The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-06-23


at , O'Clock i. NJ.
The Board met at :, y. NJ. and was cailc,
to order by the chairman. Present, ". B
! Webb, T.. ). Tut and i. W. Lee.
| Du motion it was resolved that +. w
Lee be authorized TO correspond with =. T.
Wadsworth, st. Johns, Michigan, for plans
and specifications fora Jail and residence
for jailer, the price for building to be
limited to $4OOO.OO.
The following bills were received, viz:
Bill of Tully, Hart Il Freeze for
| ballot box. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Bill of Ford e Schmidt. t.................. 25.W
y. q. TOwnsend...... 5S2. H.
| Alex DcVIne......... Ftj ~
H. F. Nelson d SCo...... 2O1O
| On motion Otcs were cast for the cleo
ton of a supervisor for Billings or road
district No. 3, when J. W. Wheatley rcceiv-
cd two votes and James Grady received one
vote.
On motion 20 that effect Il. Il. Brockway
was appointed road supervisor of road dis
! trct No. T.
On motion To- that effect VIM. Bcllion
| was appointed supervisor of road district
| No. !.
! On motion to that effect james Uar-
| rington was appointed road supervisor for
! road district No. 6.
| On motion to that effect Seth W. Potter
was appointed supervisor of road district
| No. !.
| On motion the County Clerk was author
| lied to request John Tinker, deputy Clerk
| of the district court of the first judicial
district, to furnish him County clerk with
copies of all blanks necessary for his Use,
| and that the clerk be authorized to furnish
| the same and that the county clerk be
| authorized to purchase from Culver Page
| x Hoyne all books required for the deputy
! clerk of the district court and all blank
| books required for the use of county
officers.
On motion 10 that effect the Jail cells
! Of L. J. PaulV IL Bros, of ST. Louis. Mo-
were adopted and il was resolved that Il
contract Tor two cells and the other
necessary lrun work. be entered into in the
sum of $1,000, cash, or county warrants at
| their value AT the time OF the settlement
with Pauly Il Co.. if at par; if said war
rants arc not at par at the time of tie set
Element their depreciation at the time of
settlement to be added to the $1,000.
On motion it was resolved that the bill of
y. q. Townsend, per contract for building
and repairs in connection with the court
house for SOB, be allowed and q warrant
for that amount drawn in his favor.
, al 10 \. NJ. on June 9TH.
The Board met pursuant 10 adjournment
at 10 \. NJ Present; W. Il. Webb, L. 5.
Tutt and +. W. Lee,
On motion it was resolved that the office
of County Superintendent OF public schools
be declared vacant.
On motion it was resolved that the Rev.
b. F. Shuart he appointed County Superin-
tendcnt of public schools for Yellowstone
county.
On motion to that effect Jacob .Whitmin
was appointed a justice of the peace for
Junction City.
On a motion to that effect \. :. Shannon
was appointed justice of the peace for the
Musselshcll district.
On a motion to that effect ID. NJ Parker,
NJ. d. of Billings, was appointed member
of the Board of Health for Yellowstone
county.
On motion to that effect it was resolved
that the west half of block 9 on the
original plat ct Billings be accepted as
a donation from the Minnesota and Mun-
tana Land Company of Billings, and Fred
H. Foster and I. {. kurtz and that the
ail and jalcrS residence, to be constructed,
be located on said land.
On "a motion to that effect il was resolved
that the tax levy for Yellowstone County
tor the year 1885,, hc as follows on each dol
lar assessed, that is to say: Territory, l
mill; county, II mills; poor, mill; schools,
3 mills road, mill; making total of Is
mills on the dollar.
On a motion to that effect the application
of Dunn, Lee Il Co., for a license for a
ferry crossing the Yellowstone river, between
the mouth of Clarke's Fork river and Park
City was allowed, and the rates of toll to
be charged on the same were limited as fol-
lows one four horse wagon, l.25; onetwo
horse wagon, 81; one horselnan, 30 cents,
and loose stock, 10 cents per head.
On motion to that effect the following
bills were allowed, viz:
Bill of Fred Sweetman, No. II .......S Ia %
4" Westbrook Il Town, No. D.. II 90
J. Lawler No. ................ 3 90
- Jas. Ferguson, sheriff, No. ), 31i 90