Show loan affy routine business transacted D the board of county commissioners met in regular cession monday and transacted the following business petition from D H christensen superintendent of county schools rec om commending mending that an assessment of one and one half mills on the dollar be allowed to aid in the support of the county schoos for 1897 8 petition accepted and filed tthomas tew made application to the county for help in behalf of hannah earl ot ville referred to mr bullock to invest ite john E hsieh and sixty others asked that the county aate 50 to mrs ellen St ranzo who is undergoing an operation at salt lake for a cancer forty dollars was appropriated for that purpose A petition from jos madley and 24 others asking for the appointment of fieo B ash as fruit and tree inspector for utah county was tabled J B alark and 60 others asked that an appropriation be made for ane grading and graveling of three fourths of a mile of road on provo bench just south of pleasant broye tha petition was tabled G F bowen constable of spanish fork asked for a branding brandi rg iron with which to brand all animals eold under the law the commissioners were authorized to furoiani furo iati branding irons to all constables in their districts to be used such purpose arb jos treloar al the sioux mine asked for a school near the mine the matter was referred to mr perry the report of the justices of the peace of the different precincts were referred to the county attorney the county clerk reported paid oat in bounties for quarter ending march 31 1897 ellen jakeman reported upon illegal school money collected and disbursed total refund id is the sum of was appropriated for the school fund to reimburse the general fund of the county for school taxes col lecter and disbursed the county treasurer reported 75 centa on band ot the 10 contingent fund james A bean asked a remittance of excess taxes paid in 1896 not granted conaty clerk thomas asked the appointment of roae young aa copyist tabled county assessor mercer asked for an appropriation of with which to pay bis deputies tabled mr mercer repot tel on the contingent fund which was balanced accepted and ordered filed the clerk asked foi blank tax deeda and was authorized to secure blank mrs mary mccune asked support from the county the matter was referred to Mr Bullock with power to act david openshaw was allowed 60 per month cour adjourned to wednesday april ath |