Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-11-29
September 2, 1920.

Sept. 3rd, 1920, at / 80 o'clock, p. NJ.
.3 G. J. Knickerbocker,
Chairman B. of S..
Howard Baxter,
Co. Audit. & elk. B. of s.
September 3, 1920.
: Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members present.
Board proceeded with drainage mat
tiers and continued with the same un-
til o'clock, p. m.
On motion, Board adjourned to meet
September 6, 1920.
G. J. Knickerbocker,
~ Chairman 3. Of S.
Howard Baxter, ~
Co. Audit. & elk. +. of S.
; September 6, 1920.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members present. so
Board proceeded with routine work
and continued with same until )
o'clock, p. m.
g On motion, Board adjourned to meet
September 1, 1920, at o'clock a. m.
September Z, 1920.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members present.
: On motion, Auditor Is authorized to
cancel tax OH Lots i'll Sec. 6-1S-25 in the
amount of $5O.14 on account Of error
in valuation.
On motion, auditor is authorized ia
cancel tax OH Lot s, Blk. 10, Webster
City on account of owner being sol
lier's widow.
On motion, Board adjourned to meet
afternoon of this date at 80 o'clock
.ste,nocn Session September !, 1920
Board met pursuant to adjournment
al members present.
The following resolution was pre-.
sented and it was moved and seconded
that same be adopted:
WHEREAS, the County of Hamilton
in the State Of Iowa, is body corpor.
ate, duly organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws and Con
stitntion of the State of Iowa; and
said County has population exceed
ing $4,000 and there is not located
within said County any city of the
second class with population Of five
thousand or over which is traversed
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 $780,
10000, all evidenced by valid war
rants, each issued in pursuance of Sec
ton Al of the Code Of Iowa, all OF
which Indebtedness, thus evidenced
was, on the First day of September
1920, and now is, outstanding, payable
and due; and
WHEREAS, all of said indebtedness
was contracted, incurred and allowed
and each of said warrants was execut'
. ed 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 were issued, in violation of Sec
tons 409-a ct seq, 425 ct seq, 429,
44O, 443, 446 ct seq, or 2241 of the
Code of Iowa and Code Supplements or
of any law amendatory thereof or sub
stitutive therefor or supplemental or
additional thereto, or in violation OF
any law forbidding, restricting or reg
ulating, the contracting or the incur
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 were issued, for the pur-
chase of any real estate or for the pur-
chase or construction of any building,
and
WHEREAS, an appropriation was
duly made by the Board Of Supervisors
Of said County in strict compliance
with Section 424 Of the Code of Iowa
for each of the bridges for which any
of said Indebtedness was incurred or
warrants issued; and none of said In
debtedness was incurred, and none of
said warrants We're issued for the
construction of any bridge not coun-
.ty charge, or for the construction of
any bridge entirely within said County
costing, including substructure. super
structure and approaches, more than
$4,000; or for the construction Of any
bridge across a stream which is n
boundary of said County costing, in
Guiding substructure, superstructure
and approaches, more than $4,000 and
WHEREAS, none of said indebted
ness or warrants has ever been adjudi-