Show farmington FRACTIONS county court met in adjourned session april 1896 being full board present Bli minutes of session held april ard 3rd we were r e ie read a id a and 1 rid apro approved the matter of the lie petition of thomas evans et aar al asking to have the ath school district divided and a new district formed was taken up and hearing proceeded proof of publication of notice of time and place for foil bea learing filed and approved petition was read also a remonstrance from alexander dawson and twenty others was read and filed thomas evans joseph S king christopher weaver and others were beard in support of the petition the former protest filed march 1893 was read george W green asked permission to lave have his name dame and that ot 0 his son withdrawn from the protest john obrien elias adams alex aiex dawson and others were heard beard in behalf of the remonstrance george W green asked that the division be made on the following lines bri beginning ginning at the NE corner of the NW I 1 of section 3 tp 4 yorlli range I 1 west thence south to the center of section 15 thence east half mile thence south a little over a mile to the school district line between school districts eight and nine on motion of selectman hatch the hearing was closed and the matter ta taken ell under advisement until afternoon session SESSION on oil motion of selectman rock hock wook the petition of thomas evans was granted und iud it il was ordered that thai ill all that portion or of tile the ath school district lying west ot of the following lol lowing liue line to nil lift beginning at the llie NW corner of the ibe NE J of section 3 tp ill 4 north range I 1 west salt lake me ridia ridi ai 1 running thence south one anti anil a half nilles thence west went one half mile thence south on section liuo line to anti inti till it il intersects llie lite south line of said aid aih school district shall hereafter be known aud and designated as tile the school district and it was further ordered that the special tax levy of two to wills made by the trustees of the ath school district for general school purposes shall ishall be a levy upon all the lie property properly in cadi distich and any uny money remain ill ini on at H ill the end of file he cur rell real t school J avar car shall be divided be tween I 1 be said districts in proportion to the school population in each district and that the us ns and school furniture remain and belong to the districts in which it is now used provided that this order shall not take effect until the day of june the verbal petition of john obrien asking the privilege to change the lines of highway no 14 for a short distance where said highway passes through the NE J of section 10 tp 4 north range I 1 west was referred to selectman nalder with power to grant the privilege the clerk was instructed to list and file all claims for the payment of bounty but to withhold the payment till it can be ascertained what laws have been passed on tho subject on motion of selectman hatch G W roberts was appointed to the office of fish and game warden for davis county for the term prescribed by law on motion of selectman alexander patterson was appointed road supervisor for the the hie sixteenth road district of davis county for the term prescribed by law george W green supervisor of t lie seventeenth road district reported I 1 that the surveyor bad retraced the lines of a portion of highways 42 no 1 and 15 in layton precinct and that the fences of henry ellis and john young were found to be upon highway no I 1 and the fences of henry ellis ellia john burnett the eighth school district J H morgan E P ellison mrs alice A white sides and john D craig were upon highway no 15 and that the fence of S H nalder was encroaching on highway no 16 and asked for instructions the supervisor was instructed to serve the parties with notice that their fences are upon the road and request them to remove the same and report to the court in case the parties refuse to move their fences the petition of hector W haight and eleven others asking that the lines of the eighth school district be changed and run as follows beginning at the lite NE corner of section 10 tp 3 north range I 1 west running thence south rods thence west xo 0 rods thence south rods thence west on oil south line of b ec 1 one 10 and 19 to lake shore thence northwesterly north westerly along like lake shore bhore to the present eighth school district line was read and the hearing of the same set fol foi monday may 4 1896 at 10 a in ca and the clerk instructed ted to give notice CLAIMS ALLOWED G W green toads roads 6 II 11 1 I phillips expense 6 45 moses P I 1 road adams A sons ion co roads briant String liam al 1 D quarantine 1170 tha claim of N T dorler jr coonly of schools to for r services from march to april 2011 presented audi til ed t il and I 1 approved the claim of john Way inan coroner for cost of inquest in the hotly body of joan john getiman li Pe imai timan was presented anti and the clerk instructed lo 10 a forward tle llie claim to the relatives of the deceased for settlement as it is a proper cl charge Large against llie lite estate and not against the county adjourned to monday april NEWS ITENS on an order was made in judge no lapps 8 court ordering tile the clerk and the assenso ad select seventy names from the assessment roll to lo serve as aa grand and petit jurors during the year george C J manning and I 1 eliza reddish took out a license to marry on monday mrs W H bancroft was visiting with mrs A L nichols on tuesday john 31 whitaker will speak in the meeting house next sunday gunday at p in m on the lite very interesting subject edison and his inventions invention home missionaries barnes and stewart of kaysville Kays Ray ville eville and pres joseph F smith weri were the speakers at church sunday city justice king had bad two cases to dispose of in his bis court on monday the first was that of oliver wood vs joaeph manning from the evidence adduced it appeared that a son of the plaintiff went up to mr mannings a to turn off the water that he was using when the defendant slapped him mr manning was taxed 5 and costs which amo amounted anted to nearly 10 As soon as the above trial was finished mr Mann int had mr wood arrested on a charge of using abusive language profanity and attempt to assault A jury trial was demanded and T J steed walter Ramp rampton tou jesse jeese smith 4 and john priest em paneled ai as jur ors ore the jury had some difficulty in deciding the lite matter as a technical question which they could not solve upon winch which the case hinged arose but finally acquitted the defendant the rhe part that puzzled the jurors was whether the testimony of a mans wife could lie be taken as evidence in a case where he is interested as in this case mrs manning being befog the chief witness for the plaintiff the regular opening of the dummy T lake resort we are informed formed in ba has been postponed to may however the closing exercises of the public schools of the county are to be held there on this the some rich specimens of gold ore have been found in the mountains est east of here recently which greatly encourage the mining fraternity |