The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26
THE OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
Board OF County Commissioners, Bot
tineau County, N. OAK.

oAAN SsVV u ~
Board convened in regular session.
Members present, Commissioners
Nichol,, Finstad and Nelson.
Members absent, Chairman oil nnI
Moved by Commissioner Ni3hol end
seconded by Commissioner Fins,ad that
Commissioner Nelson act as Chairman
Minutes Of the adjourned meetings held
February 9Th, and March 9Th. 1917 were
read n on motion Of Commissioner
Michoi, and seconded by Commissioner
Balance of the day consumed by the
Board discussing road and bridge mat
ters, various petitions reviewed, etc.
On motion the Board adjourned until
Tuesday. April srd, 1917
Board In session.
All present.
G.; n. Hebert presented bond and
term commencing April End, 1917.
Bond Of G. H. Hebert as County Aud
itor Of Bottineau County in the sum of
10000 was approved by the States
as to amount and sufficiency.
Petition presented to the Board asking
for the division Of Scotia School Dis
tr1ct No. 20 as follows: That all terri
and 80, Township 1884, Range IS, be
formed into a new School District to be
known as Scotia School District No. So.
Petition accepted and the hearing set
Schools, appeared before the Board and
asked for an appropriation of $1,000
this money to be used in payment of the
prizes awarded in the Rural School Corn
and Alfalfa contests for the year 1917.
Moved by Commissioner Sidener and
seconded by Commissioner Nichol, that
the appropriation be made, carried:
apolis Threshing Machine Company,
asking for the abatement of the Per-
sonal Property tax assessed against
Year 1915, amount Of original tax $3.50:
This assessment covered one threshing
machine engine and one separator and
attachments, and on the first day Of APP
sion Of Roy Scott, and through fore
closure proceedings became the proper
ty Of the said Minneapolis Threshing
Machine Company on May 25th. 1915.
finds that the facts set forth in the APP
p~lication are true. On motion made and
carried, petition accepted and granted.
the County Auditor is hereby authorized
from the records.
Application received. from August
White asking for the abatement OF 1915
taxes ta as follows: One acre * in os Section !
in the City Of Bottineau, amount of tax
paid $2.01, tax receipt No. 1856. Inves-
tigation shows that the land is located
sed in said township for the year 1915,
therefore entered on the tax list twice
account double assessment petition
granted and the County Auditor was on
and instructed to draw warrant for $2.01
and make proper apportionment:.
Sheriff's report approved as follows:
Fees collected during month of -
Mileage and livery month Of .,oo
D%elinquent Personal Property
taxes collected, months OF
January Ind February 1917. 1,O66.40
County Depository bonds approved as
follows: oo
State Bank Of Antler -vv:@~1:s1e'o0oS o o 90 90
First National Bank, Lansford 100000
Auditing Committees appointed by the
Chairman as follows:
Office Of Auditor and Treasurer, Mel
so Office ice Of Sheriff, sidener Nichol.
Office of Superintendent of Schools
Sidener and Nichol
office of Clerk Of Court sidener and
OFFICE of County Judge. sidener and
Office of Register of Deeds, Holl and
Justice reports for the quarter end
ing March 31st, 1917, were approved by
the States Attorney and the Board as
John n. Blades, Justice
Witness Fees 1u.oo
VIM. Nelson, Justice ,,r
Justice fees q
zines Collected 500, which has been
paid into the County. Treasury;
Costs collected and paid out by the
Charles Arthur, Assessor Of Willow
Vale Township, petitioned the Board to
correct the assessment OF Loss L q, .
s1,o79.OO and should have been asses
sed at a valuation of $4,000, no I'M.
proyements on the land. The owner OF
this land, Joh F. Ren1ck. having pres
Board asking for the abatement, on mo
ton made and carried, petition accept
ed ard granted and the County Auoitor
authorized and instructed TO I'M NAM s,,n of
S11,23 and make proper apportlonInen.
Bridge petitions received as IolloWs:
EidsVold Township betWee Sectlons
Mount Rose Township, two bridges
across Cut Bank Creek: 90
Haram Township between Sections 20
and 33. ,aaos ocross
Whitteron Township, two bridges
between Sections 20 and 81.
Mount HOSE township oSs"SSA
VCommittees appointed by the Board
to view these sites and report as soon
as possible. No,.on
and seconded by COMMISSIONS Nlcnof
the personal property. assessment "
Voles & Klingman, City or Westnope,
for the year 1916, amount S3l.z4. was
ordered cancelled, account TINS pTGpear
ty is owned and belongs In RlcnDuIs
Township and should have been asses
sed in Richburg Township. The county
Auditor was instructed to enter TINS
assessment on the tax list OF Rlcnpurs
township for the year 1916. Carried.
On motion the Board adjourned untll
nine o'clock a. m. ~,
Wednesday, April 4th, 1917.
Board in session.
All members present. 49,
Arthur Milloy appeared before the
BOARD. road matters were discussed, tng
question of whether the county coulo
at this time construct a highway along
the Great Northern Railway line tnru
Willow Vale and Ostby townships was
taken up, no decision made, ana IL was
decided to meet the Boaras
in these townships as soon as a dale CAN
be decided on. ,.o+
Ellis M. Nelson, who has the contIacl
FOR the construction of the approaches
to the new steel bridge across the MOUSE
river between Eidsvold n Sersius
Tnyunshins. apDeared before the Board,