Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-21
COM MISSIONERS MEET
The Regular Quarterly Meeting of the
Hughes County Board of Com
miSsiomcrS.
A Good Batch of Bills Ground Out and
Other Business of Interest
Transacted.
Contracts for Keeping the Poor Farm
Were Lctto II. +. Gregg. of
Blunt.

Office OF county auditor. Hughes county
south Dakota, April i. lso9. 10 O'Clock
a. m.
Commissioners meeting. Present John.
+. Hughes Absent j. c. Eager. John
Launhlin. j. II. Gould and y. Il. West
over. No quorum present chairman ad
iourncd meeting until April ). 10 o'clock
Il. III.
April ). 10 o'clock a. m.
Present John +. Hughes. other men,
bers of the board absent. Meeting adj
iourned until AprilG
April 6. 10 o'clock a. m.
1l'rcscn, John + Hughes. j, c. Eager,
John Laughln. j. II. Gould and n. Il.
| MISSIONER. Minutes of previous meeting
read and on motion same We're APP
| proved.
The board then proceeded with coMSid-
GRAFTON of the business before them.
lao'clock noon board adjourned until :.
O'Clock p. M.
| aociock p. III.
| Board in session. county superintendent
met with board in consideration of pcli-
|
Shipley and Others praying for division
! of DcGray township into two independent
districts Matter continued over to April
= for fuller consideration.
Board adjourned until April :. 10 O'Clock
a. m.
April :. loo'clock a. m.
Board rcasscmblcd. All members pres
| cnt.
The following resolution was offered:
Rcsolvcd--That the three public places
designated within the county for the
sale Of personal property, under tore
closure of mortgage. be as follows, viz:
In iron, of the court house in the city of
| Pierre. In front Of the poStoice on
Main stree, in the town of Blunt and in
| front of the poSlo1icc OH Main street i'll
the town of Harold.
| Bids for maintenance of county poor
farm for year ending April i. 1893
opened and were as follows:
T. =. Gregg for care of poor farm $42a:
for board of poor b. cents per day. a.
| O. Clapp for care of poor farm 500: for
board of poor 37i4 cents per day. Amos
board of poor 80 cents per day. 1t was
moved that +. =. Grcgg'S bid be accepted
\ vote being taken Commissioners Laugh
lin and Gould voted aye, and Commissions
ers Wcstovcr and Eager voted nay: Chair-
man Hughes voted aye and ordered the
contract awarded to T. p. Gregg.
Petition was presented signed by Isaac
NJ. Adams and Others praying for the
location Of a road to commence at Il bridge
between Pyne's mill and the village of
Canning. in Hughes county running TO
Pvne's mill thence following Medicine
creek on west side to section line between
>cctionsa - and .6 thence across northeast
/, section 26 and across northeast a
northwest I, of section % to north section
Inc of 5 id section 70 thence in q practi'
able route on section line ives, between
sections % and 20 TO connect with Pierre
road All in township Iii. range -
Owing to oral objections of George Nj
Coats the petition was laid over for fur
Their consideration.
Statement, and affidavit of +. G.. Fisher
showing ailiant TO have been wrongly as
ScSscd for poll tax in Brtton and Harold
townships for year 1851 and same havin:
been paid ION motion it was ordered that
rebate order be issued for 81 to said L. G.
Fisher
On proper showing being made, tina
assessor had rot given proper credit 70
tree culture to +. A. NleinShmidl on as
sessment of southwest quarter Of section
IA township ll2 range &c said asse>smcn
was ordered Cancelled and new assessment
: ordered made by treasurer
t a petition was presented signed by Gee
5 w. Harris and others for location of
Y road TO commence at east line of townShi
i, llO.rangc IS and running through section
), IS. II, lG and %. township 10. range Z,
thence in an castcrly direction to Mcdi
cine creek, thence soulheaSterly al IN
foot hills to intcrscct with north lin
section 81. township Ito. range rs. theme
due east on said line as near rs practicabl
u to Chappclc creek. There being proof {
notlces being posted in accordance wit
IS 1hclaw. on motion the board appointc
X the following persons as viewers: job
e Woods, NJ. c. Rousseau and Z. SIMPLE,
: with instructions to employ surveyors.
e Board adjourned for recess until
;, O'Clock p. m.
=, 2o'clock p. II
:" Board reascmbIcd. All members pre-:
cnt.
% Upon further consideration of pctitio
=, of Isaac NJ. Adams and others for loo;
= ton of road, the board appointed u
- following persons as viewers: Richal
Is Brown, Chas. $. Lee and Isaac Burton.
} Upon statement and allidav
lie of j. IL. VanSaun show
w ing assessment of personal property
st Webster township for the year 1888 assc
J. ment on same property for said year ha,
y ing been made in Canning township III
!, tax paid. On motion it was ordered th
:: tax extended for Webster township Their
- on to the amount of S1S.23 be Cancelled
~ On proper showing of j. l.. Kcyes TIL
at he was resident of Stanley county in ii
to year 1891, and having paid assessment
81 poll tax in Hughes county for the st
year, on motion rebate of said tt