The record-union., 1898-04-05
SUPERVISORS IN SESSION.
SEVERAL ROAD MATTERS UNI
DER CONSIDERATION.
An Obstruction Ordered Removed
From Across the Lower
Stockton Road.

STOCKTON Road.
The Board of Supervisors met in reg
ular session yesterday morning, Chair
man Morrison presiding, and all the
members present. The minutes of the
Iprevious meeting having been read
and approved, the reports of various
Icounty officials We're read and ordered
placed on file.
r. c. Cohn, County Auditor. submit
ted the following statement of the
condition of various county funds:
State fund. $3.50 %; general fund,
81 1876 -; hospital fund, SIS 3S: school
fund, 1861 IS; road fund, So 90;
sinking and interest fund, 1851 81;
bonds of 1892 fund, 1850 IS; bonds
Of 1893 fund, ST 0S; bonds of 1883
fund. $S4S 73; bonds of 1895, 81, 32I IS;
salary fund, 1888 0S; Law Library
fund. S5S o. swamp and overflow land
fund. So, 100 Oh; unapportioned fund,
So. SJS A.
Road District No. 4, amount
to credit A......S 102 p
Warrants outstanding ... 1901 80
Overdrawn 49,. ....... S1,S02 IS
Road District No. >, amount
to credit 49,. ...... $40 50
Warrants outstanding 800. ,429 81
oVerdraWn 49,. .......... 81, LILO %
General road fund overdrawn All 81
HEALTH MATTERS.
ID. +. Fox, County Veterinary In
spector, reported that out Of 100
COWS inspected for tuberculosis. he had
found two diseased and had had them
killed. In visiting all the slaughter
houses he found them IN excellent
condition and all the beef cattle on
] hand healthy.
He also stated that he had the
threatened epidemic of hog cholera well
under control, having killed some 30
of the diseased animals and had been
unable to discover any symptoms of
! the disease in the porcine family in
/ the vicinity of Elk Grove, as hereto
fore rumored.
NJ. D. Coon, Health Officer of Oak
Park, reported that in several cases
/ seepage from cesspoOls threatened to
affect the water supply by fouling the
wells and he was instructed to bring
! suit against the offenders to abate the
nuisance.
REPORTS ON ROADS.
! J. c. Boyd Emil Miller and /. HinkIe
viewers, appointed to survey the road
petitioned for by residents of Road
District No. t, reported that it was
the only reasonable outlet to the Rose
/ vile road, for residents of Orangevale
and Fair Oaks. 1t was recommended
that damages be awarded Hall. Luhrs
r. rThn1N1oc I W.T. in,
of S125 each, making a total cost to
the county of $50 The road will
probably be accepted
/ J. c. Boyd. County Surveyor. re-
ported that he had made an examina-
ton of the roadway some two miles
from Freeport. and found that the
river bank had been washed away for
a distance of $50 feet. adjacent to the
road, and he recommended that it be
! riprapped with brush to prevent fur
Their encroachment
SUPERVISORS CONVENTION.
A communication was received from
Thomas a. Bell District Attorney of
Napa County. stating that Tuesday,
! May II, 1893, had been selected as
the day upon which to open the Su-
! pervisors' Convention, which will be
! held in that city, and promising a
general good time to all who attend
/ ed. The communication was filed.
/ At the afternoon session of the board
! the claims of F. l.. Williams of Road
District No. 4 for the sum of sd. and
a claim of the Folsom State Prison
for macadam for the sum of $3.50 "a
We're presented and allowed: also a
! bill against Road District. No from
/ the Folsom State Prison for the sum of
: So
| The usual monthly claims for salaries
/ of county officials were also allowed
CHANGE IN DISTRICTS.
! County superintendent of Schools B.
| F. Howard appeared before the board
and filed a proof of the new copy of
school district boundaries throughout
the county, note of which was ordered
| spread upon the minutes.
! He also requested that the board
order the Emmaton District, COM
prising Sherman, and other small is
lands in the Sacramento River. vacated
and attached to Rrannan District. A
motion to that effect by Curtis was
carried unanimously.
TO OPEN THE GATE.
| j. K. Houston of the "Siwash"
country, appeared before the board for
/ the purpose of ascertaining what dis
/ posal had been made of a former pc
| tition requesting a roadway leading
! to the lower Stockton road, and was
| Informed that the matter would not be
considered until after the beginning of
/ the coming fiscal year
! In the course of discussion it crOpned
/ up that the lower Stockton road was
iobstructed by a gate and on motion
of Supervisor brennan it was or
dered that the Commissioner of Road
/ District No. ) be instructed to remove
/ all obstruction from the road. This
aroused heated debate: jenkins
! strenuously Directing, but in vain
! brennan, Mclaughlin and Curtis vot-
/ ing for the measure Chairman Morri-
/ son and Jenkins voting no, and the
motion being carried, the board adj
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