The Lamar register., 1889-07-27

os;ce Board Com'rs. Bent Co.,
co., House Las Animas, Colorado
'''' Friday, July isth. 1889.
rr Roards of County Commis.
..,,,r. Of Bent county and Prower'
.,rn,, met in joint session at the
"" house in the town of Las Ami.
w. y. Ben, county, state of Colorado
,sis 10Th day of July A. D., 1889,
.n-.uapcc to notice OF meeting
- 10 the Comm'rs. Of Bent Co.,
:. ne Comm'rs. of Prowers Co., and
AL, accepted by the Comm'rs. OF
Ran, Co.. and in pursuance to the
-.o,;.ions os section ten Qo) OF
Act Of the General Assembly OF
4. state Of Colorado, entitled IAN
A., 10 establish the county of Prov
:, and the county seat thereof: pro-
1dipc for the appointment OF its
,,.e;nc, and county officers: fixing
4. terms of courts therein, and at
,,.bipr the same to certain represen-
,,,iys, aud Judicial districts" ap-
,rOysd April 18th, 1889, at which
acre we're present:
" H. MURRAY, Chmn. C9m'rs.
DAN KAZEE, OF
T COLT. Bent Co.
o c. HESS, Co. As'y Bent Co.
G. N. HALL, Clerk "
I'D. MARTIN, I Comm'rs.
" BURGER, of
An. ROGERS. Prowers Co.
AMYICHoLAS, ATTY Prowers Co.
Where the following proceedings
,sre had and done aud ordered en-
,zsd Of record to-wit:
VI. Dan Kazee one Of the county
Cmnissiners of Bent Co. offered
lie followins resolution and moved
= s5op,iOn:
Whereas, the books and accounts
Il the county Of Bent and the report
q he Clerk Of said county compiled
esrsfron, show the total indebted
,sss Of Beat county, on the 18th day
& April lsse, to be the sum of one
ls.drei and tBeuty-sevcn thousand
sss hsndrei aud sirty-sir and 6l-loo
il.I,l6s,6l) dollars, and that in ad-
.i,ioa thereto, there are suits pend.
zg. elairus asserted. and accounts
ssy'e.eniei, representing in the ag-
gsgl,s large sums which may be en-
tToed against said county. in addi-
tsa to the amount Aforesaid rs ex.
lbiisd BY the said books and ac-
tps1is, and
BAsreas, j; appears from said
.oaks aa3 accounts that the total re
,sreeS Of Bent county on said date,
utlsjrt OF delinquent taxes. availa-
ss for the purpose of d,schargiug
nj existing Indebtedness, amounts
l. tie sam of twenty-five thousand
sTsu hundred and hye and 67-Ioo
F..,Ioi.e7l dollars, and
Whereas, it further appears from
Z, assessment roll OF said Bent
ssa'y, for the year 1889, that the
ano!e property of said county, for
NJ year, amounted TO the sum of
sTsn million eigh, hundred thou
mi, one hundred and foriy-nine
N,soo,l4a) dollars, and that the
iilas of the taxable property IN said
nsniy included within the bounda-
he' Of the present county OF Prowers
N''Ald year was one million, three
aanifed and ninety.three thousand,
afss hundred and tifty.two 1885,
s?l dollars, and
whereas, by said books, accounts
"a assessment roll, it appears that
= Proportion of the existing in
se'iedness of Bent county. which
h0aid be apportioned to Prowers
" esunating the same according
"ne ntio which the taxable prop
ny oil that portion of Bent county,
'aleh Is now included within the
@'ndaries of Prowers Co., bears TO
-' whole taxable property of Bent
%'niy' Is the sum of twenty-five
-'asand seven hundred fifteen and
'lOo Cs22,7l5,s2) dollars, and that
= proportion of the resources of
osnt Co., exclusiye of delinnuent