The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-25
WHAT NEW MEN DID
Board of Commissioners Trans.
acted Routine Business.
Selected Three Hundred Names
From the Tax Rolls From
Which to Draw Jurors.

The new board of county commission
ers, Z. n. HinchliH, chairman, and J. NJ.
hiemgard and A. B. Willard, commits
sloners, held a session January IA, their
hrst day IN. The following business was
transacted:
Present, A. B. Willard c. N. Hinchliff
and j. NJ. Klemgard.
The board organized by the election
OF Z. n. Hlnchliff as chairman for the
ensuing year
And now at this time the board after
a careful examination proceeded to al
low the following general claims:
Cornelius, E L repairs on safe Sl5O
King, A h supplies for sherif's Office %
Wilson, DIR q b med attend for Mrs G
f Aldrich " SOo
whitman Abstract Co use of plat books
etc assessors office 800. .. 40 90
King A supplies for auditors Office II 20
Love, ii NJ services as court stenographer 80 90
Halmerton, ) w prescriptions filled for
G 4 Aldrich Observation-Disclosures. 325
Palmer, w livery for sheriff .. $50
Scalp Bounty Claims.
And now at this time the following
coyote scalp bounty claims we're allowed,
and the county auditor is directed to
draw his warrants on the county treas
urer in favor of the respective persons
hereinafter indicated, payable out of
the current expense fund:
Allen, Z S 90
Gartin, l. f ..................,..... 90
hleHSaru, d . ................... 90
On motion the claim OF W. E. Thomp-
son against road district II, was al
lowed, amounting to S. %.
On motion the official bond of l.. l..
Calhoun for justice of the peace for pre-
cinct 3S, was approved.
Ia the matter of the appropriation OF
$50 to John F. Corner, auditor, for care
of indigents, it was ordered that he be
allowed to file vouchers for any and all
expenses OF his Office to cover the
amount of the allowance made him July
5, 1899, for $50, for the care OF indi-
gents.
In the matter of the appointment of
deputies for sheriff's office, it was order
ed that the sheriff be allowed two riding
deputies and one office deputy and
jailOr. Mr.. Hinchliff voted for one rid
ing deputy and one office deputy and
jailOr, and stated that one of the depu-
ties, whose appointment is approved,
stated to him that he could do all the
work of the riding deputies himself; that
it was absolutely unnecessary to have
two riding deputies and that he was no
pauper, and if he could not get the ap-
pOintment hOnOrably he did not want it
at all; that he did not want any posi-
ton at the expense of the county.
The sheriff filed with the board for ap-
prevail his certificate of appointments of
Ortis Hamilton, Jas. A. Greene and j
H. Davis as deputy eheriffs respectively,
and the board, having carefully con-
sidered said appointments, ordered that
said appointments be approved.
The auditor filed with the beard for
approval his certificates of appointment
of T. J. Welty and F. 0. Williams as
deputy auditors respectively, and the
q board, having carefully considered said
appointments, ordered that said ap-
pointments be approved.
NessIy Remembers Mcdonald.
The following communication was pre-
sented'
"CoIfax, Wash, Jan. IA, 1901.-Gen-
tiemen: | respectfully call your atten-
ton to claim No 1874, being bill of
costs in the case of the State VS.. William
Mcdonald, in which ". W. Saunders is
allowed SOL 90 on a claim for 176 miles
and two days as witness in said case
in the Justice court of A. E. Kirkland. |
respectfully ask that you investigate
this and assert W. W. saunders was
not present at said trial and that the
law specifically provides that witnesses
for defense in preliminary hearings shall
not be allowed mileage or per diem IN
cases where the defendant is bound over
to the superior court as was done IN the
case of State VS.. Mcdonald above re
ferred to. | respectfully suggest that
you investigate the case and ascertain
why this claim was allowed. j. f..
Nessly."
On motion the communication was re-
ferred to the prosecuting attorney Tor
investigation, with request that he re-
port his findings in the matter.
In the matter of moving the bridge
across the Palouse river in PalOuse City
near flour mill, the following bids were
presented:
O. IL. Horton proposed to remove the
bridge for 1925, and A. Walk agreed to
remove it for $3.50, whereupon on due
consideration that an emergency existed,
the bid of A. Walk, was accepted.
John ". Mathews, by his affidavit
filed, states that Thomas W. Lawson
was assessed and taxed in Whitman
county Wild real e5ldIc IDA lOI 1OO' OA
the nwA of Sec. 13, Tp. 10, K A, $29 SO
and for 1898 on the same land $22.
amounting to $51.93; that he has paid
none of said taxes as above indicated,
and that at the time said assessment
was made the title to the land was in
the United States government and was
not assessahle to Thomas W. Lawson,
or to any other person or corporation;
and that he asks that said taxes be
cancelled on the real estate, in accord
ance with the opinion of the superior
court of the county; and the board, hav-
ing carefully considered the matter and
finding the facts as set forth IN the
affidavit OF Mr. Mathews to be in all re
spects true, ordered that said appllca
ton be granted, and the county auditor
is directed to notify the treasurer OF sucf
cancellation.
In the matter of the petition Tor
monthly allowance for one tleitu'
FIeiselman of Uniontown, an INDECENT
person. the same was referred to Com
missione. Klemgard for investigation.
The Treasurer's Bond.
Tn the matter OF the approval OF tn
official bond OF " j. Windus as treas
said NfficIA