The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-01
commissioners
Proceedings
Day of the January Term.

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Eighth Day of the January Term.
Caldwell, Idaho, Jan. 81, 1908.
The Board of County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment |
from Jan. goth. Present, w. H.
Plat, Chairman, s. F. CLANCY, D. |
P. Dodd, and o. v. Bailey, Clerk,
when the following proceedings were
had, to wit:
In the matter Of the petition Of
Frank Hardy, ct al, in road district
No. 8, praying for the establishment
of public highway. The report
of the viewers having been filed, and
coming on for consideration and this
day, 1t is hereby ordered that said
report of said viewers be set for a
hearing on Tuesday, April 21st, 1908,
at 10 o'clock a. m. and that the road
overseer serve written or personal no.
tice on the following named persons
of said hearing: J. M. McCullom,
Shaffer, J. H. McCullom, Es-
tella Cupp, and make return to the
Office of the County Clerk.
In the matter of the petition Of
Hiram Stark, ct al, In road district
No. IA, praying for the opening of
a road, the report of the viewers
having been duly filed, and coming on
for consideration this day, it is here
by ordered that said report of said
viewers be set for hearing on Tues
day, the 21st day Of April. 1908, at
2 o'clock p. m, and that the road
overseer serve a written or personal
notice on the following named per-
sons of said hearing: Otto Mortz
and John Jarvis and make return to
the Office of the County Clerk.
In the matter of the petition of
VIM. B. Sawyer. ct al, praying for the
establishment of public highway in
road district No. IS, this being the
day and hour set for the hearing
of objections, If there be any, to said
petition, William B. Sawyer appeared
before the board, swears and testi-
fies that all parties signing the re-
leases on said petition were all Of
the persons who owned the property
thru which the said road passed, and
on motion the report of the viewers
was accepted and the road ordered
to be opened as a public highway.
In the matter of the petition Of
G. w. Lake, ct al, inhabitants of road
district No. 6, praying for the es-
tablishment of public highway, this
being the day and hour previously
set for hearing on this petition, g..
H. Olmstead, appeared before the
board and waived any objections that
he may have had to the opening of
said road as petitioned, therefore, on
motion, the said petition was grant
ed, and the road ordered opened.
In the matter of the petition of
Ira Miller ct al, for the establishment
of a public highway in road districts
15 and "a, this being the day and
hour set for the hearing of the re-
port of the viewers and for the ap-
pearing of the non-consenting land
owners, Mrs. Eli Allen, Geo. o. Rich
ardson, and I. Wilson appearing for
the Allen estate, appeared before the
Board, A. Umphrey not appearing.
Wherupon the board proceeded to
the discussion and consideration of
the damages to be allowed said nom
consenting land owners, and being
fully Informed in the premises said
board approved said report of the
road viewers, and ordered that dam
ages be awarded to the non-consent-
ing land owners as follows: Mrs. Ell
Allen, $4,000; Allen estate. $50. 90:
Geo. o. Richardon, $4,000; and A.
Umphrey, $4,000; and the Clerk Of
this board Is hereby directed to issue
warrants on the road fund, payable
to D. w. Gray, with instructions to
tender in cash to the said non-con-
senting land owners the respective
amounts awarded them by this board
ana make return to this office, and
should 1t appear from the return of
said overseer that any or all of the
said non-consnting land owners re-
fuse to accept the respective amounts
awarded them by this board. in that
event 1t Is hereby ordered that o. M.
Van Duyn, County Attorney of this
County. proceed at once to condemn
the said land of the non-consenting
land owners or any of them In the
courta aceordtu0 IN law