Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-13

STATE or NEVADA.
County oF ELHo. US

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ELKo, Oct. 7, 1895.
The Board OF County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment.
Present Stanley Rigsby, l. =. Wool.
verton and \. NJ. McAfce.
The minutes OF the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The contract betwees L. Z. Miller
and the Board of County Commits.
%sioners. ordered to be drawn by the
District Attorney, WAS examined and
found satisfactory.
The following bill was laid over:
John Doherty for SD; and james
~llucy's for $40 was rejected.
The Clerk Of the Board was ordered
to write II. Il. Miller. OF Caldwell,
Idaho, that all work on the high
school building must be according to
the plans and specifications on file,
except that no Turing is to be used,
for which II reduction from sGj to SO
Will be made on the accepted bid.
The plasterinG to be done directly on
the brick work.
BY order Of the Board the Treasur.
or aud Auditor are hereby authorized
to transfer from the General Fund i'll
to the Columbia Road Fund sl5; and
into the Salary Fund, 500.
Tho following official reports were
examined. approved and ordered filed:
j.. Eggcrs. Assessor; +. Bilkcy, Aud
Itor: John Henderson. Clerk; J. NJ.
Natter. Sheriff and Jailcr; W. II.
Armstrong. Hospital Steward; and S.
NJ. Henley. J. y.
The bond of X. T.. Miller for the
construction of the high school build.
ing was examined. approved and or.
deed filed.
y petition daily signed and filed for
the construction of Il public highway
IL North Fork road district, was
granted and John Burns was appoint.
cd to superintcnd the construction Of
said highway.
y petition duly signed by forty.onc
residents and f%rccholders Of Elko
township. requesting the Board To
close and vacatc the crossing over the
road Of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company Immediately west Of the
E.kU tlouring mill i'll said township.
aud To remove said crossing la a point
OH said railroad about one hundred
yards west Of said mill; AMI also re-.
qucsting that Il crossing be cstab.
iIshcd y e said railroad track at n
point one hundred and fifty yards east
Of said mill, was granted.
+ Tho money III the county treasury
was counted and found To agree with
the auditors and Trcasnr.r's hooks.
II appearing to the satisfaction Of
The Board, after the equalization Of
taxes III this county. that the levy
previously made by this Board on
February ith, 1880. Of taxes for conn.
y purposes will result in the rullcc.
iIon OF taxes which will fall short OF
The requirements Of the county for
the current year. it is ordered that the
levy Oi 20 cents fC- the General Fund
Oh the Onc hundred dollars valuation.
he Increased To % cents. the other
lcyic5 already made for the other
funds Ia remain the same.
The Clerk is ordered to notify Mr..
Harris I" discontinue the delivery OF
ice To the county.
Tho Clerk is hereby ordered To
have printed - Autographed bonds
Of 5000 each, for the purposes Of the
high school; and 1t il nlso ordered
that $4,000 worth of said bonds be ia.
sued as soon a blanks are received.
.And the chairman and Clerk Of the
Board are hereby ordered Ia sign and
sell at private sale said $4,000 worth
81 bonds as authorized by an Act Of
the Legislature, approved March II,
ls9J, authorizing and directing tho
Board of County Commissioners Of
ElkO county Ia issue said bonds.
The Board then adjourned to meet
nday, November 4. 1895.