The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-06-12
COURT HOUSE NEWS.

The County Court adjourned t.
meet June IA, at which time tn,
matter Of appointing the County
| Fair Commissioners will be taker
up.
| The County Clerk is now distribu.
ting copies of the 1913 Session Laws
to the County Officials and Justices
of the Peace. The book contains
$50 pages.
The County is required to pur-
chase new ballot boxes. These
must be made Of leather or canvas,
according to the terms of the new
law now in effect.
Judge Patterson has four applica-
tions under the new Widows Pen
sion Law. Under this law widows
with children under Is years of age
are entitled to $40 per month for
the first child and $3.50 per month
for each additional child.
Win. H. Hall, an old soldier,
who recently sold his homestead and
has been spending his substance for
strong drink, was on Monday ad-
judged a spendthrift, in Judge Pat
terson's Court, and O. f. Farms
worth appointed his guardian.
TheInew law affecting the regis
tration Of brands, requires all per-
sons having brands of record, to
renew the same within one year,
and If not renewed, the recorded
brand will be cancelled, and may
be adopted by any other person.
Marriage license was issued to
Victor T. Wiglesworth and Maude
J. Irvine, also to Robert Burroughs
and Grace Ethel Brown. The new
law requires the male applicant to
present certificate of health from
q liceilsed physician, before he can
obtail8a marriage license.
The new form Of Anglers License
issued by the County Clerk does not
require a description of the holder,
but requires his or her signature on
ly, to make it valid, all persons,
male and female over IA years of
age ire required to carry license
while fishing. A new form of hunt
ing hgense is being prepared by the
State Game Warden and viii soon
be ready for delivery.
County Clerk Hill has rendered
appointments to the following per-
sons as official Registrars, under the
new registration system. NJ. A.
Bates for Dairy Precinct. Nose
Ashbaugh for Eight Mile. A. L.
Hudson for Gooseberry. w. P.
Mcmillan, for Lexington. E. 7.
Perkins for lone. M. V. Logan for
Cecil. w. A. Walpole for Irrigon,
John Brosnan for Lena and E. 0.
Neill for Pine City.
J. w. Ferguson, State Insurance
Commissioner who is engaged in
the work Of devising uniform sys-
TEN of accounting and reporting for
all the counties of the State, has re-
quested the County Clerk to send |
him a sample of all records and |
blanks now used by all the county
officials affecting the financial re-
cords of the County, and thus be-
come acquainted with the various
systems now used, and from them |
adopt the best
Assessor Wells has completed the |
field work of assessing, and is now
busy arranging the blanks to make |
up the Tax Roll for 1918. The !
new law requires the Assessor to
have the Tax Roll completed on the
second Monday ins September, on
which date the County Board of
Equalization meets. Hereafter 1t Is
the duty of the Assessor to extend
the taxes upon the tax rolls. Here
tofore this work has been done by \
the County Clerk.
At the session of the County \
Court held on the 9th inst, the pro-
posed change, or new gra de on
franklin Hill, was rejected on ac-
count of excessive damages being
awarded by the Viewers to the par
les through whose land the propos-
ID road would be located. And the
Iced for tight of way for a change
n the County Road through w. G..
NcCarty's land was also rejected on
account of the steep garde required
o locate the road on the proposed
Ocation