Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-01-30

Sec. 6. It appearing to the satisfaction Of
this board by afhdavit and from the inspection
Of the records that the 8 y OF y w \ Of section
Is and the N u OF the N w \ Of Sec. y Twp. O.
Range so formerly belonging to Swan johnson
who died in 1873 has beea enormously charged
with delinquent personal taxes Of one Severt
Johnson for 1877. 1878, 1879 1889 and lsss
therefore be It resolved that such personal taxes
be stricken from the tax list Of 1880 where en-
tered as a lien against said land and the county
Auditor is hereby instructed to make the prop
erty entry here Of upon the tax list aud dupli.
cate Of 1890.
On motion board adjourned to meet Jan. Is,
1891.
Elk Point 8. d. Jan. IS. 1891.
The board met pursuant to adjournment mem.
bers all present also the Auditor.
Sec. 81. On motion the school poll tax oil
A. Cottonwood for the year 1886 was order
ed stricken of.
Sec. 6S. On motion the personal tax of Peter
Peterson for the year 1889 was ordered stricken
from the taxes against the following described
| real estate belonging to Peter Peterson Viz: Lot
2of N w y Of Sec. 30 Twp. % Range 40 found IN
tax list Of 1890 but said personal tax to be re.
tanned on said tax list OF 1890 as to Peter A.
Peterson.
Sec. 60. On motion the school poll tax
against II. A. Franklin for the year 1881 was
ordered stricken of.
Sec. 70. The personal taxes against John
| McGraw for the year 1877. 1873 and 1879 was
| ordered stricken from the tax list as having
| been enormously assessed.
Sec. II. On motion the following named
persons were appointed member OF the board
Of county commissioners Of insanity Viz: E. W.
Miller atty appointed for two years and A. b.
Halves Md. appointed for one year.
Balance of day spent In making settlements
with road Supervisor.
On motion the board adjourned to meet Jan.
IS. 1891.
Elk Point s. ID. Jan. 10th 1891.
The board met pursuant to adjournment menu
bers all present also the Auditor.
Sec. q. On motion the county Auditor was
| instructed and authorized to transfer the bal
alce in the treasure salary fund Jan. list. 1891 to
wit: Five hundred and thirteen dollars and
eighteen cents ,s5is. ls) to the county general
fund.
Sec. 70. Or motion the county auditor was
instructed and authorized to change the tax
list OF 1890 so that the s Z i Of n + u now taxed
to II. A. Franklin In school Dist. No. 8 be made
to appear against II. A. Franklin IN Dist. No. %
and that the figures necessary to complete said
change be altered AS to school Dist. No. 3, and
carried out as school Dist. No. %.
Sec. a. On motion 1t was ordered that the
county treasure be Instructed to charge school
Dist. No. 3 with Sl44l now wrongly placed to
their credit on account Of receipt OF taxes col
lected on s 4 y of N f \ of Sec Is Twp. 81
Range 50 from II. A.. Franklin In 1894. 1855. 1886,
and 1889 and the county treasure Is also Instruc-
ted to credit 50. u Of said money to school Dist.
No. % and the remaining e5.a 20 to be refunded
to said II. A.. Franklin. .
Sec. rs On motion the road Petition of VIM.
Lee ct al was taken up and laid over until the
next regular session in April 1891.
Sec. Is. On motion the county treasurer was
allowed one clerk, the salary of said clerk being
fixed at fifty dollars per month.
Sec. II. On motion the tax on the s W i OF
Sec. 4 Twp. 90 Range ~ for the year 1875 against
Peter Callahan was ordered stricken from the
tax list.
Sec ~. On motion the personal tax of AIDE
line Quick for the year 1853 now attaching as a
lein against the west 40 feet Of lot 8 and K Is n.
OF lot 1 all in block u Wilson's addition to the
city of Elk Point be stricken from the tax list.
Sec. 70. On motion the penalty and interest
on the poll tax Of Al. Lutz for the year 1878 and
1879 attaching as a lein against lots 3-4-5 and 6
block IS of Weston & Hoffman addition to the
city Of Elk Point be stricken from the tax list.
See. 80. On motion the penalty and interest
on the personal tax OF Joseph Adams for the
year Of 1879 was ordered stricken from the tax
list.
Sec. 81. On motion the bids Of j. G. and W.
J. Comfy for medical and surgical sert ices for
the county poor for one year beginning Jan. LIST
1881 being the lowest to wit; S9s was accepted
all medicines needed, furnished by said W. J..
and j. q Comfy.
See. 81. On motion one half OF the penalty
and interest on the tax of 1876 aud 1880 assessed
against the s 4 4 Of the S + u OF sectiou2 q Twp.
81 Range 81 was RENTED also one half of the
penalty ana interest on the tax Of 1880. 1882 and
1888 on lots Z and s in block 8 of Carpenters ad-
dition to Elk Point.
Balance of day speut In making settlement
with road Supervisors.
On motion the board adjourned to meet Jan.
II 1891.
Elk Point s. D.. Ian. II, 1891.
The board met pursuant to adjournment mem.
bers all present also the Auditor.
Sec. SO. 1t appearing by affidavit to the sat
~isfaction of this board that the W x OF the N E
I Of Sec. % Twp. 90 Range 50 has been CHROME
ously charged on the tax list Of 1890 with the
personal tax Of one John Olson for 1854 said
Olson. never owning any interest In said land and
that said tract has also been charged errone-
ous.y with the land tax Of 1882 when the same
was duly paid on May II 1884 as appears by the
tax list Of said year. Therefore. be it resolved
that said taxes be stricken OIL the 1890 list as
against such land. and the county Auditor is
hereby instructed to make the proper correc-
ton.
Sec. 81. BE 1t resolved by the board Of Com
mlssioners of Uaion county S. d. In cases where
delinquent personal taxes prior to and incIud-
ing the year 1885 have been brought fOrwad as q
lien on realty in the tax list Of 1850 that the
treasurer II this county be aud is hereby In
structed to receipt in full for such taxes upon
the payment OF the Original amount thereof, pro-
| vided such personal tax Is against y former
owner Of such realty the intention hereby being
to discount the interest and penalty OF such
personal taxes only In cases where such realty
Is now owned by a different person than the one
against whom such personal tax is assessed.
Sec. As, Applications having been duly
made to this board by John w. Ellis for
permission to construct maintain and operate q
telephone line along and upon the public high
way Ut Union county. =. d. as hereinafter more
particularly described therefore. be 1t resolved,
by the commissioners Of Union county s. d. sit.
ting In regular session that said board acting
for and on behalf Of said county grants to said
John w. Ellis his associates successors and a.
signs for the period Of twenty Ave years from
the date hereof permission and to construct
maintain and operate n telephone line upon and
along the public Highway in said county run.
ming from the Big Sioux bridge near Sioux City
Iowa In Il north westerly direction through JEFF
ferson and Fix Point and thence to the Clay Co
line being the high. way running al0ni
and contiguous to the line OF the Dakota South
ern Railway and generally known as the For
Randall Military wagon road regard being mad
to all changes made in such road the intentiol
hereby being to grant such right over and alonI
all changes III such road as well a. over tn
original road now remaining In use as a publi
highway aud also upon and along the publ
l l.tvl,, a,uv r,,,nlnv fen,c Ylk Dctnt n 20 ~,