Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13

Whereas, A proposition has been
made to this board for the payment of
the personal tax of the Dakota Hot
Springs company and of the taxes as
sessed against the Evans hotel and
bath house (being IL part OF the sw Il.
W section l3. town sou h. range D
east B. Ill. Nj block 3. ~Alinnekahta adj
dition TO Hot Springs and the plunge
bath property theing Il part of the swl..
llwlll. section IL. and sell4 ne1a section
III, town .. 5 south range D, east Il. II. MI
and
Whereas, 1t appears from the rec
ords OF the county and from verbal
statements made to this board that the
said property was uniustly and eNces.
sively assessed in the years 1896 and
1897 in that the said assessment was
materially increased i'm the said wears
over the assessment of the said proper
ty i'll former years, while the said prop.
erty appears to have decrease in value
during the said years by reason of
floods and neglect incident to several
years of litigation, and it appearing,
further that the said delinquent tax
will be paid immediately provided a
just and reasonable compromise of the
said tax is made, it is
Resolved, That a settlement of the
said tax bo made on the following
terms provided the said tax is paid
within thirty days from this date:
That the tax on the Evans hotel and
bath house for the years 1896 and 1897;
and on block 3 M~innekahta addition to
Hot Springs and the plunge bath prop
erty for the year 1897 be based on the
valuation of the said property as as
sessed in 1895 1.-THE treasurer and audi
tor being hereby authorized to segre-
gate on the tax LISTS the said plunge
bath property, comprising one aud
nine-tenths acres, from the remainder
of the sw4 nwl section 13 and sell
ne14 section IA town Z south. range 5
east b. h. NJ and that the personal
property tax ofthe Dakota Hot Springs
company for the years 1896, 1896 and
1897, based on the valuation of the
said personal property as assessed in
1886, less interest and penalty, be paid.
the various cities and organized town.
ships in the county and in the unor.
ganized portion of the county and for
the purpose of securing as near as
near as possible a just and uniform as
sessment throughout the county the
following values of property in Fall
River county the following valves of
property in Fall River county for the
purpose of taxation we're agreed upon.
Unimproved acreage S1.5O per acre
and upwards.
Horses under three years old and
over six mo- ths average s16.
Horses. three years old and oveI
average s12.
Cattle, under two years old and
over six months 50 to Sl4.
Cows two years old and v average
SIS
All other cattle average $40.
Mules, all ages, average S14.
Sheep all ages e three months
old, average 50.
Hogs. all ages over three months old
81. per hundred pounds.
q nmotion salaries of county treas
urer, county auditor. states attorney,
county superintendent. county Judge
and court house %janitor for month of
April were allowed.
On motion the following bills were
allo ,Hed and warrants ordered drawn
for same.
Robert Parmley. wood for
court house :. -
NJ. Il. Fai-child, board of
county poor ~ Is
Odell township, assessing
township lS9. 30
DIR. C. W. lIargens. county
physician. Feb. March and Apr. .a. =,
Peoples Telephone Co. two
telephones April
W.. Mcgowan. balance due
for wood .3 O5
Blanche Stanley. balance due
| for work on delinquent tax
books. -
Mary n. Potts. board Of coun-
ty poor -
Go. Com. and oyerseer poor q
Il. o. Williams, car OF Joel
thompson. raapcr % 80
Celrichs Times. printing
and publishing ~ -
Hot Springs Star printing and
publishing 80 10
Ildgemont Express 50
Perkins Bros. books. etc. 30 10
\. O. Underhill. witness ius-
tice court 10
Hot Springs Herald. printing 3s 81
Don MacIlinlay. jurors certiti-
Gates > 10
Dan Hicks, jurors co. certificate > 10
j. Il. Craven 1 80
I'll. DALEY y 10
s. II. Tomlin 10
Ch,-. Mciauinu j
q. Aidrich , 10
Geo. NJ. Trimmer > 10
j. W. Bentley = 10
G. *. D~uenncrman 4 c.,
Il. w. Tlmma , so
5. II. Tomiin > 10
Z. !. Thormhy, expenses 10 llege-
mont. 9b
Hot Springs Herald. blanks Is
IT was moved aud carried tina. Il war
rant Tor sl2e9 be drawn on the iudg-
ment fund in partial payment of a
Judgment held by q. w. Watt!es.
assignee, against the county Of Fall
River.
There being no further business The
board on motion adjourned sine die.
WILLIAM HI. STANLEY.
County Auditor.
Millions Given Away.