Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-20
Commissioners Proceedings.


PhillipsbUrg, Kansas, June end, 1880.
The Board Of County Commissioners of Phil
lips county meU pursuant TO law, as q Board Of
equalization; present Messrs. Fisher, Hahnen-
kraft and Ham.
Board called to order by Chairman Fisher
Inc forenoon session was occupied III listening
to the grievances Of various tax payers and in
cXamining the assessment rolls.
On motion adjourned until O'Clock p. N.
O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment present
as before.
On motion the item of S2.3S (iudgmentsD as
sessed to James l. Strong. OF Crystal township,
was ordered stricken from the roll.
On motion the item OF S52 (persOnaI property
assessed TO y. BOSankO, Of Sumner township,
was ordered stricken from the roll.
ON motion the personal property assessment
OF WIn. meme, OF rum JOWnSnlp,i was reduced
to the sum of IS, on account of the property hay
ing been destroyed by fire.
On mOJiOn the value OF the improvements on
lots 10 and q, block c, range 6, City of kirWin,
was ordered stricken from the roll, the same
having been destroyed since listing by the as
On motion the following changes were made
in the assessment of mill property, viz: Marvin
Mill, raised from 81, POO to $1,000; Smith s. Ry-
nearSOn, lowered from 8, OPP to $4,000: Logan
Mill raised from 81 200 to 1000; Long Island
Mill, lowered from 81. 600 to s.. 600.
On motion changes were made in the valua-
ton OF certain tracts of land in the following
townships, tO-Wlt: Beaver, Granite, and Phil
upSDug City, as VIII appear more fully by the
nOtatIOns made on the several rolls.
On motion adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing.
10 O'CLOCK A. NJ, JUNE BIRD, 1890
Board Teconvened, all members present.
Morning session spent in looking over the as
SCISSORS returns and the valuations Of real estate
On motion adjourned until 1 o olock p. IN.
O'CLOCK p. NJ.
| On motion the assessments on real estate in
/ the following townships were changed as fol
/ lows: Crystal township, raised 10 per cent:
/ PhIlpSburg twp. lowered 10 per cent; DAYTON
! twp, raised 10 per cent; Arcade twp, raised 10
/ per cent; Prairie View twp, raised 80 per cent:
/ Walnut twp, lowered 10 per cent; PIafnview
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/ 10 per cent: solomon twp, raised u per cent:
! Logan twp, raised . per cent; Mound twp, raised
! On motion the clerk was instructed that in
/ carrying out the changes in assessments he
/ might vary from the actual rate per cent OF
/ change sufficient to make the valuations even.
/ Balance Of afternoon session occupied in look
/ ing over the assessment rolls, and on fully con-
SldeTlng the matter IL was decided Jhal JuSIlce
/ could not be done to-day and on motion ad-
/ jOurned until Monday, June 9th, at O'Clock
/ a. m.
Monday, June 9th. 1890.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present
] as before
On motion the personal assessment Of Jane
! Morton OF Freedom township was ordered strick-
on motion it was resolved that the Board in
/ spect each property statement before fixing the
! equalization
! sOnal property assessments
On motion adjourned until to morrow morning.
Tuesday, June 10th, 1890.
! Board recOnVeued pursuant to adjournment.
/ Present MeSsrs Hahnenkraft and Ham
/ Entire day occupied in equahzing-
Adjourned until tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, June 18th, 1890.
Board FeCOuvened. Present as before.
The day spent in eQualiZlng personal property,
and on motion the following changes were made
in the assessments as returned by the assessors:
! Arcade township, horses and mules raised y per
cent cattle raised 20 per cent; Crystal, horses
/ raised 20 per cent: Dayton horses ralsed 20 per
/ cent: Long Island, cattle raised 10 per cent;
PiainvieW- horses and cattle raised 20 per cent:
/ Plum, horses raised per cent, cattle raised 20
per cents Prairie View, cattle raised 10 per cent
/ Solomon cattle raised 20 per cent? sumner
horses and cattle raised per cent; IOwaudas
horses raised 40 per cent. cattle raised 20 per cent
mules raised 80 per cent; Valley cattle raised lU
( per cent? " alnUt, horses raised per cent
In the following townships horses were raised to
range from SO TO $50 cattle from s. TO $40, muies
from SO TO so viz: Beaver, Belmont, Bow
Creek, Crystal lcattle and mules Oulyl. Freedom,
GleuwOod, Granite, Greenwood, Kir8iH and LO-
gan.
STATE or Kansas, SO
4 Phillips County 5
/ l. 8 Barnes, County Clerk in and for thC
comfy and State aforesaid. DO hereby certify the
above and foregoing 10 be eOrreCt record of The
/ proceedings Of the Board OF Commissioners Of
/ eofd county sitting as Board OF EGuIiZatfDu-
/ Witness my hand and the seal ef said county
/ at my Office. this 11Uh day OF june fS9sl-
FSFAT7 j. s. BARNES.
County Clerk.