Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-07-21
COMMISSIONERS MEET
The Regular Quarterly Meeting of the
Hughes County Board of Com
missioners.
The Board of Equalization Completes
the Equalizing of This Years
Assessment.
A Good Batch of Bills Ground Out and
Other Important Business
Transacted.


Office of county auditor. Hughes Coun-
ty, South Dakota, Pierre, South Dakota,
July 5, 1892.
Board Of county commissioners for
Hughes county met in accordance with
law. All members present.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
On motion made and carried, board
adjourned to organize as board ofequal-
ization.
Board adjourned to July 9th. 1892, a,
10 q. m.
County board Of equalization of Hughes
county, South Dakota
The members Of the board Of county
commissioners together with the
county auditor, after having each
taken an oath fairly and impartially to
perform their duties as members OF said
board, did then and there in session: pro.
coed TO examine and compare the returns
and assessment Of the property Of the
several cities, towns, villages, civil town
ships, and the unorganized portion Of
Hughes county, all OF which had been re-
turned by the various assessors thereof,
and did proceed TO equalize the same in
accordance with law. There being no
complaints or grievances filed before said
board, on motion said board adjourned
until July 9th, for further consideration.
July 6, 10 o'clock q. IN.
Board of county commissioners con-
vened. All members present.
On motion board adjourned until July
:, 1Oo'clock.
Board of equalization convened and
further examined and compared the
assessment of Hughes county.
Board adjourned for recess.
AT O'Clock p. N. board of equalization
reconvened and proceeded with COMPARE
son OF assessment.
Board adjourned until July 9TH. 2
O'Clock y. m.
July :, 10 o'clock.
Board Of county commissioners assem-
bled.
Business matters Of past quarter placed
before them for consideration.
The Pierre Democrat having ceased
publication, on motion the PIERRE TINES
be chosen as official paper of Hughes
county. and on vote upon said motion,
carried.
Upon petition presented, and on aifida-
wits in support thereof, the following taxes
were by the board ordered cancelled:
Geo. +. Rhodes, personal tax 1901. 800 40
r. +. Bacon, poll tax, 1ssss9- 9O..... 3 90
Irregular assessment 1891, section
Mrs. Jho. S. White, personal $780,. 80 50
Z. w. Eakin, poll tax, 1891 ......... 90
Geo. Loebker, poll tax. 1890. ....... ! N
Mrs. Hattie Rathmell, personal 1890. IA II
Viewers report of Canning road having
been filed and examined by board, on mo-
ton chair appointed Commissioner Gould
committee TO employ surveyor to lay out
and complete location of road.
On motion John +. Dillon was appoint
Hughes county.
Board adjourned to July s. o'clock p
July 7.2 o'clock p. m.
Board of equalization assembled and
considered further the assessment oil
Hughes county.
Board adjourned to July 9, 10 o'clock a
m.
July S, 10 o'clock q. IN.
Board of commissioners assembled with
all members present.
Board examined the report Of the view
erS of the road commencing at peint ou
| the section line between sections II and
II, township ITO, range 70, 1854 feet south
of north line of said sections and running
south "A degrees, 40 minutes, east 1914 feet
to point on the east and west line run
ming through section IL. thence east l4ls
feet on said east and west line to the
quarter section post on the east side OF
said section l2, according to the plat filed
with said report; said proposed road hsv-
ing been surveyed and surveyors notes
and report and plat OF the same having
been filed with said report.
On motion the board accepted the said
viewers report and declared said located
line public highway.
Board proceeded to examine the court
house as to needed repairs on the same.
On motion the proposition OF Geo. w,
Smith to make the necessary repairs for
the sum of 1903 was accepted, said repairs
TO be in accordance with statement on
file.
Commissioners Laughlin and Gould
were appointed committee to examine
the site for bridge across Medicine
creek on the Rousseau road.
Board adjourned to Monday, July Q, 10
o'clock. a. m.
July 9. 10 O'Clock a. m. 3
Board OF equalization assembled and ad.
journed to July II.
Board Of county commissioners assem-