Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-05-06
COUNTY COM'ERS
HELD May MEETING
Proceedings Of Session Held
May 3 and 4.

JameStOWQ May anu :, tueEo "clc
present Chairman Murphy and Com
missioners Dennison, Kasper and
Norden; absent, Commissioner Kre-
kow. The entire session was taken
up by routine business.
The bond Of 100000 of Gus Koth,
county treasurer, was accepted and
cash balance May /, 1915, in the
county treasurer's books for $780,
1928 was reported. The appoint
ment of Albert F. Edfast as deputy
county treasurer was received, with
the salary fixed at 500 per month.
A petition for new public high
way was granted and ordered laid
out as follows: Commencing at the
northeast corner of section 1896,
thence west along the section line to
point where the south line Of the
right of way of the Northern Pacific
railway intersects said section line,
and commencing on the north line of
section 2-139-66 at a point where the
south line of the Northern Pacific
railway right of way intersects said
section line, thence west to north
west corner of section 3-139-66, and
commencing at northeast corner of
section 6-139-66, thence due west
along said section line to northwest
corner of said section 6-139-66.
The following reports for fees col
lected were received and read as fol-
lows for the month of April:
Register of deeds. ....... $6O5.SO
Clerk district court. ....... 1919
Clerk county court. ....... 54.OO
County auditor .......... $500
Superintendent poor farm ] ,636.4O
Sheriff 63.O9
Personal property tax. 49,. 1880
Commissioner Murphy reported in
specting the bridge between sections
80 and 81. township 1856, which
was found in dangerous condition
and ordered immediately repaired.
The application of Rogers Lum-
ber company for abatement of taxes
on the right of way in Courtenay and
Kensal was not allowed.
The jamestown Alert was award
ed the county printing upon bids as
follows:
jamestown Alert $239.OO
Courtenay Gazette ........ 244.75
jamestown Capital ........ 269.OO
Woodwork Rustler ....... $4,000
Medina Citizen ........... 3S155
L. A. Boyer was appointed commits
sioner of noxious weeds in section
142, range Ga, to succeed Henry
Define, resigned on account of ILL
health.
Bond and contract of w. H. Noel
for the construction of the new road
commencing three and one-half
miles west of Eldridge and extend
ing to Medina we're accepted.
The appointment of Gerald Fitz-
gerald as deputy sheriff was received.
Claims for rebate Of probate fees
in the estates of Lizzie Senff, Freder-
ick Pfaff, Peter Falberg, John Will
liam Kempf, Amelia Kempf and Al
bert Thorn were rejected.
The contract between Jardine &
Anderson for building a bridge
across the James river between Sec
tions 12 and 10, township 1873, range
63, was approved.
The annual budget for 1915 was
ordered printed as required by law.
A petition was presented from cit
liens and residents of the city OF
Jamestown asking the board to es-
tablish and build a bridge on Second
street w, across the James river in
the city of jamestown, and on motion
same was placed on file.
The county treasurer was instruct
ed to pay all electric light bills for
court house, Jail, and poor farm, and
the regular telephone bills on the
first of each month in order to get
the discount allowed.
Notification of the change Of the
First State Bank Of Streeter to the
First National Bank Of Streeter was
received and same named as a coun-
ty depository.
Upon request of the clerk OF the
district court for names of fifty cit
izens eligible for jury duty, the fol-
lowing apportionment was made.
City of jamestown, 20; villages OF
Courtenay, Kensal, Cleveland and
Medina, 2 each; townships Of Mont
pelier, Ypsilanti. Homer. Winfield,
spiritwood, Rose, Courtenay. Bloom,
Buchanan, Pingree, dmunds. Wind
sor, Weld, Midway, Eldridge, Severn,
stirton, Kensal, Strong, Chicago. st.
Paul and Plainview, / each.
The board adjourned until June
/, 1915. s a"