The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-21
THE OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION.
ERs BoTTINEAU COUNTY,
NORTH DAKOTA
Bottineau, North Dakota.
8 A. M. May l, 1920.
Board convened in regular adjourned
session.
Chairman Sidener and Commissioners
Nichol, Holl and Walker present.
Board spent morning on Seed and
Feed matters n on motion adjourned
till 2 p. M.
Board in session.
All members present.
Andy Johnson and Chas. Beyers con-
ferred with the Board in regard to q
settlement en- the old dredge near West
county in the fall Of 1919. The original
owners had offered to pay all back tax
es to get possession of the dredge again
so the Board let them have it and
settled with johnson and Beyers by pay
ing them the difference between the
price they paid n the amount Of tax
es the county received which was $341.-
A committee consisting Of the Board
Black, Mr.. Reamer and Carl Hahn, and
llan Conferred with the County. Board
in regard to a number of cattle thai
had dico from eating grasshopper poi
son that has carelessly been left or
The Beard old them they considered
this outside Of their jurisdiction but
later reconsidered and thought they
might help them by the parties who had
lost their COWS forming a COW assocla-
ton under the law of 1919 and applying
TO the county for funds with which to
buy COWS.
On motion Board adjourned till May
II.
A. M. May IA. 1920.
Board in session.
All members present. =,
Board spent morning on seed feed
matters and on motion adjourned Till
? p. M.
Board in session.
All members present.
An application was received from Jens
Anderson for q reduction in valuation
and taxes on the sEASWA Sec: 8 and
was assessed at $5O4.O0 or approximate,
" rs per cent Of it's value and in 1919
was assessed at $3,6S6.00. Applicant
asked that the valuation be REDUCED to
On motion of Commissions Nichol and
seconded by Commissioner Walker the
request was granted.
Board spent balance Of afternoon on
seed and feed matters and auditing bills
and on motion adjourned till 9 A.. ".
May Is.
9 A. M. May 10
Board in session.
All members present.
Applications for correction of hail tax
was received from Neil McDougal and
Charles F. Martens on grounds Of an
indemnity hail tax when they had no
crops planted.
Board granted requests.
The rest Of the day was spent on feed
n seed matters and on motion bills
allowed and ordered paid for the month
of Nav were as follows:
Payment of mothers pensions
for the month Of May and on
May 10th was approved the
Rd 5oeat s smfhnt su p9,ms Of wal '0''vV
berg children, 2 months -.- 5000
Geo. Sidener, Commissioners
s. N. Nichol, Commissioners
services and expense attend . m
ing meeting ------- 2l.oo
Johnson & Boyer, sale Of
imperial Elev. Co. coal fur
nished Court House --------. 2O.65
Geo. Sidener, committee work
on seed and feed at Mohall,
Maxbass, Bottineau, livery
and freight paid on hay - 94.7O
P. A. Sidener, attending assess m
Lansford Journal, printing and
furnishing letter heads and oo
TODD PrOteCtOSraph 20. fargO,
Protectograph machine ------ 52.92
R. Walker commissioner ex-
penSe and mileage, commit
tee work on seed and feed,
telephone etc. -------------. 1O.25
Underwood Typewriter Co. one
doz. typewriter ribbons 1890 800
Fred Brandt, material fur
nished for grasshopper poi
son Z4.40
Grand Forks Herald, sheriff's -.
Qay DOCK 1.0I
Hoffman Twp. Poor Report
west est: pisinfecting Co. St. Paul 4'14
supplies for Court House -- $500
c. E. Hood, medical attention
for Kortgaad children and
attendance and examination
for insane patient .--.------.---- $500
]. ID; Raftery, expense and
mileage attending assessors
ROBE 3bte'1 a. Ellsworth, expense l''''
and mileage attending as
SCISSORS meeting -------- 800
W.. N. Honadel, expense and
mileage attending assessors
H. D. Convis, expense and
mileage attending assessors
M. A. Ostby, expense and mile
6 attending assessors
meeting lo.oo
Pat Caravan, expense and
mileage attending assessors
AACCIIl6 a'@O
John Joern, expense and mile
6 attending assessors
meeting 1l.oU
Fl. l.. Larson expense and
mileage attending assessors
meeting 1925
w. w. Smith, eXpenes and
mileage attending assessors
meeting l5.4U
M. J. Mullins expense and
mileage 900
N. H. Murray expense and
mileage attending assessors
Claus Krohn expense and
mileage attending assessors
meeting 5.1o
Mrs. Fl. l.. Schoonover ex-
pense and mileage attend
ing assessors meeting -.------ $50
Niemeyer c. F.. expenes and
mileage attending assess
Oscar Tossett expense and
mileage attending assessors
meeting 400
Olof A. Olson expense and
ni1aa 90 aftapdipr aScassOrc