The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-07-12
Had their Regular Meeting last
Week.
EQUALIZATION WORK
Took up Greater Part of the Time
at this Session. Some Bills
Allowed.

III IVS Su1dI SCSS1Ou. OO111lu1o-
>sioners present: Knoke, Glom-
seth, Romsos and Trimble. The
following bills were allowed on
Monday:
E. NJ. Kromrey, for 4, 558 cub
&c yards of dirt on grade east
side of Mouse river bridge, ST.
426.56. C. f. Shong, 1900 cub
.ic yards same place, $525. 90.
The equalization work took
up the time of the ommission-
ers until the afternoon of July
9th. The county taxes for the
year 1907 will be considerable
aower than in 1906, as there is
more taxable property than
there h as been in previous
years with about the same
amount of money needed for all
purposes-less a few thousand
for the county fair which was
voted down at the recent elec-
ton.
The work of equalization be-
ing completed, the board pro-
ceeded to make an itemized es-
innate of the county expense
for the ensuing fiscal year. The
estimate is as follows:
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Salary OF States ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1900 %
Salary of CLERK of the District Court 1900 %
Salary of Deputy CLERK of the nis- >-~
tr1ct C@ufC.... ...........'....'',. wv w
Salary of County Judge e....... 25O0 90
salary of C,erk of the County Court 800 90
Salary of Register of Deeds.............. 100 OO
Salary of the Deputy Register and
CLERKS $500 90
Salary of County Treasurer 2l0O 90
Salary of the Deputy Treasurer and
CLERKS ...................... 1900 90
Salary of County Auditor ............... M0O 90
Salary of the Deputy Auditor and
LOW w
Salary of County Superintendent of
SchOOls.......... 4ooO w
Salary of Deputy Superintendent OF
SchOOlS...... 'oo w
Compensation of County Surveyor
and assistants...................... oOO w
EOmpe nsation of County Commits
sioners rs...... ..................... 1900 90
Oompe nsation of Jailer and Janitor 1400 90
Sheriff and Constable fees........... $500 90
District and County Court expenses 1000 90
Justice, Court expenses ................. $500 90
Comne nsation of District Assessors. 800 90
Cost of books and stationery. ........... 22oO 90
Cost of printing and advertising 1900 90
Cost oflight, fuel and miscellaneous
renairs in court house. .......... 1900 90
~ tot, ,ino 10
Cost of board and supplies for pris-
1OnerS............ LOW w
Board of Health Expenses........." 100 OO
Cost of primary cleo ection,. 1000 90
Miscellaneous expenses - 1000 90
Toto, Amt. of all these Expenses. s5es5o 90
OTHER EXPENSES.
Cost of constructing and repairing
1oOOO W
Amount required to pay interest
on the indebtedness of this coun-
ty, which is S88000 90, in bOnds......- 1000 OO
Amount required for the county
bond sinking fund ...........".... 5000 90
Amount required for county spec.
tal roads 4oVO W
Amount required for county gen.
eral road work.. 14oO0 0C
The board further estimated
that the office of the Register
of Deeds, the office of the Clerk
of the District Court and the
office of the County Judge
would yield an income of $12,
600 during the ensuing fiscal
year. Taking this income from
the general expenses of the
county, estimated at $5635Q 90,
will leave the amount of $44,
$4,000 to be raised by direct tax
alton for the general expenses
of the county for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1907, and end
ing June 80, 1908.
Mum erous bridge petitions
were filed but nothing of i'm
portance was done.
Upon motion board adjourned
to meet August 1, 1907 at s
O'Clock a. m.
MASONIC MEETING