The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-04-19
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

law, Peter A. West, chairman, Carl ].
Anderson and julius Waber, commits
sioners and the clerk present:
Minutes of regular March meeting
and all intervening meetings were
read and approved.
County Attorney Borton reported
that he was unsuccessful in collecting
taxes due account migratory stock
fund from Lewis and Clark county and |
that they refuse to pay until the /,
validity Of the law concerning the pay
ment Of same has been established.
On motion of Commissioner Ander-
son, seconded by Commissioner Waber
the county attorney is hereby author.
lied and instructed to take such legal
action as is necessary to collect the
amount due Valley county from Lewis
and Clark county account migratory
stock as in his judgment is expedient.
The seed grain situation vas dis
cussed and it was decided to work in
conjunction with the State Council of
Defense to the end that every acre
available be put under cultivation.
At IL o'clock moor board took q re-
cess until 2 o'clock p. m. Of eve date.
PETER A. WEST.
W. B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk.
At 2 o'clock p. m. April l, 1918,
board of county commissioners Of VAL
ley county, Montana, resumed, all
members and the clerk present:
A supplementary petition for an
election to determine the question of
the incorporation of the town of
Nashua, asking for the denial Of for
mer petition for the reasen that there
we're numerous anne withdrawn
therefrom and for the reason that q
protest was filed by ". B. Leach, and
Tor the further reason that q change
in boundaries is desired, signed by
fifty-three qualified electors, residing
within the boundaries described there
in, was presented to the board.
Petition was found sufficient and on
motion original petition is hereby re-
voked and said supplementary petition
granted and L. V. lockwood appointed
to take the census of the residents re-
siding within the boundaries described
in said supplementary petition, and
said supplementary petition is here
by ordered filed with the county clerk.
On motion Mrs. Alex Stevens is
hereby allowed $500 for provisions
at North Side grocery until further
notice.
A committee from the Commercial
club appeared before the board and
matters relative to the Lismas ferry
we're taken up with view of having
same put in proper condition for oper-
alton.
Mr.. Goodrich and Mr.. Embleton also
appeared before the board concerning
Lismas ferry and Mr.. Embleton ad-
vised the board that ferry will be
ready to operate in next three or four
days, but that ice was damned so
that it will be difficult to operate
same.
Quarterly report of treasurer for
quarter ending Feb. %, 1918, was ex-
amined and approved.
Following appointments Of depu-
ties by assessor were approved by the
board and salaries fixed as noted:
A. D. Kepple, office deputy, $4,000
per month.
Winifred Conroy, office deputy, $1OO
per month.
Field deputies:
Grin c. Hegne
C. B. Tanner
Chester T. Taylor
James Conlogue
H. A. Jolley
John j. Kerr.
Salaries and bills to be paid on basis
of contract and only when O. K. OF
assessor is affixed.
The following claims were audited
and acted on as noted:
w. B. Shoemaker, cash adj =,
vance poor, allowed ......~---$109 q
Winifred Conroy, deputy as
SCISSOR, allowed 80 g.
n Korp1o Cornty acSpc.
sor, allowed ...~'~. 10 8:
Ethel Powell, clerk, clerk and
recorder, allowed 85 OF
Ed. Cummings, clerk, clerk and
recorder, allowed ......... S5 o.
Katherine Fitzpatrick, clerk for
superintendent of schools,
allowed 10 4
L. V. Lockwood, salary, deputy
county surveyor, allowed 49,. 80 D
H. G. Wolking, clerical work,
allowed 70 U
At S o'clock p. m. board adjourne
until 10 o'clock a. m. April 2, 1918.
PETER A. WEST,
~ ". f 5. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk.
At 10 o'clock a. m, April 2, 1915
board of county commissioners of Val
ley county, Montana, resumed, Pete
A. West, chairman, Carl j.. Anderso
and Julius Waber, commissioners an
the clerk present:
Time for hearing of protest agains
creation of school district No. 8, HAY
ing arrived, same was taken up.
B. P. Langen and M. E. Reule
appeared as representing protest an
a number of the residents of the pre-
posed district appeared in support q
said petition, George Dunkelberge,
Gus Dahl, Ashby Ship and Olive
Ship.
Matters in connection with sam
were discussed, those protestin
against petition claiming that to
much valuation was included in tn
territory covered by petition and thos
in favor of petition claiming that the
need all the taxes that will be derive
from same in order to maintain scho'
properly.
Both sides were presented befol
the board by the parties interests
and was very thoroughly investigate
It was moved by Commission
West and seconded by Commission
Waber that the petition for the CT
alton of school district No. 8 wit
boundaries as follows:
Beginning at a point on the tow
ship line between townships 80 al
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