The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-19

Bert STILES, refund OF
Mrs. James Cole, refund 1''''
of taxes 1890 ....- $780,. 1892. 1866
A. H. Mitchell, refund Of
taxes --::-:- .-.-.. ...--- -.-.. 72.0S
Louis Spridgeon, refund OF
taxes $1,000 --.--------- 1910
Mrs. S. NJ. Teators, refund
OF taxes " 1890
Mrs. Geo. w. Grimm, refund
of taxes .--..--.-...-.-...-..-.- 1899
The following claims were tabled
for further information:
Lindsey Roush, refund of
Geo. c. Redman, refund Of
taxes -.-- $500. .--..- .--.-.. 1907
E. d. fuller, refund of tax
The board now takes up for re-
consideration their action of De-
cember 4th, 1918, in reference to
the claim Of Mike Griffin for refund
Of taxes of $32.31 for the year 1917,
paid in September, 1918. The
December 4th, 1918, and rejects
said claim and hereby directs the
auditor and treasurer to act ac-
cordingly. Upon motion above ac-
ton was unanimously approved.
The following claims were duly
approved:
W.. c. Ward, refund of taxes 14.O4
LOlo Judd, refund OF taxes 1852
0: J. Hughes, refund of taxes $50
w. l.. Burchett, refund Of
taxes - ---.- 1900 ..-....-.. 1915
Jas. B. Dobson, refund of
=, taxes ...-. $780,. .-......-...--.- 5.73
Fred Teale, refund on tax
sale No. 10, 1918 -....-----.- 3O3.3S
Upon motion by Mr.. Blair, sec
onded by Mr.. Morgan, the following
resolutions were passed.
For the purpose of enacting a bas-
is for systematic program of i'm
Drovements of the primary road sys-
TEN, having in view the develop
county in such order as will best
and most fairly meet the conven-
fence of the public, viewing the
county as a whole, the board of su-
pervisors in conjunction with the
county engineer do hereby divide
into divisions the roads of the pri-
mary system Of Decatur county as
follows:
JEFFERSON HIGHWAY
Division: Missouri Line-Lamoni.
Division: Lamoni-Davis City,
COS miles
Division: Davis City-Leon, 10
miles.
Division: Fairviom School
Clarke County Line. 800 miles.
WANBONSIE TRAIL
Division: Wayne County Line
Weldon River 4.50 miles.
Division: Weldon River-Leon,
60 miles
DivisiOn: Leon Decatur CITY
1856 miles.
Division. naoofnr rifv-Elly Cham
ell. 6.26 miles.
Division: Elk Chapel Ringold
county Line, Ala miles.
Said divisions are marked on
map to be filed with the State
Highway Commission.
Upon ballot the motion carried
unanimously.
DR.. B. l.. Eiker made a verbal
report that everything at the
condition, there still being very lit
SO advised the calling of the State
Sanitary engineer, and having him
look over the Home so that we
might have the benefit of his ad-
vice for present and future use.
The bond of w. D. Shelton, as
Justice of the Peace in Decatur
township was approved.
ue lOllO"lllS Claims were reject
ed:
Leon Board of Health ten
meetings of town council as
board of health .-.- 1890 5000
H. E. Hughes, bridge re-
c. P. Bartlett. damages to
car by ACCIDENT. -..--..-- 47.39
The County Auditor submitted
the following communication in re-
ference to condition in the Auditors
office:
To The Honorable Board Of SUPER
visOrs of Decatur County, Iowa.
Gentlemen:
| have heretofore, both orally and
in writing, called your attention to
the unsatisfactory condition Of the
books and records in the Auditors
office existing at the time the Of
flee changed haids, and l desire
HOW, once more to call your atten-
ton to the fact THAT condition is ser
iously h)n6ering and obstructing my
ing NY time looking up matters that
ought ]. to have needed my a'teu-
ton. if they had been properly at
tended to at the right time; by do
ing work that should have been done
last year and by making it impos-
sible to do the work that we ought
to be doing at this time.
You remember that at your Feb
ruary meeting l asked that you call
in and question the Ex-Auditors
she state checkers who were here
then, and others to enable you to
determine the exact condition cause
and remedy, but you were unwill-
ing at that time to do so.
have been doing what I could to
correct this condition by my own
services and by the use of such help
as you have seen fit to allow and
am willing to continue to do SO in
every way that l can, but your CO.
operation is needed in bringing the
work to satisfactory condition,
and for your better information l
hereby submit a list of few Of the
things that need to be done.
l. The abstract of the tax lists
for 1918 ought to be completed and
entered on the ledger.
g. This abstract should be made
to correspond with the total of the
taxes on the tax lists, now in the
, treasurer's hands.
3. The cost of the paving con-
tracts-asessnlents of which are now
in process of collection should be
put upon the records.
4. The cost in all sewer contracts