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

the transportation and subsistence o.
the First South Dakota regiment from
San Francisco to South Dakota, ap-
peared before the board and requested
the board of county commissioners to
authorize the county treasurer to adj.
vance the amount apportioned to this
county (S4O0) for transportation and
subsistence with the understanding
that an effort will be made to reim-
burse the county from an a%ppaopria-
ton expected to be made by the next
le legislature.
1t wa not deemed advisable by the
board to advance the desired amount
owing to the financial condition of the
county and there being no funds avail
able which could be used for that pur.
pose.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, 1t appears from a state.
ment made to this board by Elmer II.
Juckett that he. the SAID Elmer r.
Juckett, is attorney for the Buff alo
School Furniture Co, and G. w. Per
kins, who hold judgments against Ban
ner school district No. 8 a%ggregating
$4,000 and interest; that notice was
served on said school district to make
a levy to pay said judgments; that the
said school district refused to do SO.
and still refuse to make said levy, and
Whereas. The said Elmer r. Juckett
prays the board of county commits
sioners of Fall River county to make IL
levy to pay the said judgments as pro-
vided in section Z, of chapter s of
chapter 81 of the session laws of 1897.
it is
Resolved, That there be and is here
10y levied upon the taxable property of
i. said Banner school diatrict No. 8 "a tax
, of five mills OH the dollar of valuation
for the purpose of paying the said
, judgments or so much thereof as the
!. said five mills on the dollar will raise.
and the auditor is hereby authorized
! and directed to enter the said tax
against the taxable property of said
school district.
1t was moved and carried that all
the taxes now due on the east half
southeast quarter of section s, and
northwest quarter southwest quarter,
and southwest quarter northwest
quarter section 8, town 8, range 5, be
Compromised on a basis of the valua-
!, ton of the said real estate as assessed
in 1898, provided that the said tax is
paid within sixty days from this
v date.
It appearing from an affidavit of
Jane L. Halls filed with the board that
= the said Jane l.. Halls lost in the year
1886 cattle of the assessed valuation of
NJ s55 and that she lost in the year 1897
cattle of the assessed valuation of SIS,
the said cattle having died before the
tax thereon became due, and itappear-
n ing further that she was assessed for
all the personal property in her pos
session at the time of assessment in
the said years, it was moved and car
ried that tax on the said valuations
Il for the said years be abated.
A. It vas moved and carried that the
/. bill of Chas. s. Eastman, as sheriff of
Fall River county, amounting to 1854
for jailor fees from January 4, 1897 to
June 30, 1893, both inclusive, and that
the bill of the said Eastman amount
ing to 1924 for jailor fees from July l,
d 1899, to September 1, 1899, both inclu.
u sive, be disallowed.
Bill of Chas. S. Eastman of $40 for
If sheriffs fees was, on motion, laid over.
If 1t was moved and carried that the
n treasurer and auditor be authorized to
ih segregate and correct the tax assessed
r. against the northwest quarter of south
west quarter of section 81, town s
a range .. in accordance with a state
ty ment of II. NJ. Nroman OH file in the
ID office eli the county auditor.
to The following resolution was unani-
mousiy adopted:
Resolved that no interest on delin'
Sc quent tax will be abated unless it is
I'd shown to the satisfaction OF the board
o. that there has been an erroneous, lille
gal or unjust assessment. or that it is
to the best interest of the county to
make such abatement in compromise
ne of a large amount of otherwise uncol
I'd lectable delinquent tax.
I'd The following bills were allowed an6
warrants ordered drawn for amounts
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and other supplies Is 81
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inquest llo
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inquest L 1
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a w. P. Sheldneck, witness certif-
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w. B. Craven, petit JUROR. 4
55 Annie Brown, witness certifi-