The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-06-29
WILL BRIDGETHE
MOUSE in MINOT.
Arrange for Dipping Tanks--Order New
Bridges===A Big Grist Of Business
Turned Out.

OHClal proceedings OF the bOaru OF
County Commissioners of Ward
County, N. D.:
The Board of County Commissioners
of Ward county met in adjourned SEES
sion on the 10Th day of June A. D. 1904.
Commissioner convened at o'clock a.
m. with the following members present:
Commissioners Torbenson, Wallin, Black
and Swanson. Absent, Commissioner
Richardson.
Commissioner Wallin in the chair.
The Board talked over the dipping
tanks and business connected with the
same, and other matters, and at II
o'clock adjourned until 2 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board met as per adjournment
with the following members present,
viz: Commissioners Torbenson, Wallin,
Black, Swanson and Richardson,
Commissioner Wallin in the chair.
The afternoon was taken up in the
discussion of plans and places for dip
ping tanks and also plans for the re-
modelling of the court house and at 6:15
the Board adjourned until 9 a. m.
FRIDAYS SESSION.
June 18th, 1904.
The Board of County Commissioners
met as per adjournment with all the
members present. Commissioner Wallin
in the chair.
Commissioner Black moved that town
ship 1878 be set apart as road dis
trict, to be known as No. IS and that H.
p, Hartzog be appointed as overseer,
which motion was seconded by Commits
sioner Richardson and carried.
On motion of Commissioner Richard
son, duly seconded, the reports of the
viewers on following bridges was &C
copied and approved and the surveyor
instructed to take measurement and
make plans and specifications and the
auditor instructed to advertise for bids
for same, which motion was carried, as
follows: One bridge on section IA and
%, township 159, range 49,; one bridge to
be repaired, section 10, township 100,
range SO; one bridge on section Is, town
ship 49, range IS; one bridge on section
7, township 100, range 80; one bridge on
section Is, township 163, range "a; one
bridge on section IA, tow nship 1913, range
SO; one bridge on Short creek west of
| Portal; one bridge on section 8, township
1872, range 80; one bridge on section IA,
township 159, range IS: one bridge on
section l3, township ISL, range IS; one
bridge on section 8, township 1852, range
80: one bridge south of middle Des Laos
lake: one bridge on section IL, township
155, range IS: one bridge in the grade
over the Flaxton slough; two bridges on
section 5, township ISL, range 80; one
bridge on section l, township 154, range
50; one bridge on section 16. township
1876, range 80.
On motion, duly seconded, the report
of John Wallin, in appraising the estray
stock taken up by VIM. Malstrom and J.
c. Dow, was accepted and approved, the
animals being appraised at S24 90, $1,000
and $780, Carried.
On motion, duly seconded, the report
of Commissioner Swanson in appraising
the animal taken up by d. NJ. Shorb,
vouching same at $500, was accepted
and approved.
On motion of Commissioner Swanson,
duly seconded by Commissioner Rich
ardson, the petition to divide school dis
trict No. Al was rejected for the reason
that strong remonstrance was pre-
sented showing that the majority of the
voters of said district did not desire
such division. Carried.
On motion the Board adjourned until
ppm.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board met at o'clock as per adj
journment with all the members pres
ent Commissioner Wallin in the chair
Commissioner Black moved that the
following section line be opened and de-
elared as public highway, viz: Begin
ming at the northwest corner of section
2, township 1856, range 80, running east
to the southeast corner of section 81
township 159, range So, thence running
north six miles. which motion was duly
seconded by Commissioner Torbensor
and carried.
Commissioner Torbenson moved that
the county furnish the piling for the
building of foot bridge across the
Mouse river on River street, provided
that the City of Minot furnish the other
material and Go the building, which was
seconded by Commissioner Black anC
carried.
On motion of Commissioner Black
duly seconded the auditor was instruct
ed to advertise for bids for the furnish
ing of two carloads of bridge piling-
bids to be received by the auditor fol
both oak and fir, in separate bids unit
the 9th day of July, 1904, at 2 o'clocE
p. IN. Carried.
Commissioner Swanson moved that {
committee be appointed to investigate
the ditching of a certain slough in sec
ton 20, township l56. range So, which
was duly seconded and carried. Com
appointed Commissioners Swanson and
Torbenson.
Commissioner Swanson moved that
the report of Justice Cooper, for the
quarter ending June 3Oth, 1903, be
amended as requested by the said jus
tice, which was duly seconded by Com
missioner Torbenson and carried.
Commissioner Richardson moved that
the application of John Shippan for re-
duction of taxes on lot 4, block 4, Bow
bells, be accepted and granted as asked
for in the affidavit, which was duly sec
onded and carried.
/ Commissioner Black moved that the
bid of Neil McDougall for the building
of one bridge at section %, township Sc
range S., and one bridge on section ]
and 2, township 155, range SO, for the
sum of s92500, be accepted and con
tract entered into with said McDougall
and n bond furnished nv him for fhe