The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-05-19
caldwell. idaho. Aprll 20, Is1O.

Caldwell, Idaho, April 70, 1917.
The Board of County Commissioners
met pursuant to a recess taken on the
18th. Present: Jas Vanderdasson
Chairman; J. E. Kerrick, Otto G. Rein
hardt, and o. " Bailey, Clerk, when
the following proceeding were had,
to-wit:
In the matter of the petition of o. C.
Moberly ct al, for the incorporation of
the Village of Middleton, the same
coming on duly to be heard and it ap-
pearing to this Board upon testimony
submitted by S. S. Foote, s. F. CLANCY
and Peter Meth that the inhabitants
within said proposed village to the
number of 200 are actual residents of
the territory described in the petition,
and that majority of the taxable in
habitants of the proposed village have
signed such petition, and Ii appearing
that said village has not heretofore
been Incorporated under the laws of
this state and that it is to the best in
terests of said village that it be in
corporated.
Now, therefore, 1t is hereby ordered
that said Village of Middleton be and
the same is hereby Incorporated under
the name of the Village of Middleton
and its metes and bounds are hereby
declared to be and are as follows: Be
ginning at the quarter section corner
near the property known as the Mid
dleton Mercantile building, being
quarter section corner between Sec
ton and Section 7, Township 4 ~,
r. W., B. NJ, directly south one-half
mile, thence east three-quarters of
mile, thence north one and one-half
miles to the township line, thence west
one and one-half miles, thence south
one and one-half miles, thence east
three-quarters of mile to the true
point of beginning, said tract being in.
area one and one-half miles square,
all of said described property being in
Canyon County, Idaho, and the follow
ing trustees are hereby appointed who
shall hold their offices and perform all
the duties required of them by law
until the election and qualification of
their successors, to-wit: Newton
Jones, w. r. Plowhead, Geo. o. Halves,
Geo. W. Walker, and s. S. Foote.
In the matter of the petition of
James A. Kesgard ct al, inhabitants of
Road District No. 33, petitioning for a
legal road, the petition is accepted and
Chas Bilderback, Geo. o. Powell and
Harry Brown are appointed as view
ers to view said road and report to the
Board at the April meeting
In the matter of fixing the salaries
for the various county officers, the
following are the amounts agreed
upon for the coming year:
Clerk and ex-officio auditor
and recorder 81 900. 90 |
Assessor and ex-officio tax col
lector .----.-.-.....-......---..... 100000
Sheriff .. .....-................. 10000 |
Probate Judge ..-.......... $4,000 |
Treasurer and ex-officio public
administrator -. ......-,...,..... 10000
Superintendent of public in
struction 49,. ........................ 1,2OOO
Surveyor. ..........-....-... 5000 |
Coroner 49,. ........................... 10000 |
In the matter of the petition of c.. |
A. Williams ct al, inhabitants of Road |
District No. so, petitioning for a legal |
road, commencing at the half-section |
line of south line of Section IA, 7. 2 N,
R. 2 W., B. NJ, extending south four
miles on half-section line to the south
line of Section 2, T. 2 N, r. l W., B.
NJ The petition is accepted and the
road declared to be a public highway,
and the road overseer is ordered to
put the same in condition for travel.
Whereupon the Board took recess
until 10 a. m. May 6, 1910.
Approved:
JAS. VANDERDASSON,
Attest: Chairman.
o. V. BADLEY, Clerk.