The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-25


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On motion the board adjourned un-
til January 18th, 1907 at 9 o'clock
a. m.
January 18th, 1907.
9 O'Clock A. M.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present Chairman Korsmo, Com
missioners Murphy, Thompson, Had
dow and Poupore.
On motion the bond of P. McLough-
lin as justice of the peace was ap-
proved by the board in the sum of
$4,000.
On motion the bond of Thos. L.
Lawson as county surveyor of Grand
Forks county was approved by the
board in the sum Of $4,000.
On motion the bond of P. w. Hen
messy as county constable of Grand
Forks county, North Dakota, was ap-
proved by the board in the sum of
$4,000.
On motion of Mr.. Murphy, seconded
by Mr.. Poupore, the following resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the city assessor of the
city of Grand Forks, N. D., has through
an article published in the Evening
Press Of January 18th, 1907, taken
exception to the action of the board
of county commissioners in the mat
ter of reducing the personal property
assessment of Swift & Co. in said city
for the year 1906, therefore
Be 1t resolved, that the county
auditor be instructed to insert in the
minutes of this meeting the AFFIDAVIT
of said city assessor, s. Miller,
wherein he acknowledges having made
error in said Swift & Co.'s assess
ment for said year 1906 and upon
which said affidavit the board made
the reduction.
Affidavit.
State of North Dakota, County of
Grand Forks, SIS.
: Sim Miller, being first duly sworn,
deposes and says that he is the duly
and regularly appointed, qualified and
acting assessor in and for the city of
Grand Forks, county of Grand Forks
and state of North Dakota; that act
ing in his official capacity as assessor
n and for said city, he did on or about
the goth day Of May, 1906, list and
assess the real and personal property
owned by Swift & Co. in the said city
of Grand Forks as follows: Horses
8 years old and over $4,000; wagons,
carriages and all other wheeled vehi-
cles, $4,000; goods and merchandise,
$2,600.00, that of the sum of 100000
SO assessed upon goods and merchan-
disc $4,000 was assessed upon two
refrigerator cars owned by the Swift
Refrigerator line, said cars being used
in the city of Grand Forks for stor-
age and warehouse purposes by said
Swift & Co. and for the further pur-
pose of transporting the produce of
said Swift & Co. in this state and be-
tween this state and other states.
Signed,
Sim Miller.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of September, 1906.
(Seal) III. N. Hamilton,
Deputy Clerk, United States Circuit
Court in and for the District of
North Dakota.
The report of A. F. Turner, sheriff
of Grand Forks county, North Da-
kota, Of the delinquent personal pro-
perty taxes collected during his four
years of service as said sheriff
amounting to $41.9S6.56 of the delin-
quent taxes from 1892 to 1905 in
elusive, was received, approved and
placed on file.
On. motion the temporary bond of
DR.. A. P. townsville as county cor
oner in the sum of $4,000 was ap-
proved by the board.
On motion the board adjourned un-
til 2 o'clock p. m.
2 O'Clock P. NJ.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present-Chairman Korsmo. Com
Murphy, Poupore, Thomp-
son and Haddow.
Chairman Korsmo announced the
standing committees for the
year 1907.
Asylum Hospital and Poor Farm.
Poupore, Murphy, Thompson
and Haddow.
Claims Murphy, Haddow and
Thompson.
Acknowledgements, Poupore and
Purchasing Thompson, Poupore
and Korsmo.
Public Buildings and Grounds
Poupore, Murphy and Haddow.
Roads and Bridges-Haddow, MUIR
ply, Thompson, Poupore and Kors.
mo.
The following bills were audited
and allowed
State hospital for the insane
at Jamestown, care and
treatment of Jennie Allen,
admitted July 21st, Martin
Uldrickson and H. X. Wood
ard, admitted July Gath,