The Dickinson press., 1904-10-08
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of The Board Of Commission
ers Of Billings County.

a. M. Present Commissioners Stoddard
aid Lowery.
Board adjourned to meet at 1870 p. nj.
1890 p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present Staddard, Lowery and Roberts.
The minutes Of the last meeting was
read and approved.
The following resolution was offered
by Commissioners Roberts, who moved
its adoption, Which motion was duly
seconded, namely:
Whereas, In the judgement of the
board Of county commissioners Of Bill
ings county, North Dakota, now in regu-
lar session, it is determined that the
buildings occupied by the said county Of
Billings Tor the court house and Jail
purposes are inadequate to the wants
thereof, and are unsafe by reason of ex-
traordinary risk of fire; and
Whereas, Such buildings are not
owned by said county, but are rented at
a rental sufficient to buy an income upon
the money required to construct proper
and necessary buildings;
Therefore, be it Resolved, That it is
the judgement Of the board Of county
commissioners in and for the county of
Billings and state of North OAK, that the
county buildings now occupied by said
county for court house and Jail purposes
are insufficient and inadequate as here
inabove set forth,
And be it Further Resolved, That
the said broad OF county commissioners
hereby order an election for the purpose
of determining by a vote of the electors
of said county of Billings the question of
issuing bonds of said county tor the pur.
pose Of the erection of a court house at
the county seat, such proposition to be
submitted at the general election to be
held throughout said county on the eighth
day OF November A. u. 1904, said bonds
to be in the sun Of fifteen thousand
dollars (Sl5ooo), in denominations of one
thousand dollars $4,000 each, and run
for twenty (2o) years from date of issue,
and to contain a clause making it option
al on tn" part of said county to redeem
said bonds at their face vaIu" and int, r.
est that date after ten (Io) wears, sad
bonds to bear interest at the rate ri ii e
per cent per annum;
And be it Further Resolved, hiatt tn
county auditor of said county is hereby
ordered and directed To live the proper
and necessary notices to bring said qucs.
ton of the issuance of SID bonds before
the electors Of said county.
Upon a roll call the following commis-
sioner> voted aye, namely: CoTmis-
siunerS Roberts and l.owery, and Chair
man %Sloidard.
Wherrupon the resolution was declar.
ed duly carried.
Board adjourned to meet at o:3o a. m.
9:3o a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment;
all members present.
On motion the county auditor was in
structed to have placed on the official
ballot the proposition OF levying a spe-
cial extraordinary tax OF two and six
tenths Il 6-Io) mills on the dollar on the
assessed valuation of the county for the
years A. u. 1905 and 1906, for the pur-
pose of paying a county bounty on wolves
and coyotes killed within the county for
said years.
Board adjourned to meet at 1880 p. m.
1880 p. m.
Board meet pursuant to adjournment;
all members present.
On motion Of Commissioner Roberts,
which motion was duly seconded and
carried, the county auditor was directed
to give due notice that the question of
changing and defining the boundaries of
Billings county will be submitted to the
voters of said county and of the morgan
lied county of Bowman, at the general
election to be held on November eighth
A. D. 1904, and was instructed in said
notice to give a description Of the bound
aries as defined in the act of the Legis-
lative Assembly of the state OF North
Dakota approved March 18th A. D. 1903,
and entitled as follows, to-wit: can act
changing and defining the boundaries of
Billings county.
The following inspectors of election
were on motion appointed for the fol-
lowing precipcts:
E. G. Bishop-Bishop.
J. l.. decentralization.
P. McQuillen-McQuillen.
L. F. Crawford-Sentinel Butte.
J. X. Moody-Medora.
J. d. Clark-Rainy Butte.
d. F. Olmsted-H T Ranch.
w. G. Lang-Yule.
Thomas Kranick-Beach.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn:
Mamie E. Cachelin, Co. Supt.
chools II &c
Geo. 0. Reid, board prisoner. 81 oc
The Herald, balance on books. d Sc
J. P. Tingle, stationery......... 7 y
M. L. Ayers, printing ........... s. 75
w. A. Shear, printing and sta
tionery 81 *
N. P. Ref. Car Co., rent......... 80 OK
L. M. McGlashan, stenographer IS oc
Walker Bros. & Hardy, stationery IL 6
S. P. Lowery, Co. commissioner. s. Ok
B. Stoddard, Co. commissioner Ia &
T. F. Roberts, Co. commissioner. 20 &
Board adjournment to meet Saturday
| October 9th, 1904.
S. M. FERRIS.