The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-02-17
Proceedings Of the Clarke County
Board Of Commissioner.


| members present; l.. Meeker CHOSEN cnalr-
man. The official bonds Of the county Off
GELS were presented and approved.
Tuesday, Sth.-No business transacted
except the allowance of claims against the
county.
Wednesday, 9th.-The board denied the
petition of John B. Lindsey and Others for
laying out county road. Only two petit
tions for change of school districts were al
lowed, those of O. p. Henry ct al, and John
Condor and Others The remaining petit
tions were laid over until the May term.
Thursday, lOth-The bill of costs in case
of the Territory vs. Ruth Murphy, Cross
justice, was not allowed.
Edward Corrigan was accepted as county
charge, and the Sisters of Charity allowed
81. 25 per week to care for him from Feb |,
1881.
The petition of James O'Donnell and 9th
ers for new road was considered; viewers
appointed, d. L. Russell, j. G. Palmer and
II. C. Vanata, to meet April 25th to view
the road, with A. McAndrew, county sur
veyor.
Friday, llth.-The petition to relocate
the road through the farms of G. L. Linds-
ley and D. H. Lambert was considered;
viewers appointed, d. Nj. Spencer, Alex.
Metcalf, VIM. Field, who with the county
surveyor are to meet April 18th.
The boundaries of road districts 2, 8, 3
and 90 were changed.
Il was ordered by the board that A. s.
Miller & Son of Portland, Or, be and they
are hereby employed to draft plans for a
proposed bridge across Lewis river at La
, Center, in accordance with sketch designed
and submitted by them, for which service
they are to receive S25; provided, however,
that if the said A. S. Miller & Son receive a
! contract for building said proposed bridge,
r or if the said proposed bridge is not built
> they shall receive nothing for the plans. :,
Certain road districts not having elected
supervisors the following persons were ap-
pointed: Dist. No. l, ID. Wells Gardner;
2, MEG. Anderson; 3, w. H. Shobert; 4, A.
J. Sturgess; 5, E. NJ. Lambert; 6, A. L.
Rounds; 7, j. IL. Alexander; No 8, NJ.
Vaughan; 10, Jacob Wagenblast; II, j. E.
. O'Flaherty; II, S. S. Smith; l3, John OFT;
s Is, John luke; &c. G.. Mcbride; II, f. E..
W. Briggs; Is, II. Kulper; 10, Marshall
> Fleming; 20, John Hoffman; 81, c. w.
e Sedgwick; D. James Bybee; %, Thomas
y Dorman; "a, Chas. Geek; 25 J. w. Stops;
e 26, J. ii. Goddard; 81, P. Shintaffer; 20,
,f John Witt; 80, VIM. Goodnight; 81, Thos'
u Addison; 80, Joseph Erin; 80, p. j. Stice;
u "a, J. H. Imhoff; 35, 2. Mannix; &c. Fritz
ii Krohn.
,e Saturday, l2th.-The Board instructed
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'e proposals to build two bridges in this
countv-one across Lewis river at La Cen
s fer. and one across the Washougal neal
~ Washougal City.
- The following is copied from the officia
rs record of the Board ''Notice having beer
e. given to J. J. Beeson, proprietor of the Van
ly couver INDRPENDENT, and to l.. A. Banks
II proprietor of the Pa 6cic Cancer, that bid
would be received on this day up to the hou
e, of O'clock NJ for doing the count,
ut printing for the unexpired portion of thu
the present fiscal year. Said hour havin!
arrived L. A. Banks, proprietor of the Pa
es fcic Cancer, files his written proposal to d'
he all the advertising of the county until thu
10 LIST day of May, 1881, at the rate of twenty
- five cents per square of twelve lines nonpa
se reil for first insertion, and five cents pc
Ill square for each subsequent insertion. Thu
r. being the best and only bid received it i
n. hereby accepted, and the said Patc,c Canoe
=. is hereby designated as the official paper O
q the county for the said period"
The auditor was directed to advertis
=. four weeks previous to the May term 10
81 proposals for doing the official advertising
n for the ensuing year.
t. The county auditor was directed to ad
he vertise in April for proposals for building
bridge over Salmon creek at Wilson's mill
~ ALLOWANCES.
During the session claims against tn
ie county of Clarke were allowed as follows:
IL For expenses incurred in Justice Court
/" Territory VS.. Hugh A. Glenn, Blu
chanan, J. P.............S4 l !
Territory vs.. Thomas Wilson, Blu
chanarf, j. P...............4 40 s
!, Territory versus John Moran, John
Y Denny, J. P................... IL Z
9r SlO2 2
u For expenses of the County Board:
H.C. Blackwood, 6days and mileage. $50 0
L. Meeker. 6 DAYS and mileage 49,. 81 5
II. Christ " {" /" ... 81 5
Frank Merton, sheriff, 6 days. is 0