The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1881-11-04
Voters OF Grant County.

City to Milbank, aud we wish you to
give these facts your careful consid-
Grafton.
In the first place it is acknowledged
by every one that a removal Of the
county seat to Mlbank will necessi-
tate the erection Of county buildings
q an additional expense ut from SIS
600 TO 100000. and the question is can
the county al the present time afford
70 hu,ld these. Jet US look at the
financial condition OF the county for
an answer to tuiS question:: About
| the 2nlh Of October a care rul cyami-
! i tuH, OF the cruutv books presented
! l'lr 1i>2g getrble fact that the county
Of Grant was &2l, ,47l.56 IN debt, Sla,-
j Gl3.E7 Ct tusS has been contracted III
/ the u ne months since Jan. lst, 1881.
| These a.e otaiiIuo T.lctS. Snce these
! f~Urcs wele added up a2other session
/ OF the Board OF Commissioners have
added :. | ,50O to the above amount.
| For his enormous expenditure of the
ml'1.c fnads the county has nothing
w.tatey TO slow. with the exception
OF half dozen small bridges, which
should not have cost One-QuaTter the
alNtuMt This ecklcsS and eXtrava-
CANT expenditure has 50 ruined the
county credit that the banks OF st.
/ Paul refuse to cash the county war
rants, and extra taxation will have to
be reso Ted to, to pay the running eA.
penses O, the county. These same
!. men who have more than thrilled the
cuunty debt III nine months are ask,
Ing that the county seat be removed
!, Sd That they will have the handling o.
the necessary funds for the erection OF
county buildings.
Are the tax payers Of the count,
willing that these men should he en-
trusted with the erection Of publi
buildings, when they have alre2d'
!. sunk the county 50 deeply II debt
, and have nothing to show for It. III
/ county is new, the people are poor
G and they are unable TO stand III
heavy taxation which they will !
) called upon to pay, Il the county sea
il removed. Are you willing % er
trust the Board Of Commissioner
with this important business, Whe
they have proved themselves reel
lessly e1trayagant and dishonest.
: Are you willing to pay $50 ia
= when vou now pay So for the sake
enricilin. these men and having coul
ty buildings in Nilba.k.
o Are you willing to increase Il
4, heavy burdens Of taxation, and nlal
+ the county m.der al enormous del
y which it will never be able TO pay.
If YOU are not willing to heap anc
Il Yourselves these burdens We asK x
ys to leave the county seat whore It
Of until we are better able to bear an !
h creased taxation.
Ill Farmers who live nearer Mllhai
10 than Big stone CITY, We ask yeil he
on much il will benefit you to have q
Id county seat removed to the form
he place' Will it benefit you three tim
er the amount of taxes yon pay ca
,h wear, It is d question Of collars q
cents. in which every one who Pa
ht taxes is interested.
"a Remember that the county IS
i ready in debt over $4,000. and II
he the people are not prepared 10 Ia
:. This enormous amount increased.
- DO not he deceived by the rep
.as that the people Of Milhanh VII err
- buildings for the county. Ihey ol
- wish to get your vote, and When y
- is obtained the tax payers OF
WI county Will have to foot the hllls.
Remember that if you vote
rth Milbank YOU vote to have your tr
,a,, maJp three times as much as theS
at present, and you vote TO nave
leil cnnnty debt more than doubled.
60 These are facts which we submit
lie yo,lr careful attention aud ask YOU
.i.h tax payeis Of the county 70 !
down the removal OF the county :
- Before you deposit Your ID
iii. next Tucsday. figure out no" ~