Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-10-06
ELECTRIC POWER FOR THIS
DISTRICT,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Regular Quarterly Meeting Of the
Board>>>Business Transacted, Etc.

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The Board of County Commits
sioners held its regular quarterly
meeting in Dayton on Monday of
this week; present, full Board
and Clerk and District Attorney,
and transacted the following busi
ness:
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
The list of bills examined and
allowed will be found published
elsewhere in this issue.
The bill of Mack and Earring
ton for legal services in the case of
Lyon VS.. Storey, was again laid
over.
The Recorders report of fees
collected for month of September
showed that fees to the amount of
$277.I5 had been collected and
turned over.
The reports of the Clerk, Jailor,
Assessor, Sheriff and other county
officers were read and approved.
A petition from the citizens of
Ramsey asking for the appoint
ment of VIM. M. Fuller as Justice
of the Peace of said township was
received, read, and the appoint
ment made upon said Fuller filing
a good and sufficient bond in the
sum of $1,000.
A petition from Ramsey people
also prayed that school district
be established at that place for the
benefit of the children of that dis
trict. A district was established
according to the boundaries as set
forth in the petition. Said dis
trict will be known as District No.
10. 1t is understood that school
election will at once be held for
the purpose of raising funds for
building a school house and en-
ploying teacher.
A petition from the people of
Mason Valley, asking for a road
to be laid out running from the
Alum ranch up to the -four mill
for the benefit of Mrs. Osborne's
ranch. Petition laid over until
next meeting to give Commission
ers time to view the line of the
proposed road.
Regarding the formation of an
Irrigation District in Lyon county,
it was ordered that special election
be held in the proposed district
on Monday, October 20, 1906, the
district to be divided into three
Water Commissioner Districts, one
district to comprise all that land
south of line running east and
west across the valley at the
creamery; one district to comprise
all that land in the valley north of
creamery land; and one district to
comprise all land in Smith Valley
The bonds of the several county
and township officers were exam
ined, and it being found that no
changes in sureties had been made
they were approved as they stand.
The Board examined the Jail
and court house and found them
in fairly good condition.
The money in the treasury was
counted and found to be correct as
stated in the Auditors and Treas
urer's report which is published
elsewhere in this issue
An order was made to expend
the sum of $500 on the new road
to be constructed on the other side
of the summit on the Bluestone
road to the Douglas and Ludwig
mine and on to Smith Valley.
A contract was let to A. Clifford
to build fence across the Camp
bell ranch to fence the road now
being nsed for hauling ore from
the Ludwig mine. The fence is
not to exceed in cost SIoo.
An order was made that dep
uty be employed in the Auditors
and Recorders Office for some
time to come until the rush of
work ceases, at the rate of So. so
per day. Mrs. f. 7. Powers was
engaged at the above named COM
pensation until further order of