Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

portions of the county only.
For county bridge purposes lin
organized portion of the county

portions of the county only)... 500
For county bridge purposes lin
organized portion of the county go
For county bridge purposes in
unorganized portion of county 36O
Resolved, That there be and is here
by levied a tax of 81 upon each elector
within the county for the support of
the common schools within the county;
and that there be and is hereby levied
a poll tax of s1.50 Tor one days labor
upon the highways) upon every male
person in the unorganized portion of
the county between the ages oftwenty-
one and fifty years of age except those
exempt by law from the payment of
such road poll tax, aud
Resolved, That there be and is here
by levied the sum of one dollar for
each dog and the same shall be charged
as a tax against each person returned
by the assessor as the owner of such
dog or dogs, and be it further
Resolved, That there be and is here
by levied and assessed tax of one
half mill upon the dollar of the as
sessed valuation of the sheep within
the county for the payment of the
legal services of the sheep inspector
and his deputies as provided in section
l3 of chapter 81 of the session laws of
1897.
The levies in mills for county pur-
poses are as follows:
County general fund .........5 .5 mills
County poor fund mill
County insane fund. 4-10 mill
Bond interest and sinking fund mills
Judgment fund nd.............4 mills
County road lin unorganized por-
ton of county only ...........1m l mill
County bridge lin organized por-
ton of county, 3 10 mill, in un-
organized portion of county 10 mill
Total county levy in organized
portion of county. ...... 16 10 mills
Total county levy in unorganized
portion of county. Is mills
1t was moved and carried that the
salaries Of county treasurer, county
auditor, county judge, county superin-
tendent, states attorney and court
house janitor for the months of July
and August be allowed.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for amounts:
Transfer Feed 81 Fuel Co., repair
ing Billups bridge and mater
Evergreen Gem. u Mort. Assn,
burial county poor. r............5 90 90
e. r. .Juckett, lumber for county
ni0sao on motion board adjourned until til
September 6, 1899, at 9 o'clock.
Board met at o'clock m. Septem-
ber q, 1899, pursuant to adjournment.
Present ID. G. Grippen and w. w. For
ney, county commissioners, and VIM.
II. Stanley, county auditor.
| The clerk of courts having filed re-
QUESTION for the names of 36 persons,
the number required to complete the
jury list of Fall River county to the
full number of 200 names, and the
board finding upon an examination of
the names remaining on said list the
name of one who is dead, and the
names of seven who have removed
from the county, making total of "A
names required to complete said jury
list, it was moved and carried that the
said AZ names of persons qualified to
lows: Odell, 1; Beaver, L; Union, 9;
Edgemont, 6; Hot Springs, 10; unor-
ganized portion of county, 10.
The board then selected the names of
the following persons for the unorgan-
lied portion of the county: Fred Berg,
w. II. Curl, Perry Davis, David Fergu
son, j. NJ. Camel, Chas. L. Halls, Sam
flolterfield, Enoch Jones, Vim. Land
ers, Albert I. Lowery, John Moran. J..
d. Morgaridge, j. E. Petty, A. Picker
brook, Theo. Reaser. d. G. Shirley,
Amos Tabor, II. II. Whaley and G. b.
West, which foregoing names the audi
tor was instructed to return to the
clerk of courts in compliance with his
requisition.
1t appearing to the board from the
affidavit of Frank jackson on file in
the Office of the county auditor that
the said jackson was unjustly assessed
for head of horses valued at S108 and
"a head of cattle valued at S399 in 1898,
it was moved and carried that his as.
sessed valuation for the year 1898 be
reduced s5O7.
The affidavit of B. F. Blessing, alleg.
ing that his assessment for the year
1899 was unjustly raised by the county
board of equalization, and that the Or
classes valued at $3.50 as made to the
county assessor was true and correct,
was laid before the board.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the
board that the assessment of the said
Blessing as equalized by the county
board Of equalization is not excessive,
the application of the said Blessing for
q reduction was on motion disallowed.
The application of VIM. Landers for
a reduction of his assessment to the
amount returned by the assessor was
on motion denied, it appearing to the
satisfaction of the board that his as
sessment Of 200 head of cattle valued
at $3.50 is not excessive.
It was moved and carried that S3l.97
be accepted in full satisfaction of the
delinquent tax on lot 42. block 4, origi.
nal town of Hot Springs, provided the
said tax be paid within thirty days.
It was moved and carried that the
tax on lot Il, block 25, Cascade, for the
year 1897 be compromised ON q yalna