1914-08-17 Dana Town Council Minutes (Special Session)
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Title
1914-08-17 Dana Town Council Minutes (Special Session)
Subject
Dana, Iowa; Town Council; special session; R. G. Martin (Mayor); A. D. McGregor (Mc Gregor); T. M. Ferguson (Forguson); Melvin Collins; G. D. Johnson; W. H. Kittell (Kittel); John De Boest (Clerk); League of Iowa Municipalities; membership dues; ordinances; M. & St. L. Ry (Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway); railway track repair; railway crossings; noxious weeds; tax levy (mills)
Description
Special session of the Dana Town Council. Council authorizes a $10 warrant for one year's dues in the League of Iowa Municipalities and will write to them about the town's ordinances. Discussion of tax mills; decision not to commence a noxious-weeds fund (reading uncertain). Clerk to notify the M. & St. L. Railway again to repair its track by Sept. 15, 1914 or the town will do it and charge the railway's property, and to request that railway crossings be widened from 16 to 32 feet.
Creator
R. G. Martin, Mayor - John De Boest, Clerk
Source
City of Dana, Iowa
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
1914-08-17
Identifier
Dana City Council Minutes - Page 32
Coverage
Dana, Greene County, Iowa
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Text
Dana Iowa Aug 17th 1914
Council Met in Special Session
Members present
Mayor R. G. Martin
Councilmen A. D. McGregor,
T. M. Ferguson, Melvin Collins,
G. D. Johnson & W. H. Kittell
Minutes of last meeting read &
Approved
Object of meeting was made in
Town of Dana's Membership of
League of Iowa Municipalities.
Mills were discussed but was
[struck-through word, illegible – possibly "Decision"] decided not to commence
Fund of Noxious Weeds [reading of "Fund of" uncertain]
Moved by W. H. Kittell Seconded by
T. M. Ferguson That the Clerk
be instructed to draw a warrant
for $10.00/100 (Ten & 00/100 Dollars) to pay
for 1 years dues for Membership in
the League of Iowa Municipalities
and Also Communicate with them
as regards our Ordinances
Carried
Clerk was instructed to again
notify M. & St. L. Ry. to Repair their
track on or before Sept. 15th 1914
or same would be did by Town of
Dana and be charged against
their property.
Also in regards to Ry crossing
not being of sufficient width &
request made on Aug 20th [sic? meeting is Aug 17] that
crossings be made 32 ft instead
of 16 ft as at present
Moved by Johnson Seconded
by McGregor That we adjourn
Carried Approved
R. G. Martin John De Boest
Mayor. Clerk
Council Met in Special Session
Members present
Mayor R. G. Martin
Councilmen A. D. McGregor,
T. M. Ferguson, Melvin Collins,
G. D. Johnson & W. H. Kittell
Minutes of last meeting read &
Approved
Object of meeting was made in
Town of Dana's Membership of
League of Iowa Municipalities.
Mills were discussed but was
[struck-through word, illegible – possibly "Decision"] decided not to commence
Fund of Noxious Weeds [reading of "Fund of" uncertain]
Moved by W. H. Kittell Seconded by
T. M. Ferguson That the Clerk
be instructed to draw a warrant
for $10.00/100 (Ten & 00/100 Dollars) to pay
for 1 years dues for Membership in
the League of Iowa Municipalities
and Also Communicate with them
as regards our Ordinances
Carried
Clerk was instructed to again
notify M. & St. L. Ry. to Repair their
track on or before Sept. 15th 1914
or same would be did by Town of
Dana and be charged against
their property.
Also in regards to Ry crossing
not being of sufficient width &
request made on Aug 20th [sic? meeting is Aug 17] that
crossings be made 32 ft instead
of 16 ft as at present
Moved by Johnson Seconded
by McGregor That we adjourn
Carried Approved
R. G. Martin John De Boest
Mayor. Clerk
Original Format
Handwritten ledger page; ink on paper
Files
Citation
R. G. Martin, Mayor - John De Boest, Clerk, “1914-08-17 Dana Town Council Minutes (Special Session),” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed November 7, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/29.