The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-17
ROADS IN COUNTY
KEEP COMMISSIONERS
BUSY WITH PETITIONS

County commissioners met in regu-
lar session Monday, Jan. Z, with +. w
Nations, chairman; w. A. Dodson and
County Clerk T. N. Lawson, present.
New viewers for the public road
from Glenrio to Tucumcari were APP
pointed and they were directed to meet
at the point of beginning, the Plaza
Largo bridge, on Tuesday, the fifth
day of February, 1918, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon and to then and there
proceed to view and mark out such
road and to assess the damages and
benefits accruing to the owner or own
ers Of any of the lands over which the
proposed road may pass, by reason of
the alteration, changing, widening or
locating thereof, and the proper cost
of opening such road to travel and to
make full and complete report to
this Board, and the Board requests that
the Viewers, j. B. Taylor, J. w. Corn,
and Jim Stanley, make and file their
report with the County Clerk at date
not later than the Goth day of March.
The Board refused to allow Miss
Johanna Rothjen, an INDECENT, further
assistance.
The Board received the report of the
Viewers heretofore appointed to view
the proposed public road from Forrest
north to and beyond the Cap Rock.
Many road petitions were received
and carefully noted by the Board. The
first being one commencing at the Sc.
corner of section 6, Twp. TN. and X.
BE. running one mile west to the
range line, thence north to the n. W.
corner of Sec. 10, to the intersection
of the road running to Tucumcari 1t
is understood there shall be two gates
on this road.
The Board appointed ]. H. Welch,
J. j. Mupiick and N. S. Mckee all of
Forrest as viewers and directs them to
meet at the point of beginning on FRI
day Jan. 25th, at 9 o'clock and pro-
ceed to mark out said road. making
their report not later than March 20.
With reference to the proposed road
from County Line west through For
rest the Board now orders this peti-
ton reopened and further considered
on the first day of their next regular
meeting in April, 1918 and Mr.. Ealy,
who has previously filed protest to this
proposed road is requested to meet
the Commissioners on this date.
The Board designated the following
road public highway: Beginning at
the southeast corner of section 81 and
the SWA of section 32 and running
| north along section line between Sec
tions 81 and sections 32 and 30 and
| 90, for distance of one and one half
miles to the NE corner of the south
east quarter of section 80 and theNW
corner of the SW quarter of section
30, Twp II, Rng 30, the point of ter
mination.
The report for the last quarter and
also the resignation of B. F. Conger
justice of the peace, Prec. IL, is re-
ceived, and both accepted.
The Board designated the First Ma
tional Bank and the American Nation
al Bank of Tucumcari and the First
National Bank of Nara Visa, as County
repositories, and orders that approx
imately fifty per cent Of the county
funds be deposited with the First Ma
tonal Bank Of Tucumcari, thirty per
cent with the American National, and
twenty per cent of the county funds
be deposited with the First National
in Nara Visa. The three banks will
qualify by making good and sufficient
bonds as required by law in accord
ance with the provisions of Chapter
81 of the Session Laws of 1918.
The Board authorized the County
Road Supt. +. n. Hobart, to survey the
Puerto Road.
The Board rejected the viewers re-
port on the proposed road from House
to the county line for the reason that
the viewers inadvertently did not view
the road on the day directed by the
commissioners. The board appointed
a new set of viewers, l.. A. carp, X. h
Huckaby, and ID. c. Beattie, and di-
reefs them to meet at the Postofiice
at House, n. NJ, at 10 o'clock a. m
on Friday, March and proceed as or
dered.
The Board received a petition for d
public road ruoning from near Quay
to McAlister ana south u county line
singned by w. +. Springer, {, al. The
following viewers were appointed, /
+. Routh, II. Bonem, ana I. y. Muir
head, they to meet at 10 o'cloeE n. m
on Tuesday the Goth of January, a
the point of beginning of said pro
posed road, and file r'p0rt not late
than the Goth day of March.
Another petition for road from Tu
cumcari to Ragland was received. /
was signed by c. A. Satterwhite an'
the proper number of property own
ers. The Board appointed II. Good
man, j. w. Corn and +. II, Barwis
as viewers, to meet in Tucumcari IA
nine o'clock, Monday Jan. 2l and pro
ceed to view and mark out such road
, They are to report on same before tn
Goth day of March, 1918.
, In accordance with Chapt. IL, Sec
5 Is, of the laws of 1915, the Boar
!. ordered that County Treasurer trans
fer the sum of fifteen hundred dollar