Fergus County Democrat., 1907-04-02
DR.. Charles M. Smith, care
county charge ............ 50 OO1
Fergus County Hardware

NOI1Ce Is HeTeDy gwen tnat III
board of county commissioners viii
receive sealed bits until 2 o'clock p
m., Wednesday, April 3rd, 1907, TO
the erection of Jail at Kendall
Montana, according to plans ant
specifications which are on file ant
may be seen at the office of tn,
county clerk and recorder at Lewis
town, Montana, and at the store o
J, NJ. Parent in Kendall, Montana
In the matter of the division ,
Road District No !, it was allowed
as per petition which is as follows
That road district No. l be divided OF
township line between township l.
and township IS, all that portion o
said district No. ! lying south of sale
township line embraced in new
road district
Peter Shields was allowed an abat
ment on ten cash road receipts, which
he stated had been lost, same amount
ing to twenty $4,000 dollars.
Board adjourned until o'clock 4
IN, March 7, 1907.
Board met as per adjournment. All
present.
The whole day was consumed ir
checking warrants
Board adjourned until 2 o'clock D
m., March 8. 1907.
Board met as per adjournment.
Present, Julius Petersen, chairman
w. T. Neill, commissioner; c. l.
Myersick, clerk
c. M. Kelly before the board and
wanted to buy an old book case tina,
was made for the recorders office
but that has not been used for years
and the board sold the same to C.
NJ. Kelly for ten dollars 10000
Sheriff was ordered to open the
road running through Section Is and
2o, township Is n, of Range 22 east
County warrants remaining in coun-
ty clerks office one year cancelled
as follows:
General fund ....... lOs 1O
Road fund "a OO
Abatement of taxes were allowed
as follows:
W. c. Jenizen interest and
ptHdlty 90 81
William NJ McGinnis interest
and penalty ...... 4 SO
IT appearing to the hoard that the
action OF this board taken on the 10th
day of February, 1907, in that the
said board acting for and on behals
OF Fergus county, purchased from
John B. Ranch, four lots in the court
house block, in Lewistown, Montana,
tor $4,000, was not legal and valid
and that the said board had no
authority to purchase said lots.
1t is now therefore resolved that
the county clerk and recorder I'M
mediately notify said John r. Rauch
that said action was void and that he
is demanded to forthwith return to
r. p. Chandler, treasurer of Fergus
county, Montana, the sum of $4,000
the same being the amount paid by
the said county OF Fergus, for sand
four lots.
And it is further resolved thar il
said John B. Rauch does not i'm
medlately return to said treasurer the
said $4,000 the county attorney oi
Fergus county, Montana, be and is
hereby instructed to commence pro.
ceedings against said John B. Rauch
at once, to recover said $4,000
John b. Rauch having returned tc
the County Treasurer of Fergus
county, Montana, the $4,000 paid te
him by the board of county com
missioners February l6, 1907, for tn.
four lots in the court house blocl
and the said county re-deeded tn,
said lots to the said John B. Raucl
and wife, and it now appearing t.
the said board that it is necessary a
this time that the said Fergus count,
ow nthe entire court house block an,
it further appearing that John
Rauch and wife now own four lot
in said block.
he it therefore resolved that it
the sense of this board that the sal
county now buy and purchase the sal
four lots in the said court hous
block now owned by the said Joh
B. Rauch and wife, and that the coun
~ clerk on behalf OF the said boar
is hereby instructed to request tn
district Judge Of said Fergus count
to appoint board OF appraisers, cor
sisting of three disinterestcd citizen
OF the county to estimate the ,alu
thereof
Said resolution was duly passed
said board; N. ], Littlejohn was al
pointed State Fair Commissioner f
Fergus county, for the year 1907.
! Board adjourned sine die.
Attest: c. L. MYERSICK,
i Gle,
i JULIUS PETERSEN,
Il Chairma