The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Proceedings Of Billings County
Board Of Commissioners.

MEDoRA. N. d., Apr. s., 1897.
Board of county commissioners
met in regular session at 10 o'cloc K
a. M. Present all members.
Meeting called to order by Chair
man Stoddard.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Lang, seconded by Mr..
Mikkelson. and adopted:
Resolved, that the county treasurer shall not
Russian Thistle and Cactus tax.
The following resolution was offer
ed and on motion adopted:
Whereas, ]. F: Towle having beeh elected as
SCISSOR for commissioner district No. 3 and having
fail dn p t aEasl,f Syei %ith'n Tat tas time m ,bRs r efiei 81 a BY
SCISSOR for said district, it is resolved that j. F.
Towle Of said district is hereby, appointed assess.
bond is hereby fixed in the sum Of $500.
On motion of Mr.. Mikkelson the
bond of j. +. Towle, assessor in dis.
trict No. 8, in the sum of $500, is
hereby approved.
The following resolution was Offer
ed by Mr.. Lang, seconded by Mr..
Mikkelson, aud adopted:
Whereas u majority of the legal voters in and
for the second commissioner district having pc
titioned the board of county commissioners. to
change the boundaries of the commissioner dis
tricts and the board having considered such pc.
tition, and it appearing to the board that the said
districts are not equal in population. it is resolv-
Thatthe county be and the same is hereby re
districted into commissioner districts as follows:
District No. n shall consist of the
following described territory:
Beginning ut a point where the line Of the 10th
standard parallel. intersects the line between the
states Of North Dakota and Montana; thence
north along the west boundary line Of the state
Of North Dakota to the center Of the main chan
REL of the Missouri riveri thence e%asterly along
river to the line between ranges 100 and 1O1 west;
thence south and along the line between ranges
100 and 101 west, to the 18th standard parallel;
to the northeast corner Of township lis, north Of
range % vest thence south and along the line be.
tween range 81 and % west to the 10th standard
parallel; thence west along the line of the 10th
standard parallel to the place Of beginning.
District No. two shall consist Of the
following described territory:
Beginning at q point where the line between
toYnshigs l40 and 141 int sects the boundary
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the line between townships 1855 and 1877 thence
east along said township line to the line between
line to the line between townships ito and i'll;
thence west along said township line to the place
Of beginning. :
Ditsrict No. three shall consist of
the following described territory:
Beginning at q point where the 9th stand ard
states Of North Dakota and Montana; thence
south and along the said boundary line to the 7th
standard parallel thence north along said line to
9S'and % w:;thenee' north along !saia line to the
&c 81 . .,snSs4S J Rasai]',si'its 10 t9 sss line e sstx s!Sn 4aus tss
4 s~ scs ranges ns Ses'i 81 i4s sad 81 vest 9 he ~ so IT, east
corner nes Of township v hip ~ a. 1 sfsnds OF range a.ls,,s g " we ,Sa
place Of beginning.
On motion the county attorney was
authorized to confer With the co IN
missioners of Stark COUNTY with ref.
erence to the estimates of the cost of
surveying the line between Billings
and Stark counties and report ut next
meeting.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn:
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On motion the board adjourned to
meet at Q o'clock Tuesday.
Tuesday board net pursuant to ad-
journment; present all: members.
On motion Il penalty al0 interest,"
on taxes of Mrs. Janet Lang amount
ing ty 1894 was ordered refunded.
On motion auditor was authorized
to issHe a duplicate refqndi4g order
to w. T. Hendrop for taxes errone-
0usly assessed, and in lieu of an order
not regularly drawn, amount of said
duplicate order being $5.l5.
On motion fee report Of clerk OF
district court for January, February
and March was approved.
On motion the following taxes were