98 Iowa 1 | Iowa | 1896
The portion of section 807, of the Code, which is material to a determination of this controversy, is as follows: “The board of supervisors shall, at its January session of each year, select two newspapers published within the county, * * * having the largest number of bona fide yearly subscribers within the county, which circulation shall be determined as follows: In case of contest the ap'plicants shall each deposit with the county auditor, on or before a day named by the board of supervisors, a certified statement, subscribed and sworn to before some competent officer, giving the names of the several postoflfices and