Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-04

COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Medora Billings Co., No, Oak. April /,
1907. Board of County Commissioners. Of
Billings county met in regular quarterly
session on above date. present ]. B. Stod-
dard and F. E. Gorham.
F. w. Young assessor rst Dist, L. F.
Martin assessor and Dist, and d. +.
Olmsted assessor grid Dist. met with the
commissioners and agreed on the following
valuation on live stock:
HORSES. 1-year-old. $1,000: 2-year- old,
$1,000: 3-year-old. $4,000: stations,
$4,000. CATTLE, I-year-old, $500:
2-year-old, $1,000: cows. 3-and-over, SO.
90; all other cattle, $1,000. Sheep, $3.50.
I2 o'clock noon on motion board ad-
journed to meet at 1870 p. m.
1880 p. m. board met persuant to adjourn
ment: present ]. B. Stoddard and F. E.
Gorham. Application for abatement of
taxes from Harve Robinson. on motion
was disallowed on the ground that his
valuation considered to low.
The petition of residents and tax payers
of Tp 139-1o5 asking that TIP. 13o-1o5 be
segregated from Beach school district was
on motion approved.
e o'clock p. m. board on motion ad-
journcd to meet at g o'clock a. M April
2. 1907.
9 O'Clock a. m. April 1st 1901, board
met persuant to adjournment: present ].
b. Stoddard and F. E. Gorham. The
quarterly report of Geo. o. Reid, Justice
of the Peace was on motion approved.
The quarterly report of ]. A. Kitchen.
Supt. OF schools, was on motion approved.
Moved by Mr.. Gorham and seconded BY
MIR. Stoddard that the board recend their
action taken on petition presented by re-
sidents OF Up. 13o-1os. said TIP. and II.
being included in Beach school district: it
appearing that the petition presented the
board was not in due form. in that it lack
ed tho required affidavits to show that it
was signed by majority of the voters of
Beach school district, and that the signers
thereof were in fact legal and qualified
voters Of the said Beach school district.
Commissioners report organizing new
township.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
County of Billings.
Upon receiving petition of majority
of the legal voters of the four Congressional
townships. I3o and 14o ranges los and ZOO,
in said county, asking that the same be set
of. las in petition) and at the hearing of
said petition having heard all objection to
the same. we. the County Commissioners
of said county, did, on the and day of
April. A. D., 1907, proceed to divide the
said township and to fix and determine the
boundaries of such new township, and to
name the same Beach township, in accord
ance with said petition. and designate
Beach. N. D.. as the place for holding
the first town meeting in such town, to be
held on Saturday. April 20, 1907. the
boundaries of said township of Beach,
as filed and established by us, are a. fol-
lows: commencing at the south east corner
of township 139-1o5, thence west along the
southwest corner of township 13o-1o6,
thence north along the township line to
the northwest corner of township 1o4
range 1o6 thence east along the township
line to the northeast corner of township
r4o range los, thence south along the
township line to the southeast corner of
said township 139 range los, the place of
beginning.
Dated at Medora. N. D.. this and day
of April. A. D.. 1907.
]. B. SropDARD,
Chairman of the Board of county CON-
missioners of Billings Co., N. Oak.
Attest, ]. A. McGRRGoR.
| County Auditor.
The bond of L. F. Martin assessor, and
district. was on motion approved.
This agreement. made and entered into
this End day of April, a. d.. 1907, by and
between w. H. Melvin. M. D.. of Beach,
North Dakota, party of the first part, and
the Board of County Commissioners of
Billings county, North Dakota, party of
the second part: Witnesseth that the party
of the second part for and in considera-
ton of the sum of $45o.oo.. payable as
hereinafter mentioned, hereby contracts
himself to the said party of the second
part as its county physicirn, for the period
of one year beginning on the 1st day of
May, a. d. 1908. and agrees in a skillful,
scientific and correct manner, to provide
aud perform all needed and surgical work
for the said party of the second part dur.
ing said period, required for its needy
poor residents therein. which medical and
surgical work shall include the furnishing
of board, lodging, nursing. medicines and
everything whatsoever requisite and neces
sary for the proper care of the needy poor
patient, resident in said county of Billings
1t is understood and agreed that the
; board of county commissioners. or any
member thereof, shall be the. Judge and
determin as to who and what are count,
charges within the meaning of this con
tract, and give the said party of the frs
part due and reasonable notice thereof.
The party of the second part agrees OF
J its part as compensation to be paid to thu
said party of the first part, upon proper
compliance by the party of the first part
with each and all of the conditions of thi
contract, to pay to the party of the frs
part, the sum of $4,000 the same to b
payable quarterly. and the said party o
the first part hereby agrees to accept tn