The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-08-18
board adjourn until nine o'clock On
Wednesday. August !, lD1Q seconded
BY Com. Lokensgard and carried.

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Wednesday. August !. lD10 ssoondsd
BY Com. LokeasGArd and carried.
August 3, 1910.
The board o. county commissioners
met at nine o'clock 3 w., - per ID.
.uuruMent. WITH all members present
except Com. Hurd. Com. Amundson
~ the char.
Com. Lokessard moved that the
pond and contract OF George w. KEN
per in tae sum Of four hundred dol
lars l>4vvJ, with J. H. and A. F..
oconeld sureties for the construction
u graue ueLween sections II and Is,
Township l52. Range 81. at II cents
per CUBIC yard. also tor the construc
tlon VI utluge between sections AMI
Z, TOWNSHIP l54. Range 80, for the
amount or two hundred sixty-elXht
dollars l$z6S.tvJ, be accepted ana
approved and that the auditor be in
structed to return the ceruned checA
to said G. W. kemper. Motion was
au4y seconded by Com. Sanders ana
carried.
Com. Glein moved that the surety
Dond OF Fairbanks, Morse & Co. in
the amount OF two thousand two huh
uled elgnty-one dollars lS2.zS1.UU) in
connection with the contract for ill.,
stallation Of engine for electrical
lghts and fixtures be accepted aud
approved and that the auditor be In
structed to return their certified
check. Motion was seconded BY
Com. Sanders and carried.
Com. Glein moved that the bond OF
Gust Bjorkman in tie sum Of twenty
four dollars ($24.00). with Andrew
Carlson and M. o. Maher sureties.
for lost county warrant, No. 1859.
in the amount OF twelve dollars ($12.-
OO) for trea boundary be accepted and
that the auditor be instructed to u
sue county warrant In lieu Of said
lost warrant. Notion was seconded
by Com. Sanders and carried.
Com. Lokensgard moved that the
bond and contract OF william Johnson
in the sum of seven hundred dollars
($700O0). with G. N. Eng and Clara
Smith sureties. be accepted and ~
proved and that the said sum OF the
bond is given in the matter Of con
tract for construction Of grade be.
tween sections and and sections
13 and IA. Township Isl. Range IS. at
a price OF IA IL cents per cubic yard.
Motion was duly seconded by Com.
Glein and declared carried.
Com. Glein moved that the applica.
ton Of abatement Of taxes BY John w.
Grove be accepted for the reason that
land was assessed az town lots and
should have been Assessed 40 farm
land and the auditor was instructed t.
make corrections as asked for in said
application. Motion was seconded
by Com. Sanders and carried.
Com. Glein moved that the peu
ton signed by James Johnson ant
others asking for : grade across 9
certain slough on township line OF
the northeast corner of the northwest
quarter of section 6, township 155
range 80, be accepted ana that Petel
Reichart be allowed the sum OF one
hundred dollars ($100.00) for the com
plete construction of said grade
across said slough and that the grade
shall not be less than three and Z
half feet high and sixteen feet wide
on the top. Motion was seconded BY
Com. Lokensgard and carried.
Com. Glein moved that the boart
adjourn until two o'clock p. m.
which was duly seconded and carried
Afternoon Session.
The board OF county commissioner
met, as per adjournment 1T 2 O'Clock
p. m. with all the members present
except Com. Hurd. Com. Amundsor
in the chair.
The afternoon was taken up in look
ing up and discussing several mat
ters of importance before the board
Moved by Com. Sanders that th<
following resolution be adopted which
was duly seconded by Com. Gleir
and carried: Resolved that the chair
man Of the board Of county commits
sioners of Ward county be instructed
and is authorized hereby by the boart
OF county commissioners to enter into
q written contract and three years
lease with James Johnson for quar-
ters selected by Judge Goss for dis
trict court chambers. The county II
to pay therefor rental of forty-dvt
dollars ($45.00) per month, the sam*
as the county IL now paving for tn,
present district court chambers.
Com. Glein moved that the follow
ing resolution be adopted which VA