Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-05-07
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
Proceedings Of Board. Of Supervisors
Of Howard County, Iowa.

The meeting was called to order b.
John F. Hale with the following mem
bers present: John F. Hale, chair
man, presiding with Supervisors J
w. Wells and ]. H. Watson, all mem
bers being present.
=" The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
On motion duly seconded at
o'clock p. m, the board adjourned t.
8 o'clock a. M, April IA, 1920.
Second Day.
The board met pursuant to ad
journment with all members present
Pursuant to notice to bidders, a.
three o'clock p. M, the bids filed fol
labor and material on Drainage Dis
trict No. 4, were opened and consid'
cred.
On motion duly seconded the bid
Of w. H. O'Brien was accepted and
the Chairman authorized to sign con.
tract at the following schedule: 2
Laying 6" tile 20 cents per foot, s.
tile 80 cents per foot, 36" tile $l.25
per foot, back filing ard grading old
ditch IS cents per Gu. yd., cleaning
old ditch below tile at $500 per cuyd
On motion duly seconded the bid
of The Cement Product Company to
furnish the tile on Drainage District
No. 4, was accepted and the Chairman
was authorized to sign the contract
at the following schedule:
Six inch tile at $1,000 per NJ. feet,
g. tile $4,000 per ri. feet, and the
Sc" tile at $34s0.00 per M. feet.
On motion duly seconded the board
hired Brown as County Engineer to
January LIST, 1921. at the rate of
$4,000, per year and mileage.
On motion duly seconded at 5
o'clock p. m. the Board adjourned to
8 o'clock a. m. April Is. 1920.
Third Day. 80.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment with all members present.
Petition for Quit. Claim Deed.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Howard County, Iowa:
I, E. r. Thompson, being duly
sworn, say that Jno. A. Senneff is
the owner in fee simple Of the North
west quarter (NWA)s of the North
east quarter (NEA) of Section Twen-
ty-two (22) Township One Hundred
West of the 5th P. M. That said
premises were originally granted to
Howard County, Iowa, by the State
OF Iowa, and that Howard County ex-
ecuted quit-claim deed therefor
prior to the time that said Patent
was issued by the State of Iowa to
Howard County, causing a defect in
the title. - .~:--.
Your petitioner therefore asks that
Quit Claim deed be issued by Howard
County, Iowa, to Jno. A. Senneff, to
correct said defect.
(seal) e. r. THOMPSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of April, 1920.
E. A. HOOPMAN,
County Auditor.
On motion duly seconded the fol-
lowing resolution, was adopted:
Whereas, it is claimed that the con-
veyances executed by Howard County,
Iowa, to the McGregor Western Rail-
road Comany of the Northwest quar-
ter (NWA) of the Northeast quarter
lNEA) of Section twenty-five (22)
Township one hundred (100) North,
Range Fourteen (14) West Of the 5th
P. NJ. is technically defective, and
Whereas, e. r. Thompson. acting for
Jno. A. Senneff has filed a petition
showing that Jno. A. Senneff is the
present owner in fee simple of said
premises, and
Whereas, Howard County, Iowa,
makes no claim to said lands, there
fore
Be it resolved, by the Board of SUI
pervisors Of Howard County, Iowa,
that the petition be granted, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, that the
Chairman of this Board of Supervis-
ors, and the Auditor of Howard Coun-
ty, Iowa, be authorized and are here
by empowered to execute a Quit
Claim deed to the said Jno. A. Sen
neff, conveying whatever interest
County may have in said
premises to Jno. A. Senneff.
On motion duy seconded the FOIL
owing resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved by the Board OF Su-
pervisors Of Howard County, Iowa,
that the offer made by s. S. Culver
and D. E. Henry and H. Edmorson to
county for the use Of the
gravel for $350.00 in the 1.3 acres and
the NEA Of the NWA Section 25-99-
IL and lying south Of the highway
and east Of the Turkey river and CIV
ing the county two years in which to
remove the gravel be accepted, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, that the
Chairman be and he Is hereby author
lied and empowered to sign the con-
kro ~ covorin0 conA ond urovo1