Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-03-10

DOdF0 pTOCoouou 10 CHECK up county
auditors book.
On motion, board adjourned till 2p.
M, March 6, 1899.
2 p. M, March 6, 1899.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
for the purpose of considering bids for
bonds for court house and Jail of SIC, 600.
Present: Full Board.
Board called to order by Chairman
Gaines.
The following sealed bids were opened
and read:
Bid of the First National Bank, of
Columbus, Ohio, at $l0,375.
Bid of s. A. Kean, Chicago, Ill.,, at a
premium of per cent.
Bid Of Denison, Prior q Co., Bankers,
Cleveland, Ohio, at $4,000.
Bid of Kane & Co., Minneapolis,
MIMI, at $40, 600.
Bid of C. C. Gowran & Co., Grand
Forks, N. d., at $4,000.
Bid of Lewis Brothers, Glasgow, Mont.
at $lO,3l5.
On motion, all sealed bids were re-
jected as above recorded, and the board
proceeded to hear auction bids from
bidders present, and accepted the offer
Of G. G. Gowran & Co., Of Grand Forks,
N. D., of $1,000, which was the best
and highest bid made, and he to furnish
blank bonds.
Commissioner VIM. Loughland intro
duced the following resolution and
moved it's adoption.
WHEREAS. the County of Williams in
the State of North Dakota contains more
than three hundred voters, and has
been organized more than four years,
and the county seat of said county has
been permanently located as provided
by law. and the building or buildings
occupied by said county for court
house and Jail purposes are inadequate
to the wants thereof, and are unsafe by
reason Of extraordinary risk Of fire and
| otherwise: and
| WHEREAS, pursuant, to the provisions
of Article II of Chapter 26 of the
Revised Codes OF the State of North Da.
kota Of 1895, being sections 2O43 to 2O54,
inclusive, and the board of county com.
missioners of said county at a session Of
said board held on the 9th day of Octo.
Der, A. D. 1898 decided to call all cleo
ton under the provisions of said law, to
be held on Tuesday, November 9Th,
1898, to vote on the question Of issuing
the bonds Of the said County of Williams
in the aggregate sum Of ten thousand
($1O,00O dollars. payable twenty (2O)
years from their date; the bonds to be
in denominations of five hundred (S5OO)
dollars each. drawing interest at the
rate Of six (6) per centum per annum,
payable annually, the proceeds of sale
of said bonds to be used for the sole pur-
pose of erecting court house and Jail
for the use of said county in the Town
of Wiliston. where the county seat OF
said county has heretofore been per.
manently located as provided by law,
said election having been duly called
and held as provided by law, and due
notice thereof given in the manner pro-
yided by law; and
| WHEREAS, the election so called was
duly held on the 9Th day of November,
A. D. 1898, and after canvass Of the
returns of said election it was found that
the proposition to issue bonds had been
carried by more than majority vote; and
| WHEREAS, the sale of said bonds has
been duly ADVERTISED for at least once
each week for four consecutive weeks
in the Bismarck Weekly Tribune, one
of the leading newspapers published a,
Bismarck, the seat of government of the
State of North Dakota, and also for the
same length of time in the Williston
Graphic, a newspaper Of general circuls-
ton published at Wiliston in said
county, pursuant to resolution of the
board of county commissioners of Jan.
uary 18th. 1899.
| Now, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by
the board of county commissioners Of
the County of Williams, in the State oil
North Dakota, that pursuant to law, and
especially with reference to the pro.
visions Of Article II, Of Chapter 26. of the
Revised Codes Of the State of North Da'
kota of 1895, being sections 2O43 to 2O54
inclusive, and any amendments thereto
and pursuant to the proceedings of thi,
! board already had in the premises, and
in accordance with the wishes of the
electors of said county as determined by
the election duly called and held on thu
9Th day Of November. 1893, the nego
table bonds of the County of William.
be issued in the sum Of ten thousanc
(l0.OOO) dollars; said bonds to bear dat,
April let, 1899, to become due April 1st
1919, to be in denominations of fvs
hundred ($5OO) dollars each; to bea
interest at the rate of six (6) per centun
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