The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-09
COUNTY commissioners
Make the Annual Tax Lsvy, Allow Bills
and Give tho County Treasurer De-
.cided Instructions to Collect
Delinquent Taxes. 49, t

statute at the auditors Office in the city
Of Madison, S. D., Monday, September 6,
1897, at one o'clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of ma king the tax levy for the year
1897. Present Il. A. Davis, w. H. Bux-
ton, Chas. Bingham, members board of
county commissioners, and E. G. Keith,
county auditor acting as clerk of said
board.
Monday, September 6, being a legal
holiday the board adjourned to meet
Tuesday, September Z, 1897, at 8 o'clock
a. M.
SECOND DAY.
Tuesday, September 7, 1897. Board
convened as per adjournment, all mem
bers and auditor present.
The board took up the assessed valua.
ton of the county as returned by the
state board of equalization and ordered
the auditor to change the assessment in
accordance Herewith.
The abstract of assessment as returned
by the state board of equalization shows
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company have 42.77 miles OF
road in Lake county assessed as follows:
The Southern Minnesota division is
1884 miles in length in the county and
is assessed at $500 per mile and the
Madison Branch ls 17.43 miles in length
in said county and assessed at S2,7OO per
mile, making the total assessment OF
said Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad company in Lake county for the
year 1897, s143,353.
On motion, the assessment OF the Chi
cago, Milwaukee d st. Paul railroad
company was apportioned to the lesser
taxing districts which said railroad
passes through as follows:
Wentworth, the civil township
No. miles, 5.12................ S2l,'3t
Town of Wentworth, No. miles
4,oVN
Lakeview civil township, No.
niles. 4.62......... ........... 17,55t
CITY Of Madison, No. miles. 2.Os.. 7.222:
Herman civil township, No. miles
s,44........ 29,s7:
Winfred civil township, No. miles
25,Ost
Pennington civil township, No.
miles. lS,O3'
Badus civil township, No. miles
I'D .p... CSO3'
Wayne civil township, No. miles
12,SV
Total, No. miles SAB, 80
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Wentworth No. 6, No. miles AGO. .s114s
Independent No. 3, No. miles
I'D. S'o'
Lake Center No. 5, No. miles
4-'oo
Winfred No. /, No. miles 6.93.... 1854
Bartlett No. 8, No. miles 1O.33.... 1888
Independent No. l, No. miles 2.OS 7,22
independent No. 4, No. miles 1886. 1916
Total, No. miles .s143.35
: The Madison motor line as returne
: by the state board is $50 miles in lengt
and is assessed at $500 per mile, til
, total assessment thereof is 5l,75O an
!. the same was, on motion, apportioned
the lesser taxing districts as follows:
City Of Madison, No. miles .7O83...s 81
Lakeview civil township No. miles
2.70l7 l,3
}. Total, No. miles $50. .sl,1
!. SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
10 Independent No. l, No. miles
.1O63.. D
- Lake Center No. 5, No. miles
2.7911.. III
Total, No. miles $50. 3d.
i'll On motion, adjourned TO meet a
o'clock p. n.
y AFTERNOON SESSION.
or Board convened as per adjournme
We all members and auditor present.
re On motion, it was ordered that t
.Lm following amounts be and the same {
hereby levied on all the taxable prop
to ty assessed in Lake county, S. d.,
the year 1897 as the same has be
er equalized by the state board OF equal
ton and the county auditor Of 81
at county is ordered and required to
RS tend the same upon the tax list for
'st year 1897
State general fund. m
he State bond interest and sinking
III
State special sinking fund.-. i m
nv State 1895 bonds. ........... Il m
County general fund...........2.7 m
County bond, interest aud sink.
W; ing fund. Z
~ County school fixed by statute. 2 m
Insane fund. I
Poor farm fund.-. 8 N
On motion, the bill Of Brown