The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-26
Of BOARD,0F
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

ington, on October 5, met in regular
session, pursuant to adjournment.
Members present: Edward Cornwell
chairman; F. E. Smith and ]. N. Nc
Cav, commissioners, and w. J. Honey
cult, county auditor and ex-oficio
clerk of said board.
The minutes of the sessions held in
September, 1903, were read and ap-
proved.
The bond of S. A. Ash as sheep
commissioner, with August Ferrans
and wife and M. L. Johnson and wife,
as sureties was approved.
1t is ordered that the estimate of
County Auditor Honeycutt as to the
amount of money that would be re-
quired for current expense purposes
for the year beginning March 1, 1903,
be approved.
1t is ordered by the board that the
tax levy for the year 1903 be fixed as
follows: For state general purposes,
2:75 mills; for state school purposes,
5.39 mills; state military purposes, IL
mills; for county current expense pur-
poses; $50 mills; for county school
purposes, so mills.
1t is ordered by the board that the
levy for general road and bridge pur-
poses and for road district purposes
be fixed as follows: Road and bridge,
LIS mills; road district, No. l, 2.75
mills. road district No. 2, 2.75 mills;
road district No. 8, 2.75 mills.
The levy made by the council of
the town of Prescott in the sum of 7
mills was approved by the board.
At the request of the directors of
school district No. 1 the board made
a special levy for said school district
in the sum of mills.
It is ordered that the special levles
made by the several school districts
in Walla Walla county be approved
as follows: District 2, 5 mills; lis
trict 8, mills; district 5, 8 mills;
district 6, 31a mills; district 7, ~
mills; district 10, 5 mills; district IL,
2 mills; district II, 21A mills; district
10, mills; district Is, 2 mills; dis
trict 16, 2 mills; district II, 5 mills;
district 1S, 2 mills; district 20, 21a
mills; district 81, 5 mills; district 27,
5 mills; district %, 8 mills; district
20, mills; district 80, 8 mills; dis
trict 80, IL mills; district 39, mills;
district "a, 10 mills; district IS, l mill;
district Sc, mills; district AZ, mills;
district As, mills; district 46, 5
mills; district 40, mills; district SO,
8 mills; district 81, 81 mills; district
Sc, mills; district So, 4 mills; dis
trict SO, mills; district 60, 21a mills;
district 63, 5 mills; district Go, 10
mills; district 67, mills; district 6S,
5 mills; district 50, 5 mills; district
70, 10 mills.
It was ordered by the board that
the sum of SIS per month be donated
to the Northwestern Home Finding
association.
Whereupon the board adjourned to
meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m.
October 6, 1908.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment; all members present.
1t is ordered that L. Lanning, John
Fuller and M. Mcdonald be appointed
delegates to the Good Roads conven-
ton at Spokane.
1t was ordered by the board that
certain mortgage executed by j. H.
Blewett and wife to the county of
Walla Walla be satisfied on the re-
cords in the county auditors office.
The petition Of Charles Mang and
others for the vacation of a county
road and the establishment of a new
road was referred to the county sur
veyor with instruction for said officer
to make an examination and survey
1t was ordered that the quarterly
reports Of the county auditor and
treasurer be approved.
Whereupon the board adjourned to
meet tomorrow at o'clock a. m.
October 7, 1903.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment; all members present.
Claims against the county were ap-
proved and allowed in the following
amounts; current expense fund, ST.
$4,000; road and bridge fund s632.29;
road district fund, $4,000; total, ST.
59119.
Upon the statement of the county
assessor that an error had been made
in assessing W. H. Johnson with per-
sonal property to the amount of
s34.6S, it was ordered by the board
that the county treasurer cancel said
assessment.
1t was ordered by the board that
the resignation of John W. Black as
supervisor of road district No. 29 be
accepted.
Whereupon the board adjourned to
meet October IL, 1903.
October IL, 1903.
The board met pursuant to ad-
journment; all members present.
This being the date set for the
hearing of the petition and remon-
STRANGE in the matter of the proposed
Stubblefeld home, and the trustees
for said Institution having desired
that the hearing be postponed, it was