The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-13
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of County Commission
ers, Yellowstone County.
Fourth Day.

The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 10 o'clock q. M; there We're
present w. %. Parker, chairman; s.
K. Deverill. C. M. Jacobs and Nat G..
Carwile, clerk.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The surveyors report with plat of
road, upon the petition of Paul Nc
Cormick and others was this day filed,
and said road as viewed, surveyed and
plated was declared a public highway
and the agent for road district No. 2,
Is hereby directed to open said road
to travel.
Upon the road petition of w. G. Hin
shaw and others: The surveyors re-
pert with plat Of road was this day
filed, and it was ordered that said road
as viewed. surveyed and plated is
hereby declared a public highway, and
the agents Of road districts Nos. 2
and 3 are hereby directed to open
said road to travel.
The viewers report upon the petit
ton Of Jesse Marsh and others was
taken up fer consideration and it ap-,
pearing to the board that the amount
OF damages awarded together with
the cost Of opening the road was ex-
~cessive, it was ordered that final &C
ton thereon be postponed until July
10, 1902, and the clerk was directed
to inform MI. C. M. Gshafee and others,
who favor said roadss that If the per-
sons who have advocated this road
will agree in writing to do all work
necessary to put the road in frstclass
condition for travel, the board will pay
the damages as awarded by the board
Of viewers and accept said report.
The hearing of the report of the
viewers upon the road petition OF
Fred w. Handel and others set for to-
day was postponed until July 10, 1902.
Upon the road petition of Simon
Forster and others: The viewers
thereon, heretofore regularly appoint
ed, filed their report; and it was rec
commended by said viewers that said
petition be not granted; thereupon-it
was ordered that said petition is here
by denied.
Upon the petition of G. w. Harding
and others and E. B. Carter and 9th.
ers: The viewers filed their report
on said petitions this day and July 10,
1902, at IL O'Clock a. m, was set for
the hearing thereof; and the clerk was
directed to post the required notices
of said hearing.
Upon the road petition of Geo. w
Hubbard and Others: The viewers fiji
ed their report on May 26 on said pc
tition and July 10, 1902, at 2 O'Clock
p. M, was set for the hearing there
Of; and the clerk was directed to
post the required notices ct such hear
ing.
The following petition, dated May
IA and filed May II, 1902, signed by
H.I. Grant and others, was present
ed:
1--WE, the undersigned freeholders Of
Road District No. 6, Yellowstone coun
ty, Montana, taxable therein for roae
purposes, and residing at Columbus
in said county, would respectfully re
quest your honoroble body to make al
order abandoning and disseminating
X H. HolJorr;rr hirhuyoyys fn.uif. gGGAJ
of the alley running east and ives
through block No. Sixteen (16) of tn
First Addition (known as Country
mans Addition) to the town of Still
water (now Columbus), Montana; al
so all that part Of the alley, running
north and south in said block lyini
south Of a line connecting the north
east corner Of lot No. Sixteen GIG
and the northwest corner Of lot Nc
T~wenty-one (21) in said block Nc
Sixteen Q6) for the following rec
sons, to-wit:
s.First.s The said alleys as hereil
described lie wholly within tn
grounds now owned and occupied e
a school lot by School District Nc
6 of said county Of Yellowstone.
Second. The said alleys hay
never been used by the owners Q
residents Of the lots adjoining sal
school grounds nor by the owners Q
residents Of the block surroundin
tho same MGR nv any other person O
persons whatsoever as public higf
ways"
It was ordered that said petition
hereby granted and the alleys 9
therein described are hereby vacate
and abandoned.
The resignation of J.. G. Bond 9
constable in and for Billings tow
ship was presented, accepted and Il