Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-10-14
COmmissioners' Proceedings.
Regular session Oct. 3, 1896


The Board Of County Commission
ers Of Brookings County, S. ID. met in
the office Of the county auditor in the
city Of Brookings on Monday Oct. 3rd,
1898; members of the Board present
were: Ed Hillestad chairman, and
commissioners M. E. Donohoe, Ole
Erickson, L. d. MINER, and Stewart
Young, and j. II. Nelson county aud.
itor being present as clerk OF the
meeting.
MONDAY OCTOBER BIRD.
The Board was called to order by
chairman Hillestad.
Representatives from Lake Sinai
were present and urged the Board to
take favorable action on the petition
filed praying for the formation Of a
new school district ir said townships;
and after due consideration the Board
Resolved, that all of Section No.
Twenty-eight (2s) and Section No.
Thirty-three (33) be detached from
school district No. Twenty-Five (22)
and that all of Sections Nos Twenty
seven and Thirty-four be detached
from school district No. %, and that
said Sections Nos q, %, 33, and "a be
formed into new school district as
prayed for in the petition, said school
district to be numbered forty-flve.
The Board occupied the balence Of
the forenoon in examining the county
buildings and premises to ascertain if
any repairs were needed.
On motion the Board adjourned to
view the new bridge recently con-
structed across the Sioux River in
Medary township. Board reconvened
at 4:30 o'clock p. m. and on motion
the bridge was accepted and the cOun-
ty auditor was instructed to issue a
warrant in favor of L. ii. johnson the
contractor for the sum of $4,000, being
the contract price therefor.
On motion Board adjourned to $50
a. m. Tuesday.
TUESDAY, OCT. 4TH.
Board met as per adjournment, all
members and clerk present.
The attention of the Board was
called to the fact that no appropria-
tion was made by the last legislative
assembly to enable the State to furn-
ish election laws to the several count
les: it was therefore moved and carri-
ed that the county auditor be in
structed to procure the necessary
number of copies Of the law and dis
tribute same among the several elec-
tion boards in the county.
Pursuant to Chapter 60 Laws of 1897,
the Board proceeded to appoint judges
of election for each of the several vot-
ing precincts of Brookings County,
and it was Resolved, that such judges
be selected from lists of names as
filed by the Republican and Popu-
list Central Committees: and that
they be appointed judges Of election
which is as follows:-
Alton precincts K Wood, z L Spur
ling, w J Doughty.
Alton precinct-Charles Lynch, w j
Edgar,B Pearson.
Argo precinct-D j Hines, William
Buth, o B Utigaard.
Aurora precinct-George Thayer,
Arthur Stone, A E West.
Brookings township precinct-Ole
Aslakson, Ole A Holm, A T Grove.
Bangor precinct-Stephen Hodges,
VIII Bell, Albert Hillestad.
Eureka precinct-L L Lenning,
Albert BOIL, William Coulter.
Elkton precinct-N A Schouweler,
Con OLeary, A L Sloss.
Laketon precinct-W w Pay, Simon
Hoel, Allan Matson.
Lake Sinai precinct-Henry Larson,
Ole Tisland, G Halverson.
Lake Hendricks precinct-J f john
son, Ole r Olson, G N Trovien.
Medary precinct-J A Lunden, | Il
Elyeruds, O. j Sundet.
Oak Lake precinct-G Gripentroug A
X Anderson, Chas Fuerstenan.
Oakwood precinct-Ansel Bunday, j
Youngberg, John L Linskog,
Oslo precinct--Ole Haavi, Oscar Man
nerud, Nels G Rude.
Parnell precinct-W II Smith, A
Randall, Martin Quinlan.
Preston precinct-A ID Coleman, A
Whiteman, G Il Lee.
Richland preciDct-Peter Kinney, ID