The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-08
THE COUNTY COURT
Compiled by y / Dunbar County Cicrk'
by order Of County Court
tomcial Report)

(onicial ReporD
In the county court. Monday. May ',h.
lSs. iat day May term. frcaoint. Hon.
]. II. d. Gray. Judge H. NJ Wooden and
Chrla Peterson. commissioners. +. l.
Dunbar. Clerk. ana Jas W. Hare. sherin'
Court met and was duly opened At ~
o'clock n. IN.
In tho matter OF the taxes assessed TO
tho Astoria Savings Bank. Trustee,
tknown as the subsidy property for iS1,
Now comes c. W. Fulton Esq. Tor the
subsidy committee and asks that the
above taxes be cancelled and rcmittcd,
Ordered that this matter be continued
until "Wednesday at 2 o'clock g. ~, ana
that tho clerk notify the mayor OF the
city OF Astoria and the chairman OF
school Districts Nos. / and @ that
this matter will be hcari at that time
and request them to appear
In tho matter Of allowance OF 500 per
month to VIM, Koch ordered that said
allowance be continued for May.
Petition from W. u. @. Steel request
ing that road tax collected In vicinity OF
sections q and 30 township N. X, W.,
bo expended upon the road running
through said sections; ordered referred
To supervisor OF Road District No y
Petition from supervisor OF Road Dis
trict No. l2, for road sCraper for use
OF his dictrict. granted and ordered pur-
chased.
In the matter OF the petition OF Gus
Gronncl and others to establish county
road now at this time comes Gus Gron-
ncl ana presents the petition OF himself
aud others to survey. locate and estab-
llsh a county road AZ follows, to-wit:
beginning nt the ten mile post ON the
county road starting from corners OF
Sections q and g. TIP 3 n. r. Z W. ana
running to the s. t. corner OF Lot ..
Sec. G. TIP. N, II. w. known rs the
Elsie road, and as described and recorded
In Road Plat Book No, 9. In the ONCE
Of tho county clerk. of Clntsop county,
Oregon thence In a southcasterly diroc-
tion following the most practical route
to point 7S rods north and 20 rods east
OF the ; 10. corner OF Lot To- Sec. !, TIP.
I NJ, II. W., on the left bank OF the
Nehalem river; ordered that W, @. Pres
colt, Cornelius Rlcrson and Nathan An
derson he appointed viewers, N, D. Ray
mond. surveyor, to meet at Elsie school
house, Tuesday. May 10Th, 1896, at 0
o'clock n. IN.
Michael Kinney. supervisor OF Road
blstTlOl NO y, uppehTH anu ItpoItS w
the court that the bridge OF the county
road In Sec, SO, TIP. N, r. w, Is
broken down; ordered that supervisor
give notice that he will receive bids for
rebuilding said bridge and that no report
bids received to the county court
In the matter OF the claim OF the state
OF oregon for taxes due for years 1891
and 1902: ordered that the county trens-
urer be. and he Ia hereby authorized to
forward to the state treasurer the sum
OF S5OOOOO on account OF above claim.
Application OF Mrs. Sam German to
cancel tax sale OF s W. quarter Of s. H.
quarter and s; E: quarter OF s. W. quar-
ter Sec, Z. TIP. N, II. 10 w, sold for
taxes for 1892, taxes having been paid. as
shown by receipt No i,l3l; granted and
so ordered.
In the matter OF the petition OF d. X.
Warren, TO vacate a part OF Railway ave-
nue. In the town of Warren's first extern
sion to Warrenton; ordered that all that
portion of Railway avenue from its inter
section with the easterly side OF Main
street. easterly distance Of 1850 feet, be
ana the same is hereby forever vacated.
In the matter OF the application OF the
! Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Com
/ pany to enter into a contract with Clat-
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