The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-01-17

PROCEEDINGS.
Proceedings Of the Board
of County Commissioners
OF Steele County.
Sherbrooke, N. D., Jan. 7th 1907.

S~herbrooke, N. D., Jan. 7th 1907.
The Board Of County Commission
ers met in regular session at l O'Clock
P. M. Present K. S. Sulland, Frank
Gray, K. A. Johnson, G. o. Johnson
and H. N. Horner. Minutes Of the
meeting of October 1st O6, November
18th and 18th 06, read and on motion
approved. Bridge business was con-
sidered and the committee made the
following report. We the committee
appointed to inspect bridge and grade
sites, make the following recommended
tions: That new bridges be built on
lines between sections 81 Carpenter
twp. and section 6 Barnes county; sec
tions Is and l6 Carpenter twp; sections
10 and Is Carpenter twp; sections IL
and IL Carpenter twp; sections l8 and
10 Glendale twp; sections IL Hugo and
Z Glendale twp; sections 16 and 81
Enger twp; sections l and IL Beaver
Creek twp; sections 10 and IL Beaver
Creek twp; section SO Golden Lake
and section l Sherbrooke twp; Sec
ton S and 8 Greenwich twp; between
Steele and Griggs counties along west
line of section 30 Franklin twp; Re-
pair bridges on line between section 3
Glendale and "a Primrose twps; sec
ton "a and IS Easton twps; replank
and put in new floor joist on old
bridge on line between sections 20
and 81 Golden Lake twp; replank
bridge on line between sections 81 and
% Beaver Creek twp. That the follow
ing appropriations be made; 5000. for
grading on line between sections 10
and 20 Willow Lake twp: S125. for
grading on line between section 3
Colgate and 36 Hugo twp; $3.50. for
grading up to bridge on ne / section
l6 Easton twp; and that the following
petitions be laid on the table; for
bridges on lines between sections 20
and 20 Enger twp; sections Is and SO
Primrose twp; sections l and IL Col
gate twp; sections 20 and 81 Hugo twp;
section ID Colgate and ID Carpenter
twp; along east line section "a New
burgh twp; also the petition for an ap-
preparation for grading on line be-
tween section 10 and Is Golden Lake
twp.
Signed: Frank Gray,
i G. 0. Johnson,
/ K. S. Sulland,
K. A. Johnson,
H. N. Horner.
The report of the committee was
placed on file.
Newly elected members of the Board
of County Commissioners, K S
Sulland, Ole N Grefsheim and John
B. oxton qualified by fling their
oaths of Office and took their seats as
members of the board. K A Johnson
was on motion chosen Chairman for
the ensuing year.
The hour Of two P. M. having ar
rived the board proceeded to open
bids for deposit of county funds. The
various banks in the county submit
ting bids as follows on the average
daily balances: Hope National Bank
2 per cent. per annum; First National
Bank of Hope, 2per cent. per annum;
Blabon State Bank, 2 per cent. per
annum; Colgate State Bank, 2 per
cent. per annum; Sharon State Bank,
2 per cent. per annum; First National
Bank of Finley, 2per cent. per annum;
State Bank of Finley, 2 per cent. per
annum. On motion duly seconded
and carried, all the bids were accepted
and each one of the banks submitting
a bid were designated as county de.
p%ositories, subject to the fling of a
satisfactory bond in the sum OF
$40, 900. each.
The official bond of J M johnson,
states attorney, in the sum of 50, 1000.
with the Aetna Indemnity Company OF
Hartford, Conn, as surety, was on
motion approved.
The following statement of warrants
drawn by the auditor in payment OF
county officials salaries and clerk hire,
for quarter ending Dec. 31st 1906, was
on motion approved:
s Mcpherson, auditor ........ 5 $50 90
Cs shippy, states attorney 300 90
7 A Hasselquist, Supt OF
Schools. 2s7 so
a Mickcls, county Judge $50 90
A Mickels, county judges
additional salary under