The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-06-14

Proceedings
At the June Session. State to Build
Model Road. New Saloon
Licences Granted.

Wash, at 2 o'clock p. M, June Bird,
1907, pursuant to adjournment, all
members being present. Minutes OF
the meetings of May 6 and I were
read and approved.
3. f. McGregOr, in behalf of Clara
G. Folk, appeared before the board
praying for a refund of $3.50 taxes
assest against house on lot 81. blk
Il, PrOsser. Petitioners stated that
said lot has no house thereon and
the tax was aSsest in error. The.
board, being fully advised in the
matter, ordered that IS 80 be refund
ed.
II. j. jerks and Jessie f. jerks
decided to the county OF Benton that
tract Of land bounded and described
us follows, to- wit: extending 30 feet
wide on each side CT the following
described line: beginning at point on
the east line of Section 30, twp.9 N r
24E w NJ, 21S north of Sc corner OF
said section and running thence sw
80. a Sc $50 feet; thence south 1921 W.
695.S feet to the Sc corner of seA sell
said section containing 81 acres. 1t
is ordered that said deed be accepted
and filed with the county surveyor,
who is directed to make an eXamina-
ton and survey of the proposed road
and to make a report If the same to
this board as required by law.
Alfred ! Raymond petitioned the
board for refund of SIS SO taxes err
roncously assest against VIZ sec 26 a.
26 on the ground that said land was
purchased from the state on the first
day Of September 1906 and conse-
Quently no taxes should he assest
same. 1t is ordered that the treaur.
er refund said amount on surrend ar
OF tax receipt, charging the same up
to current expense fund.
The board found that the petition
by L j StOckdale for county road
contained substantially the matters
and things required by law: that at
least ten OF the petitioners are house
holders Of the county residing in the
vicinity OF the proposed road: that
the bond accompanying the same is
sufficient and that waivers for right
Of-way for said proposed road arc ON
file with the clerk Of the board. 1t is
ordered that said petition, bond and
waivers he filed with the county sur.
veyor who is directed to make an ex-
animation, and if necessary a survey
of the proposed road and to make a
report of the same to the board as
required by law.
The Petition of j. NJ. DeMoss ct
III for the establishment of county
rOa1. Now on June 81. 1877, the
board finding that the petition of J
NJ DeMoss ct al to accept the follow
ing described road which has been
in use for the last twenty years run
ing from kiOna north on the east
side of the Yakima river for five miles
and thence north and east TO the
GrOsscup ferry contains practically
the matters and things required by
law The said road is hereby de.
clared to be u lawful road and high.
way withid the meaning and intent
OF the laws now existing governing
public roads and highways in this
state. Said petition to be filed with
the county surveyor who is hereby
directed to survey said road and es
tablish grade crossings over the
tracks of the NOrtht IN Pacific Ry..
where necessary and to make Il re-.
port as required 10y law.
The petition of Gail c Williams and
Others for the establishment of the
county road known as tie Water
Road, starting about one and one.
half miles northwest of Relief from
the Relief - Richland road, north,
thence north crossing the N. p. Rx,
track one and one-half miles west oil
Relief. thence south for ab out IL miles
thence southwest following the west
bank of Coyote Canyon about 2OO
yards Distant for about 3 miles
thence into said canyon and follow.
it to Coyote springs where it inter.
sects with the PrOsser-W allula read
contains substantially the matters
and things required by law, and the
said road has been used as such for
a period of not less than seven years
and IS now SO usel. 1t is thereto g
declared a lawful road and county
surveyor is directed to file a report
required by law.
In the matter of the Columbia
River road. 1t appearing to the
Board that the old Travelled road
commencing at the intersection of
township line between townships G
and I with the Columbia river an
running i'll u sOuthwesterly direction
to the county line, should be dec ar d
II county road. The said road is
hereby declared q lawful road and
highway within the meaning and i'm