Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-12-17
Official Sheridan County
Commissioner Proceedings

The following Contract in regards
to employment Of County Doctors ard
Health Officer, was introduced and ad-
opted by the Members Of the Board.
CONTRACT
THIS AGREEMENT, Made and en-
tered into this 4th day of August, A.
d. 1896 by and between Sheridan
County, State of Montana, Party of the
FIRST PART, and j. c. Storkan, MD.
Of Plentywood, Montana, Party of the
SECOND PART.
WITNESSETH: That the said j. C.
Storkan, M. D., Party Of the Second
Part, agrees to accept the office OF
County Health Doctor for Sheridan
County, Montana, and agrees to per-
form all the duties required by law OF
the County Health Officer at an agreed
and stipulated price of Two Hundred
and no-10O (S200.00) Dollars per
month for the salary of the said Doc
tor, except as in hereinafter provided,
and the Party of the Second Part also
agrees to act as County Poor Doctor,
and agrees to furnish all medical at
tention to the sick, poor and infirm OF
the County and to the inmates of the
county jail; that such services should
include all medical and surgical work,
including surgical operations and the
treatment of all patients that the
Board of County Commissioners may
deem county cases, in which the pa
tents themselves are unable to bear
the expense, except as is hereinafter
provided; the county to furnish and
pay for the medicine and other sup
plies required for the treatment of
such patients, provided:
THAT such services shall not in
clude the treatment and doctoring OF
any venereal diseases of any form.
2.-That such remuneration shall not
cover any obstetrical work, but for
such work the party of the second part
shall be paid, in addition to the regular
salaries hereinafter provided, the sum
of Twenty-Five and no-100 (S25.00)
Dollars for each obstetrical case.
3.-That such services shall not in
clude any operations of any kind
whatsoever except they be emergency
or live-savng operations and in that
event, the Board of County Commls-
s~ioners, if they deem it a proper ex-
pense, may authorize the same and re-
ceive it for one-third of the regular fee
for such operation.
In consideration of such services, the
party of the first part agrees to pay the
party of the second part the sum Of
One Hundred Fifty and no-1N (Sl50.-
00) Dollars per month, and that said
salary of One Hundred Fifty and no.
1nA (G1En my D1llo~e Do~ roon{L ha
paid to the party of the second part
for acting as County Poor Doctor, In
addition to the salary of Two Hundred
and no-1OO (S2OO.O0) Dollars per month
to be paid party of the second part for
acting as County Health Officer. The
said contract is to continue for a period
from the date of the execution of the
contract, up and until the regular let
ting of contracts for said purpose in
December, 1896, being December 9TH,
1886.
TT is UNDERSTOOD AND
AGREED That all such county patients
shall be brought to the offices of the
party of the second part at Plenty
wood, Montana, or to the Memorial
Hospital at Plentywood, Montana,
without any expense on the party of
the second part; but in extreme cases
where the patients are unable to be
moved, or such removal from their
F. homes or other places to Plentywood
would endanger their lives, then, and
in that event, the said party of the sec
ond part agrees to call upon said pa
tents at their homes or other places
where they may be and in addition to
said salary, the party of the second
part shall receive seven (7) cents PEI
mile for each and every mile Travelled
while ealing upon and treating said
county patients.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND
AGREED, BY and between the parties
hereto, that the party of the first part
will furnish to the party of the second
part all office supplies necessary for
the proper treatment of said county
cases as may come to their attention as
such.
1T IS FURTHER AGREED BY ano
between the parties hereto that the
parties of the second part may furnish
an assistant to perform such county
services at their own expense in case:
where they are unable to attend ir
person themselves.
WITNESS Our hands and seals thi:
4th day Of August, A. D. 1886.
SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA
Party of the First Part.
BY A. j. OLSON,
Chairman of the Board of County
Z, Commissioners of Sheridan County
Montana.
and CARL TANGE, Member
and HENRY HUNTER, Member
ATTEST:
NIEIS MADSEN,
Clerk and Recorder of
Sheridan County, Mont.
j. c. STORKAN,
Party of the Second Part.
At 1900 o'clock Noon the Board re-
cessed until 200 o'clock
At 200 o'clock P. M. the Board re-
sumed, All Members of the Board anc
the clerk present.
On Motion the following claims were
allowed pand and the Clark instruct
ed to draw warrants therefor On the
Different funds:
GENERAL FUND
Employees, salary July ........ ...S2742.4S
E. E. Belanski, Probation
Officer 8.W
Peder c. Christensen, Janitor
L. G. Zeidler, Supplies, Co.
Bldgs. 34.5(
Oscar G.. Benson, witness
Coroner Inquest ...~..--.. 1.5(