The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-07
County Commissioners.

The board of county commissioners
net again yesterday. all members pres
ent, and transacted the following bust
ness:
Henry Barker and 80 others peti-
toned the court for the re-opening of
the old county road in North Ogden
precinct, that had been fenced across.
as it had previously been used for
p years. Filed.
a communication was received from
NJ. f. Brown, county assessor notify
ing the board that he had appointed
George f. Hunter, John Fife, Henry
w Manning, William C. Parker and n.
Montgomery to do field work in
assessing outside of Ogden city. The
appointments were confirmed. the sal
airy matter to be adjusted later.
The application of A. A. Richter for
appointment as fruit tree inspector.
was received and filed
Letters were received and read from
the state industrial school and the Og-
den city board of education relative to
loans of money. On motion of Seaman
the request of the Ogden city board of
education was granted and a loan of
$4,000 authorized from the sinking fund
Tor one year at per cent, on the max
ing of the proper notes. The applica-
ton of the state industrial school was
taken under adviSement.
The report of the hospital steward
for March, 1897, was read and filed.
A communication from the Pioneer
filed. The communication is as fol-
lows:
"Gentlemen-I am in receipt of your
letter notifying US to remove obstruc-
tons from Ogden river. That work is
now being done. J. would call your at
tention in this connection to the fact
that we raised the road at this point
and that the county last year cut it
down two feet and plowed the material
in the river bed, SO that if there is any
danger of overflow of the road il is
caused as much by the action of the
county, if not more than by our action
Would also call your attention to the
fact that if some of the distractions
below this point are removed from the
river. there will be no further danger
That is, there are one or two large
boulders in the river which could be
moved by a few charges of powder
which would entirely obviate any pos
sible danger. In regard to road above
the temporary dam. we have raised the
road three feet above the highest water
ever known and as far back as there
appeared to be danger. I have in
structed the engineer in charge to run
levels over this road and ascertain
whether it is entirely out of danger If
not, We will raise it still further. Would
call your attention to the fact that the
water has always gone over the road
at points above this temporary dam
during the high water season.
Yours truly,
&C. X BANNISTER,
Chief Engineer
4 number of tax matters were con-
sidered.
The claim of J. B. Carver, justice of
the peace. in the Nichol inquest mat
ter was filed.
The county auditor submitted his re-
port of the disbursements of the county
for the first three months of 1897, which
shows as follows: January, $2,154.17:
$9,4SS.67; March, s5,SS2.11; a
total of ST, 524.95. The report was or
dered filed.
The resolution was adopted providing
for the refunding Of the Illegal , mill
school tax.
Collector T. B. Hurlburt presented a
book list of persons entitled to the re-
bate of the Illegal school tax. The
amount so collected prior to the de-
cision of the supreme court is SIT, 096.24.
On motion of Commissioner Seaman
il was resolved that it be the sense of
the board that the ex-county clerk be
requested to deliver to the county clerk
ali books now in his possession relative
to fees, etc, collected during his term
Of office since the new seate system
went into effect.
At the afternoon session w. a. Lind
say, road supervisor of Liberty district.
asked for the lumber and other ma
terials with which to build bridge
across the west fork at Liberty, the
TO contribute the labor.
On motion of Commissioners Seaman
The petition of John New and others
Tor a change in the boundary lines of |