The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-21

puOusn ~ se0Cn OF the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of said county, 8 copy OF this resolution
for 9 period 81 at least two weeks.
Upon motion the board aiourned Is
meet January "a, A. D., 1895, at nine
o'clock q. m.
Attest: a. j. MCCAIN.
HORACE CROCKETT, CHAIRMAN.
County Auditor.
RAPID Cry, S. D., January "a, 1896.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
all members and the county auditor
present. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and upon motion
approved.
Bill of John 7. Ingersol for sheriff fees
for $1O95 IS was allowed on county fund
for $l0SS. 55.
Motion of Commissioner Clark to
make the WEEKLY JOURNAL, and Weeklu
Republican and the Harney Peak Mining
NeDs, the official papers for the quarter
ending April 1, 1895, was lost. Upon
motion the WEEKLY JOURNAL, Weekly
Union. of Rapid City, and the Harvey
Peak Mining News, Of Hill City, were
named IS the official papers for the
quarter ending April /, 1896.
A question as to the legal basis of set.
Element with the clerk of courts having
arisen, it vas decided to submit the
question to the court through the states
attorney.
Action was deferred upon billof Frank
P. Cory for clerk of courts fees for 500 10
pending decision of the court on question
submitted.
Written opinion of William Gardner.
Judge Seventh Circuit, in matter of fees
ct clerk of courts was received, read and
ordered placed on file.
Upon motion bill of Frank P. Cory, for
clerk of courts fees for $96.1O was re-
jected and ordered attached to annual
report of clerk Of courts, for future
reference.
Upon motion bill of Frank P. Cory,
clerk Of courts fees was allowed on
county fund for $14S. 90.
Board decided that no action was nee
essary upon petitions of Francis Reckitt
and Francis Reckitt and Frederick
Brent rotian for adjustment of taxes, as
resolution in regard to delinquent taxes
adopted january %, 1896, would apply to
the property mentioned in their petitions.
Motion that the county auditor be
instructed to notify the county treasurer
to make the following transfer of funds.
Carried $$2222. 40 from the advertisingto
the county general fund: $$7773 SO from
the treasurer salary fund to the county
general fund; $103, 95 from the register
of deeds salary fund to county general
fund.
Motion that the county treasurer be
instructed to issue a call for county
warrants now outstanding against the
county general fund na~ggregating to the
amount that it appears may be redeemed
by the money o in the said county
general fund available for that purpose.
Carried.
Upon motion the following resolution
presented by William E Tracy, commits
sioner of the Third district, was adopted:
WHEREAS, In view of the fact that
the term of court just closed has been the
most expensive to the county Of any
held for several years, it is
ResolUed. That in the opinion of this
board the states attorney made a great
mistake and an expensive one to the
county in calling \ grand jury; and in
the manner in which criminal cases were
prosecuted, and the most of said extra
ordinary expenses were wholly uncalled
for and entirely unnecessary.
Upon motion petition of county officers
for a telephone in court house was
rejected.
ACUlG1ON VI O1Ad lOUVC odIulltl dIiI Z.
A johnson for adjustment of taxes upon
lots seventeen and eighteen, block eighty
four of the original townsite, was granted
in part, by reducing the valuation of the
half interest assessed to Ernestine
Flormann for the year 1893 from 81, 500
to IS, 100 to correspond with valuation Of
bank half interest, and for the year 1895
from $4,000 to So, 400 valuation placed
upon bank half interest for that year.
Upon motion the auditor was instructed
to notify James Boyd, county judge,
that no Office rent will be allowed HIM
from this date.
Upon motion requisition of county
treasurer and county auditor for supplies
was granted.
Upon motion the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, That the county treasurer
be allowed one deputy for the ensuing
year at a salary of $500 per month to
be paid ont of the treasurer's salary fund.
RESOLVED, That the register OF deeds
be allowed one deputy for the ensuing
year'at a salary Of $65.O 90 per month to
be paid out Of the register of deeds salary
fund.
Resolved, That the county auditor be
allowed one deputy for the ensuing wear