Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
coMM1ssloNEns' PROCEEDINGS.
Adjourned Meeting-D Repositories &.
County Funds selected.


Adjourned Meeting Depositories for
| County Funds selected.
Thursday, July ~, 1897. There be-
ing no quorum present the meeting
was adjourned by the auditor until
Saturday, July 81, 1897.
Saturday. July 81, 1897. There being
no quorum present the-meeting was
further adjourned by the auditor until
Monday, August >, 1897.
Board of county commissioners met
at the court house in the city of Hot
Springs, S. d.. on Monday, August ..
1897. pursuant to adjournment Pres
ent, Geo. w. Highley and Geo. w.
Dennis, county commissioners. and
William III. Stanley, county auditor.
On motion of Geo. w. Dennis. Goo.
w. Highley was elected chairman pro
tenn.
Report of Robert T. Parmley as sup
ervisor of road district No. was laid
before the board. On motion the re-
port of the supervisor was approved,
except the bill of the supervisor for
services which vas reduced to Sis and
allowed
Bond of c. +. Long. as justice OF the
peace. was on motion approved.
Application of the Merchants State
State bank of Hot Springs for the priv
ilege of keeping not to exceed $1,000
of county funds and bid of > per cent
per annum on the average balances
of such funds, accompanied by Il bond
in the sum of $4,000, i'll conformity
with chapter lO4 of the session laws of
1897, was laid before the board. On
motion the application. was accepted
and the bond approved.
Application of the Bank of Hot
Springs for the privilege of keeping
s2,5OO of county funds, and agreement
to pay interest thereon at the rate of :,
per cent per annum, accompanied by a
bond in the sum of $4,000, in conform
ity with chapter 1O4 of the session
laws of 1897, was considered by the
board. On motion the application wa S
accepted and the bond approved.
The following resolution was pre-
sented by Commissioner Geo. w. Den
mis- and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That all bills and accounts
against the county of Fall River in-
Cured by officers of the said county
in state cases or for other purposes,
shall be accompanied by receipts for
moneys paid out for such expense, or
if bills are unpaid) by statements duly
certified by persons to whom bills for
such expenses are due; and resolved
further that no bills for such expense
will be considered unless accompanied
by such receipts or certified state
ments.
\ petition signed by Il number of the
residents and taxpayers of Oelrlchs
school district No. 4, praying for di-
vision Of the said school district No. 4,
and the creation of new district, was
laid before the board.
On motion the petition was laid over
aud the auditor was instructed to noti-
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that such petitien had been laid before
the board for consideration.
| Moved by Commissioner Geo. w.
Dennis that the following places be
designated as repositories for school
text books in conformity with section )
of chapter 50 of the session laws of
1897, establishing uniformity of school
text books: Drug store of Emil Har-
gems at Hot Springs; drug store of
Geo. w. Highley at Edgemont: general
merchandise store of Arthur j. Colgan
at Oelrichs, and general merchandise
store of David Anderson ut Ardmore.
! Motion carried.
Petition of number of residents of
road district No. 10, asking that the
public highway running east and west,
400 feet north of south line of township
No. 8, south, range 2 east, B. H. NJ, be
placed back on the said south line of
township No. 8, between sections and
36, was on motion rejected.
Quarterly report of j. E. Nickerson,
police justice of the city of Edgemont,