The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-15

The board of county corm;as;o
OF San Juan county met in tha en
AUDITORS office at the conrt ho. oun!y
FRIDAY Harbor, April 5th. 1897 g. ~ .
O'Clock q. No., pursuant to law. d. 0C
ent, }. II. Nichols, VIM. Graham a ,es,
John buckley, commissioners and 4
~. SITTER, county auditor and cIarL "a =.
the board. Upon motion John Rnop
ley was elected chairman of tho h,o.a
The following bills were anditoJ ani
warrants ordered drawn on Inciden,ai
fund for same: a
H. S. King, for stamps.
a. H. sitter, for stamps and freight. LIS
Newton jones' Sheriff expenses 9.A
nueust void, Stamps. log
knoda A. Lee, stamps S.77
The following bill was audited and .
warrant ordered drawn on Salary fund
for same: A"nu
o. T. Loos, work as Assessor for Marc,, e.,
Be it known that whereas -
Garie, OF Coupeville, Washington, has
nleu ms application, No. 2578, to pur-
chase Tide Lands, with the Commp MI
s W OF Public Lands, at Olympia.
Washington, describing said tide IapJS
as OF the 3rd class. The same hein~
located in San Juan county. STATE n e
Washington, which said tide lands arc
described in said notice as in front Of
aDuttlng upon or adjacent to the United
States government meander line oS
follows; Beginning at a point where
the line between lots and d section 10
township IS north of range 3 west
would intersect said meander line
which point is the initial point of this
description; thence along said meander
line nOrthwesterly 1910 chains to The
corner of the United States military
reservation in lot section II and in
front of lots and 2, in section II.
lot in section IL and part of lot 7 in
section ii, township IS north of range
west as per certified copy of field
notes of survey of said meander line
from the United States surveyor gen
erals Office attached to said appIica-
ton. And whereas that certain Dor
ton of the above described tide lands
commencing at a point on the meander
line III front of lot in section IL.
township IS north of range west of
Willamette Meridian, in San Juan
county, State of Washington, 700 feet
west following meander line from the
point on the meander line where the
line between lots and 8, said section,
intersects the meander line from this
initial point, thence northwesterlv
along the meander line to a point on
said meander line where the line be-
tween said section ii and IL said town.
ship and range, intersects the said
meander line and being part of the
tide lands in front of lot 2, section Is,
and all the tide lands in front of lot 6
section II, all in township and range
aforesaid. That said tide lands are
located, situated and are adjoining,
and abutting onto uplands patented by
the United States to San Juan county
and that said San Juan county is now
the owner of said uplands adjoining the
said last above described tide lands.
That said applicant, e. G. Earle, has
no Improvements upon said tide lands
or uplands AUDITING, or any interest in
law or equity, in any Improvements
thereon. Therefore be it resolved and
it is hereby ordered that the chairman
of this board of county commissioners
and H. S. King the prosecutiong at
torney of San Juan county, are hereby
directed, authorized, ordered and en-
powered to file protest for and on be-
half of said San Juan county, against
the said application No, 257S of said e.
G. Earle for the purchase of any tide
lands in which said San Juan county
as upland owner is interested in as
above described, and it is further
ordered, that III. S. King, for and on
behalf of said San Juan county, be and
is hereby directed, authorized, ordered
and empowered for and on behalf of
said San Juan county, to make appli-
cation for the purchase of all of said
tide lands in front of said lots and 6
in which said county may be interested
as above described and set forth. 1t is
further ordered that the auditor draw
a warrant on Incidental fund for the
purpose of paying preliminary expenses
of making said application.
In the matter of the petition OF }. ::
Munro ct al. Mary E. Wakefield did
on the End day of January, 1897, deed
to San Juan county a right of way for
road purposes.
meet at o'clock on April 9th, 1897.
The board met pursuant to ADJOURN
ment.
The following road supervisors made
their reports which were approved and
warrants ordered drawn on their re-
spective districts as follows:
E. Eaton, No. q, Lopez. .......... ~ ~
G. Sutherland, No. s, Orcas. ....--. 10 IS
Joseph Bull, No. 2, Orcas. ....-.....--'. ~ -
l. NJ Nichols, No. g. Orcas. ......-....... 10 =
The following bill was ordered ap-
proved and allowed and warrant order.
ed drawn on the funds of road dlstrlct
No. 8, Orcas.
w. E. Sutherland for giant powder. " $40 OF
The following bills were audited ano
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for same on the county general fund.
| Pioneer Bindery, books, stationary, ETC. IS o.
CSIer pros hank books ........... IS SC
80 -, Trod;rU 90 stationery, etc.. OF
pau ua a. Co. S2r;ntinU sc rs
Calvert & Co., blank books, etc ~ y
| lanes King, for wood 3
p 2. Smith, abstract of final certihcates.. oe
George Thacker, guarding Straub $500. Is 2
| c N Tucker examination OF teacners--.. =.
Fred A. Anderson, guarding StrauD 81 .
Geo. Gibbs, Judge of election: ...... 3 *
W d Pratt examination OF teachers. a.
| r. IT. Gray, Judge of election ....... 9 .
San Juau Co. Bank, rent OF vault. ......... "
1I 80 ~,,,ord;nO Sfraub ......- IoI Is
youn 49, go. To- FOOD ..., q
| y r. $500 ,nerchardise Ie
Geo woodland, judge of election D
G. w. Bolton, witness state VS.. NAan <,
and Brown. :, , :; ( OF