The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-03-26
OFFICIAL
Proceedings Of the Board of County
Commissioners.

Proceedings OF the Board of County
Commissioners.
SHERBRooKE, D. T., March %, 1856.
Special meeting of board, pursuant to call
of county clerk, at II o'clock a. m.
PRESENT.. L. Wilcox and L. c. Goplerud.
j. L. Wilcox in chair.
On motion the petition for organization Of
Breadlawn civil township was granted, and
the boundaries Of said township established to
conform to the boundaries Of congressional
township IA, range 81.
On motion it was ordered that the first town
meeting in the civil township of Broadlawn
shall be held on Tuesday, April s, 1856, at
Broadlawn farm, in said township.
On motion the petition for organization of
Willow Lake civil township was granted, and
the boundary Of SAID township established to
conform to congressional township la, range
On motion it was ordered that the first town
meeting in said township of Willow Lake shall
be held on Tuesday, April +, 1856, at the resi-
dence Of N. P. Rasmussen, in said township.
On motion the petition for the organization
of the civil township of Melrose was granted,
and the boundary of said township estab-
lished to conform to the boundaries of con-
gressional township 145, range IS.
On motion it was ordered that the first town
meeting in Melroso township shall be held at
the residence Of J. A. White, in said township,
on Tuesday, April +, 1856.
On motion the board adjourned I'LL 1880
O'Clock p. N.
Board reconvened at 1:3O o'clock p. m.
Present-Commission S. H. Nelson, chair
man, j. l.. Wilcox and L. G. Goplerud.
On motion the petition Of R. A. Pope and
others for the creation of a school township of
township la, range 81, was granted, and said
township of IA, range 81, was detached from
Lake township and designated as school town
ship No. l5, with same boundaries as the civil
township of Broadlawn.
On motion the petition for organization of
school township No. Is was granted and the
first election for the organization of said town.
ship was ordered to be held on Tuesday, April
6, 1856, at Broadlawn farm, in said township.
Moved and ordered that r. A. Pope, T. w.
Owen and G. H. Newton shall act as judges of
election in school township No. 15 on Tues
day, April 6, 1855.
On motion the territory embraced in con-
gressional township las, range 81, was ordered
to be detached from Pckert, Riverside and
Hope school townships and designated as
school township No. 16.
On motion the petition of j A. White and
No. Ii was granted, and the first election for
tho organization Of said township ordered to
he held on the 9th day Of April, 1855, at the
house of j. A. White, in said township.
On motion it was ordered that j. A. White,
George A. Luce and james T.. Masters shall
Me- 1G, on Tuesday, April 6, 1856.
The following bills were presented and, OIL
motion, were allowed and ordered paid from
the general fund:
A. T. Drakeley, two days ser 10
vices commissioner OF insanity, ST.
case of Knut Anderson .......$6 90
A. T. Drakeley, af1idavits, war;
rants, etc, case Knut Anderson. 25-$S rs
John L. johnson, witness fees
and mileage, insanity case OF
Knut Anderson. sen............... so
John Duncan, hauling safe from
Hope. ............ 40 90
John Duncan, hauling lumber
R. D. Stewart, % bili February eth, " - W
for work in county building to
date, less seven brushes and
| thee cans burnt umher. ...... GS u
| A. GibertseD, carpenter work at
| county building from NOvem-
| Der 2l, 1855 to March 2, 1885,. 206 2d
Fargo Argus, bill January 10, 1855,
sheriff's blanks. ............. 5 46
j. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post
ing notices and mileage, Col
gate civil township. .......... so
j. 2. Worth, deputy sheriff, post
ing notices and mileage, Prim-
rose civil township. 20
j. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, serv--
ing notices on road viewers and
mileage, January u, 1885,. 40-1S 40
j. P. Worth, deputy sheriff. post.
ing and serving notices and
mileage Colgate school town.
ship. ........ -. 49,. 6O
j. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post
ing and serving notices and
mileage, Primrose civil town.
ship. 20-16 so
Beidler & Robinson Lumber Com
pany, lumber for county build
ing, bill March 3. 18S6........ 607 62
u. P. Baldwin, bill March 22, 1856,
hardware, oil, plank, ETC., for
On motion L. G. Goplerud was appointed a
committee to examine tho bridge site for a
bridge pettiened for by Ole j. Coltom aud
others, February 16, 1885.
On motion MI. j. L. Wilcox was appointed
committee to examine the site for bridge in
township LA, range 55, petitioned for by S. G..
Fuller and others.
On motion, the matter of warrant No. 20,
dated December "a, 1883. was referred to the
district attorney for his opinion as to proper
course to pursue.
On motion the board adjourned.
S. H. NELSON, Chairman.
Attest:
E. S. SEYMOUR, County Clerk.