The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-04-18
on road certificate he having
paid his taxes III cash.

on road certificate he having
paid his taxes iii cash.
On motion the sum of eleven and
75-100 dollars was refunded Eugene
Deans, this sum having been paid
on the nw4 Of section II, township
129, range 4S, the title of said lands
remaining in the US. government
up to Dec. 4, A. d. 1888.
A petition was presented by O..
K. Ulsaker, praying that the inter-
est and penalty accrued against the
parsonal taxes assessed against O
N Olegaard be abated, he having re-
ceived the taxes from Ole N Ols-
gaard by way of an error which oc-.
Cured through the simmilarity of
names.
The petition was accepted and
the abatement made according to
petition.
On motion the taxes assessed
against the nwl of section 2. town
ship $50, range 49. was ordered
abated for the year 1883, as the
lands so assessed are held as treeclaim
On motion board adjourned to
8 O'Clock m April Sth 1884.
April Sth, 1884, 9 o'clock a IN
board called to order. Members
present Messrs John N Deans
Frank E Davis and Theo Doerr,
county commissioners, and Fred. E.
Stauff, county auditor.
The petition submitted by the
Wahpeton Water company was read
and after due consideration, ordered
to lay it on the table.
The petition signed by w II Nc
Cam and others, asking that town
ship 1876, range 50, now included in
the school township of Sheyenne be
organized as u district township,
was laid over to next meeting and
the clerk instructed to notify the
supervisors of said township that
action will be taken at an adjourned
meeting.
a resolution of the chamber of
commerce asking the county COM
missioners to employ two experts
and have said experts investigate
the financial condition of the county
was read and the following pream-
Die and resolutions unanimously
adopted
Whereas, resolution from the
chamber of commerce of Wahpeton
was presented to the board of county
commissioners requesting them to
employ two experts to make a full
and thorough examination of the
receipts and disbursements of the
county funds since the organization
of the county therefore:
Resolved by the board of county
commissioners of Richland county.
First, that in order to have such an
Investigation Of any public benefit
OF utility to the county, it would be
necessary to commence at the be-
ginning and 60 step by step and
prove the balances as they go along.
thereby taking a large amount Of
time, and necessarily entailing q
large expense Oh the county, which
the present condition of the general
county fund does not warrant.
Therefore, the commissioners do not
feel at liberty to incur the above
expense unless authorized so to do
bya maj ajority OF the legal voters of
the county, and then must have the
power to raise the money to defray
the said expense; and be it further
resolved: That If the chamber of
commerce of Wahpeton or the citi-
zens Of the county wish to investi-
gate or employ experts to investi-
gate at their own expense or the
voters by u vote give the commits,
sioners legal power to raise the money
to defray the expenses, that the
commissioners and the county
auditor will gladly and willingly
grant them all the facilities in their
power SO to do, and will also give
what time and labor they can to
further the same; and be it further
resolved:
That the records Of the county
are all public records, and the citi-
Gems Of the county are invited to
examine the same to their entire
satisfaction.
On motion Mr.. Frank e Davis
was appointed a committee to in
vestigate bill presented by Mr. NJ
Stevens. A consultation was held
with the several town assessors
elected tending to secure uniform
assessment in the county.
On motion board adjourned to
Wednesday, April 9th, A. D. 1884.
9 o'clock a IN.
Wednesday morning 8 o'clock a M
board called to order. Members all
present.
Mr. Davis, the committee appoint
ed to examine the bill presented by
Mr.. Stevens, reported in favor of
allowing fifty-six and 57-100 dollars
in payment in full, the sum of
eleven and 26-100 dollars ordered by
Oliver & Mackie and enormously
charged to Richland county, was
deducted from said bill.
The following resolution was ac-
cepted and adopted: Resolved, that
the county treasurerbe requested to
pay the coming court expenses for
jurors and witnesses fees, on the
clerk of the courts certificates prop
erly sealed, and that the county
treasurer make a report Of such ex-
penditures to the county board
at their next meeting for adjust
ment.
On motion the taxes assessed
against thsssW4 of section 8, town