The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-17
REGULAR SESSION, FIRST
MONDAY. APRIL z, 1919

The regular April Session Of the
Board Of County Commissioners of
Quay County, New Mexico, held at the
Court House in the city of Tucumc2ri.
New Mexico, on Monday, the 7th day
Of April A. ID. 1919 beginning at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
there were present the following: F.
w. Nations, Chairman; w. A. Dodson
Wilma Dodson, Deputy Clerk.
The following claims against Quay
county are rejected: j. F.. Marrs,
work on public road between San Jon
and Tucumcar $500 J. II. Walker
for bear grass taken off land $4,000
The board received and accepted
report of w. w. Shope on the Tucum-
carl to Ragland road.
The board of commissioners now ap-
points w. ID. Griffith road overseer
on the public road running north from
San Jon.
And now the board, acting as a
board as finance for Quay county,
again considers the application from
tn, various banks Of Quay county to
become repositories of the funds of
said county and the board now orders
that approximately sixty per cent of
the county funds be deposited with the
First National Bank, Tucumcari, N.
NJ, approximately twenty per cent of
the county funds be deposited with the
American National Bank, Tucumcari.
~ NJ, and approximately twenty per
cent Of the county funds be deposited
with the First National Bank, Nara
Visa, N. NJ.
The three above mentioned banks
are to qualify by making good and
sufficient bond as required by law in
accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 81 of the Session Laws of
1915, and Chapter 70 of the New Mexi-
co Laws 1917.
II now appears to the commissioners
that the general county fund is de-
ficient, it is now ordered by the COM
mSSioners that the county treasurer
rnr"ral county fund the sum Of
$1500.00, said transfer to be made tenn
uorarlv and at later date said sum
of S1500.00 to be transferred back
from the general county fund to the
salary fund.
The board now receives the Minor
ity report and the majority report Of
the road viewers heretofore appointed
TO view the proposed Tucumcari to
Montoya public road and the majority
report of the road viewers is approved
with exceptions as to the amount of
damages TO the land owners along the
rouosed public road. The commits
sioners now order that Mrs. Nellie
Gardner be allowed the sum of 500.
as damages for right-of-way, and that
=. II SiSnev he allowed the sum of
S250.00 as damages for right-ofway,
and that Otis Afford be allowed the
sum of $4,000 for right-of-way, and
that j. w. Elliot be allowed the sum
of $4,000 as damages of right-of-
way, and that ID. j. Finegan he allowed
the sum of S65050, with the under
tlanding that Mr.. Finegan agrees to
give quit claim deed to the right-of
way for said road. it is also understood
between the board of Quay county
and Mr.. Finegan that IL
viii he agreeable with the board Of
commi. Il, 2ners for the state engineer
to place > passage way for cattle
acraaa '4,o lie road at any con-
v"ri,nt plGa, . lection three, town
shin ten. r,,nrc twen'y-nine, providing
the state engineer sees fit 10 do so.
It is therefore ordered by the board
that all of that part of the said pro-
posed road except that part of the road
at the northeast corner OF
section three in township ten north,
range twenty-nne east, and termin-
ating at the west part of section three
and on the section line between section
three and section four in township ten
north, range twenty-eight east, at
point on said section line just south Of
the FL Paso and Southwestern Rail
way, be, and the same hereby is de.
clared and designated and established
as public highway.
The board further orders that three