Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-20
O'Clock a. M, January 4, 1899.

O'Clock a. m., January 4, 1899.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, d. G. Grlppen, and Geo. w.
dennis, county commissioners. and
William H. Stanley, county auditor.
Offer OF y. Ferguson of $50 in full.
payment of all taxes on block 16, Ca
tholicon addition to Hot Springs, was
rejected, and on motion it was agreed
to compromise the said tax on a basis
of the valuation of the said property
AS assessed in 1886.
Ihe following resolution was on mo-
ton adopted:
Whereas, County warrant No. 2Os3,
dated January 10, 1890, for s44S, was is
sued in payment for county bridges,
and was enormously drawn on road
district No. l, it is hereby
Resolved, That the said warrant be
taken up and cancelled, and that the
auditor be and is hereby authorized
and instructed to issue u warrant in
lieu of said cancelled warrant for S44S,
payable out of the county bridge fund,
and that he be and is hereby author.
lied and instructed to draw Il non-in-
%terest- bearing warrant for S2Sl.6O, pay
able out of the county bridge fund, the
said last named warrant being for in
terest Oh the said cancelled warrant to
date.
1t was moved and carried that the
personal property assessment of Henry
Friday be reduced to S27O, as per sworn
statement filed in the Office of the
county auditor, it appearing that the
assessment of the said Friday for the
year 1898 was enormously raised by
the county assessor.
1t vas moved and carried that $40 be
accepted in full payment of all taxes
on north half of lot 9 aud all of lot B,
block 10, Phillips addition to Hot
Springs.
1t appearing to the board from state.
ments made by John E. Moran and
from documents furnished by him that
the said Moran had purchased the tax
certificates and paid the taxes on the
SEA of SWA, and lot 4, section Z, town
8, range Z, for the years 1892, 1893, 1894,
1895, 1886 and 1897, and it appearing
further that the said tax was errone-
our and wholly illegal and void for the
reason that final proof had new been
made on the said land, it was moved
and carried that the auditor be in
structed to issue to the said John e.
NuOAStA III uOtaGCllSuU OIN0I lOI Ul0 w.
tai amount of taxes paid on the said
land.
1t was moved and carried that the
bond of the Merchants Bank, of Hot
Springs, South Dakota, as a depository
of Fall River county, in the sum Of
$1,000, for the safe keeping of the pub
lie funds, be approved and ordered
filed, and the bid of the said bank
of 9 per cent per III for a deposit
of $500 or less of the county funds
was on motion accepted.
The bond of John Sweat as commits
sioner of the First Commissioners dis.
trict, in the sum of $1,000, having been
approved by the clerk of the courts as
provided by law, and Mr.. Sweat having
subscribed to the required oath Of
Office, entered upon the discharge of
his duties as such commissioners.
1t was moved aad carried that a war.
rant for $500 be drawn on the judg-
ment fund in favor of Moulton Houk
in part payment of a judgment against
Fall River county, owned by the said
Houk.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for amounts.
b. Hargens, putty, glass, etc....5 IL Is
AlOAAN0N Guys 00PNVy
wood. ........................ SO so
e. s. Ames, publishing 10 70
Transfer, Feed & Fuel Co., dray-
ing. 80
Hot Springs Star, publishing
and job work. 80 95
Emil Hargens, supplies for
county OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6 90
er for December ............ 10 90
Water, Light & Power Co., light
November and December. -. 25 76
j. II. Cassel, services as bailiff.. % 90
Fargo Mercantile Co., supplies
for county poor.............. So 95
DIR. y. j. Hoenes, expert testi-
mony State VS.. Tilburn ....... 10 10
J. w. Apologize, board of jurors
and bailiff. 10 IA
o. Ferguson, rent of polling
place "a, reduced to and al
lowed 90
and material furnished......e 3G %
E s.. Kelly, auditors order to
county poor. .............. 4 10
John L. Burk, a treasurer,