Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-03-18
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION.
ERs OF EMMONs COUNTY NORTH
DAKOTA
Concluded from Last Week. }
MORNING SESSION

Concluded from Last Week.
MORNING SESSION
Feb 10th, 1920, 9 o'clock A. M.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Members present, Lee, McCon-
vile, Weber and Matthews.
The forenoon was taken up in con-
sidering bids for road machinery and
culverts and upon motion Of Mathews,
duly seconded and carried, the follow
ing contracts were awarded:
Austin Wester Road Mch. Co., 1 8
tt. Blade Grade, The Aurora Special,
$545.OO; 3 38 inch wheelscrapers, SGT;
Russell Grader Mfg. Co. 8 6 #. Grad
ers, Little Western, $215.00; Gilbert
Mfg. Co., 18 60 inch Fresnos with the
braces, $28.50; 10 Rooters, $4,000.
Upon motion the board adjourned
until 2 o'clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
2 o'clock, P. NJ, Feb. 10th, 1920
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment and took up and considered the
bids on culverts. After due consid-
GRAFTON the following motion, which
was duly seconded and carried, was
made, That the bid of the Northwest
ern Sheet & Iron Works be accepted
on Century iron to be used for all cul-
verts, except the 48 inch, which bid
was accepted on Armco iron and which
bid was submitted by the same COM
pany.
The application of F. F. Crawford
for correction in the hail insurance
Tax Record and refundment of $37.43
the hail tax charged against the NWA
OF section 3O-135-76, for the reason
that the affidavit for Withdrawal
should have read NV Or instead of
Ne or, was u~on motion allowed by
TIE board and the tax reduced from
$37:43 to $5.93 and refundment order
ed in the amount Of $31 so.
The application of PeterP. Wicken-
heiser for reduction in the assessed
valuation for 1919 of the NE or of
Sec. 35-132-76 from $4224 to $500
for the reason that the valuation of
the land was $2424 in excess of it's
act''al value.
The application of Jacob Kicker for
reduction of assessment and a re-
fudment of taxes on Fractl. w hf of
Sec. 7-132-76 in the amount of S14. AZ
for the reason that the acreage as
sessed was in excess of the actual mum
Der OF acres, was upon motion reject
ed.
The following road petitions were
upon motion laid over for investiga-
tion by Mathews:
C. A. Borstad, ct al, for the laying
out of highway beginning at the
northwest corner Of Sec. %; thence
running due east 90 rods; thence N.
=. 20 rods to point Is rods north
of the section line: thence due east 8
rods: hence S. E. SO rods to the Sec
ton line; thence dua east on the Sec
t'on lire to the N. E.. corner Of Sec
tion %.
Dan Morford. ct al, for the laying
out Of highway running east and
west; beginning at the N. E. correr
nf Sec. 31-134-78 thence due west on
the section line to the river at Ferry
Landing.
Upon motion the following bills
were allowed.
August Vinroth, services as
euard for Muenz & Penning-
Ton $lZ. 5O
Mike Smith, grasshopper poison
supplies ...... ........... IL. 20
Frank Lewis, road work, county
road go. ................ 76. 90
Ermra Keifer, road work, Dist.
No. 81 ............... 400
w: G. Wo]verton, quarantining
and releasing .............. 25. 90
E. A. Anderson, grasshopper
poison srnnlies ............ &c. 90
A. M. Britts, Justice. fees in
g1ande~ed horses 6.25
Jc-enh Kiefer, road work, Dist
No. 81 .......... 900
Martin Fischer, road work, Dist.
No. 81 800
Joe K. Fischer, road work, Dist
M. ?1 ................. 81. so
R. r. Vetsch, road owrk, Dist.
No. 2t. 2t....:................ 400
Frank Lewis, road work, Dist.
No. 26 -. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800
H Crirrmins, road work, Dist.
G. o. p,,tran, hauling lumber
fcr Diet. No. 81 1000
and ro~+aee 81. .e5
Geo. a Pe++is. board and keen
fcr Mrs.. Clarence Hnskins. $500
tn hoard l,ror motion edionrned
unil 9 o'clock A NJ. Feh. 20, 1920.
MORNING SESSION
o o'clock A M. Feb. 20. 1920
The hoard met nurs,,ant TO adinrrr-
nent Mer1bars pra-er+ Lee, McCon-
vile, Matthews and Weber.