Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-17

school district or township to make a
levy to pay said judgement; that the
said school township refused to do so.
and that they still refuse to make said
levy, and
Whereas, The said Elmer r. Jucket
prays the board of county commission
ers of Fall River county to make a levy
to pay said judgement as provided in
section Z of sub-chapter 8 of chapter
81 of tho session laws of 1897. it is
Resolved, That there be and is here
by levied upon the taxable property of
said Banner school township. No. 8, u
tax of five mills on the dollar of valua-
ton for the purpose of paying the said
Judgment or so much thereof as the
said five mills on the dollar will raise,
and the auditor is hereby authorized
and directed to enter the said tax
against the taxable property of the
said district or township.
John Shreckengust, having failed to
qualify as supervisor of road district
No. >, j.. \. Ball was on motion APP
pointed supervisor of road district No.
.. to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of VIM. Callahan.
The time for the payment of delin-
quent taxes without interest and pen
atty, as provided by a resolution
adopted by the board of county COM
missioners of Fall River county, on
April 23. 1897. vas on motion extended
to November l, 1897.
1t appearing to the board that the
tax upon the north = sou beast quar-
ter, Sc "A Sc "A. sw4 NV a, and ne a
sw a of section 214. township 8 south,
range 4 east, b. HI. NJ, which is now de-
linquent and unpaid for the year 1896,
will be paid by James NJ. Brady pro-
vided said land is released from liabili-
ty for personal tax of Samuel A. Bark
doll, which is nov a lien on said L and.
and it appearing further that it is to
the best interests of of the county to
accept the amount rendered on the
condi, lions named it was moved and
carried that the liabilities of the land
aforesaid for the personal tax of the
said Barkdoll be released provided
the tax against said land be paid with
in sixty days from this date.
1t appearing to the board from a
statement submitted by Arthur j. Col
gan that II. NJ. Brindley has deposited
with said Colgan money sufficient to
pay the delinquent tax on the Sc "A of
section II. town 10 south range s., east
B. III. NJ for the years 1890, 1891, 1892,
1893, 1894. 1895 and 1886 on condi-
tion that the penalty and interest be
abated and that the land be released
from the lien of the personal property
tax of Cyrus Venting and it appearing
further that the taxes in the future
! will ta ,,rOn,rtlr rosJ o,,l kEn% Tho 80,
subserved by accepting the amount
rendered Oh the conditions named, the
proposition was, on motion, accepted,
and the land released from liability for
the said personal tax of Cyrus Vent.
ling.
The auditor was on motion author
lied to advertiZe for bids for furnish
ing the county of Fall River rs cords
of four foot wood.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and on motion adopted:
Whereas, The county treasurer has
filed with the county auditor for the
consideration of this board a list Of
personal property taxes which are
deemed ~uncollectable, and
Whereas, 1t appears that the tax
lists of the county r becoming en-
numbered with q large accumulation
of uncollectable taxes of this sort, the
said taxes having been brought for
ward and transferred to the new tax
lists from year to year, making the
records unweildy and necessitating a
vast amount of useless labor in trans
ferring the same, and
Whereas, The said uncollected
personal taxes consist largely of road
and school polls, and
Whereas, The said list is accom-
panied by an affidavit Of the county
treasurer to the effect that he the
treasurer) has made due and diligent
search and inquiry for goods and chat
tells liable for taxes wherewith to make
the taxes assessed upon personal prop
erty of the persons named in the said
list, and for the want of such goods
and chattels whereupon to levy by dis
tress or otherwise, he is unable to col
lect the same, it is
Resolved, That the county treasurer
be and hereby is authorized and in.
structed to transfer the said uncollec-
table personal property taxes con-
tanned in the aforesaid list to a new
list to be provided by the county audi
tor for that purpose, and to be used
hereafter for listing of delinquent per
sonal property taxes which are deemed
by county commissioners to he uncol-
lectable and that the auditor be not
required to enter the said delinquent
taxes upon the 1897 tax lists.
4. list of uncollected personal prop.
erty taxes lin addition to those referred
to iii the foregoing resolution accom-
panied by All affidavit of tho Treasurer
in compliance with section Ill of the
session laws of 1897 was laid before the
honrA and on motion ordered fled.
II i. Common appeared before the
board and asked for an abatement of q
portion of the taxes assessed against
the S f a of S e "A of section %, the
" 1sSEh w Il of section "a, the