The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
OFFICIAL
?. esedings 81 The Beard 81 Commission.
ers Of Stark County, n. D.

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Dickinson, N. d., Aug. 9th. 1904.
The commissioners met pursuant to
adjournment; all present.
In the matter Of the estray steer taken
up by Jos. Schacher, Hugh Thompson
was on motion appointed appraiser o!
said es,ray.
The following coal bids were received,
to-wit:
John F. Mai.r, 100 ,on. more or less,
Ignite coal, at sl.75 pr ton.
]. Vaughn, 100 tons rore I" IS, lis.
nite coal, AT SLIGO per tor
Consolidated Coal Go, 100 tons more
or less, lignitr coal, at $3.50 per ton.
On motion the contract Vas awarded |
10 the Consolidated Cod 60. To- furnish
Stark county With ioo tons more or less,
first e'ass Ignite goal, delivered at the
court house i" Dickinson at $3.50 per ton.
Bid wa. received from y. l.. Johnson
for building the sidewalks on the south
md ives, sides of the cour, house square
at ooc PER foo, Tor the E Zoo, walk on the
south side and o715c per foo. for the Az
foot walk ON the west side OF the court
house square, said price 10 include all
~excavating and filling necessary to bring
said walks up to the standard level as
established by said city Of Dickinson
The material to be used in the construc-
| ton of said walks is to be cement tile
IS inches square and two inches thick
and to be laid in two inches OF hydraulic
| cement and sand mixed together, also
! The board, on motion, awarded the con-
tract for building said sidewalks to o. l..
Johnson, who was the only bidder tor the
work.
The petition for change in road at a
point between sections 26 and u and 81
and $, township 40, range o5, signed
bv A. {. Rust and others, wa on motion
granted, said road having been viewed
by the board on July 13rd. 1901, and it
having been shown that a change was
necessary. In making a change in said
road the board purchased from Mrs
| Annie Powers one and 2i-Ioo acres in
the southwest corner Of the swA sec. 70
1905, and the auditor was IN motion
authorized to issue county auditors war
rant to the said Mrs. Annie Powers Tor
$1,000 in full payment for said land on
the execution of a warranty deed to Stark
county covering the said premises.
The petition of VIM. Hecht and others
for road beginning at the northe st corner,
Of sec. 6-I4o-o3. running thence west on
the township line to the section line
between sections 80 and "a, in township
I4I %, running thence north to the
county line, to the northeast corner of
28-I4I-o7, was or motion granted n
tn: road declared opened, said road
having been viewed by the board on
Aug. 4th, 1904. The old road in this
locality, across section 34-14I.o3 aban-
doned.
r. S. Brookings, appraiser in the mat
ter Of estray horse taken up by w. c.
Hecht, appraised said estray at $4,000
and on motion the same was approved
by the board and ordered filed.
In the quarterly report of John Van
der Las, justice of the peace, ex.oficio,
the case Of Andrew Schafer, jr. was cut
out, account disapproved by States At
torney.
Report of the clerk of the district court
for the month Of July for $4,000 was re-
ceived and ordered;fled.
Report of the Register of Deeds for
the month Of July Tor 5000 was received
and ordered filed.
Taxes for the year 1897 on lots II and
~, block IS, Dickinson. having gone to
sale through an oversight Of Mr.. Henry
Schultz, for said year, the county treas.
urer was on motion authorized to accept
the original amount for which said lots
were sold with 7 per cent interest from
date of sale, in full settlement of said
taxes for said year.
On motion the board adjourned to {
4. m. Aug. 9th.
ga. m. aug. 9th, 1904.
Board convened as per adjournment
\ present Walton and Lee.
The east "a northwest X and ives
half northeast sec. ZOOLOGY having
been placed on the assessment book
through error of the county auditor, TO-
the year 1900, and the taxes for said yea;
having been assigned to the DenisoI
Land Co., which company also paid thu
subsequent taxes on said lands for thu
years 1901, 1902 and 1909, the audito
was on motion authorized to refund It
2 the said Denison Land Co., in accordance
with section 1870, revised codes.
On motion the following inspectors o
election were appointed, viz:
Pleasant Valley precinct-Jeff Nc
Donald.
!. Bel6eld precinct-Peter 1ndergaard.
South Heart-J. J. BARLEY.
J. Lehigh precinct-E. P. Stanley.
Gladstone precinct-M. c. Brown.
Taylor precinct-Jos. Christen.
Richardton precinct-Chas. Colburn.
ST. Antelope precinct-E. F. Hill.
= Farmers Valley precinct-Emil Glass
Springvale precinct-Carl Hamann.
-. Plum Creek precinct-Fred Bolte, j
The c%oroner's report in the matter {
inquest over the body of John Brown, Jr
@ was received and the various items {
"a expense therein contained were, on m
ton, ordered paid by warrant.
Bill of Walker Bros. & Hardy te
ss1.25 was reduced to s27.7s and ordere
paid by warrant; $3.50 was cut out {
this bill for one mortgage record nj
70 made in accordance with Instructions.
=. The following bills were on motto
" paid by warrant, viz:
Jake3Rader, taking care Of John
Browns team. .............S 7
ct T. N. Hartuns, in the John Brown
II inquest II
Anton Schmidtbauer, in the John
At Brown inquest case......... 7
w. H. Walton, assistance to pau
r. pers, fare to Mandan........ 8
to M. L. Ayers, printing and ad-
or vertislng. 81
er Branick & Edger, labor on cor
rails at dipping tank at South
Heart .................... 1850
n. w. F. Burnett, stamped envelopes u
zig !. G. Saunders, surveying road at
os Powers place............... 10
Geo. W. Lee, building chutes,
corralls, pens and setting up
and placing tank at Glad
a. Observation-Disclosures. 44o
n Geo. w. Lee, teaming etc. dip
ping tank, Gladstone........ 70
J. S. White, express and drayage E
l.. M. L. Ayers, premium on 100000
insurance on county buildings 70
On motion the board adjourned
August 22nd, 1904.
!. S. WHITE,
County Auditc
Rnsfon Cream.