The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-05
COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Bonds for Court House Construction
Offered and Filled.

Bonds for Court House Construction
Offered and Filled.
The board of county commissioners
met in special session Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, with all members
present
The petition of Charles Sang ct al
tor abandoning the county road COM
mencing at the southwest corner of
northwest quarter, northeast quarter,
section 10, township 81, range 81;
thence east one-half mile; thence along
slough and foothills to section line
between sections 10 and in said
township and range; and in lieu
thereof to establish county road COM
mencing at or near the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter of
northeast quarter, section 10. town
ship 27, range 81; thence in a north
west direction (parallel with the
Great Northern railway to O'Brien's
MILD to section line between sections
10 and 8, township 27, range 81, was
granted and road ordered changed
for the establishing of county road
running east from Gateway to con-
meet with county road running north
and south, was ordered returned with
Instructions to have same drawn up
IN conformity with the law.
III. E. West, L. H. Faust, John L.
HART, Scott Sanford and Fred White
side were appointed delegates to at
tend the Internal onal Mining con-
gress at Butte.
The bills of Frank Minter, for Sc
and SIS, were reconsidered and. al
lowed, as was the bill of C. F. Sedg-
wick, for 81.
The petition of H. G. Hickman ct
al, for the establishment of county
road, commencing at the county road
on west side of Flathead lake, on
township line between townships 26,
range 20 and township 81 range 20:
thence west on township line to the
southeast corner of section "a, town
ship 81, range 81; thence southwest
across west half of section /, to the
southwest corner section l, township
26, range 81, was granted, and view
opened and surveyed.
The contracts and bonds OF HASTE
& Dougan, Mcintosh Hardware com
pany, and Irwin, Hodson & Co, for
the construction, plumbing and heat
ing and jail mixtures of the court
house and jail were approved and or
dered filed.
In the afternoon the commissioners
met as a board of equalization.
The petition OF the Conrad National
bank for reduction in assessment of
| 81, $50 was granted, while the petition
of G. E. and w. G. Conrad to strike
certain lands off the assessment rolls
was rejected. The fact that the lands
were not patented was the basis of
the petition.
The petition of w. E. Schirmer for
reduction in assessment of personal
property was rejected. The balance
of the afternoon was spent in com
pairing assessments, and the board
adjourned at p. m
Saturday morning, before meeting
as a board of commissioners, the
board took up the petition of Drew
& Mcdonald for reduction of taxes
and rejected it.
The commissioners then took up
the consideration of road and bridge
matters.
The petition for the construction
of bridge across the South Fork of
the Flathead river was laid over
pending investigation.
A petition was received from Fran
els B. West ct al, for the construc-
ton of a. county road, commencing 10
rods east of the quarter corner on
north line of section 8, township Sc,
range 81 west; thence IN a south
westerly direction to small lake
called Middle lake, and County Sur
veyor B. S. Adams, Frank Minteer
and Harvey Young were appointed
viewers to meet at place of begin
ming September 8, 1902, and inspect
proposed road.
The board made a personal inspec-
ton of the bricks hauled to the court
house, and found that some poor
bricks were hauled, and these were
ordered removed.
Board adjourned at p. m.