The Springfield herald., 1907-10-18
Proceedings of the
Board of County
Commissioners

Springfield, Colorado;- Oct. 9TH, 1907.
Board of County Commissioners met
in regular quarterly session Oct 7, at l
o'clock P M. Present C. H. Davis,
chairman; Lucius McAdam and v. M.
Shannon Commissioners and Geo. E.
Konkel, County Clerk. The official
bonds of county and precinct officers
were examined and approved. Bond
of B. M. Webster in the sum of $4,000
to protect Baca County against
loss for the ordering of tax deeds to be
issued on certain tax sale certificates
alleged to have been lost, was examined
and approved
Road petition of Jacob Haney ct al
laid over for further consideration.
The following resolution was ordered
Whereas, the county of Baca,
state of Colorado, is the owner of GER
tain real estate situated in said county,
the title to which now stands upon the
public records in the name of said
county, to wit:-Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and II
in block l.; lots 3,4,5,6,7,s,9, ,1o,u IL, 49, ,13,
IA, Is and 16 in block 8; Lots 1885,
7,10, II and 13 in block 15; lots 10, ~,
1914, Is and 16 in block 8; lots 10, Is, II,
1S and 20 in block 10 in the town of
Villas, in Baca county, Colorado; and,
whereas, said county is desirous of con-
veying all of said described property
unto the following named persons,
viz:-Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6, and II in block !;
lots 3,4,5 ,6,7,s,9,1 10, IL, II, 10, l4,15 and
16 in block 8, to D. G. Greathouse; lots
l,2,3,5,6,7, III and 13 in block Is, to
Geo. Erwin Konkel; lots 10, II, IL, 13, Ia,
Is and 16 in block 8; lots II, Is, II, 18
and 20 in block 10 to E. P. Mcfarland,
upon the payment by said parties to
said county of the sum of so cents per
lot, the same being the full value of
said real estate, and it being to the
best interest of the said county of Baca
to sell the same to the said parties,
upon the payment to the said county of
said sum of fifty cents per lot. Now,
be it resolved by the Board of County
Commissioners Of the county of Baca,
state of Colorado, in regular session
convened, that Lucius McAdam, of
Villas, in said county and state, be ap-
pointed as commissioner of said county
of Baca, to sell and convey the above
described real estate to said parties
upon the payment to said county of
fifty cents per lot and said Lucius Nc
Adam is hereby ordered to sell and con-
vey the said property under the terms
above set forth, and it is hereby order
ed that the resolution be spread upon
the record of the proceedings of this
Board.
Whereas, it appears from the records
OF tax sales, book page %, tax sale
certificate 49, book page lao, certiti-
cate No 8, book 4, page GA, certificate
No. 3, book 4, page 65, certificate No.
Is, book 4, page sc, certificates Nos.
&c, 81 and 2s; that the following de-
scribed property, viz:-set $3.50 43; Sc
1 1-31-44; nei 30-29-46; sw 42-29-45; lots
and and s4ne4 2-3O-47; nwt 11-29-45;
sw4 11-29-45 were enormously sold for
taxes for the several years for which
they were assessed; and the proper
showing having been made to the
board of commissioners of Baca county,
Colorado, in regular session convened,
this 9Th day of October, 1907, it is
ordered that the county Treasurer, is
sue certificates of redemption for said
tracts at the expense of Baca county.
The following claims were examined
and allowed on the road fund, towit:-
f. M. Enlow for road work on
Butte creek, claim SIS allowed S3.O
The claim of C. S. Bray of Sl2.00 for
road work was laid over for further
consideration.
The following claims were examined
and allowed on the contingent fund,
towit:-
A. A. Denney, for Mdse $40
II r. Homsher. for postage 4.60
N. Conner Jones, postage, express $40
Geo. Erwin Konkel, expense Zoo
Geo. Erwin Konkel, postage and
express h.oo
Springfield Lamar Telephone Co.,
for rent on telephone $50
The following claims were examined
and allowed on the ordinary county
revenue fund, towit:-'
Out West Printing Co., for sup
plies, claimed $64.9S allowed S59.9
The claim of the Out West Print
ing Co. of S146.55 for supplies
was laid over for further con-
sideration.
Gr.n5y Hillyer, for legal services 1000
]. F. Harrison for use of paint
mr. aud cca ffoldipp etc 15, 90
Josephine Mcknight, salary OF
Dist. Atty's stenographer 1885
Herald Pub. Co. for stationery 20. 5o
Eugene Wallis, for examining
Treasurer books 5o-oo
William Spngeon, for examining
5O No