Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-07-19

ttSTER 1TTf, July y, lSyO.
Board in session as q board Of county
commissioners.
Present; All members and county
auditor.
Bond of John f. Smith, as clerk of the
Circuit court, examined and approved.
Board adjourned until 8 o'clock n. M,
July 10, 1890.
F. A. TowYER, Chairman.
Attest:
{. ". PITCHER, Co Auditor.
FoURTH DAY.
CUSTER Cry, JAY 10, 1890.
Board in session pursuant to adjourn
meut as commissioners.
Present: All members and county
auditor.
Resignation OF Edmund Smith as dis
trict attorney for Custer county, received
and accepted.
There being three applications to fiji
the uneXspired term OF district attorney,
viz: II. ID. Reynolds, w. G. Porter aad
Ed J.. Grantham, a vote was taken, re-
srlting as follows: III. ID. Reynolds 2,
w. g. Porter /.
II. ID. Reynolds having received the
majority of all votes cast was declared
duly appointed TO gil the yycaus-
ed by said resignation of Ed Smith.
Official bond Of H. ID. Reynolds re-
ceived and approved as States Attorney
for Custer county.
Adjourned as a board of county CON-
missloners, TO meet as q board Of equali-
zation July 18th, 8 q. m, 1890.
+. A. TowNER, Chairman.
Attest:
&. w. PITCHER, Co. Auditor.
FIFTH DAY.
CUSTER Cry, July IL, 1890.
Board in session as q board of equali-
cation.
Present: All members and county
auditor.
Reuben Reeves appearing before the
board, and making affdavits that he
was enormously assessed for the year
1887, and stating in said affidavit the
amount ofDersonal property then owned
by him, and satisfying the board that
said statements were true, his valuation
for the year 1887 is hereby reduced from
$2,l46 to 1876, and IL further appearing
upon statement from treasurer of this
county, that said Reeves has paid his
taxes ON the above mentioned valua-
ton, a rebate is hereby allowed said
Reeves OF S4S. 20 on county general fund.
Board adjourned to 8 q. IN. July 18th,
1890.
F. A. TowSER, Chairman.
G. w. PITCHER, Co. Auditor.
SIXTH Day..
CUsTEE, CRY, July IL, 1890.
Board In session pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present: All members and county
auditor.
The following settlement of taxes of
James w. Martin for 1887 Is made:
The injunction suit VS.. Flynn ct. al. is
to be dismissed by stipulation without
costs to either party. The assessment OF
81 horses for 1920, is changed an fol-
lows: Is horses at $50, 5000; 22 horses.
one and two years old, SCI. so, 1905 two
stations are reduced from $1,000 to 5000.
The excess on tree claim, $500, is
added to the assessment.
The assessment on ranch Of James w.
Martin is reduced from $1,000 to S400.
The assessment on ranch to Elsie
Senderson is reduced from $500 TO 500.
The assessment on ranch to Lucy A.
Sanderson is reduced from $1,000 to $500.
Penalty and interest Is rebated. Tax
is to be paid at once.
Joseph Heumphreus. commissioner,
hereby enters protest against the above
settlement of. w. Martins taxes
Holden 4 Stevens taxes for 1857 SCI
tied upon the following basis:
The suit against the county to o
the amount paid under protest for 1887
tax is TO be dismissed by stipulation.
without costs TO either party, upon the
afidavits OF Neil Dennis, John j. Beatty
and George III. Holden, and the other
testimony before the board, the follow
ing changes and adjustment ofsaid taxes
are made: The tax is permitted TO be
settled upon the basis returned by the
assessor, amounting Ia S2o2.70, and the
penalty and interest is related in rom
slderation that an offer to pay this
amount into the treasury was refused
before penalty and interest. world nj.