County Commissioners Meeting
Montpelier Examiner, Friday, 3 August 1900, page 1
Regular session of the Board of Commissioners met at 10:30 am, July 9th, 1900. Present were O Transtrum Jr. Chairman; Webster and Philemon Lindsay, Commissioners and James E Hart Clerk, when the following proceedings were had to wit:
The following bills were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the Current Expense Fund:
F E Smedley, services as Quarantine guard
$23.00
James E Hart, quarters salary $362.50
L T Shepherd, amt paid for stamps $3.00
O Transtrum Jr. ser as county comr. $56.00
Philemon Lindsay ser. as county comr. $660.00
Constant Webster ser as county comr. $60.00
G C Hillier quarters salary $162.50
James E Hart, recording Official Bonds of county and precinct officers under the
Fee System $69.80
Alfred Budge salary and expenses for quarter $250.00
L T Shepherd salary for quarter $175.00
C A Robison salary and expenses for quarter $334.25
R L Robison salary for quarter $162.00
Annie Osmond salary for quarter $137.50
Emmett J Howell, salary assessing transient sheep $100.00
Emmett J Howell stamps etc. $19.00
J J Humphreys salary for quarter $75.00
W B West MD services during quarantine $22.50
Thomas Danks care of indigent $15.00
Joseph Pritchard indigent $8.99
Annie Osmond visiting schools $8.50
John A Kelly services as justice of the peace $18.10
Willard Stoddard services as justice of the peace
Statesman Printing Co blanks $1.86
J R Shepherd mdse $30.60; for indigent $25.00
J R Shepherd services as dept. clerk of District Court $22.00
Joseph A Neibaur services as court bailiff $3.25
Irwin Hodson blanks and seals $1.85
H H Broomhead examination of teachers $9.00
James W Welker services as quarantine guard $12.50
Bear Lake Telephone company $12.00
R A Birch plat furnished the county $7.00
F W Hurst mailing shelves in Treasurers office $4.50
S S Humphreys covering desks $1.50
The following bills were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the Road and Bridge Fund:
C G Keetch labor on road $2.50
W S Tremelling labor on road $17.50
J S Hayes lumber $4.00
M Rosenbaum lumber $37.19
Co-op Wagon & Machine Co materials for county road $22.85
W S Tremelling road overseer asked for and is hereby granted a leave or absence
for thirty days. Ordered that this board do now adjourn until tomorrow at 10
o'clock am. O Transtrum Jr. Chairman; Attest. James E Hart, Clerk
SECOND DAY
The board met at 10:30 am July 10, 1900. Present the same as yesterday when the following proceedings were had to wit: Bills allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the Current Expense Fund:
Willard Stoddard as justice of the Peace $6.00
N P Jorgensen care of indigent $12.00
B P Hymas service as constable $2.40
E Grimmett care of indigent $12.00
Annie Mortensen care of indigent $12.00
Leroy Lindsay removed animal from county road $1.00
George D Barnard & Co blanks stamp pad etc. $7.98
Mary L Humphreys repairing American flay .75
C E Harris printing for quarter $64.52
The County Assessor presented the following list of those owing taxes for the year 1899 and which he had been and is still unable to collect and recommended that the same be cancelled:
John Winterbottom personal property $1.75
George Hoge personal property $2.27
John R Sizemore personal property .75
John M Cannon double assessment $22.25
D T Davis personal property $3.63
Lars S Nielsen personal property $2.60
D C Oakey personal property $4.80
William Teucher personal property $2.07; double assessment $7.25
Ordered that the above be and the same is hereby cancelled. The following reports were then accepted:
James E Hart, G C Hiller, quarter ending July
2nd 1900
G H Thornock road district No 3, July 3, 1900
John L Nelson road district No 1, July 2, 1900
Andrew Johnson road district No 6, July 2, 1900
Samuel Humphreys road district No 19
W STremelling road district No 2
The following bills were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the Road and Bridge Fund:
Henry Teucher labor on road $18.00
Andrew Johnson labor on road $25.00
John A Perkins labor on road $66.60
Samuel Humphreys labor on road $8.60
Geo H Thornock labor on road $31.40
John L Nelson labor on road $12.50, $2.50
Walter Hoge lumber $14.40
Ordered that this Board do now adjourn until Friday July 20, 1900 at 10 o'clock am to complete unfinished business. O Transtrum Jr. Chairman, Attest. James E Hart, Clerk