The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-02
January Meeting. January, 1917

h. M. i lSt1Eft, Clerh.
Monday, January 8, 1917,
State of Idaho, County OF Bingham
The county ers-elect met
this day in the office of the board OF
county commissioners, at the Court
House, in Blackfoot, Bingham county,
Idaho, the county seat OF said county,
pursuant to law There were present:
w. C. Sollenberger, f. T. Halverson,
MILFORD M. Christensen, the duly elect
ed county commissioners of said county
for the term beginning the second Mon
day of January, 1917.
The oath of office was administered
to said officers-elect by F. M. Fisher,
county recorder. Whereupon the board
proceeded to organize. On motion Of
Commissioner Christensen and second
by Commissioner Sollenberger, r. 7.
Halverson was duly elected chairman
of the board for the ensuing term.
Now on this day. came the county
officers elect, to Wit Nht.,er. II IT Ma,oor,
assessor and ex-officio tax collectors;
James e. Good, probate judge; Ralph
w. Adair, prosecuting attorney; Grace
County surveyor; II. A. Benson, county
treasurer; E. T. Peck, county coroner.
the oath of their respective Offices, by
the chairman of the board of county
commissioners. Thereupon official
bonds of the various county officers,
aforesaid, were examined and approved
by, the board and county attorney, as
follows, to wit:
F. T. Halverson, commissioner, bond
executed by the United States, Fidelity
and Guaranty company Of the State
sand dollars. ($5,000.)
w. c. Sollenberger, commissioner,
bond executed by the United State FL
deity and Guaranty company, Of the
State of Maryland, in the sum of five
thousand dollars, ($5,000.)
MILFORD M. Christensen, commission
err bond executed by the American
Surety company Of New York, Of the the
thousand dollars, $4,000
A. H. Simmons sheriff, bond executed
by the National Surety company Of the
thousand dollars, ($1o,ooO.)
E. T. Malcom, assessor and personal
tax collector bond executed by the
Fidelity and Deposit company Of Mary
sum of five thousand dollars, ($5,oO0l
executed by the Aetna Accident and
necticut in the, sum of five thousand
Ralph W. Ad air. prosecuting attor-
ney, bond executed by the ,,, Fidelity and and
State Of Maryland, in the sum of two
Mrs; Grace Faulkner, county super;
executed by the Fidelity and Deposit
company Of Maryland, State of Mary
land, in the sum Of two thousand dol
lars ($2,00O) - ,o.a
executed by the United State Fidelity
and Guaranty company of the State OF
Maryland, in the sum of two thousand
II Andrew BENSON, ex-officio tax col
lector, bond executed by the American
Surety company Of New York, OF the
stste th OF New o 9GFk ; she sum
H. Andrew Benson, county treasurer
and ex-offcio tax collector, bond exc
cuted by the United States Fidelity
Maryland in the sum Of sixty thousand
dollars ($6O,000.)
H Andrew Benson. ex-officio public
Gnifed states Sdelit sAe and M I
company. of the State of Maryland, in
the sum of two thousand dollars,
Il. +. Peck, coroner, bond executed
by the United States Fidelity and Guar
anty company, Of the State of Mary
land, in the sum of one thousand dol
lars, $1,OOO)
Approving the Appointment of a
Deputy for the Assessors Office
E. T. Malcolm having appointed Law
renee Thorstenburg for official deputy,
be, and 1t is hereby approved. 1t is
further ordered that the salary Of one
hundred dollars, $4,000 per month be
ed and that the assessor be allowed
three dollars, ($S) per day for field
deputies, at $3.50 per day in connection
for livery s.i and astns s ex
horse feed, when in the field.
Appointing Deputies In the office of
Clerk, Auditor and Recorder
F. M. Fisher clerk, having filed no.
tice of the appointment of w. A. Dance,
senior deputy; F. c. Carmody, record
ing deputy; and Genevieve Cutler;
stenographer; is oTde rec s that s ara
hereby approved And the salaries Of
said deputies and stenographer be fix.
ed as follows The senior deputy. 500
n month"; on steno oeq So per month
and extra help at rate of 50 per day
when the work of the office requires
such employment.
Employing Extra Help in the County
Treasurer's Office
The county treasurer, H. Andrew
Benson, is hereby authorized to employ
extra help in his office at such times
as the business of the office will de-
mand. He, to use his own Judgment
in the compensation Of such extra ,s,,1i help help
the salary as low as Is practical with
good business; and it is ordered that
the assessors deputy will assist In the
treasurer's office from November 15,
period Of two months.
Application of Ollie May Common for
County Aid
The above entitled matter came on
for hearing this day, an application for
aid having heretofore been filed, and
it appearing to- the board that the ap-
plicant is in destitute. circumstances,
and upon recommendation of + ormer-
Commissioner Fugate, the petition, was
approved for $40 Immediately. and $50
per month, beginning March /, 1917.
Application of ". Baird for County Aid
George Shut, Mike Bischoff and A.
J. Baird, brother Of the applicant, ap-
peared before the board in connection
with. the, application, for aid. It ap-
pearing to the board, after examina-
tion of the petition. that the applicant
is paralysed and unable to perform
manual labor, Is an INDECENT and in
destitute circumstances, 1t Is hereby
ordered that he be granted an allow
ance of $40 per month, beginning with
the month Of January
Application Of Mrs. Louise Clark, for
County Aid
The applicant appeared before the
board In person stating that she has
five CHI dren to support, of the ages
ting from I'VE to seventeen years;
that she Is in destitute circumstances,
and without means of support. Where
ION the board ordered that she be
crro ptad a1lowa npa IF 900 nnr month