Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-05-30
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
CrescO. Iowa. Nav 7. 1911

Cresco, Iowa, May Z, 1919.
The Board of Supervisors of How
ard County, Iowa, met in regular ad-
journed session pursuant to law to ad-
journment and to the rules of . said
Board.
The meeting was called to order by
the Chairman, and the roll being CALL
ed there were present, John F. Hale,
Chairman, in the chair, and the fol-
lowing named Supervisors: J. w.
Wells and J. H. Watson.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and on motion approved.
This being the day and the hour
heretofore fixed for awarding the con-
tract for the construction of the 75'x
90 Poney Truss bridge at the South
line of Sec. 24-99-12, the Board pro-
ceeded to open and read the bids on
file as follows:
The Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co.
for job complete: $7765.00.
The A. Olson Construction Co. for
Job complete: $757S.OO.
The Clinton Bridge Works bid
$3S7O.00 for the steel erected; now
therefore - ..5-. ~
Be It Resolved, by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Howard County, that the
bid of the Clinton Bridge Works be,
and is hereby accepted and the Chair
man is hereby directed to sign con-
tract for same, and gE
Be It Further Resolved, that the
Board hereby decides to construct the
abutments for said bridge by day
labor.
On motion duly seconded said reso-
luton was adopted.
On motion duly seconded at
o'clock p. m. the Board adjourned to
8 o'clock a. M. May 8, 1919. <
| Second Day.
| The Board met pursuant to adj
journment with all members present.
On motion duly seconded the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
RESOLUTION. .v ,s.
WHEREAS, a petition signed by
more than ten freeholders, asking that
Willard Street in the Village of Lime
Springs, commencing at the North
Corporation line of the Town of Lime
Springs, running thence North to the
North line of Water Street in the said
Village of Lime Springs be designat-
ed as part of the County Road Sys-
tenn commencing at the Southwest
Corner of Section q, Township 100,
Range IL West of the 5th P. NJ, and
running thence North to the North
line of Water Street in the Village of
Lime Springs and that part of Water
Street in said Village be discontinued
as part of the County Road System,
therefore,
Be It Resolved, by the Board of
Supervisors of Howard County, Iowa,
that the 9th Of May, 1919, be and is
hereby fixed for hearing on the pro-
posed Change Il
On motion duly seconded at 5
O'clock p. M the Board adjourned to
is o'clock a. m. May 9, 1919.
~ Third Day.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
journment with all members present.
On motion duly seconded the bond
of John Zedlicky, Township Clerk of
Saratoga Township, was approved.
On motion duly seconded the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
RESOLUTION. B."
WHEREAS, the First National
Bank, Citizens Savings Bank, Cresco
State Bank, Cresco Union Savings
Bank of Cresco, Iowa; First National
Bank, and the Exchange State Bank
of Lime Springs, Iowa, and the
Farmers Bank of Chester, Iowa, have
filed their petitions to the Board OF
Supervisors asking for deduction
of the amount of Liberty Bonds, Ger
tificates of Indebtedness and War
Savings Stamps held by said banks
and = .eta III"
WHEREAS, said petitions are &C
companied by affidavits showing that
said Government Securities were own
ed by said banks more than sixty days
prior to December 81, 1918, therefore
Be 1t Resolved, by the Board OF
Supervisors of Howard County, 10.
wa, that in compliance with the Acts
of the 3Sth General Assembly gov
erning the assessments of Liberty
Bonds, Certificates of Indebtedness
and War Savings Stamps owned by
banks, the following deductions b<
and are hereby ordered and the Aud
itor is hereby directed to make the
corrections of the assessment of the
bank stock as follows:
First National Bank, Lime Springs
Iowa, deduction of $3s.343.1s, no as.
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