Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-15
ENGINE ERS' Club
CLOSES SEASON
Last Social Meeting Until
September Held Sat-
urday in Cham
Der.
WIVES ARE GUESTS
Club Plans to Hold Picnic at
Date to be Set
Soon.
WIVES ARE GUESTS

CITY Engineers cluD were guests at the
regular monthly banquet, which closed
the social season of the club Saturday
evening. About twenty-five people
were present ut the banquet which
was held in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms
At the business meeting which pre-
coded the program for the evening, the
club voted to hold Il picnic at date
to be set by the program committee.
The program for Saturday evening
included paper on "te-Loca ton OF
Corner Stones by II. \. Little, and
IL discussion Of The Legal Phases of
the Relocation of Corner Stones" by
Attorney U. J. Henderson. Round
table discussion of both papers. in
which club members joined, was an in
teresting part of the program.
Used Many Charts.
Mr. Little illustrated his talk with
several maps and charts. He brought
/! up number OF cases where corner
stones were lost or Obliterated and in
vited discussion as to the proper pro.
cedure to be followed in finding them.
He opened his talk with short his
tory of present day land plating,
showing the various steps which pre-
ceded the present division into town
ships
Mr.. Henderson. although he emph;t-
sized the fact that relocation Of corn
er stones was an engineers problem,
rather than a legal one, gave several
pointers and opinions as to the rights
Of engineers or supervisors in re-locat
tf6lSs
highways.
Two numbers scheduled to be on the
program We're not given, as the speak
ers were absent.
The next banquet of the club will be
held on the last Saturday evening in
September.
What Club Has Done.
During the past season the Engineers
club of Webster City has, in addition to
its regular programs, taken up the sub
ject of general taxation and compiled
statistics under two different heads
real estate and automobile taxes. 1t
was not the original intention to take
up this matter at the present time.
but the question of taxation appeared
to be one of the leading present day
gate the subject for its own informal
tion and also for the benefit OF those
interested.
Distribution Of Taxes.
1t has shown the distribution OF real
estate taxes, showing in the case OF
Webster City taxes the proportion col
lected for the use of the state, for the
use of the city, for the use OF the
county and for the use of schools.
The distribution in the case OF the
taxes collected for the city and for
the county is also shown. The tax APP
portionment in three of the different
townships has been shown, giving the
mills levy and also the amount OF
money collected. from Il representative
fin rm in each township, and showing
where that money is spent. There was
such Il variation in the taxes collected
in the different townships. due 10
whether or not the farm i'll question
was or was not located in Il CONSOLE
da ted school district that the taxes on
an average quarter section were shown,
giving an accurate indication OF the
taxes being levied.
Motor Vehicle Taxes.
There has been an investigation or
the distribution of motor vehicle taxes.
which shows the different uses to which
such taxes are put, the relation such
tax bears to the amount OF federai ana
received. and the proportionate part Oh
the primary road fund that is used Tor
ma intenance and construction.
One of the features of the past sea-
son was an open meeting, at when
time an illustrated talk was given ny
Raw Wcirick, landscape gardener OIL
Des Moines. on Town and County
Planning.
The Engineers club expects to nave
open meetings in the future whenever
the nature of the program is snci as
TO he of interest to the general pllDilc.