Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-30
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+. A. ScoTT, Co. Auditor.
CUSTER CITY, S. d., Jan. II, 1897.

CUSTER CITY. S. d., Jan. IL, 1897.
$50 "a. IN.
Board Of county commissioners in SEES
sion pursuant to adjournment.
Present, all members and county au
Gitor.
On motion, minutes Of previous meet.
ing read and approved.
On motion, tn following bills allowed
on county general fund
Levi Holt, bounty on one wolf
scalp"............... ............S j 5U
Eta NJ. Drew, salary for quarter
ending Dec. 81, lS96..""..... 166 00
Bill Of q. A. Babcock, road SUI
pervisor, allowed on road dis
trict No. D.. .............. 10 w
Bill Of j. 5. Fuson. for bridge
bolts and repairing tools for
road district No. 4, allowed on
road district No. 4 ......".." 6 So
TO L L. WIRE
A verified statement made by L. A.
Cole. road supervisor Of road dis
trict No 4, County of Custer, 5. d., OF
wire taken by him, from fence in his
said road dist let No. 4, after the same
had become a nuisance in accordance
with the provision Of Chapter 50, laws
of 1895, of the State of South Dakota,
having been duly presented to the
board Of county commissioners Of said
county at their regular session in Janu
AIRY, 1897,
1t is therefore ordered, that the said
road supervisor, f. A. Cole. sell the
same and the whole Of said wire now in
his hands amounting to about GIG lbs. at
public auction, after giving at least ten
(l0) days notice OF the time and place Of
such sale, which shall be made by put.
ting the same on the property from
which said wire was taken, and in the
postoffice nearest to said property.
Given under our hands this llth day
of January. 1897.
r A. HOPKINS, Chairman.
NELSON s.. NEAL.
THEo GEORGE.
Board of { ounty Commissioners.
On motion, report Of j. w. Boiler, J
p. for quarter ending Dec. 3lst, 1896,
approved.
On motion, official bond Of VIM. II
Palmer, Jr., assessor elect, returned for
completion.
On motion, bill Of L. Lind
strom, wood for court house,
allowed on county general
fund .......... b OO
In the matter Of the petition of w. X,
Bond ct al, asking for a change in the
boundary line between Custer Inde-
pendent school district and Mayo school
district No. %.
On motion. the said petition rejected.
as the board Of county commissioners
have no jurisdiction in the matter.
On motion, the county treasurer is
hereby ordered to insure the court
house and fixtures in the sum Of Five
Thousand Dollars, and is further order.
ed to pay the premium for such insur-
ance out of the sinking fund of the
county.
1t appearing to the board by affidavit
that j. Henderson was enormously as
sessed in the veal 1894, said assessment
is hereby reduced from $345 90 to 1886 90
for said year, and county auditor is
change on the proper books.
On motion, w. f Benedict is hereby
retained as assistant counsel in the case
of Custer COUNTY VS.. b nj. Tunley ct.
al, without compensation or pay, ex-
cept necessary travelling expenses.
On motion. the county auditor is
hereby instructed to advertise for sealed
bids for furnishing l25 cords OF wood
for court house.
On motion, DR. R. A. Calkins and r.
o. Blasier are hereby appointed mem.
bers of the Board Of Insanity Of Custer
county. s. d r. A. Calkins' appoint
ment to expire January l, 1893, r. o.
Rlasier's appointment to expire Jan ],
1899.
On motion. the following named per-
sons are hereby appointed as members
OF the Stock Brand COMMITTEES of Custer
County, 8 D.. for the ensuing year: r.
W. Windsor. Tom Richardson and ]. 8.
Moore.