Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-08-17
Minutes of Proceedings of
Special and Regular Meet
ings of Cottonwood High
way Board.

A special meeting of the Highway
Board Of Cottonwood Highway Dis
trict, in Idaho county, state of Idaho,
was held at the office of the secretary
in said highway district, on the first
day of August, 1917, at 3 o'clock P,
NJ, there being present August Schroe.
der, president, j. F. Jenny, clerk. and
Commissioner E. L. Jessup, being all
the members of the board.
The president stated the object OF
the meeting to be the canvassing OF
the vote Of the election held July 81,
1917, in the matter of the $4,000
bond issue question submitted to the
qualified electors Of this highway dis
trict.
The secretary read the affidavit of
publication of the notice of special
election held in Cottonwood Highway
District in Idaho county, state of Ida
no, on July 81, 1917, on the follow
ing proposition,
QUESTION SUBMITTED:
Shall Cottonwood Highway District,
in Idaho county, state Of Idaho, and
its highway board, be empowered and
authorized to issue the negotiable cou-
pom bonds of the district in the amount
of $50, 900, bearing interest at a rate
not to exceed six per cent per annum;
said bonds to bear date August l.,
1917, payable twenty years after date
and redeemable after ten years after
date; interest to be paid semi-annually
January l and July l each year, for
the purpose Of constructing, improving
and repairing highways in said Cot
tonwood Highway District, and there
for to provide also cooperative fund
to be supplied by said Cottonwood
Highway District to be used in paying
for a portion of the cost of laying out,
surveying and constructing a system
OF state highways in the state of Ida
no; and also for the purpose of pur-
chasing materials and machinery and
defraying necessary expenses of the
district in connection Herewith?
The secretary then presented the
returns and declaration of the result
of said election as certified by the
Judges and clerk conducting the same,
to which was attached the poll list
used at said election.
Upon motion duly made and second
ed and unanimously carried the board
proceeded to canvass the returns of
said election.
After due canvass Of the returns, it
was found and declared that the total
number of ballots cast at said election
was 1926, of which there were 267 bal
lots cast "In favor Of issuing bonds to
the amount Of $4,000 for the purpose
stated in the resolution of July 10,
1917" and SO ballots cast which were
Against issuing bonds to the amount
of $50, 900 for the purpose stated in
the resolution of July Is, 1917 and
the majority in favor of said bond is.
sue was 208.
Thereupon Commissioner J. F. Jen.
ny offered the following resolutions
declaring the result and validity Of
said election, and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION:
Whereas, in accordance with reso-
luton duly adopted by the highway
board of Cottonwood Highway Dis
trict, in Idaho county, state of Idaho,
at meeting thereof held on the 18th
day of July, 1917, a special election
was called and ordered to be held in
said highway district on the following
proposition:
QUESTION SUBMITTED:
Shall Cottonwood Highway District
in Idaho county, state of Idaho, anC
its highway board be empowered and
authorized to issue the negotiable
coupon bonds of the district in the
amount of $4,000, bearing interest
at a rate not to exceed six per CEN
per annum; said bonds to bear dat.
August l, 1917, payable twenty year.
after date and redeemable after tel
years after date; interest to be paiC
semi-annually January l and July
each year; for the purpose of construct
ing, improving and repairing highway
in said Cottonwood Highway District
and therefor to provide also cooper
alive fund to be supplied by said Cot
tonwood Highway District to be use,
in paying for portion of the cost @
laying out, surveying and constructing
a system of state highways in the stat
of Idaho; and also for the purpose @
purchasing materials and machiner
and defraying necessary expenses o
the district in connection herewith
And whereas, it has been determin
ed and is hereby declared that the no
tice of said election was published il
the manner and for the time requires
by Chapter So of the Session Laws o