, 1884-06-06
County Commissioners Proceedings.

County Commissioners, ProceedInrs
COUNTY CLERK OFFICE,
CHEYENNE, Laramie Co, Wyo. Ter,
TUESDAY, June 3, 1884.
The Board met in regular session at 10
O'Clock a. m. Present: Thomas Swan,
chairman; I. Dyer and George w. Hoyt,
Commissioners.
The Journal was read and approved to
date.
The viewers appointed on November,
II, 1888, to view and locate a public road
In this county, a petition for which was
presented to the board on November I,
1888, this day presented and returned the
plat and assessment of said road, which
said road is described as follows, to-wit I:
beginning at the eastern boundary ofthe
Fort Laramie military reservation, on the
north side of the North Platte river at q
point IN section %, township PC, north
range Ga west, where the present wagon
road that runs down the north side of the
North Platte river from Fort Laramie to
the eastern boundary of Wyoming Terri
tory, enters said section IS, thence in a
southeasterly direction, following as nearly
as practicable said wagon road to a point
in section "a, township "a, north range 60
west, where said wagon road crosses the
eastern boundary of said territory of Wy
omiug, about one mile in a northeasterly
direction from the ranch buildings owned
by the Pratt d Ferris Cattle company.
The board then proceeded to consider
the same, and all objections that
might be made thereto; no per-
son appeared Directing to the opening
OF sad road. and it was ordered that this
fact be entered of record.
The viewers reported that no land own
er over whose lands said road has been To-
Gated has claimed any damage, and in
their opinion, no such land owner would
be benefited or damaged by the opening
of said road.
No person having presented to the
board any claim, either in writing or 9TH
erwise, claiming damages by reason of the
opening of said road, it was ordered that
this fact be entered of record.
Theroupon, it was ordered by the board
that the above described road as the same
has been surveyed and plated by the
viewers, as shown in the plat and describ-
ed in the field notes returned by them,
shall be and become a public highway; it
was further ordered hat said plat, assess
ments and other papers be fled.
A petition signed by more than fifteen
householders Of the county was presented,
praying that a public road be laid out
within the county, which road is described
in said petition as follows: From John
sons ranch on Big Horse creek to Pratt
d Ferris on the North Platte river; COM
mencing at the county bridge on Big
Horse creek, running in a northeast course
on the line of the old road already tray
eled through by the bend of Bear creek to
the county bridge at the second crossing
of Horse creek TO Hawk springs, and so
on to the North Platte following the old
road, the line to be a continuation of the
road already laid out from Cheyenne hy
way Of Little Horse creek.
On motion, it was ordered that said pc
tition be fled; it was further ordered that
the petitioners deposit with the County
Clerk the sum of twenty-five dollars to
defray the expense of viewing said road.
The board designated the 18th day of
June, 1884, at . o o'clock, p. m, as the
time for hearing said petition, and direct
ed that some one of the petitioners, at his
own expense, serve a written notice upon
every person residing upon any of the
lands across which it is proposed to lay
out said road setting out the substance of
the petition and the time appointed for
hearing the same, and that the Clerk post
the like notice upon the door of his office
not less than ten days before the hearing
of said petition.
The Treasurer presented reports of all
licenses collected during the month of
May, 1884; said reports were ordered
filed.
The Clerk presented an abstract of all
licenses issued during the month of May,
1884.
The following bills were presented, and
on motion they were allowed in the seve-
raj amounts designated and warrants were
ordered drawn for the respective amounts
allowed, to-wit:
Claimed. Allowed.