The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1909-03-26
County oommlssioners' proceedings.
ncCook, Nebraska, March %, 1909.

Gray and +. 5. Lotion, commissioners aud i
Charles SkalIa, county clerk. 4
The minutes of the meetings held on March 4
9th, 10th and 18th we're read and ON motion ap- !
proved. {
The petition of A.. Peters and others, asking (
for the establishment of a public road was read 3
and considered. The board finds that all the 1
requirements of the law have been complied {
with and the public good requires il, on motion s
same was granted and road established as I
follows(as established by the commissioner APP !
pointed To view said road:
Commencing at the northeast corner OF the I
southeast quarter of section "a. township !,
north, range ~, west, in Grant precinct, running
thence west no rods to the southeast corner OF
the west half of the northwest quarter OF Sec
ton ~, thence north one half mile, thence west
on the section line to n point 22S feet east of
Rayine, thence north &c degrees west 1856 feet
thence south 81 deg ees west to a point on sec
ton line ~ feet west ofthe west bank of Ravine,
thence west to the south vest corner of section2 q,
thence north on section line between sections
q and 2S, to the northeast corner of the south
east quarter of section ~, thence west JO feet,
thence north I3a degrees west 97 feet, thence
Vest to the west line of the northeast quarter OF
section Is, thence north to the northwest corner
of the northeast quarter of section %, and
terminating thereat. All in township l., north,
range 30, west 9th p. NJ. Said road To be known
as road No. I16is, and the clerk was instructed
to notify the oversecr of highways TO open said
road.
The petition of W. II. Hartman, Harve Row
land and others, asking for the establishment
of a public road was read and considered. The
board finds that ali the requirements OF the law
have been complied with and that the public
good requires it, on motion same was granted
and road established as follows (as established
by the commissioner appointed to view said
road):
Commencing at a pOiut 74 rods south Of the
northwest corner of section y, township l.,
north, range 30. west in Grant precinct, running
thence east one half mile To a point a rods
| south of the northeast corner OF the northwest
1 quarter Of section 26-1-3O. thence north 15i rods,
thence east parallel with north line of said sec
ton 90 122 rods, thence north So rods, thence
east 26a rods to section line between sections
l u and 22-1-3O, thence north along said section
line to southeast corner of section l6-l-3O, also
commencing ~ rods north of the northeast
corner ofthe southeast quarter OF section lC-!-5u,
thence east 81 rods, thence north to a point 96
T rods east Of the northeast corner of the south
p east quarter of section 91-3O, thence east 40 rods
, TO Ola ROAD, IncnCe northeast HOW'LL IIdNClIO
road 50 rods to a point on table between two
1 canyons, thence continuing northeast on trav-
elled road % rods to a point 90 rods north of the
4 southeast corner of the northwest quarter OF
5, ction 10-1-3O, thence north and northeast
!, following travelled road to a point on section
l line between sections 1920 and 3-1-30, Ill rods
r west of the northeast corner of said section j,
q thence east on said section line IS rods, thence
north 1kl rods tO a ppint = rods east of rocket
in canyon, thence easS on half section line ISL
rods to a point 81 rods west of west bank of
Z canyon, thence north "a rods following travelled
g road to a point on divide between two canyons,
Il thence east GO rods to head of pocket, thence
. northeast IL rods, thence east 15l rods to- point
" on section line 9S rods south of the northeast
corner of section 1920, terminating thereat,
II also to vacate that part of road No. $50 COM
mencing so rods north of the southeast corner
of the southwest quarter of section 2l-l-:N,
! running north q mile and thence east z mile to
:" the southeast corner of section 16-l-3D, also com,
mencing 22O rods north of said southeast corner
and ending at che northeast corner If section
l6:i-30, also to vacate the road between the
northwest quarter of section 2S-1-W and the
" southwest quarter of section 21-1-3O, said new
road to be known as road No. 424, and the clerk
was instructed to notify the overseer OF high
ways to open said road.
4 motion was made by Lotion seconded by
" Gray, as follows: 1t is i hereby ordered by thu
county commissioners that all the count!
b. officers desiring stationery and supplies shall
make a written requisition for the same to the
:, county clerk whose duty ii shall be to approve
. or disapprove such requisition and order tn,
IL same from parties with whom he can do tn,
best. Any supplies purchased contrary 10th i
va order will not be approved, allowed or paid b.
the equity. Motion carried unanimously.
III On motion J. NJ. Brown was appointed a
justice of the peace for East Valley precinct t
fill vacancy.
The following official bonds were examine
and on motion approved: George E. Car
I'd Overseer of Highways, District No. 10, Ea:
Valley Precinct; Z. T. Couse. Overseer {
- Highways, District No. !, Willow Grove Pr
cinct; W. L. Miller, Overseer of Highway
he District No. 10, Beaver Precinct.
,ta The claim for poll tax refund of &C. Thoma
of $2.59, who was assessed in this county, Apr
~ Is, 1898, and who paid said poll tax under pr
NO test, the reason that he was later assessed
ere California and paid poll tax there, was
at motion rejected, because he was legally to
assessed in this county before his removal.
Ga motion the county treasurer was i
'he structed to refund to Q. j. Hadley the GmOu
lch of 1888, being the amount of 1893 personal tax
ma. paid by him under protest, for the reason tn
his personal property was in school dist let \
10, while he was assessed by the deputy assess
in district No. ,, and the difference in the levi
of the two districts amount to that amount
nm his assessment.
The following claims were audited and
lowed and the clerk was instructed to dra
m warrants on the road funds of the respecti
ute commissioner districts as follows:
C K Shear, road work, commissioner dis
of trIct MOI $500 =
" ] II Huntwork, road work, commissioner
ter dis,rict No. Y
der IT McCullom. spikes for overseers com
;no missioner district No ...............-. B
Red Willow County Cooperative Grain
and Live Stock Company, supplies for
OF oyerseers, commissioner district No ,. 6
Alfred Garter, road work, commissioner
district NO y
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