Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-01-23
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
,c,a REPORT. OF BUSINESS DIS.
.0syp OF BY THE NEW BOARD.
..x Ceunty. Officers Swern In and Their
N aeuds Approved. Jurors for the Year
Drawn. Bills Allowed, Etc.
MONDAY, JAN. II, 1897.

Drawn. BILLS Allowed, Etc.
MONDAY, JAN. IL, 1897.
The county commissioners-elect met
,hls day at their office at the court
sa,,se in Blackfoot, the county seat OF
p,n,ham county, Idaho. Present:
On, II. smith, Milen ID. Andrus, and
lanes L. Bumgarner. the duly elected
.a,,y commissioners for said county,
Z, Inc ensuing two years, and Geo. i.
n.oon. clerk. The oath OF Office was
administered 70 said persons by the
elsrk, whereupon they proceeded 70
organize.
IN motion Jas. L. Bnmgarner was
daly elected chairman OF said board
Cor the ensuing year.
Nav came the county ofiicers-elect,
IL. Edward II. Coltman, sheriff; Will
,,rd ID. Haffaker, assessor and collec-
,o,. Arthur g. Whittier, probate judge
and county superintendent OF public
,r.,ruction; William A. Woodln, conn-
= treasurer; Lester r, Mitchell, coro-
,.r and chas. ID. Chaplin, surveyor; 10
Zach OF whom was administered the
s.,h o. their respective Offices By the
chairman Of the board.
Tho Official bonds OF the various
a,,n,y officers were approved by the
hoard t0-wit:
lanes L. Rumgarner, coms'r. % 5000
Robg II. Smith, ...... 1900
Mllen D. Andrts. $3.50. :. $50. 5000
gaaasi +. Coltnan, sheriff. 80. 5000
". D. Huffaker, assessor ....... 10000
:. collector. $685.. 10000
Arthur @. Whittier, P'b,. Judge 5000
GO. supt. Pub.ins. 1000
Wa. A. WOodin, treasurer, 5000
Lester r. Mitchell, coroner. 1000
Charles d. Chaplin, surveyor. loo
The Official bonds Of the following
uansd precinct officers we're approved,
teEl,.
coAsTADLRs.
n4aici ". Owen, Ammon: Reese ID.
Joae.. Basai,; Geo. W. Weeks, Black.
sos: Daniel II. ciyne. Idaho Falls
caaa II. Tayson, Now Sweden: G. !
car!ssGAnscn. Morciand; Edwin II.
Bsvwn. Willow Greek.
JUSTICES or THE PEACE.
Joseph II. Owen, Ammon: Charles
W. Mccardy, Basalt; Geo. l. Wall
aad Jacob G. Hinklr. Blackfoot; Ian
tea J. Rich. Danilson Springs; Har
tsy L. Rich and Bcni. A. Jsnne, Idaho
Fails; James England, Morciand; Axe
D Anderson and Geo. w. Clifford, New
srcdcn: VIM. A. Crawford, Riverside
s.H. stevens, Teton; Jonathan Dasic
ST., Willow Greek.
i,aprrAring that NIL other bonds pre-
seated are irregular, IL 10 ordered tina
they b. referred back for correction.
This day camc on for hearing III
petition a l.. NJ. capps, ct al, for
pablic rad, snid petition being accom-
panied by a sufficient bond; ordered
that Chas. d. Chaplin. A. NJ. Farrnc
Aaa WIN. Howard be, and thoy mr.
hereby appointed viewers 70 exaniin
said proposed road and filc their ~
post thereon.
Tho following claims were dtsallowed
An. Ha~son. fs delivering election rr-
turns, ...,..4.....sstts4ssss,..t
IA poud. building sidewalk. .......t..,, y
FRANK Brrbart, justice Of che pcace..... u
hsal. Jones. care Of INDECENT. ~
The bill Of John johnson, constable
fcr The sum Of s3a.i0 was referred bac
10 be itcInizcd.
II appearing 10 the board from IN
aifidaviis Of J. T. Watts and G. u. Ia.
lor, that the live stock assessed 20 II
Burke, Land Il Cattle Co., In the yea
las, was not In Bingham county {
The second Monday OF April and n
subject to the taxation In this count
and said company having paid tax
thereon for said year, viz: In the So
Of $1,000, IL is therefore ordered, th
said company's assessment for the ye1
1897, be so made by the assessor as
reduce the said company's taxes In u
sum Of $4,000.
Ordered, that said board do now q
l0urn until tomorrow az o q. m.
TUESDAY, JAN. ~.
Board OF county commissioners m
% this day pursuant TO adjourmei
prosent-all members Of the board a
Clerk. when the following procecdin
we're had, to-wit:
The official or annual reports OF .