The Dickinson press., 1909-02-27

The following petitions to organize
new townships were approved: Town
ship 1869. to be called Dover Town
ship; township 136-100. to be called
Conner Township; township 1874 and
135-101 and 102, to be called Sand
Creek.
The commissioners appointed the 18th
day of March as the day on which to
hold the first meeting to organize the
following civil townships: Sand Creek
civil township, Black school house, Sec
tion 1~1-134-1O2; Connor civil township.
Pulkabek school house, section 28-134-
100; Dover civil township, school house
section 1860; Mud Lake civil
township. school house section 2-135-100:
Midway civil township. Midway hotel
section 36-136-1OO.
The following bills were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn: Goodridge
Call Lumber Co., lumber for bridge and
fence around court house. $63. IS;
George E. Burgess. to filling Davis and
Sully Creek bridges, $14S. IS; George
E. Burgess, man and team 2 days haul
ing rock, $40. 90; J. A. McGregor. ex-
press from January 1 to February 20,
1909, $5.55; A. D. Ferris. postofice
box rent county treasurer and register
of deeds to March 81, 1909. 81. 40. T.
T. Plomason. county surveyor, surveying
county road north of Sentinel Butte,
$40 {.
County t~reasurer's salary was fixed at
$133. 80 as carefully estimated on basis
of collections of 1909 taxes, section
I2959 revised code.
Treasurer is again ordered to transfer
81, 900. 90 from general county fund to
county sinking fund. 5.
Petition from Sentinel Butte praying
for the building of highways south of
Sentinel Butte was laid on the table
for purpose of investigation, also pc
tition praying for the building of two
OAAu6Vo III VOWAAoA4P A14.1Cs .-
On motion N. D. Nichols was ap-
pointed justice of the peace for Medora
for a term of two years.
Bond of asset for building bridges
over Cannon Ball river was approved.
Communication of G. r. Wannemacher
asking for reduction of taxes on grounds
of over assessment, upon investigation
it was found that he had been assessed
in Medora instead of Gorham school
district and was entitled to rebate of
SIS. Al which was granted. His further
claim of over assessment of number of
stock was disallowed on grounds that the
assessors record bore his own signature
and that a claim of this kind cannot be
considered at this time but remon-
STRANGE should have been made at July
meeting of commissioners held to hear
such claims.
The following bills were ordered paid
by warrant: j. w. Follis, 3 days serv-
ices as county commissioner and so
miles travel, SIS. 90; J.. B. Stoddard,
same, $500; F. E. Gorham, services
and 1877 miles travel S37. IS; N. D.
Nichols, to amount paid court stenog-
rapher. Anna Hanson case, $23. 40; j.
B. Stoddard, 2 days services, 80 miles
travel, 2 days team hire and paid j.
r. Dryer on county road work ($25. OO),
$43. 90; J.. B. Stoddard, oats to j. r
Dryer, horse food on road work, S.. 90,
plank for culverts, SIS. SO, 235 lbs. nails
for county bridge work, $11.40 labor
and material paid for bridges, $19. As;
J..B. Stoddard to bridges viewed on
Little Beaver, labor, team hire, etc..
SIG. so.
Franchises were granted to the Bel6eld
& Northwestern Telephone Co. and to
the Golden Valley Telephone Co. to
take effect when signed by the compan-
lea The county will have free use of
the lines for county business.
The petitions from taxpayers in town.
ship 1925, and from w. "A. Shear and
others of Sentinel Butte. praying for
bridaes, were considered but no definite
action will be taken until the April
meeting s3&
There,beinig no further business the
board adjourned to the next regular
meeting.
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