Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1894-05-11
The Farmers eader
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
A Report of Proceedings for Slro Adjourn
ed April Session.

ed April Session.
Adjourned April session. Friday April 9Th,
A. D.. 1894.
The board OF county commissioners Of Lin
coin met ut the auditors office in the city Of
Canton, 8. D., on Friday, April 9th, A. D., 1894,
pursuant to adjournment.
There we're present commissioners Carlson,
Wait and Thompson and the county auditor.
Called to order by the chairman.
The time having arrived for the consideration
Of petitions for change OF boundaries of school
districts, the board took p recess until Ave
o'clock.
The board OF county commissioners and the
county superintendent OF schools Of Lincoln
county, South Dakota, as provided under chap
ter 3, section of amended school laws OF 1893,
met in the court room at Canten, South Dako-
ia, Friday. April 9th, 1894, pursuant to ad-
journmeat.
Present commissioners Carlson, Wait and
Thompson. also Sup't. H. B. Lund.
C. A. Carlson elected chairman.
H. B. Lund elected secretary.
The consideration Of petitions and renon-
strances in regard to change in boundaries Of
school districts was taken up.
Petition from district numbers a. 49, % and
81 received careful consideration and argu-
ments were presented in favor of said petition
by the following gentlemen: Messrs. Meinzer,
Kinyoa and Darling; against the petition.
Messrs Beck, Phillips and Parker.
Petition from districts numbers g. al and 60
was next presented, but laid over until the
July session.
Petition from districts numbers SO, 1O 20 and
4then received the attention OF the board.
After due consideration, on motion the petit
tion was granted.
The new district formed Wes numbered eighty
and is bounded rs follows: Conmencinga at the
northwest corner mex Of section seventeen,
town $3.50, Lincoln county, thence east one
mile, thence south X mile, thence east one
mile, thence south one and y miles, thence
west x mile, thence south one mile, thence
west one mile, thence north one mile, thence
west Y mile. thence north tive miles to place
Of beginning, embracing the following describ-
ed lands: e1s section II, the west half and sex
Of section Ii, the swA section Is. west half of
section o. all OF section 2l all of section 90 and
the east half of section 20.
Another petition from districts No. 80, 90 and
10 was presented and considered. Petition
Withdrawn.
Petition from district No. IS, 50 and Is pres
ented and considered. Mr.. Jacobs spoke
ed that no change was desired. Petition re-
jected.
After very careful consideration the petition
from districts No. 4s-44, 81 and % was granted
as follows, with the understanding that district
No % should be granted the VIZ OF section g.,
twp. 90, range 40 ut the July meeting upon q
proper petition:
Beginning at the northwest corner of section
thirty five (35), thence east two and one-halt
miles. thence south one-half mile, thence east
one mile, thence south one-half mile, thence
west one mile, thence south one mile, thence
west one-half mile, thence south one-half mile,
thence west one-half mile, thence north one
half mile, thence west one-half mile, thence
north one-half mile, thence west one-half mile,
thence north one-half mile thence west one
half mile, thence north one mile to place of
beginning, embracing the following lands: All
ossection thirty-tive 1857, all Of section thirty
six 1857 OF town 100, range so.
The west half and southeast quarter Of Sec
tion thirty -one (31), southwest quarter OF Sec
tion thirty-two (3s) town 100, range 40.
The west half of section six (6), town 90,
range 49,
The northeast quarter of section two (2), all
Of section one % and northeast quarter Of
section twelve l9) OF town 99. range so.
On resolution the new district formed was
numbered 81.
At five o'clock on motion the board for chang
ing boundaries Of school districts adjourned
sine die. H. B. LUND, Secretary.
The board Of county commissioners recon
vened at five o'clock the same day.
The bridge petition from Canton township
between sections 4. 5 was referred to commiss-
loner Thompson with power to order necessary
repairs
Bridge petition from LaValley township be-
tween section and 3 was referred back for the
reason there were not sufficient signers to the
petition.
A petition asking for the location OF a wagon
bridge across the Big Sioux river on section
one, town 100. range 49, Springdale, and ask
ing for the appointment of a committee to con-
fer with a commission from Lyon county, Iowa,
in making said location, also petitioning for an
appropriation for fifty dollars for purchase of
highway to site of said bridge.
The petition was on motion laid over.
The affidavit of Mrs. A. NJ. johnson for rebate
on assessment OF property in city of Canton,
was referred back for affidavit Of assessor:
Auditor was instructed to draw refund order
in favor of M. M. Crowley for So.04 and interest
to date in payment for tax wrongfuly collected
as shown by affidavit.
The Auditor was instructed to notify the
officers of school districts No. IS nd 81 Of time
set for hearing petition for changing OF boun-
darieS.
Consideration of side road to Helgerson
bridge laid over to April 2Sth. i
On ,aotion the board adjourned to meet at
8 a. m, Saturday, April 2Sth.
SATURDAY APRIL 49,
The comfy commissioners met pursuant to
Members present. C. A. Carlson. w. B. Wait
and r. p. Thompson
The consideration of the petition for side
road to the HelSerson bridge was taken up.
The committee to examine the proposed To-
cation reported having viewed location and
the same to be surveyed, and report of
survey filed with their report. The report was
accepted and committe ee discharged.
The following road order was passed:
State of South Dakota, county of Lincoln. City
Of CantOn-sS.
Whereas. upon the petition of twenty five.
of the county of Lincoln, State Of
South Dakota, asking for the establishment
and laying out of side road to the new bridge