Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-16
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Official Proceedings Of the April
Session "A. ID. ISSS.

W APAA
Session a. ID. 1855.
Office Board County Commissioners,
Yankten County d. T., Yankton, April
2nd 1S68-Board met pursuant TO statute.
Present commissioners VIVA. FL. Edmunds
chairman, A. L. Peitfer and Ole
Kiildseth. also Fred Kinoel, sheriff, and
Christian Hage, Co.. auditor.
The room of the board being used for
election purposes this day and two OF the
commissioners being absent the board
iourned until next Tuesday, April 10th,
1883 at 10 O'Clock q. M.
Approved: VIM FL. EpMUNDs, Ohm.
Attest: CHRISTIAN HAaE, 90. auditor.
Office Board of County Commissioners
YanktonsC County, D.. 7. Yapkton, April
10th, 18SS-Board met pursuant to I'D
iournment. Present Commissioners VIM.
Il. Edmunds, chairman, Ole Kjildseth,
VIM, Powers, John A. AaBeth and a. IL.
Peiffer. Also county auditor and sheriff.
On motion Ed Palmer, county sur
veyor, was instructed to make and pre-
pare township plats of each and every
township of Yankton county for the use
of county assessor in making his assess
ment list, such plsts to have indicated
thereon the shape and location of every
farm or claim, together with the q
and names of the present owner or
owners and claimants to such several
tracts, provided that the expense of the
making OF said pllts as aforesaid shall
not exceed the SUI of 500.
The county surveyor having been in
siructed by the honorable chairman OF
the board to inspect and examine o GER
tain bridge designated as "the bridge
across the guich near Stearns' school
house" presents his report in writing,
which said report after having been read
and considered ia filed and be the said
county surveyor is. on motion, instructed
~stantial manner and as economically as
is consistent with absolute safety.
On motion the county treasurer is
hereby authorized and instructed to re-
fund to Frank Nedyld, ir., the sum of
1882 the same being taxes for the year
1887, on account OF his %pecuniary diss-
bllity.
The liquor license bond OF Frank
Velinsky for nine months from April LIST.
1888, was on motion approved and he
having paid the requisite license fee of
1928 o license was granted to him for the
three months ending June Both, 1888.
The license bonds of Andrew Ter
wonka and Jacob Knodei having for
merly been approved and are now on file
with the county auditor, they and each
of them having paid the prescribed fee,
o ~.icepse was issued to each of them for
the three months ending June 30sh 1888.
On motion $3.50 on county road fund
was allowed to VIM. Stesrns.
A petition signed by F. P. Hardin, F.
M. Devoe and II offers asking that GER
tain road work be done between sections
I36 and 81, township o. and SO, range 3D.,
was considered. On motion the same was
referred to the county surveyor with
instruction to examine and report the
amount of work necessary to make q
suitable road and bridge.
The board being satisfied that the
taxes paid by Louis Kotz Feb. 4th, 1888,
for receipt No. 1870, for $685., being er-
! roneous in assessment, the treasurer wa
on motion instructed to refund to said
Louis Kotz the taxes on the valuation o.
$4,000 as per said receipt.
On motion the treasurer was instructed
to refund to Eugene Weber the tax OF
a valuation as $4,000 on account O
t erroneous assessment for the year 1887
: on lots In Taylor & Sargent's addition.
On motion the petition of III. Felber
for reduction Of assessment of 1887 wa,
! taken from the table, and after consider
alton the treasurer was on motion in
y ~structed to refund to said Felber, o,
account OF erroneous assessment tn
e taxes paid on the valuation Of 81, 500 90
The county ASSESSOR presents ii
= WtitluS tO tue UOhru tuht tuSEo lb Ill up
parent error in the assessment of the pei
% sonal property Of HI. s. Gamble for tn
year 1887, and that the assessed valua
ton should be $4,000 and that th
d taxes paid in excess of such value
N tion to-wit: $4,000 be refunded; o
motion the treasurer wes instructed {
refund the tax as stated by the assessor
A petition sighed by Wenzlow Smolil
i Frank Soulek aud sixteen others prayin
that \ county road be laid ont, CON
menoing at the CORNER OF sections :
and %, township "a. range 5S, aud Sc,
tions 19 and 80, township "a, range 8
es and runEirg thence sasterly to the COL
m ner of sections % and 81, township 9
st rsnge 81, was considered. On motto
action thereon was postponed until II
next regular meeting. Action oil abe