Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-21
Commissionsrs' Proceedings.

Inc DOdru Oh county commissioners
met in special session in the auditors
Office in the court house: Dec. IS, 1899,
written, by notice posted in three public
places in BroSkings county, and State of
South Dakota, which notice was signed
by the county auditor the original
thereof being on file in this office and
duly recorded in Commissioners Record
No.2.
| Meeting called to order by the chair
man; members present: NJ. f. Donohoe
chairman; Commissioners Ed Hillestad
Stewart Young, J. Ii. Simmons and
F. F. Ribstein; also l.. II. Storgaard,
county auditor, as clerk.
q. A. Mathews appeared before the
board on behalf of the sureties on the
official bonds of ex-county auditor j.
Il. Nelson, and submitted the following
proposition:
"To the Honorable board of County
Commissioners, Brookings county:
Gentlemen:
"The sureties upon the two official
bonds of j. Il. Nelson, as county audi
tor, of Brookings county, South Dakota
while not admitting any liability what
sO-ever, upon the said bonds but for the
purpose of affecting an amicable set
tlement of any possible liability which
may be thereon and for the pur-
pose of avoiding expensive and pro-
tracted litigation hereby offers to pay
to the county treasurer of Brookings
county, ). ID. on or before December
30th. the sum of Two Thousand $4,000
Dollars, upon the express condition
that they and each of them be by the
board of county commissioners of said
Brookings county, 5. d., fully exoner-
ated and released from all further
liability Hereunder.
dated at Brookings, S. ID. this 18th
day of Dec. 1899.
Matthews & Murphey,
Attorneys for the above
named sureties.
Board adjourned to 30 p. m. and
met as per adjournment.
| 1t was moved and carried That a
proposition be submitted to the sureties
on the bonds of J. Il. Nelson for set
tement. That the county transfer to
said sureties all equity which it now
holds in the real estate of J. Il. Nelson
and that the county commissioners
will release the sureties on said bond
upon the payment into the treasury OF
the sum of Forty-fiye Hundred Dollars
by the sureties.
On motion the board adjourned to
Tuesday, Dec. 10Th at 10 a. m. +
Tuesday, Dec. 10Th, 1899.
The board met as per adjournment
with all members and clerk present.
Board spent the forenoon discussing
the proposition of settlement with the
Nelson bondsmen.
On motion the board adjourned to
/ 80 p. m. and met as per adjournment.
the board considered the PROPOSE
ton for settlement submitted by ex
treasurer w. H. Roddle. The follow.
ing resolution was on motion unanim
ously adopted: "Be it resolved, That
the chairman of the board of county
commissioners and the states-attorney
for Brookings county be and are hereby
authorized to release the sureties or
the official bond of w. III. Roddle pro
vided that the said W. III. Roddle pays
to the treasurer of Brookings county
the sum of S56402, or execute a promi
sorry note on or before Dec. 30, 1899
properly secured, running to Brook
ings county, payable on or before th'
first day of July, 1900 said note to be o
the ammount of S56i.02, or in liel
thereof, note running to BrOOking
county, signed or endorsed by tn
: sureties on aforesaid bond payable oI