Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-11-24
COUNTY
Official Minutes Of Commission
efS Meeting

\ Ahe DOdTu Vi county commissioners
met on Nov. IL, 1906, present Il. J.
Gordon, Chairman, Jas. 4. Nesbitt,
Geo. c. Baldwin Chas. Lee IISKsey and
Eugene Goodrich.
The minutes of the October meeting
were read and approved
Monthly reports of officers were rsa-
and approved.
Salary and general claims were alt
lowed as per claim register.
A bill of Mrs. L. Frank for house rent
Of INDECENT Mrs. Cummins was rejected.
c. +. Colson's bill for burning dead
dogs at Las Vegas, was rejected.
Bids for printing the delinquent tax
list, 1st installment 1906 were present
ed. Those bidding were The Lode Ex-
press, Record, and Las Vegas Age
After consideration the contract was
awarded to the Caliente Lode Express
for printing the delinquent tax list for
1st installment 1906, to include all de-
linquents for the time and manner re-
quired by law, for the sum OF $4,000.
Jos. Free offered s. each per lot in
Phoebe Township, for lots IS, Sc, 81, IS,
80, 40, so and 80 in block 10, and lots
81, to ~ in block SO at $500 each
Lots 33, "a, 80, 81 and 80 in block -
at $500 each, and in block 1, lots ! to
20 inclusive, block 5, lots | to 2l inclu
sive at 81 90 lot-33, "a, ,36. 81, 4 IS in
block 25 at $500 each, block Is, 80, So.
81, 3S at $1,000 An order was made
transferring the above named lots for
the sum stated.
Frank T. Williams was granted an
Engineers License by the Board.
Map of Holts addition to the city OF
searchlight was presented and ap-
proved by the Board.
A petition from Crescent asking for
establishing townsite and appointing
Justice of the Peace and Constable.
As no boundaries were given for said
township, the petition was ordered re-
turned for a boundary of the contcm-
plated township.
sThe application for an engineers
license by II. II. Hammond was laid
over until further recommendations
were presented.
An order was made that J. \. Nes-
bitt one OF the members OF the Board
OF County Commissioners of Lincoln
County, Nevada, be and he is hereby
authorized to approve the Plat OF the
North Main addition to Searchlight
TowRsite, also to approve the Townsite
plat of the Searchlight Santa Fe Town
site Addition to the town of Search
light, also to approve the tOwnsite plat
OF the "Searchlight Terminal Town
site," of the town of Searchlight when
properly presented with the lawful en-
! dorsements thereon, at any time during
the month of November, 1906
A petition from Searchlight asking
for an appropriation of $4,000 for inn
proving streets in Searchlight. This
petition was rejected.
A petition from Nelson and vicinity
was read, asking for an appropriation
of $50O.00 from the General County
Fund for repairing the road from Mel
son to Searchlight. The amount OF
$4,000 was allowed to the petitioners
for the above road improvements.
A resignation of Bert Mills, the
Road Inspector OF Moapa Road District
was read and accepted. John Thomas
was appointed to fill the above vacancy.
An order was made allowing an ap-
preparation from the General County
Fund, to pay two certificates drawn. on
the Delamar Road Fund, to the amount
of $2Ol 10, the amount of the certti-
icates Issued.
II. W. Underhill gave official notifi-
cation of his withdrawal from the bond
of VIM. d. Maynard. The Board or
dered that VIM. d. Maynard furnish a
new bond as Justice of the Peace.
A Ward of $4,000 was offered by
the Board for the apprehension OF the
party who killed L. p. Hickey at Cali
ente, Lincoln County, Nevada, on the
night of the 10Th OF October, 1906, the
Board believing from satisfactory evi-
dence that the crime of murder has
been committed and that the offering
of the above reward would tend to
cause the arrest of the perpetrator
thereof.
1t is hereby ordered by the Board
| that the County Clerk issue certif-
Gates of election of the candidates elect
ed at the general election held Novem-
Der 6, 1905, to the respective county
and township offices existing in said
county, and present or mail said certiii-
Gates to said elected candidates.