Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-02

-PROCEEDHNGS Of COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
CONTINUED.
rEsrH DAT.
December Goth 1877.
. o'clock a.. IN.
Beard met pursuant to adjournment.
| Preeeut-Com's VIM. Duncan and Clark
Northnp. Chairman.
On motion board proceeded to find out
the Indebtedness Of the county, etc.
On motion board adjourned to meet at
q o'clock q. NJ. 21st inst.
ELEVENTH DAY.
December 2fst 1877.
0-a,clock .. m.
Board met pursuant 70 adjournment.
Prcsent-samc members aud clerk as yes.
tcsday.
Board proceeded to fluid cut the in
debtedness of the couuty, etc
On motion board adjourned to meet at
8 O'Clock q. M. 22d inst.
TWELFTH DAY.
December 22d, 1877.
oo'clock, a. IN.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Same members and clerk present as yes
terday. proceeded TO business.
Liquor license boad of LABEL and
Yefter presented and on motion WIS ap
proved aud license ordered issued.
On motion it is hereby ordered that
LIQUOR licenses be issued in favor Of Jno.
Montgomery, John Munsey and J.. 8. Tel.
lar, said licenses to expire June -, 1878
May 9Th. 1878 and April 9Th, 1878 res.
~peetively.
On motion 400 feet Of plank was allow
ed for a bridge in road Dist. No. 10.
Bridge petition for q bridge across the
Brulc ON the LAwless road taken up and
on motion laid over for the present.
On motion there was allowed 1880 #
Of plank and SO pieces GxS IA feet long
and $50 feet 2x4 and so lbs spikes for 4
bridge in Dist 40.
The following resolution was offered
and adopted:
WHEREAS the safe in the County
| Treasures Office Is deemed unsafe by the
| Co. Commissioners. Therefore it is
hereby ordered that a new burglar q fire
proof safe be ordered from Diebold Safe
and Lock Co, said safe to cost the sum Of
e350.0 90 in warrants as per agreemcn,
with w. E. Cation, agent.
The following report of the financial
condition Of the comfy is submitted by
the committee appointed by the County
Commissioners to examine the records in
tho Office Of Co. Treasurer and Co. Clerk
To the Hon. Board of County Commits
sioners of Union County, Dakota Terrific
~:
We, your committee appointed to ex
anime tina records Of this county in the
clerks and treasurers' office, to ascertain
tho amount Of outstanding warrants a
this date, and to examine the %delinquen
tax Inst. for the purpose Of ascertainins
whether there was any tax carried on t.
said list which had been paid aud nc
counted for by the county traasurers
would beg leave to make the following
report.
fRT.
We iId that in making the tax list 70
the year 1870 the clerk included the per
sonaity with the realty in one amount OF
the list, when the realty should alone hav
appeared and that in another part of til
book. he made q list of the personalt
which was a duplicate Of that which h
had placed on the book, for the same yea
in the other part Of the tax list. w
6nd that when by order of tn
county commissioners in the year 1877
Geo. B. Chase made q transcript Of Il,
delinquent tax lists for the years 1869 x
Al and ~. this duplicate list was inclue
ed with the other delinquent taxes on I'll
Transcript made BY him, and has appear
ed on the treasurers books as a tax again.
the descriptions of reality and again
tie persons named On the personality Ii.
] from that time until the present.
We have examined the duplicate ia
receipts for the years mcn.ioned and ha,
msrkcdlon the taxi lists, and on the deli,
: qnent lists the dates Of payment and Il
number Of receipts, for sucl, tax which "
have found from these duplicate tax r
ceipss, t~oSl,avc been paid. This amour
, Is about 81. 5000 and as near as is poss
bic to assertain, ia all that appeared {
. the delinquent tax lists which should N
have appeared on said lists.
We ind the delinquent FAX for II
( years iS6a-70-7i-72 73-74-75 and 10
amount 70 the sum Of 4ss ,256 IA of viii,
1 e2.000.oe was enormously placed on Il
Delinquent lists. whiel, leaves a bslan
Of 9S0,a66,l4 Of which SCI .276, Il can
our opinion be collected and should
y considered . credit to the county.
r We find that there has been for Il
& years 156S-69-70-71-72-78 74-75 and
the following levies made and warrau
Issued on the County Road aud Bird,
Funds:
Y Amour I Lssied. 1855. er.4ss
ri 1850. 9.aa;
,i - lS7a 80. ......... o.
............... 4 300
M 1S7s.... ... 442,
80 s.52s
q s1g74...........66 2c
s.a.a
q. /" ls7S......... $1,000. a.ass
9 Warrants ISSUED, 1885,. .s4.7sf
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