The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

more funds required than the year
previous; and, -
WHEREAS, The crops were very
poor in Sheridan county, Montana,
in the fall of 1880, on account %
drouth conditions, end the r"lce OF
farm products being very low, all
of which conditions came about AT"
or said budget had been fixed by the
said County Commissioners, ana on
account of poor crops and low pflc-
es for farm products, and much S: lCh
ness prevailing thruout Snerloan
County during the past Wln l!o. ~, o
account of flu and other diseases
there have been many more appllca-
tions made before this board TOT
outside Poor, than was ever ahIlcl-
mated. and more than could reason
ably have been expected, on account
of such conditions and haro times
nrevaiIing in Sheridan County, Mon
! lana and the fund from which said
Outside Poor are paid is now prac-
| tically depleted, and unless some
| more funds are appropriated TO Salo
| budget. there will be much distress
and suffering caused thruout Sherl-
| dan county, on account or the coun-
ty not being able to take care OF
| the sick and other patients, neceSS-
sarily recurring aid from the county,
and who have no funds to provide
| for themselves, and by reason that
| such conditions have come about IN
| Sheridan county, Montana, since said
budget has been fixed, which could
not reasonably have been foreseen at
the time of making up said budget
an emergency exists, and that 1t Will
take approximately seventeen hum
dred dollars ($1700.00) fore in said
fund to provide adequate relief for
such Outside Poor; and
WHEREAS, Such expense could
not reasonably have been foreseen
1T the time of making said budget,
an emergency is hereby declared to
exist, and that it will require ap-
proximately seventeen hundred dol
lars ($1700.00) to compensate said
budget for Outside Poor, during the
present fiscal year,
! NOW THEREFORE,, Be 1t Resolv-
ed that a Notice oe published by the
J Clerk as required by Section vi of
Chapter 148 of the 1929 session laws
} which notice shall be published in
the official paper Of Sheridan county,
: Montana, and which notice shall
} state the facts constituting this
emergency, as aforesaid, the esti-
} mate amount of money required to
meet such emergency, and notify the
} people that public hearing will be
held at the commissioners room in
} the County Court House, in the city
of Plentywood, in Sheridan county
5 Montana, on the 18th day of June
1881, at which time and place any
taxpayer may appear and be heard
for or against the expenditure Of
5 money for such alleged emergency.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
0 That all proceedings had in connec.
ton with said matter be done AND
0 performed in strict compliance will
said chapter 148 of the 1929 session
0 laws of the state of Montana.
0 FRANK FRENCH,
v. E. ANKER,
0 CARL HANSEN.
On Motion the board decided tina
0 a special meeting of the board b
0 held on Monday, June 18th, 1881, a
two o'clock p. m. for the purpose o.
8 considering increase sof county bud
gets and considering creation of
special improvement district at Red
stone and such other business as ma,
0 be necessary.
On motion, the County surveyor
was granted a leave of absence from
5 the state for period of ten days
beginning June Is, 1881.
0 At this time Commissioner Ankle
o moved that the County Printing
0 Contract be given to the Plentywoo'
% Herald. The motion was seconded b,
% Commissioner French, and being pu
to a vote, the vote was aus follows
70 Commissioner French. Yes: Com
missioner Anker, Yes; Commissions
- Hansen, No.
a The minutes of the previous meet
- ing were read and on motion approx
ed as read.
% At five o'clock p. m. the boar
y adjourned.
FRANK FRENCH.
Niels Madsen Chairman
- Clerk.