The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

anu IN oank. Ireasurer's report
was then approved and ordered
fled.
The board then adjourned until
2 p m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board reassembled at p m, all
members present.
Report OF Olaf G Field, John w
Shields and Harry K Thompson,
viewers appointed to examine into
tue matter OF. abandoning certain
roads, was presented and read,
They made the following recon.
mendatlons.
First-That the road between
secs 33 and "a, rs n,r4 w.should
be abandoned, for the reason that
it would be of considerable expense
to the county to make it passable
at all and for the further reason
that there is county road running
parallel l2 mile further csst.
Second-The roads between secs
and 4, t "a n, r W, should be-
abandoned for. the reason that il
would be Of considerable expens.
| to the county, and it would benefit
only one or two residents, It
shortening the distance to Burton
post office, only about Ia mile.
Thi.'d That the road between
secs 80 and 33, tp 25 n. 4 ",
should not be abandoned for the
reason that it will cause very little
expense TO the county, and it's
abandonment. would make dis
tance OF 2 l-2 miles between
parallel roads.
Fourth-That the road running
diagonally across sec 5, "a n,
rw 4, be abandoned for the reason
that there are roads on the section
lines surrounding said sec 5.
After argument pro and con, by
interested persons, it was, on
motion of Taylor, seconded by
Miller, unanimously ordered that
the report of the viewers tc ac
cep'ed and approved and The
viewers discharge.
On motion it Was ordered that
the clerk purchase certain land
pat tracings from the y S Land
t Office.
i Petition of FL F Guth and others,
e for the construction of a bridge
across the Marias river was pre-
i ser ted. After discussion this
+ matter and that Of the bridge
J.. across the Teton river, near
g Collins station, the following reso
e luton was adopted
Resolved, That it is the sense oi
5 this BOARD. that bridges be con
8 structed across Marias and Teton
3 rivers, and it is hereby ordered
o ttat the board of commissioners
o and the cGunty surgeyor meet at
. n 2 d@ra o. the 29th day of
: Marsh, . he purpose of snf"ct-
6 ing sites for SAID bridges. 1t is
p further ordered that after said
# sites are selected the clerk he
instructed to advertise in all the
,f papers of the county and II
n Helena l de pendent for four wsel
a for bids for the construction
d said bridges. Said bids to be
:. opened at special meeting of this
n board, to be held on the 18th day
,r of June, 1898. Bidders must ac
company their bids with full and
70 complete plans and specifications
d for said bridges Also by a Ger.
| tilted check in favor of Teton
d county of q per cent of the amount
d of the bid as an earnest Of good
n faith. No bids to be considered
!. unless accomp panied by full and
+ complete specifications.
Petition Of w Mcknight aud
q others, for bridges across the
&c Marias river and Birch creek, was
denied for the reason that pros
. vision had been made under scpar-
ate petition for bridge across tho
Marias river, and that Teton
county has no legal right to con-
IS struct a bridge across Birch creek,
se The proposition of Don Daven,
= port to furnish the county with a
le set of maps, laid over from the
December meeting, was rejected,
"a Remaining claims against the
~ county we're then audited and
warrants ordered for those al
ct lowed.
"a Iteu,, 1924 SO in claim of S NJ
10 Corson, disallowed as ,overcharge
ia in publication OF delinquent list in
~ 1897
"a Board audited ACCOUNTS of its
mem berS and ordered warrants
u issued in payment Of the same.
Board then adjourned the regular
March term, sine die
m NoTE-The list of claims al
II l.