The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-08-05

| Harrison
There being a petition from the
citizens Of Harrison presented to the
board for its action thereon In the
folio wing words, to-wlt:
TO the Honorable Board Of County
| Commissioners for the county of
Kootenai, State Of idaho
We, the Undersigned, constituting
a majority OF the taxable inhabitants
of the territory hereinafter described
and set forth; do hereby petition your
honorable body that we be incorpo-
rated as village according to the
statute In such case made and pro-
videds that the name of such incor-
porated village be Harrison, and that
the bounds of said village be as fol-
lows:
Commencing at point on the east
side OF Lake Occur d'Alene in said
county; where the north boundary
line Of the Occur d'Alene Indian res
ervati0n intersects said lake, thence
; cast along said reservation line to d
stone set by the government surveyor,
and Witnessed by two pine trees, and
designed to mark quarter section
n corner when said survey is accepted
by the government; thence north one
n half mile to point which, when said
survey shall be accepted, shall be the
center quarter section corner OF the
north and south line of the section
q of which the two former corners men,
toned belong; thence north along
q said proposed section line to the south
bank of Occur d'Alene river; thence
n west along the south bank Of said
river to its mouth upon Lake Occur
= d'Alene; thence southerly along the
east shore of said lake at the waters
ginning.
- Signed by Fl. Schmaulhausen and
other citizens.
IL The board approved the above Pc
ttiOn and made the following order
N IN the premises, viz:
In the matter of the Incorporation
* of the village Of Harrison. At this
, time the question of incorporation
of the village Of HARRISON came VI
for hearing and it appearing that {
petition has been duly filed prayinl
at for the Incorporation of said village
tn and it further appearing that said pc
tition is signed by majority Of thu
taxable inhabitants of the territor.
oo sought to he Incorporated. and inhab
itants to the number of over fou
oo tundred are actual residents of sucl
territory described in such petition i
20 is therefore hereby ordered That tn
inhabitants of the territory hereinaf
oo ter described be and the same ar
hereby Incorporated into vilIag
oo to be governed by the provisions
the laws of this state applicable t
W the government of villages, under tn
name of the village of Harrison.
w 1t is further ordered that tn
boundaries of said village be as 70
~ lows:
lis Commencing at point on the cas-
is side of Lake Occur d'Alene in sal
me county Of Kootenai, where the mort
boundary line of the Occur d'Alen
Indian reservation lntersects sal
20 lake, thence east along said resery;
walton line to stone set by the GOV
20 eminent surveyors and witnessed b
two Pine trees, and designed to max
20 a quarter section corner when sal
.. survey is accepted by the governmer
80 thence north on what, when said sn
vey is accepted, will be the north an
20 south quarter line to the southea
corner of the northwest quarter I
20 section 81, township 48 north, rams
70 3 west of Boise Meridan; thence we
along the east and west quarter lii
w OF section 80, township 40 mort
range west until said line intersec
w with the waters of Lake Coe
d'Alene river; thence southerly alol
the shore of said lake, at the water
w edge at low water, to the place OF b
NJ. ginning. And it is further ORDER
or that e. p. Harris, &c
E. Thompson, e. w. Wheeler, &c
II. S. johnson and M. w. Frost be al
Or the same are hereby appointed
trustees of said village to hold the
lrn- offices and perform all the duties r
at quired of them by law until the ele
tion and qualification of their succe
sors at the time and in the mann
lrd. prescribed by law; and it is furth
ordered that the clerk of this boa
forward certified copy Of this ord