Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-29
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED
INGs.
Board met at 8 a. m. July 9th, pur
suant to adjournment. Present, D.
G. Grippen, Geo. Nv. Dennis and Geo.
w. Hlghley, county commissioners,
and William H. Stanley, county audi
tor.
On motion the quarterly report Of j..
B. Parks, police justice of the peace,
was corrected and approved as Dr.
rected, the bill for Justices fees being
reduced from $3.50 to s12.1O.
Quarterly report of G. F. Long, JUS
tice of the peace, showing no business
transacted during the quarter, was on
motion approved.
Annual report of j. Il. Strouse, SUI
pervisor of road district No. 4, show
ing Sl5 due the supervisor for five
days work with team, was approved
and bill allowed.
On motion salaries of, county treas
urer, county auditor, county judge,
judge. states attorney, county superin-
tendent and court house janitor for
months of May and June were al
lowed.
On motion the bill of Ed. w. Blakey
amounting to s653.6O for mileage at
10 cents per mile for summoning
grand and petit jurors in addition to 5
cents per mile allowed and paid by the
board OF county commissioners for
the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896 was
rejected, and the auditor was instruct
ed to obtain, if possible, the opinion of
Hon. Levi MCGEE, Judge of the Sew
enth judicial circuit, OH the legality
of the said bill.
Bill of the Peoples Telephone Co.
for telephone in the Sherif's Office
from Dec. 20, 1897 to Aug. LIST, 1898,
$685., was rejected for the reaso that
the said telephone was unauthorized by
the board of county commissioners.
On motion d. G. Grippen, chairman
of the board of county commissioners.
and William H. Stanley, county audi
tor, were appointed a committee to en-
anime the books and accounts of. the
county treasurer and report at the
next meeting of the board.
The following bills were presented,
audited and, on motion, allowed for
amounts stated:
Chas. S. Eastman, board of
prisoners S 16 So
Frank Bingham, coroner's
certificate 2 10
j. G. Bradley, deputy county
treasurer 10
Ed. l.. Gruntham, court stem
ographer II 10
w. b. Dudley, witness court
certificate 1 10
M. d. Anderson, jurors GER
tificate 3 10
e. r. Pierce, jurors certificate = 10
VIM. Bruner, jurors 2 10
Chas. Dumke, 4 90
Ed L. Grantham, court stem
ographer 81 10
VIM. Reeder, court certificate 2 10
Pat Boyles, 9 10
H. Simms, !" . 10
| Chas. S. Eastman, cash paid
out on account county 10 63
G. p. Pettegrew, assessing
Union township, 3S 90
Ira s. T%illotson, assessing
Fall River county, s429.25
reduced to and allowed $50 90
H. Goddard, publishing Ia %
Geo. w. Dennis, services as
county commissioner and
mileage 30
! Union Township, assessing
township in 1897 %
| Chas. s. Eastman, sheriff's
fees for summoning grand
and petit jurors April
term, 1897, 10 cts. per mile
in addition to amt. already
allowed 175 20
| Chas. s. Eastman, sherif's
Chas. s. Eastman, witness
State VS.. Sam Odell 20
| Hot Springs Star, printing
and publishing 10 40
Times-Herald, publishing 8 36
Peoples Telephone Co., two
telephones month Of June S 90
John II. Gillespie, plumbing
in court house 300
Transfer, Feed & Fuel Co.
drv wood 40
w. Fl. Wilson,, services as
member board of insanity Z OC
Evergreen Cemetery and
Mortuary Assn. coffin and
burial Joel Thompson,
county poor. y %
G. w. Hargens, M. D., medi-
cal examination Julius
George and member board
of insanity Z OC
Thomas Frawley, assessing
Odell township 30 OO
Fargo Merct. Co. auditors Or
ders to county poor ID GU
j. G. Richer & CO., goods fur
nished sheriff and %janitor Z 90
Fargo Merct. Co.. curtains
ETC., for sheriff IL 90
Fargo Merct. Co., goods fur
nished county poor 6 %