Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-03
BILLS OF

Presented and referred to committee
on finance and taxation.
Tue following communication from
the city treasurer wat presented read
and on motion referred to committee on
finance and taxation:
Office of City Treasurer, Yankton, d.
t., Feb, Sth, 1SS6-Io the Honorable
Mayor and Council: Yankton d. r.,
Gentlemen:
l beg herewith to enclose q list of real
and personal property charged upon the
FAX list for 1885 upon which the taxes
cannot be legally collected. The list
contains property condemned for rail-
road purposes before the tax became o
lien thereon. Also real estate not fax
able, being used for religious and edu-
%catlonal purposes and in two instances
clerical errors. The personal property
belongs to non-reRidents of the city and
is not nor has it been on or since April
lat, 1885 within the city limits. T would
therefore beg your honorable body to
credit upon the total valuation of real
and personal property in the tax list of
1885 the amount of $40, 920,00.
Very Respectfully,
VIZ. BnATT, City Treasurer.
Committee on finance and taxation
made the following report which on
motion of Alderman Branch was adopt
ed:
Yankton, OAK. Feb. 10Th, lSS6-Te
the Hon. Mayor and Council, Yankton,
ID. L.: Your committee on finance have
fhnrnnOhtu oyopn,ral Il
presented by the city treasurer and af.
ter due consultation with the city at
torney recommend that the request
made be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
l. Piles,
%. Q. DUDLEY,
JAMES GROVE.
Committee.
Committee on waterworks mads the
following report:
Yankton, Dakota, Feb. 20, ISSs-Mr.
Mayor: Your committee on water
works. to whom was referred various bids
Tor sinking en- artesian well in this city,
also bids for cleaning out and sinking
deeper the present city we'll, beg leave
to report that they have carefully con.
sidered all of said bids and would rec.
ommend as followa:
First: We would recommend sinkino
a new well, to be cased with six (6] moi
heavy artesian or salt water casing. ga,5
casing to reach to the bottom OF we'll.
Second: We would recommend that
the bid of Karr & Richey of this CITY for
sinking a six (6) inch well to be cased
with heavy arteslan or salt waite. CASING
for "a 90 per food be accepted, provided
the city can make q satisfactory contract
with said Kari & Richey, as we consider
SAID bid the lowest and best bid for the
following reasons: to-wit:
LIST: The heavy artesian or salt wsts,
casing which they propose to use. we
consider the best, both in price and
quality OF any casing mentioned in any
OF the bids referred to US, and
IND: They do not in their bid reserve
theright to stop drilling as soon as gran.
lite is struck while all other bids ON nau
we'll do. All of which is r~espectfnl,r
JACOB BRAUcH.
A. NJ. ENGLISH.
aldermen Bruce and English came in.
alderman Files moved that the report
Lost.
DiuSe moved "a all bids
on artesian we'll DO rejected and that the
committee on water works with the
assistance of the superintendent ri
water works be instructed 10 prenara
specifications Tor a six inch well and n
provide the city clerk with a COW Of
SAID specifications, and that the citv
clerk be instructed to advertise f.,
sealed proposals in accordance with said
organizations, proposals to be received
ng CITY clerk up to March 18th, 1856. nj
q p. m. Carried. 1o'o' az
Committee on finance and tax.t;on
made the following report, which On
motion was adopted. On
Yankton, Dakota, March l., 1sss-Mr
Mayor: Your committee on finance
and taxation, to whom was referred tb.
reports OF city officers for the month of
January, 1885. and sundry other b:ljs
follows: ss
first--We have examined the renorto
OF city officers fer the month of Jannorv
1856. lind them correct and recommend
that they be placed on file.
Seeond-We have examined the vor
Gus bills IN our hands against the oit,
recommend that they be'allowe5 and
paid as follows:
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