu-
airy, 1920.
w. L. Mcnamara, judge Of the
superior court.
In the matter of the Newby-San-
ders road case, on motion the board
passed the following resolution. Sup
ervisor DeRosear voting aye, Super
visor Kammerer voting aye, and Sup
ervisor Maxwell absent, to-wit:
Whereas, on the Goth day of April,
A D. 1918, S. NJ. Brownlee, ST., and
others filed petition with theYcounty
auditor of Lee county, Iowa, asking
that a highway four feet wide, COM
mencing at the northwest corner of
section 35, township 6S north, range
z west, running thence east one mile
on the section line between sections
35 and 26. and terminating at the
northeast corner of section 35, town
ship. So, range z west. be established;
and
Whereas, J. H. Vermazen, the duly
appointed commissioner, reported
that he recommended the road known
as the Newby-Sanders road should be
located as shown in his report and
plat filed on June Z, 1918; and
Whereas, certain claims were filed
and appraisers appointed and report
made by appraisers on october ~,
1918; and
Whereas, the board of supervisors
has considered the matter OF estab-
fishing said road; and
Whereas, the board of supervisors
find that said road is public con-
venience and necessity.
Now, therefore, be 1t resolved by
the board of supervisors of Lee
county, Iowa, that the said road be
and is hereby established as recon-
mended in the report of the COM
missioner, to-wit:
The center line of said road COM
mencing at the northwest corner OF |
section 80, township So, range west, |
Lee county, Iowa, thence east one
half mile on the section line between !
sections 35 and rs, running thence |
north 20 feet, thence west eone-haf !
mile and terminating at point 20
feet north of the northeast corner OF !!
section 80. township SO north, range |
z west.
And that the claimant w. A. Geese, |
be allowed $4,000 damages, and that
hedge posts be set sixteen feet apart, I
with one set in cement /
and then one set in cement every |
forty rods for brace posts, posts to |
be set not less than three feet in !
ground, fence to be American wire
fence 80 inches high, twelve inch
stays and two barbed wires on top of
same, and that a fence be built in
the same manner for Dora Mayer
kurth along the line where the prop
erty of the said Geese and Mayer
kurth abuts upon said road as estab- 1
lished. The said road is established
upon the express condition that the
petitioners build the fence as herein
before set forth, and it is established
upon the further condition that of the
said sum of $500 allowed the claimant {
Geese, the said petitioners shall pay
the sum of $4,000.
The minutes of the session were
approved whereupon the board ad-
journed to meet Monday, December !
l6, 1918. {
Fit. Madison, Iowa, Dec. 16, 1918. S
Board met pursuant to adjourn 4
nent All members present. 4
In the matter of the Green Bay
evee and drainage district Nc. 2, the
board passed the following resolu- ]
ton, Supervisor DeRosear voting I
aye, Supervisor Maxwell voting aye 6
and Supervisor Kammerer voting t
Aye, to-wit:
The levy of the tax for additional l
costs and expenses of the improve '
nent is continued until Dec. 30, 1918. I
The minutes of the session were s