The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-13


accompanied in each case by certified
check for more than ten per cent. of the
bid made.
And no other bids being made or Of
fered and having heard and duly con-
sidered the statements made by the
several bidders in support of their prop
ositions the board determined. upon
motion, to accept the proposition of the
King Bridge Company to build a steel
bridge in three spans ll6 feet each in
length, with rs foot roadway. on steel
tubular piers for $7,49l.
Whereupon contract was made and
executed in duplicate signed bv the
agent of said company and by the men,
bers OF the board of commissioners: pro-
vldlng for the construction of such
bridge on or before September Is. 1896:
one OF said duplicate contracts was de-
llvered to the board of commissioners
and the other to the agent of said King
Bridge Company.
All other papers, Except bids, pre-
sented by other bidders were returned
together with the certified checks ac-
cOmpanylng the same to the respec-
tive parties by whom they were pre-
sented.
Board adjourned to a. m. of We'd
nesday. June 3, 1896.
THIRD DAY-JUNE 3.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
present, the same members as on yes
terday and occupied the day in the ex-
animation of the books and accounts of
the county treasurer for the last quart
er.
Board adjourned to 9 q. M of Thurs
day, June 4, 1896.
FOURTH DAY-JUNE 4.
Board met pursuant to ad]ournm ent:
present, the same members as on yes
terday and resumed the examination of
the treasurer's account for the last
quarter.
The list OF licenses was examined and
checked with the county clerks regis
ter OF receipts showing amount collect
ed for said quarter, including treasur-
er's fees, to be So, I23. so.
The several warrants, school orders
and other vouchers, presented by the
treasurer as paid by him during said
quarter, were checked and compared
with the books of said treasurer and
the county clerk found correct and said
vouchers were cancelled.
Report of the county treasurer for
said quarter being found to agree with
the books of said treasurer and the
county clerk, the same was approved
and ordered fled.
The report of Thomas Duncan, clerk
OF the district court, showing that he
had collected and paid into the county
treasury, as official fees, the sum Of
3288. 10, was examined and approved
and ordered fled.
The report of L. L. Galloway. county
attorney, for quarter ending May 81,
1896, Was likewise approved and order
ed fled.
The report of Barclay Jones, county
clerk and recorder, for last quarter was
examined, approved and ordered filed;
by which report it appears that said
clerk and recorder has earned as official
fees during said quarter the sum of
$S2S.7O and that he has paid said sum
into the county treasury.
The report OF Jos. l. Haines, sheriff,
covering said quarter was examined,
approved and ordered filed, by which
report it appears that he has collected
as officials fees during said quarter the
sum of $415.26 and that he has paid
said sum into the county treasury.
The report of w. J. Foreman, asses
sor, covering said quarter was likewise
examined, approved and ordered filed:
by which report it appears that said as
SCISSOR has collected special road tax to
the amount of S877, that he has collect
ed special poor tax in the sum of $3.50,
and that said amounts have been
paid into the county treasury
1t appearing by the report of sa id as
SCISSOR that he has taken up extra labor
certificates, amounting in all to $37, so,
in lieu of cash for special road tax, |
it was ordered that the
clerk be directed to issue road warrant
in the sum OF $3.50 to said assessor.
The report OF w. S. Duncan, Justice |
.! the peace, was examined and APPROX
ed and ordered filed.
The report OF the county superintend-
ont OF schools, showing that she had |
transferred Mr.. Geo. Rowe from dis
'rict number %, known as the Duncan
anown as Lower Wisconsin creek
school, was approved and ordered en-
lered in fun upon the journal
Under and according with the pro.
visions Of section 1900 of the political
code requiring the board of commits
,ioncr5 to divide the county into regis
ration districts, for the purpose of reg
stI'a-jon OF voters, the board proceeded
% define and re-establish the bounda-
les OF the several districts in the cOun-
J, ard entered the same fully and at
tr4e upon the record. the following be-
ne I, brief synopsis Of the same:
District number embraces all of AL
ler gulch and its tributaries from the
lead to the mouth of the gulch.
District num Der embraces all of the
Ruby valley above the mouth of the
over canyon, from the mountain range