Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-31

COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
AND RECORDER, ROSEBUD COUNTY.
FORSYTH, MONT, March 20, 1904.
The board of county commissioners met pur-
suant to adjournment of Marth 9th, with the
llowing members present: Matthias Schitz,
chairman; John c. Hope and Thomas Alexander,
members. and Roderick McRae, clerk.
number of reports and bills were examined
and the board adjourned until p. m.
? pm.
Board met as per adjournment with ali men,
bers and the clerk present.
The clerk is instructed that no bills against the
county win be allowed at that regular meeting
filed later than the Saturday preceding such
regular meeting.
The report of w. r. Dowln, census taker, of the
number of persons living in the proposed incorpor
ated town of Forsyth TO be 727 we hereby publish
the following proclamation.
PROCLAMATION
BY virtue of the authority in us vested by the
constitution and laws of the State of Montana,
we. Matthias Schiltz John G. Hope and Thomas
Alexander, duly elected and qualified county
commissioners of Rosebud county, State of Mon.
tana, do hereby proclaim that on Saturday, April
so, A. D. 1904, there will be held IN the town of
Forsyth, County Of Rosebud, Stats of Montana,
special election by the qualified electors of the
town OF Forsyth for the purpose of voting on the
proposition of the incorporation of the town of
Forsyth within he following boundaries: Com
mencing at the northeast corner Of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter Of section Is,
township north, range 40 east, thence due west
| three-quarters Of mile to the northwest corner
# fhcc thaaSt Bnf ftra
ter of section H. township north, range 4O east,
thence due south one-fourth of mile to the quar-
ter corner between sections IA and ., thence due
west to the bank of the Yellowstone river, thence
following said bank of river and slough in south
westerly direction to point where the north line
of the Northern Pacific Railway Company's
right -of-way intersects said river slough bank
| thence south accrosS the Northern Pacific Rat-
way Company's right-of way to the south line of
said right-o-way, thence easterly along said
, ,right-of-way line to point where Spruce street
| would intercept said right-c-way, thence south
easterly to the foot of the bluffs south of town.
| thence following said bluffs in an easterly and
| northeastery direction To point where said line
ntercepts the east line of the northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section "A, township
3 north range 30 east, thence due north to place
of beginning, containing approximately four hun
dred and sixty acres. Said town to be divided
into two wards. All territory lying east Of Ninth
avenue and Liberty street to be known ward
No One and all territory west of said avenue aud
street to be known ward No. Two
Said election will be held in Rosebud county
court room at Forsyth, Montana. Polls will be
opened at o'clock a m and will close at o'clock
p. III.
And in order that the said election may be CON
Quoted in quiet and orderly manner, we do here
| by offer reward of One Hundred Dollars for the
arrest and conviction of any person violating any
of the provisions of Title ", Part of the Penal
Code. Said reward to be paid until the total
amount hereafter expended for the purpose
reaches Five Thousand Dollars.
L. L. Coleman is appointed registry ageut at a
compensation of four dollars per day.
The days for registration will be Apr14 and S,
1904, from a. m. to p. m. and on April II and IL
1904 from a. m. to p
Charles Richter, Barney Blum. l.. w. Katzen-
stein, c w. Bailey and ]. E.. Choisser are APP
pointed judges of election and J. B. Collins and J
w. Sevdge clerks OF election.
The clerk is instructed to purchase the necess-
airy election supplies.
Application of Frederic Collins for telephone
franc ise is approved as follows:
5 RESOLUTION
To grant unto Frederic Collins his heirs, exc
cutors, administrators and assigns, the right te
construct, maintain, repair and operate Com
mercial Telephone Line, in the County of Rose
bud, State OF Montana for period of ten years.
) BE it resolved, by the duly elected, qualified
and acting members Of the board of county com
missioners of the County of Rosebud, State o
Montana, in regular March A. ID. 1904 meeting
, assembled. hat the right to erect, maintain
repair and operate Commercial Telephone Sys
TEN upon, along and over those certain streets
alleys and public ways described as follows to
| | wit:
, All or any OF the streets, alleys and pub
lie ways of the Town of Forsyth County
of Rosebud, State of Montana in accord
with the Platt and Survey thereof
by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. as
filed and of record in the Office of the coun-
| ty clerk and recorder of said county to-
gether with all of the plated addition
| thereto.
| All of the streets, alleys and public
| ways of the Town of Rosebud, in the
County of Rosebud and State of Montana
| in accordance with the P1att and Survey
| thereof by Maurice Bentall as filed of re-
| cord in the Office Of the county clerk and
| recorder OF said county.
| All or any part of the public highways
| between the said Town of Forsyth and
| said Town of Rosebud and between the
said Towns of Rosebud and Forsyth and
the northerly line of the Northern Chey-
enne Indian Reservation;
be and the same is hereby granted unto Frederic
Collins, his executors, administrators and assigns
upon the terms and conditions following to-wit:
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