Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-16
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medicines for the county poor, file,
with the auditor in pursuance of tn,
published notice asking for such bids
were opened and were as follows: DR.
r.. ID. Jennings, $40; DIR. C. w. Har
gems. sl99. The bid of DR.. Hargen.
being the lowest was accepted.
The resignation of William Culligal
as supervisor of road district No. :
was presented and on motion &C
cepted.
The quarterly report of r. Parmaley
supervisor of road district No. wa.
presented and on motion adopted
Application of j. w. Strouse fol
abatement of tax for 1893 on Sc u, sec
tion 30. Il 10, II s, for the reason that
final proof was not made on said land
until after the assessment of that year
was rejected. the records of the audi.
tors office showing that such proof
mas made April Ii, 1893, and was there.
fore liable to assessment.
1t appearing to the board that the
personal property assessment of W. r.
Cross for the year 1893 was excessive
and the said w. r. Gross agreeing to
pay the entire amount of back tax
upon the abatement of thepenalty and
interest thereon, such abatement was
on motion allowed
Report of Fred r.. Dale. supervisor
of road district No. 10 was presented
and on motion approved.
List of uncollectable personal prop
erty tax for the year 1895 and prior
and affidavit of the treasurer given for
the purpose of protecting tho county
and securing said tax as far as possible
was presented and ordered filed.
The resignation of Loomis S. Gull as
member of the board of commissioners
of insanity was read and on motion ac
cepted.
On motion board adjourned to 1:3O
p. III.
Board convened at 1:3O p. m., pur-
suant to adjournment. Present, Com
missioners Geo. w. Highley and Geo.
w. Dennis. and the auditor.
Moved by Commissioner Geo. w.
Dennis that the salary of the county
auditor for the present term be fixed
at 800 per month in cash. payable in
warrants drawn on the special sinking
fund. Motion carried. all the commits
sioners present. majority of the
board voting in favor of said motion.
The clerk of the circuit court of this
county having filed his requisition ask
ing for the names of fifty-nine persons
to fill up the jury list of the county to
the full number of two hundred. which
requisition has attached thereto the
names of persons now on said jury list,
and the board of county commission
ers upon examination of said list dis
covering the names of B. s. Briggs, j.
b. Cheney and Timothy Loehr, who
are dead, and the namesof j. d. Camp
bell, G. G. Crist, +. w. Drake, fl. z.
Eaton, Gene Easton, j. w. Hamilton,
]. w. Hovey, w. H. Hart, Chas. Locke,
S. S. Pfautz, Geo. Schweister, q. E.
Sawyer, w. X. Stewart, l.. E. Thayer,
d. N. Tillottson and H. r. Wilcox, who
are now non-residents of the county,
and the discovery that the name of
w. d. Bennett is twice upon said list,
it was moved and carried that one of
the names of said w. E. Bennett be
withdrawn from said list and the
names of said dead and nonresident
persons be withdrawn from said list,
amounting in all to the withdrawal of
twenty names, and that when the
board apportions the fitty-nine names
for which said clerk has made requisi-
tion they also apportion said twenty
names, making total of seventy nine
names.
The board then proceeded to appor-
tion the seventy-nine names necessary
to fill up the jury list of the county to
its proper number which apportion-
ment was as follows, to-wit: City of
Hot Springs, 81, city of Edgemont Z;
town of Oelrichs, L; townshipof Union
3; township of Beaver, 2; township OF
Odell. .; unorganized portion of the
county, 81. The board then proceeded
to select the names of twenty seven
persons qualified to act as jurors for
said county to fill said jury list pur-
suant to the requisition made by the
clerk and the following names were Sc.
lected by the board, to-wit: E. F. Ar.
mold, H. NJ. Brigham, William Jessup
and j. W. Norling of Edgemont post.
Office; ]. E. Anderton, G. H. Duenne.
man, U. w. Eckenrode, of Smithwick
postofiice: w. A. Austin and John A.
Yeager of Oelrichs postoffice; s. F.
Adams and James Gibson of Hot
Springs postoH1ce; D. G. Bruce, Clar.
ence McClelland, E. s. Pierce, James
s. Shepard, w. F. Wyatt, of Cheyenne
Falls; B. F. Blessing, Samuel Franzen
James Hollenbeck and James Strong