The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-30
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
LARGE AMOUNT OF COUNTY BUSI.
NESS ATTENDED TO.
MADE A GOOD BRIDGE DEAL
Proceedings In Detail OF the Meeting
Held by the County Commissioners
at Madison This Week-6ills Were
Alowed-Guod Contract Made.

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Madison, Neb., March 90 1906,
p. m.-The board of county commits.
sloners met pursuant to adjournment
Present Commissioners John II. Hard
ing. John Malone and Burr Taft.
The minutes of March 6 and 7. 1906
were read and approved.
On motion the board voted to lay
out n road as follows: Commencing
at the southwest corner of the section
numbered 36, in town % north, range
west and running thence east on
the south line of said section &c to the
southeast corner of said section SO,
and thence running north on the east
line of said section eighty (S0) rods
and terminating at the northeast cor
ner of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of said section SO,
subject, however, to the concurrence
of the county board of Stanton county,
Nebraska, In the opening of the last
mentioned eighty rods of said road,
and ordered that the owners of prop.
erty affected be notified of such pro
posed laying out of road.
On motion the appointment by the
county assessor of w. S. Cunningham
as deputy assessor for Tilden precinct
was approved.
The board then proceeded to the
opening and examination of bids for
county bridges. 1t appearing that the
bid of John W. Towle was the lowest
a hag fnr hn %
steel bridges his bid was accepted and
on motion the contract for the con-
struction of such bridges was awarded
to him, with the provision that he
place 36-inch steel tubes in the sub.
structure of the bridge at the mill in
Madison, Nebraska, at the same price
as bid for 30-inch tubes in said bridge.
1t further appearing that tho bid of
John w. Towle for the construction of
wooden bridges and repair work was
the lowest and best bid, on motion
said bid was accepted and said John
w. Towle was awarded the contract
for the construction of wooden bridg-
es and repair work.
On motion the board then took re-
cess untll I:3O p. m.
March 20, 1906, 1880 p. m.-Board
met. Present, Commissioners Hard.
ing, Malone and Taft
On motion the following appoint
ments were made.
w. NJ. Church, road overseer, dis
trct No. 4.
David Larson road overseer, district
No. Is.
o. A. Sleeper, justice of the peace,
Warnerville precinct.
On motion the following bonds were
approved:
John Frisch, road overseer, district
| No 80
William Low, road overseer, district
No. T.
J. l.. Derrick, road overseer, district
No. II.
Clinton d. Johnson, steward of the
poor farm.
o, A. Sleeper, justice of the peace,
Warnerville precinct.
Citizens National bank, depository
bond.
On motion the county attorney was
authorized to employ assistance in the
Union Pacific railroad tax case.
On motion the petition of A. e. Craig
ct al to temporarily close the public
road between section 80 "a, /, and
section %, "a, 2, pending the improve
ment of said road was granted and
said road was temporarily closed.
On motion the county clerk was in
structed to strike from the tax list for
1905 the property assessed to Alvin
Low in the NWA NEA NEA section
22, "a, |, assessed inside city of Nor
folk, on account OF double assessment.
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Paul Brinckman, supplies for
court house ...............$ %
Clair Willberger, work on court
| mouse Observation-Disclosures. IA 90
G. G, Salmon, disc plow, road
district No. .............. 12 90
Bill of Ernestine Rhode for $22
was disallowed.
Krumm & Warren, bridge lum-
Der NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 110 S5
VIM. Bates, county judge, fees 3S O5
Jens Jensen, work on court
house ...................... 81 10
H. A. Masten, work on court
house Observation-Disclosures. % SO
Hammond & Stephens, supplies
for superintendent ......... 315
Jos. kubic, work on court house 1S 90
City of Madison, lights ...... AZ 60
Oscar Uhle, groceries for pau
per ............,........... 20 90
Geo, e, Richardson, postage and
expense ................... 12 IT
SmithPremier Typewriter Co.,
supplies Observation-Disclosures. 8 As
Oscar Brown, work on court
house Observation-Disclosures. &c 10
Fred Dierks, work, road dis
trict No. 20 ............... 4 so