The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-19

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Leon, Iowa, January Z, 1920.
! The Board of Supervisors Of the
county Of Decatur, in the state OF
Iowa, met in regular session, pur-
suant to law to the rules of said
Board, and to adjournment. The
meeting was called to order by the
chairman, and the roll being called,
there were
Present, P. G. Morgan, chairman.
in the chair, and the following
named supervisors: E. j. Blair and
". B. WATSON.
Absent: None.
Supervisor E. j. Blair introduced
and read the resolution next herein
after set out. and moved it's adop-
ton, seconded by Y B. WATSON, and
after due consideration thereof by
the Board, the chairman put the
question upon the adoption of said
the following named supervisors
, voted:
Aye: P. c. Morgan, E. J. Blair
and Y. B. WATSON.
Nays: None.
Whereupon the chairman declared
said resolution duly adopted as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Resolution
l. To provide for the issuance Of
$5O.OO0OO Funding Bonds.
Whereas, The County of Decatur,
in the State of Iowa, is a body cor
porate, duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws and
Constitution of the State of Iowa;
ceeding $4,000. and there is not To-
Gated within said county any city of
the second class with a population
of five thousand or over which is
traversed by a stream two hundred
feet or more in width from shore
line to shore line, or any city, of the
first class, OF any special charter
CITY. and
Whereas, Said county now has an
indebtedness in, the amount Of $50
247.14 al evidenced by valid war
Section All of the Code of Iowa, all
of which indebtedness, thus evil
denced. was. on the second day of
January, 1920, and now is. outstand-
ing. payable and due: and
Whereas. All of said Indebtedness
was contracted, incurred and allowed
and each of said warrants was exc
cuted and issued, by order of the
Board of Supervisors of said Coun-
ty, for purposes authorized by law,
and in form, time and manner re-
ouired by law; and none of said in
debtedness was incurred, and none
of said warrants we're issued, in vio-
lation of Sections 4O9-a ct sea-, 423
ct sea-, 429, 44O, 443, 446 ct sea-.
or 2241 of the Code of Iowa and
Code Supplements or of any law
amendatory thereof or substitutive
therefore or supplemental or addi-
tional thereto, or in violation of any
law forbidding. restricting or regu-
ring of Indebtedness or the issuance
of warrants, or in violation of any
law whatsoever; and
Whereas, None of said indebted
ness was incurred and none of said
warrants we're issued, for the pur-
chase of any real estate or for the.
purchase or construction of any
building, and
Whereas, An appropriation was
duly made by the Board of Super
visors of said county in strict COM
of Iowa for each of the bridges for
which any of said Indebtedness was
incurred or warrants issued; and
none of said Indebtedness was in
Cured. and none of said warrants
were issued, for the construction of
any bridge not county charge, or
for the construction of any bridge
entirely within said county costing,
including substructure, superstruc-
ture and approaches, more than $685.
900. or for the construction of any
bridge across a stream which is a
boundary of said county costing. in
GLIDING substructure, superstruc-
ture and approaches, more than
$4,000, and
Whereas, None of said indebted
ness or warrants has ever been adj
Indicated, to be invalid, and no liti-