Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-17
WHEREAS, the said Olaf Henderson


is the owner in fee simple of said lots
OF land above described, upon the left
bank OF said stream, descending, and
as such owner is first entitled to re-
ceive the grant of said right applied
for, he having in all respects complied
with the provisions of law in reference
thereto; and
WHEREAS, the operation and main
tenance of said ferry at said place
above described, is, by the board of
county commissioners of said Rosebud
county, Montana, found to be a public
necessity and convenience; now there
fore be it
RESOLVED, by Thomas T. T.Alexander,
Matthias Schiltz and John c. Hope, the
members of the board of county COM
missioners of the County of Rosebud,
State of Montana, in regular meeting
assembled,
That Olaf Henderson, of the County
of Rosebud, State of Montana, his ex-
ecutors, administrators and assigns
are hereby ganted the right to operate
and maintain ferry, for transporta-
tion for hire, across that stream gen-
orally known and designated as the
Yellowstone river, from point, on the
left bank of said stream, decending,
being the northerly side thereof, at or
near the dividing line north and
south) between lots two ~ and three
(3), of section fifteen Q5), township six
(6), north range forty-two (42, east of
the principal meridian of ~ ,-ontana, in
the County of Rosebud in said state, to
a point on the right bank of said
stream, decending, being the southerly
side thereof, at or near the dividing
line, (north and south) between lots
four (4) and five (5), of said section
fifteen Q5), also in said County of
Rosebud, for term of ten QO) years
from this date, together with the ex.
elusive priviledges provided for by
law, III reference thereto, and that this
grant to said Olaf Henderson, his ex-
ecutors, administrators and assigns,
be hereby made subject to the follow
ing rules, regulations and provisions:
That said Olof Henderson, his ex-
ecutors, administrators. and assigns,
pay or cause to be paid into the treas
ury of the County of Rosebud the sum
of twenty and no-100 ($2O.OO) dollars,
annual license tax for the operation
of said ferry, until such time as said
annual license tax shall be changed
by order of this board.
II
That the rate of tolls to be charged
and collected upon said ferry and for
crossing the same shall not at any
time exceed the following schedule, to-
wit:
Passengers, (single) each SO 25
Passengers, three or more 50 10
Saddle horses with rider s. 25
Single rigs with driver '' IS
Single rigs, each additional pas
senger 10
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Double rigs (teams) each addi-
tional passenger 10
Four horse teams and driver IS
Each additional passenger there
with 10
No single crossing less than 25
! STOCK
Horses, per head so 10
Cattle, per head 10
Sheep, per head Oh
That the owner of said ferry shall
Gus place at both of the landings of
said ferry and upon the ferry boat a
written or printed schedule of said
tolls charged for crossing the same as
above set forth.
"
That the owner of said ferry shall
annually, report to the board of county
commissioners of the County o
Rosebud, which said reports shall in
all manner and form conform to the re-
quirements of section 2825 of the Polit-
ical Code of the State of Montana.
That said ferry shall be operated
and maintained in a careful, safe and
proper manner and the owner of said
ferry shall at all times keep the banks
of the stream at the landings of said