The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-08


full for the taxes for the years of
1914 and 1915 upon Lots 2 and 8
in Block 80 of the Town of Del
Norte, and the Board ordered that
the County Treasurer be authorized
to accept such offer in order to again
place such property in the hands of
some one who will pay taxes thereon.
Mr.. Phillips of the firm of The H.
N. Steinbarger Company of Denver
appeared before the Board and ex-
planned their line of road machinery.
1t was ordered by the Board of
County Commissioners that accept
ance is hereby made of the appropri-
alton of $6,500.0O made at the meet
ing of the State Highway Commits
sion at their meeting held March
to Z, 1916, and the Clerk is hereby
requested to Immediately notify the
State Highway Commission of such
action, and to inform such Highway
Commission that Rio Grande County
has provided for raising, by taxation,
an amount equal to the amount ap-
propriated to our county by the State
Highway Commission, to be used for
the construction and improvement of
state highways in Rio Grande coun-
ty, and that all of the above men
toned money shall be expended as
agreed upon by the State Highway
Commissioners and the Board of
County Commissioners of Rio Grande
County, and in accordance with the
provisions of the State Highway Act
and the rules and regulations of the
State Highway Commissioners and
Advisory Board, and shall be under
the direction of the Highway Com
missioner and Engineer. In accord
ance with the requirements of the
State Highway Commission, the
Board of County Commissioners of
Rio Grande County agree that they
will maintain in good condition, dur
ing the year of 1916, all state high
ways in Rio Grande County on which
any expenditure of moneys from the
State Road Fund has been made,
upon any plan approved by the State
Highway Commissioner, and ask to-
be allowed one-half of the reasonable
expense of such maintenance of such
highways within our county.
1t was ordered by the Board that
the County Treasurer be authorized
to cancel the taxes assessed for the
year of 1893 covering the w II of
NWA and VIZ of SWA Sec. IA,
the VIZ of NWA and the VIZ of
SWh Sec. 27, in Township 40.
Range l. and the Ek of NWA and
the E1s of SWA of Section 35,
Al, Range l. for the rea-
son that these lands should have
been assessed in Mineral County for
the year of 1893 instead of Rio
Grande County, and said assessment
is therefore erroneous.
Mr.. Egan, representing the j. l.
Case Threshing Machine Co., ap-
peared before the Board and talked
on the subject of road machinery.
Mr.. Wellington of the firm of II,
w. Moore again appeared before the
Board and conversed on the road
machinery topic.
Mr.. Waller, representing the bond
firm of Causey, Sweet & Foster, of
Denver, appeared before the Board
and urged upon them the import
ance of refunding Rio Grande Coun-
tvs bonded indebtedness at an early
date, for the reason that the bond
market may not continue so good as
1t now is.
The Board declined to accept the
offer OF Max Buchanan made for
certain tax sale certificates owned by
the county.
The Board ordered that the Coun-
ty Treasurer be authorized to cancel
the taxes and all accrued interest
thereon for the taxes assessed FOR
tho years OF 1913 and 1914 in the
name OF Samuel Sibbets. and used
by Mrs. Sibbets as residence, she
being county charge.
The Clerk was requested TO pre-
sent a claim to the Rio Grande
Drainage District for time spent by
| the Board of County Commissioners
in organizing their drainage district.
and for items advanced for them.
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