Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-04-30

Ior collectlng taxes Tor SAID
school districts, hereby approved
and said M. S, Martin ordered
to present his accounts to the
said school districts for said
amounts.
A written statement having
been filed by M. S. Martin, AS
SCISSOR and Tax Collector, show
ing thirty-six Reservation In
dams assessed for the year 1896,
whose taxes amount to $544.46,
and 6 per cent. additional i. e.
$32.67, making a total of $5S7.13;
and it appearing that said taxes
have not been paid, and that a
difference OF opinion among legal
authorities, as to their Icing sub
ject to taxation, exists; 1t is
hereby ordered that the clerk of
this Board request the Assessor
to communicate with the Hon.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
at Washington, D. c., with refer
ence to this matter; and should
the said commissioner decide
that the said Indians are not
taxable; the said Assessor shall
cancel said taxes and the Audi
tor credit the Assessors account
for 1896 with same.
Whereas, The order heretofore
made, to-wit: April Is, 1897,
and of record on page 221 of
this Vol. 5, of County commits
sioners' record, awarding the
contract for the county printing
for two years from April Is,
1897, to J. M. Wolbert, editor
and proprietor of the Cotton
wood REPORT, newspaper of
Cottonwood. Idaho; contains the
following words, beginning in
line 10 of said order after the
word date" to-wit: "including
the proceedings of this session of
the Board and those of the April
1899 session of same;"
And whereas, The advertise
ment for bids for the county
printing as well as the agree.
ment and contract, entered into
between the said ]. Nj. Wolbert
as such editor and proprietor of
said Cottonwood REPORT" and
the Board of Commissioners,
specified and set out that the
term of said contract was to be
for two years; and therefore the
words above referred to were not
in accordance with said adver-
tisement and agreement;
1t is hereby ordered, That the
words ''including the proceed
ings of this session of the Board
and those of the April 1899 ses-
sion of the same" be, and they
are hereby stricken from the
aforesaid order, and that the
aforesaid order of April Is 1897.
stand, otherwise, as made at that
time.
In the matter of the bids for
medical attendance upon the
county poor:
The bids heretofore fled in &C
cordance with the advertisement
for bids for medical attendance
upon the county poor. were
opened at this time.
Four bids were submitted, and
duly considered by the Board:
The bid of DR.. T. w. Nickel
being the lowest, namely $l75.00,
including medicines, per annum,
the said T. w. Nickel NJ. D., was
awarded the contract for medical
attendance upon the county poor
for two years from and after this
date; the said T. w. Nickel
M. D., to file bond at once, for
the faithful performance of his
duties as county physician, in
the sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars.
The bids of DR.. Charles Busey,
DR.. S. E. Bibby and DR.. w. F.
Shawley were thereupon rejected.
The following bills were al
lowed on the current expense
fund, and the auditor ordered to
draw warrants therefor on said
fund:
s Z Bibby, for med. attendance
county poor. $53 90
A w darlington, Quar-. salary
elk. BID. Co. CONS, ....... 81 30
a. F. Parker, county printing
and publishing. ......a....1 52 90
The following bills allowed on
the general road fund, and the
auditor ordered to draw warrants
therefor on said fund:
] c Stephens, surviving and wig 10 90
do do 10 90
J w Shannon, surveying. -, 10 90
John Chase, road viewer. ...... 6 90
Fred Hanson do ..... 8 90
George Stephens, Flagman, .... B 90
August Hendricks, road viewer. 9 90
7 j Yandell, do 8 90
Fred Yandell, Flagman. .... Z so
The board here adjourned I'M
til tomorrow at 8 o'clock a. m.
NINTH TERN DAY.
Wednesday, April 81, A. D.
1897. The Board met pursuant
to adjournment; officers present
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