Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
OFFICIAL, PROCEEDINGS
ofthe Board of County Commission
ers Of Custer County 8 n

VI the board OF County Commission.
r of Custer County, 8. ID.
CUSTER Cry, S. d., July l5, 1897.
p., O'Clock q. m.
ment; Present, all the members of the
ooaTu anu the county auditor.
Minutes OF the previous meeting read
ana, on motion, was approved.
On motion. the following bills were
allowed on the county general fund,
viz:
William II. Schnider, wolf scalp
bounty ......"."....""..........$ 4 so
Leo Bender, wolf scalp bounty so
The following bill allowed on road
district No. IA:
Arthur Caple, for labor........$ Is 90
On motion, bid Of John p. burst for
supplying $50 cords of wood, at 81 80, is
hereby accepted.
On motion, petition Of III. II. Powell,
George s. Brown, VIM. Matson ct al,
praying for the opening of the road
between sections 32 and 33, one half
mile north of Joe Brunschmidt's, and
disseminating the road between north.
east quarter and southeast quarter Of
section 80, which will save building a
bridge across Beaver creek on said road.
petition is hereby granted as prayed for.
Petition of William ii. Palmer, Sr., S.
&. Loomis ct al, asking for purchase of
sufficient land for the purpose of a ford
and watering place on section line be-
tween section No 20 and SO, township 6,
range z. where said line crosses Beaver
creek, for reasons set forth in the peti
ton; petition is hereby granted.
1t appearing TO the board upon aft
davit Of +. Barthold, that he was err
roneously assessed 100 school poll, and
81. so road poll tax for the year 1894, the
auditor is hereby instructed to issue in
his favor a refund of 81. 90 against The
county school fund. and $3.50 against
school district No. 20.
Whereas, it appears that certain lands
owned by Joe Brunschmidt has been
sold for taxes due and unpaid prior TO
1896. and the taxes assessed against the
land for the year 1896 remains unpaid,
and that at the said of tax sale the
county became the purchaser Of said
lands, and it appearing to the board of
county commissioners that the said
taxes cannot be realized by the sale of
said lands, and that a settlement and
compromise Of said taxes will be for the
best interests Of the county, therefore, :
Resolved, that the said taxes be. and
are hereby settled and compromised,
and said taxes abated and certificate of
sale cancelled upon the following terms,
to-wit:
That said Brunschmidt snail ope and
build a proposed high wav between Sec
tons 80 and 33, to wnship G, range Z, and
shall make and build all necessary
bridges on said proposed highway. and
the county treasurer Is hereby author
lied to cancel said certificate of sale,
aid abate said taxes Of 1896, and prior,
when said road and bridges shall have
been approved and accepted by the
board of county commissioners.
Whereas, it appears to the satisfaction
of the board OF county commissioners
that a certain county general fund war
rant No 26l7, dated April IS, 1892, for
the sum of S2,l93.G0 was enormously
issued against the county general fund,
the same being issued for excessive
taxes for the year 1887, paid by George
II. Holden, and the said excessive taxes
having been distributed among the
various funds, said funds should refund
the monies so received from such ex-
cessive taxes, therefore,
Resolved, that the county treasurer
be, and is hereby directed, to call in and
cancel such county general fund war
rant, No. 26l7. and that q refund order
be issued and paid to the holder Of said
warrant, and that the several funds be
charged as follows:
State. 100 81