The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-06-10
Proceedings Of the Board Of county
Commissioners.

The regular June session OF the Do'Iu
of Commissioners of Beaverhead Nouhtv
begun at the Clerks office at the Court
House on last Moniay and lasted tof three
days. .a
Present-C. w. Turner, chairman, ana q
Commissioners Dave G.. Metlin ana fnh
Lowell, and Phil d. McGougI', clerk Oh inc
Board
During the three days session large
amount Of business was dispatched. The
expediting of business was due to the sys-
ten1atic plan adopted by the Board for rap
idly disposing of all matters before 1t.
The Board audited a massive bulk OF
bills and drew warrants on the general fund
to the amount of $1,176.o5. Warrants on
the contingent fund were also drawn Tor
S1,l6so4, and on the poor fund for $566.61.
Ordered that John f. Bishop be appoint
ed road supervisor Of road district No 3,
and that he file a bond in the sum Of 5000.
Appointed John Penaluna road snpervi-
sor for road district No. 4, and ordered that
he execute bond for 5000.
Ordered that the contract for medical at
tendance and medicine to the county's poor
and prisoners be awarded to DR.. E. Clut-
ter for one year from June 6, 1882, at $500
per annum, payable quarterly.
Ordered that no pour person be admitted
into the County Hospital, to be maintained
under the contract between the County and
John A. Dingley, except upon the certifi-
cate of the county's physician and the
comfy clerk or his deputy.
Ordered that the Sheriff be authorized to
employ prisoners at such labor as to him
shall seem most remunerative to the cOun.
~, and that the proceeds OF such labor be
paid to- the county treasurer for the benefit
of the general fund.
Directed the Sheriff to construct high
fence around the County Jail agreeably to
the recommendation Of the last Grand Ju-
ry and Endorsed by the Judge of the Dis
trict Court. ..
The Board selected the names of the
Grand Jury,nen and drew the names of the
Trial Jurors for the next term of District
Court In order that the Sheriff may ex-
perience no unnecessary trouble in captur-
ing the jurymen their names will not be
published until they have been duly served
with sum,nonses according to the law.
Granted the petition Of the citizens of
Birch Creek to open a county road to the
mouth Of Sheep Creek, on condition that
the road be opened and put in good condi-
ton by the petitioners.
Petitions, signed BY citizens Of Glen
dale and other precincts it, the county,
were presented to the Board, PRAYING for
the Commissioners to submit the question
of the removal Of the county seat from
Dillon to Glendale to the voters Of the
county at the next general election, and,
Also petition praying that the honorable
Board remove the county seat from Dillon
to Glendale and entirely ignoring the point
Of submitting the question to the voters.
The resolutions of mass meeting Of
the citizens Of Beaverhead County, ACCOM-
panied by an intact ren1onstrance very
largely signed by taxpayers and voters Of
the county, opposing the prayer Of the
Glendale petitioners, was presented for the
consideration of the Board.
The Board adopted rule to be applied
in considering the Glendale petitions and
to ascertain whether majority OF the vo-
tiers and taxpayers at the last Especially cleo
ton in the county were signers of the pc
titions, as follows: 70 take the poll lists
Of the precincts Of the county and the tax
list Of the county and when the petitions
contained name that could not BE- found
OH the tax list or poll lists to check that
name off and count it blank in ascertain.
Ing whether the petitioners were in major.
ity Of the legal voters and taxpayers OF the
county.
The board proceeded to hire two special
clerks, who were to perform, under written
instructions, the work Of comparing the
petitions with the poll and tax lists. This
work was never performed. The gentle
man who presented the petitions asked per.
mission to withdraw the same. This was
granted by the Board and the documents
passed into the custody Of the petitioners
from whence they emenated. The remon.
STRANGE and resolutions Of the mass meeting
being thanked by the withdrawal Of petit
tons, were ordered into the custody of the
committee presenting them. No further
action in the county seat matter was taken
by the Board, for it had nothing left to act
upon.
The books and accounts Of Treasurer
Shincberger were examined and the same
pronounced to be perfectly correct after
being subjected to careful scrutiny.
The session Of the Board was busy one.
The county seat question occupied consid.
cradle time, but Notwithstanding that the
amount of work done by the Commission.
ers was unusually large. The Board, as
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