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Home My WebLink About050027.tiffr120 after_ the passage of this resolution. Section 5 . Before the Grantee shall commence the construction of said railroad, there shall be filed with and approved by this Board, specifications and surveys with maps showing all grades and curves of said proposed line of road, together with the exact location of all tracks, culverts , bridges . and and poles; and the difference , if any, in all grades between such county road or roads and the proposed line of said railroad, all of iich shall be subject to change or alteration in the discretion of and upon the request of this Board . • Before such specifications , surveys , or maps shall be approved, at least ten days notice of the filing thereof shall be given by this Board by publication in some newspaper of general circu- lation in the county of weld, and by posting a copy thereof in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of said county; Rrovided However , That before said Grantee shall commence construction of said railroad and within six months after the acceptance in writing of this Grant or franchise by the Grantee and be- fore such approval shall become operative , there shall be filed a bond in the penal sum of TWENTY- FIVE THOUSAND ($25 ,000 . " ) DOLLARS in some good reliable Bonding company, payable to the Board of County Commissioners of the County of ,Weld, and subject to the approval of this Board, conditioned that the said railroad company, its successors or assigns , shall at the end of six months after the acceptance of this Grant and Franchise in writing, begin the actual permanent construction of said railr©ad, . and in good faith thereafter faithfully and continuously prosecute the construction there- 4 of and that within Two (2) years after the commencement of said actual permanent construction said railroad shall be finally completed and in actual running operation, barring providential and un= avoidable interference , and if each and all of the conditions of said Bond are not fully complied wig with, then and in that case , this Board, or its successors in office , may declare a forfeiture there- , of and shall forthwith proceed to collect the full amount of said Bond . Section 6 . . The right , privilege , and authority is hereby given to the grantee to use all bridges , culverts , viaducts , or other publicIstructures along said road upon the conditions here- inafter set down. Section 7. The said The Interurben Construction Company, its successors and assigns , shall construct and maintain its railroad on either side of the county road or highway, as it may elect before beginning construction, but said election, when made, shall be final and shall be made for one side or the other of the said road or highway for the entire line and it shall in no case be permitted to pass from one side to ,the other of said highway, without first having secured per- mission so to do , by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, and it shall at its own ex- pense, in good substantial manner strengthen and repair any and all bridges , culverts and syphons on said county road which shall be used or occupied jointly by said electric railroad and county, or replace the same , all in the manner hereinafter set forth, and it shall thereafter during the ex- istence _ _of this franchise , pay all of the necessary expense of keeping said bridges , culverts and syphons in good repair, and shall pay all expense of keeping public and private crossings planked and in good repair; and shall at its own expense , widen any and all bridges , culverts , syphons , cuts and embankments on said public roads and highways which are used or occupied jointly by the , said grantee and the traveling public , to not less than the full width of the highways as laid out , and shall whenever the traveled part of any public road is crossed or interferred erred with by its said 421 electric railroad, so cross with, and so construct its said electric railroad and so repair said county road, that the county road will be in as good condition as before the said crossings or in- terferring, and the Board of County Commissioners shall be the judge as to whether this condition has been fully complied with. Section 8. Wherever ditches now cross said road or any intersecting road, which ditches will of necessity be crossed by said railroad, the grade of the same shall be in no way impared or in- t erferred with and said railroad shall be so constructed as to not interfere with any ditches or coma's running along or beside said public roads without the written permission of the owner or own- ers of said ditches or canals first had and placed of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Weld County, Colorado; and all ditches , canals and laterals crossed by said railroad company shall be syphoned with tile or pipe of sufficient size and dimension to carry the water re- quired to be run in such ditches, canals or laterals , and re-inforced by concrete and of the full width of the highway . Whenever any portion of the County Road along which said railroad shall be constructed shall be swamp or seepage land the said railroad shall be so constructed as not to im- pede the drainage of the highway and wherever necessary the land used, by the right of way shall first be tiled so as to permanently drain the same and the adjacent road . The right of way herein granted shall in no case exceed twelve feet in width, shall be along the side of the road elected as aforesaid and all cutoffs , sidetracks and turnouts shall be constructed on the side furtherrstA from that portion of the highway reserved for public travel and in no case shall be constructed on road outside of the right of way herein granted. Section 9. Any bridge or bridges, culvert or culverts , syphon or syphons , hereafter con- structed upon any of the said county roads or public highways , and which are to be used jointly by the grantee herein and the traveling public shall be not less than the full width of the highway as laid out when the same are used jointly by the public and said grantee , and all bridges when so used shall be constructed with sufficient guard rails not less than five feet in height , one of which sail be constructed between the portion used by the public and the portion used by the rail- road, and the other on the outer side of that portion of the bridge used by the public . Section 10 . The grantee herein shall have the right to construct and maintain bridges for its sole and separate use, as it may elect , and when it shall so construct such bridges shall not be bound or held to contribute or pay one half or any portion of the expense for erection or necessary expense of keeping in repair any county bridge not used jointly by it and the public ; and nothing in this franchise and grant shall be construed as compelling the grantee herein to use or occupy jointly with the public or otherwise any of the county bridges upon any county road along or across which the grantee shall be operating its said railroad. Section 11 . Whenever it shall become necessary to build or construct any new bridges or cul- verts upon said county road or intersecting county roads or highways over, along or across which the grantee shall be operating the said railroad, the grantee herein shall pay to the party con- structing or erecting the same one half of the necessary expense for the erection and construction of the bridges or culverts which shall be used jointly by the public and the said railroad, and the said grantee shall thereafter contribute and pay one-half of the necessary expense of keeping said bridges or culverts, used jointly by the public and said grantee, in good repair; and the County of Weld shall contribute and pay, out of the County Road fund, the other one-half of the expense of ✓ ' r42 ,6 construction, and thereafter maintain any such culverts or bridges when the same are- used jointly by I the public and the said grantee , Said bridges and culverts shall be constructed under the, joint supervision of the owner or operator of said railroad, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld. Section 12. If the grantee herein, or its assigns , shall fail, refuse or neglect for the per- iod of six (6 ) months after the granting of this franchise , to commence work of construction of said electric railroad, and in good faith continuously prosecute the construction thereof to a final coan- plation within two years thereafter, or i the grantee , its successors or assigns , shall refuse or ` neglect to operate and maintain said railroad in good condition and in good faith for the period of one ( 1) year at any one time after the granting of this franchise or right of way or shall fail, neglect or refuse to faithfully keep and perform each and every of the terms and conditions herein, the grantee, its successors or assigns , shall forfeit all their right;, title and interest in and to such franchise and right of way, and the same shall be null and void, and the same shall be can- celled immediately in manner as by law provided. Section 13 . Before entering upon the County Roads of said County of Weld for the purpose of construction, the said The Interurben Construction Company, itssuccessors or assigns shall furnish a bond executed by a reliable surety company subject to the approval of the Board of County Commis- sioners of the County of Weld, in the State of Colorado , in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10 ,000 ) , payable to the said Board of County Commissioners of said County; conditioned for the in- demnification of said County, or said Board of County Commissioners , or any person, firm or cor- poration, against all loss or damage sustained by said County or Board of County Commissioners , person, firm or corporation, by reason of , or growing out of, the construction, operation, altera- tion, extension, or repair of said system of electric railroad; and further conditioned that the said grantee , its successors or assigns , shall comply with all existing, or hereafter to be enacted, laws of the state of Colorado , relative to the construction, maintenance , and operation of said electric J � railroad; and conditioned further that the grantee herein shall repair and keep in repair any :nd all roads or crossings for the damage or injury to which it may have been responsible; and that such bond shall be kept in force and effect during the term of this franchise . Section 14. The easements , rights of way, and all the privileges and franchises herein granted, may be assigned by The Interurben Construction Company, the grantee herein, and thereupon the said assignee shall become possessed of all the rights of said company of any nature or description, and be subject to all the liabilities of the grantee herein. Section 15 . The railroad company, its successors and assigns , shall , within thirty days after the approval of. this order , file its acceptance in writing of the same with the clerk of this Board and such acceptance in writing by the grantee herein, of the foregoing resolution, shall be sufficient to fix the rights of the grantee and shall create a contract between the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado , and the said the Interurben Construction Company, its successors and assigns . Commissioner E. J. Estes Moved that the resolution above cited be mended so as to provide for the payment to Weld County of Two (2) per cent of the-- Gross receipts of the Company on a basis of the total mileage of public highways of Weld County occupied and used by said railroad company. A vote being had upon said motion, the result was as follows: Commissioner S. A. Bradfield and R.W.DeVinn#y • 423 against said amendment and Commissioner E. J. Estes for the adoption of said amendment , whereupon the motion was declared lost . The question of the passage of the resolution as offered then being declared by Chairman R. W. DeVinny to be in order, a vote upon the passage of the same was thereupon taken which resulted as follows : Commissioner S. A. Bradfield for the adoption of the resolution, Commissioner E. J. Estes against the adoption of the resolution for the reason that the same does not provide for the annual payment to the county of Two (2) per cent of the Gross receipts of the company based upon the total mileage of public highways used and occupied by said Railroad. Chairman R. W. DeVinny voted for the adoption of the resolution, whereupon a majority of the Board having voted in the affirmative , the chairman declared the resolution passed and adopted as the action of the Board. /7 / IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION CERTIFICATE FROM TAX SAME OF l 92. A ■ , , A A } H E Witmer , having filed his affidavit showing that in 1892 he became the purchaser of tax sale certificates No . 910 and 911 for the N.i- N.W4 section 24, Pp . 5N. , R. 64 W. , t o , . D A that said certificates of purchase have since been lost, and the same have never been redeemed; 4 that he has made diligent search for the same and is still unable to find them; that said tax sale is a cloud upon the title to said land and he asks that the Board , by proper order entered of record, authorize the County Treasurer of Weld County to issue his certificates of redemption from said sale . It appearing to the Board that the said H. E. Witwer has filed his indemnifying bond in the penal sum of $50 . to save and keep harmless the said County of Weld and all of its officials from all damages that may be occasioned by said redemption without the surrender of the original certi- ficates of purchase , it was , on motion ordered that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby au- thorized and directed to issue proper redemption certificates for said real estate from the tax w y sale of 1892 upon payment of the proper fee therefore . 0 : IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATE NO . 134 SALES OF 1906 . The application of JAMES WED5w 1 praying for the redemption of tax sale certificate. 1 sales of 1906 , account of Double Assessment on 5• E. Ndiec f44 46W Number 34, was presented and after carefully examining same and being fully advised in the premises , it was on motion ordered that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and diracted to issue his proper redemption certificate therefore . The clerk is hereby directed to draw a Voucher and warrant in the sum of $35 . 75, payable to the County Treasurer , to cover said redemption fee . I IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 499. On motion of Commissioner S. A. Bradfield, duly seconded, the following resolution was unanimously passed and adopted, viz: -- WHEREAS , It appearing to the Board that the right of way of County Road Number 499, as now deeded to the County, is a little out of line at the south end thereof , and WHEREAS, it further appearing that A. M. MoClenahan and Jennie S. McClenahan, owners of the 424 land abutting upon said road has shown a willingness to quit claim to Weld County a strip of land Fifteen feet in width off the entire East side of the S.W.4 N.W.4 and N.w.e S.W.* section 33.1, Tp . 6N, R. 66 West , provided that Weld County will deed back to him a strip of equal width off the east side of the fifty foot strip they deeded to Weld county May 8, 1906 , as shown by Quit Claim Deed, l d recorded in book 212 at page 417 of the records of the County Clerk and Recorder of said Weld County. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED By the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado , that the tender of A. M. and Jennie S. McClenahan be and the same is hereby accepted, and that R. W. DeVinny Chairman of this Board be and he is hereby appointed and constituted a special Commissioner with full power and authority to transfer said property and make and execute for and on behalf of Weld County, Colorado a Quit Claim Deed to Mr . McClanahan and Mrs Jennie S. McClenahan for a strip of land Fifteen ( 15) feet in width commencing at a point fifty feet east of the North- , west corner of the S.E.e N.W.e of section 33 , Tp . 6N . , R. 66 West , thence running due south and parallel with the quarter section line a distance of about 2640 feet ; thence West 15 feet to a point 35 feet east of the S.W. corner of the N.E.4 S.W.4 said section 33; thence due north about 2640 feet to a point 35 feet East of the N.W. Corner of the S.E.e N.W.e said section 33 , thence East 15 feet to the place of beginning . Said special commissioner to sign said deed for said county of 'Held as Chairman of said Board, to acknowledge the same and cause the seal of said County to be thereunto affixed . i e This completing the business for the day an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. Monday , September 2 , 1907 . Attest : -- Chas . D vis , Clerk. , Chaiplan. By , Deputy . l J 425 15th day of July A. D. 1907 term. • Greeley, Colorado, Monday, Septemb er 2nd, A D . 19$7 Pursuant to adjournment of the 10th day of August A. D. 1907 the Board of Cpunty Commis- . sioners of weld County, Colorado, met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present : Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman . Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . o A � T By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . j ,: ) IN THE MATTER OF THE FORMATION O OF THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT . A petition was presented by Clarence M. Ireland , J. N. Boll Chas . F . Pew, Attorney , T. C. Henry and numerous others praying for the formation of an Irrigation District , and after discussing the matter pro and eon the remainder of the day without completing its labors it was on motion ordered that an adjournment be taken too and until 9 o ' clock a . m. Tuesday , September 3rd, A. D. 1907 . 4 Attest : -- Chas . Da s , Clerk . a'-) . -/IX9f � , Chairman. i Y , Deputy. • y s a 4 _AA i l J I 426 ]6th day af fly A-. D. 1907 term. Greeley, Colorado , Tuesday, September 3rd, 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 2nd inst the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colo- - �. rado met at 9 o 'clock a. m. with the♦ following members present . r " Hon. D. E. Carpenter , County Attornejr . " Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Ohio . Davis , Clerk . ' ' a " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner. By A. J.. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes ,` Commissioner . ♦ a ♦ 4 • In accordance with section 213 , page 149 session laws of 1902 the Board commenced its sitting as a Board of Equalization for the purpose of adjusting and equalizing the assessment roll for the year 1907 . a •(9;-)-- IN THE MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT . The matter of the petition for the formation of an irrigation district to be known as The Henrylyn Irrigation District , as petitioned for • by I. Ireland, Frank A. 1 Hensley, Oscar Bowles and others , coming on regularly to be heard by the Board pursuant to adjourn- ment of said matter had on September 2nd, 1907, and the petition for the formation and organization of said district having been duly filed and duly and regularly presented to the Board by the above named persons as a committee representing the signers of said petition by4their attorney Charles F . Tear, and due proof of the proper publication thereof as required by law vats regularly made, and the s^id petitioners then and there filed with the Board their bond, conditioned and in form as required by law, which was duly approved by the Board and it appearing to the Board` that the notice of the !resentation of said petition had been given arnd ,published as required by law and that said pip- , tition had been filed and was signed by the requisite number of petitioners; and was in all par- A tleulars as provided by law. • The commissioners then and there procee d to fix the Boundaries of said district and to eon- sitter the applications for the exclusion of lands from said district and the inclusion of lands therein, and to consider all matters pertinent to said petition for the organization of said pro- posed irrigation district . The petition for the formation of said district duly filed with said Board of County Commis- • sioners , duly published and advertised as aforesaid, together with the notice of presentation thereof r was in words and figures as follows , to-wit : -- NOTICE OF PRESENTATION OF PETITION TO ORGANIZE AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT. Hudson, Colo . , August 14, 1907 . • To Whom it May Concern: • Notice is hereby given that on. Sept . 2, 1907, at 10 o'clock, a. m. , or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, the undersigned, as the committee duly authorized, will present the petition of Frank F. Smith and others , for the organization of *The Henrylyn Ir- rigation District" to the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado at Greeley, Colorado, for its action thereon pursuant to law, at which time and place all per- sons interested in any manner in the organization of said proposed district , or having any lands within the Boundaries of said proposed district as described in said petition, may ap- pear before said Beard of County Commissioners and present their claims , objections or 47 '7 F ) grievances that the same may be considered and acted upon by said Board . The Proposed District lies chiefly in Township One ( 1 ) and Two (2) North, in each of Ranges Sixty-three (63) , sixty-ifour (64) and sixty-five (65) best , Weld County , Colorado . A more full description being set forth in said petition which is now being published in full in this paper , "The Fort Lupton Press , " separately from this notice and to which reference is hereby made . Clarence M. Ireland. Frank A. Hensley . Oscar Bowles . First Publication, Aug . 16 , 1907; lest publication, Aug . 30 , 1907 . at i t i nn lax g___ 4w an Irrigation District . STATE OF COLORADO , ) : ss . COUNTY OF WELD . ) Hudson, Weld Co . , Colorado , August 14, 1907 . IN THE MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF "THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT ON PETITION OFF FRANK F. SMITHAND OTHERS . " t . To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado : The Undersigned, petitioners , respectfully state and show to your honorable board that the said petitioners , and each of them are resident freeholders of the proposed irrigation dis- trict hereinafter described, and are a majority of the resident freeholders within the Boundaries of said proposed district , and qualified to sign said petition, and that we are the owners in the aggregate of a majority of the whole number of acres belonging to the resident freeholders with- in the said proposed district . ' ( That it is the purpose of your petitioners to organize an irrigation district under the provisions of an sat en-titled "An fiat in Relation to Irrigation ation Districts'A roved 8 PP May 3 , 1905 and of an Act Amendatory Thereof , approved April 3 , 1907 . The said District to be comprised of and include the following territory or District lying wholly within the County of Weld in the State of Colorado , and more particularly described and bounded as follows , to-wit : Beginning at the South quarter corner on the south line of section twenty-six (26) , Town- ., ship one ( 1) North, of Range sixty-Five (65) West , of the Sixth principal meridian; thence North to the north quarter corner on the north line of said section twenty—six (26 ) ; thence East to the Northeast Corner of said section Twenty- six (26) ; thence North to the northwest corner of section twenty-four (24) ; thence west to the south quarter corner of the south line of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence North to the North quarter \ corner on, the north line of said section four- teen teen (14) ; thence East to the Northeast Corner of said section fourteen ( 14) ; thence North to the northeast corner of section ( 11) ; thence west to the northeast corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence South to the southeast corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence west to the southwest corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence North to the west quarter corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence East to the center of said section ten ( 10 ) ; thence North to the north quarter corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence west to the southwest corner of section three (3 ) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence north to the west quarter corner of section thirty-four (34) , township two 4, (2) , north, of range sixty-five west; thence East t9 the east quarter corner of said section thirty-four (34 ; thence North to he Northwest cone__ of section w —six 2 ; all in said J / I r- � ) , t t corner t qty ( 6 ) , p r498 township and range "aforesaid; thence East to the north quarter corner of section thirty (30) town ship two (2) north of range sixtyrfour (64) west ; thence North to the center of section seven (7) thence East to the center of section eight (8) ; thence North to the North quarter corner of section eight (8) ; thence East to the northeast corner of section eight (e) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section eight (8) ; thence west to the northwest corner of section seventeen ( 17) ; thence south to the southwest corner of section seventeen ( ti) ; thence east to the southwest' corner of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence north to the northwest corner of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence east to the northeast corner of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence south to the northwest corner' of section twenty-four (24) ; thence East to the northeast corner of section twenty-four (24) ; thence south' t o the south east corner of se stI on twenty-four (24) ; all in the said township and range aforesaid; thence east to the north quarter corner of section thirty (30) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence south to the north quarter corner of section six (6 ) ; township two (2) north, of range sixty-three (63) west ; thence east to the northeast corner of section six (6 ) ; thence south to the Northwest corner of` section eight (8) ; thence east to the north eighth quarter corner of section nine (9) ; thence north to the north eighth quarter corner of section four (4) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence west to the southwest corner of section thirty- three (33) ; township two (2) north, of range sixty- three (63 ) west ; thence North to the Northwest corner of section thirty-three (33) ; thence east to the Northeast corner of section thirty-three (33 ) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section thirty-three (33) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence east to the northeast corner of section six (6 ) , township one ( 1) , north, of range sixty-two (62) west; then north to the northwest corner of section thirty-two (32 ) , township two (2) north, of range sixty—two west ; thence east to the Northeast corner of section thirty-three (33) all in township and range aforesaid; thence south to the southeast corner of section four (4) , township one ( 1) north, of range sixty- two (62 ) west ; thence west to the southwest corner of section four (4) ; thence north to the east quarter corner of section five (5) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence west to the east quarter corner of section one ( 1 ) , township one ( 1) north; of range' sixty-three (63) west ; thence south to the southeast corner of section twelve ( 12) ; thence wesi to the north quarter corner of section thirteen ( 13) ; thence south to the center of section thirteen ( 13) ; thence west to the mast quarter corner of section fifteen ( 15) ; thence south to the northeast corner of section twenty-seven (27) ; thence east to the northeast corner of section twenty-six (26) ; thence south to the east quarter corner of section twenty- six (26 ) ; thence west to the east quarter corner of section twenty-seven (27) ; thence south to the south- -east corner of section thirty-four (34) ; thence west to the southwest corner of emotion thirty- four (34) ; thence North to the southeast corner of section twenty-insight (28) ; thence west to the southwest corner of section twenty-eight (28) ; thence North to the North-west corner of sec- tion twenty-eight (28) ; thence east to the south quarter corner of section twenty-two (22 )—the- nee north to the south quarter corner of section ten ( 10) ; thence west to the south quarter corny of section seven (7) ; thence south to the south quarter corner of section eighteen ( 18) ; thence west to the southwest corner of section eighteen ( 18) ; thence south to the Northwest corner of section thirty (30) ; thence east to the Northeast . corner of section thirty ' (30) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section thirty (30 ) , all in township and range aforesaid; thence west 429 ' to__ the southwest corner of section twenty—six (26) ,_ township township one ( 1) north,, of, range sixty— four (64) west ; thence north to the northwest corner of section twenty—three (23) ; thence east to the North quarter corner of section twenty—three (23) ; thence north to the center of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence west to the west quarter corner of section fourteen ( 14) ; thence north to the northwest corner of section fourteen (14) , thence east to the south quarter corner of sec- tion twelve ( 12) ; thence. North to the center of section twelve ( 12) ; thence east to the east quarter corner of section twelve ( 12) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence North to the southeast corner of section twenty—five (25) , township two (2) north, of range sixty—four (64) west ; thence west to the southwest corner of section twenty-five (25) ; thence North to the east quarter corner of section twenty—six (26 ) ; thence west to the center of section twenty— six (26 ) ; thence North to the south quarter corner of section twenty—three (23) ; thence west, to the southeast corner of section twenty—one (21) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section twenty—eight (28) ; thence east to the Northeast corner of section, thirty-'four (34) ; thence south to the east quarter corner of section thirty four (34) ; thence east to the center of section thirty—five (35) ; thence south to the south quarter corner of section thirty—five (35) all in said township and range aforesaid; thence east to the northeast corner of section. two (2) ; township one ( 1) north, of range sixty-four (64) west ; thence south to the southeast corner of section two (2) ; thence west to the southwest corner of of section two (2 ) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence north to the southeast corner of section thirty—four (34)i north , of range sixty-four (64) west ; thence west to the southwest corner of section. thirty— four (34) ; thence north to the west quarter corner of section thirty-four (34) ; thence west to the center of section thirty—three (33) ; thence north to the north quarter corner of section thirty- three (33 ) ; thence west to the southeast corner of section twentrmirLe (29) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section thirty- two (32) ; thence west to the southeast corner of section. thirty—one (31) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence south to the southeast sorner of section six (6 ) ; township one ( 1) north, of range sixty-four (64) west ; thence east to the north quarter corner of section eight (e) ; thence south t o the south quarter corner of section eight (8) ; all in said township and range aforesaid; thence west to the southeast corner of section twelve , ( 12) , township one ( 1) north, of range sixty—five (65) west; thence south to the east • quarter corner of section eighteen ( 18) ; thence west to the center of section eighteen ( 18 ) ; thence south to the center of section twenty—four (24) ; thence east to the east quarter corner of section twenty—four (24) ; thence south to the southeast corner of section twenty—five (25) ; thence west to the south quarter corner of section section twenty—six (26) all • in said township and range aforesaid, the point of beginning , all in the county of weld, state of Colorado . The following described parcels of land, included within the exterior boundary lines of said district , as above set forth, are hereby expressly excluded from said district ,to"rit : Parcel No . 1--All of section thirty—one (31 ) , township two (2) north, of range sixty—four (64) west . Parcel No . 2--The southeast quarter of section twenty (20 ) , township two (2) north, of range sixty—four (64) west . Parcel No . 3--The North half of section of ten ( 10) , township one ( 1 ) north, of range sixty— three _ , (63) west . r 430 Parcel No . 4.--All of section thirty-six (36 ) ,- township two (2) north, of range sixty-fise (65) west . That the means proposed by your petitioners to supply water for the irrigation of the lands embraced within the said district bounded as aforesaid , are a syste of canals , reservoirs , and laterals , including principally the canals and ieservoir system heretofore claimed , Ifnowi and named as "The Henrylyn Canal , " with the reservoirs auxiliary to said system on and below its line , and supplied from said canal , and constituting a general irrigation reservoir and storage system, to have its source of supply from the South Platte River , and from the waters and flood waters of said river and of Box Elder creek, and of Lost Creek and their tributaries , and by an enlargement of the Burlington canal in part and the Oasis and Barr Lake reservoirs , and that the-- lands above described and embraced within the district herein prom posed to be organized as an Irrigation District are- suseeptable of Irrigation from said sources and means of- supply. The said district to have power to purchase, lease , rent, condemn and acquire , and to enlarge , construct , and thereafter maintain any and all ditches , canals , reser- voirs-, reservoir sites , rights , water rights , appropriations and priorities, franchises and interests necessary for the r ela*ation and irrigation of the lands included in said district , and to have all the power and rights of an Irrigation district under the laws of Colorado. Your petitioners select and propose the name "The Henrylyn Irrigation District" as the name for- such proposed district . __ Your petitioners select , authorize and empower Clarence M. Ireland; Frank A. Hensley, and Oscar Bowles as a committee to publish this petition and present the same to the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado , and your petitioners pray your Honorable Bodnd to define and establish the boundaries of said proposed district , and to submit the' question of the final organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors resident within said proposed district , and of such qualified electors as shall be entitled to vote-at ' said election, and that your Board will do-and perform all such other acts and things as may be required by law to organize said district. Frank F. Smith Frank A. Hensley. Oscar Bowles . Daniel Moseley . Clarence M. Ireland . Marie E. Smart . James H. Ledgerwood. Grover C. Ledgerwood . First Publication, Aug. 16, 1907; Last publication, Aug. 30 , 1907 . Whereupon the Board proceeded to consider the proof made of the publication and notice of presentation of said petition and finding the same had been made and giveifor the full time and in the manner required by law proceeded to determine what county embraced the largest acreage of said proposed district and did find that the County of Weld in the State of Colorado , is the County which embraces the largesatni said proposed irrigation district . R Whereupon Frank W. Laird and Carmel C. Gates presented a petition praying that the following lands be excluded from said district in the formation and establishment thereof , upon the grounds that the same are already sufficiently supplied with water and that the lands would not be benefi- tted by the irrigation works proposed to be secured for said district , to-writ : -- 431 I The Northwest quarter of section thirteen, township one north, range sixty-five west . Thereupon said Board proceeded to consider said petition and evidence pertinent thereto and found the recitals thereof to be true , and upon motion duly made ,: seconded and carried it was ordered by the Board that the above described lands of said Frank W. Laird and Carmel C. Gates be excluded from said district and that the Boundaries of said District , as set forth in said petition and as prayed to be established , be so modified as to exclude from said district the A lands above described. Whereupon T. F. Stephens presented a petition for the exclusion of the following lands ,towit : 4 The southwest quarter of section 13 , and the Northeast quarter of section 13 , township one , range 65 West . That the said lands already have a sufficient water supply . A Whereupon the Board duly considered the said petition and application for exclusion of said lands and, finding the recitals of the same to be true it was ordered by the Board that the above described lands be excluded from the said district and that the boundaries as set forth in said petition be so modified as to exclude from said district the lands last above described . 4 Whereupon B . F. Twombly presented a petition for the exclusion from said district or the fol- lowing lands , to-wit : --All of section 7 , Township one north, range sixty-four west in Weld County, Colorado . Whereupon the Board duly considered said petition and finding same true and there being no objections the said petition was allowed , and said lands excluded from said district . Whereupon The Western Land Company, and the Denver Farm Lands Company presented a petition signed by each of said Companies to the Board praying that the following lands be excluded from said district in the formation thereof upon the grounds and for the reason that the said lands already have a sufficient supply of water therefor , to-wit : The Northeast Quarter , and the South half of section Twenty-five , Township 1 North, Range sixty-four west in Weld County, Colorado , all of section thirty-one and the Northeast Quarter of section thirty-three , and the Southeast quarter of section thirty-five , Township two north, range A sixty-four west in meld County, Colorado belonging to The Denver Farm Lands Company; and the Southeast Quarter of section seven, Township two , North, Range sixty—four west , Weld County, Colo . belonging to The Denver Farm Lands Company. Thereupon said Board proceeded to consider said petition and evidence pertinent thereto and found the recitals thereof to be true , and upon motion duly made , seconded and carried it was The ordered by the Board that the above described lands of saidAWestern Land Company and The Denver Foam Lands Company be excluded from said district and that the Boundaries thereof as set forth in said petition and as prayed to be established be so modified as to exclude from said district the lands above described . Whereupon J. N. Bowles presented a petition for the inclusion within said district of the following lands , to-wit : --The Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of section seven, Town- ship one south, range sixty-five west , in Adams , County, Colorado , Whereupon the Board proceeded to and did consider said petition and application for the inclu.se sion of said lands in said district and evidence pertinent thereto and found the recitals of said petition to be true , and it was then ordered, by the Board that the above described lands be inclu- ded within said district and made a part thereof , and the Boundaries of said district as set forth 432 in said petition be so modified as to include the same within said district . Whereupon F. Reynard, presented a petition for the inclusion within said district for the following described lands , to-wit : ‘--Sections 17 -and 21 , in Township 2 , North, Range 63 West , in Weld County', Colorado . Thereupon the Board proceeded to .and did consider said petition ' and application 'for the inclusion of said lands in said district , and evidence pertinent thereto and found the recitals of said petition to be true and it was then ordered by the Board that the above described lands be included within said district and made a part thereof and the boundaries of said district as set forth in said petition be so modified as to include the same within said district . Whereupon Commissioner S .* A. Bradfield moved the adoption of the following resolution,• find- ings , recitals and orders for the aonsideratton and final action of the Board in the Premises : "WHEREAS , A petition has been duly presented, signed by Clarence M. Ireland, Prank A. Hensley, Oscar Bowles and other freeholders of the County of Weld and theState of Colorado , stating that it is the purpose of the petitioners to organize an irrigation district in accordance with the law, Con taining a general description of the Boundaries of such proposed district and all and singular the averments by lawprovided and required, pr $a this o Y q , p sy t B and :define and establish the bound- aries of said irrigation district which it is prayed in said petition, shall be known as the Henrylyn Irrigation District , and submit the question of the organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors resident within said proposed district , duly signed by the requisite kx number of freeholders who are owners in the aggregate of a majority of the whole number of acres belonging to resident freeholders in said proposed district ; and , WHEREAS , The Petition has been found to be in due and regular form; that the ' law has been in all respects ects complied with in the fili - - ub - - p P ng , p lishing, pros®ntation and allowance of said pe tit ion; that said district is principally in the county of Weld in the state of Colorado ; and that a bond has been duly filed- and approved by this Board, provided for the payment 'of the expenses of the proceedings and the election in case the district shall not bey established; and that all and singular the recitals of said petition are true; and, ; - WHEREAS , Sundry changes in the boundaries' of said district have been made by this Board by the exclusion of certain lands embraced therein, and the inclusion in said district of e4x'tain lands not embraced within the boundaries of said district as prayed in said petition; and, • , WHEREAS , It has been shown to the satisfaction of this Board that all the matters embraced in said petition and all the objections thereto , together with all the petitions for the exclusion of lands from said district , or the inclusion af lands within the same , and all other matters and ' things proper to be considered by said Board pertinent to said petition having been duly considered and determined as preliminary to the fixing and establishment of said proposed district and the boundaries thereof; that in the opinion of the Board, all lands within said Boundaries , as modi- fied herein, are susceptabie to irrigation by the irrigation works saught to be- obtained and constructed by said district ; IT IS THEREFORE RDERED That the Prayer of said petitioners shall be granted and the boundaries of said'proposed district fixedand determined in accordance with said petition, as modified by the action of the Board as above set forth. ' tar ;fi 3 433 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That the said proposed district *be , and the same is hereby created and established subject to the vote and election of the qualified electors of said district , consis- ting of all that part of the county of Wild and Adams in the State of Colorado included within the b boundaries of said district which are established and defined as follows , to-wit : Beginning at the southwest corner of section twenty-two Township 1 , North, Range 65 West, in + f w Wild County , Colorado , extending thence north along the section lines to the quarter corner on the west side of section 34, township 2 north, range 65 west : thence east to the east quarter corner on the east side of said section 34; thence north to the northeast corner of section 27, township 2, North, Range 65 West ; thence east to the quarter corner on the north side of section thirty, town. ship 2 north , range 64 west ; thence north to the quarter corner on the north side of Sec .7, in said township and Range ; thence East to the N. E. Corner of sec . 8, in said Tp . and Range ; thence south to the S .E. Corner of said Sec . 8; Thence East to the N.E. Corner of Sec . 17 , Tp . 2N. , Range 63 W. ; Thence south to the S.E. Corner of said section; thence East to the N.E. Corner of sec . 19, Tp . 2N . , R. 62 W. ; Thence south to the S .E. Corner of said section; Thence East to the N.E. Corner of sec . 28, in said Pp . and Range ; thence south to the S. E. Corner of Sec . 9, Tp . 1N . , R . 621K. ; Thence West to the Quarter -earner on the north side of section 18 , in said Tp . and Range ; Thence south to the center of said section; thence west to the Quarter corner on the west side of said section; thence south to the S .E . Corner of section 36 , lip . 1N . , R. 63 W. ; Thence west to the S.W. Corner of Sec . 31 , in said lip . and Range ; Thence North to the N .W. Corner of said last named section; thence west to the S .W. Corner of Sec . 26 , lip . iN . , R . 64 W. ; Thence North to the N. w. Corner of section 2, in said Pp . and Range ; Thence West to the N •W. Corner Of Sec . 3 , in said Tp and Range ; thence South to the S .W. Corner of said section; thence west to the quarter cor- ner on the North Side of section 8 , in said Tp . and Range ; Thence South to the Quarter corner on the south side of said Sec . 8; thence West . to the N .W. Corner of see . 3.8 , in said Tp . and Range ; thence south to the S. E. Corner of section 25, Tp . 1N . , R. 65 w. ; thence West to the Quarter corner on the South side of section 26 , in said Tp . and Range; Thence North to the Quarter corner on the side of section thence west to the point of beginning and also the S.E.* of the S.E.e of north 26; sec . 7, Tp . 15 . , R. 65 West in Ada1s County , Colorado and the S.E. : of Sec . 6 , Tp . 13 , R. 63 West , in Adams , County , Colorado; the said district to comprise all the lands aforesaid and all the lanes t ' ♦ K 4 " lying and being within the Boundaries aforesaid, save and except the following lands which are era eluded from said district and which form no part of the same , to-wit : --- ,,r + y The following lands in township 1 , North, Range 65 West : All of sections 11--13--15--and--23; and the West half of section 22; the W of sec . 14; o w the N.W.* of Sec . 10; the N.E.4 of Sec . 24 and the N.E.* of section 2 . The following lands in Township 1 , N . , R. 64 W. : All of Sections 1--5--7--and 11: The E of Sec . 41 The West half and the N. E.e of section 12; the S.W4 of sec . 14; the E of Sec . 25; and the S.W..4 of Sec . 25 . The following lands in Pp . 2N . , R. 64 W. : All of sections 13--15--17--27--31--33 and 35; the Ei of Sea . 7; the W of S.E.e of See . 26 . The following lands in Pp . 1N. , R. 63 w: All of sections 5--17---19--21.•-23..-25-..29.._31..-33 and35; The Sif Sec . the of Sec . 13; the N.E.e of sea . 13; the W- of Sec . 15; the of :5 � 14; � Sec . 22; The of sec . 24; the W of sec . 32; the Ei of Sec . 18; the N of Sec . 10 the N of 4; the of the of Sec . the S. of Sec . 26 . 20; the 1F� of Sec . '� � 4; �' rr 434 _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ________ _____ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ ___ ____._____ ____ The following lands in Tp . 2N . , R. 63 w. : All of Sections 1S--19--20--24---25--27--28--29--34 and 35; The Ei of Sec , 31; the S .E4 Of S. E.4; the Ni- of S. E.4, the N. E.* and the N. E. I we and the NEk SW* of section 32; the S , the N and the EiNEe of Sec . 26; the Nil the SWe and the Ei of the SEe of section 23; the E of N and the E - of See . 22 and the pi of Sec . 30 . ✓ The Following lands in Tp . 1NN . , R. 62 w: All of sections 7 and 9; the Ei of Sec . 8; the Si of Sec . 5; the South Half of Sec . 6 . The following lands in lip . 2N. , R. 62 w. : All of Sections 29--30 and 31 , the Si and the 1114 of Sec . 28; the NEk and the Ei of the SEe and Wi of ST4 of Sec . 19. All of which last described lands are hereby exempted and excluded from the operation of this order , and excluded and exempted from said The Henrylyn Irrigation District above Bounded and a defined and which lands constitute no part of said irrigation district .' • a a 4 The motion of Commissioner Stephen A Bradfield for the adoption of the above resolution was r a , . » 4 duly put to vote and the ayes and noes being called was unanimously carried, all the commissioners voting aye . + ► i 4 4 N On motion duly made , seconded and carried, it was ordered that the name of said irrigation 4 4 » . tl • N 4 1 district shall be and is The Henrylyn Irrigation District . { On motion duly made , seconded and carried, the following resolution was adopted; "Resolved that said Irrigation district be divided into three divisions , as follows , to-wit : Division No . 1 . Shall Comprise all that part of said District which lies west of the Range line extending north and South between ranges 64 and 65 West . Division No . 2 shall comprise all that part of said District which lies East of said Range N a N line extending between ranges 64 and 65 west , and west of the Section Line OXAMOAR between sec- . 4 tions 21 and 22 in Township 2 North, of Range 64 West . 4 Division No . 3 shall comprise all that part of said district which lies East of said section 4 r , line between sections 21 and 22 in lip. 2N . , R. 64 west . " 4 It is further ordered that each of the said divisions above described be and are hereby con- M stituted a voting precinct for all purposes of said irrigation district as provided by law and • 4 » 0 that the polling places within said precincts for the holding of elections are hereby fixed as • 1 follows , to-Twit : --- For Precinct No . 1: The store of F F Smith in the S . E.e of Sec . 3 , Pp . 1N . , R. 65 W. in Weld County in the village of Hudson; • 141P For Precinct No . 2: at the residence of Clarence M. Ireland located on the voe 30, in � f Sc . A Pp . 2N. , R. 64 W. f For Precinct No . 3 at the residence of Oscar Bowles in the N. E.* of Sec . 26 , Pp . 2N . , R. 64 W. a On motion duly made , seconded and carried the following resolution was adopted: "RESOLVED that the entire prayer of the petition for the organization of the irrigation dis- • • 4 n trict herein prayed be , and the same is hereby granted as hereinabove set forth, and that an elec- . . . 4 tion is hereby ordered and directed to be held within the said proposed irrigation district and in the various precincts thereof above described , for the purpose of submitting to the vote of the , qualified electors the question of the formation, establishment and organization of the said proposed irrigation district under and by virtue of and in accordance with law, and the election of R 4 3 a board of directors for said district as by law provided . 1 r y rt IlQ a N 4 That Saturday the 28th day of Septembernis hereby fixed for the holding of said Election in * 435 the various precincts of said district and the polls are directed to be opened for that purpose from the hour of 7 a . m . of that date continuously until the hour of 7 p . m. of that date . It is further ordered that the following persons are appointed for Judges of said election by the Board , to--wit : i Precinct No . 1 . F. F. Smith, Joseph H. Ledgerwood and F. M. Schaffer . Precinct No . 2 . Clarence M. Ireland, Bertha Ireland and Daniel Moseley . Precinct No . 3 . Oscar Bowles , Frank A. Hensley and Marie E. Smart . The following names are hereby submitted to be voted for as directors of said district in the respective precincts , on, to-wit : For Precinct No . 1 J. N. Bowles For Precinct No . 2 Clarence M. Ireland . For Precinct No . 3 Frank A. Hensleylt The following resolution was duly presented and on motion duly made and seconded unanimously adopted: "It is ordered that a notice of said election be made , given and published as required by law; that slid notice shall be given under the hand of the chairman of the Board of the County Commissioners of the County of Weld and the State of Colorado , attested by the Clerk of said Board and shall be duly published in the Fort Lupton Press a newspaper published in the Town of Ft . Lupton in Weld County, Colorado , and in the Brighton Register a newspaper duly published in Brighton, in Adams County, Colorado for a period of three successive weeks preceding the date of said election the proof of said publication of said notice in said newspapers in the manner and 1 form aforesaid to be duly filed herein upon the completion thereof by the publishers of said weekly newspapers with the clerk of this Board on or before the canvass of the returns of said election by this Board as provided by law. " The following claims were then presented , examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered 1 drawn for the respective amounts allowed , -�— By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . Sam J Mc if ee Deputy Assessor 85' 00 85 00• County F C Peterson do - 80 00 80 00 " P A Tisdel Sr . Witness fees County Court 2 00 2 00 State Ind. School Care of Inmates 15 50 15 50 " Geo . Duvall Pauper supplies 4 31 4 31 Pauper Dr . Hubert Work Care of Inmates at asylum 93 00 93 00 " H W Bingham & Co Lumber % Road Dist . 1 14 20 14 20 Read . Denver Sewer Pipe Co Tile % Road Dist . 1 133 56 133 56 Road 0swold Allen Water Commr . Dist . 4 54 17 52 50 County C M Jump Water Co mmr . Dist . 2 40 25 39 25 County Paul gieser Services as Janitor 4 00 4 00 " F G Ballinger Labor % Road Dist . 2 66 . 50 66 50 Road . Van Sickle Livery Livery % Road Dist . 1 4 00 4 00 " 436 Clayton Lumber Company Lumber / Road Dist . 1 44 10 44 10 Road . Geo . Cameron . Livery % Road Dist . 1 2 50 2 50 Road . DeBolt and Taylor Blacksmithing % Dist . 1 20 50 20 30 Road. C C Kersey Livery % Road Dist . 3 1 00 1 00 J L Doney . Labor % ,Ro9d Dist , 3 127 75 1.27 ,75 Road. Geo , H Miller Services as Janitor 60 75 60 75 County G W Abbott Labor % .Road . Dist . 2 79 25 7925 Road . The official Bond of Frederic J. Allnutt as Deputy County Coroner in the Penal sum of $500 . was presented and after carefully examining same and believing the sureties thereon to be ample and sufficient , on motion ordered that said bond be approved, recorded and placed . on on file . h° IN THE MATTER OF ASSIGNMENT OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATES 146---149---150--and 151 SALES OF 1896 . The Board having duly considered and investigated the ap- plication of Andrew Cederhelm to purchase from the County of Weld Tax sale certificates 146m--149-- 150 and 151 sales of 1896 for the taxes of prior years on the ,S, VeV, Sic. 3 111. /--f 6- 7 .14/ which, said property was bid in by and for said County as :shown by said tax sale certificates . Said ailpicant desiring to avoid the full payment of the full amount of the taxes assessed on said property since the date of said sale . And the Board having been duly advised in the premises , upon motion duly seconded and carried it was ordered that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby author — ized and directed to issue his assignment upon the payment to him of . 115 .05 . Pending the completion of the adjusting and equalizing of the tax roll for the year 1907 an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Wednesday , September 4th , A. D. 1907 . Attest : -- Chas . Davis , Clerk . aW '4 Chairman. By , Deputy . 4 • j 437 17th day of July A. D. 1907 term . Greeley, Colorado , Wednesday, September 4th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 3rd inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld county, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the followings members present , viz: Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Cm missioner . The Board resumed its sitting as a Board of Equalization . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the T re speetive amounts allowed, viz: mm By whom claimed. For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund G P & L Co Light % County Hospital 9. 60 9 60 Pauper . P W Allen, Treas . Pauper Transportation 2 65 2 65 Pauper . W S Decker Labor % Road Dist . 3 17 15 17 15 Road Gilcrest Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 1 12 40 12 40 Road . Geo . Schilling Lumber Co Stone % Road Dist . 1 4 25 4 25 Road . Chas . G. Sheely Bridge work % Road Dist . 1 and 3 1500 00 1500 00 Road H I Hill Sprinkling Streets 5 00 A5 00 County Greeley Commercial Club Expense 16 State Fair 75 00 75 00 County Treasurer of Normal In. Expense 16 Institute Dist . 2 112 00 112 00 . County Town of Windsor Livery q6 Prisoners 2 50 2 50 County Healey & Wood Court House supplies 4 50 4 50 County John White Witness fees Co . Court 9 80 9 80 " J A Bird do 9 80 9 80 " W H Noesker do 2 00 2 00 " L S Carpenter Petit Juror fees 2 80 2 80 " W R Patterson 4 Petit Juror fees 50 00 50 00 " W H Thompson Auditing Treasurer ' s Books 50 00 50 00 " Margaret Jackson do 50 00 50 00 " Bertha B Hall Labor 36 Assessors office 18 00 18 00 " J C Wylie County Assessor 200 00 200 00 " E G Steele Lumber % Road Dist . 1 73 02 73 02 Road . W H Oliver Labor 9; Road Dist . 1 24 00 22 00 Road . L B Ireland Deputy Water Commr . Dist . 2 19 38 19 38 County . A J Luther Expense 36 Checking Roads at State Land Of . 5 00 5 00 Rold G P & L Co Light '!6 Court House 52 10 52 10 County Lofgren Bros Jail Supplies 7 20 7 20 County J N Counter Lumber pfd Road Dist . 2 47 18 47 18 Road . Ross & Sheffield Livery g6 County Hospital 3 00 3 00 Pauper . Lofgren Bros Pauper supplies, 39 00 29 00 Pauper . J N Counter Lumber % Road Dist . 3 60 75 60 75 Road . C H Boyd Labor % Road Diet . 3 119 64 119 64 Road . J H Behrens Lumber % Road Dist . 3 21 86 21 86 Road Western o Lumber 9 Road Dist . 3 85 05 85 05 Road . Home Electric L & P Co Light g6 Greeley Hospital 11 07 11 07 Pauper Geo . W Brown Tile % Road Dist . 2 54 75 54 45 Road . L P Mudd Labor % Road Dist . 2 10 00 10 00 Road . J W Briggs Labor % Road Dist . 2 232 00 232 00 ofG G Philip & Son Lumber % Road Dist .3 32 82 32 82 ' Road . J D Potter Tile % Road Dist . 1 19 60 18 22 Road . D Strohl R 0 Fees Dist . 1 600 75 600 75 Road . D Strohl Freight % Road Dist . 1 51 60 51 60 Road . Baab & Son Pauper supplies 15 45 15 45 Pauper . J F Roeho Pauper supplies 2 75 2 75 Pauper D L Whittaker County Health 0 fiver 19 85 19 85 County F P Wylie Deputy Water Commr . Dist . 2 19 37 19 37 " Wm. Ahrend Witness fees C C 2 00 2 00 County W M Davis Water Commr . Dist . 7 31 00 31 00 " y � G C Cooper Depy. Water Commr . Dist . 7 15 50 15 50 County W H Barney Water Commr . Diat . 5 51 67 51 67 County J L Armstrong Water Commr, Dist , 3 77 50 77 50 " Eaton Herold Advertising 58 22 58 22 " L G Haws Dopy . Water Commr . Dist . 2 19 37 19 37 " Baab & Son Court House and Jail Supplies 4 00 4 00 County Chas . Miller Depy. Water Commr . Dist . 5 25 84 25 84 " N N Barber c do 6 18 75 18 75 " Edward Autrey Water Commr .. Dist . 6 37 50 37 50 " Eaton Herald Printing 49 70 49 70 " P A Tisdel Sr Probation Officer 30 00 30 00 " E H Abbott Bailiff County Court 15 00 15 00 " F 438 18th day of July A. D. 1907 term . A ♦ A Pending . the the completion of the adjusting and equalizing of the tax roll for the year *7 an adjournment was ordered , taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. Thursday, September 5th, A,, D. 1907. M ) x Attest. -0, ' a l 4 M . Chas . Davis , Clerk. , Chairman. By , Deputy . 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Greeley, Colorado , Thursday, September 5th, A. D. 1907." The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County , Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. , pursuant to !adjournment of the 4th inst . Present : -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. • ■ Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner.. The Board resumed its sitting as a Board of Equalization. 6 Report of the Superintendent of the County ' Hospital Ro spi ►al for the month of August , A D 1907 was • presented, examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . • A • t . - D. Strohl' s' report as Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 1 for the month of August 1907 was presented, examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . County Judge ' s report for the month of August , A. D. 1907 was presented, examined and on mo tion audited and ordered placed on file . • i • { / • •Report of Chief Nurse of the Greeley Hospital for the month of August , 1907 was presented, examined and on motion approved and ordered placed online. 4 I ( IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION 4F JOT 31, BLOCK 24, PLATTEVILLE. David Snyder of Platteville, appeared before the Board in behalf of • Frances B. Sperry and stated that Mrs . Sperry had tendered to the County Treasurer the sum of n . + $11 .34 for the redemption of Lot 31 , Block 24, Platteville, -and urged that an order be made by ' ♦ R the Board directing the County Treasurer to issue to Frances B. Sperry his redemption certificate + for said . property property as enumerated in Tax Sale Certificate No . 660, tax sales of 1898 . After duly and regularly considering the matter and making a thorough investigation of the same,:it was on motion ordered that the prayer of Mr. Snyder be and the same is hereby granted, and/ the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the proper redemption certificate to Frances B. Sperry upon payment to him of the ' sum of $11.34. And it is further ordered that the County 439 Treasurer return to Mr . Sheldon the money tendered by him for the purchase of said above described property . ✓? IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN TP. 514 . 1 R. 65 WEST . r - ' A petition signed by R. M. Moore , D. S. Ellis and numerous others praying for the laying out of a wagon road 20 feet in width, described as follows , Commencing at the center of the west line of section 32 , Pp . 5N. , Range 65 West , thence running due East one mile to the N.F. corner . of the S.E.4 section 32; thence South 20 feet; thence West and parallel with the one half section line a distance of one mile; thence North 20 feet to the place of beginii.ng. The same being a strip of land 20 feet in width . off the entire North side of the South half of section 32, Tp . 5N . , Range 65 West . was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record, to-wit : - - It appearing to the Board that the right of way for the line of road prayed for is not all granted, and R. M. Moore having deposited $15 . to pay the expense of viewing in case said road be not granted, on motion it was ordered that Commissioner S. A. Bradfield, S. P. Bryant and Albert Lawrence be and they are hereby appointed viewers to meet at the starting point at 10 o ' clock a. m. Saturday the 14th day of September, 1907 and view the line of road herein prayed for and file their report thereon, as required by law, with the County Clerk ten deye before the next regular meeting of the Board. R. M. Moore is hereby appointed to post notices as required by law. / / / IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 11 . Aaron S. Eaton, having filed his affidavit showing that in 1871 H. C. Sherman beoame the purchaser of tax sale certificate No . 11 , sales of June 3, 1872 Etn tross ett UM for the taxes of 1871 for Lot 10, Block 76 (with other lands ) ; that said certificate of Purchase has not been redeemed, but that said certificate of pur— chase has since been lost and after diligent search they have been and are still unable to find the same; that said tax sale is a cloud upon the title to said property and he asks that the Board, by proper order entered of record, authorize the County Treasurer of Weld County to issue his certi— ficate of Redemption from said sale . It further appearing to the Board that said Aaron S. Eaton has filed his indemnifying Bond in the penal sum of $25.00 to save and keep harmless the said County of Weld and of all of its of— fioials from all damages that may be occasioned by said Redemption without the surrender of the original certifioate of purchase . It was on motion ordered that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue proper redemption certificates for said lot from said tax sale of 1872 upon payment to him of the proper fees therefore . + M The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . Beorge Dauth County Hospital supplies 25 20 25 20 Pauper Park Mdse . Co do 2 90 2 90 " Scott & Kitson do 4 60 4 60 " U T & C Co do 450 450 J I 440 ___ . _ _ J E Hooley Repairs ' County Hospital 1 50 4 1 50 Pauper Ida Henderson Labor %6 County Hospital 8 00 8 00 ' " Annie Nyberg Labor %6 County Hospital 30 00 30 00 John J Knutson Supt . of County Hospital 60 00 60 00 M John .Knutson County Hospital supplies 18 00 18 00 Pdupet . J F Rooho do • 44 08 44 08 " Chas . B Dyde County Health officer 71 50 71 50 County Dr . D J Horton County Health officer 7 50 7 50 ' L H Harrison Supt . of Schools and Office Expense 210 16 210 16 ' County N W Bellrose _ Assistance % Pauper ° 10 00 10 00 Pauper . Dr . D. J. Horton County Physician 2 50 2 50 Pauper . G G & E Co Gas 36 Greeley Hospital 16 35 16 35 " J S Haptonstall Labor 96 Road Dist . 1 8 00 8 ' 00 ' Road . C A Yancey i Labor 9 Road ' Dibt . 1 154 00 154 00 Road . r Parker: Supply Co Tools 96 Road Dist . 3 25 40 24 40 Road . R R Hackley Blaokssiithing 9 Road Dist . 3 8 50 8 50 Road . E E Moore Labor 96 Road Dist . 3 19 25 - 19 25 Road. Ben S Nolin Labor % Road Dist . 1 252 00 ' 252 00 Road . R F Copes Labor 9; Road Dist . 1 38 00 38 00 Road . J C Nixon County Court Fees 113 70 113 70 County Russell & Wilson Repairs %6 Court House 7 00 7 00 " ah*eMoCrIetpe ll Wa*psr0I sns)i st . 1 -vi ' ' 2s 88 2a 88 Pauper . Ohas 1 Colwell Water Oommr.. Dist . 1 25 85 25 85 County J M McCre61 Pauper Expense 8 00 8 00 Pauper Miss Rena Sample Asst . Nurse Greeley Hospital 100 00 100 00 Pauper . Healey & Wood Greeley Hospital supplies 40 55 40 55 " H Reynolds & Co do 275 2 75 " Miss Paula Olandt Chief Nurse Greeley Hospital 35 00 35 ,00 " Miss Amelia Anderson Asst . Nurse G Hospital 40 00 40 00 " J R Henderson Labor %6 Court House 22 25 + 22 25 County J F McConnell & Co Livery %6 Jail 3 00 3 00 County J H Bassett Witness fees C 0 4 2 00 2 00 M Dr. R. Samuels Assistant Health Officer 3 00 3 00 County Western Lumber & S Co Lumber % Rod Dist . 2 25 60 25 40 Road . 0 G Sheely Bridge Work I6 Road Dist . 2 & 3 1610 00 1610 00 Road . E D Riker Labor % Read Dist . 2 108 50 108 50 . Road . Andrew Yost Labor 9 Road Dist . 2 14 00 14 00 Road . Elmer Roy Coal ' County Hospital 25 10 23 84 Pauper . Harvey Moore & Co Coal %6 Paupers 2 75 2 75 Pauper Dr . R. Samuels Assistant .County Physician 5 00 5 00 Pauper M D Spencer County Hospital supplies 4 75 4 75 Pauper The Board having oompletsd its labors as a Board of Equalization an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o 'clock a. m. Fridays, September 6th, A. D. 1907. Attest : — 6 )7/14 / . — Chas . Davis Clerk. , Cha man. L_ By mil" . Deputy. 441 19tii day of July A. D. 1907 term. Greeley, Colorado , Friday, September 6th, A. D. ' 1907. The Board of County Commissioners of Weld, County, Colorado stet at 9 o ' clock a. it. pirauant to adjournment of the 5th inst . Present : -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . f _County Clerk ' s and County Treasurer 's reports for the month of , August August were presented, examined and on motion audited and ordered placed on file . j Butcher 's Bond . of W. 0 . Darnell in the penal sum of $1000 . was presented, and after careful- ly considering same and believing the sureties thereon to be ample and satisfactory , on motion ordered that same be approved and placed on file . IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSTABLE IN , AND FOR JUSTICE PRECINCT NO . 5. A petition signed by J. H. Rhoades , Dr . D. J. Horton and numerous • others praying for the appointment of Homer Sims as Constable in and for Justice Precinct No . 5, Evans , was presented , and after duly investigating the matter and being well advised in the premises on motion ordered that the Prayer of petitioners be and the-same is hereby granted, and that Homer Sims . be be and he is hereby appointed as Constable in and for said Justice Precinct No . 5 , provided that he will qualify as required by law. IN THE . MATTER OF RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CONSTABLE . IN AND FOR JUSTICE .PRECINCT NO . 11 . . The resignation of A. C . Russell as Constable in and for Justice Precinct No .11, Eaton, was , then presented, and after carefully considering same and being fully advised in the premises on motion ordered that said resignation be and the same is hereby ed. It is also ordered that W. W. Wolfe be and he is hereby appointed to the office of Constable in and for said Justice Precinct No . 11 to fill the vacancy Just caused by the resig- nation of Mr . Russell . IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSTABLE IN AND FOR JUSTICE PRECINCT NO . 28 . A petition signed by Chas . McKinney and several others praying for the ap- pointment of John Bentley as Constable in and for Justice Precinct No . 2s, LaSalle , was presented , and after duly and regularly investigating the matter and being fully advised in the premises , on motion ordered that the prayer of petitioners be and 'the same is hereby granted, and that John Bentley be and he is hereby appointed as Constable in and for said Justice precinct , provided that he will qualify as required by law. 1 449 Coroner ' s accounts in the cases Daniel Murphy, C. R. Llwis ,Kesakama Yubishika, Nicholas Garcia were then -presented, examined and on motion ordered allowed for the amounts stated therein. ,/q IN THE MATTER OF PETITION TO ACCEPT AND RATIFY THE DEDICATION OF STREETS AND ',/ (s ALLEYS TO THE PUBLIC IN THE TOWN OF FREDERICK. A petition signed by Mary M. Clark ; Maude Clark Reynolds and Mary Clark Steele .praying that this Board accept and ratify the dedication of Streets and Alleys to the Public in the Town of Frederick, Held County , Colorado , was then taken up for consideration, and after duly, regularly and faithfully considering same , and being legally ad— vised in the premises , on motion ordered that the prayer of petitioners be and the same is hereby granted, and that this Board, for and on behalf of held County does hereby accept said dedications as -set forth in said petition which is now on file with the clerk of this Board. IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD 'D D IN PP. 5N. , RANGES 66 AND 65 . 4 . A petition signed by F. C . Teller and numerous others praying for the laying out and abandoning of the following described lines of road, viz: "Commencing at a point on the South side -of Canal No . 3 where said canal crosses the range line on the lest side of Section 6 , Tp . 5N . ,, R. 65 W. ; thence due North and along Range line between section l--5-Y-66 and Section 6---5--65 to a point where it will connect with the present traveled road running north from the S .W. corner of the I NWk of said section 6 . " "Your petitioners also respectfully request that county Road No . 324 as now platted along the North side of Lots 4--3--4--3-m and S and also along the west side of Lot 8 of ` the SeJi NEe Section 1 , Tp . 5N. , R. 66 West be vacated and abandoned for further travel as the samehas not been in use for several years . ° No was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record, to-wit : -- S `) It appearing to the Board that the right of way for the line of road prayed for is not all granted and F C Teller having deposited $15. to pay the expense of viewing in case said road be not granted, on motion it was ordered that Commissioner S. -A. Bradfield, E. H. Abbott and Cal . Rangy dolph be and they are hereby appointed viewers to meet at the starting point at 10 o 'clock a. m. Friday the 20th day of September , 1907 and view the line of read herein prayed for and file their report thereon, as required by law, with the County Clerk ten days before the next regular meeting of the Board . F. C. Teller is hereby appointed to post notices as required by law. a The follow ing claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . E H Abbott Juror fees Coroners Court 2 50 i2 50 County W H Deibridge do 2 50 2 50 L B Wallace do 2 50 2 50 J H Rowe do 2 50 2 50 Chas Cole do 2 50 " 2 50 Ephraim Heaton do 2 50 2 50 JohnKnutson' Witness fees Coroners Court 1 110 1 20 B H Florence % Lobato Interpreter Coroner 's Court 6 05 6 05 Francisca Floret Witness fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 , 50 Ralph Goodfellow do 1 80 1 S0 Oscar Blaisedell do 1 B0 1 B0 " 0 W H Fry do 1 80 1 80 Henry Candlin do - 5 00 5 00 Dr . C B Dyde do 5 00 5 00 S G Woland do 1 80_ 1 80 " 443 ' L__ Walter Bothe Witness fees Coroner ' s Court 2 00 2 00 County C I Moore do 2 00 2 00 " Wm. B].ynn do 2 00 2 00 " W 0 Ria sinan do 2 00 2 00 " Joseph Brobrez do 2 00 2 00 " W F Spaulding do 15 00 10 00 " Cyrus Neal do 2 00 2 00 • H P Hill do 2 00 2 00 W H Delbridge Juror fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 50 " L Cr Miller do 2 50 . 2 50 " L B Willard do 2 50 2 50 " W R Patterson * do 2 50 2 50 • " Chas J Cole do 2 50 2 50 " D Strohl ' ' do 2 50 2 50 " Thos G Macy Coroner ' s fees 12 00 12 00 " S J Peery Work in assessor 's office 51 00 51 00 " 0 0 Hinckley Constable fees .J 0 5 20 5 20 1 of Greeley Electric Supply CoRepairs % Court House 1 00 1 00 " Henry Candlin Reporter County Court 5 00 5 00 " F J Allnutt Deputy Coroner 43 80 43 80 " First National Bank Rent of Offices 15 00 15 00 County E G Holden Post Mortem Examination 25 00 10 00 " C H Mulford - Assistance g6 Pauper 10 00 10 00 Pauper . Dr . W F Church Assistance 36 Pauper 10 00 10 00 Pauper . D R McArthur & Co Spikes % Road Dist . 1 3 50 3 50 Road . Wood & Lorah a Livery %6 Road Dist . 1 6 00 6 00 Road . A A Woodbury . Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 1 5 20 5 20 Road. W L Laird Livery 96 Sheriff ' s office 7 50 7 50 County G M Wearin Labor g6 Court House 8 75 8 75 County Greeley Steam Laundry Laundry g6 Jail 8 10 8 10 " Alfred T Lycan Juror fees Coroners Court 2 50 2 50 " H R Bruce do 2 50 2 50 • " David Snyder do 2 50 2 50 " C 0 Kersey do 2 50 2 50 w Guy C Pease do 2 50 2 50 " A J Hogson do 2 50 2 50 " T W Mme Witness fees Coroners Court 1 00 1 00 " L P Curtis do 1 00 1 00 " Y Yanaboro do 1 00 1 00 " K Oyama do 1 00 1 00 " M Maeda do 1 00 1 00 " S Sato a 4 do 1 00 1 00 " S Koyama do 1 00 1 00 " Thos G Macy Coroners fees 6 80 6 80 - County Thos G Macy do 8 40 8 40 " r W H Thompson Reporter Coroner ' s Court 11 20 11 20 County Chas B Dyde Witness fees Coroners Court 5 00 5 00 " Hy Candlin Reporter Coroners Court 5 00 5 00 " O C McWilliams Witness C C 5 00 5 00 " Conchs Sambrano . do 2 50 2 50 " Domenda Ageres - Witness fees Coroner Court 2 50 2 50 " Isid$re Garcia do 2 50 2 50 " J L Francis Juroe fees Coroners Court 2 50 2 50 " P A Tisdel do 2 50 2 50 " L B Willard do 2 50 2 50 " Calvin Randolph do 2 50 2 50 " E H Abbott do 2 50 2 50 " J H Rowe do . 2 50 2 50 " P W Allen Treasurer ' s fees for August 396 33 396 33 " W Fi Thompson Copying Committee Report 5 00 5 00 " Chas Davis , Clerk Office Expense 6 25 6 25 0 Chas Davis , Clerk Commissioner ' s work 135 00 135 00 Greeley Mere Co Sacks % Road Dist . 1 4 00 4 00 Road. Chas Davis , Clerk Recording 96 Road Dist . 2 2 00 2 00 Road . An adjournment was then taken to 9 O ' clock a. m. Saturday, September 7th, 1907 . L Attest . -- Chas . Davis Clerk . , Chairman. i By , Deputy . I 444 19th _day of July A. D. 1907 term . Greeley, Colorado , Saturday, September 7th, A. D. 1907. The Board ("County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. pursuant y to adjournment of the 6th inst . Present CHAS DAVIS , Clerk . Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . `_ `. Sheriff 's report for the month of August , 1907 was presented, examined and on motion audited and ordered placed on file . • `I: Report of H. G. Dailey , Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 2 for the month of August , 1907 was presented, examined and on motion approved ana ordered placed on file . The petition of George Givens praying for a refund of his 1906 Military Poll tax was pre- sented, and after carefully investigating same and being well advised in the premises , on motion ordered that the same be and is hereby granted. l Y,/ IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY WARRANT NO. 4920 . It appearing to the Board that on July 15, 1907 the Clerk of this Board mailed to Charles Miller at Longmont , Colorado , Weld County Warrant No . 49 20 for the sum of $16 .66; that said warrant has never reached its destination and the records of the County Treasurer 's office still show that said warrant No . 4920, has never been presented for payment , it was therefore on motion ordered that the Clerk of this Board Notify the County Treasurer to refuse payment of the same in case it is presented to him, and to draw a new warrant for the same amount . and forward the same to Mt . Miller at Lyons , Colorado . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz: --' , By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . Chas . Miller Deputy Water Commr . Dist . 5 16 66 16 66 County . H 4 Dailey R 0 Fees Dist . 2 596 25 596 25 Road . William Hicks Labor % Road Dist . 2 101 50 101 50 Road . F I Ewing D D Atty fees J C 96 20 96 20 County J T Clough Fur . Co Court House supplies 1 15 1 15 County MoMurphy & Burns Pauper supplies 5 60 5 60 Pauper . George Givens Rebate 1906 Military Poll tax 1 00 1 00 M P Levi Mitchell Labor % Road Dist . 1 64 ,00 64 00 Road . A W Jacobs G Hosp . Supplies 26 81 26 81 Pauper . MI,Oks :.Grocery Greeley Hospital supplies 39 55 39 55 Pauper . Union. ..?ea° and Coffee Co . Greeley Hospital supplies 2 60 - 2 60 " Greeley Steam Ldry. Laundry % Greeley Hospital 34 20 34 20 J • 445 Minnie Elmer ' Housekeeper Greeley Hospital 72 50 72 50 Pauper . Poudrs Valley Dairy Greeley Hospital supplies 19 20 19 $0 Pauper . H C Luther Reporter 9 Henrylyn Irrigation Dist . 22 60 22 60 County W G Decker Dater Comer' . Dist . 48 50 00 50 00 County Geo . Craft Labor % Road Dist . 1 12 00 12 00 Road . • B H Florence Attendance County Court 52 50 52 50 County B H Florence Attendance Dist . Court 5 00 5 00 " B H Florence Sheriff ' s fees 277 60 277 60 County B H Florence Telephone Expense 11 35 11 35 County B H Florence Telegraph Expense 65 65 County B H Florence Care of Jail 60 00 60 00 County B H Florence Boarding Prisoners 101 00 101 00 County B H Florence Committts and Discharges 4 90 4 90 " S J Woland Services % Sheriff ' s office 75 00 75 00 " Kersey Lumber Co . Lumber % Road Dist . 3 32 39 32 39 County Geo . D Horne Office supplies 3 15 3 15 " Park Mdse . Co Greeley Hospital supplies 21 82 21 82 21 82 Harry H, Shaw Greeley Hspit al supplies 18 66 18 66 Pauper . Wm. Kitchen Piling % Road Diet . 1 108 00 108 00 Road . B G Godfrey Labor % Road Dist . 3 63 00 63 00 Road . An adjournment was then taken tá 9 o ' clock a . m. Tuesday , September 17, 1907 . Attest : -- 1 9zia(91Chas . D vis , Clerk . , airman. By , Deputy. • / _AA I , 446 20th day it July A- n- 19Q7 term- Greeley, Colorado, Tuesday, September 17th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 7th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, . Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a . m. with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman, Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield., Commissioner . By A J Luther , Deputy " E. J. sates , Commissioner . 4 The Board then commenced its second sitting as a Board of Equalization to further equalize the assessment roll for the year 1907 . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed • Claimed Allowed Fund . P W Allen % Mc/134 Rebate 1906 taxes % Erroneous assessment 13 00 P W Allen % S/364 " " " " s " 5 20 F W D Egner " N « " " 96 Bennett N Nelson 1 " " " " 2 40 P W Allen % F/99 " * " " ° " 24 79 P W Allen % Ctf/116 Redemption of Ctf .. 116 sales of 1906 21 59 W B Cronkhite " " " " " 1 00 M P { Emma Abbett Rebate 1906 Military Poll Tax 1 00 M P P W Allen 36G/212 G/212 Rebate 1906 taxes % Erroneous assessment 405 00 Geo . W Hill " " A " " 1 00 VA Morgan " " " " " 2 16 w C Fisher " " " " " 1 26 PWAllen % J/151 " " " " -" 1147 PWAlien % B/463 " " " " " 31 50 Elisabeth Elliott " " " a N 7 20 I I Stukey " n le " " 7 92 P W Allen Redemption of Ctf . 121 , sales of 1906 12 38 P W Allen 36 Redemption of CU . 88, sales of 1905. 16 69 P W Allen Redemption of Ctf .. 134 "sales of 1906 35 75 Eugene Bush Witness fees J 0 2 20 2 20 County Frank Keefe do 1 60 1 60 " J H Rhoads Justice fees 5 10 4 75 " H P Hill Justice fees 1 55 1 55 -" Homer Sims Constable fees J C 8 35 7 3 if James Louatalet Constable fees J C 1 20 1 20 " " C F Hoeckei B B Co Off ice supplies 10 75 10 75 " 0 w P & S Co Stationery Supplies 66 '15 66 15 " H C Luther Reporter J' 0 5 00 5 00 " H M Arbuckle Juror fees in County Court 2 50 2 ' 50 County J A Thompson do 2 50 2 50 " F C Beeman do 2 50 2 50 " Isaac D Miller do .2 50 2 50 " C Randolph do 2 50 2 50 " J F Smith do 2 50 2 50 " Eph Heaton do 2 50 2 50 0 . J L Francis do 2 50 2 50 " W R Patterson do 2 50 2 50 " T H Dinsmore do 2 50 2 50 " J Max Clark do 2 50 2 50 " J A Cheeseman Witness fees County Court 2 00 2 00 " Wm. Hail Thompson Reporter Coroner ' s Court 10 00 10 00 " McCutchean Hardware Co Court House supplies N 2 50 2 50 " McCutcheon & Co Hardware ' County Hospital 30 30 s Pauper . [art Briggs Coal % Paupers 4 S0 4 80 " D C Donovan Lbr . Co . Lumber %f: Road Dist . 2 36 54 36 54 Road . J A Whitmore Labor ° Road Dist . 1 8 75 8 75 Road. western Lbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 69 51 67 81 Road Frank Wiser R 0 Fees Dist . 546 75 546 75 Road . P W Allen % C/182 Rebate 1906 taxes % Erroneous assessment 7 02 7 02 J. F, M o u L.7-o r! 5.67y16 c Es ,y� S N�fy , F F,s o FFf c e Y6 , 00 W6 . 00 Re ort of Frank Smyser , Road Overseer in and for Road Dist .No . for the month of August , 1 0 P ' 3 , 9 7 was presented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . Reports of H P Hill and J H Rhoads , Justices , in the cases of the people vs Chas . Simonson and approved J 0 Valaitia were presented, and on motion orderedLfor the amount stated thereon. 4 4 7 /_7IN THE MATTER OF FIXING RATES FOR GREELEY HOSPITAL. ON motion the following resolution was unanimously . passed and adopted, viz: -- BE IT RESOLVED By The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado , that the fol- lowing rates be and the same are hereby created, the same to take effect at once, viz: -- , Wards , Ten Dollars per week . Rooms , Eighteen Dollars per week . Gale and Double room, Twenty-Five Dollars per week, each . IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN TP. 7 N. , R. 64 AND 65 . A petition signed by W F Willis and numerous others praying for the laying out of a wagon road 60 feet in width, described as follows , viz: -- Commencing at the S . E. Corner of section 27, , Township 7 N. , R. 64 West and extending westwardly along section lines a distance of Six miles , terminating at the S. F. corner of section 27, Pp . 7N . , R. 65 West was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record, to-wit : -- It appearing to 'the 'Board that the right of way for said road through patented lands is do- nated by the owners thereof , and the Board believing that the public good requires the laying out 0 of said road, on motion it was ordered that the prayer of petitioners be granted and the line of road prayed for be and is hereby declared a public highway . The clerk is directed to record the petition, plat the road as granted, and notify the road overseer of the proper district to open said road to travel at once . IN THE MATTER OF PETITIONS FOR REBATES OF TAXES . The following petitions praying for the correction and 'abatement of certain taxes and assessments , reasons therefore being fully set forth therein, were presented, and after careful- ly investigating the claim of each petitioner , and being well advised in the premises , on motion ordered that action be taken upon each petition as follows , viz: -- A R McKee Granted a rebate of taxes for the yowl 1906 % Excessive assessment of personal property on a valuation of $250 . 0 F Broman Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 ' Erroneous assessment of improvements on a valuation of $100 . W D Egner Granted a rebate of taxes for 'the year 1901516 Excessive assessment on Lot 11 , Block 23 , Platteville on a valuation of $20 . 4 Bennett N Nelson Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Erroneous assessment of improvements on a valuation of $100 . John Flannigan Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Excessive assessment of the SW 14-m4---67 and SiNifilp Sec . 14--4-4. 67 on a valuation of $870 . J M Kirby Granted a redemption of Tax Sale Certificate No . 116 , Sales of 1906 for S SEk Sec . 1--1--6S . W B Cronkhite Granted a rebate of 1906 Military Poll tax . Emma Abbett Granted a rebate of 1906 Military Poll tax . F C (arable Granted a rebate of 1906 taxes % erroneous assessment of 1500 head of of cattle on a valuation of $15,000 . Jw r X48 Geo . W Hill Granted a rebate of 1905 Military Poll tax % Double assessment I A Morgan Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Erroneous assessment of the City of Greeley tax on a valuation of $120 . W C Fisher Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 ' Erroneous assessment in wrong school District on a valuation of $210 . Geo . H. Johnson Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Erroneous assessment of personal property on a valuation of $370 . St . Vincent Home Granted a rebate 'of taxes for the year 1906 g% Charitable Institution on a valuation of $1420 . Elizabeth Elliott Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Erroneous assessment of Lot 35 of the SFt 20--5--65 on a Valuation of $150 . I I Stukey Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Excessive assessment of N14: 32--6--64 on a valuation of $360 . The petitions of W L Carrell , R Fowler , George Hill , Morton Jones andMiss Ida Bishop were then examined and on motion ordered disallowed and placed on file . /11 IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATEr NO. 116 , SALES OF 1906 . • The petition of J M Kirby praying for the redemption of Tax Sale certificate No . 116 , Sales of 1906 for the SiS.E4 Section 1 , Tp . 1N . , R. 64 West , was presented, and after a careful and diligent search of the records it was found that said property was erroneously assessed in 1905 and sold for the tax thereon December 15 , 1906; that said property was filed on in June 1905, and final proof made September 14, 1906, therefore the same would not be subject to taxation until the year 1907. That said sale has placed a cloud upon the title to said property , and petitioner requests that the County Treasurer be authorized and empowered to issue his redemption certificate therefor . After being well advised in the premises on motion duly made and carried it was ordered that the prayer of petitioner be granted and that the County - Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to issue the proper redemption certificate upon payment to him of the sum of $21 .59. It is further ordered that the Clerk of this Board draw a warrant in said sum of $21 59 to cover said redemption fee . i ( f IN THE MATTER OF ASSIGNMENT OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATES 990 AND 991, SALES OF DECEMBER 1897. S Sanford appeared before the Board and made application for the assignment to him of Tax Sale Certificates 990 and 991 , Sales of December 1897 for the N.E.e S. E.e Section 22, Pp. 4,N. , R. 62 and the N.W.i Sifik Section 231 Tp . 4N . , R. 62 W and offered to pay the sum of 0 .98 'therefor; after duly, regularly and faithfully considering the matter and ,be,- lieving that the assignment of said property would be for the best interests of the county, in as much as the same will again be placed back upon the tax roll and the county will derive a revenue therefrom, it was on motion ordered that the request of Mr . Sanford be and the same - is hereby granted, and the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and _directed to issue his assignrent upon payment to him of the said sum of '. ; 0 .981 Eighty and 98/100 Dollars . ( - 7' Y IN THE MATTER OF ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE BY THE INTERURBEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. The written Acceptance of The Interurben Construction Company 449 of that certain Franchise and Resolution passed and adopted by this Board on Saturday, the 10th day of August , 1907 Wass then presented for consideration, and after careful investigation it was found that acceptance said Was in proper form and fully complies with all requirements set forth in said resolution granting said franchise . *hereupon, Commissioner S. A. Bradfield offered the following resolution, viz: -- NWHEREAS , the certain acceptance of The Interurben Construction Company of date , September 7, 1907, which is in words and figures as follows , to-grit : -- STATE OF COLORADO , ) : a8 . COUNTY OF WELD . ) BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTY OF WELD. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE INTERURBEN. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A CORPOR- ATION , FOR A GRANT OF RIGHTS OF WAY AND A FRANCHISE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERA- TION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD , ALONG AND ACROSS CERTAIN COUNTY ROADS AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OF WELD , IN THE STATE OF COLORADO : y ♦ fi f In the above matter , The interurben Construction Company, grantee named in the resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, in the State of Colorado , of date August 10 , 1907, the same being duly passed by said Board on said day, hereby accepts the said resolution and all the rights , privi- leges and franchises therein contained upon- the terms and conditions embodied therein, and hereby agrees that said resolution and this acceptance shall con- stitute a contract between the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, in the State of Colorado , and The Interurben Construction Company, its successors and assigns . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The Interurben Construction Company has caused its Corporate name to be affixed by its president and attested by the Secretary with his signature and- the Corporate seal , the said President and the' said Secretary being thereto duly authorized this 7th day of September , 1907. THE INTERURBEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ATTEST: J M BORDIE, Secretary , By B. N. REASER, President . has been received and duly filed of date , Monday, September 9th, A. D. 1907, and WHEREAS, As said acceptance accepts all oonditions , requirements and acts required by this Board to be done by said The Interurben Construction Company . NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado , approves and do hereby approve and accept said Acceptance of said Franchise . " Thereupon, Commissioner Bradfield moved the adoption of said resolution, the yeas and nays vote being had with . the the following result , viz: --- Yeas , Commissioners DeVinny, Bradfield and Estes . Nays , None . All members of the Board having voted in the affirmative, the said resolution as offered by Commissioner Bradfield was declared adopted by a unanimous vote of the Board. Pending the completion of the adjusting and equalizing of the tax roll for the year 1907 an adjournment was taken to 9 otolock a. m. Wednesday, September 18, 1907 . ` Att®8ti ""` C/// Chas . Davis , Clerk, , Chairm By )aT4 , DeputY. Al F 450 21st day of July A. D. 1907 term . Greeley, Colorado , Wednesday, September 18th, A D 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 17th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. i Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . S: LBy A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . The Board resumed its sitting as a Board of Equalization. The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund. P W Allen % U P R R Co Freight % Road Dist .No . 1 253 20 253 20 . Road. Gilarest Lumber Co Lumber ° Road Dist . 1 3 13 3 13 Road. Evan Davis Hardware % Road Dist . 1 10 30 10 30 Road. MoCutcheon Hardware Co Hardware ' Road Dist . 1 1 75 1 75 P W Allen % x/158 Rebate 1906 taxes % Excessive assessment 30 69 Chas G Sheely Bridge Work % Road Dists . 2 and 3 1980 40 1980 40 Road . Chas . G Sheely Bridge Repairs 9 Road Dist . No . 1 1631 42 1631 42 Road. Chas G Sheeler Bridge Work °fib Road Dists . 2 and 3 2329 76 2329 76 Road. IN THE MATTER OF PETITIONS FOR REBATES OF TAXES . The following petitions praying for the correction and abatement of certain taxes and assessments , reasons therefore being fully set forth therein, were presented, and after carefully considering the claim of each petitioner and being well advised in the premise , on motion ordered that action be taken upon each petition as follows , viz: -- Herman Meyers Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Excessive and erroneous assessment of the MO and N.E.* N.W.z section 36--5--66 also the NWli NV4 section 31--5--65 upon a valuation of *930 . J D Norden Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Erroneous assessment of personal property on a valuation of i) ) IN THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION OF TAX SALE CERTIFICATES . The matter of the redemption of a number of worthless tax certifi- cates coming on for hearing and consideration, Commissioner E. J. Estes , offered the following resolution which was upon vote duly had and taken and unanimously adopted: -- WHEREAS Certain taxes have been levied from year to year upon certain lands in the amounts and for the years hereinafter set forth, and WHEREAS said lands have been sold for said tales to the County of Weld at tax sale, and certificates of purchase issued to the said County of Weld, which certificates were issued for taxes for the years , and are numbered as follows , to-wit : -- J , 451 22nd day of July A. D. 1907 term. Certificate No . 22 , Sales of 1903 . Certificates 212--232--and 247, Sales of 1901 . Certificates 264 and 1488, Sales of 1899 • Certificates 1556--1557--1558---1559--1598--1599--1604 and 1605, sales of 1898 . Certificates 1626 and 20541 sales of 1897 . Certificates 400--1066--1067--1068- x.069--1593--46 --1616--1617--1613-- 1618--1619 and 1767 sales of 1896 . Certificates 664 and 1759, sales of 1895. Certificates 1165-- 1166--1167--1174--1179--1182--1184--11135---1186--1187--1190--1191--1192--1193---1194--1195--1197-- 1198--1199 1200-w1201--1202--1203--1204--1205-- and 1206 , sales of 1894. AND IHIREAS, It has been called to the attention of this Board that each and every of the taxes , so levied and assessed upon the said lands , were so assessed and levied erroneously, or that there is no property out of which the said taxes may be collected or that the same have been delinquent for a period of six years or that the same are uncollectable; and the Board having given each and every of said certificates due consideration and thorough investigation and now being fully advised in the premises , and being of the opinion that the said certificates should each and every of them be redeemed by the county without payment of funds . NOW THEREFORE, It is ordered by this Board that the County Treasurer , shall redeem each and every of said certificates and issue certificates of redemption for the same and place the same of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Weld County, Colorado . That such re- demption in each and every instance shall be without the payment of funds to the said County Treasurer of Weld County; Colorado . Pending the completion of Adjusting and equalizing the assessment roll for the year 1907 an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. Thursday , September 19th, 1907. Attest : -- r6P54a / - Chas . D via , Clerk. Chairman. By Deputy. 0-0-0-• -0-0 GiG-C-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-10--0-0-0-0m0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-n Greeley, Colorado , Thursday, September 19, 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 18th inst the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following ma3nbers present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. Devinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . The Board resumed its sitting as a Board of Equalization. . The minutes of the proceedings of the Board of August 10 , September 2--3--4--5-6--7--17--18, 1907 were read and on motion ordered approved. The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For what Claimed Claimed Allowed Fund. Wm. Kitchen Piling % Road Dist . 2 67 60 67 60 Ro ad. r ' - '452 M H Morrison Expense % Relief of Pauper 47 50 '4750 Pauper . Wn. Kitchen Piling % Road Dist . 1 112 00 112 00 Road. R W DeVinny Sept of Poor 20 00 20 00 Pauper . , S A Bradfield Asst . Supt . of Poor 5 00 5 00 " S A Bradfl Me4 . Bop*. of Fees 400. -Si 8e e S A Bradfield Services as Commissioner 45 00 45 00 County R W DeVinny Services as Commissioner 48 60 48 60 County E J Estes do 55 00 55 00 County Chas . F Gardner Labor % Road Dist . 3 6 25 6 25 Road, R W DeVinny Services 9 Road Dist . 3 25 00 25 00 Road. E J Estes Services % Road Dist . 2 35 00 35 00 " Willard Case Lbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 1 370 80 370 80 " E G Steele Lumber % Road Dist . 1 128 32 128 32 Road In accordance with section 1, page 248, session laws of 1891 the Board selected the following named tax payers to be certified to the clerk 'of the District Court of this county from which names the petit jurors required for the November term A. D. 190 of said District Court of Weld County may be drawn, viz: — Adams , Chas Alcorn, John Anderson, John P Adams , W R Amos , W G Alden, C F e t Anderson, Albert Allsebrook, G 8 Anderson, P G Allison, Albert Arbuckle , J A Aekroyd, Amos r Ashby, J D Anderson, Riley Alb ee, A C Bliss , Chas . H Berggrem, Eric Brinkerhoff , Samuel Brown, Daniel Ballentine , Thos . I Bickling, H N Brewer, John Bliss , Wilfred Billings , I C Bell , A H Badger, R R Ballinger , Ben }Bryant , S P Briggs , Mart Barr , R M Cornfield, D A Cobbs , J M Cornell, J D Copes, Geo . M Carrithers, E 8 . Cornelius , J P Cauzzens , J B . . Carter, C L Clark, F W Clein, C B Cushman, Norman E Campbell , : J W , Cooperrider, D . 0 . r Clark, W R , Chandler , Walter , Decker , E J Deichert , Geo Dickey, R S Delehant , Thos . Danes, F J Donley, James Dailey, T H Davis, I J Delehant , P S s -Darling, W M. Durkee, Jared Doke , Frank aY Devine, C W Doty, J M Delbridge, W H, Sr . Emerson, Geo Ennes , Clayton Elliott , A J Eldridge, Horace Earley, B F Enright , - J A Edwards , I H Erring, H H - , Eckhardt , Conrad. a Eckhardt , Robert Ellis , D S Edwards , B B fy , r 453 Eaton, Bruce G English, H g Elder , J S Fry, Geo . Foote, E B Faulkner, C I French, J- W Flood, James Flemming, A J Farr , W H Forbes , Jesse R Fiedler , C J k Foley, W A Fisher , A R Flower , H F Fowler , R P Farnsworth, Thos . Finch, C A Good , C I George , 0 C Graefe , Herman Graham, J G Girvan, C H Gibbeon, T J Glick, J W Gray, H T Grant , W B Gladstone , John Gill , W H Goodman, S M Griffiths , 0 F Goodwin, Oliver P Gale , Geo . W Hmmitt , F- W Hayt , C W Hodgell, J W Huett , J B Hunter , F W Howard, Albert Harper , Jy1 Harris , J G Huffer , J Hamberger , Chas . House , Frank Howard, Oliver Horne , Geo D Huffsmith, Swill Hodgson, Geo A Hahn, Adam Harris , William Hedenskog, mil 4 Igo , Jerome Ireland, C M Igo , Albert Insinger , W A Imboden, J W Jolt., J A Irons , J F Igo, Henry Jones , A W Jackson, 0 N Jones , L H Jones , George Jillson, Byron James , Fred Jack, W A R Johnson, Axle Jacobs , A W Jackson, C N Lucas , Theo Lester , W E Lyckman, George E R Lambreeht , Christ Lee , James Letford, W Z Law, J H Loustalet ,, James Lyons , MA Lorey, Christ Laybourn, Frank Lyster , A H Leaver, Arthur Lolotf ,, F W C Larson, P A Mead, Henry Macy, A J Monson, J P March, D J Marks , Phillip Mimmack, F A Miller , Noah Mason, A F Mills , R A 4 Mead, L C Mince , John Miller , Isaac McNeill, C H McArtney, John McGill , J H McKinney , Chas MoCutaheon, John B McKinney, IC G Newell, W T Nolin, T A Nusbaum, K M 4 Niemeyer, Fritz Nixon, A M Neill , W I Neal, Homer Norris , 0 B Newell , J S i O 'Farrell, 0 G Osterhout , Geo . K O 'Hara, J G Oviatt , K E Oliver , George Offerlee , B E Osborne , H E Osborne., w L Otoupalik, Joseph 4 1 Pierson, C H Packard, K K Putnam, B B Post , B F Plumb , Gust Putnam, P W Y FF 454 Park, A J Pinney, E 8, Sr . Powers , W F Prater , C L Packer , Clayton Parker, H D " Peterson, W H Peters , A F Peterson, August Root , J S Ross , J K Russell, Edward . Russell , L W Reynolds , H Roberts , W W Rosling , Ed Ramsey, 0 - H Roberts , A W Rhemer , Chas . Rankin, John A Reems , Samuel Rankin, J A Riggs , Jasper Rinn, Samuel E Stone , Joshua Searles , A F Smith, C A Smith, Fred N Shaw, Joseph Steele , Robert Sargent , Wesley Smith, Chas . Spear , Geo . J . Snider , Davis Smith, Pitt Stoner , F J Sterling , Asa Smith, Thomas Starkey, Edwin L Summerville , H W Sanborn, B D Sansom, John Thompson, Willis Thompson, J K Tromble , C H 5 - Tisdel , K A Tregoning, Henry Twombly , B F Timothy, H Titler , R C Thompson, Henry Thayer, I R Tregoning, Thos Tinker , W W Teller , Harrison Trotha, Bodo von Tisdel , C B Teller , Fred Tracy , S J Tweed, J A Umberger , R I Upham, Edwin W Tarr , Clyde A Vollmar , G F Vanderlip , L C Van Dyne , C B Voris , Fred P Vogl, Otto H Vincent , Frank Van Scyoc , Wm. I Vance , D H Van Sickle , Geo . Williams , C V Wagner , J A Wattenberg , Fritz Wilson, T T Withey, H R Woodbury , A A White , Hiram Woods , J A Winbourne , R L Woods , Chas Williams , R B Wheeler , Chas . H Wylie , S S Wilson, I C Woolf'' , Jos . K Wallace , I H Wherrin, Frank Winegar , John Whowell , John W Wilson, J W Weltey, G F Youker , C R Young, W J Yeagey, Geo N Young, Frank H Young , J H Yardley, Chas - Young, 1 D Zimmerman, Geo . Young, Ge o . H . The Board having completed its labors as acBoard of Equalization an adjournment was taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Monday the 30th day of Sptember , 1907. , Attest : -- C9' , /(91/7/ 1 has . Davis , Clerk. , 0 rman. By , Deputy. r , r - 6 5"+•y 23rd day of July A. D . 1907 term . Greeley, Colorado , Monday, September 30th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 19th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , viz: --- Hon, R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther, Deputy. " I. J. Estes , Commissioner . .54/ IN THE MATTER OF PETITION OF THE NORTHERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR RIGHT OF WAY OVER AND ACROSS CERTAIN COUNTY ROADS. The petition 'of of They Northern Construction Company which is in words and figures as follows , was presented and ordered spread upon these records in full , viz: - To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Weld County. Gentlemen: -- The Northern Construction Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Colorado , and the petitioner herein, have cones structed a Railroad from the Town of Windsor in Weld County, Colorado , in a southerly direction, connecting with the Loveland branch of the Great Western Railway at a point about seven miles east of the Town of Loveland, for the purpose of hauling Sugar Beets farm products and for passengers and other traffic necessary in the conduct of its business . In the construction thereof it became necessary to cross through and over a number of Public Highways along and upon the line thereof; And Whereas at each and every crossing there is required for a Right of Way, a strip of land eighty feet in width, the same being forty feet in width on each side of the center line of the track of said constructed rail— road as the same is now surveyed located and constructed. By reason of the premises the said the Northern Construction Company, the petitioner herein, does hereby petition your Honorable Body for a right of way, for a railroad cross— ing, eighty feet in width, the same being forty feet on each side of the center line of the track of the Railroad of said petitioner herein, as the same is now constructed and oper— ated, and to be operated, through, over and across the following described public highways , described as follows , to-wit : -- IN TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P. M. , WELD County, COLORADO . Public Highway No . 200, running North and South upon the section line between sections 21 and 22 , at a point where said railroad crosses said Highway diagonally and as now con— structed and located. Public Highway No . 354 running East and West upon the south line of section 33, at a point where said railroad crosses said highway diagonally, as now located and constructed. Also at another point on said Highway where the , said highway runs North and South upon the section line between sections 7 and 8, and where said railroad crosses said highway in a diagonal course , and as the same is now located and constructed, said last described highway being in Township Five, North, Range Sixty-Seven, west of 6th P. M. and is a continuation of the same highway designated as No . 355 in said section 33, lip • 6N . , R. 67 W. above described. Public Highway No . 382 traversing the section line between sections 4 and 5 in Tp . 5N. , R. 67 WEst of the 6th p . m. , at a point *here said railroad crosses the same in a diagonal course , and as the same is now located and constructed. Public Highway No . 154 traversing the North line of section 18 in said Township and Range last above described, at a point where the said railroad crosses the same diagonally as the same is now located and constructed . Also at another point upon the West line of said section 18, where said railroad crosses said Highway in a diagonal course , upon the County line and as the same is now located and constructed. The rights of way petitioned for herein are to be granted to said company for the purposes as herein stated, and such ooupation by this Corporation, its successors and as— signs shall be subject to the conditi , that in the operation and maintenance of said railroad, that said corporation and its assigns will do and perform whatever a reasonable pui• lie necessity may require to maintain said crossings as a public highway, as the public safety and convenience may require . All of which is most respectfully submitted and petitioned for herein. Attest :-- The Northern Construction Company, a By C. BOETTCH Vice President . Will L Petrikin, Secretary. �, r 45C WHAIREUPON the said petition and all matters therein contained, having been duly, regularly and faithfully considered, the rights of way, and each and all of them are hereby granted as upon the terms and conditions as in said petition set forth and expressed and prayed for; and 4 upon a further condition that the said crossings and each of them shall be and remain, as near as may be practical so as to conform to the present grade of said highways and for the convenience of public travel, as well as for the necessary and proper drainage thereof of said highways . This completing the business for the day an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o'clock a. m. Tuesday, October 1, A. D. 1907. Attest : mom 6e2/ `94 Chas . Davis , Clerk. , airmen. By eputy • • , n 4 4 • • 457 _ , { J - 24th day of July , A D 1907 term, r F Greeley , Colorado , Tuesday, October 1 , A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 30th ult . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County , Colorado met at 9 o ' clook *a. mi with the following members present ,; viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas : Davis , Clerk . b " S. A. Bradfieldf Commissioner . By A J Luther , Deputy . " E. J. -Estes , Commissioners . 4 The following claims were presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund Paul Gieser Services as Janitor 4 00 4 00 County H C Luther Official Reporter County Court 30 00 30 00 " F C Peterson Deputy Assessor - - S0 00 80 00 County Sam. J McAfee Deputy Assessor 85 00 85 00 County . C M Jump Water Commissioner Dist . No . 2 37 50 37 50 County J C Wylie County Assessor 4 200 00 200 00 " L H Harrison Supt . of Schools and extra office help 197 41 197 41 " L H Harrison Extra Office help 16 30 16 30 " L B Ireland Dopy. Water Commr . Dist . 2 . - 18 ,75' 18 75 County Oswold Allen Water Commissioner Dist ; 4 - 50 00 50 00 County E H Abbott Bailiff County Court - 5 00 5 00 " State Ind School Care of Inmates 15 00 15 00 " Safford Stamp works Office supplies 1 50 1 50 " W Hall Thompson Reporter Dist . Court 30 00 30 00 " - Frank Lobato Interpreter Coroners Court 2 50 2 50 " Colo . Telephone Co Script 'f6 County Office 10 00 10 00 " F C Beeman Bailiff County Court 4 2 50 2 50 " H K Hill Sprinkling Streets - 5 00 5 00 " Sam G Noland Constable fees - 2 90 2 90 " - J W Briggs Labor % Road Dist . 2 t • 188 00 188 00 Road . I H Jones Livery :% Road Dist . 2 4 1 50 1 50 Road . George Held Labor '6 Road Dist . 2 129 50 129 50 - Road . Albert Lawrence Labor % Road Dist . 1 - 30 68 30 68 Road . W Hall Thompson Reporting 36J C 30 00 30 00 County D P French Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 1 30 72 30 72 Road. J L Doney Labor % Road Dist . 3 - 92 75 92 75 Road. John W Lee Labor % Road Dist . 3 20 00 20 00 Road . J H Behrens Posts 56 Road Dist . 3 48 00 48 00 Road J H Behrens Posts F B Faahbaugh Labor % Road Dist , 3 10 00 10 00 Road A P Nilesen Blaoksmithing 36 Road Dist . 3 • 2 25 2 25 - Road C I Day & Co Heating c:Plant '6 Greeley Hospital Pt .Pmt . 500 00 500 00 - Pauper �,EwTon'L_u f5fq ea LUM_go lj �c ifoR,f .11,ST -, z7's .13 273 . 8,E f oAt p G .H. /,7Imo. L- E . .411141r-off, Go 7,5" 60 • 75- eoun/Ty, • An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Wednesday , October 2 , A. D . 1907 . Attest : — Chaa? °A/ ' s . Davis , Clerk:`` , Chad an. By , Deputy . ♦ A ♦ I t - / w 4 - - 1 r458 25th day of duly A. D. 1907 term. Greeley , Colorado , Wednesday , October 2nd, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 1st inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County , Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , vie: -- Hon. R. W. DoVinny , Chairman. Chase Davis , Clerk. " S . A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By .A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . Report of Daniel Strohl for the month of September as Road Overseer of District No . 1 was presented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz : -- , By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Rind i E W Langtry Livery % Sheriffts office 20 00 20 00 County Gus A Lyokman Labor % Road Dist . 1 39 75 39 75 Road . I H Gongs Demurrage % Road Dist . 1 3 00 3 00 -* Road W H Barney Water Commissioner Dist . No . 5 46 34 48 34 County Chas . Miller Deputy Water Commr .. Dist . 5 19 17 19 17 County Eaton Herald Advertising 10 64 10 64 . County Eaton Herald Printing Supplies - 87 00 87 00 ' County Dr . A F Swan Assistance % County Health Officer 21 80 5 50' County Greeley Gas Co Gas ' Greeley Hospital 16 05 16 05 Pauper E D Riker Labor % Road Dist . 2 92 00 92 00 , Road 0 H Boyd Labor % Road Dist . 3 55 13 55 13 Road; Brighton Mere Co Hardware % Road Dist , 3 11 10 11 10 - Road Chas . F Gardner Labor % Road Dist . 3 17 75 17 75 Road D Strohl R 0 Fees Dist . No . 1 634 25 634 25 - Road George Schlosser Labor % Road Dist . 1 60 00 60 00 Road Gilerest Lbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 3 124 50 124 50 Road Windsor Mere Co Nails ' Road Dist . 1 - 'g-I 78 36 78 36 Road. Geo W Abbott Labor ° Road Dist . 2 60 00 60 00 Road H R Lee Labor % Rc ad Dist . 2 12 00 12 00 " Thos . Wailes Labor ° Road Dist . 2 7 00 7 00 Road Jacob Shaw do 4 50 4 50 " I H Paine Court Crier District Court 15 00 15 00 County L G Hawes Dopy. Water Commissioner Dist , 2 18 75 18 75 County A W Kelley Labor 9 Road Diet . 3 30 50 22 50 Road Gilerest Lbr . Co Posts ' Road Dist . 1 76 00 76 00 Road Western tbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 and 3 19 20 19 20 Road Jacob Hilderman Labor % Road Dist . 3 21 00 21 00 Road . McCutcheon & Co Rope % Road Dist . 3 19 10 19 10 Road Dr . D J Horton County Health Officer 2 50 2 50 County Dr . D J Horton County Physician 8 45 8 45 Pauper . IN THE MATTER OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEMENT BRIDGE OVER POUDRE RIVER AT EAST END OF FIFTH STREET . The proposals of Chas . Go Sheely , The National Construction Company and The Ruth-Flynn Construction Company, for the complete con- struction of a Reinforced concrete bridge across the Cache la Poudre river near Greeley , were then taken tip and after carefully considering the proposal of each company and being well advised in the premises , on motion ordered that the proposal of Mr . Chas . G. Sheely be and the same is hereby accepted at his figure of $5965.00 . The Clerk is hereby directed to notify the State Engineer of the acceptance of Mr . Sheely 's proposal . An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. , Thursday , October 3rd, A . D. 1907. Attest : Chas . Davis , Clerk . 0P2.1c6Chairman. L . By , Deputy. 459 26th day of July A. D. 1907 term. Pursuant to adjournment of the 2nd inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. this 3rd day of October , A. D. 1907 with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman, Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . - Report of H. G. Dailey, Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 2 for the month of September , 1907 was presented, examined and on motion approved 'and placed on file /-") , Report of the chief nurse of the Greeley Hospital for the month of September , 1907 was pre- / sented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . The claim of Dr . A. F. Swan in the sum of *7 .25 for services rendered in fumigating a case of small pox was presented and after carefully considering the same and being well advised in the premises on motion ordered that the same be disallowed for the reason that the county is not liable . The petition of Ira I Sides , praying for a reduction of his 1906 taxes was then taken up and after carefully investigating same and being thoroughly advised in the premises , on motion ordered that the prayer of petitioner be and the same is hereby granted on a valuation of $80 . The following claims were then presented , examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . Town of Eaton Tile % Road Dist .1 25 63 25 63 Road. W S Decker Labor % Road Dist . 3 42 . 00 42 00 Road. Florence Crittenden H. Care of Inmates 18 50 18 50 County Baab & Son Court House and Jail supplies 11 35 3.1 35 County Chas B Dyde County Health Officer 75 00 75 00 County Park Mdse . Co Pauper supplies 11 00 11 00 Pauper Chas B Dyde County Physician 17 50 17 50 Pauper Boulder County Care of Pauper 37 00 37 00 Pauper J T Richards Pauper supplies 21 00 21 00 Pauper . Harvey Moore & Co Care of Paupers 5 50 5 50 Pauper W H Deibridge Assistance % Pauper 5 00 5 00 Pauper Harvey Moore & Co County Hospital supplies 3 10 3 10 Pauper . Dr . Hubert Work Care of Insane Poor 93 00 93 00 Pauper G P & L Co Light % County Hospital 22 30 22 30 Pauper H G Dailey R 0 Fees Dist . 2 541 50 541 50 Road . Western Lbr Co Lumber 9 Road Dist . 2 44 50 44 50 Road Western Lbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 36 50 36 50 Road r 460 H E L & P Co Light % Greeley Hospital 8 75 8 75 Pauper Park Mdse Co Jail Supplies 18 00 18 00 County 4 w 0 W P & S Co Stationery Supplies 28 70 28 70 County S G !bland Constable fees 7 25 5 40 " G C Bruce do 5 80 5 80 County Walter G Decker Water Commr . Dist . 48 65 00 65 00 County - v N N Barber Deputy Water Commr . Dist . 6 9 35 9 35 County J E Jones Repairs % Court House 1 00 1 00 County a . Edward Autrey Water Commr . Dist . 6 37 50 37 50 County Geo D Horne Office Supplies 51 25 51 25 County G P & L Co Light % Court House 21 35 21 35 County P A Tisdel Sr Probation Officer 30 00 30 00 County J L Armstrong Water Commr . Dist . 3 79 00 79 00 County D C Donovan Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 95 97 95 97 Road W C Chaffin Labor '‘Road Dist . 3 10 50 10 50 Road . Edward D Riker Services as Constable 29 60 17 45 County Van Sickle Livery Livery 1 Coroner & Sheriff 15 00 15 00 County D E Carpenter Part Salary as Co Atty and Expense 164 55 114 55 County Baab & Son Pauper supplies 17 65 17 65 Pauper . MoMurphy & Burns Pauper supplies 5 35 5 35 Pauper J H Behrens Lumber % Road Dist . 3 172 22 172 22 Road. Ira I Sides Rebate 1906 taxes '6 Excessive assessment 4 16 DeViriny % U P R R Co Freight % Road Dist . 3 236 S0 236 S0 Road. J F Fszer Greeley Hospital supplies 35 45 35 45 Pauper Paula Olandt Chief Nurse Greeley Hospital 60 00 60 00 Pauper Miss Lulu Wright Asst . Nurse Greeley Hospital 20 00 20 00 Pauper y 4 y Hattie L Weaver do 79 00 79 00 Pauper Amelia Anderson do 40 00 40 00 Pauper . This completing the business for the day an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Friday , October 4, 1907. Attest : -- �� Chas . Davis , lerk . , Chairman. Ch e�„O By , Deputy . 46i 27th day of October A. D. 1907 term. Greeley, Colorado , Friday, October 4th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 3rd inst the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a . m. with the following members present , viz: -es Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . '' County Judge ' s report for the month of September , A. D. 1907 was presented, examined and on motion audited and ordered placed on file . (� County Hospital report for the month of September , 1907 was presented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . t The claims of Joseph Vabreze , William Blinn and Dr . W. F. Spaulding for services as wit- nesses in Justice court were presented, examined and on motion ordered disallowed and placed on file . . . Justice accounts from Justices Geo 0 Stevens , H. P. Hill , T. C . Pressly and J H Rhoads in the cases of the people vs . Chas . Philip; Juan Marcus ; Jacob Oster , Jr . ; Mrs Thos Hastings ; Clarence David; Thomas Hastings; Fred Brown; Chas . Simonson; Rubin Steiger; Chas . Simondson; Chas , Simondson; L Ernandes and France Bennett , respectively were presented, examined and on motion ordered allowed for the amounts stated thereon. The following claims were then presented , examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts slowed, viz: -40 By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund J J W W Hart Justice fees and Expense 11 75 11 75 County John 0 Nixon County Court fees 56 00 56 00 County Dr . D L Whittaker County Health Officer 19 00 19 00 County P W Allen Rebate 1906 taxes 5 18 5 18 P W Allen % Rei ley Rebate 1906 taxes 1 04 1 04 P W Allen % Keirnes Rebate 1906 taxes 26 00 26 00 J T Clough Furniture Co Furniture ' Co . Hospital 15 00 15 00 Pauper H Reynolds & Co Pauper supplies 1 45 1 45 Pauper Newton Lber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 1006 98 919 16 Road. T a Macy Burial of Paupers 29 20 27 40 Pauper MoCutcheon & Co Court House supplies 30 30 County F C Beeman Petit Juror fees 10 00 10 00 County E D. Riker Witness fees County Court 4 70 4 70 n " Mrs Carrie Riker do 4 70 4 70 " Mrs Ella Johnson do 4 70 4 70 " M D Spencer Miscellaneous Expense 6 45 6 45 " C I Colwell Water Commr . Dist . 1 25 00 25 00 " DeBolt & Taylor Repairs % Court House I 8 00 8 00 County M H Morgan Juror fees do . Court 2 50 2 50 " J H Rowe do 2 50 2 50 " A Anderson do 2 50 2 50 " P F Davin do 2 50 2 50 .--- " I W Abbott do 2 50 2 50 " A W Jones do , 2 50 2 50 " L B Willard do 2 50 2 50 " J Willis Hill do , 2 50 2 50 " August Boys do 2 50 2 50 " J S Gale do 2 50 2 50 " J M Ferguson do 2 50 2 50 " P P Frost do 2 50 2 50 " S A Sweet do 2 50 2 50 " Clyde Johnson Witness fees C C 8 00 8 00 " I 46:t Roy Johnson ' i Witness feet in County Court 4 70 4 70 County F L Johnson do 8 00 el 00 " Abbott & Evans Repairs % Jail 24 20 24 20 " Russell & Wilson Jail Supplies 10 00 , 10 00 " Colorado Telephone CoPhones % County 0 fivers v ; 35 40 30 40 " Colorado Tel . Co Phone ° County Hospital 3 35 3 35 Pauper Colorado' Tel Co Phone % Greeley Hospital 6 00 6 00 N Annie Nyberg , Labor ' County Hospital 30 00 30 00 " Ida Henderson y do 4 00 4 00 " . John Knutson Supt . County Hospital 60 00 60 00 " John Knutson County Hospital supplies 4 18 00 18 00 N Park Mdse Co do 47 55 47 55 " D R McArthur & Co do 1 20 1 20 " U T & C Co do 4 00 , 4 00 " Star Grocery do x • 4 25 4 25 " McCutcheon Hardware Co do 3 35 3 35 " Park Mdse Co do 410 00 10 00 " J F Fezer do 7 60 7 60 " H Reynolds & Co do 8 30 8 30 " Condon Mere Co do 5 34 5 34 " Van Sickle Livery Livery % County Hospital 4 00 4 00 " Chas B Dyde Greeley Hospital supplies 3 00 3 00 Pauper Van Sickle Livery Livery ' Greeley Hospital 2 50 2 50 " J F McConnell & Co - Livery ' Sheriff 's office 5 00 5 00 County Thos G Macy Coroners fees 5 00 5 00 " Thos G Macy do 13 00 13 00 " Thos G Macy do , 10 20 10 20 " F J Allnutt Deputy Coroner fees 5 60 5 60 " F J Allnutt do 9 00 9 00 " . H P Parker Expense ' Coroner ' s Court 5 00 5 00 0 Geo Stephens Rent of Office 1 50 1 50 " F P Wylie Deputy Water Commr . Dist . #2 18 75 18 75 " P C Pressly Justice fees 3 85 3 85 " J H Rhoads do 325 2 90 " J H Rhoads • do 3 85 3 85 " H P Hill do 5 25 5 15 " Geo Stevens x Justice fees 2 85 2 85 " Geo Stevens do 2 85 2 85 " Geo Stevens do 5 60 5 60 " G 0 Stevens do 4 20 - 3 45 " G 0 Stevens do 4 70 3 45 " G 0 Stevens do 4 20 4 20 " G 0 Stevens do 5 70 4 95 " G 0 Stemens do 6 55 5 80 0 G 0 Stevens do 7 35 6 85 " James Loustalet Constable fees J 0 7 00 7 00 0 Homer Sims Constable fees ` 2 30 2 30 " T H Roseman do 2 00 2 00 " Jas . Loustalet do - 7 10 7 10 " John Ferguson Juror fees J C 1 50 1 50 0 r Joe Wilkinson do 1 50 1 50 " S J Frazier do 1 50 1 50 " H P Hill Witness fees J C 2 60 2 60 " Wallis Hill do 2 80 2 80 0 Mrs A F Adkins do 2 20 1 90 " Fred Minns do 1 00 1 00 " Frank Lobato Interpreter J 0 5 00 5 00 " Dr Dawson Witness fees J C 8 60 4 70 " Thos Keehn do , 7 40 5 30 " Win Bi.7,rr1n do 1 15 1 00 " W F Spaulding do 1 15 1 00 " Joseph Vabreze do 1 15 1 00 " C H Garvin do 2 50 2 50 " J W Banta do 2 50 2 50 " Steve Meyer do 2 50 2 50 " S 4 An adjournment was then ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. Saturday , October 5th•, 1907 . Attest : — r q9/1 °K-9 Chas . Davis , Clerk . , irman. ByDeputy. 463 25th day of July A• t . 1907 term. Greeley, Colorado ,Saturday, October 5th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 4th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a . m. with the following members present , viz: -- Present : Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman, Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . The claims of Wm. H. Thompson and Thomas E Stone were presented, after carefully examining each and being well advised in the premises , on motion ordered that they be disallowed and placed on file . % Butcherts Bond of Pierson & Company and Hoffman & Rienks , each in the penal sum of $1000 . were presented and after carefully considering same and believing the sureties thereon to be ample and sufficient , on motion ordered that they be approved and placed on file . Coroner 's reports on the inquests holden upon the dead bodies of Mr . Charles R. Lewis , Franc , ) Marx and Doc Cole were presented , and after carefully examing each and being well advised in the premises on motion ordered that they be approved for the amounts stated therein. -r� IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSTANLE IN AND FOR JBSTICE PRECINCT NO. TEN . A petition signed by H P Hill , N W Jones and numerous others praying for the appointment of Howard W Horn as Constable in and for Justice Precinct No . 10 , was presented and after carefully considering same and being well advied in the premises on motion ordered that the prayer of petitioners be and the same is hereby granted, and that Howard W Horn-. - be and he is hereby appointed Constable in and for said precinct , provided that he will qualify as required by law. The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund J T Clough F. Co County Hospital supplies 2 20 2 20 Pauper McCutoheon & Co Hardware % Road Dist . 3 2 10 2 10 Road . Willard Case Lumber Co Lumber % Read Dist . 3 331 04 331 04 Road W Hall Thompson Extending Notes %6 Coroner ' s Court 21 60 21 60 County Greeley I & S Co Ice for Court House 20 00 20 00 County Sachs Lawlor M & X Co Office supplies 85 85 County Clerk Dist . Court P 0 Box rent 75 75 " G C Cooper Depy. Water Coinmr . Dist . 7 15 00 15 00 County W M Davis Water Commr . Dist . 7 30 00 30 00 D F Camp Bailiff fees Dist . Court 15 00 15 00 r 464 1 C L Benoy Constable fees Coroner ' s Court 13 90 23 90 County Greeley Ice Co Ice for Greeley Hospital 40 00 40 00 Pauper Q Greeley Ice Co Ice for County Hospital 30 00 30 00 Pauper. A A Woodbury Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 1 3 40 3 40 Road William Hicks Labor % Road Dist . 2 67 50 67 00 " F I Ewing D D Atty fees J C 111 00 90 00 County M I H Jones Livery ' Sheriff 's office 6 50 2 50 County Thos G Macy Coroner ' s fees 9 00 9 00 County T H Roseman Constable fees 6 00 6 00 " 7 W Fi Thompson Reporter ' Coroner 's Court 10 00 10 00 " T G Brink Livery % Coroner ' s court 1 50 1 50 " Dr C H Call Witness fees Coroner ' s Court 1 00 1 00 " Dr WI, Harmer do 1 00 1 00 " Dr W 0 Wright do 1 00 1 00 " Dr G R Pogue do 1 00 1 00 " Alice E Wright do 1 00 1 00 " Andrew J Lewis do 1 00 1 00 " - I s C B Kimball Juror fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 50 " 4 Eph Heaton do 2 50 2 50 " M A Lyons do 2 50 2 50 " Frank Frost do 2 50 2 50 " Jesse Gale do 2. 50 2 50 K * Jahn Irons do 2 50 2 50 " C A Yancey Labor % Road Dist . 1 295 00 295 00 Road R F Copes Labor 9 Road Dist . 1 23 00 23 00 Road . E B Sanborn Repairs % Court House 7 05 7 05 County c Mrs George Brown Burial of Old Soldier 25 00 25 00 County Geo Fisher Pauper Expense 8 00 8 00 Pauper Home Electric 4bo Light % Court House 40 00 35 County Thos G Macy Coroners fees 6 60 6 60 County S G Woland Constable fees Coroner ' s fees 13 20 13 20 " W J Williams Witness fees Coroner 's Court 1 00 1 00 County Richard Graves do 1 00 1 00 " . Annie Thomas do 1 00 1 00 " J A Sandahl do 1 00 1 00 " Eli Owley do 1 00 1 00 0 , John Nichols do 1 00 1 00 " Robert Jahnson do 1 00 1 00 " Ella Johnson do 1 00 1 00 0 x Raman Coloohio do 1 00 1 00 " * : G H Cone do 5 20 5 20 " W Hall Thompson Reporter Coroners Court 11 30 11 30 County a ,\ Geo . Evans Juror fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 50 0 465 R Thos Leadbetter Juror fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 50 County Vic Bensohoten do 2 50 2 50 " Virgil V Brown do 250 250 " Emil Krause do 2 50 2 50 " a Henry Mead do 2 50 2 50 " e y A Thos . G Macy Coroner ' s fees 12 00 12 00 County Frank Beeman Juror fees Coroner ' s Court 2 50 2 50 " Eph Heater (7a 2 50 2 50 " Chas J Cole do 2 50 2 50 " J H Rowe do 2 50 2 50 " E H Abbott do 2 50 2 50 " J F McCreery do 2 50 2 50 " cy has B D de Witness fees Coroner 's Court 5 00 5 00 County Lewis Williams do 2 20 2 20 " Chas Lunt do 2 20 2 20 " Fred Jones do 2 20 2 20 " Geo Blehn do 2 20 2 20 " Chas Smith do 2 20 2 20 " Fred Huffman do 2 20 2 20 " Kersey Lbr Co Lumber % Road Dists l and 3 75 95 75 95 Road E G Crawford Labor %d Greeley Hospital 16 50 16 50 Pauper . Minnie Elmer Housekeeper & Expense % Greeley Hospital BO 45 s0 45 Pauper . Poudre Valley Dairy Greeley Hospital supplies 17 60 17 60 Pauper Greeley Steam Laundry Laundry % Greeley Hospital 35 45 35 45 Pauper Park Mdse Co Greeley Hospital supplies 18 71 let 71 " U T & C Co do 325 325 " I " Abbott & Evans Repairs ' Greeley Hospital 1 50 1 50 M H Lowe Greeley Hospital supplies 1 6s 1 6s " James W Gault Atty fees Coroner ' s Court 10 00 10 00 County A W Jacobs Greeley Hospital supplies 33 75 33 75 Pauper Macke Grocery de 54 20 54 20 " An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Monday , October 7th, A D 1907 . Attest : --- OP X/t9-d i Chas . Davis , Clerk . , Chairmen. By /, Deputy. Fr 466 lat day_of Oetoher A- 1D- 1907 term- Greeley , Colorado, Monday, October 7th, A. D. 1907. Pursuant to adjournment of the 5th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a . m. with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk. " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . ._y " D E Carpenter, County Attorney. 612 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORMATION OF THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT . The chairman of the Board, R. W. DeVinny, stated that the meeting had been regularly called pursuant to the requirements of the statutes for the purpose of canvass- ing the votes cast at the election held on Saturday , the 25th day of September, A. D. 1907 in the proposed, The Henrylyn Irrigation District , and in the several divisions and voting precincts thereof , as ordered by the Board , notice of which was duly given and advertised in the Counties of Weld and Adams , pursuant to said order as required by law; and for the further purpose of transact- ing such other business as may properly coni..before the Board. Whereupon it was moved by Commissioner S A Bradfield, seconded by Commissioner E J Estes , put to a vote and unanimously carried that the Board proceed to examine the proofs and determine whether or not the notice of said Election has been properly advertised and given in the Counties 'of Weld and Adams as required by law and as commanded in the order of the Board calling said elec- tion. Thereupon the Boardproceeded to examinetheproof ofpublication ofnotice of said p the election and from said examination it was found and determined that the order of the Board calling said election was duly and regularly given in both the counties of Weld and Adams as required by law and that all matters and things necessary to be done prior to the holding of said election has been done and performed as required by law; a copy of the notice of said election as ordered by the Board and as required by law having been duly published in the Fort Lupton Press , a newspaper of General circulation published and printed in the County of Weld and the state of Colorado , for the period of time prior to said election and in the manner as by law provided and also in the Brighton Register , a newspaper of general circulation published and printed in the county of Adams • and the state of Colorado , for the period of time prior to said election and in the manner as by law provided, a copy of said notice being filed with the Board and now on file herein; due proof of the regular publication of the notice aforesaid by the affidavit of the respective publishers of said Fort Lupton Press and the Brighton Register , in all respects as required by law, being on file herein. Whereupon on motion duly seconded and unanimously carried, the Board proceeded to open the returns and canvass the votes cast at the election held in the proposed The Henrylyn Irrigation District to determine the question of whether or not the territory embraced within the boundaries of said district as in said notice and the orders of the Board set forth, should be organized into en irrigation district to be known as The Henrylyn Irrigation District and for an election of a Board of Directors in and for the various divisions of said irrigation district : Then and there the -rte. .67 returns were opened and the votes cast at said election so noticed and advertised in the counties aforesaid, in the manner aforesaid and held on the 28th day of September , A D 1907, were canvassed and counted, from which it was found that Twenty (20) votes were marked "Irrigation District ,Yes" , and none of said votes were marked "Irrigation District , No" , from which it appeared to the Board and was found by said Board that the majority of all the resident freeholders who are legal electors in said proposed district and have paid property taxes in the year last preceding said election have voted and did vote "Irrigation District , Yes"; and thereupon the Board proceeded to canvass AL the votes cast in said district for directors and found the following results : "For director in and for division No . one , J N Bowles , received 20 votes . " "For director in and for Division No . 2, Clarence M Ireland received 20 votes . " "For Director in and for Division No . 3 , Frank A Hens ley received 20 votes . " And no person other than those above named received any votes for the office of director in or for any division of said district . Commissioner E J Estes thereupon presented the following resolution and order for the con- sideration of the Board and moved its adoption by the Board, to-wit : "WHEREAS, heretofore , on the 2nd day of September , A D 1907 , at the regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Weld county, in the state of Colorado , there was presented by Clarence M Ireland, Frank A Hens` ley and Oscar Bowles a petition signed by said persons and others praying for the establishment , organization and creation of an irrigation district to be known as The Henrylyn Irrigation District , which said proposed district as described by the said petition embraced and comprised lands in the county of Weld in the state of Colorado, which county of Weld embraced the largest acreage of said proposed district , at which time in pur- suance of the petition aforesaid due proof of proper publication in the County of Weld of the notice of presentation of said petition to said Board was duly given; and WHEREAS , in said matter of presentation of said petition, establishment of Boundaries of said district and all matters pertinent to the formation of said irrigation district was by the Board duly adjourned for further consideration from said 2nd day of September , A. D. 1907 to and until the 3rd day of September , A D 1907; and WHEREAS , on said the 3rd day of September the said petition was again presented to the Board , at which time said Board did again fully and carefully consider the said petition, the bond filed by said petitioners , the proof of the publication of said petition and the presen- tation of the same and all matters pertinent to the inclusion of the lands in said district , the exclusion of lands therefrom and all matters and things pertinent to and concerning the said petition for the formation of said Irrigation district and at which time said Board did duly fix , determine and establish the Boundaries of said district ; that said Board did at said time order an election to be held of all the qualified electors of said district as by statute in such case made and provided , for the purpose of voting upon and determining whether or not said proposed irrigation district should be organized as an irrigation district as by law provided, to be held on Saturday the 28th day of September , A D 1907, after notice thereof should be given and published as required by law for at least three weeks prior to such election in a newspaper of General circulation printed and published within the County of Adams , in the State of Colo- rado , and in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county of Weld in r68468 the state of Colorado , that said notice was given and duly and regularly printed and published in manner required by the order of said Board as provided by law in both the counties of Adams and Weld in the state of Colorado; and that all matters and things in and about said 'election were done and performed pursuant to the orders of said Board, and pursuant to and in accordance with law; that the returns of said election have been duly made to this Board and the votes cast at said election by this Board duly counted and canvassed; that the said election held as afore- said for the purpose of determining the organization of said district has been carried and that a majority of the qualified voters of said district have voted upon the question submitted to them of the organization of said irrigation district , "Irrigation District , Yes , " said vote being as fellows , to-wit : "Irrigation District , Yes , 20 votes , " "Irrigation District , No , no votes . " It is therefore ordered that in pursuance of law and in pursuance of said proceedings and all the proceedings and orders of this Board and in pursuance of the election and the votes cast as aforesaid , that the following described territory located in the counties of Adams and Weld in the State of Colorado , is declared to be organized as an irrigation Di strictSo�vv�� hereby duly g g � , situate , lying and being within the boundaries which are hereby established, fixed and created as boundaries of said The Henrylyn Irrigation District , to—wit : Beginning at the Southwest corner of section 22, 'fp . 1N . , R. 65 W, in Weld County, Colorado , extending thence North along the section line to the west quarter corner en the west side of section 34, Pp . 2N . , R. 65 W; thence East to the east quarter corner en the east side of said section 34; thence north to the N E corner of section 27, lip . 2N . , R. 65 W. ; thence East to the quarter corner on the north side of section 30, Tp . 2N . , Re 64 W. ; thence North to the quarter corner on the north side of section 7 in said township and range; thence East to the Northeast corner of section el in said township and range; thence south to the Southeast corner of said section; thence east to the Northeast corner of section 17, Tp . 2N. , R. 63 W. ; thence South to the southeast corner of said section; thence east to the northeast corner of section 19, Pp . 2N . , R 62 W; thence south to the Southeast corner of said section; thence east to the northeast corner of section 28 in said township and range; thence south to the southeast corner of section 9 Tp . 1N . , R. 62; thence west to the quarter corner on the north side of section 18 in said Pp . and Range ; thence south to the center of said section; thence west to the quarter corner on the west side of said section; thence south to the southeast corner of section 36 , lip . 114 . 1 R. 53 W; thence west to the southwest corner of section 31 in said township and range; thence north to the northwest corner of said last named section; thence west to the southwest corner of section 26, Tp . 1N. , R. 64 W. ; thence North to the Northwest corner of section 2 in said township and range; thence west to the northwest corner of section 3 in said township and range; thence south to the southwest corner of said section; thence west to the quarter corner on the north side of section 8 in said township and range; thence south to the quarter corner on the south side of said section 8; thence west to the northwest corner of section 18 in said township and range ; thence south to the southeast corner of section 25 , lip . 1N. , R. 65 W. ; thence west to the quarter corner on the south side of section 26 in said township and range; thence north to the quarter corner on the north side of said section 26; thence west to the point of beginning; and . . 469 also the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7 , Pp . 18. 1 R. 65 W, in Adams County, Colorado , and the southeast quarter of section 6 $ Tp . 1S . , R. 63 W. ; in adams County, Colorado , the said District to comprise all the lands aforesaid and all the lands lying and being within the Boundaries aforesaid, save and except the following lands which are excluded from said district and which form no part of the same , to-grit : -- • The following lands in lip . 1N. , R. 65 W. : All of sections 11, 13 , 15 and 23, the W of see . 22; the W of Section 14; the NW4 of section 10; the NEsIr of section 24, and the NEk of section 2; The following lands in Pp . 1N. , R. 64 West : All of sections 1--5--7 and 11; the E of section 4; the W and the NEk of section 12; the S"r, of section 14; the E of section 25; the SW of section 25; The following lands in Tp . 2N. , R. 64 West : --All o1 sections 13--15--17--27--31--33 and 35; the E of section 7; the Wiand the SEe of section 26; The following lands in Pp . 1N . , R. 63 West : All of sections 5--17--19--21--23--25--29--31-- 33 and 35; the Si of section 14; the Si of section 13 ; the NE. of section 13; the Wi of section 15; the W of section 22; the W of section 24; the of section 32; the East half of section 18; the N4 of section 10; the N of section 20; the of section 4; the $ of the Ei of section 4; the south half of section 26 ; The following lands in Tp . 2N . , R.- 63 West : All of sections 1l3--19--20--24--25--27--2S--29 34 and 351 the E r. of section 31; the SE of the SE4; the Ni of the SE*; the NE4 and the NEi of the N14 and the NE* of the SW4 of section 32; the Sli the Northwest quarter and the ' of the NEe of section 26 ; the Ni,, the SW and the Ei of the SE.k of section 23; the E of the NWk, and tit of section 22; and the Ei of section 30; The following lands in Tp . 1N . , R. 62 West : All of sections 7 and 9; the E- of section S; the Si- of section 5; the south half of section 6; The following lands in Tp . 2N. , R. 62 West : All of sections'. 29--30 and 31; the Si and the NE4 of section 25; the 1014 and the E of the SF and W of Si4 of section 19; All of which last described lands are hereby exempted and excluded from the operation of this order; and excluded and exempted from said The Henrylyn Irrigation District above bounded and defined and which lands constitute no part of said irrigation district . "It is further ordered and declared that from the canvass of the votes cast in the several divisions of said district for directors of said district and of the several divisions thereof , it appears that the following persons have received the highest number of votes cast in the said several divisions; have been elected and are the duly elected directors of said district , . to-wwit : 'For Division No . 1 , J N Bowles . + "For Division No . 2, Clarence M Ireland . "For Division No . 3 , Frank A Hensley. That said persons are hereby declared to be the duly elected and qualified directors of The Henrylyn Irrigation District , and authorized and directed to exercise , hold and discharge their offices as such directors until their successors are duly elected and qualified as by law pro- vided. 1 It is further ordered that copies of this order including the plat or plats of said The r470 470 Henrylyn Irrigation District , filed herein, duly certified, be immediately filed for record and recorded in the, office of, the, County Clerk and Recorder of the County of Weld in the State of Colorado , and in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams and I State of Colorado ; the said order so to be recorded and filed for record in the said offices to be given and certified under the seal, of the Board and signed and attested by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the County of !old, in the State of Colorado . The motion of Co mmissioner E J Estes for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner S A Bradfield, and being put to as vote, the ayes and noes were called and the said resolution was unanimously adopted, all the commissioners voting aye . •7 �- IN THE MATTER QF AGREEMENT WITH D E CARPENTER, ATTORNEY A The following agreement between Dolph E Carpenter , Attorney and the Board of County Commis- sioners of the County of Weld and State of Colorado , which, is ,in words and figures as follows , was en motion ordered signed by the Board and one copy delivered to Mr . Carpenter and the other placed en file , viz : -- This Agreement between the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld and Delph E Carpenter , County Attorney, Witnesseth: -- In order that definite arrangements may be made regarding the remaining fees to be due Deiph -E Carpenter, in the following oases , to-wit : -- Jesse S Gale vs . George D Statler , and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld vs . D. F. Camp , both of which cases are pending in the Supreme court of Colorado on appeal , it is mutually agreed by and between the parties hereto that the sum of 50 00 shall be paid by the Board of County Commissioners and accepted by Mr . Carpenter in full compensation for the balance due him as attorney fees in the case of Gale vs Statler , as soon as decision shall be rendered therein by the Supreme court and also that a like sum shall be due and payable to Mr . Carpenter in full payment of the balance due him as attorney fees in case of The Board of County Commissioners is Camp , as soon as the decision shall be rendered in said case by the Supreme court , PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the said Deiph E Carpenter shall continue to act in his capacity as attorney for the County in said cases to and until said final decision is rendered, and in the event that he does not act , said fees shall not be due him. It is further agreed that the Board will reimburse the said Deiph E Carpenter for any other and further necessary expenses incurred in the prosecution of said cases for printers bills and costs of like nature , when mutually agreed upon prior to being incurred. The minutes of the proceedings of September 19 and 30 , October 1--2--3--4--5, 1907 were read and on motion ordered approved. County Clerk ' s and County Sheriff ' s reports for the month of September , 1907 were presented , examined and on motion audited and ordered placed on file .f e . Report of H G Dailey, Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 2 , for the month of September, !: 4t 1907 was presented, examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . The official bonds of Howard W Horn and W W Wolfe as constables in and for Justice Precincts 10 and 11 respectively, both in the penal sum of $1000 . each, were presented, and after carefully examining the sureties thereon and believing them to be ample and sufficient , on motion ordered that they each be approved, recorded and placed on file . 166_ 471 ;oa IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN TP . 4N. , R. 67 W. A petition signed by Wit. Gray , J J Thornton and numerous others praying for the laying out of a road sixty feet in width, described as f ibllows , viz: -- Commencing at the N E Corner of section 16 , Tp . 4N. , R. 67 West ; thence North on section line between sections 9 and 10 to the N E Corner of SE4 of section 9, Tp . 4N . , R. 67 West , inter- secting county roads running east and west on half section line ' was presented to the Board when the following ,action was taken and entered of record , to-wit: -- It appearing to the Board that the right of way for said road through patented lands is do- nated noted by the owners thereof , and the Board believing that. the public good requires the laying out • of said road on motion it was ordered that the prayer of the petitioners be granted, and the line of road prayed for be and is hereby declared a public highway . The Clerk is directed to record the petition, plat the road es granted, and notify the. road overseer of the proper district to open said road to travel at once . 2 IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN PP. 3N. , R. 67 WEST . A petition signed by C A Hewitt , L C Erkenbeck and several others praying for the laying out of a county road 6o feet in width, described as follows , viz: -- Commencing at the Township line between sections 5 and 6 , Tp . 3N . , o R. 67 West ; thence South Two miles along section limes Lt..„ was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record, to-wit : -- It appearing to the Board that the right of way for said road through patented lands is do7 { nated by the owners thereof , and the Board believing that the public good requires the laying out of said road , on motion it was ordered that the prayer of the petitioners be granted, and the line of road prayed for be and is hereby declareda public highway . The clerk is directed to record the petition, plat the road as granted, and notify the road overseer of the proper district to open said road to travel at once . 1 t'5 IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN TP . 3N . , R. 68 WEST. A petition signed by G F Welty, E H Knott and several others praying for the laying out of a road 60 feet wide , described as follows , viz: -- Commencing at a point on the N E Corner of Sec . 7 , Tp . 3N . , R. 68 West ; thence running South one mile to the S E Corner of said section 7 . "And we further petition your honorable Body to vacate and declare closed that part of the road heretofore ordered opened through the center of section 7 , Pp . 3N . , R. 68 west , said road running East and west . was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record , to-wit : -#0 It appearing to the Board that the right of way for said road through patented lands is donated Lz by the owners thereof , and the Board believing that the public good requires the laying out of said road and the abandoning of the old road running east and west through the center of section 7---3--68 on motion it was ordered that the entire prayer of petitioners be granted, and the line of road prayed for be and is hereby declared a public road and highway, and further , the line of road asked to be vacnt ad, be and the same is hereby abandoned for further use . The clerk is directed to record the petition, plat and cancel the roads granted and vacated and notify the road overseer of the proper district to open said road to travel at once . 472 The following claims were then. presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz: -- . „ By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . Chas Davis , Clerk Commissioners work 125 00 125 00 County Joe Gibson Stone '% Greeley Hospital 33 00 33 00 Pauper James Donaldson Stonework ° Greeley Hospital 75 00 75 00 " Frank Smyser R 0 Fees Dist . 3 ' • a 546 50 546 50 Road J H Behrens ' Lumber % Road Dist . 3 12 06 12 06 Road . F F Wykert Labor ° Road Dist . 1 30 25 30 25 Road. Chas . Davis , Clerk 0 flee Expense 21 05 21 05 County Newton Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 32 24 32 24 Road Newton Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 116 22 102 64 Road . R W DeVinny % Oster Labor % Road Dist . 3 1 50 1 50 Road Wood & Lorah Livery % Road Dist . 1 3 00 3 00 Road. E G Steele Lumber % Road Dist . 1 346 57 346 57 Road. First Natl Bank Rent of Offices 15 00 15 00 County D R McArthur & Co Hardware % Road Dist . 1 6 85 6 85 Road . Ed Burry Engineer % Road Dist . 1 42 00 42 00 Road . MoOutoheon Hardware Co Hardware % Road Dist . 1 15 65 15 15 ' Road Clayton Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 1 25 59 25 59 Road . John J Hennessy Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 1 13 60 13 60 Road B H Florance Attendance D C 10 00 10 00 County B H Florance Attendance Co Court 47 50 47 50 County B H Florance Care of Jail 60 00 60 00 " B H Florance P O Box rent 1 00 1 00 County B H Florance Telegraph Expense 1 00 1 00 " B H Florance Boarding Prisoners 143 50 143 50 County B H Florance Sheriff ' s fees 224 55 224 55 County B H Florance Telephone Expense 5 50 5 50 " B H Florance Committments and Discharges 11 20 11 20 " E H Abbott Viewing Roads Dist . 1 4 00 4 00 Road , Cal Randolph do 4 00 4 00 " S A Bradfield - : do . 4 00 4 00 " S A Bradfield Services % Road Dist . 1 20 00 20 00 " E J Estes Services % Road Dist . 2 35 00 35 00 Road . S A Bradfield Asst . Supt of Poor .5 00 , 5 00 Pauper E G McKinney & Co Coal % Greeley Hospital 26 28 26 28 Pauper S A Bradfield Services as Commissioner 35 00 35 00 County E J Estes Services as Commissioner 45 00 45 00 " Ben S Nolin Labor % Road • Diet . 1 158 00 158 00 Road . R W DeVinny Services % Road Dist . 3 25 00 25 00 Road . R W DeVinny Services as Commissioner 38 60 38 60 County R W DeVinny Supt of Poor 20 00 20 00 Pauper . This completing the business for the month an adjournment was ordered taken to 9 o ' clock a . m. Monday, November 4, 1907. Attest : -- ,1W <9i7/Chas . Davis , Clerk . , hairman. By - Deputy . / • ! a 1 . 1. 473 ---_._.__---- --________.----------_ 2nd day of October , 4)-, 1907 , I Greeley, Colorado , Wednesday, October 16th , A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to call , a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was had this 16th day of October , A. D. 1907 with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman . Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S . A. Bradfield , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . n . 4 / ) / IN THE MATTER OF ACCEPTING , AS COMPLETED , WORK ON STATE ROAD AT AULT . (SEE CHAPTER 107 SESSION LAWS OF 1907 . ) Daniel Strohl , Contractor , ap- peared before the Board and stated that he had completed all work, as per specifications and contract furnished by the State Engineer on that certain road near Ault , Weld County, Colorado , for which an appropriation of $2000 . had been made by the Sixteenth Session of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado , as authorized and shown by House Bill No . 6 , and requested that this Board and the State Engineer view the same to the end that said work be accepted as completed and he be released from further work on the same . After carefully going over the entire line of road in company with Mr . Houston, Deputy State Engineer , and the Board feeling that the work had been done in a first class manner , it was on motion duly made, seconded and carried, ordered ( as far as the interests of this Board in said road is concerned) that the work by Mr . Strohl be approved and accepted as com- pleted, and that Mr . Strohl be and he is hereby relieved from further responsibility under his con- tract . Y fi An adjournment was then ordered tacen to and until the regular meeting of the Board, Monday , November 4, 1907. Attest : Chas . Davis , Clerk. aw/9*/, chai an. By - , Deputy. .rt I I' . 474 3rd day of October A. D. 1907 meeting . • Greeley, Colorado , Monday, November 4th, A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 7th inst ." the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , viz: -- • Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . J IN THE MATTER OF REDUCTIONS IN THE VALUATIONS PLACED UPON CORPORATE PROPERTY. The following report of the reduction made by the State T ; Board of Equalization in the valuations placed upon The Pullman Company, Adams Express Company, U Wells Fargo and Company Express , Western Union Telegraph Company, The Santa Fe Refrigerator De- J J ,patch and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Julesburg Branch, in this county was received and j . J , ordered spread upon the records in full , viz: -- ' State of Colorado , State Board of Equalization . R. R. Leese , Secretary. , - Denver, October 5, 1907 . - • To the County Clerk, WeldCounty, Greeley, bolo . Dear Sir: -- At the ; Septetber 1907' meeting of the State Board of Equalization of the State of Colorado , after hearing protests in accordance with the law in such case made and provided, - IT WAS ORDERED by said Board that the assessment of corporate ' protpertT,' as heretofore made in your county, be changed as follows: Pullman Company 142 . 15 miles $ 116 .00 $ 16 ,490 .00 Adams Express Company 102 .62 " $ 80 .00 $ 8,209.00 Wells Fargo & Company Express 24 . 02 " $ 80.00 $ 1 ,922.00 Western Union Telegraph Company 1,142.23 " 25,744.00 Union Pacific Railroad Company 31 .24 ;" ' $14;000 .00 7,36000 It was further ordered that the assessment heretofore made against The Sang Fe Re— f frigerator Despatch in your county, amounting to $7 ,041 .00, be vacated. Respectfully Submitted, R. R. Leese , Secretary ." In compliance with the above and foregoing instructions from the State Board of Equalization the following change in the rate per mile and the valuations thereof placed upon the Pullman Company, Adams Express Company, Wells Fargo & Company Express , Western Union Telegraph Company, Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch and The Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby ordered made to the several municipalities and school districts of said Weld County, and that the same be entered in the record of the proceedings of this Board; that a copy hereof be furnished to County Assessor with instructions that the same be spread upon the Assessment rolls of said Weld County for the year A. D. 1907; and it is further ordered that that part of the proceedings of this Board of date July 2nd, A. D. 1907, entitled "IN THE MATTER OF RAILROAD AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS" as recorded t he same- on pages 379 to 390 inclusive of this same record, so far as pertains to the above named corpora- tions ,tions , be and the same are hereby rescinded and held for naught , viz: -- Following is the corrected assessment as authorized by the above and foregoing order , viz: --- f Mhnicipal Corporations and School Districts Mileage Rate per Valuation. , mile . Pullman Company on B & C and U P 142 .15 $ 116 00 $ 16 ,490 Ft . Lupt on 75 $ , 90 i k Platteville 1 116 ' 475 Evans 1 5 $ 116 00 $ 175 / Greeley 2 14 $ 245 Eaton 7 $ 85 Ault $ $ $ 65 School Dist . No . 23 on U P Chy. Div 4 047 $ ' 4'y0 8 299 $ 345 100 2 496 $ 290 31 2 53 $ 295 5 3 9ss $ 465 35 2366 $ � 27s 97 2 Gab $ 305 29 4025 $ 465 65 246 $ 285 L5 1 438 $ 165 20 .♦ 1 988 $ 220 , 6 3 414 r $ 395 60 61 # 70 . 59 1 961 $ 230 37 4123 $ 480 34 2 571 $ 300 40 7 7d' $ 9oo 67 a 407 - $ 510 69 5 5 $ 640 46 14 $ 1,625 65 U P Jules Div 2 5 '�� $ 290 11 3 21 $ 375 6s 1 5 $. 175 _ cog 1 57 $ lay 73 5 16 $ 600 72 4 5 . $ 525 63 ' '� � s $ - 17s 71 it 3 $ 1,310 t!0 on B de C 7 5 $ 870 12 s 5 $ 985 88 16 $ 1,855 42 3 59 $ 415 Adams Express Company 102 62 $ 80 00 $ 8,209 Erie 825 $ 70 School Dist . No . 80 on B & 0 7 5 $ 600 12 8 S $ ba0 IIS 16 $ 1,280 42 3 59 $ 285 91 on C & S 21.863 $ 1 ,750 J 476 School Dist . No . 92 14 934 $ 80 00 _ $ 1 ,189 49 7 258 $ 590 89 11 075 $ 885 1 •nDU & P 2426 $ 195 \ ' 14 2321 . . • $ 185 16 3 659 $ 290 25 1 754 $ 140 45 1 74 $ 140 Wells Fargo and Company Express 24 02 $ 80 00 $ 1,922 Greeley 1 42 $ 115 Windsor 7 $ 55 Johnstown 1 $ 80 School Dist . No 6 on C & S 3 71 $ 295 27 2 64 $ 210 17 2 35 $ 190 70 2 $ 160 • 4 454 $ 365 7 3 5 $ 280 48 5 28 $ .422 Santa Pe Refrigerator Despatch Vacated Vacated Vacated 5 , Western Union Telegraph Company 1142 23 $ 22 56 $ 25,744 F t r Ault 8 * 185$Eaton 10 $ 225 Greeley 40 * 905 Evans 10 225 Platteville 8 $ 185 Ft . Lupton 8 $ 185 Erie 5 $ 115 Windsor 5 5 $ 115 School Dist . No 4 41 $ 935 \ I 6 134 $ 3,035 17 31 80 730 27 31 $ 710 - : 5 36 $ 825 t 8 34 $ 780 F' .,. 11 27 5 7 630 15 24 $ 355 16 42 25 $ 945 ti 19 33 5 $ 765 20 23 5 $ 340 w. 23 33 55 $ 770 i 29 38 $ 870 477 School Dist . No • 31 29 ,25 $ 22 56 $ 670 34 -27 $ 620 35 25 $ 575 37 42 5 $ 969 40 51 75 $. 1 ,190 43 25 $ 645 46 91 75 - 2 ,090 67 40 $ 925 69 37 $ 860 59 19 5 $ 450 60 13 $ 305 63 13 13 $ 310 65 33 $ 755 71 52 - $ 1 ,195 72 28 $ 645 73 28 $ 645 97 15 25 $ 355 98 23 $ 530 100 15 $ 350 Union Pacific R R Co . , Jules Div. 31 24 $14,000 00 $437 ,360 School Dist . No . 65 2 5 $ 35,000 11 3 21 44,940 68 1 5 $ 21,000 98 157 $ 21 ,980 73 5 16 • - $ 72,240 72 4 5 - _ $ 63,000 63 1 5 $ 21,000 71 11 3 $158,200 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n A n n r n n n, n n n n n n n n n W n n n n n Y County Treasurer ' s report for the month of September, 1907 was presented, examined and on motion ordered audited and placed on file . x 2 -- Report of Frank Smyser , Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 3 for the month of October 1907 was presented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . It appearing to the hoard that the present office of the County Court is not large enough to ( transact its business , and the Board realizing that a change must be made, it was on ,motion ordered that the County Superintendent be removed to the Coronado building and the office to be vacated by the superintendent be occupied by• the County ' Court as its court room. The County to pay *22 .50 per month as rent for the offices in the Coronado building. 0 d , r 478 The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- - By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed A flawed Fund F C Beeman Bailiff County Court 17 50 17 50 County Dr . Hubert Work Care of Insane poor 93 00 93 00 County Thos G Macy c'oroner 's fees 40 98 40 98 County Oswold Allen Water Commr . Dist . 4 51 67 51 67 County Z W Langtry Livery % Coroner ' s Court 12 00 12 00 County H C Luther Reporter J C 45 00 45 00 ti Victor E Keyes Atty fees D C 5 00 5 00 " Walter G Decker Water Commr . Dist . 48 20 00 20 00 County H State Industrial School for Girls Care of Inmates 28 70 28 70 M Levi Mitchell Labor % Road Dist , 1 118 25 118 25 Read . F G Ballinger Labor % Road Dist . 2 101 50 101 30 Road F C Peterson Deputy Assessor 80 00 80 00 County S J McAfee Deputy Assessor 85 00 85 00 County L H Harrison Supt . of Schools & 0ff4ce Expense 207 46 207 46 County P W Allen Rebate 1906 Military Poll tax 1 00 1 00 County ' P W Allen Treasurer ' s fees for Sept 338 61 338 61 " , Park Mdse Co Blankets ' Jail y 18 00 . 18 00 County Denver Florance Crittenden Home--Care of Inmates 15 50 . 15. 50 , County J C Wylie County Assessor 200 00 200 00 " H C Luther t Reporter J C 10 00 10 00 " Paul . Gieser Services as Janitor 4 00 4 00 " L B Ireland Depy . Water C oxmn.r . Dist . 2 19 38 19 38 County C M Jump Water C ommr . Dist . 2 38 75 38 75 County Geo H Miller Services as Janitor 60 75 60 75 " H K Hill Sprinkling Streets , 5 00 5 00 " L G Hawes Depy. Water C ommr . Dist . 2 19 37 19 37 W C Crist Expense % Greeley Hospital 35 35 Pauper Wm. Hicks Labor % Road Dist . 2 161 00 113 00 Road. E E Moore Labor % Road Dist . 3 48 50 48 50 Road . B G Godfrey Labor ' Road Dist . 3 101 50 101 50 Road Frank Smyser R 0 Fees Dist . 3 594 00 594 00 Road . W M Davis Water Commr . Dist . 7 31 00 31 00 County G C Cooper Water Commr . Dist . 7 15 50 15 50 County Edward Autrey Water Commr . Dist . 6 37 50 37 50 " An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Tuesday, November 5, 1907 . Attest: Chas . Davis , Clerk. (_- ) Yr/ 4 Chairman. By , Deputy . 4 4 479 4th day if October A. D . 1907 term . Greeley, Colorado , Tuesday, November 5th, A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 4th inst the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , viz: -- . Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman . Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . Report of D. Strohi , Road Overseer in and for Road District No . 1 for the month of October , 1907 was presented , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . Contract in Duplicate with Knook & Garside for furnishing the Greeley Hospital with an elevator was.; presented and after carefully considering same and being well advised in the premises on motion ordered that they each be signed by the Chairman and one copy delivered to Nock and Garside and the ether be placed on file . � 6 , P a IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ROAD IN SECTION T . 2N . / D �, � R. 66 WEST a AND VACATION OF A BART OF COUNTY ROAD NO . 10 . A petition signed by Peter E. Cheese praying fob vacation •f part of County Road No . 10 and the establishment of a new road sixty feet in width, described as fellows , viz: -- Commencing at the center of section 6 , Tp . 2N. , R. 66 West of 6th p . m. , thence North and along one half section line one half mile to the center of the north side of said sedtion,;6 and •onnecting with the present laid out road running north from the last named point . The center of said road to be 30 feet east of said one half section line . Your petitioners also respectfully represent that the public necessity does not require the present laid out road as it now runs through the center of the N. E.e of section 6 , Pp . 2N. , R. 66 West and request that the same be vacated and abandoned. ¢a was presented to the Board when the following action was taken and entered of record, to-wit : -- , It appearing to the Board that the right of way for said road through patented lands is donated by the owners thereof , and the Board believing that the public good requires the laying out of said road, on motion it was ordered that the prayer of petitioner be granted, and the line of road prayed for be and is hereby declared a public highway, and that all the line of road asked to be vacated be and the same is hereby vacated and abandoned for further use . The clerk is hereby directed to record the petition, plat the road as granted, vacate the one asked to be abandoned, and notify the road overseer of the proper district to open said road to travel at once . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . D atrohl R 0 Fees Dist . 1 689 25 689 25 Road. Geo . Abbett Labor % Road Dist . 2 303 00 303 00 Road . E D Riker Labor % Road Dist . 2 79 00 79 00 Road . A D Wall Labor % Road Dist . 2 47 25 47 25 Road . A D Wall do 7 50 7 50 Road . r480 _ _____ F G Ballinger Labor % Road Dist . 2 24 50 24 50 Road . Geo . M. Wearin Labor % Court House 15 00 15 00 County M Rossell Labor % Road Dist . 1 22 00 i 22 00 Road. J L Doney Labor 1 Road Dist . 3 91 00 91 00 Road. J L Armstrong Water Commissioner Dist . 3 77 50 77 50 Oty • Dr . D L Whittaker County Health Officer 34 70 34 70 County Ben S Nolin Labor % Road Dist . 1 378 00 378 00 Road. D Strohl % Schlosser do 60 00 60 00 " D Stroh1 % Perkins do 7 00 7 00 " Wm. Berg do 12 40 12 40 " John McCandless do 12 40 12 40 " Ed Burry do 22 00 22 , 00 ,: " C S Pace do 18 00 18 00 " David Whetstone do 22 00 22 00 " x R Anderson do 22 00 22 00 " Alfred Ramsey do 10 00 10 00 " • M f Geo Cole do 22 00 22 00 " Wm. Van Scyoc Labor % Road Dist . 1 22 00 22 00 • " W C Wright do 22 00 22 00 " B Rugh do 22 00 22 00 " Wm. Garrett do . 11 00 11 00 " .« a s Fred Voris do 22 00 22 00 " i J R Shannon do 22 00 22 00 " W A McCave do 42 00 42 00 " A s Ed Burbanks i do 22 00 22 00 • " P C Murray do 86 52 86 52 " P C Marry do 49 75 49 75 " Samuel McCandless do ril 00 11 00 " L F Pace ' do 22 00 22 00 " Ira Burbanks do ' 11 00 11 00 " James Mathews do 22 00 22 00 " A F Frye U do 11 00 11 00 " J I Mauldin do 2 00 2 00 " Thos LaVelle Labor ° Road Dist . 1 4 00 4 00 d An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a. m. Wednesday, November 6th, A. D. 1907 . a Attest :-" al 941 °. 1t/i Chas . Davis , Clerk . , irman. By ' eputy.. y w Li : i i 481 5th day of October A. 1). 1907 meeting . Greeley, Colorado , Wednesday, November 6th, A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 5th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a. m. with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk . " S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner. By A. J. Luther , Deputy. " E. J. Estes , Commissioner . . -1 County Sheriff ' s and County Judge ' s reports for the month of October , 1907 were presented, examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . "--)- Report of the Chief Nurse of the Greeley Hospital for the month of October , 1907 was pre—. rented, examined and on motion approved and. ordered placed on file . . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By Whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund . P W Allen % Briggs Labor % Road Dist-. 2 9"0 35 50 35 50 Road. M Ethel Hosack Reporter D -C - 10 00 10 00 County John C Nixon County Court fees - 8485 5 84 85 " WE Barney Water Commissioner Dist . 5 43 33 43 33 " F .P Wylie Depy. Water Comuni-e sioner Dist . 2- 19 37 19 37 County Ida Henderson Labor % County Hospital 15 00 15 00 Pauper . Annie Nyberg Labor % County Hospital 30 00 30 00 Pauper . John Knutson Supt . of Poor 60 00 60 00 " P W Allen 54H/107 . Rebate 190 6 Military Poll tax 1 00 P W Allen ' W/310 Rebate 1906 Tax % Erroneous assessment 11 40 C H Boyd Labor % Road Dist . 3 22 75 22 75 Road. P W Allen Datiper expense 11 80 11 S0 Pauper . P W Allen Office expense 1 70 1 70 County G P & L Co Light ' Court House 7 65 7 65 C ount y John C Nixon County Court fees 2 35 2 35 County James Donaldson Stonework '% Greeley Hospital 206 54 206 54 Pauper . P W Allen % N/66 Rebate 1906 taxes... 22 10 P W Allen % TAB Rebate 1906 taxes 2 60 P W Allen 160/75 0/75 Rebate 1906 taxes 6 00 P W Allen % L / 174 Rebate 1906 taxes 9 36 P W Allen % M/337 Rebate 1906 taxes 16 51 P W Allen % U/13 Rebate 1906 taxes 13 00 . P W Allen % D/257 Rebate 1906 taxes 1 00 P W Allen % T/5.32 Rebate 1906 M P Tax 1 00 Martha P Baird Rebate 1906 taxes % Erroneous assessment 3 97 J Waite Rebate 1906 M P Tax 1 00 Morris Bros . Rebate 1906 M P tax 1 00 James /Thomson Rebate 1906 taxes % Erroneous assessment 16 58 H F Barksdale Rebate 1906 M P taxes , A A 1 00 James Conlin Rebate 1906 taxes % Excessive assessment 4 16 P A Tisdel Sr Probation Officer 31 20 31 20 County W A Jack Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 3 17 10 17 10 Road. B G .Godfrey Labor % Road Dist . 3 69 75 69 75 Road. P W Allen % Tell Stonework % Greeley Hospital 64 45 64 45 Pauper P W Allen % Tell do 66 l0 66 10 " I I Stukey Concrete Work % Hreeley Hospital 45 00 45 00 " Ed Burry Labor % Road Dist . 1 91 50 69 50 Road . P W Allen Freight % Road Dist . 3 268 40 268 40 Road . W S Decker Labor % Road Dist . 3 70 00 70 00 Road. J A Woodbury Labor % Greeley Hospital 309 07 309 07 Pauper S a Welsad Services as Deputy Sheriff 50 00 50 00 County B H Florence Detective hire 86 00 86 00 County B H Florance Sheriff ' s fees 261 75 261 75 County B H Florance Telegraph Expense 2 05 2 05 County B H Florance Committments and Discharges 23 80 23 S0 " B H Florence Venire Dist . Court 67 95 67 95 " B H Florence Attendance D C 5 00 5 00 " B H Florance Boarding Prisoners 409 50 409 50 County B H Florance Telephone Expense 17 60 17 60 " B H Florance Attendance County Court 47 50 47 50 " B H Florence Care of Jail 60 00 60 00 County H Reynolds & Co Greeley Hospital supplies 41 00 41 00 Pauper . Miss Paula Olandt Chief .Nurse Greeley Hospital 61 35 61 ,55 Pauper . r 482 • ss ulu Wri ht As�s . Nurs Gree a ospiital 4p 40 REM : . Miss Sam le - Probation Nurse (+rbe a Hospital _!� 00 E� 00 Pauper . P � Miss Cynthia Beck Probation Nurse Greeley Hospital 7 00 7 00 " Miss Niolet Stone do 4 00 4 00 Mary Kirkpatrick Asst . Nurse Greeley Hospital 20 00 20 00 Miss Rena Sample Asst . Nurse Greeley Hospital 38 50 38 50 Pauper . IN THE MATTER OF REPORT FROM a a . THE AUDITOR OF STATE . The following notice of the levies for State purposes for the year A. D. 1907 was received from the Auditor of State and after being read' was ordered spread' upon the records in full , viz: -- OFF I CE OF AUDITOR OF STATE , DENVER, COLORADO . Hon.- Chas . Davis , Clerk of Weld County . Greeley, Colorado . st ), Dear Sir: -- At the meeting of the State Board of Equalization, held October 15 , 1907, the following tax was ordered levied for the year 1907. : For State Purposes (General Revenue and Interest on Bonds - 1 17/20 mills on the dollar. For Mute and Blind - - - - - 1,0 mill on the dollar . For University 2/5 mill on the dollar . For Agricultural College «- - - - - - - - - - - - - 1/5 mill on the dollar . • For School of Mines - - 1/5 mill on the dollar . • For Insane Asylum - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 1/5 mill on the dollar . For Normal School 1/5 mill on the . dollar . For Stock Inspection 1/15 mill on the dollar . For Capitol Building and Interest on Capitol Building Bonds - 1/2 mill on the dollar . For Insurrection Bonds Sinking Fund - - - - - - - , 1/30 mill on the dollar . • For Casual Deficiency Bonds Sinking Fund - - - - - - - 1/20 mill on the dollar . • For Interest on Insurrection Bonds 1/10 mill on the dollar . . . 4 mills . For Military Poll , $1 .00 on each male inhabitant not exempt by law. (Fixed by Statute . ) • The above rate will be charged against your county on the Grand Total of Abstract of Assess- ment , as certified by your county Assessor to this office , WHEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADJUSTMENT AND EQUALIZATION MADE BY THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Yours Truly, George D. Statler, Auditor of State . The Abstract of assessment as returned by the County Assessor was presented and shows the Grand Total valuation of taxable property in Weld County for the year A. D. 1907 to be $14,769 ,518. and the number of persons subject to Military Poll tax to be 3335. IN THE MATTER OF TAX LEVIES FOR THE YEAR A. D. 1907. The Board now being in possession of all the necessary information in the premises proceeded to make the several tax levies for the year A. D. 1907, and after due consideration it was on motion ordered that the following levies be and the same are hereby made for the year A. D. 1907 upon all taxable property in Weld County, and the County Assessor is authorized and directed to compute and extend the taxes upon the tax roll for 0 said Weld County in accordance therewith, viz: -- For State Purposes as returned by State Auditor ' .004. (4 Mills on the dollar . ) For Support of Schools -- - - - .003 . (3 mills on the dollar . ) For Ordinary County Purposes .0043 (4 3/i0 N ) For Support ' of Poor - .0008 (8/10 " " " " " ) For Road Purposes .0059 (5 9/10 " " " " " ) For Unforseen Contingencies and Casualities .002 ( ,2 . 4118,]. s op cloUar) 1 \ Total .020 (20 mills on the dollar) 4, 483 2 There shall also be levied a Military Poll tax of $1 .00 upon each male inhabitant of the County of Weld over the age of 21 years , not exempt by law. There shall also be levied upon each dollar valuation in the several incorporated cities � and towns a tax for special purposes as certified to this Board by the proper authorities of the following cities and towns , viz: -- City of Greeley - - .020 Town of Ault - - .030 Town of Eaton - - - .034 Town of Evans - - .020 Town of Windsor - - .027 Town of Platteville .020 Town of Ft . Lupton - .015 Town of Erie - - .018 Town of Johnstown - .010 There shall also be levied upon each dollar valuation in the following schooldistricts SI" a tax for the purpose if paying interest caupons and creating sinking funds for the payment of bonds issued by the several school districts , viz: -- School District NO . 4 - 1 mill School District No . 6 — — 2 mills School District No . 8 -- - 3 mills School District No . 16 - - 3 mills School District No . 19 - - 3 mills . School District No . 33 — — 0 mills . ' • School District No . 34 — — 3 mills . School District No . 36 — — 2 mills . School DistrictNo . ' 37 — — 2 mills School District No . 45 — — 5 mills School District No . 48 - - 1 mill School District No . 52 - - 2 mills School District No . 56 - - 2 mills School District No . 60 - - 2 mills School District No . 61 - - mills . School District No . 62 - - 0 mills . School District No . 64 - - 1 mill School District No . 65 - - 1 mill School District No . 66 - - 2 mills School District No . 70 - - 1 mill School District No . 71 - 0 mills . School District No . 98 - - 2 mills . School District No . 101 - 1 mill . There shall also be levied upon each dollar valuation in the following school districts of f the county a tax for special purposes as certified to this Board by the proper officers of the respective school districts , as follows , viz: -- S D NO . 1--.008 S. D.No . 23--.00 r` . S,D.No . 45--.002 S. D. No . 67--.015 S.D.No . 99-- .008 2-- .008 / 24--.006 J 46---.009 68--.008 100-- .0035 3--.007 25--.003 47--.006 69--.008 101-.008 4--.010 26--.012 48---.012 70--.010 5--.015 27 -.005 49--.005 71--.015 6--.018 28-.006 50-. .003 . 72--.005 7--.008 29--.007 51---.006- 73--.007 8--.012 306—.009 52---.015 74--.015 9—. .006 31--.005 - 53--.010 75—.015 10—.010 32•o x.008 54-- .0034 80--.011 11--.004- 33-- .011 55--x.010- 83--.010 12-- .009 34--.015 _ 56--..0154 84--.015 13--.005 35--.004 57-- .002 85--.004 14--.003 36--.006 58-.008, 86---.005 15-- .015 37--.010 59--.007 - 87--.012 16--.010 . 38--.005 60--.004 ' 88--.005 17--.002 39--.004 - 61--.Oo8 ' 89--.008 18--.015 40--.00T/ 62--.002 ' 90--.0055 19--.007 41--.015 - 63--.004- 91--.000 20--.005- 42—.003, 64--.007• 93--.014 21--x.009 43—.006 ' 65- oio 97--.006 22--.007 44--.004 66—.010 98--.015 ✓ I 44, (o / There shall also be levied upon each do lar valuation in The Green City Irrigation District a tax for the purpose of maintenance , operating and current expenses of said district for the ensuing year, and to meet the deficiency in the payment of the expenses of said district heretofore incurred, and as certified to this Board by the proper officers of said district , viz: -- The Green City Irrigation District - - - 243 mills on the dollar . ( .243 . ) IN THE MATTER OF THE LEVY FOR THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT . The Abstract of Assessment for The Henrylyn Irrigation District as . A returned by the County Assessor was then presented and shows the number of acres in said district to be 172! 0 in Weld County and 200 in Adams County, with a Grand Total valuation ( computed at the rate of Ten Dollars per acre) to be $172 ,800 for Weld County and $2000 . for Adams County . The Board now being in possession of all the necessary information in the premises proceeded to make the levy for said district for the year A. D. 1907, and after due and careful consideration it was on motion ordered that the levy for said The Henrylyn Irrigation District for the Year A. D. 1907 be and the same is hereby declared as Twenty-Two ( .022) mills on the Dollar of each and every dollar valuation in said Irrigation District . ' And it is further ordered that the Clerk of this Board notify the Board of County Commission- ers of Adams County, Colorado that ih making said levy: they have included the S. E.4 S.E.4 of Sec . 7, Tp . 1S . , R. 65 West and the S.E.4{ of section 6 , Tp . ' IS. , R. 63 West , all in Adams county, Colorado , and to certify the above rate of levy to said Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, so that the same rate , or its equivalent , may be extended upon the tax rolls of said Adams county against the above described property. , IN THE MATTER OF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION . 71 G' In compliance with an act of the Eighth General Assembly of the State of Colorado , entitled, "An Act to Require' the Affairs of the Several Counties of this State to be conducted from the Revenues derived from the taxation and to prevent the expenses of the county from _exceeding its revenues , " (See Session Laws of 1891, page 111 thereof ) the Board on motion unanimously passed and adopted the following ANNUAL APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF Weld County, Colorado, that there shall be appropriated from the revenues of said County for the next fiscal year the following sums, 4 4 viz: I- - - A , 'For Ordinary County Purposes — — — — — — , 63,408 82 d ' * - , 41 For Support of Poor - - i + 11 ,815 61 N . For Road Purposes - , $ 87,140 15 [ ( ,, For Unforseen Contingencies 4 and Casualities - " $ 29,539 03 rid / ' For Support of Schools - . 1 1.441308 55 Total - - ' $236 ,212 16 + BE IT -FURTHER RESOLVED that ail surplus fees turned into the County Treasury 4 - by the various county offices during the year 1908 be appropriated ,far Ordinary County Purposes . t w - , hhiiii,,__ _.,„ .14iiaii „. 485 72 IN THE MATTER OF ROAD FUND TO BE PAID TO THE SEVERAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS . In compliance with the provi'sio`ns of section 3, Chapter 103, session laws of 1215,5 it was on motion ordered that there shall be paid to the proper authorities of the several incorporated orated Cities and Towns within the county of Weld EIGHT PER CENTUM (8 per cent) of all taxes collected for road purposes from the tax roll of 1907 , upon all taxable property lo- cated within the incorporated limits of said cities and towns . 4 An adjournment was then taken to 9 o 'clock a. m. Thursday , November 7th, A. D. 1907 . Attest: -- Chas . Davis , Clerk . 6O-i/s , Cha man. By eputy 4411ki ` • A 'A j • lI x r ' e 1 f - . r48 r 6th deny of Ietober A. D . 1907 tern. Greeley, Colorado , Thursday, November 7th, A. D. 1907 . . , Pursuant to adjournment of the 6th inst . the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County , Colorado met at 9 o ' clock a . m. with the following members present , viz: -- , Hon. R W 'DeVinny, Chairman . Chas . Davis , Clerk . " E . J. Estes , Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . " S. A. Bradfield , Commissioner . 1 . ' Report of H G Dailey, Road Overseer in and for Road District No , 2 for the month of October , was presented , examined, and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . IN TH MATTER OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS . It appearing to the Board that an overdraft now exists in the General County fund and that there is a balance to the credit of the Contingent fund, it was on notion ordered that Eight Thousand Dollars ( .O00) be and the same is hereby ordered transferred from said Contingent fund to that of the General County fund to reduce the overdraft which now exists in said General County Fund . The following claims were then presented , examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed , viz.: -- By whom claimed For what claimed Claimed Allowed Fund P W Allen, Tress Freight 9 Road Dist . 2 246 40 246 40 Road . H G Dail y R 0 Fees Dist . 2 604 50 604 50 Road . II Minnie Elmer Housekeeper Greeley Hospital 70 90 70 90 Pauper P W Allen % Gray Envelopes % County Clerk 108 00 . 108 00 County F I Ewing D D Atty fees J C 129 93 129 93 County Colorado Telephone Co Phones % County Offices 30 35 30 35 County Harvey Moore & Co Coal % Court House 55 00 55 00 County McCutcheon Hardware Co Court House supplies 3 35 3 35 County Colo . Telephone Co Phone ' Greeley Hospital 4 00 4 00 Pauper Harvey Moore "& Co Coal % Greeley Hospital 34 , 96 34 96 Pauper Colorado Telephone Co Phone % County Hospital 3 35 3 35 Pauper Harvey Moore & Co Coal ', County Hospital \ 24 03 24 03 Pauper H Reynolds & Co Office Supplies 1 15 1 15 County Orchard Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 3 59 05 59 05 Road . Western Lumber Co Lumber 9 Road Dist . 2 54 60 54 60 Road . Geo , D Horne Office Supplies 5 40 5 40 County J F McConnell Livery Sheriff 's office 11 00 11 00 County Greeley Gas & Electric Co Gas '‘ Greeley Hospital 19 35 19 35 Pauper . P W Allen % Phone Co Phone % Treasurer ' s office 6 00 6 00 County Clayton Lumber Co Material % Greeley Hospital 100 75 100 75, Pauper . William Mayhem Coal ', Greeley Hospital 5 25 5 25 " Park Mdse Co Greeley Hospital supplies 11 35 11 35 Pauper Abbott & Evans Greeley Hospital supplies 1 50 1 50 " I 0 Glazier Repairs ' County Hospital 1 25 1 25 Pauper . Baab & Sons Pauper supplies 50 50 Pauper . Park Mdse Co Pauper supplies 10 20 10 20 Pauper . 0 W P & S Co Stationery Supplies 120 16 120 16 County Healey & Wood Court House supplies 1 00 1 00 County M D Spencer Miscellaneous Expense 3 60 3 60 County Western Lumber & Suppl$ Co Lumber % Road Dist . 2 94- $- 92 06 Road . Willard Case Lbr . Co Lumber % Road Dist . 3 • 386 80 386 80 Road , Harvey Moore & Co Feed % County Hospital 5 00 5. 00 Pauper . Mart Briggs Coal ' Paupers 5 00 5 00 Pauper Poudre Valley Dairy Greeley Hospital supplies , • 23 50 23 80 Pauper Macke Grocery do 50 65 50 65 Pauper A W Jacobs do 41 35 41 35 Pauper . An adjournment was then taken to 9 o ' clock a, m. Friday , November 8th, A. D. 1907. Attest : -- 0?914 / , Chas . Davis , Clerk. , airman. By v 1 Deputy . 487 ' 7th day of October A. D. 1907 term. Greeley, Colorado , Friday, November Sth, A. D. 1907 . Pursuant to adjournment of the 7th inst the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County , Colorado met at 9 010106c a. m. with the following members present , viz: -- Hon. R. W. DeVinny, Chairman. Chas . Davis , Clerk S. A. Bradfield, Commissioner . By A. J. Luther , Deputy . e E. J. Estes , Commissioner . • IN THE MATTER OF PETITIONS r + FOR REBATE OF TAXES . The following petitions praying for the correction of certain taxes and assess- mints , reasons therefore being fully set forth therein, mare then presented, and after catefully considering the claim of each petitioner , and being fully advised in the premises , on motion it was ordered that each petition be granted as follows , viz: -- James Conlin Granted a rebate of taxes for the year A. D. 1906 % Excessive assess- ment on the EE S .W.S .W4 Section 25=-4--66 on a valuation of $160 . H F Barksdale Granted a rebate of 1906 Military Poll tax ' Erroneous assessment James Thompson Granted a rebate of taxes for the year A. D. 1906 ' Erroneous assess- ment of personal property on a valuation of $300 . Morris Bros Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 ' Erroneous assessment of Military Poll tax . J Waite Granted a rebate of 1906 Military Poll tax % Double assessment . A E Leake Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 ° Double assessment of 50 ' x 170 ' Part Lot 5 SWe NE* 6--5--65 on a valuation of '$180 . R R Moodie Granted a rebate of taxes for the year A. D. 1906 % Erroneous assess-- ment of Personal property on a valuation of $470 . ,A Thompson, Jr Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Church Property on a valuation of $50 . Martha B Baird Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 % Excessive assessment of Personal property on a valuation of $90 .00 0 0 Oakley Granted a rebate of taxes for the year A. D. 1906 % Excessive assess- *ment of personal property on a valuation of $250 .00 R R Moodie Petition Disallowed Oscar A Sundquist Petition Disallowed . N H Stone Petition Disallowed W W Taylor Petition Disallowed. J Fred Gale % Hotel Granted a rebate of taxes for the year 1906 `G excessive assessment on personal property on a valuation of $250 . IN RE. PETITION OF W. R. ADAMS TO ESTABLISH LOSS OF TAX ) CERTIFICATES #, 603 AND 608, OF THE YEAR 194, AND CERTI— : Order concerning lost Certificates . FICATE #}674 AND 730--143 OF THE YEAR 1908 TAX SALES. } This matter coming on to be heard this Eighth day of November , 1907, on the petition of W. R. Adams , to establish the loss of said tax certificates and to procure an order of this Board for the purpose of procuring tax deeds thereon, and the Board having considered the petition, affidavits , and evidence offered, doth find: 1st: That at the tax sale made by the County treasurer of Weld County, December 9, 1896, for the delinquent taxes of 1895, A M McClanahan purchased the S. E4 of S. E.4 of section 19, Tp . 5 N. , Range 65 West , for $10 .92, and received tax certificate #603; he also purchased lots 9 to 22 4 r48 inclusive of Si of S of said section 19, for $11 .14. That at the tax sale made by the County Treasurer of weld County December 12, 1898, for de- linquent taxes of 1897, said A M McClenehan purchased said Silk of SEk of said section 19, for .. .98 , and received certificate #674, and also purchased lots 9 to 22 inclusive of S- of SW* of said section 19, for $15 54 and received certificates #730-743 inclusive , therefor; that thereafter ` a said A M McClenahan assigned all of the above certificates to E P House by endorsement , dated 1 • February 11 , 1899. 2nd. That on or about March 16 , 1907, and while E P House was the owner of said certificates each and all of said certificates were destroyed by fire which occured in the building owned by _ said E P House . 3rd. That said E P House has assigned to W R Adams each and all of said certificates and all his interest therein by virtue of said tax sale and said assignment to him from A M McClenahan, and W R Adams is now entitled to have deeds jssued thereon as by law provided, on condition that he and said House execute a bond in the sum of *100 . conditioned to hold Weld County harmless in the premises . NOW THEREFORE, It is ordered by the Board of County Commissioners of held County, Colorado , said bond having been filed and approved, that the County Treasurer of weld county issue to said W R Adams , treasurer 's tax deed or deeds for the land above mentioned and described on account of said said tax sales aforesaid, and thatLeounty treasurer 'accept and file this order as his authority for so ~doing in lieu of the surrender of said tax sale certificates found to be lost and destroyed as aforesaid. . The claim of Frank Lobato for services as interpreter in Justice Court was presented, examined and on motion ordered disallowed and placed on file . 'r Report of the Superintendent of the County Hospital for the month of October A. D. 1907 was presenTed , examined and on motion approved and ordered placed on file . The following claims were then presented, examined and on motion approved and warrants ordered drawn for the respective amounts allowed, viz: -- By whom claimed For wiat claimed Claimed Allowed Fund Greeley Sun Greeley Hospital supplies 7 25 7 25 Pauper J T Clough Fur Co Supplies % Greeley Hospital 33 50 33 50 " A H Borgmann ' Labor ', Road Dist . 2 11 00 11 00 Road . G P & L Co Light %6 Co . Hospital 11 10 11 10 Pauper Harvey Moore & Co County Hospital supplies 21 45 21 45 " Harvey Moore & Co Coal % Paupers 9 75 9 75 Neill & ward County Hospital supplies 4 50' 4 50 " Clark & Faulkner Pauper supplies 1 50 1 50 Pauper . IC Stoneburg Witness fees County Court 3 96 3 96 County T E Burns do 3 96 3 96 " Rhode K O 'Brien do 3 96 3 96 County J A Cheeseman do 2 00 2 00 " Lon Anderson do ^ 4 70 ' 4 70 " Henry Baab Interpreter Co . Court 5 00 5 00 " Dr . D L Whittaker Witness fees County Court 4 70 4 70 " Chas B Dyde do 2 00 2 00 " Frank Madden f Clerk of Dist Court fees 300 00 300 00 County MoCutcheon Hardware Co Jail Supplies 4 70 4 70 !1 H C Havenir Juror f e e s County Court 2 50 2 50 " H M Arbuckle do 2 50 2 50 " A W Jones do 2 5r0 2 50 " S H Southard do 2 50 2 50 " 1 J G Graham do 3 10 3 10 " Jas . Tuckerman do 2 50 2 50 " 1 489 _ , , _ , J S Gale Juror fees County Court 2 50 2 50 , County C Randolph do 2 50 2 50 F P Frost do 2 50 2 50 " J Willis Hill do 2 50 2 50 " C B Kimball do 2 50 2 50 " C C Thompson do 4 2 50 2 50 " " Isaac H Jones Livery 16 Justice Court 4 50 4 50 DeRemer & Olson Labor %6 Road Dist . 3 9 00 7 00 Road . Park • Mdse Co County Hospital supplies 17 76 17 76 Pauper McCutcheon & Co County Hospital supplies 8 75 8 75 Pauper . Macks Grocery County Hospital supplies . 48 85 48 85 . Pauper Marks Market do 30 45 30 45 Pauper U T & C Co do 400 400 " Neill & Ward do 4 50 4 50 Pauper J W Anderson County Hospital supplies • 4 45 4 45 " J T Clough Fur Co • do 3 05 3 05 " Harvey Moore & Co do 4 20 4 20 Pauper . Clark & Faulkner do 10 65 10 65 " ' MoMurphy & Behrens Pauper supplies , 5 55 5 55 Pauper . Valley Farm Pauper supplies 1 00 1 00 , Pauper . Greeley Steam Laumdry Laundry % Greeley Hospital 69 20 69 20 Pauper . P W Allen 16 0landt Miscellaneous expense g6 Greeley Hosp . 15 00 15 00 " Edward D Riker Labor as Deputy Sheriff 4 20 4 20 County Van Sickle Livery Livery 'r6 Sheriff ' s office , 2 50 2 50 County Wood & Lorah Livery ,‘ Sheriff ' s Office 15 00 15 00 " E W Langtry - - - . Auto % Depy . Dist . Atty 4 00 4 00 County .. Harvey Moore & Co Coal % Jail 14 44 14 44 County Lofgren Bros Court House and Jail Supplies 6 70 6 70 " Chas I• Colwell • Water Commr . Dist . 1 22 50 22 50 " Chas E Dyde County Physician 61 25 61 25 Pauper Dr J A Weaver Assistance g6 Pauper 10 00 10 00 Pauper . Dr . W F . Spaulding Assistance % Pauper 10 50 10 50 Pauper . D J Horton - : County Phys i c i an . 40. 00 39 00 C H Bragg Express 36 Pauper 1 00 1 00 Pauper . D J Horton • County Health Officer 11 50 11 50 County Van Sickle Livery Livery ° Sheriff & Coroner . . 9 00 9 00 County C M Rose - Assistance % ' Sheriff ' s Office 5 00 ,5 00 County Chas B Dyde County Health Officer 51 00 51 00 County Dr . D W Reed . P M, Examination 10 00 10 00 " Geo H Young , Rope % Road Dist . 3 8 85 8 85 Road . Robert Eckhardt Labor % Road Dist . 3 1 00 1 00 Road . A E Whitter Labor % Road Dist . 1 4 00 4 00 Road . Levi Mitchell Labor % Road Dist . 1 48 25 48 25 Road . N H Stone Labor % Road Dist . 1 2 00 2 00 _ Road . D W Carr Blacksmithing % Road Dist . 1 7 00 7 00 Geo W Brown Tile % Road Dist . 2 23 00 23 00 Road . R F Copes- Labor 6 Road Dist . 1 24 00 24 00 Road . A W Jacobs - County Hospital Supplies 23 93 23 93 Pauper . F J Rocho Pauper supplies - 11 57 11 57 Pauper . • E G H Kirt s Pauper Supp li e s 5 50 5 50 Pauper . Wm Hall Thompson Reporter Coroner ' s Court 10 00 10 00 " Convent of Good Shepard Care of Inmates 50 00 50 00 County Sachs Lawlor M & M Co Office Supplies 12 75 12 75 " C E Southard Atty fees County Court 10 00 10 00 " Chas B Dyde •Witness fees County Court 2 00 2 00 County Thos Devenport Juror fees County Court 2 50 2 50 County W E Culver do 2 50 2 50 " P F Davin do 2 50 2 50 " F P Frost do 2 50 2 50 " J Max Clark do 2 50 2 50 " W H Rice 4 do 2 50 2 50 " J Willis Hill do 2 50 2 50 " C C Carrell do 2 50 , 2 50 " T H Dinsmore do 2 50 2 50 " H M Williams do 2 50 2 50 " J P Nauman do 2 50 2 50 " A W Jones do 2 50 2 50 " . P F Davin do 2 50 2 50 " M A Lyons do 2 50 2 50 J Max Clark do 2 50 2 50 " A S Eaton do 2 50 2 50 " T W Rayburn do 2 50 2 50 " C Randolph do 2 50 2 50 " Chas G Lofgren do 2 50 2 50 " Orchard Lumber Co Lumber % Road Dist . 3 45 S0 45 S0 Road . John H Behrens do 163 67 163 67 Road J H Rhoads Justice fees 9 35 9 00 County • Dr . D L Whittaker Witness fees J C 27 10 3 10 County Fred Schriner do 3 70 3 70 " T A Fischer do 3 70 3 70 " W -L Davis do 3 70 3 70 " Lamar Hubbs do 3 70 3 70 " Miss Alice Schriner do 3 70 3 70 " Hello