The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-12-20
December Session Of the
Comfy Commissioners.

Wash. at $3.50 a m December 1907,
! pursuant to adjournment OF previous
day all members being present.
In the matter of the approval of
plat OF 4th addition to White Bluffs
City.
Whereas the White Bluffs Land &
Irrigation Co. did on Nov. % 1907
plat into lots and blocks the follow
ing described parcel OF land situated
in Benton county Wash to wit:
all OF lot 6 Il strip OF 20 feet wide
on the west side of lot and the
west hall of lot , of the White Bluffs
City and Orchard Tracts.
Now on this 4th day OF December.
1907 said White Bluffs Land & Irriea-
CATION Co. by their agent, J. r Nc
! Neand, having surrendered to the
| Board silld plat for approval, and
the Board having considered the
same and being fully advised in the
premises,
1t is ordered, all members concur
ring. that said plat be and is hereby
approved.
In the matter OF the Haxton drain
age district.
1t appearing to the Board that it
| is neceSsnrEat this time to appoint u
ditch supervisor for the HaXtOn
drainage district and that residents
| of SAID drainage district have recon-
mendcd the appointment of Ii. G..
Tweedt, the Board being fully adviS-
ed in the premises, it is ordered, all
| members cOncurriny, that the said
II G Tweedt be and is hereby appoint
ed ditch supervisor Of the HaXton
drainage district No Benton Coun-
ty Wash and that he shall hold Office
appointed and shall give bonds fixed
at the sum OF 81 900, said bonds to
be approved by this board That the
said supervisor be and is hereby au-
thOrized to begin the construction OF
said ditch at outlet of the same and
shall construct said ditch under the
direction OF the county engineer who
located the same. The said supervis-
or is he rtby authorized to employ
such number OF men as shall be nee
essary to successfully carry on tie
work OF construction and shall give
preference in such employment to the
persons owning the land to be bene-
fitted by the Improvement.
1t is further ordered that the COM
pensatiOn of the ditch supervisor be
and is hereby fixed at the rate of 81
per day.
1t Is further ordered that the rate
OF pay for man and team be and is
fixed at the rate Ol$ 80 per hour.
1t is also ordered that the rate of
pay for men be fixed in the su n of s %
per hour.
IC is further ordered the county
auditor shall draw his warrants on
the county treasurer upon the reports
sworn to by the supervisor aud APP
proved by the board OF County Com
missiOners on u fund known as
Dl ainage district No Fund, which
fund is hereby created, and that there
be paid into said fund the proceeds
of all assessments and the sum coll
ectcd thereOmthat may be hereafter
levied or assessed on account OF the
construction OF the said drainage
ditch against the lands benefited
thereby.
In the matter of the Richland
drainage district.
Whereas Il petition for the estab-
iishment OF a drainage district
known us the Iichland drainage dis
trict was presented to the board Of
comfy commissioners on Oct 3 1907.
and,
Whereas the said petition was &C
cepted and an order was entered on
the } ournal OF the Board OF County
commissioners directing the County
engineer 10 at once proceed to view
the line OF proposed ditch and deter
mine by acting view OF the premises
along and adjacent thereto wheth-
CT the Improvement is necessary or
will be conducive tUpublic health.
convenience or welfare or W Whether
the line described is the best route
and to report his findings in writing
to the said board, and,
Whe.eas said report has been fully
adopted by this board;
Now, therefore it is order q al
directed That * e Bowers. County
Engineer OF benton County. immeti-
ateiy proceed to so upon the line of
the line OF the said proposed ditch
and survey the same and run levels
upon the same and set stakes at |
every 400 feet Oh SAID line, the said |
stakes to be mum bertd cOnsecutiyeIy
from the beginning OF said line do Xn
stream to the termination OF said
line. The said engineer shall also
note the intersection of lines, the