Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-30
A SESSION CELEBRATED FOR
ROAD BUSINESS.
Viewers Appointed
BY the Board to View out and Survey
Proposed Roads-Death Of
Robert ingram.
First day, April 18th, 1891

Present: ID. NJ. White, Chairman,
John A. Wilkinson, Geo. w. Walker,
Commissioners; II. X. Barnett, Clerk
| First order of business, reading
rep ,rts.
The report of the Grand Jury read
and laid over for future consideration.
Report Of Auditor read and approved.
Report of treasurer read and APP
proved.
Report Of School Supt. read and ap-
proved.
Certificate of Clerk read and ap-
proved, and fees allowed county offi.
GERS on money collected as follows:
Josiah Englis, Tax Collector for
| the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $65.@
Josiah Englis, Tax Collector for
| the state. e........................... LIS
J. NJ. Eakin, license collector
for the county. 1915
J. NJ. Eakin, License collector
for the state.................... 3.15
III. X. Barnett, Auditor, state. 1925
In the matter of the Coburn Gulch
road. Whereas, on the 2Sth day of
May, 1890, the board of county COM
missioners made the following order to-
wit: ut is ordered, at the request of
Milo II. Sprague and b. H. Tertling,
that the road running through their
land, known as the Coburn Gulch road,
be changed to the north side of the
gulch ut or near the foot of the hill,
upon condition that the parties make
the new road equal with the old road
and that the same be opened by the 1st
day of August, $780," And whereas it
appears to the satisfaction of the board
that said order was made without any
petition having first been filed, or any
~ \
of the Revised Statutes of Idaho hav-
illegal, irregular and void, it is there
fore ordered that said order, and every
part thereof, be, and the same is here
by, revoked and rescinded, and that
the overseer of said road, William Seig-
lar, is hereby directed to give ten days
notice to all persons having Obstruc-
tions across or on said road, and, in
case of their failure so to do after ten
days notice, the said overse>r will at
once proceed to remove all obstructions
therefrom and place the same In good
aud lawful condition. 1t is further
ordered that the clerk make four copies
of this order and that the Sheriff serve
' one each on said Milo H. Sprague, B.
: H. Tertling and William Seiglar, and
, make return on the other.
!, Adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock p. m
, Board convened ut 2 o'clock D. IN.
, , all present.
In the matter of the petition of Johr
f Christensen ct III for Il change in par
of what is known as the Nixon an(
Whitinger road in road Dist. Nos.
> and 6, Nez Perce county, Idaho.
, appearing to the satisfaction of tn
= board that said petition was in writing
and was signed by more than ten in
habitants of said road District, taxable
: therein for road purposes, and hat
y signed said petition for the change II
b said road, and it further appearing t
the board that said petition describe
particularly tn road to be changed
y and also description of the road aske,
8 for by the change, the general rOut
o thereof, over what lands, and who tn
owners thereof are, and of each portion
of land over which said road is prl
}, posed to pass, and that no one of tn
8 owners object to the laying out of sal
road, and said petition being accom-
panied by good and sufficient bono
e approved by the board of county con
7. missioners, In double the amount {
3 the probable cost Of viewing and layin
n out said road. conditioned that til
-, bondsmen will pay all costs Of viewin
, aud surveying in case the prayer of til
le petitioners Is not granted and the roa
le finally not opened. It is therefore o
NJ dered by the board that said petition /
- approved and that C. Sp cker, of l.
y land, Idaho, and Francis La Bole,
g. Kendrick, Idaho, and w. p. Bel
County Surveyor Of Nez Perce count,
are hereby appointed viewers to vie
g out and survey said road.
y, In the matter of the petition Of ].
o. Mounce ct al in road Dist. No. l, asl
of ing privilege to amend original petite
=, SO far as the same is applicable to tn
4. part of the road commencing with Il
a, 9Th stake from the north termin
in point as per field notes. thence In
st straight lire to q north terminal poi
~ at q pile of stones on the line of Il
oe Lewiston aud Lapwai road, a little es
ng from north from said 5th point, fro
er- north point Of old survey, and it Is ,
he dered that the request be granted.
ihe attention of the board haviI
q the following described road in Di
in No. 3, known as the Beeman road, b
81 been closed, to-wit: That portion col
." mencing at the northeast corner Of g.
I'm ton 26 township 81 north range W,
ng Boise Meridian, thence west on
north line of said section 20 to
northwest corner of the northeast GU
ter Of section % township 81 rang
NJ west. 1t Ia hereby ordered that OV
- seer of road Dist. No. open ND q
~ road without delay, and the clerk
on hereby ordered to notify the said ov
At seer and forward to him q copy Of Q
ris. order.
nd J. H. Forney, Esq, District Attorl
,an End Judicial District, State Of Ida
being called upon for legal adice by
. beard, stated that when said board