Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-09-11

Mo-. Valley Bridge & Iron Co. ......... 3.52s 90
Dibley * Robinson. .......,......... $3.50 90
o. T.. Peppard ....... 1854 %
American Bridge Co. 1895 90
c. 4. II. Campbell. .............., 5.l26 90
do do .....-..----..t DDS 10
The bid of NJ. A. Adams being considered
the lowest and best was moved and seconded
that II be accepted.
Mr.. Adams entered into contract with the
board Of county commissioners. subject TO the
approval of the board of road trustees of road
district No. %, to build said bridges according
to plans and specifications filed with his con-
tract, before the 18th day of November, 1901,
and agreed to furnish bond in the sum of 5000
for the faithful performance of said work.
The clerk was instructed to advertise for bids
as follows:
For drugs, medicines, etc, for county DOR,
For medical aud surgical attendance on
county poor.
For care Of county poor.
For wood and coal for use of county.
Said bids TO be received up TO 2o'clock p. m,
Monday, Dec. 2. 1901. and Sept. Goth. 1901.
Board adjourned to O'Clock a. m, Sept. I,
1901.
Board met at o O'Clock a. m.
All present.
BILLS ALLOWED.
VIM. Early. care of insane person .. IL 90
Carl Anderson, wood ................ 500
A. Hopkins, supplies. .............. 10 90
NJ. l.. Poland, supplies. ................. 10 "a
Gilt Edge Mere. Co. supplies. ......... II 65
VIM. Medigar, care of county poor..... 1,G32 81
Attachments of assessments were allowed as
follows:
A. +. Trask, 3l2 acres of land situated in Vel
lowstone county.
Ryan Bros, 100 head of cattle.
Applications for abatement of assessments
disallowed as follows:
J. II. Elijah. 40 head of cattle.
A. p. Trask, 1886 on land.
Bills disallowed as follows:
Claud Baker. injury to horse ........... so 90
F. I. Showalter. care of pauper. .,........ 500
DIR. ]. b. Atchison, care of pauper......... q 90
BILLS ALLOWED.
Vim. Houlc, road work. 6 90
The following road viewers reports, laid over
from Sept. Srd, were examined, to-wit:
On a road beginning at a point on the Lew
istown and Fort Maginnis county road, near
north line of nwL of sw1e. sec 3, tip IL n, 7 10 c.
running thence northerly along western side
of the valley about one-half mile to point
near the residence of o. W. Kelly, thence
easterly across valley to again ~intersect the old
road.
On a road beginning at a point about so rods
east of the southwest corner of sec Is, tp IL n,
r l6 e. thence running west to the southeast
corner of sec 10, thence in a southwesterly di-
rection to the center of the south side Of sec q,
said township and range, there to again inter
sect the old road.
1t appearing tn the board that there were no
non consenting land owners or other persons
Directing to the said roads, the reports were
approved and it was ordered that the said roads
be declared public highways. The county
surveyor was instructed to survey and plat the
said roads and to file the plat and field notes
with the county clerk, and the county clerk
was instructed to notify the trustees of the dis
tricts wherein the said roads were situated. of
the action of the board and order them to open
the said roads to the public.
The viewers reports on the following de-
scribcd roads having been received. to-wit:
\ road beginning at the southeast corner of
sec %, Up IL n. T 20 t, and running west q mile
A road beginning at the NV cor of neL Of
swil, sec u, tp II n. r Is e, and running east y
mile. thence south to ~intersect old road.
\ road beginning at Phillip Saunders ranch
on the Judith river and running easterly to
i~nterscct the Dog Creek and Judith Landing
road.
The board set Oct. 2lst for hearing them.
Thos. Riser and Chas. Allen were appointed
viewers on a road near Kendall.
j. II. Charters and Ben Moulton were APP
pointed viewers on a road near Grass Range.
Norman Poland and Owen Dunn were APP
pointed viewers on a road near Gilt Edge.
John Crowley and John Leman were APP
pointed viewers on a road running from Big
Spring creek to Warm Spring creek.
L. w. King and J. r. Barnes were appointed
viewers on a road near Kendall.
The matter of appointing viewers on achange
of the New Year and Lewlstown road was laid
over to next session.
II having been reported to the board that
John Shaw. a trustee of road district No. n
had left that district and did not intend to re-
turn thereto. the board appointed J. II. Chart
ers to fill the vacancy.
Application OF the school trustees of District
No. 10 TO have the special school tax of their
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received aud granted.
Officers reports for last quarter were exam
ined and approved as follows:
J. NJ. Croft, county treasurer.
Ed. Wright, clerk Of court.
c. NJ. Kelly, county clerk.
7. NJ Shaw. sheriff.
DIR. II. IL. Wilson, county physician.
VIM. Medigar, manager county poor farm,
w, Hudnall, state examiner.
The clerk was instructed to advertise for bids
for doing certain repairing and building at the
county poor farm. Also for making a plat of
the town Of Lewistown and the additions
thereto. and of certain lands in the ~neighbor-
hood OF the said own
+. II. Wight was employed as janitor at the
court house at a salary of$75 per month.
A special session of the board was called for
Sept. 10th for the purpose of receiving bids and
transacting such other work as might legally
come before such a meeting.
A special meeting OF the boaro was set for
Oct. Dist for the purpose Of acting on certain
road viewer reports and transacting such
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