The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-09-10
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Business Transacted By the Board
at Its Last Nee eting-Electlon
Judges Appointed.

Judges Appointed.
HAMILTON, MONT, Sept. ID, 1902.
The board of county commissioners
of Ravalli county, Montana, met il,
regular session at o'clock a. IN.
Present.. r. Rawlins, E. A. John
son and w. E. Gleeson, commission
ers, and Howard D. Smart, county
clerk.
A number of claims against the Con-
tingent and Poor funds were exam
ined and allowed.
The reports of the boards of view
ers on the roads petitioned for by John
B. Spooner and others and by Joseph
M. Doyle and others were received and
Saturday, September 13. 1902, at 10
o'clock a. M, was set as the time for
hearing on the said petitions.
In the matter of the road petition of
w. D. Lear ct. al, L. Lacoursier, B.
S. Chaffin and ]. w. Popham were ap.
pointed as board of viewers.
In the matter of the road petitioned
for bv G. F. Whitesett and others, L.
Lacoursier, John B. Haley and w. J.
Whitmore were appointed as viewers.
On motion board adjourned.
Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Board me. at 9 o'clock a. M, all
members present.
A number Of claims against the Road
and General funds were examined and
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for the same.
Claim No. 139 IN favor of ]. w.
Howard, M. D., for $S1 90 account of
attending smallpox patients, was dis
allowed in the sum of $54.OO, that
amount not being considered proper
charge against the county.
| Board adjourned for the day.
Thursday, Sept. 4th.
Board met at 9 O'Clock a. tn., all
members present.
On motion it was ordered that all
real estate now belonging to the county
that has been acquired by reason o1
sale of same for delinquent taxes, bs
. advertised for thirty days and sold a
public auction; date of sale to be Sat
urday, October II, 1902, at II O'CLOCK
a. m.
On ~rrnksnr1 - nr<3o hot ~
tax certificate issued January 13, 1899
for delinquent taxes on lot 3, block
Riverview, be and the same is hereby
ordered cancelled on account of error
in assessment.
A petition was presented to tht
board signed by Fred Reinbold ane
others, asking that certain road or
Burnt Fork be opened and esta blishet
as county road. and the county attor
ney was instructed to take steps t.
have same opened, as it was found
that the road had formerly been used
as public highway.
i Judges of election for the different
precincts of the county were appointed
as follows:
! No. I, Sula-A. W. Vogt, S. II
Campbell and John Wetzsteon.
| No. 2, Overwhich-B. J. Castner, p
B. Bennett and L. A. Rice.
No. 8, Darby-George w. Solleder
D. D. Nicholson, N. E. Wllkerson, L
W. Overturf and G. L. Satterlee.
! No. 4, Grantsdale-R. w. Middle
ton, Geooge M. Steele, P. A. Jen-
nings, VIM. Mediation and Henry
Chambers.
No. S, Hamilton-R. Lee Perkins
Thos. Irvine, John A. Summers, Geo
H. Taylor and J. N. Taylor.
No. 6, Hamilton-Josiah Southwick
d. V. Bean, W. H. Bell, T. A. Chafir
and Thomas I'eering.
No. 7, Corvallis-Taylor Sheriff., M
L. Chaffin. Naaman johnson, W. D
Lear and T. L. Cruln.
i No. 8, Victor-Fred Cooley, J. J.
Bond, Thomas Gregory, A. S. Blak.
and T. w. Flowers.
II No. 9, Stevensyille-B. L. Logan, ]
w. Lancaster, S. B. Jones, John Ian
dram and 6. W. Samuels.
No. 10, Eight Mile-G. W. Shaffer
N. J. Tillman and W. H, Jameson.