The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-12

cOrpOrated as 8 town under the COZ
porate name OF Town Of Laurel, il
accordance with the provisions Of sec
tons 4720, 4721, .4722 and 4723 Of th,
Political Code Of the State Of Mon
tana.
The territory which We desire IN
c%orporated as the town Of Laurel l.
particularly described as follows, to
wit: Beginning at the northwest cor
ner Of the southwest quarter OF sec
ton nine. In township two south o.
range twenty-four east Of the Mon
tana Meridian in Montana, running
thence south five thousand two hun
dred and eighty feet to the southwest
corner Of the northwest quarter OF
!; section sixteen in said township and
range; thence running east five thou
sand two hundred and eighty feet to
the southeast corner Of the northeast
Quarter of said section sixteen, in said
township and range; thence running
north five thousand two hundred and
eighty feet to the northeast corner Of
the southeast quarter of said section
nine; thence running west five thou
sand two hundred and eighty feet to
the place of beginning. That we
have hereunto annexed a map Of said
proposed territory which we desire to
be So incorporated, and hereby make
the same a part Of this petition. 4,
We further request that the pro-
posed territory and townsite be di-
vided into three (3l wards, to be
known as Ward Number One, Ward
Number Two and Ward Number
Three of the town of Laurel, Yellow
stone county, Montana, the limits of
which are particularly described as
follows, to-wit: All that portion Of
said territory lying west Of Second
Avenue and north OF the right Of way
Of the Northern Pacific Railway conf
pany shall constitute and be known as
the First Ward; all that portion of
said territory lying east of said Sec
ond avenue and north of said right of
way shall constitute and be known
as the Second Ward, and all that por-
ton Of said territory lying south Of
said right Of way shall constitute and
be known as the Third Ward" Z
II appearing that there are 119 sig
natures to the petition, that the law
has been fully complied with, anu that
said petition is legally entitled to con-
sideration and action at this time, the
Board pursuant to law, upon motion,
appointed Edwin L. Fenton of Laurel,
Montana, to take the census Of the
residents of the territory to be tncor-
porated and return the list to the
Board of Commissioners not later
than June %. 1908.
The sum OF 5000 was ordered trans
ferred from, the general fund to the
state examiner fund.
A petition, largely signed by resi-
dents of Custer, Montana, vas pre-
sented to the Board, praying fol the
construction Of a jail building at Gus
ter.
Acting on the above petition, the
Board decided to construct said jail
,,non %lo a.rdi+,or +hn+ %ha noc}5or+c
of Custer donate to the county Of Vel
lowstone a site for said Jail.
The following bills were audited,
and allowed In amounts named:
E. s. Fosse, with sherit's
posse ........... ........ $3.50
j. w. Mendenhall, with sher-
in's posse ......... ...... 1916
Frank McMullen. with sner-
IFS, posse .............. 1000
j. P. Lavelle, with sheriff's
posse ....,...... ........ b.4o
Ed Smith, with sherih's posse 1900
ID. M. Kinsel, watching bridge 500
Brewer & Conway, horses for
posse ......... .......... $500
w. L. Terrell, with sheriff's
posse ......... .......... 1915
w. . Mowre, automobile for
posse account assigned $500
James Hart, with sheriff's
posse ........... 5........ sou
Robert Gish, with sheriff's
posse ............ ....... 4.UU
Neil Mclean, with sherih's
posse ............ ..:.... 1000
James Buckley, meals and beds
for posse .....,........ 600
r. H. Foster, meals and
horses for posse ......... 27.oo
j. r. Goodwin, horses for
posse ......... ....... 500
Oscar Gribble, with sheriff's
posse ........... ........ 1880
F. A. Morrison, meals and
horses for posse ......... $50
First National bank, automo-
bile for posse, account as
signed ... 5000
3. A. Ray, with sheriff's posse
claimed $500, allowed 1900
w. H. Coburn, with sherif's
posse, claimed $1,000, allow