Laurel outlook., 1944-04-19
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
MARCH SESSION

The Board of County Commits
sioners, meeting in regular session
for the term commencing March 9,
1914, held twenty-tOur meetings
during said term. Parts of four
DAYS were devoted to consideration
of County Welfare and Relief mat
ters. adjustments of claims for ap-
picants for Old Age Assistance
and for Aid to Dependent Needy
Children. The Board approved is
suance of a dance hall license for
one year to the Hilltop Tavern,
located northeast of Billings. The
report of the County Auditor for
the month of February, 1914, show
ing that all County and Township
officers had RENTED all fees col
lected by them, for said month, to
the County Treasurer, was APPROX
ed and ordered filed. Application
was made to the State Board of
Equalization for refund of $191.50
of State gas taxes paid on 1880
gallons of gasoline used by the
County Highway Department. The
l943-44 budgets for burial of SOL
diers and for cattle slaughtered on
order of the State Livestock In
specion Board, having been exhaust
ed, the Board after having given
notice of hearing of protests
against increase of said budgets in
the sums of 100000 and $4,000
respectively, and no protests being
entered, ordered said budgets in
creased in the above mentioned
sums.
Appointment by the County Clerk
of Maxine l.. Brown and Henry s..
Mutt, to assist with extra work in
the office, was approved. The
Board, after having given consider
alton to eve applications for APP
pointment to the vacancy in the of
flee of Justice of the Peace for Bill
lings Township, appointed Mr.. Emil
Borberg to fill such vacancy until
such time as his successor has been
duly elected and qualified. After
hearing having been held on the
matter the Board approved the COM
mittment of Charles Bury, a minor,
to the Montana State Training
School. The issuance of motor
vehicle licenses and drivers licenses
for the current year having been
practically completed, the Board APP
proved revocation of the appoint
ment of Laverna Bachman, who had
assisted the County Treasurer with
this work. The Board began con
~sideration of appointments of cleo
ton judges for the coming elections
and inspected various sites for pre-
einct polling places to be used in
several Billings and outside pre-
eincts, where former polling places
could not again be used.
County tax title properties were
sold at public auction and private
sales, as follows: To Edward Lud-
wig, Lots Is and 16 in Block 6 of
Laurel Yellowstone Subdivision, for
$47S.67; to Jake and Luella Kiesz,
Lots II and IL in Block IL of East
Laurel, for $4,000; to Charles j.
McManus, Lot 6 in Block 81, lots
~, Is, 16 and II in Block % of
Laurel Realty Second Sub, for
$125.00; to Ben K. Hoban, he
WhSWA of Section 27-3N-27E.,
for 100000; to Frank P. Mackey,
the WhWh Section 26-4N-26E.,
and Lots 1, 2 and 3, and NEH
Sec. 10 and the SWA Section 20
4N-27E., for $1,077.44.
The Board leased the following
County tax title lands for n year,
for grazing purposes: To M. E.
Auer, various lots in the townsite
of Comanche, for $3.50; to Mackey
Sheep Company, the NJ Section
Q, SkSh Section 4, the Sh Section
22-1N-24E., for $500; To Fl. Pease
State Cooperative Grazing Associa-
lion, the Ell Section 10, NJ Sec
lion 4, VIZ of Section 8, all of