The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-09-20
County
Commissioners
Proceedings
OFFICIAL REPORT
REGULAR MEETING

BOARD met al |" 'Io,h q M.
Chairman. N Woodward, GcoreGr X
Johnston and James Gerard. Clerk.
Minutes Of August. 1856 meeting ap'
proved
Voc Reports Of Clerk Of Court. Sher,
i'f and Clerk & Recorder approved
CLAIMS audited and approved
Emil Peterson. Road Supervisor, met
WITH the Board and discussed road
r..ttrr>
ne Clerk Wa instructed ~ the
Board to ,prcad upon the minutes:
-, following resolution. ard dirrcicd
t. submit :. copy Of same TO MI l..
Brown. secondary Roads tncIncer
STAT" H.lhVaN Department. Helena
'''''''' RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the Board Of Count!
t"mn!>>ion"r> OF H.i'IcT County MON,
id'ia, II rrLular t>>IOU assembled al
o., Bank Montana. h:.Nc rc,r!Ncd in,
tura,nilon rrCnrdlnc the Cer;lHra:lon
81 TIE Starr ; hool Road ard the Nrri'
wrthrr Road for Secondary Road In
prDlcNrnt>. and
WHrREi>. the Safe Nlshwa> De,
pn-tH,rn; ha> requested The Eoard o.:
,'H"'N IoW",.>>iNnrr> - c">!cra'" a
priorlN on the proposed Improvements
<uW TEFRrFoRE. be i, resolved;
uI,,9 r.n;lnn dan rladc. seconded and
CARRIED Thu ne S:a-r SChoc. Roat he
gwen \ur'hr- ! vrlor!;N I'D the Nrri.
"rth"f h"HC Dc ENt" N"!"''' P!!''
~
George Co--icieuH me: WIKI the
hoard and rrqar>tcd COUNTY assistance
l. rrplacirc 4 BRIDE ;ha; had been
cr>iro, Cd ~ tru'h WIN heavy
lnau. I"adIrC '";' hi ranch on the
@; Havk Rive. Hor,hwe>; OF Gu:
Elrk Thr R,;rd informed MI Cor
r4lruN Ms ihl> matter had been
lr.UGh' 80 their attention ~ the Road
Sup,rNI>nr and that ;he Board would
h-1EE,s ir-rrE .NiS Dv,as
session AND .d,I>r Mr. CorrlcleuN a;
tina, time wha, the COUNTY would do
| pom motion duly made. seconded
AVID earned. COUNTY Officers salaries
With ihc exception O: the Clerk o:
'our; who Will r"",sin q; $685. 9s un.
IL JANUARY !. 49, al which time his
>a'ar> VIII be increased 10 S33Ss %
Eoard with the Sale Highway pepar:.
= "r;'> selection OF Federal Aid Sec.
urdary Projects were UNANIMOUSLY
adopted ~ the Board and appro'a!
ordered returned 20 the State H.eh.
way Department:
Sep;embe. !. 1856
State HIGHWAY Commission
Attention >EC0NDARy ROADS
ENGINEER
Gentlemen.
We. ;hc BOARD O. COUNTY Co-,r,is
Sioncrs Of Glacier COUNTY. 90 hereoH.
AID Secondary Pro,eC; : 2Ia the Starr
SShoo! Route Road on Fedora! AID Sec.
OnGarN Route No rs for surrey. Plans
and richi.of.waN O: 80 miles. FOR in.
Cu>Ion N The Montana Postwar second.
arH PROGRAM
G HS5le ( '' JOHNSTON. ! Men:5e:
II! Wood" ard. Member
>ep;embe: !. 1856
safe HIghwa> Commission
Helena. Montana
Attention SECONDARY ROADS
ENCINEFR
Gentlemen
sioner. OF GLACIER COUNTY. do hereh.
AID Secordar, Pro,er, cis J.. the
Blackfoo' Nor,hcrN NerI@e,hcr Road
on Federal AID Secondary Route No
80 for surrey. Plans and r!sh;-o:."aH
Montana Postwar Secondary Program.
Harold Hanncman. Chairman
George Z Johnston. Ne!r5c.
HI Woodward. Member
Board recessed 81 noon and recon.
The following Letter OF resignation
Angus, IS. 1855
the Board Of Coun;> Commissioners.
Glacier County
Gentlemen
Pleas scg"p, this as nv resignation
- COUNTY surveyor et:e i've :s!s date
Thanking YOU. ] am.
John } Daley
John J Dh.cN
The Board having officially accepted
the resignation o: John Daley as
COUNTY SurycNor. unanimously ap.
pointed Freeman DALEY 10 nj the Va.
osrCN Until successor j. elected and
QUALITIES. The Clerk "Ss instructed 10
subnr an ofhCid! notice o: John
DaleN's rcN'ens,!on 20 hi bonding
discontinued Mr Freeman Daley 5
appointment j. to be effective upon
the posting Of S. 900 % surety bond,
with the Clerk o: the Board
The Clerk wsS directed 20 spread
upon the minutes. the following letter,
copy Of which Mas received by the
County Commissioners !rofn the State
Highway Department
STATE OF MONTANA
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
HELENA
August %. 1856
FAS Route as,
starr school Road
rri.bcc and Moor. Amorney~s;La"
- East Main. WIlkins Building
Gut Bank Montana
Attention Mf :. friseee
Gentlemen
KSicr'G.e !, nSds 20 Sogr letter Of
NNb W. ISSNs I'bt9SIAk NiA' PlV'
posed Improvement with secondary
stai, funds and Federal aid o: the
Starr school Road.
SINE ! wfo;" you on August J. 1885,
] have Investigated further She action
taken ~ far IN the routing OF Second
arA Route rs. and VII bring sou up
to dat" on the details.
ON Jun. 20. 1856 an inspection Was
made Of IA" routing By Mr. Richard
VI Afcny. Planning Survey Engineer
,py tn, Hu,phu al Public HDaSN District
Office ut MisNoula. Montana. Mr.. y. J.
MrClArtN. Secondary Roads Engineer
for the Bureau OF Public Roads Division
Once. Portland. Oregon; and Mr.. l.. W
brown. secondary Roads Engineer for
the state Highway Commission. Helena.
Al that time. u wAs decided by these
three men 10 disapproIe the requested
chang" 10 the location west Of Brown.
Ing. and 10 recommend 30 the Board o!
County commissioners that the orisins!
routing along the present road be
TN. original routing has subsequent.
j. been Officially approved by the
County. State and Bureau Of Public
Roads
IN" conclusions upon which this
choice was based were
a. The oiled Indian Service road
north from browning. known Is the
Duck Lake road. will undoubtedly
-, sometime be- placed on the second.
airy system. When this Is done, b bet.
ter intCgrHtcd system will result ~
the Starr School Route connects with
u ~ IL nov IN" case
e. The change TO the west terminus
would add about ! miles Of road for
the county to maintain. without pro
,iding sufficient additional local ser.
vice TO Justiis the additional mileage.
The present connection TO the Duck
l.akc road would undoubtedly have "a
a. The hoard Of County Commits