McVay

The board of supervisors of Del Norte County, by unanimous vote of the members thereof, adopted the following resolution: “It being deemed by this board of supervisors that a classification of the patented timber and other lands subject to assessment and taxation in Del Norte county is necessary in order to enable this board of supervisors to promptly perform its duties when sitting as a board of equalization, it is therefore ordered that the County of Del Norte this day enter into written agreements with H. D. Haley & Co. of Portland, Oregon, for the classification of such lands on the terms and conditions as set forth in said written agreements on file with this board which written agreements are hereby referred to, and considered a part of this order and motion; the chairman is authorized to sign for the board of supervisors of Del Norte County, Calif.”

On the same day two contracts were duly executed, one providing for a “cruise and estimate of all timber on such patented lands ... as shall be hereafter designated” by the board and the other for the “classification, topographical survey, and report of such patented lands ... as shall be hereafter designated” by the…