The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-10
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
official Proceedings of the Board
of County Commissioners.
Monday, July 6th, 1908.

8 O'Clock a. m.-The County Com
missioners met IN regular session.
Present, c. w. White. Chairman: W.
r. Johnson and F. W. Sherman. Com.
missioners: w. Fl. Pound, County
Attorney: and Norah B. Redford
/ Clerk.
The minutes of proceedings
from January l, 1908, to the present
time were read and approved.
( The road petition signed by II. j.
Smelser, II. f. Robertson ct al aud
filed March :, 1908, for road begin
ming at the northwest corner of sec
tion two ~, in town ten u0). range
forty-four (44) west and running south
on section lines to the south west
corner of section fourteen Ill, in town
nine t9), range forty-tour (44) west,
being the line between Sedgwick and
Phillips county. Colorado, coming up
for consideration was referred back to
the petitioners for further signatures
and viewers reLort on same is not con-
| sidered at this time, but laid over to
.
be again presented.
/ The road viewers report on road
in town II and II, range 45. and pc
titioned for by Fred hammers, George
d. Woodlands and j. \. Dawson ct al.
is accepted. The County Commission
ers find the road as prayed for is nee
essary and declare the road as report
ed by the viewers public road; and
1t is ordered that the full and final
report of the viewers including the
plat and report of whatever survey
may have been made be recorded in
the Office Of the County Clerk in the
book kept for that purpose, and that
deeds be drawn for tina. portion OF
land taken for the road and sent 10
each of the owners as stated in view
ers report, with a statement of the
amount due each for the same. Ii. the
case of Mike kotch and VIM. Wal
worth the Clerk is directed to draw
warrants and cash them, each for
s.. 90 and SO. 90 respectively and de-
|
to their order and upon the deposit of
this money this road be declared open
for travel. The Clerk is hereby no.
titled to prepare notices of the open
public places along the liue of the
road, giving notice that the proper
officers will open and work the road
from and after sixty (60) days from
the date of such notice: Provided, =
The road shall not be opened across
any land or field of growing crops
or along the line where growing crops
will be exposed to stock unit the
owner of such crops shall have sutii-
cient time to harvest and take care of
same.
1t appearing to the Board that the
Ovid Land Com pany has laid out a
road or street through the northeast
quarter Of section ) and that part of
the southeast quarter OF section
| lying north of the Denver branch of
Union Pacific Railroad Company's
right of way, all in township eleven
| t1ll north, range forty-tive 40 west
9th p. m., III which they have plated
a townSitc called Ovid, and have dedi-
Gated the street called or named Main
Street, aS shown by the plat of said
townslte as recorded in the Recorders
Office of Sedgwick county: and il APP
pearing to the Board of County Com
missioners that the owners of said
townsite are all the owners of the land
through which said street is laid out
and it appearing to the Board that
the public good requires the said
street to be declared a public high
way, and it appearing that said plat
has beon filed and recorded, the
County Clerk is hereby directed TO
record that portion Of the townsite
| showing the street named Main Street
in the road record, and said street is
hereby declared public highway from
and after this date and the County
Clerk is directed to post three 81
notices along said street or road no.
tifying the public that the said street
or road will be opened from and after
sixty (60J days from date of such
notice.
Upon motion of Commissioner
johnson seconded by Commissioner
Sherman, which carried, the Board
adjourned to meet the following day
at oclock a. III.
Tuesday, July 7th, 1905.
9o'clock a. m.-The Board met in
adjourned session with all members
| present.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the proper railroad officials to open
crossings on section lines between sec
tions % and 30, 20 and p, 81 aud %,