The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-02-11
BUSY MEETING
OF COUNTY DADS
Much Business Before the Board al
Its First SeSSioR--Approve the
Financial StdtemeRt--hdke
Appointments
APPROPRIATE FOR NORMAL SCHOOL

The board of county commissioners
met last Monday, this being the first
regular meeting of the new board
since the day of its organization.
There was a considerable amount of
business before the board but the
greater part of it wa in the ature of
consideration and allowance of bills.
Chairman Ralstcn showed disIosi
ton to expedite matters and hold ev-
eryone down to the questions at issue,
but found as have all other chairmen
that this was easy to talk about but
very di f1icult to accomplish.
The semi annual statement show
ing the financial condition of the
county was presented by the clerk and
checked up and approved by the board
and ordered printed in the Post next
week
An unusual grist of bills was pre-
sented and allowed. The bill of H
j. Holmes for Ss95. ST for printing the
official list of nominations in the Dali
| ~ - anu 81 loT pllnll1'S
same in the Avalanche Echo and that
of Charles johnson for $3.50 20 for
printing said list in the Carbondale
Item, which at the January meeting
had been disallowed, were again
brought up and Messrs. Holmes and
Johnson appeared before the board
asking for a reconsideration of the
former action. The board had dis
allowed the bills for the Item and
Avalanche Echo claiming that the
publications in these two papers were
not in accordance with the copy fur
nishei by the county clerk and the
board having been advised that Meth
er constituted a legal publication
As to the publicauon in the Daily
Avalarche the board had been advised
by former County Attorney Dollison
that the county had made no contract
with Mr.. Holmes for the publication
Of the list in this paper and was there
fore under no obligation for said pub
lication- Mr.. Holmes quoted the
statute specifying that the list must
be published in dajlies but County
ATTORNEY Darrow +,,d tho hoard tba+
as tbev mad al,e,d.. bean advised Inv
Judge Dollison whom Darrow said
was good lawyer, be could not give
III. hoard mn, .ontr.,r, .d,,;ca ua
bowsyer .,nnba0;,el h;s o,,;n;o, Not
tba CONTRACT batwso,, rho oo,,,+r ,1ork
and +b. ,r;r,or oo,s-;t,,.o, 40 ,,I,.
b;pd;,r OBLIGATION ,o;rst tho o,,r
~ At,.,. r,ru,dsrab,o discr.s;on Of
this ovar Troublesome orest;or tra
h,a,.., ,af,.ad T., r,,oo,,s;ao,. .,, fo,r
.ction and uol,,os ,a Ioh,,
n.,,od flo ,rott.r 30 .ho a;,.,;,. o,,r.
and aled ,be;r bond, for costs
A 7 D;c,ksor also .ooroa hof,ro
tba board in bab.lf Of b;s rim Co.,
nrin+;ng tho I,Ot Of nominations i,
fine Post which had been emf from,
sa1o % ,o soao 4, and oslaa .ho+ III.
him ba ,,,oued Mr. D;olso,, Id ,o
fnsed to accent tba warrant ALLOWED
him a month aoo claiming tbe ded,c
t;on of S1os ,,as oxcaOs;,,a o,a ,,,,
rantsd If was admitted bv III. cor,.
w clerk that tho poe, ,,,,,I;,o.;o ,,.,.,
the only one nrinted in tbo comfy
Wherein tbe form furr;sbod hv ~
clark had beer fo,,oved NJ C.rd
nails only obioction bsino ,h,t ,Lo
nnb,ic.tio, 40 be c,.imn5 onorn;oa
too uncb snace NJ Darrou sa;d
;nas,rrcb nc III. Post b., f,1,o,oa .,o
form, and Instructions of tho c,erl,
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