Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - 7 APR 1913
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Title
Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - 7 APR 1913
Subject
Council salaries; board of review; property assessment; S.R. Kershner; Dana, Iowa
Description
Regular council meeting with salaries paid to council members and clerk. Council then convened as a board of review, adjusting property assessments on multiple lots and blocks within Dana and Dana's 1st Addition; clerk directed to notify S.R. Kershner of a proposed increase to his personal property assessment.
Creator
Wm Dana, Clerk — R G Martin, Mayor
Source
City of Dana, Iowa
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
7 APR 1913
Identifier
Dana City Council Minutes - Page 8
Coverage
Dana, Greene County, Iowa
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Dana Ia April 7 1913
Council met in regular session
Members present Mayor R G Martin
Councilmen G E Meredith Geo Morris
G D Johnson S A Martin A J McNurlen
Minutes of last meeting read & approved
Motion made & 2nd that the following bills
be allowed & an order be drawn on Treas
for same motion carried.
S A Martin, Salary — 6.00
G D Johnson, " — 6.00
A J McNurlen, " — 6.00
G E Meredith, " — 6.00
Geo Morris, " — 6.00
R G Martin, " — 15.00
Wm Dana, " — 7.00
Jennie Ferguson, rent — 3.00
A J McNurlen, lighting St. lamps — 8.00
R G Martin, advertisement — .75
Council opened as board of review.
The following changes in assessments
were made:
W ½ lots 17 & 18 Blk 2, raised — $100.00
N 99¾ ft lot 6 in SW¼ SW¼ Sec 4, Sp 84, 29 — $40.00
lots 31 & 32 Blk 2
66 N lot 6 SW¼ SW¼ sec 4, Sp 84, 29 — 100.00
lots 1 & 2 Blk 1 — 100
E ½ lots 27 & 28 Blk 3 — 500
W ½ lots 21 & 22 Blk 3 — 60
H C Mowrawiler, personal — 40
Out lot 3 — 20
lots 3 4 5 6 Blk 3, Dana's 1st add to Dana — 48
lots 23 & 24 Blk 3 — 300 [and] 20
Moved & 2nd that the clerk notify
S R Kershner to meet with the board of
review the 14th of April 1913 & show why
his personal tax should not be raised.
motion carried. motion made & 2nd
that we adjourn to meet next Monday
night. motion carried.
Wm Dana, Clerk — R G Martin, Mayor.
Council met in regular session
Members present Mayor R G Martin
Councilmen G E Meredith Geo Morris
G D Johnson S A Martin A J McNurlen
Minutes of last meeting read & approved
Motion made & 2nd that the following bills
be allowed & an order be drawn on Treas
for same motion carried.
S A Martin, Salary — 6.00
G D Johnson, " — 6.00
A J McNurlen, " — 6.00
G E Meredith, " — 6.00
Geo Morris, " — 6.00
R G Martin, " — 15.00
Wm Dana, " — 7.00
Jennie Ferguson, rent — 3.00
A J McNurlen, lighting St. lamps — 8.00
R G Martin, advertisement — .75
Council opened as board of review.
The following changes in assessments
were made:
W ½ lots 17 & 18 Blk 2, raised — $100.00
N 99¾ ft lot 6 in SW¼ SW¼ Sec 4, Sp 84, 29 — $40.00
lots 31 & 32 Blk 2
66 N lot 6 SW¼ SW¼ sec 4, Sp 84, 29 — 100.00
lots 1 & 2 Blk 1 — 100
E ½ lots 27 & 28 Blk 3 — 500
W ½ lots 21 & 22 Blk 3 — 60
H C Mowrawiler, personal — 40
Out lot 3 — 20
lots 3 4 5 6 Blk 3, Dana's 1st add to Dana — 48
lots 23 & 24 Blk 3 — 300 [and] 20
Moved & 2nd that the clerk notify
S R Kershner to meet with the board of
review the 14th of April 1913 & show why
his personal tax should not be raised.
motion carried. motion made & 2nd
that we adjourn to meet next Monday
night. motion carried.
Wm Dana, Clerk — R G Martin, Mayor.
Original Format
Handwritten ledger page; ink on paper
Collection
Citation
Wm Dana, Clerk — R G Martin, Mayor, “Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - 7 APR 1913,” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed September 22, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/8.