Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-09
PROCEEDINGS
of the Board of County Commissioners Of
Burleigh County.
,[OFFICIAL.1

Board County Commissioners met at
2 p. m. All present.
Minutes preceding nmeetings read
and approved.
Report of sheep inspector Turnbull,
received and filed.
Quarterly report Of City Justice
Hare and Justice Tibbils referred to
the district attorney.
Moved by Com. Moorhouse, seconded
by Com. Johnson, that the prayer of
petitioners of Twp. 143, range 70, to
have same organized as a school dis
trict be granted, and the district at
tOrney directed to furnish the neces-
Sary forms and notices for same.
Carried.
Moved by Com. Moorhouse, seconded
by Com Johnson, that the following
resolution be adopted. Carried:
WHEREAS a funding act was passed
at the last session Of the legislature,
authorizing counties to fund and re-
fund thier outstanding Indebtedness,
and, whereas the interests of Burleigh
county demand that provisions be
made for funding it's outstanding in
debtednesS and refunding certain
bonds that will shortly become due:
Resolved, that this board will fund
such indebtedness and refund such
bonds and that Commissioner Edger-
ly be appointed a committee of n
to prepare and formulate a plan for
such funding and refunding.
Moved by Com. Johnson, seconded
by Com. Moorhouse and carried, that
the following resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, the present state of the
finances and the interest of economy,
demand that all unnecessary expense
be avoided. Resolved that from and
after the 1st day of May, 1890, the SER
vices of the janitOr of the court house
and county offices be dispensed with.
Moved and carried that following
resolution be adopted:
Be it resolved by the board of county
commissioners of Burleigh county,
that from and after the lst day Of
May, 1890, the sheriff of said Burleigh
county be, and he is hereby appointed
custodian Of the court house and
county offices.
Moved by Com. Moorhouse, second
ed by Com. Johnson, that the county
treasurer be instructed to stop pay
ment of the balance due on order No.
1851, issued to A. G. Baynet & Co.,
Of Minneapolis, for the sum of 1864.
Carried.
Moved by Com. Moorhouse, seconded
by Com. Johnson, that Com. Edgerly
be instructed to notify A.. G. Bayne
& Co., of Minneapolis, that payment
Of a balance due on order No. 1851
for bridge work was stopped by a re-
solution of the board of county COM
missioners of Burlcigh Co. Carried.
Board adjourned to 10 o'clock, a. M,
Saturday, April 26, 1890.
SATURDAY April 26, 1890.
Board met 10 d. M: minutes read
and approved.
Moved by Com. Edgerley, seconded
by Com. Johnson, that following re-
solution be adopted. Carried by vote,
Ayes, Edgerly and Johnson: Nay,
MOOrhOuSe.
Resolved that the Bismarck TRIB-
UNE be made the official paper of this
county from and after the passage of
this resolution and that hereafter all
contracts for supplies of whatever
kind shall be made under the super
vision of this board.
Moved Ivy Com. Edgerley. seconded
by Com. Johnson, that following re-
solution be adopted, carried:
WHEREAS, the present state of the
f1nancies of Burleigh county and the
interests Of economy demand, that
all unnecessary expense be avoided,
and whereas, it appears to this board
that the services of deputies of the
offices of county treasurer, county
auditor and county register of deeds
of said county, are unnecessary. Re
solved that from and after the first
day of May, 1890, no allowance will be
made for salaries of said deputies
or for clerk hire for said offices.
Moved by Com. Moorhouse, seconded
by Com. Edgerley, that following reso-
luton be adopted, carried:
WHEREAS, it is provided by law that
the Board of County Commissioners
shall at their regular quarterly meet
ings in April, designate not less than
five public places in their respective
counties, which shall be the only
market places for the sale of chattels
in the county, except as provided by
law;
Resolved, that the front door OF
the court house in the city of Bis
marck, the front door of the post
office in Menoken, the front door OF
S.. A. Peterson's store in Painted
Woods, the front door of the post
office at Sterling, and the front door
of the post office at Glasscock, be de-
signated as such market places.
The commissioners proceeded tC
divide their respective districts into
road districts as follows:
Moved by Commissioner Eagerly, Sec
onded by Commissioner johnson, that
the road districts of commissioner dis.
trict No. l be the same as they we're in
1889. Carried.
Moved and carried that Ed. Flanagan
be appointed supervisor road district No.
l, commissioner district No. 1.
Moved and carried that Orren L. SWEET
be appointed supervisor road district No
2, commissioner district No. l.
Moved and carried that Chas. Ferris
be appointed supervisor road district No
3, commissioner district No. l.
Moved and carried that Samuel B. Law.
renee be appointed supervisor road dis.
trict No. 4, commissioner district No. l.
Moved and carried that Chas. Gaskel]
be appointed supervisor road district No
5, commissioner district No. 1.
Moved and carried that all of township
lao, range 81, east Of Missouri river, be
made into and known as road district
No. l, commissioner district No. 2.
Moved and carried that all o ftownship