Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-14
COMMISSIONERS, PROCEED
INGS.

Board of county commissioners of
Fall River county met in regular ses-
sion at the court house in the city Of
Hot Springs, 8. D., on Monday, Octo-
Der 8, 1898. Present, D.. g. Grippen,
county commissioners, and William II.
Stanley, county auditor.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and on motion unanimously
adopted.
Resolved, That the voting precinct
heretofore known and designated as
Indian Creek precinct No. 81 be aud
the same is hereby consolidated with
and made q part Of the precinct known
and designated as Duck Creek pre-
cinct No. 20.
The clerk of the circuit court of Fall
River county having fled his requisi-
ton asking for the names of thirty-two
persons qualified for jury service to
all up the jury list of the county to
the full number of two hundred, the
board on motion, proceeded to appor-
ton the thirty-two names which ap-
portionment was as follows, to-wit:
City of Hot Springs 8; Odell 1; Beaver
1; Oelrichs 1; Union 1; Edgemont 4;
unorganizsd portion of county 16.
The board then proceeded to select
the names of sixteen persons qualified
to serve as jurors from the unorgan-
lied portion of the county, and the
following names were selected, to-wit:
Geo. w. Allen, Oelrichs; James N. Bra
dy, Maitland; g. D. Crawford, Edge
mont; H. e. Bacon, 7. B. Dings, Hot
Springs; John Erickson, Ardmore; w.
w. Forney, Oelrichs; @. e. Griffith,
Edgemont; G. r. Hoagland, Hot
Springs; Otto johnson, Cascade; j. T.
Long, james Mcfarland, Cheyenne
Falls; Tom Petty, Hot Springs; @. q.
Roe, Cascade; Ralph Small, Cheyenne
Falls; w. g. Trompeter, Maitland.
It was moved and carried that the
auditor be instructed to furnish trans
portation to Mrs. Matte Reed, an indi-
gent person who will become a county
charge if compelled to remain here,
from Hot Springs to Doland, South
Dakota.
1t was moved and carried that the
tax certif1cation covering lot 1, block 8,
railway addition to Hot Springs, and
lot 8, block 80, original town of Hot
Springs, for 1896 and prior years for
tax is delinquent, be sold for an
amount based on the valuation of the
said property as assessed in 1896, for
each of the years for which said tax is
delinquent.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1893.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1893 Present, d.
G. Grippen, Geo. w. Highley, and Geo.
w. Dennis, county commissioners, and
William H. Stanley, county auditor.
Quarterly report of j. B. Parks, po-
lice justice of the peace, was on motion
approved, and Justices fees to amount
of $50 allowed.
Quarterly report of j. e. Nickerson,
police justice Of the peace, was pre-
sented and Justices fees amounting to
1885 reduced to 1920 and allowed.
Report was laid v @ for further con-
sideration.
Petitions for establishment of coun-
ty roads in precinct No. II and from
Lithia Springs to the mouth Of Fall
River were on motion laid over until
next meeting.
CReport of A. j. Colgan, agent for de-
pository of school text books at DEL
rlchs showing books sold to amount of
1868 and books on hand to amount of
S18.28, accompanied by remittance for
amount of books sold, was on motion
approved and amount ordered placed
to credit of school text book fund.
On motion the following named
judges we're appointed and the follow
ing named polling places were desig-
mated for the general election to be
held on Tuesday, Noyember8 g, 1898.
Hot Springs, LIST Ward:-City Hall.
Judges, 9. F. Long, John Gross and
Edmund Petty.
Hot Springs, 2nd Ward:-valiey
House. Judges, A. s.. Stewart, VIM.
IHubener and Jas. Bradley.
Hot Springs, Bird Ward:-Y NJ. Ca
room. Judges, E.. T. Pierce, John Z.
Burke and R. Parmley.