The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-21
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Of the Board Of County Commission
ers Of Yellowstone County.

Of the Board Of County Commission
ers Of Yellowstone County.
Billings, Mont, July 20, 1903.
The board met this day as a board
of equalization, as required by law,
all members and the clerk being pres
ent.
The minutes OF the last meeting
were read and approved.
Upon motion by Jacobs, seconded
by Deverill, and duly carried, the CLERK
was directed to spread the following
resolution upon the minutes:
Whereas, the call dated April 81,
1903, for a special meeting of this
board duly held on May 2, 1908, for
the purpose of resembling an order
made at it's last previous meeting
and taking new action in the matter
OF calling a special election to vote
on court house and Jail bonds, was
issued and published with the knowl-
edge and concurrence OF all members
OF this board, and signed by it's chair
man;
Resolved, that for the purpose OF
completing the record and evidencing
that such meeting was called with the
knowledge and concurrence of all
members of the board, the record be
amended by the addition of the sig
natures Of the other two members of
the board of commissioners to said
notice of April ~, 1908, calling for
a special meeting Of the board May
2, 1903.
Commissioners Deverill and Jacobs
thereupon proceeded to sign the record
OF April ~, 1903, in accordance with
the resolution.
This being the day advertised for
sale of court house and Jail bonds,
and the hour of IL o'clock noon hav-
ing arrived, The clerk stated to the
board that the notice of sale had been
advertised for 80 Jays in the Billings
Gazette and in the Bond Buyer, as set
forth in the order OF the board on June
Is, 1908. Also that he had furnished
the state board of land commissioners
more than 80 days previous to date
of sale, with full and complete trans
cript OF proceedings had in reference
to proposed issue of bonds, county
attorneys opinion thereon, and copy
OF notice of sale thereof, and certifl-
cate showing amount of taxable pro-
perty in and Indebtedness against the.
county of Yellowstone, Montana, as re-
CURED by law, and that the state board
of land commissioners had signiied
that they did not desire to submit
an offer for said bonds:
Thereupon the board proceeded to
open the following bids:
Ralph Berry, Billings, accompanied
by certified check for $3.50, par.
S. A. Kean, Chicago, no check, bid
1O1.20 on AZ per cen bonds. Bid
not considered.
Thos. Cruise Savings bank, Helena,
accompanied by certified check for
$3.50, par and a premium of $175.
Upon motion by Deverill, seconded
by Jacobs, and unanimously carried,
the $4,000 court house and Jail bonds
were awarded to Thos. Cruise Savings
bank.
The board instructed the clerk to
insert the following advertisement in
the Billings Gazette for at least 80
days:
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Court House at Billings, Montana
Sealed proposals will be received until
2 p. m. of the 25th day of August, A..
D. 1903, for the erection and entire
completion of a two story and fin
ished basement, brick and stone court
house, and addition to Jail building,
to be erected in the town of Billings,
Yellowstone county, Montana, and in
full accordance with the plans and
specifications as prepared therefor
by G. E. Bell, architect, Helena, Mon
tana.
"All proposals must be addressed to
Hon. w. o. Parker, chairman, and
plainly marked Proposals for Court
House," and must be accompanied
with a certified check in the sum OF
2 per cent of the amount of the bid
and made payable to w. O. Parker,
chairman. for the benefit of Yellow.
stone county, as a guarantee that the
party to whom the contract shall be