, 1878-08-24
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED.

] Board met in the Auditors Office
Monday, August 5th, 1878. at 9 O'Clock
A. NJ.
Present-M r Maddocks; chairman
Rufus Stearns. Terrence O'Brien and
NJ S Booth, -olcrk.
Inspector and judges were appointed
in the several voting precincts. for the
ensuing general election in November
next. and place designated in each OF
said precincts for holding said election.
The petition of O'Conner and 81
others, praying for the location a
county road from sec 16, tp 25, range n.
east. on the most practicable route to
Newcastle. was granted; and viewers
and surveyor appointed.
The petition Of L G Harmon and Is
others. praying for reduction Of the
liquor licenses in Seattle precinct WAS
rejected.
The petition of D H Webster, for q
private road was granted. and viewers
appointed.
The petition of Mason d Smith and
others, praying for bridge to be built
across White river, near its junction
with Green river was granted. and W
S T Cooper appointed to superintend
the letting and building Of said bridge
as required by law.
E S SIngraham, school superintendent.
appeared before the board with his
record. containing the boundaries of
school districts in the county, and the
board ordered that the auditor copy
said boundaries into the commissioners
record.
A new school district was formed out
OF districts No. { and 6, to take effect,
september 1st, 1878.
Board granted 9grocery or lager besr
licenses. wholesale and 10 retail liquor
licenses to sundry persons, conditioned
that they give bonds, and pay money
into the county treasurer as required by
law.
Board accepted the plan or draft
offered by John Knox for bridge to be
built across White river. near its juno
ton with Green river.
In settlement with county treasurer;
NJ r Maddocks. president of the board,
having heen suddenly called away from
his duties, by sickness in his family.
Terrence O'Brien was allowed to call to
his assistance in the completion of said
settlement. John NJ. Blanchard Esqr.,
when the board continued said settles
ment, and authorized the auditor to
credit said treasurer with the following
items to wit:
County warrants cancelled and de-
stroyed by the board; S26, AL 46; in>
terest on the same. S1,927 81; endorses
ments on county warrants, $3.643 20,
treasurers vouchers for money paid for
stationary, etc., s33 10; road warrants
cancelled and destroyed by the board,
$4,175 80; interest on the same. $151-
20; endorsement on road warrant No 8.
August term 1877, $3.50; paid road su~
pervisors as per vouchers, STA y;
road receipts of supervisors filed in
payment of road taxes. 50 $50 II; cash
paid Territorial treasurer per vouchers.
S., ,S85 5S; cash paid school clerks and
teachers per vouchers, 1926 3S; spe-
cial or Jail warrants cancelled and de-
stroyed by board, S4.275 25; interest
on the same, S516 II; endorsement on
;ail warrants, 1866; treasurers fees;
50 ,4O7 IL; delinquent personal property
and county poll taxes of 1876, uncol-
lected, $3.50 81; delinquent personal
property and county road poll taxes of
1877, uncollected, ISIS SO; delinquent
road poll and road property taxes of
1877, uncollected. 1885 70; errors and
double assessments found in tax roll of
1877, 1927 80; lands sold to county at
last tax sale; So, ,2S6 10.
Board authorized the auditor to
charge the treasurer with $97.51,
the same being the amount of in
terest collected by said treasurer on
deliquent personal and real estate
taxes of 1877, as per sworn state
ment.
The Board, in comparing the
books and vouchers of the treasurer
and auditor, found that in Septem-
ber and October, 1877, E. Cham
paux and Kate A. May, redeemed
from the treasury, property that had
been sold to the county for taxes
and that they had failed to file thei ,
duplicate receipts with the auditor
whereupon, the Board ordered the
treasurer to issue triplicate receipts
for said property, and file the same
with the auditor, and that the audi
tor charge said treasurer, with the
amount of said receipts, as required
by law.
The Board. after having given the
auditor an opportunity to make the
foregoing entries as directed by
them. examined the books of the
treasurer and auditor and carefully
compared the entries IN the same,
and found said books and entries
correct and satisfactory; the credit
balances of the several fund accounts