Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-16
Following are the levies Din miils) for

Total county levy 10 Ito mills
1t appearing to the board that John
A. Yeager had been enormously charged
with interest onthetax assessed against
him on the south half of the southeast
quarter of section 10 and the north
half of the northeast quarter of section
30, town 8 south range Z east, B. H. M
the treasurer was on motion author.
izing to rebate the said interest.
G. NJ. Cleveland appeared before the
board in behalf of John A. Yeager and
asked that a portion of the tax assessed
against the said Yeager on the above
described tract be related for the rea.
son that the law authorizing the coun.
ty auditor to place on the assessment
rolls and tax lists of the county any
property that has been ommitted BY
the assessor and to extend the tax
thereon is unconstitutional.
The application was on motion re.
jected.
The following resolutions was on
motion unanimously adopted:
Whereas, This board is being owe
whelmed with individual requests for
the abatement of interest upon deiin-
quent taxes, and
Whereas, 1t appears to this board
that in order to collect the large
amount of delinquent taxes, and in
consideration of the many protests and
and refusals to pay the 1897 tax on ac-
count of the greatly increased assessed
valuation for that year over the year
1896 when values have deprecated in
stead of increased. it is to the best in
rests of the county to abate the inte-
rest on delinquent taxes for a short
time, it is hereby
Resolved, That the interest onall de-
linquent tax be abated from and after
this date provided that the said delin-
1hent tax be paid on or before the first
day of November, 1898. and provided
further that the said tax be paid with
out protest.
a protest having been made by
james Bell against the removal of the
remainder of the bridge across Hat
Greek nea the Bar L ranch, and the
board being assured by the said James
Bell that the necessary repairs on the
said bridge will not cost to exceed $50.
it was moved and carried that the sum
OF $40 ue paid to the said James Bell
for making the said repairs on the said
bridge provided the same are made
within ninety days from this date.
The proposition of A. Anthony to pay
the tax Tor purchase the tax certid-
cates) on lots l, 2,3,4 4, IS, 36 aud 81.
block l, and lot 36, block 2, Railway ad-
dition to Hot Springs provided the tax
for 1886 and prior is based on the val
uation of the said property as assessed
in 1886. was on motion accepted.
1t appearing to the board the delin.
quent tax on the property hereinafter
described can be collected only on con-
dition that a just and reasonable COM
promise is made' it WAS moved and
carried that the tax for each of the
years for which said tax is delinquent
be based on u valuation of 500 per
quarter section for the west half south
west quarter section 26, northwest quar-
ter section %, east half southwest
quarter and northwest quarter south
east quarter section 10, and northeast
quarter northwest quarter section Is
all In town 10, range z; and the south
west quarter northeast quarter, south
east quarter northeast quarter. south
east quarter northwest quarter, north
east quarter southwest quarter. north
west quarter southeast quarter, north
east quarter southeast quarter of Sec
ton 10, and southwest quarter north.