The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

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be presented in the form Of a petit
ton accompanied BY afsldavits
therefore, on motion, same is hereby
denied.
In the matter Of the application
of J. A. Walker and o. Al. Baxter
for authority to erect, and to take.
tolls upon, public ferry over
Snake river, from point on the
north bank thereofin section 10 in
township north of range 5 west of
Of the Boise Meridian in Ganyon
county, State of Idaho, to point
on the south bank thereof in OWy-
hee county, State Of Idaho, came on
regularly to be heard on the second
Monday in October, 1904, at the
opening of the third regular quar-
teriy meeting Of the Board OF
County Commissioners of Canyon
county, State Of Idaho, and having
been continued until this nth day
of October, 1904, by the consent
and for the convenience of all par
ties concerned, and all the evidence
and facts concerning the same hav-
ing been duly heard and considered;
and it appearing therefrom to this
Board that the said application is
sufficient in form and substance,
and that the facts stated therein
are true and correct, and that no.
tice, as required by Section 1899
of the Political Code of Idaho, has
been duly given, and that the said
proposed ferry is a public con-
venience and necessity and that
the said applicants herein are suit
able persons for said purpose and
that the sum of one thousand dol
lars is a reasonable sum for a bond
therefor, and that three dollars per
month is a reasonable sum as a
license fee for said franchise; now
therefore, it is hereby ordered that
the said apple alton be granted,
and the license fee therefor fixed
at three dollars per month and the
bond therefor fixed at the sum Of
one thousand dollars, and that the
bond herewith accompanied be and
the same is hereby approved and
ordered filed, and that the said ap-
plicants, J. A. Walker and c. A.
Baxter, be and they are hereby
authorized, upon their payment to
the sheriff Of Canyon county the
said license fee, to erect and take
tolls upon, a public ferry over the
Snake river from a point on tn {
north bank thereof in section IS, in
township I north of range 3 west o.
the Boise Meridian, in CANYON
County, in the State of Idaho, to a
point directly opposite on the south
bank of said Snake river in Owyhee
county, State of Idaho, and tc
maintain and operate the said pub
lie ferry under and in compliance
with reasonable rules and regula
tions as fixed by this Board.
1t is hereby further ordered that
the following rules and regulation:
for operating the said "Warn
Springs Ferry" shall be and the
same are hereby adopted and shall
continue in full force and effect, viz
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I. There shall be maintained fo
public service and in good repair
one ferry boat, not less than Is fee
in width by 48 feet in length, pro
PEELED by the force of the stream
operating against cable, and on1
life boat or skiff with oars.
2. There shall remain on dut.
one competent and experienced
boatman.
3. Trips shall be made when
ever requested or signaled, excep
in case of unavoidable accident o
unreasonable peril, or refusal to pa.
the established toll.
d. There shall be carried free o
toll "all persons going to or from
funeral, school or court, which b!
law are required to attend as wit
nesses in a criminal case, or per
forming highway labor"
For violation of these repula