Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-22

Cler Una u TAX assessed against the
said property will be promptly paid
provided just and reasonable COM
promise Is made it was moved and car
ried that the tax for the year 1887 on
the following described property be
based on the following Valuations:
Outlet 6, Catholicon addition $1,000;
Catholicon Hotel aud Bath House. de-
scribed as part of south
east quarter of south east quarter of
section "a, town Z, range s; s45OO; pro-
vided the said tax is paid within thirty
days from this date.
1t was moved and carried that the
tax for the year 1897 assessed against
lots 6 and Z, block 6, Stewards second
addition he based ON a valuation of
$1,000 provided the said tax is paid
within thirty days from this date.
The assessment of lots ID and IA,
block l, original town of Hot Springs,
for the year 1897 appearing to the
board to be excessive and unjust, and
Il proposition having been made to set.
tie this tax on Il just and reasonable
valuation of s5737. and that the said
tax be abated provided the said tax is
paid within thirty days.
The petition of nineteen residents
of road district No. IL for the establish
ment of II county road along the sec
tion lines between sections % and 81,
and sections 33 and 81, town 8, range Z,
was laid over for futher investigation.
The interest and penalty on the per-
sonal property tax of Cannon Fisher
for the years 1895, 1896 and 1887 was on
motion abated, provided Che same is
paid within thirty days from this dat g
A statement of w. r. Schreckend-
gust to the effect that he wa assessed
in 1897 for seven head of range horses
which he has not since been able to
fluid, and a request that the tax ON the
said horses be abated, was laid before
the board. The statement of the said
Schreckendgust being substantiated
by the county assessor the request for
the abatement of the tax on the seven
head of horses, valued at 800. was, on
motion. granted.
1t being brought to the attention of
the board that a vacancy exists in the
Office of supervisor of road district No.
IL by reason of the removal from the
district of Joseph Reed, it was moved
and carried that ID. M. Wallace be APP.
pointed to fill the vacancy caused by
| such removal.
Penalty and interest on the personal
property assessment of James S. Shep.
herd fer the years 1895, 1896 and 1897
were on motion abated provided the
said tax is paid within sixty days from
this date.
1t appearing to the Board, that the
following real property was erroneous
ly assessed for the years 1892, 1899, 1894
and 1895, to-wit: Lot 13, IA, Is, 16, II,
IS, and 10, in block 5. Lots l, g, 3,4, 5,
6, rs, 10, IL, IL, ID, II, 90 and 81 in
block 6. Lots LIZ, 3,4, SO, Z, 8, 8, 10,
II, u, ID, IA, 10. 16, II, Is, and "a, in
Block 4; Lots l,2,3, 10, II, u, 10, IA, Is,
16, 10, 10, 20, 81, %, %, and "a, in block
8; all in Highland addition to the town
of Hot Springs, Fall River county,
South Dakota, it was moved and car
ried that the taxes assessed against the
aforesaid lots for said years of 1892,
1893, 1894 and 1895, be and the same
are hereby related, and the Auditor is
herebv instructed to strike the same
from the tax lists Of the county.
1t was moved and carried that w.
H. Anderson, supervisor of road dis
trict No. 8, be employed to take down
the remaining portion of the bridge
across Hat Greek, near the Bar T
ranch, and store the lumber and other
material in a secure place.
On motion the auditor was instruct.
ed to make a demand, in behalf of the
county, on Jno. Peters, of Ardmore
post Office, for $3.50, the amount of
damage done las estimated by the SUI
pervisor Of road district No. 81 to o
county bridge by the going out of a
dam built by the said Peters on the
creek above the said county bridge.
An application having been made by
James s. Shepherd for the establish
ment of a county road from Lithia
Springs" on section 81, town 8, range 6,
to the mouth of Fall River, it was
moved and carried that the following
named persons be appointed a COM
mittee to view said road and report to
the board the most practicable route
therefor, provided the said committee
will render such service without ex-
pense to the county or road districts
through which the proposed road will
pass; James S. Shepherd, Joseph Mar
ty and Thomas Williams.