Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-03-27

mum cation was ordered plaCeu oH
, file"
January 9th appears this signifi-
cant statement:
! The board approved the bond of
NJ. J. Neylon as supervisor Of Road
/ District No. and same was ordered
fled"
"NO Vacancies"
II the minutes of the next meeting,
February 5, appears the statement:
Communication was read from
the Good Roads association, District
No. s submitting list of names Sc
lected by the association as candl-
dates for appointment as road super
visor of the said district, the follow
ing names being submitted: Arthur
Morrow, AL Brown, Mrs. O'ConnOr,
Allen Mckenzie and NJ. J. Neylon.
There being no vacancy in the posi-
ton of road supervisor in this dis
trict, on motion the communication
was ordered laid on the table,
The next day the minutes say
"Petition was received asking for
the appointment of b. f. Baker as
road supervisor of Road District No.
6. There being no vacancy in the
Office of supervisor of the said dis
trict, on motion the petition was or
dered placed on file"
! One week later. February 10, APP
pears the following:
Certain residents of Road District
No. being dissatisfied with Road
Supervisor NJ. J. Neylon. and the ac-
ton of the board in refusing to recall
him, and appoint Mr.. A. J. Morrison,
whom they had chosen at meeting
of the Good Roads association of the
said district and having asked for
reconsideration and hearing on the
matter, appeared and again demand
ed that the board remove NJ. j. Ney-
+ lon from the position of road super
visor. The board demanded of the
compliments that they put their
charges in writing, to-wit Messrs.
Guerin, A'Hearn, Medbury. Smith,
Christensen and others. These par
ties addressed the board in favor Of
Mr.. Neylon's recall. Various repre-
sentative citizens of said district ad-
dressed the board in commentator
of Mr.. Neylon's services. At the con
clusion of the hearing, there being no
specific charges filed, the board refus-
ed to take any further action in the
matter"
Everything is peaceable again until
May 20, 1912, when David Fleet
wood, supervisor of Road District No.
rendered his resignation.
ION motion the same was accepted
| to take effect as soon as he files an
inventory of the tools of his district
One week later, May 81, J. Rogers
was appointed supervisor to succeed
Mr.. Fleetwood.
Juggling Road Districts.
Then we come down into more ia
miliar history of the Juggling Of the
road districts. The first intimation
of this we find in the commissioners
minutes of their meeting of July 80,
1912, where it is stated:
"On motion the board adopted the
following resolution for redistricting
the county for road districts, as fol-
lows: Road District No. to include
the territory now contained in Dis
trcts l and a Road District No. 2 to
include the territory now included in
Road Districts No. and g. Road Dis
trct No. 3 to include the territory
now included in Road Districts No. s
and Z, and Road District No. 4 to in
clude the territory now included in
Road Districts and s."
A week later at the meeting of Au-
gust 8, the minutes contain the fol-
lowing:
"On motion, the board adopted the
following resolution resembling the
resolution of July -, 1912, redis-
| tricting the county for road pur-
poses: Whereas the board on July 20
1912 adopted a resolution redistrict-
| ing the county for road purposes and
| it having since been ascertained that
such arrangement of road districts is
impractical and not proper division
of the county for road purposes, Their
fore be it resolved, that the said reso-
luton be and the same is hereby re-
scinded and declared void and of no
effect. The board having investigat-
ed the matter thoroughly Of redis-
tricting the county for road purposes,
on motion adopted the following res
OlutiOn to
take effect January 1, 1913"
The 1913 Appointments.
The details of the resolution set
ting forth the boundaries are not in
corporated into this report, but five
districts, such as they now are, were
formed.