Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-07-21
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF EQUAL
lZATION OF FALL RIVER
COUNTY, SO. OAK.

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF EQUAL
IZATION OF FALL RIVER
COUNTY, SO. OAK.
No quorum being present on Mon
day, July 3, 1899, the meeting of the
county board of equalization of Fall
tiver county was adjourned by the au-
ditor to Wednesday, July 5, 1899, Tues
day, July 4, being legal holiday.)
The board of equalization Of Fall
River county, met at the Office of the
county auditor at the court house
in the city of Hot Springs, on Wednes-
day, July 8, 1899. Present, ID. G. Grip.
pen and j. w. Sweat, county commits
sioners, and William H. Stanley, coun-
ty auditor.
perform their duties as members of
such board was duly administered by
+. q. Osmotherly, clerk of the circuit
court of Fall River county, after which
the board proceeded to examine and
compare the assessed valuations of the
personal property and real estate of
the several cities and organized town
ships of the county, and the unorgan-
lied portion of the county as returned
by the several assessors, and to equal
ize the same.
On motion the board adjourned
until 8 O'clock a. M. July 6, 1899.
Board met at 8 o'clock u. m. July 6,
1899, pursuant to adjournment. Pre-
sent. ID. G. Grippen, j. w. Sweat and
w. w. Forney, county commissioners,
and w. III. Stanley, county auditor.
w. w. Forney having filed his bond
and duly qualified as county commits
sioner of the third commissioner dis
trict of Fall River county, took the re-
quired oath before f. G. Osmotherly.
clerk of the courts, as a member of the
county board of equalization.
1t appearing to the board from state
ments made by the county assessor,
from chattle mortgages on file in the
office of the register of deeds, from
putable residents of the county and
from other evidence that the following
named persons had not been properly
assessed it was moved and carried that
the following changes be made in the
said assessments:
| u. +. Arnold, raised 100 head of cat
tie of all classes, valued at S17O0.
Ed. Brookfield, raised 15 head of cat
tie of all classes, valued at S255.
j. H. Brown, raised % head of cattle
of all classes, valued at 1925.
Fred Dale, raised so head of horses
of all classes, valued at 5000.
Junk Bros, raised 90 head of cattle
of all classes, valued at S54O.
b. +. Blessing, raised 80 head of cat
tie valued at $3.50.
Ed. Kent, raised 10 head of horses
valued at S120.
Simon Englebrecht, raised $50 head
of cattle of all classes, valued at $3.50.
Il s.A Of In
valued ut sl7O.
4 A. K. Mills, agent for HI. H. Cossitt,
assessed for is head of horses valued
at $3.50.
+. M. Mcclellan, raised % head of
cattle valued at S425.
i G. E. Mcclellan, raised 90 head of
cattle of all classes, valued at $40.
B. Ortman, raised 20 head of cattle
} of all classes, valued at s34O.
n r. Ravenscroft, assessed 40 head of
horses of all classes, valued at $3.50.
d. w. Webster, raised $3.50 sheep val
ued at $1,000.
> John II. White, raised 80 head of cat
tie of all classes, valued at $3.50.
Ely Swallow, assessed $50 head Of
cattle of all classes, valued at s425O.
Brit Brookfield, assessed with 80
head of cattle of all classes, valued at
{ $3.50.
N. II. Dryden, reduced Is head of
horses valued at $3.50.
T.. w. Martin, part of southwest
g quarter section 13, town Z, range 5, 1888
acres, reduced to S640.
On motion board adjourned to Fri
day. July Z, 1899, at 8 o'clock a. m.
Board met at 8 o'clock a. M. July Z,
1899, pursuant to adjournment. Pre-
!, sent, ID. G. Grippen, j. w. Sweat and
!, w. w. Forney, county commissioners,
and William H. Stanley, county audi
r tor.
It appearing to the board from state
+ ments made by reputable residents of
the county that the following named
= persons had been assessed too low it
3 was moved and carried that the follow
ing changes in the said assessments be
f made:
VIM. Landers, raised 40 head of cat
tie valued at $3.50.
VIM. Kolterman, raised 40 head OF
o cattle valued at $3.50.
The average valuation of horses un.
der three years old and over siS
months old as returned by the asses
sors of the city of Hot Springs and OF
S Union township, being lower than the
3 average valuation of the same class OF
horses as retured by the assessors ol
!, other portions of the county it was
S moved and carried that the valuations
: of the said class of horses be raised 81
r per cent in the city of Hot Springs
d and 80 per cent in Union township.
l. The average valuation Of horses ovel
9 three years old as returned by the as
: SCISSORS of Union township, Beaver
g township and the city Of Hot Springs
r being lower than the valuation of the
L same class of horses as returned By
the assessors of other portions of th'
county, it was moved and carried thai
the valuation of the said class o.
horses be raised 40 per cent in Unioz
j.. township, 10 per cent in Beaver town