Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Commission
ers Of Custer County, 8. ID.
CUSTER Cry, S. d., April 5, 1897.

CUSTER Cry, S. d., April 5, 1897.
Board in regular quarterly session,
| Members present, X. A. Hopkins, Theo.
George and n. 5. Neal, commissioners,
and the county auditor.
On motion, minutes of previous meet.
ing read and approved.
Whereas, certain taxes assessed to A.
II. Gay, deceased, on the southeast
quarter of section 3, township q, range z.
are at this time delinquent for the years
1892, 1898, 1894, 1895 aud 1896, and
Whereas, said land will not in the
opinion of the board sell for enough to
pay said delinquent taxes and penalties,
and that the widow Of A. ii. Gay, de-
ceased, is DESTROYS of paying said taxes,
less the penalties. and will go pay,
therefore,
Resolved, that the penalties accrued
on said delinquent taxes be, and the
same are hereby RENTED on payment
of the amount Of taxes owed rs afore-
said, less the penalties and interest
aforesaid, and the county treasurer is
hereby directed to give a receipt for
said taxes on payment Of the above.
Whereas, it appears from a petition
signed b. A. G. Walker ct al, and an
inspection of the tax book and the tax
duplicate of Custer county for the year
1896, that the Hermosa town tax for the
said year 1896 has by mistake been car.
ried upon the tax book and tax dupli-
cate st the rate of fifteen mills upon the
dollar Of valuation. instead of at the
rate Of five mills on the dollar Of valua-
ton, which is the maximum legal rate.
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the county auditor and
the county treasurer be, and are hereby
instructed to correct the tax books OF
the said county, and fix the amount OF
Hermosa town tax at the rate OF Ave
mills on the dollar valuation, and the
county treasurer is directed to collect
said Hertnosa tax az corrected.
On motion, the following bills were
allowed on the county general fund, viz.
5. ID. Parsons, judge OF election 5 4 90
q. w. Walker, judge of election 4 90
Fred Hand for wood .."........ 6 90
w. r. Harvey for wood ......... 4 90
Chris HendricksOn for wood. 4 90
Louis Duhamel for wood....... IL 90
G.. +. Smith, salary for last
quarter ......... ........ ............ 10 90
s. l.. Caple, salary for one month SO II
II. o. Blasier, salary and ok
penses for quarter'"'""".." 225 %
Eta NJ. Drew, salary for month
of January 53 81
Eliza NJ Drew, salary for month
of February..-....."...... ......" 03 81
Eta VI. Drew, salary for month
Of March. .......:.."........ SO 10
Eta NJ. Drew, for expenses and
postage ......... NATURALIZATION. . 80
Ed l.. Grantham, services as
court stenographer and referee POP 90
|. c. llibbs, for bounty on wolf
l oU
Chas. Snyder, for bounty on 3
wolf scalps 4 5O
Charles Snyder, for bounty on
3 wolf scalps".""."""""""". 4 90
Charles Dumke, for bounty on
, wolf scalps ."""""."..." 3 co
y. s. Neal, for bounty On . wolf
sCalpS o-OU
George HawIey, for bounty on |
wolf SCALP. ......" ,............ J oU
Israel Bower, for bounty on !
wolf scalp. ! 90
On motion, board adjourned to Tues
day, April 9Th, 1897, at $50 a. IN.
Il. a. llorHINs, Chairman,
Attest:
:. l.. CApLE. Co, Auditor.