The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-05-10
THE COUNTY COURT.
compiled by F. I. Dunbar, County Clerk
by Order County Court
(omclal Report,

NJ wooden and C. Peterson coor,,,s.,..
ersi F. l. Dunbar. clerk o.a
Hare, sheriff. w.
court met at 10 o'clock a. m. and wos
duly opened. '' was
communication from d. storous
supervisor OF Road District No. s. asking
INSTRUCTIONS as to collection of road TOW
ana also to making repairs TO br,dgo a.
Wlsts on county road, read. Ordered that
the matter of Road tax be referrod % r,
W. Fulton for an opinion and that the
matter OF repairs to bridge, the court
pelng OF the opinion that any necessary,
repairs can be made from road fund =,
said district 1t is ordered that the su-
pervisor be so instructed
Bond of Nathan Kimball. iustice of tho
peace Seaside precinct, read and an.
proved
Bond OF Ed Banks, supervisor of Road
District No 10, read and approved
Now comes c. Bradbury and asks the
court to remit costs on tax roll of his
properly for the year 1893 examined and
disallowed.
NOW comes Andrew Nordstrom and pre-
sents notice of himself and others IN
alter the county road near Sec. 30 Tn.
N, r. W., and also appeared 7 q
Rierson and presents remonstrance of
himself and others against said alteration
and on motion said notice is dismissed for
the reason that no petition mas been Hleo
herein as is by law required for the To-
eating and altering of county roads,
Now comes H. S. Lyman, school SUPER
intendent and asks the court to provide
him with a room in the court house for
his ofi'ce or an allowance for office rent.
And the same having been considered IL
is ordered that 500 per month be all
lowed as office rent for school superin-
tendent.
Communication from E. Houghton, SUI
pervisor of Road District No. 1, request
irg the court to purchase a road scraper
for his district read and referred TO
Commissioners Wooden = and Peterson,
with authority to purchase if deemed
advisable
Report from j. H. Hare, Sheriff. ap-
pointing r. NJ. Lowe and NJ. F. Hardesty
deputies to assist State Fish and Fame
Protector, and G. Wingate to serve pa
rers for committee of 81, without COM
pensation from the county, read and
ordered approved.
Report of A. Gibbons, assessor, appoint |
ing the following persons deputy assessors |
to take the census, G. o. Moen, A. B. Nc |
MILAN, NJ. German, p. S. Philbrick, A. |
Bergman, w. H. Smith, r. A. Abbott
j. P. Clark, B. F. Coe, j. A. Eakin, and
Henry Young, read. Ordered that same
be approved and that they be allowed
$3.50 per day, while actually employed, |
not to exceed days EACH
Communication from ]. w. Hare, Sher-
iff, stating that the personal property OF
C. w. Rich was enormously assessed as
being In the City of Astoria and School
District No. l, and that the assessments
of Ole Olsen, Annie Olsen and H. e.
Stephenson was enormously extended on
the tax roll for 1894, and that the taxes
paid by the said persons should be re-
funded by reason of said erroneous as
sessment. 1t is ordered that the sheriff
refund the amounts overpald and deduct
the same from the several funds on which
said taxes were paid,
In the matter of the petition of NJ. e.
Juopperi and others to establish a county
road. Report of viewers and surveyor
on establishing a road as petitioned for
by NJ c. Juopperi and others, read first
time and laid over until tomorrow for
second reading.
Now comes ]. Q. A. Bowlby and asks
that the tax sale for the year 1891, on
land in Section 5, TIP. N, r. 7 West, be
cancelled the same having been erro-
neously assessed, allowed and so ordered.
]. N. Heckard, Supervisor of Road Dis
trict No. g. appeared and reports that
the public trail from Jeffers' to Sales has
been obstructed by Jensen, and the court
having examined the matter and ascer-
tained that the trail is a public one, 1t is
ordered that supervisor remove said OBJ
structions.
Now Comes F. I. Dunbar county clerk,
and presents a report showing that the
sum of $5S42.66 has been collected from
road and poll taxes for the year 1894, and
paid into the county treasurer Whereas
the court having examined the same, hav-
ing due regard to the amount OF taxes
collected in the severad road districts,
the condition of the roads, necessity Tor
repairs and amount of travel thereon, 1t
is ordered that the following amounts
be apportioned to the several d'stricts
viz: Astoria, $3,O671O; No. /, SS26.SS; No. I
2, $134.O7; No. 8, $22SO2; No. 4, $12OOS; No
s, $247.S4; No. 6, $4,000; No. 7, S2lS75; No.
s, S14916;No. 9, $1S4.96; No. 10, $2S5.94; No. ;
II. s2S2.77; No. u, S129.O5; No. 10, $lH74; ;
No. a. $4s.O3; No. Is, s197.74; total amount
$5S4266. And that the clerk notify the sew
cral supervisors of the amount apportion-
ed to each district.
Bond of ]. N. Heckard, Road Super
visor, District No. 5. examined and ap-
proved.
Petition from S. Elmore, H. S. Lyman
w. ]. Ingalls, and many others asking tn
court to take immediate action with
view of bridging the Lewis and Clarke
river and also bridging Youngs riVer
or placing thereon a steam ferry that
Astorians may have an outlet for the
summer resorts, and the country peopie
may have an inlet to the county seat
and market; ordered that the same DC
laid over for further consideration:
Claims on general fund presented ana
allowed as follows: Mrs. Schroeder anu
Mrs. Sandy, allowance for April, WV
Geo. Brown, services copying dehhqueii'
roll, $500; H. T. Finley, services copying $
delinouent roll, 5000; A. Bergman copy
ing delinouent roll, $500; F. I. Dunbar t
stamns etc. for assessors Office *lO'4o'