The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23

| waived all claims to damages In con-
nection with the construction of the
said road save and expect }. W. Hunter,
who owns the M of the N. WI OF 8. Z,
T. 80, R. 81 and the N. E. I of the N. E.
of S. ~, T. 80, R. So; 8. Wheels. who
owns the S. ! of the N. w. / of 8. Z, T,
80, r. 81; w. C. Dew, who owns lots l
2 and in s. 8, T. 20 n r. So, formerly
owned by Joseph Waters, and Ed Sui
Ivan who has lease from the State OF
Washington upon lots and 2, =. 80, T..
80, R. SO. which said last mentioned
four persons claim damages against said
county for the construction of said road.
The said petition after being filed as
above stated. was considered by the
board. survey ordered and the tenth
day of October. 1907, at the hour of ten
o'clock a. m. was set by said board for
the hearing of said petition, at which
time the said board of county commits
sioners duly continued the hearing OF
said petition and the surveyors report
until the 9Th day of November, 1907, at
which date the above matter coming be-
fore the board, and it appearing to the
board that the Directing parties above
named had not been duly and regularly
served with notice of hearing as provided
by law, the said report and said petition
was continued until January 8, 1908,
and the auditor or the clerk of said
board was required to serve notice upon
the said parties claiming damages az
above stated for the construction of said
road; that due notice ofthe hearing of
said petition was made and served upon
j. W. Hunter and Mrs. ]. w. Hunter.
in Stevens county, on the 18th day of
December, 1907. and proof of such
service will be found in the sheriff's re-
turn dated December 18th, 1907, and
filed in this matter: That due and
regular service of the notice of hearing
was made OH M. C. Peltier and Mrs.
M. c. Peltier, on the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1907, and shown by the return Of
the sheriff as above, the said M. G.
Peltier being principalin ina remonstrance
circulated, signed and filed with said
board opposing the construction of the
said Leman road; that due and regular
service was made ON w. c. Dew and
Mrs. w. G. Dew in said county on 18th
day of December, 1907, as shown by the
sheriff's return as above stated; that
due and re .ular service was made on
Ed Sullivan and Mrs. Ed Sullivan in
said county and the return of said
sheriff is shown on file in said matter;
that due and regular service was made
upon S. Wheels on the 18th day of
December, 1907, proof of such service
being shown by the sheriff's return as
above.
That on the said 9Th day of January,
1908, the said matter coming on before
the board regularly for hearing, none of
said parties SO objecting and claiming
damages appearing before said board
and the board taking testimony as to
the necessity and ACCESSIBILITY of the
construction of said road and finding:
That said road as purposes is a public
necessity and also considered the claim
of damages by the aboye named parties
and proceeded to fix the amount of
damages to the said claimants as follows:
] w Hunter the sum of ..........$ $50 OO
w c Dew the sum Of.................. Is 90
Ed Sullivan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. so 90
And the clerk of said board was di-
rected to draw a warrant and obtain the
money thereon and deposit the same in
the Office of the clerk of Stevens county
and notify said parties of such deposit.
At said hearing was also considered
regularly on for hearing at said time,
the petition of j. W. Hunter and others
duly qualified to petition said board,
for the vacation and abandonment of a
certain piece of road on the Northwest
side of Wilbur Hunters ranch, near
Hunters, Washington. to-wit: On the
north and west side of lot Z, S. 6, I. 80,
N. r. 81 E. w. NJ; thence westerly
along the north side of the N E. / of
of the N. E. of S. IL, T. 80, R. So to a
point where the proposed county road,
known as the Leman road, shall connect
with the said road as at present estab-
lished; the said petition praying that
the said abandonment take place after
or contemporaneously with the estab-
lishment of the Leman road, entering
and connecting with the old road as
aforesaid.
The commissioners inquiring into said
matter and hearing the evidence in con-
nection Herewith find:
|" That the prayer of said petitioner
should be granted and that the said
road or part of said road above described
should and the same is hereby aban-
doned and cancelled as public highway.
Referring now again to the establish
ment of the Edgar Leman road, the
commissioners finding that said road is
a public necessity and that all the pro-
ceedings necessary for the establish
ment of said road have been duly and
regularly taken, hereby ordered said
road established as prayed for in the
petition.
Done by the commissioners this 8th
day of January, 1908.
'....'.......
County Commissioners
Attest:
Clerk of the Board.
In the matter of the Sam Tavis road
No. 100 the surveyors report of same is
hereby approved plat and field notes &C
cepted and road ordered opened.
The county auditor is hereby ordered
to draw a warrant on the road and
bridge fund in favor of himself for the
sum of 500, the proceeds of which are
to be used as tender to L. A. Morgan
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