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Proceedings Board County Commissioners
Billings County. Nd.
Medora. July IS, 1903.
Board me pursuant to adjournment Of
July 9th.
Present Commissioners Stoddard and
Mikkelson.
Meeting called to order by the chair
man.
N. B. Berry appeared before the board.
and having made a statement relative to
the number of his cattle, the board on
motion reduced his assessment to IS head.
Mr.. Woodman appeared for the Little
Mo. Horse Co. and said Stark Co. asses
sed them for 400 head of horses and 7
stations and the board thereupon reduced
their assessment to IS head.
The value of the improvements of Lit.
tie Mo. Horse Co. was on motion reduced
to 5000 dollars.
Jas. Converse also appeared before the
board and agreed to produce satisfactory
evidence as to the amount and value of
his taxable property in Billings Co.,
looking to a rebate of taxes for 1897,
which taxes are claimed to be unlawfully
assessed in Billings Co. Mr.. Converse
also agreed %to..produce satisfactory evil
dence that his residence is in Stark Co.
c. G. Simpson appeared and from his
statement to the board, the assessment
on improvements TO H. Weston was on,
motion stricken of, it being covered in.
Massacre and Simpsons assessment.
On motion the following additional
changes we're made:
Assessment on wagon, saddle and
harness, to E. G. Paddock vas stricken
of, on the ground that they were asses
sed in Stark Co.
Improvements of Peter Hahnsen and.
Anton Nelson were reduced to SIS each,
on the ground that each was interested.
in the same ranch and improvements.
Other property at issue was left as re,
turned by the assessor.
Assessment of John Berntsen was on.
motion left as returned by assessor on
ground that, that was its full and true
value.
On motion Board adjourned to meet at
1880 pm.
Board met pursuant to adjournment;
Present Messrs Stoddard and Mikkelson.
On motion the following changes were
made:
Improvements of A. ], Coils, reduced
from $36oto $500 on the ground of Excess
sive valuation. Assessment on stallion Of
Coils and Sons stricken from the list.
for the reason that it had been assessed
in Morton Co.
Assessment on improvements and har-
ness and saddle of w. c. Coils reduced
from $500 to $40 on the ground of
excessive valuation.
Assessment on improvements Of S. p.
Lowery reduced from $3.50 to s1so on
the ground of excessive valuation.
Assessment on improvements of w. c.
Reid reduced from $3.50 to $50, on the
ground of excessive valuation.
Assessment on saddle and harness of
Geo. Thomson reduced $40. on the
ground Of excessive valuation.
Assessment on sheep Of Isadore Noelet
reducedin number from 1000 to 1900 on
the ground of excessive valuation.
Assessment on sheep of John Daley
reduced from 600 to 900 on the ground of
excessive valuation.
Assessment. on improvements of H.
Robinson reduced from $500 to s15o on
the ground of excessive valuation.
Assessment on livestock of r. Finger
reduced from I6o to 1I8 head on the
ground Of too high an assessment, and i'm
provements reduced from $500 to 800
on the ground Of excessive valuation.
Assessment o. Improvements Of Ed
ward Josucks reduced from 5000 to 5000
On the grouud of excessive valuation, and
on motion; Auditor was authorized to is
sue Mr.. Josucks a refunding order for
$8:o5 for taxes enormously paid Billings
county.
Assessment of Geo. F. Woodman was
on motion corrected as follows:
% 3-year-old cattle and
s4 2-Year-old cattle.
On motion assessment of Monroe
Simpson was reduced from 200 to 100
head Of cattle on the ground Of too high
an assessment.
Assessment on wagons of 7. F.
Roberts was stricken from the list on ac-
count of error!in listing.
Board having finished equalization
took up regular order Of business.
On motion Auditor was authorized to
issue warrants to Gregor Lang in lieu Of
warrants No. I746, 1897, and 1886. said
warrants having been lost.
On motion interest and penalty on tax
of Nugent estate and amounting to sI.83
was abated.
On motion the board proceededto levy
. tax of'8 mills in the general fund, :
mills emergency purposes. mill sinking
fund and 1 mill interest OF bonds, basing
this levy on the following estimate of exss
penses for the ensuing year:
Attorney. 400
Judge. 800
Treasurer ....... ........... 80. 900