The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-31
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

The board of county commissioners
| met in regular session at 10 a. IN.
| March IL, 1917. Present: John J.
Flynn. chairman; G. F. Peterson,
| commissioner: c. II. Prescott, COM
missioner; w. J. Darlington. clerk.
The board received. approved and
ordered filed the following bonds;
Miss Anna f. Carter, member of the
examining board.
Pat Lavoie, road supervisor.
The board authorized c. r. Prescott
to inspect the construction Of the ap-
proaches to the new bridge at Flat
head, Wednesday. March II, 1917.
The board Of county commissioners
met in regular session at 10 o'clock a.
m March IS, 1917. Present: Same
officers.
The board received, examined and
approved the bond of Fl. w. Morris in
the matter of warrant No. 1914 road
fund. dated May s. 1915, for the sum
OF $3.50 lost ana the board authorized
the clerk to draw a warrant for $3.50
in lieu of warrant No. 1914 road fund.
(Two o'clock p. m.) This being the
time set for the hearing of the appeal
from the decision of the county SUI
perintendent of schools in relation to
the change of boundaries of district
No. % and district No l. Mccormick
& Russell and Heyfron e. Patterson
for those favoring said petition.
Arguments were heard by the boa I'd
for both sides 1t appeared that the
affidavit of posting notices was not
properly drawn and Fl. II. Hayes was
duly sworn and testified in reference
TO the posting OF notice in territory
proposed to be annexed to district
No. I.
1t appeared from the testimony ad-
duced that the notice was properly
posted In the territory to be trans
ferred and that the county supcrin-
tendent OF schools Shad inquired from
the witness. II. H. Hayes. that he had
properly posted the notice. Objection
was made by council for those bring
ing the appeal that this or any wit
ness should not be sworn and testi-
mony taken as to the matter of posting
OF notices. The objection was over
ruled by the board temporarily to ad-
init this evidence to be later consid-
cred before final decision Of the board.
Mabel NJ. Lindstadt. county superin-
tendent OF schools. was duly sworn and
it appeared from the testimony that
the witness had inquired from II. II,
Hayes as to whether the notices had
been posted according to law previous
to the hearing of February &c, 1917.
and testified that II. II. Hayes told
her that he had posted three notices.
one of them being posted on the
schoolhouse door Of school district No.
70, one notice posted on the public
sign board which was on the property
proposed to be transferred and one
notice on the southeast corner of
Owen Kelley's field. which was also
on the property proposed to be trans
ferred from school district No. % to
school district No. /.
Miss Landstadt. being sworn and
testified that prior to the hearing of
objections to the granting of the order
in this proceeding. II. II. Hayes COM
municated to her the matters hereto
fore testified to by him, setting out
that he had posted what was pur-
ported to be copy of the notice which
matter was not contained in his sworn
affidavit OF posting notices and which
information so communicated verbally
by II. H. Hayes to the county super
intendent was not communicated to
the protestants or their counsel nor