The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-03

p. T. Mcmahon, Chairman.
County Auditor.
Rapid City, S. D.
May 4. 1898.
Board met pursuant to a~d adjournment,
all members and county auditor pres
ent. Minutes of last meeting we're
read and by motion approved.
By motion application Of Herb John
son for correction of taxes granted in
part by reducing the valuation to $500
per 40 acre tract and total taxation to
Sl14.1 II.
By motion application Of Plummer
Davis for abatement of taxes granted
ia part by reducing tax to S75 81, pro-
vided such amount be paid within 80
days.
The contractors Of the court house
having complsted said building to the
entire satisfaction of the superintend-
ent of construction and the board of
county commissioners, by motion the
building was accepted and the bonds
men released.
By motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
on the current expense fund foI the
same:
G P Bennett, desk and rail IS 90
G G Hunt, ms prem on c h I12 so
Geo B Mansfield, same lO5 u
II D Blair, ri wk, I'd II fund 900
Sweeney How Co., supplies for
road districts "a, 10, %, 8 and
rs, road funds IL 80
BY motion bill of Sweeney, Whalen
& Mcmahon for 1885. 49,, balance due
said contractors for construction OF
court house having been accepted, was
allowed as follows: Court house fund
Sl2S9.39: current expense fund $76. 40.
BY motion board adjourned to meet
at 8 o'clock a. m. May 5, 1898.
Attest: VIM. E. Tracy,
P. f. McMahon, Chairman.
County Auditor.
Rapid City, S. D.
May 5, 1898.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members and the county auditor
present. Minutes of the last meeting
we're read and by motion approved.
The following bids having been re-
ceived in response to advertisement
for painting court house, were consid-
cred: E L Hurlhut 1926: Gambrill G.
Day 1926; Henry Thorpe, to stain wall
So per square. BY motion action was
deferred until July session.
By motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That in any case where
extraordinary expense may be or has
been incurred in the process Of the col
lection Of any tax wherein the mount
collected is insufficient to Ray such ex-
pense in addition to the amount regu-
larly levied, the county treasurer is
hereby instructed, empowered and re-
Quired to divide and apportion into
each separate fund to which the mon
ey so collected is to be distributed,
such funds as may be proportionate to
the amount of such expense.
BY motion the county auditor was in
structed to publish notices to liquor
dealers that all applications for license
for the year beginning July l, 1898,
are to be on file in the office of the
county auditor IN or before the 29th
day of June, 1898, at IL o'clock noon.
Uhe board spent the greater portion
OF the day in looking over different
proposed locations Tor a poor farm. BY
motion definite action relative to our
chase of a poor farm was deferred.
BY motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
on the proper funds for same:
VIM r Tracy, services as county COM
missioner, cur exp fund 2l 90
A J. Mccain, same 20 Is
Fred } Cross, same, county find "a Is
BY motion board adjourned to meet
at 9 O'Clock a. m. June %, 1898.
Attest: VIM. b. Tracy,
P. F. Mcmahon, Chairman.