The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-22
OFFICIAL REPORT
OF the Proceedings of the Board Of County
Commissioners.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,

O'Clock a. m.
Present: Thos. Swan, chairman, 81
B. Kelly commissioner.
The reading of the Journal was dis,
pensed with.
This being the day set for the hearing
of a petition praying for the opening OF
the following described road, to wit:
Leading from Cheyenne in an easter,
ly or south easterly course north of the
railroad track to the crossing of The
present travelled road opposite Kay
kendall's ranch, then across the rail road
track and runng a south or southeast.
erly course south of the main line OF
track of the Union Pacific railway, and
at a safe distance therefrom, to the
Crow Creek bridge; the board proceed
ed with the hearing of said petition;
which petition was presented March 18th,
1882.
Thereupon the board proceeded to
hear the allegations and objections of
the petitioners and Of all persons OBJ
jecting, it appearing to the satisfaction
of the board that the notice required by
law had been posted by the clerk upon
the door of his Office for more than ten
days before this date, and it being also
found to the satisfaction of the board
that a written notice had been served
upon every person residing upon any
of the lands across which it is proposed
to lay out said roads, setting out the
substance of such petition and the time
appointed for hearing the same.
John c. Kingman appeared in favor
of the opening of said road. No person
appeared Directing to the opening of
said road. 1t appearing to the board that
said road is necessary, they appointed
VIM. Guiterman, Thos. Sturgis and
May Goldschmidt, three disinterested
householders of the county as viewers
to view and locate such road, and to
make or cause to be made a survey and
plat thereof, and to assess and equalize
the damages and benefits which may
accrue to any and all owners of lands
over which such road is to be located
and to return the plat and assessment
as required by law.
The board fixed and publicly an
nounced that said road viewers shall
meet at the county clerks Office in
Cheyenne on Friday, March 31st, 1882,
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
The board then proceeded to consid-
er a petition presented March 7th, 1892,
praying for the opening of the follow
ing described road to wit:
Leading from the City of Cheyenne
to the north east %cornerof section No.
t~hirty-six, in township No. 10, north of
Range No. 6S west, and thence to the
house on the ranch of Miner s. Warren.
the general purse of said road to be
southwesterly, following as nearly as
may be the general travelled road.
The Clerk reported that the sum fix
ed by the board to defray the expense Of
viewing said road had been deposited
with him; it was shown TO the satisfac-
ton of the board that tho notice re-
quired by law had been posted by the
Clerk upon the door of his office not
less than ten days before this date, and
that written notice had been served
upon every person residing upon any of
the lands across which it is proposed to
lay out said road, setting out the sub
stance of the petition and the time of
hearing.
Thereupon the board proceeded to
hear the allegations and objections of
the petitioners and of all persons OBJ
jecting. No person appeared Directing
to the opening of said road.
1t appearing to the board that said
road is necessary they appointed E.
T. Huffman, c. F. Coffee and John H.
Durbin, three DISTINGUISHED household
ers of the county as viewers, to view
and locate such road, and to make or
cause to be made a survey and plat
thereof, and to determine the probable
expense of opening the same, SO that
such road may be travelled, and to as
sess and equalize the damages and bene-
fits which may accrue to any and all
owners of lands over which such road
is to be located, and to return a plat
and assessment as required by law.
The board publicly announced that
said road viewers shall meet at the Of
fee of the county clerk in Cheyenne on
Friday, March 3lst, 1882, at 10 O'Clock
a. m.
A petition presented Nov. LIST, 1881,
was then taken up, said petition pray
ing that a public road be laid out with
in the county as follows:
beginning at Fort Laramie, run
ming thence in a westwardly direction
along the Laramie River to the west
line of Laramie County"
The clerk reported that the sum fix
ed by the board, to defray the expense
of viewing said road had been deposited
with him; it was shown to the satisfac
ton of the board that the notice re-
quired by law had been posted by thu
clerk upon the door of his office no
less than ten days before this date, ant
that written notice had been served up
on every person residing upon any O
? the lands across which it is proposed Il
| lay out said road, setting out the sub,
, stance of the petition and the time o
: bearing.
, T%hereupon the board proceeded t.