Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-09-07

lts mouth on tongue river.
On motion petition was rejected.
The resignation Of Ed. Greedy a
Constable for Miles City township
was preseDtedand on motion accepted
A petition was presented signed b,
the legal number Of citizens, prayin.
that county road be laid out as fol
lows:
Commencing at the corner common
to sections SO4, 8 and 10, township
north, range AZ east. thence running
! miles due south on the west line o
section 10 aud Is, to the Yellowston,
river, thence of q mile down sale
river to the present ferry landing
on south side of said river, along the
north side of the railroad track to the
town of Rosebud, to joint where II
intersects the county road.
On motion petition was granted and
Messls. Hay, Allerton and Simpson
were appointed viewers with the coun-
ty surveyor, and directed TO meet at the
house of g. w. Allerton on the 9th
day of September, 1886, and proceed to
survey and lay out said road.
Board adjourned for dinner.
After dinner commissioners pro-
ceeded to consider petition praying
that bridge be built across the Little
Missouri river at or near the town OF
Alzada, and on motion was granted.
On motion by q. w. Anderson the
following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, There have been numer-
GUS petitions presented to this board
praying tor the appointment of q con-
stable for Miles City township to I'LL
the vacancy as occssioned by the resig-
nation of Ed Greeley and the follow
ing named persons petitioned for APP
pOiutment: Al Hockett, NJ. NJ. Rus
sell, Thos. McNany, Theodor Moerder,
V. Van Buren,, Milton Prickett, and
Whereas, The board have duly
considered the petitions and find that
the one for NJ. NJ. Russell represents
the largest number Of taxpayers.
Therefore ne IL
Resolved, That the said NJ. NJ.
Russell be and is hereby appointed
constable of Miles City township, and
that said appointment take effect on
and after this date.
A petition was now presented, with
the requisite number of signers, pray
ing that county road be laid out as
follows: Beginning at the section cor
nsr, common to sections l. 2, II and
IL, township 8. north of range 423.
Thence running due north one-half
mile. Thence in q southwesterly di-
rection along the north bank of the
Yellowstone river and to the south
west corner Of section IL of said town.
ship. Thence due west along the sec
ton line common to sections 10 and Is
of same township and range distance
Of three -fourths Of mile. Thence in
southerly direction distance of
three-eighths of a mile, and to the
present Ferry landing on the Yellow
stone river.
On motion said petition was disal-
lowed.
The following road petition with
the required number of signatures.
was also presented, praying that a
county road be laid out as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner
Of James Kelly's ranch, running one
fourth of a mile south. Thence in q
southessterly direction to the north
east corner of the Catholic cemetery;
thence one-fourth of q mile south;
thence one-fourth of y mile east, inter-
secting at this point the Tongue river
and Toohey Springs road.
On motion said petition was granted
and Robt. AItchison, Thos. Gray and
Geo. Cutler appointed viewers to view
and lay out said road as petitioned for,
and that October 4. 1884, be the time
for said viewers to meet ut Miles City.
On motion the board proceeded to
the examination and auditing of
claims against the county and Of
which the following is a list In
amounts aud on funds as set opposite
the respective names: .lL .Tr
1858 DIR. w. f. Green, salary P.S so 80
1910 t" a. service p so 20
1913 VIM Harmon, mdse, Gen 2S35
1900 John Senate, work, road. 300
1897 III Whitbeck, work, road 800
l74l A j Maxwell, stage fare, n a050
17i3 John Struger, work, road 100 90
1854 n p Elk Co, expressage, g 50
1868 ID Hicks, salary, CONT. los %
l64s Chas Tabor. services, r.. l5i 90
1916 VIM Grimes, material p. Is 90
l6i7 ferryage, p 10 90
1883 Q r Middleton, rent, G...- 80 90
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