The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-12

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liams, clerk Of the district court. show
that the sum Of $777.3O was collected
in fees from November 1. 1898, up Il
September. /, 1899. Last year the
books were examined from Sept. j,
1897 to Oct. 81, 1895, aud in the thir'
teen months the Office received 1917. so.
A previous examination. the first one
during MI. Williams term of Office
from Jan. !. 1897 to Sept. l, 1897, the
fees amounted to 1884 20. The fees
for the present year amount to more
than aver before when reckoned accord
ing to the number Of mouths. It is a
matter Of congratulation Oh the part of
Clerk Williams. who is a very efficient
official.
Yellowstone county will soon adver.
tise for bids for the purchase Of a pile
driver. to be used in the construction
Of it's bridges. The county is building
a number Of new bridges and feels the
necessity Of owning a pile driver.
At the meeting of the county com.
missioners Saturday, they instructed
the clerk to notify the city Of Billings
ia construct a new bridge across the
city drainage ditch OH the county road
running westerly from Billings az the
present bridge was III bad condition
aud practically worthless. III case the
city refuses I comply With the request
the county surveyor will conStrn net the
same and the county attorney will then
institute action against the city to re-
cover cost.
Frank Morse ia assisting in the
county clerks Office during a rush Of
work.
The county commissioners. IN accord.
ance with the state law. met yesterday
for the purpose Of spreading the rail.
road assessment. as made by the state
board Of equalization. on the minute
books.
A new county bridge il to 10 con.
structed across Canyon creek. near Hes.
per farm. The county surveyor has
been ordered to furnish specifications
and advertise for bids.
Yellowstone county will make al
effort to have Big Horn county. Wyom.
ing. dizzy up OF the taxes collected from
assessed sheep, which range a part OF
the year in Wyoming aud the other
part in this county. Heretofore Big
Horn county has gobblcd up all the
taxes The Yellowstone county com.
missioners have Instructed the clerk ia
communicates with the county clerk Of
Big Horn and state that this county
will collect half the taxes if agreeable
to the latter.
The case Of the Custer cattle com.
pany VI. John s. Truscott, treasurer Of
Custer county and W. B. George, treas
urer Of Yellowstone county, which has
been on the court records Of this county
for over a year, will probably be sever
ed. The clerk Of the court has received
All unsigned order Of severance from T.
J. Porter, county attorney Of Custer
county, which will be presented ia
Judge Loud for signature when he con
venes court in this city next month.
| Should the Judge sign II the cass Of the
cattle company w. Mr., Truscott will
be heard III Custer county, while the
one against Mr.. George will be heard
here. The case Ia III wherein the
cattle company wishes to have decided
to whom II shall pay taxes for cattle on
the Grow Indian reservation, Custer
and Yellowstone both claiming them.
The taxes amount to about ~, 900 aud
will be a nice lump for either county.
A good sized slice of republican pros
perity has dropped into the county
treasurer sIofice, which. by the way, Ia
run by a republican Official, W, l..
Ramsey, Mr., Ramsey has been inca
paoitated from duty for sometime, but
all matters pertaining to the Office have
been carefully looked after by hts
deputy. Mis-, Ramsey, who il U OF
the best accountants in the city, Mrs,
Ramsey made a report to the comfy
commissioners last week Of the amount
of licenses collected for the quarter
ending August 81, 1900, aud II fairly
astonished the hoard, who were hardly
prepared for such an increase, which
was the biggest license record IN the
history of the county, The amount Of
licenses issued in the three months was
$b. lab, 30. This il BASS, 30 more than
in any previous quarter and 1892, 30
more than the same quarter IN 1893,
This amount collected during August,
1899, was $78l,h0 more than that COL
lected IN August, 1898, The county
commissioners very highly compliments
ed Mrs, Ramsey on her splendid report,
Heretofore there has been \ number
who have escaped paying license, hut
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