Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
Proceedings Of the Board of
County Commissioners.

| FFoCeeuingS CT the Board OF
County Commissioners.
tcohtinued irom last week.
| July 20, ls9s, $3.50 a m.-Board met pursuant To
adjournment Present, Geo. K Butler chairman.
Robt Griffith, c. Il. schof. ana Ilmes Putill deputy
clerk
The claim Ct Dave Mostly for Juror fees In Probate
court read and allowed e 2b.
Clam Of VIM osgood, Juror fees in district court
1t is hereby ordered that the treasurer pay war.
rants Nos 10 and 25, issued Feb. l. 1897 out any
moneys OF the current expense fund of lSf8 which Il
| not otherwise appropriated.
Petition OF citizens praying that q road startling
from Geerharts ranch on Bennett creek and running
westward, crossing Hot Spring creek at a point be.
low Hills ranch, keeping westward until IL intersects
Hot Spring road about four and half miles east OF
Mountain Home, thence running west on said road
and coming into the Rocky Bar road about half
mile east m Crandals shearing corral, be made a
county road. After due consideration the board re-
fused 70 make such change.
The following claims were read and allowed on the
road fund:
Riley Butler, timbers furnished ....... 30 so
Chester, road contract district No A.. .Isi 50
Slater, road contract district No g. SO 90
John Holland, labor and material roads. rs 90
w Pruy, labor on road not in contract. is 90
II q Bostwick, labor on road not In contract 90
II Newton, labor on road not In contract. IL 90
N johnson, contract district No l.......... 30 81
l. Tate, contract district No s .......... q5 AZ
Claim Of ) McGinness for road contract district
No for s13636, read and appearing that said
McGinness is indebted to Elmore county, said claim
Is laid over until settlement of said Indebtedness.
The board then proceeded to open bids for road
contracts, follows:
Bid Of Q PREY. district !, for years, 81 900.
Bid of @ w Jackson district l. for years. 900.
Bid OF johnson, district l, for years. 7S0.
Bid of Z Abbott, district q for 2 years, 500.
Bid of John Tate, district 3, for years. l,4oo.
Bid OF A Chester district q for years. l45o.
Bid OF Halliday, district 2, for 9 years, l. 100.
Bid OF Fred Cooper, district 3, for years, 975.
Bid OF I Babb, district 4, for years, 1913
Bid of Chas II Walker, dist 4, for years, $50.
Bid OF Warner, district 3, for years, $3.50.
Bid Of J L Tate, district 5, for 2 years, 1850.
Bid Of o Slater, district 9, for . years, 400.
1t appearing that the bid Of j johnson for $3.50
being the lowest and best bid and the being
companed by good and sufficient bond, the same is
hereby accepted upon the signing Of the contract for
Adjourned to July 81 at 10 a. M
July 2l-The board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members present.
1t appearing that the bid of A. j. Chester for the
OF sl450O0 being the lowest and best bid and
same being accompanied by good and sufficient
Bond the said bid is hereby accepted subject TO and
upon the signing of the contract for Road Dist No
1t appearing that the bid of Fred Cooper for the
sum of $4,000 being the lowest and best bid, and
same being accompanied by good and sufficient
Bond, the same is hereby accepted subject to and
upon the signing OF the contract for Road Dist No g.
1t appearing that the bid of Chas. H. Walker in the
of $780, 90 being the lowest and best bid and the
same being accompanied by good and sufficient
Bond the said bid is hereby accepted subject to and
upon signing the contract for Road DIS No 4.
II appearing that the bid of J. l.. Tate in the sum
Of sl050. 90 being the lowest and best bid and the
said bid being accompanied by good and sufficient
Bond the same is hereby accepted subject to, and
upon the signing of Road Contract for Road Dist
No 5.
1t appearing that the bid of o. b. Slater in the
sum of S4000 90 being the lowest aud best bid, and
the same being accompanied by good and sufficient
Bond, the same lis hereby accepted subject to and
upon the signing ofthe contract for Road Dist No O.
The following liquor dealers bonds we're read and
apprOyed the clerk ordered the sheriff
to issue licences thereon:
C d Golden, Jvmes Stewart John winkelback and
II NJ Cook OF Rocky Bar.
Neil SHREDDER and A Goodiffe OF Glenns Ferry.
A II Stedman, 0ttenbeimer & Co., and J Bruce
of Mountain Home.
Ira A Rohrer Of Neal.
George Farber and Chas Grimm Of Pine Grove.
w Bailey of Little Camas
A Anderson and Anderson Of Dixie.
1t is hereby ordered that that part of road No. in
road districts Nos. and is hereby abandoned a
county road follows Beginning at where the trail
leaves said road in district and ending at where the
trail came into said road in district l, and also the
new road between the two above mentioned points
is hereby declared county road.
Adjourned TO July 25. at o'clock p. m.
July IS $50 a. m-Board met as a board OF equal
izaton, pursuant to adjournment. Full board pres
ent.
In the matter Of the application of the Atlanta
Mining Company, by W. H. Petit, Agent of said
company and heretofore laid over was at this tire
taken up. W. II. Petit appeared in person and
duly sworn and after examination and consideration
the board reduced said assessment and valuation as
follows: On mill 100000 the hosting works
100000. The application of A w. Lockmau, hereto ,
fore fled and asking that his assessment and vaua-
ton on the improvements on $ of Sc W, 2NE4
35 be reduced from $1,000 90 $500 90 after due
consideration the board refused to grant said appli
cation.
The board of equalization then adjourned
July %, p NJ Board met pursuant to adjourn |
ment with all members present.
The following claims read and allowed on the |
several funds and warrants ordered drawn for same
viz: Current expense fund:
Geo Mccormick, juror fees, district court 80
G T Rohrer, " 8 30 |
r J Turner, is 30 |
Geo Bernard 4 Co, steel shelves ...... rs 27
Jno Bryant, road contract, district No 81. 1875 90
J McGinness, road contract district NOT. 1856 80
In the matter Of warrants Nos. 81 25 80 80, 81, |
5s, GA and IS, issued January and February, 1896
instated and the treasurer instructed to pay said
warrants out of any moneys in the treasury of that
fund not otherwise appropriated.
In the matter OF fixing the salary of County At |
torney it is hereby ordered that the salary OF County
Attorney be fixed at $500 per year.
The following claims of W H Manion clerk OF
the board of county commissioners, $37 SO; re- |
corder, 200; as clerk district court, 27.55 au-
dtor 81 so, respectively, read and passed upon
as follows: AS clerk, allowed s3l25, disallowed rs;
as recorder 200, disallowed 200; clerk district
court 2755, disallowed 81 55 auditor 81 90, dis
allowed 67.5 SO. The dsallowances made in the above
claims are made for the reason that similar claims
have been dsallowed on the opinion OF the district
attorney as not being legal as the same covered
by the item of s3l. %.
Thereupon the board adjourned until July 20.
July 49, 9 q. m.-Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and all members present.
II is hereby ordered that adjourned meeting Of |
this board be had for the purpose Of considering bids
and for letting contract to repair the removing
and rebuilding the bridge at Pine Grove, and that |
such meeting be fixed for Wednesday, September H. |
1898.
The clerk OF this board is instructed to advertise
for bids repairing said Pine Grove bridge
Thereupon the board adjourned TO Sept. H. 1893
Approved, GEO. E. BUTLER, Chairman.
Attest: w, H. MANlON, Clerk. by j. A. puRTIJ. denuty
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