The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-01
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Second Day.
Billings. Mont.,sNov. 81, 1908.

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The minutes OF. the previous dag
were read and approved.
The viewers report on the road pc
titioned for by w. X. Sudduth and
others, hearing on which was post
poned to this day at 1000 O'Clock q
M, was presented to the Board, and II
appearing that certain land owners
residing along said proposed route
had not yet executed releases Of right
OF way for said road, the Board, upon
motion, again postponed hearing on
said report.
The viewers report on the road pc.
titioned for by w. II. Allen and others,
hearing on which was postponed to
this day at 1l:00 o'clock a. M, was
presented to the Board, and it appear.
ing that certain land owners residing
along said proposed route had not yet
executed releases Of right Of way for
said road, the Board, upon motion,
again postponed hearing on said re-
port.
The viewers report on the road pc
titioned for by w III. Thoren and 9th
ers, hearing on which was postponed
to this day at 200 o'clock p. NJ, was
presented to the Board, and Al appear
ing that certain land owners residing
along said proposed route hao not yet
executed releases of right of way for
said road, the Board, upon motion,
again postponed hearing on 1888 re-
port. oI-5F
The viewers report on the road pc
tltioned for by w. x. Sudduth and 9TH
ers, hearing on which was postponed
to this day at 300 o'clock p. M, was
presented : the Board, and the Board,
upon motion, granted sa4- petl.4on and
declared said road a County road and
public highway.
The County Surveyor is hereby di-
.rected to survey and plat said road
as petitioned for.
In the matter Of obtaining a right of
way from MI. N. c. Bachelor for the
County road heretofore petitioned for
by T. E. Gay and others, the Board,
upon motion, decided to make the fol-
lowing offer to Mr.. N. G. Bachelor for
said right Of way, viz; To construct
for his use, a cattle pass under said
County road and to allow him soc per
rod for all necessary fencing on both
sides of said road through and over
the lands claimed by MI. N. G. Bachel-
Ter, said lands being the N. e. " Of
Section 81, Township l North, Range
SO East.
1t appearing to the Board that
Charles F. Brenn and Susan Brenn
were assessed and taxes were levied
against their lands, said lands being
described as follows, to-wit: The S. "
of the N. E. n and Lot l of Section 6,
Township z North, Range 26 East, and
the E. " of the N. w. " and Lots 3
and 4 Of Section 6, Township Z North
Of Range 26 East, and it further APP
'pearing that said lands were entered
by said Charles F. Brenn and Susan
Brenn under the Timber and Stone
Act Of Congress and that they have
not received the Register and Receiv-
er's final receipts on said entry, and
that the title to said lands stands in
the United States, it was, upon mo-
ton, ordered that said taxes levied
against said lands for the year 1908
be Cancelled and the County Treasurer
is hereby directed to cancel said taxes
on the Assessment Roll for said year.
A petition dated November 10, 1908,
signed by Simon Forster and others,
presented to the Board, praying
follows: Change the road in Sec
lions (27) and (34), Township Q)
North, Range C26) East M. P. M. and
abandon all the present travelled roads
between 18th Avenue North in the
Original Town (now City, of Billings,
County of Yellowstone, State of Mon
tana, according to the plat thereof
now on file and of record in the of
flee of the Recorder of Deeds for said
County and a point in the Billings
Bench Road where the hereinafter
proposed new road intersects said Bill
ings Bench Road East and South of
Alkali Creek and establish a new
SO-foot public highway as a direct ex-
tension of said 4th Avenue North from
it's intersection with the West line of
the Northwest quarter of Section (S4),
a., North Range (26) East
NJ. P. M, in a Northeasterly direction
through said northwest quarter and
through the Southwest quarter of Sec
ton CID, Township Cd North, Range
(26) East, M. P. M, to a point 70l.6
feet westerly of the quarter line in
said section; thence due North to an
intersection with the present Billings
Bench road South and East of Alkali
Creek"
Acting on the foregoing petition, the
Board appointed as viewers, Henry /
.erharz, County Surveyor, Thomas
McGirl and G. G. Cothron, who shall
meet December 15, 1908, at 10000
a. M, view the route petitioned