The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-15
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
OF the Board of County
Commissioners.

onerDEOOke, N. H., OCt. Otn, Isl
The Board of County Commission
ers convened at l0:30 o'clock a. M,
present Chairman Hovick, Commits
sioner Grefsheim and Williams.
Minutes of the meetings of July !
list and Aug. 31st, 1914 were read
and approved.
The following bills We're OH motion
allowed:
Armenia Elevator Co., coal for
Court House ........... $21S.95
Armenia Elevator Co., brick
for chimneys, court house. 4SO
Hammer Carlson Co., 10 Win
| dow glass for Court House 600
Red River Valley Telephone
Co., rent of two phones,
for six months ending Sept
80, 1914, and tolls 80. 1S20|
Ed Erickson, tearing down
and rebuilding three CHM
neys Court House ...... $500
st. Anthony & Dakota Eleva-
to Co.. lumber ........ 100
N. D. Independent Telephone
Co., rent five phones, quart
er ending Sept. 80, 1914
and tolls, ............. 23.05
j. o. Colloins, care Of gas
plant, July, Aug. Sept. =. 1900
Gunder Olson, state treasur-
er maintenance, John 4.
Johnson and Karon Berg,
patients at tuberculosis
Sanitarium, at Dunseith,
for period ending Oct 1914 10000
Welles Thompson Co., lumber
for stakes, county road 1919
State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Dunsieth, supplies for pa
tients, Johnson and Berg, $50
Enger Township, appropria-
ton for culvert between
secs. 21 and 22 ..... $4,000
Times Herald Publishing Co..
shelves for safe, $4.43.
blanks for clerk of court,
s1.25, record, $3.50. three
steel safe cabinets $240.
total, 259. %
Globe Gazette Printing Co.,
12 qts. ink. 2 doz erasers HOO
Walker Bros. & Hardy, re-
ports school money, 8.57,
leather tabs, $50, total :. 1887
On motion the Board adjourned
till l 80 o'clock p. m
Afternoon Session
The Board reconvened at 1880
o'clock p. m.. present Chairman HO-
wick, Commissioners Grefsheim. Will
liams and Verwest.
Pursuant to call for proposals for
interest upon time deposits County
Emergency Fund, bids from all
banks in the county were opened and
examined. which bids were as fol-
lows: First National Bank, Sharon,
First National Bank, Finley. First
National Bank, Hope. Hope National
Bank, Citizens State Bank of Sharon,
State Bank of Finley, Blabon State
Bank, Colgate State Bank. Luverne
State Bank, Pioneer State Bank of
Luverne, all of which banks offered
to pay interest at the rate of per
cent per annum on such time deposit.
On motion it was ordered that
$1,000 be deposited in each Of the
four National banks. and that $1050
be deposited in each of the six State
banks, provided depository bonds are
furnished as provided by law.
The Board now adjourned for the
| purpose of inspecting new bridges
constructed this season, and to re-
i convene upon completion of such in
spection.
l g. j. Mustad, County Auditor.
Oct 9Th, 1914
All members of the Board started
at 8 q. m. on bridge inspection, and
returned at 4 p. M, all bridges built
by Fargo Bridge e Iron Co., during
1914 having now been viewed
On motion the treasurer and audi
tor were instructed to transfer
100000 from Penalty & Interest
Fund to County Bridge fund.
The bill of Fargo Bridge & Iron
Co., for $5256.35, balance due for
building bridges 1914 was on motion
ordered paid.
The Chairman appointed Commits
sioners Johnson, Verwest and himself
to check Treasurer and named Gref-
sheim and Williams to check other
| officers
Adjournment was taken for pur-
pose of checking
G. ]. Mustad, County Auditor.
Oct. 9TH, 1914.
The Board commenced at o'clock
a. m. checking officers, members pre-
sent, Hovick, Grefsheim, Johnson and
Williams, and proceeded till 2 m..
adjournment taken till 1880 p. m.
| Afternoon Session
Board proceeded checking at 1880
p. m. all members present. Checking
completed at $3.50 p. m.
Fees collected in various Offices
found as follows: Supt. of schools,
$1,000; Register of deeds. $336.15:
Clerk of Court SALTS; County
Judge $1,000; County &, Auditor
$10.75; Treasurer receipts were
shown for such amounts
Condition in Treasurer's Office az
follows:
Balance on
hand July
1st. 1914. $54,393.1l
Collections
July 1st
to Oct. /, l5.239.14
. Collections
Oct. !, to
Oct. 7th, 4.43859
Payments July 1st to
Oct. 1st, 1914, :. -. .$22.617.
Payments Oct. 1st to
Oct. 7th, .......... 6,592.61