The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-26

PROCEEDINGS

At two o'clock p. m. June Is. 1881
the board of county commissioners
met in special session, all members
of the board and the clerk present.
On motion. Hakon Christensen of
Medicine Lake, was appointed as
Justice of the peace OF MeolclnS
Lake Judicial District.
The following Resolution, creating
a Lighting District at Redstone' was
adopted:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, There has heretofore
been filed with the board OF county
commissioners of Sheridan county
Montana, a petition signed by more
than sixty per cent 5000 OF the
freeholders of the territory embraced
within the townSite OF Reustone'
Montana, in accordance with the
Mat of said townsite on file and Oh
record in the office of the county
clerk of Sheridan county, from whlch
netition it appears that the terri
! tory is outside the limits of any IN
corporated town or city, and that the
! locality is a thickly populated one
and which petition prayed that the
board create special Improvements
district. in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 4574, ct. seq. OF
the 1921 Revised Codes of the state
of Montana, as amended by the laws
! of 1929, for the purpose or MAINTAIN
/ ing a lighting system and FURNISHING
lights within said territory; so CON
| struction work to be created by the
district: upon the filing of which
the board of county commissioners
duly enacted and passed resolution
of intention in accordance with the
law. and designating said district
Number One" and designating the
hour of two o'clock p. m on the
court room of the court house OF
Sheridan county, Montana, as the
time and place when interested per-
sons might appear and protest a
gainst the creation of said district;
NOW. THEREFORE,, the hour and
day coming on for such hearings OF
protests. no protests to the creation
of said district having been made
the board hereby finds that due no
: tice of the passage of said resolu-
ton of intention to create said dis
trict has been given by publication
2 and by posting and by mailing. all
p of which more fully appears from
the affidavits of publication, posting
and mailing on file in the office or
4 the county clerk of Sheridan County,
: Montana;
r NOW THEREFORE. 1t Is Hereby
: Ordered that said special improve
ment district Number be and the
S same is hereby created to include
: within its boundaries the territories
c embraced within the townsite OF
= Redstone, Montana, for the purpose
u of maintaining a lighting dIStr1cl
e within said territory and paying the
i expense of lighting said locality.
= 1T IS FURTHERED ORDERED
That the entire cost of maintaining
said lighting district and of furnish
ing said lights shall be, and the
J. same is hereby assessed against sale
O district, and each lot or parcel OF
land assessed in said district shall
be assessed with that part of thu
? whole cost of lighting and maintain
J. ing said lighting system which it:
:, area bears to the area Of the entire
Z district.
y on this 18th day of June A D. 1881
l. Board of County Commissioners
9 By Frank FUench.
s. Attest: Chairman
NieIs Madsen. Clerk.
i At this time the board considere,
ID the applications for increases o
p budgets as advertised, and as no on
- appeared against said increases, tn
io following resolutions were adopted
lie RESOLUTION
vi WHEREAS. On the 18th day @
as August 1880, the board Of count
re commissioners of Sheridan count!
| Montana. met pursuant to Sectio
10 VI Of Chapter 14S Of the laws c
is the Twenty-first legislative Assem-
st bly, to consider estimates of eXpeI
- ditures and to fix the final bulge
nc for the current fiscal year. and
III. such meeting fixed the total apropr
G. alton for Outside Poor Contra
:; price at the sum of three thousar
-. - and no-10o dollars ($3,000.00l: and
Ill WHEREAS, In considering al
fixing said Appropriation. the boal
anticipated that three THOUSAND dc
lars ($3, 100000, the same amour
that was appropriated in Augu
1880, for Outside Poor Contract
~ would be sufficient for said bulge
- and they did not anticipate tn
there would be any more funds 7
quired than the year previous: and
III WHEREAS, The crops were We
- poor in Sheridan county, Montana,
A II the fall Of 1880. on account of drou
'AiA conditions, and the price Of far
lbs products being Tery low, all
which conditions came about aft
said budget had been fixed by I
said county commissioners, and
IN accCuEt of poor crops ard low DIT
=, IS for farm products, ard much sic
ali ness prevailing thruouc Sh~rid
.sS, county during the past winter,
pc account of flu and other diseas
there have been many more apple
est Outside Poor Contracts, than "
all ever anticipated. and more tn
could reasonably have been expect
ha on account OF such conditions q
ock hard times prevailing in Sherid
ian county, Montana, and the fund fr,
Ill, which said Outside Poor Contr;
Yin In are paid is now practically deplet
20, and unless Soma Tnora f,1pds 90 +,
to propriated to said budget, there v
* be much distress and suffer-
caused turnout Sheridan county.
WI, account Of the county not being a
TO to take care OF the sick and otl
ELL patients. necessarily requiring
from the county, and who have
funds to provide for themselves.
fair by reason, that such conditions h
ayv came about in Sheridan count, NJ
! N tana, since said budget has been
: ~ ed, which could not reasonably h
'VlD been foreseen at the time Of max
most up said budget, an emergency ext
75 and that it win take approximat
lew more in said fund to provide q
4.75 quate relief for such Outside P
cen- Contracts; and
fou WHEREAS, Such expense CO
not reasonably have been fores
at the time of making such bud
leep an emergency is hereby declared
limo exist, and it is hereby ordered 1
LOO, 1s75o9 aoIIars he eV sntbdr gnHse g.
D to budget to take care of said out
yves Poor Contracts.
FRANK FRENCH,
am v. b ANKER.
1.VV CARL HANSEN
ally NieIs Madsen,
Clerk.