The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-04-12

tssi&n well under thep provisions Of this
act, who may feel agEFievsd by this as
ssssmsnt. may at any time before such
tax becomes delinquent, appear before
the board of county commissioners Of
the county in which such assessment was
made and ask to have said assessment,
IS to his property, removed, and said
board shall have the right to raise or
lower his assessment, SO AZ to make 1t
just and reasonable; and an appeal may
be taken from the action of said board O.
In other cases.
sls No member Of any county
board, and NO county officers, whess
lands have been directly assessed under
this act shall act on the board of assess
ment. In case any member of such
board is SO disqalined his place shall be
filled by calling in the sheriff of said
county, or if said sheriff Is 80 disqualified
the county eoroner may act ON said
board.
SO All assessments of benefits under
the provisions of this act shall be upon
the principle Of benefit derived. All de-
soriptiens OF land under the provisions
ofthis act shall be made by giving the
legal subdivision thereof whenever prac-
ticabls and when the tract of land whlsh
Is to be benefited or affected by such
well is less than such legal subdivision,
1t may be described by designation of
the lot or other boundaries, as in some
way by which 1t may be known.
$40 Whenever the mount assessed
for the construction Of any well shall
not be sufficient to complete the same,
and pay all the costs and incidental sx-
penses. Such further assessment shall
be apPcrtioned, assessed, levied and col
lected, as provided la the first instance,
and on the same percentage, and sh all be
collected in one year.
s21 1t shall be tho duty OF the
county clerk to spread on his roll the to-
tai amount of all the we'll taxes deter
mined upon by the board Of assessment,
to be assessed upon any township at
large as a part of the township tax for
the year; and he shall also spread upon
said roll separately and Immediately fol-
lowing the other descriptions. all tracts
or parcels of land specially assessed for
benefits, and shall place opposite saeh de-
scription the amount of taxes spportloaed
thereon for such benefits. All wells
shall be entered separately naming each
well.
sag All taxes assessed under the
provisions Of this. act shall .bs collected
In the same manner as territorial and
other general taxes ars collected, and
collecting. officers are hereby vested with
the same power and authority in the col
lection of such taxes as are or may be
conferred by law for collecting general
taxes. All taxes levied under tho pro-
visions of this act with all lawful costs,
Interests and charges shall be and re
main a pe:pstnal lien upon the lands on
which they are assessed, and q personal
claim against the owner or owners OF
such lands until they are payed.
Sl3 If the taxes levied for the con
structlon of any well are moi paid to the
county treasurer as provided herein, he
shall proceed to sell the said lands for
such taxes, at the same time and In tho
same mannerin every respect az in tho
case of any other tax and with like
effect.
s24 Tho a~rtesian well commission
or and the members of tho board of as
sessment herein provided for, shall re-
ceivs for their services o sum not to ex-
coed three dollars q day actually and
necessarily spentby them in the dis
barge Of their respective duties as here
inbefore described. All expenses, ex-
oept on contract for constructing said
well or such water courses shall! be paid
out OF the general fund of the county on
the order of the board of county com
m%issioners. as other claims against tho
county are paid, said fund to be rc.im-
bursed out of the first money collected
under the provisions of subdivision 1 of
Section 10 of this act.
ss5 1t shall be the duty of the at
torney general to draft a complete set of
all tho blank forms that may be re.
CURED under this act and county clerks
are authorized, and 1t shall be their duty
to procure at the expense of their respeo.
tive counties, the necessary books and
blanks 70 fill out the provisions of this
act.
SEQ No payments shall be made to
any person contracting to construct OF
sink sn artesian wsll or any water way
theretrom under tho provisions Of this
act except as follows: Ons-third Of the
amount to be paid for the entire perform
anee of the contract may be paid when
one-third of said work is done. one-third
of said amount may be paid when two
thirds of said work is complete, but the
balance OF said amount shall not be paid
until said contract has been fully som
pleted and the work accepted and sp-
proved by the srtesian well commits
%sioner. The said payments shall be
made in the following manner: The con.
tractor shall make out a statement of the
amount claimed by him to be due under
his contract and il correct it shall
be approved by the artssian well com.
missioner, whose duty 1t shall be to ex
anime the work lone under said con.
tract. Said claim. SO approved, shall be
presented to the board Of county com
%missioners and If correct they shall is
sue county orders OF warrants upon tn.
we'll fund Of each particular we'll, nam
ing it: provided, that if the assessment,
of taxes for such well have been divided
into installmsnts az provihsd in this act
said board shall rot issue orders pay
able in any one year for a larger amount
than the installmsat for that year, bu
shall draw. IS near as may be, to the
exact amount Of such installment. Wher
such orders OF warrants are presented t.
the county treaauraY for pavnnent If h,