Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-08-31
COM;IISSIONFKSP PROCEEDINGS.

| Board met at y ALL, august ~ooii'
present Commissioner Carson and Her
riman and clerk.
j. A. Hutchinson, appeared before the
board, relative to the vacation petitions
filed by Gus schultz, for the vacation Of
part OF the Joseph Mueller road and the
Geo. Smith road.
MIR. Elder came before the Board re-
garding .the repair OF bridge in road
Dist. No. 40, across Big Creek, board di-
rected him to call supervisors attention
to the road.
Application OF J. i. Bridges, attorney,
skiing the board TO pass an order in
sluctng the treasurer TO strike from the
rolls OF lS97-S imp assessed against the
nj, OF sci, OF swi4, OF 35-lS'6, for the
reason that no improvements are on
said lands, application granted and order
made.
Petitions Tor the resurvey OF parts OF
the Ilumptulips road were presented to
the board. and as said petition contains
all the matter and things required by
| law, it is therefore ordered that +. c..
Hunt, county surveyor, \. II. lligley,
and A. McAiee be and they are hereby
appointed viewers Of said proposed road.
+. G.. Moultous application for re-
! duction OF taxes read and the board hav-
ing no jurisdiction same ordered filed.
Application OF Lucy a Johnson, ask
ing TIE board to pass an order instruct
ing the treasurer to strike from the rolls
of 1881 CT tax against improvements
ON lot I, blk s, Westport beach, applca-
ton granted.
Application OF the Union Single Co.,
rejected.
Application of the Electric Light Co.
OF Aberdeen, asking the board to pass an
order instructing the treasurer to strike
the improvement on lot "a, blk town OF
Wishkah, as there are no Improvements
on said lot, application granted.
Application OF r. l.. Austin asking the
board to pass an order instructing the
treasurer to strike from the rolls Of 1896
rs, lexcessive tax against lot 3, blk So,
first add to Ocosta, for the reason that
said lot contains no improvement. appli.
cation granted.
Petition presented to the board, from
Ocosta, asking that Thomas ]. Mcdowell
be appointed Justice of the Peace Of
Ocosta precinct. Petition granted.
Vacation petition filed by Gus Schultz
being called up, the board appointed E.
G. Hunt, county surveyor, F. N. Wilson
and A. II. Kennedy, viewers and it is
further ordered that said viewers shall
proceed to view tile roads set forth in
SAID petition and make report Of their
opinion thereon to the board OF county
commissioners.
Ordered that the auditor cancel war
rants No. 1882 and 1854, on the road
fund.
Tie following bids for painting the
court house, examined: John Parsons,
$40; A. A. Smith, $435; II. Owens, 1925
and Chas Allen, $3.50.
Application of Andrew Smith asking
the board to direct the treasurer to strike
from the rolls Of 1898, the tax against
the property described in Vol. of tax
rolls OF 1898 page l6l line II to 33, same
being double assessment, application
granted.
H. Owens awarded contract for paint
ing court house, one coat, at $304.90.
Resignation Of j. F. Lord, supv. Of
dist "a, read and accepted, and A Katon,
appointed to succeed Dord.
Contract for the approaches to the
three bridges in Dist SO, awarded to
Mourant and Brisco, lumber in place
$3.50, piling l124 cents per foot.
The following bids for repair OF Satsop
river jetties: Parrish 4 Chalmers, pill.
ing in place capped at $3.50 each gravel,
boxed and in place, 45c per box; brush
in place, Csc per yd; lumber in place,
$l4.00 per thousand; driving three piles
in upper jetty, $4,000. ]. F. Poundstone
brush per yd, Soc; gravel, per yd in
Pi0eCS TS'1O, iuuOCi III pinOCS TAo'Oo pCi
thousand; piling drove and capped, 25c
per foot. The bid OF Parrish 4 Chalmers
was accepted.
The bid OF j. w. Hall for repair Of
Wynooche jetty was accepted: Piling,
$3.50; brush, per cord, $3.50; gravel in
boxes placed, 35c each lumber in place
$14.50; removing drift and replacing
plank, $1,000; repairing outer end oil
lower jetty. $500.
Board allowed bills on the Current ex.
pense fund as follows:
Wheeler Bros, mdse to pauper :. s 20 IS
B Zeebuyth, oil etc court house.. s Is
Beardsley Bros. burying and ex-
huming, Joe Anderson ........ 80 90
w H Pearson, sew Downing case 6 90
F E Jones, sund Assessors office. 25