Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-02
Official Proceedings
OF the Board of County Supervisors
of Custer County, Nebraska.
Broken Bow, Nebraska. ,
December n 1907

UIC VIAL iuuu'
The roll was called and the follow
ing answered Present:
No. ii. +. Grint.
No. 2--R. r. WEIGH.
No. 81. Cushman.
No. 4-Jos Fennimore
No. 5 j. B. Gilmore.
No. GA. Fonda.
No. BEN P. Morris.
The Board then went into Com
mittee work and at II m. took a
recess till 1:30 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board met at 1870 p. m. with
all members present and took up the
| consideration of the 0. r. Taylor road
petition and witnesses were sworn and
testified, after which the Board took
up the consideration of the a. II.
Pracht road petition.
N. L. Gadd, counsel for the remon
strators, objected to The introduction
of any testimony touching upon the 0.
H.. Taylor road.
1t was moved and carried that the
objection be overrruled.
Witnesses were sworn and testified
and at 6 o'clock the Board adjourned
till 9 a. m. tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Is, 1907.
Board met at 9 a. m. with all
members present, and resumed the
examination of witnesses in the A. H
Pracht road case and at the con-
clusion of the taking of testimony, a
motion was made aud carried that
the matter of the A. II. Pracht road
petition be referred to the road COM
mittee.
The road committee made the
following report thereto.
We recommend that this petition
be rejected and that all claims for
damages be rejected.
BEN p. MORRIS.
J, B. GILMORE.
L. CUsHMAN.
1t was moved and carried that the
report of the committee be accepted
and adopted as read
The balance of the forenOOl was
spent in committee work and at II
m. the board adjourned till 1:30 p.
m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board met at 1870 p M, with
all members present, and he petition
of various persons of Hayes precinct,
asking that the polling place in said
precinct be changed from the Hoosier
school house, to the school house
known as Hayes Center, located d
mile south of the NV corner of section
SO, township 20, range "a, was then
taken up by the Board, and a motioa
was made and carried that the petit
ton be granted.
The road committee made the
following report upon the petition of
o. r. Taylor, ct al, for road in
township II, range 10
Mr.. Chairman, in the matter of the
0. r. Taylor road petition, consider
ing the evidence and testimony relat
ing to the same your committee is of
the opinion that the public good re-
quires the establishment of the road.
We therefore recommend that a
committee of three members of this
board be appointed to appraise the
damages caused by the location of
said rad, through section SO, town
ship II, range 10, according to the
Plat and field notes of the Surveyor.
BEN P. MORRIS.
L. CUsHMAN.
j. B. GILMORE.
1t was moved and carried that the
report of the committee be accepted
and adopted as read, and that the
road be and hereby is established as
recommended
The road committee also made the
following report upon the petition of
M. q. Montgomery, ct al, for a road
in township Is, range 20.
We recommend that this petition
be granted from station | to station
IL, and that the balance of the petit
ton be rejected and claims allowed
and rejected as follows:
To the owner of the NJ of the
neI and neH nwH section 20,
township 49, range 20, $4,000, and
that all other claims be rejected and
that the deed of dedication filed this
day by Joel Blackwell be accepted and
the surveyor be instructed to survey
and plat the same
BEN p. NORRIS,
l.. CUSHMAN, Com
j. B. GILMORE.
1t was moved and carried that the