Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-02-25

-HlOle0r- Times.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED
INGS.
Adjourned meeting, Feb ruary 14th
and loth, 1888.
Board Ot county commissioners me
at the court house in the city of Hot
Springs pursuant to adjournment,
GU Monday Feb. Ia, 1898. Present, ID.
G.Grlppen and q. w. Dennis, county
commissioners, and William II. Stan
ley, county auditor.
Minutes of last meeting were read
ana approved.
The personal tax of John Timma for
the year 1897, was OIL motion abated, it
appearing from a statement made by
L. b. Irwin, and affirmed by h. w.
Blakey, an employee OF the stock ASSOC
citation, that the said John Yimma had
10 personal property in Fail River
county at any time during the year
1897.
H. j. Sparks, having filed with the
auditor an affidavit TO the effect that
he was unjustly assessed for personal
property III the year 1897; that he had
no personal property in Fail Rivercoun-
ty subject" o taxation in the year 1897
and that he was assessed for his per-
sonal taxes in Lawrence county for he
said year, the said personal tax was
Oh motion aOated.
States Attorney Anderson, having
filed with the board Il statement to the
effect that ut the request of the
ty treasurer he took steps to protect
the claim of the county for personal
taxes for the years 1895, 1896 aud 1897,
assessed against Sanford and Mere
dith and the Stockman's Advocate of
Edgemont, inthe matter of the sheriff's
sale of the property SO assessed and
that he had secured an agree
ment whereof, the proceeds of said
sale we're to be covered into the coun-
ty treasury to be applied on the said
tax, the treasurer was on motion u
thoriZed to accept the amount SO ten
dered in partial satisfaction Of the said
personal tax.
1t. appearing to the satisfaction of
the board from affidavits on file and
from a lax receipt from the treasurer
of Weston county, Wyoming, %thatJohn
and George Berry were %unjustly and
illegally assessed in Fall River county
in the year 1897 for 1900 head of sheep,
it u moved and carried that the said
personal taxes for the year 1896 be
abated.
It a moved and carried that the
sum of $50 paid to the county treasur-
!, err under protest by John Berry on ac-
count of the 1896 personal tax of John
and George Berry be applied by the
county treasurer on the personal tax of
the John Berry Sheep company for the
year 1897, and that the auditor be in
structed to notify John Berry of this
action.
The bill of Pennington county
against the countyo of Fall River for ex-
? pense alleged to have been incurred in
the trial of the case of lille NJ. Jen-
pany, was on motion referred to the
states attorney.
Annual report of John Lemon, sup
ervisor of road district No. IL was on
motion approved.
Annual report of Robert Wallace,
supervisor of road district No. IA was
on motion approved.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and on motion adopted:
Whereas, 1t appears to the satisfac.
ton of tine board from statements
made by r. g. S%ilkensen, manager of
the Buffalo Gap Lumber company,
that the said Buffalo Gap Lumber Co,
suffered a loss by flood of more than
t % per cent of the personal property
, assessed to the said company in 1897.
which property was assessed at $4,000
for the said year, and
Whereas, Section l, of chapter 181
of the session laws of 1895, empowers
the board to abate in whole or in part
the taxes of any person whose prop
erty has been destroyed by fire, cy.
clone or other unavoidable casualty
lit is
Resolved, That the auditor be and
. is hereby authorized to issue to the
. said Buffalo Gap Lumber company an
abatement order for amount of tax
levied on a valuation of $500 for the
, year 1897.
Salaries of county treasurer, county
auditor, county judge, county sup.
: erintendent, states attorney and court
!, house janitor for month Of January
I we're on motion allowed. :
On motion the following bills wert
: allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for amounts:
Mrs. M L. Fairchild, board of
Robert Parmelee, 1Ocords wood 81 &
C. w. Hargens, county physi-
clan, Nov. Dec. and Jan .... 40 Il
j. L. Williams, court cert. 3 Il
, j. M. Messerve, &c
VIM. Widney, " 5 o.
> p. 8. Kelly, Is x
cert. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q II
g. w. Hargens, examining in
|. sane suspect and member
. board insanity. ........... Z O
Water, Light & Power Co,
water for month of January 10 Oc
Water, Light & Power Co,
lights for month of January IL 4.
Elmer r Juckett, fees and SER
vices as member board of in
sanity OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8 z
Thomas II. Wells, fees as clerk
Of courts ................... 1910
American Book Co, school
text books to g. Haleens J.. Is 8
lB. Y. Thornby, Co. supt., post
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