The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-04-28
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Adjourned Special Meeting-second
Day.

Day.
Billings, Mont, April 81, 1903.
The board met this day at 10 o'clock
q. m. pursuant to announcement, all
members being present. The minutes
Of the preceding meeting were read
and duly approved.
It having been called to the atten-
ton OF the board that certain work
was necessary to be done on that por-
ton of the Billings and Lavina road
beginning at Twenty-mile and extend
ing to Lavina, upon motion Ed C..
Roberts was duly appointed as agent
for the section of road described.
1t was ordered that there be trans
ferred from institute fund to general
fund the sum of 1929.
It appearing from the records that
through a technicality in the manner
OF submitting the ballot to the people
at the general election in November,
1902, the proceedings preliminary to
the issue OF bonds for the purpose of
raising money for the building of q
new court house and jail at Billings
had become void and ineffective, and
that in order to issue bonds for the
purpose just mentioned it will be-
come necessary to re-submit the ques-
ton to the vote of the qualified cleo
tors of Yellowstone county, and the
desire being expressed to the board
by a considerable number of citizens
and taxpayers that a special election
be called for the purpose named, the
board after due d~eliberation, upon
motion by Jacobs, seconded by Dever-
i'll, and unanimously carried, passed
the following resolution and procla-
nation:
Whereas, It appears that the pres
ent court house and jail of Yellow
stone county is inadequate to it's needs
and better facilities are required for
the transaction of public business and
the safe keeping Of the records, and
Whereas, The sentiment Of the tax
payers IS expressed to this board ap-
pears to favor the building of a new
county court house and Jail at Bill
ings, proportionate to it's require
ments and its dignity as an important
county of the state Of Montana, nov
Therefore, We, the undersigned,
the duly appointed, elected, qualified
and acting members of the board of
county commissioners in and for the
county of. Yellowstone, state of Mon
tana, in view and by reason of the
facts and the law in the premises, do
hereby declare. order and proclaim,
that under the authority and provi-
sions of Senate Bill No. 100 of the
Seventh Legislative Assembly of Mon
tana, entitled can Act to Amend Sec
ton 1151, Article 1, Chapter l, Title
II of the Political Code, Relating to
Special Elections" and Article 4,
Title 2, Part 4, Chapter 2 of. the Po-
litical Code of Montana, a special
election be held throughout the said
county of Yellowstone at the several
precincts thereof, or May %, A. D.
1903, at which election the following
question shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of said county:
Shall the commissioners of Vel
lowstone county, Montana, be author
lied to make a loan of $4,000 for the
purpose of building a county court
house and Jail at Billings, Yellowstone
county, Montana?"
1t is further ordered that ballots of
the necessary size to accommodate
the wording of the question be pro-
vided by the clerk, such ballots to be
OF white paper with the question
printed in black ink thereon, and
with the words
For the Loan.
Against the Loan.
printed on such ballots, with. proper
space left for the elector to vote for
the proposition he prefers by making
an x opposite the proposition.
w. o. PARKER, Chairman,
S. K. DEVERILL,
G. M. JACOBS,
Board of Commissioners of Yellow
stone county, Montana.
Attest: J. W. FISH, County Clerk.
Pursuant to the foregoing motion,
order and proclamation, and for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions