The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-10-14
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
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1902, which was charged against the
real property now owned by the COM
pany, cancelled on the ground that
the present owners should not be re-
quired to pay the delinquent personal
tax of the former owners of the realty
against which the tax was charged.
The board being advised that it has
no authority to cancel the tax the
application was denied.
Action in the matter of the Beaver
ton ditch, brought before the board by
Paul Guard, was deferred until the
January meeting and the county at
torney was directed toreport then on
the legal poir is involved.
Warrants were ordered drawn on
the game protection fund in payment
of bills allowed as follows:
Gene M. Simpson, 1oH pair pheasants $50 so
pense of delivering birds. IS os
Board adjourned at 5 p. m. to meet
at a. M, Oct 4.
Oct. 4-Board reconvened pursu-
ant to adjournment.
Warrants were ordered drawn on
the county current fund in payment
of bills allowed as follows:
N E. Churchill, quilts for county poor....$ 2 90
Charles Mckay, repairing Office chair so
Andsew MCKAY, care Of F. Anderson. 10 90
George S. Wright, attendance F. Anderson 10 90
The fee books Of the auditor and
clerk were examined and approved.
In the matter of the petition of
many residents and taxpayers of Fri
day Harbor asking that the liquor IL
cense fee be raised from $500 to 81 900
the following order was made:
''Whereas, this board has heard
the protests against the present rate
charged for liquor license made this
day at the hearing granted said pc
titioners, and it being the opinion of
this board that the sum charged here
tofore for said license is too low, it is
therefore ordered that after the ex-
piration of the liquor licenses now in
force, to wit, from and after the 9th
day of June 1906, tie license fee for
retail liquor dealers in this county
shall be $1,000 and that no license
shall be issued to any person or per-
sons for any less sum than said
amount after the 9th day of June
1906"
A petition citing forth the need Of
a new court house and asking that
the proceeds of the sale of property
granted to the county by the federal
government be paid into fund for
the erection of court house as pro
vided by law and that certain prop
erty still held by the county be sold
at public auction for the same pur-
pose was presented and considered,
together with proposed plan for a
court house building and a written
offer from J. A. Gould to pay $1,000
for the present court house site, and
the following order of postponement
was made:
Whereas, it is the opinion of this
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board that this question should be
fully considered by the taxpayers and
citizens of this county before the mat
ter is finally decided, it is therefore
ordered that the matter be laid over
until the January term Of this board
in order to give the people of this
county time for a full discussion Of
the merits of the petition and for this
board to ascertain, if possible, the
wishes of the majority of the people
concerning the matter.
The application Of Geo. L. Herch-
berger and others for the establish
ment of a county road in sections G
and Z, township Sc, n range 2 west,
was laid over until the January meet
ing for the reason that no waivers
were filed.
The application Of w. H. Bell to
purchase the ST. of the S. En- of the
S. E. of Sec. IL, township IS north,
range2 west, w. M, was approved
and notice by publication was order
ed given as required by law.
/ A license for the sale of liquor in
Friday Harbor was ordered granted
to Albert Sutton subject to the fling
of good and sufficient bond to be
approved by the chairman Of the
board and payment of $533.33, the
said license to be for one year from