The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-08-26
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Commissioners Proceedings.

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| Board of Commissioners of Mason county,
Wash. met pursuant to adjournment
nt-Commissioners W Specie. Henry
Latham and the clerk.
Board adjourned until O'Clock N, Aug 16,
| 1885,
Aug &c. 1898 at O'Clock a IN.
| Board met pursuant to adjournment.
| Present, full board and clerk.
Appeared C Israel, presenting petitions and
resolution relating to Sunday closing and prose
cutions thereon. The following resolution re-
| lating thereto was adopted:
RESOLUTION.
| State of Washington, ! GO
County of Mason, 10
| Before the Board of County Commissioners.
And now on the 10th day of August, 1898, there
| coming on to be heard before this Board the
petition of numerous merchants tax payers and
residents of said county protesting against the
| enforcement i'll said county in the Town of Shell
| ton in the manner shown to be proposed of the
| so called SUNDAY Law of the State of Wash
| ington and the said Board having heard read
the said petitions and the proof offered and the
statements made in said petitions appearing to
be true is now by the said board resolved that,
| WHEREAS it appears to this board that all of
the saloons and business houses in the Town of
Shelton are under the provisions of the Charter
Laws of the State of Washington subject to regu
lation, control and license by the Town Council
OF the said Town of Shelton and that said power
is conferred upon said town to the exclusion of
the County of Mason, and
| WHEREAS the said saloons are now licensed
by the said Town and bond given by each of
them to conduct said saloons in accordance
| x.,;+I, ~ Of
WHEREAS the said Town Council has the ex-
elusive right to cancel any and all said licenses
and
WHEREAS the County of Mason receives no
| revenue from the said license tax. and
WHEREAS the said Charter Laws make full
provision for The enacting by said Town Coun-
Gil OF all necessary Ordinances for the control
and closing OF the said saloons and business
houses. and
WHEREAS it appears to this Board that the
proposed arresting and prosecuting OF alleged
offenders uuder the said laws is to be conducted
not upon the information of any public officer
| or upon the complaint of any individual who
could be compelled to substantiate his COM
plant or be compelled to pay the costs of the
prosecution bnt is proposed to be had in the
| name and at the cost of this county by an as
ISOLATION of individuals who do not propose to
appear as complaining witnesses and in the
hands of a private prosecutor not under the con-
troll of this Board.
Now THEREFOR BE 1T RESOLVED BY THIS
BoARD-That it is the sense and wish of this
Board that all prosecutions of alleged offenders
| against any such laws shall be made only upon
the sworn complaint OF private prosecutor or
person giving information of the violation of
any such law who is prepared to substantiate
| by his sworn cOroborated evidence the truth of
| the charge he makes or in absence of an ability
so to do to be in position to be mulcted in the
costs and that the regulation and control of said
places OF business be left to the Town Council of
| the Town of Shelton under such ordinances as
| they may enact. And the Clerk of this Board
! be instructed to furnish to the Prosecuting At
torney of this County and to the Justices of the
! Peace of the Precincts wherein is included the
Town of Shelton with copy of this resolution
and request said officers to allow all regulation
control or prosecution of violat of any ordin-
| ance against Sunday opening to be prosecuted
| by said Town and that they do not entertain
| any prosecution under the laws without the
same is upon their personal knowledge and
| complaint or upon the complaint of a private
| individual who will swear to the truth of his
| complaint and produce his own evidence cor
oborated by the evidence of at least one other
witness that his statements are true. And that
they entertain no prosecutions under the state
ments OF information and belief of any associa-
ton, society or attorney at law. And that they
i'll all things consistent with their sworn duty
place upon the Town of Shelton the responsible
| ity AMI maintainance of all prosecutions of
| Sunday closing.
ID. M. DUCKwORTH, Chairman.
| L. W. SPECIE,
| HENRY LATHAM,
{. W. Hartman, prosecuting attorney, filed
written opinion relative to defective youth.
Mrs :. J. Morse appeared, and upon proper
showing the assessment for improvements on
lots and 6, blk J, David Sheltons LIST addition.
was ordered stricken from the rolls of 1897.
Board adjourned until o'clock a. m. August
II, 1925
August l. 1878, at o'clock a. M, Board met
pursuant to HCjournment
| Present-Fun Board and Clerk
On motion all of sec g, Town 20 N, ROW, west
OF Pickering passage, and all of sec 4, Town %
| n, Nv, was transferred from Road District
| NO. 16 to Road Dist Is.
Secs "a and 81. Town 81 n r 8 w, and all of
secs q and 10. west of Hammersley Inlet, in
Town 20 \. r. wv, was transferred from Road
District No. 16 to Road Dist T.
In the mater OF the A. NJ Richardson road,
the same is ordered established and Commits
sloner Specie was ordered to open same
Appeared G. E. Griggs, supervisor of Road
Dist No. 8, and on settlement was allowed the
sum of SIS out the Gen Road fund.
Commissioner Specie was ordered to have the
road on Shelton and Union road at the hill near
Todd schoolhouse placed on the survey.
The bills of the following persons were con-
sidered and the following allowances made:
W S Covill, justice fees State vs. Grundy
MORROW, SO 80
oscar Bailey, witness Grundy Morrow, 200
A Getty, ON
NJ IL Draham' 200
j E YOder, ON
c w Leske, ooo
G Angle, printing, $50
r Elson, fixing bridge and hauling plank. S 5
John Savage fixing bridge, % On