The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-07-24

PROCEEDINGS or
COMMISSIONERS

Office Of the Board Of County Com |
missioners, Custer County, ChalIis, Ida
ho, July s, 1918.
Pursuant to law, the board convened
this day in regular session, and pursu.
ant to recess taken June 25th, the
board recouvened as a Board Of Equali
zation.
Present: G. L. Kirtley, chairman: VI.
T. Oster, commissioner; c. V. Hansen.
Commissioner; E. J. Michael, Clerk.
Whereupon the following proceedings
were had:
At this time the following reports
were examined and approved:
Alice 3. Chamberlain, treasurer.
Z. j. Michael, clerk, auditor and re-
eorder.
W. K. Huntington, sheriff.
Justices Of the Peace
Jos. d. Horton, Challis precinct.
VI. D. Kilgore, Maekay precinct.
J. H. Baxter. haekay precinct.
Road Supervisors
Thomas Ivie, John Zeimetz.
Watermasters-
Thos. Jose, Watermaster Warm Spring
Creek
A surety bond for Jonathan Job, as
Probate Judge, was at this time pre-
sented and approved, whereupon it was
ordered that sai1 surety bond be and i.
hereby substituted for the personal bond
heretofore given By said Jonathan job
as Probate Judge.
In the matter of the petition Of Franz
G. Fisher and others of Stanley Preeinci
asking for the appointment of N. D
Palmer as justice of the peace and Geo
Wilcox as constable of said precinct.
In this matter it was ordered that said
petition be granted, and that the said
NJ. D. Palmer be and he is hereby ap
pointed justice of the peace Of said pre-
einet and that the said George Wilcox
be and he is hereby appointed constable
of said precinct: and it is further or
dered tnat said persons present their Of
fueial honds ana oaths on the 29th day
of July. 1916 for approval by this
board; no official act to be done by
either of said persons until after the ap-
proval and fling of said official bonds
and oaths.
Il appearing to this board upon ex-
animation of the records Of the county
of Custer, that the parties named below
failed to pay their water rental for the
year 1916, and that they have no real
property to which the said tax can be
entered and collected. and that they and
each of them are now owing delinquent
water tax to the Water District No.,
now therefore it is resolved that the
/ state engineer be asked TO cut off all
water from each of the parties named
below until the said assessments herein
below enumerated are paid:
Lambert Young sl00. John Bernard
sl.00. Arthur Bascom s1.00; Still sl.00
Tom Johns s1.00: Charles Stinson 81. 90
Ella Larter sl.00, Charles Ferguson 81
Charles Boreley sl.00. E. ". William:
s1.00. Mary Borgley s1.00, Vann sl.00
Charles Johns sl.00. Curt Fulmer sl.0o
Ed Ingram sl.00. Ed MeKelyey sl.o0
1t appearing to this board that If i
for the best interests of Custer COUNT
to employ special counsel to assist in tn
prosecution of priority right eases unde
Section 6S72 of the Revised Codes of tn
State of Idaho, and that the law firm o
Clark & Brodhead, having offices a
Mackav, Custer county, Idaho, are Fl
and proper persons to assist in the pros
ecution of such eases. it is hereby or
dered that Clark & Brodhead abov
are hereby employed to assist in tn
prosecution of such cases until the jar
uary meeting of this board on the see
ond Monday of JanuaryAl9l9. at a sa
ary of six hundred dollars and neeessar
; expenses, same to be paid by warrant
of the said county, one-half at the Cett
ber meeting in 1918. and the other hal
at the January meeting in 1919.
In the matter of the claim submitte
by the Midland Bridge compan,
through the STATE Highway Departmer
for portion of cost of construction c
: bridges and eulverts on the state higl
way in Custer county. as evidenced b
) copy of Estimate No. l. Contract NJ
/, Alb. said claim amounting 70 ie3.ej
In this matter. it appearing that sal
claim had been duly and properly Al
proved by the State Highway Enginee
and by the Chairman of the Board c
County Commissioners OF Custer count.
Idaho, and being fully advised in tn
!, matter. it was ordered that the Auditc
of Custer county, Idaho. draw a warrar