, 1878-06-22
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS.
Extra Session, commencing May 9th.
1873. and ending June 8th. 1888.
Board met in the Auditors Office.
May 9th, 1878, at 9. AM. Present. NJ.
4. Maddocks. Chairman, Rufus Stearns.
North District, Terence O'Brien, South
District, NJ. s. Booth, Clerk.
Board awarded the Public Printing
for the year ending April 3O:h. 1879. to
Beriah Brown & Co., on their bid fled
May 18th. 1878.
The Assessors returned to the Board
the assessment roll of the County for
the year 1878, VIII. Shoudy. for Seattle
and Freeport District. stating to the
Board that said assessment roll was
completed to the best Of their ability.
whereupon said roll was accepted. On
examination of said roll, the Board
found mistakes in the extensions and
footing. entries of Road Districts. and
thereupon employed W. S. Hanks and
Lawrence Booth to correct and complete
said assessment roll in the extensions
and footings. and in the entries of Road
Districts.
Board rejected the petition of William
Pickering ct ais, praying for the con-
solidation Of Road Districts No. II and
IL, having on February last made all
changes in road Districts allowed by
law for 1878.
Board accepted the reports of E. NJ.
Smithers. ct al. viewers, and F. Fl.
Whitworth. Surveyor. on the road from
Captain Browns to Newcastle, as re-
commended by said viewers and sur
veyor, and ordered the road opened &C.
cording to law.
Board accepted the reports of C. H.
Dunlap, ct al, viewers and F. H. Whit
worth, surveyor. on the road from Hem
ry Goldmyers landing. on the cast side
of Lake Washington, to Sammamish
River, and ordered said road opened ac-
cording to law.
Board examined the assessment roll
for the year 1878, equalized the same,
made corrections and entered property
not assessed as follows, viz:
Amount raised on sundry assessments
1927 .6ls 90; property entered on the
roll and valued by the Board, $46. 900,
total amount raised by the Board. $174,>
2lS
Amount reduced on sundry assess
meats, $9S, ,341 90; amount of correc-
tiOns and errors dropped from roll,
$31, ,135 90: total amount reduced by
the Board, $129. .476 90. Total amount
raised by the Board over the assessors,
s45,742 90.
Auditor and Treasurer were author
ized to cancel on their list of lands sold
to the County in 1874, for the taxes Of
1873, the following described lands as
sessed to Williamson & Draper, viz;
lots 5 and 4, and Sc. IA of Sc. Ia.
Sec. T. %, r. E., and lots and 2
and Sc l. of NE IA. Sec. 32, T "a, 4
4 E., it appearing to the Board that the
same was double assessment.
Peter Andrews having satisfied the
Board that he was the lawful owner of
County Warrant No. 24S, for $1S 10;
dated Sept. Goth, 1877, that he has re-
ceived 1I.85 on said order, in payment
CT his county tax for said year; that
there is now due him Sc 25. and that
he has lost said order aud the same
cannot now be found among his person.
sonal effects, the Board authorized the
Auditor and Treasurer to cancel SAID
warrant on their respective scrip les
cords. and the Auditor authorized to is.
sue another warrant in favor Of said
Peter Andrews in the sum of $6 %, in
lieu of said warrant No. 24S.
Board estimated the amount of money
to be raised for County. School, Terri
torial and Road purposes for the year
1878. as follows, viz: County. ST 1853;
School; $11.220; Territorial. So. .976;
Road. (sxclusivs Of Road Poll Tax
$6.732.
Board fixed the rate Of taxation for
the ye.r 1878 % follows. viz:
County tax, 8 mills on each dollar,
School. d" S i: " :.
Territor'l.:' 4 j" {" {"
Road Prop'ty,3 f" {"
Road Poll. four dollars Per head a.
fixed by Law.
Poll tax, two dollars per head a. fixed
by law.
Board ordered that the reports and
bills of julius Lange, OF al. viewers.
and F. H. Whitworth, surveyor, on a