The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-14
Afternoon Session.


Motion to refund personal tax paid
by mistake by Chas. Donk rs admins
traitor of j. G.. Anderson, deceased,
carried. The following resolutions
were ordered spread on the minutes.
Whereas, it appearing by the official
returns of the votes cast at the last an
nual election held in Dawson county,
when state and county officers were
elected that there is an inequality in
the number Of electors resident in the
different commissioners districts of said
Dawson county as they now exist.
Resolved, That there is q necessity
for change in the boundaries of the
commissioners districts of said Dawson
county, that the board of county COM
missioners of said Dawson county
change the boundaries of the existing
commissioners districts at an ad djourned
meeting of their regular July session
of the said board of county commission
ers to be held at the office of county
auditor of said Dawson county on the
twenty-ninth day of July, 1899, at nine
O'Clock in the forenoon OF said day in
order that the several districts may
contain as near as may be within one
hundred OF the same number of votes
as shown by the official returns of the
votes cast at the last election, held
prior to the date of this, the regular
July meeting of the said board OF
county commissioners, at which elect
ion state and county officers were elect
ed; that notice of said proposed change
be published in the official papers of
said Dawson county for three weeks
next preceding the said time of the
meeting OF said board for the purpose
of making such change.
County auditor WAS instructed to
advertise for bids for conl for the
county bids, to be in by July 20, 1899.
Bids to be as follows:
Best Hooking Valley coal free on
board of cars per ton.
Best Hooking Valley coal delivered
at court house per ton.
Best Hooking Valley coal delivered
in any part of the city per ton.
Best Hooking Valley coal delivered
in sheds per ton.
Moved and carried that the e4 of NV
sec. l4-l0l.60 be released from the
personal property taxes of A. W.
Davis.
The following bills were allowed:
F. 81. Winsor Office rent for
April May and June. so
Nels Nelson to care of sick per-
5OA j w
y. Il. Browne, salary county
superintendent for month of
y uQe .................. ~ "a
O. E. Browne supplies.and ex-
press. ........... ..,............ z 70
Jacob Koch, jailor and janitor
for June. SO 90
A. Z. GrOenke, salary regis
ter of deeds for April, May and
June e.................. 294 80
G. b. Kelsey, county treasurer
for April. May and June. ..... 375 90
II. B. Anderson, salary county
auditor for June ......... SO 10
r. A. Hacket, petit juror. 8 20
F. H. Winsor, witness state vs..
Campbell Observation-Disclosures. 2 20
E. Spangler, bailiff .. s 90
The Law Book Co., law books. Is 90
A requisition for 36 names to fill
July list was handed in by clerk of
courts and following apportionment
was made:
Perry township 2 names.
Badger township names.
Blendon township names.
Mt. Vernon township names.
Beulah township name.
Mitchell township 2 names.
City of Mitchell Is names.
Prosper township name.
Lisbon township l name.
Union township ? names.
Baker township name.
Tobin township 2 names.
Rome township 2 names.
Mt. Vernon village names.
Moved and carried that the follow
ing real estate taxes be abated, it be.
ing the property of state of South Da-
kota, to wit
Lots 8, 10, II and -, block s,
Rowley's second addition to city Of
Mitchell.
Lots I, s and 9, block II, Rowley' IS
second addition to city OF Mitcell.
Lots and 4, block 10, Rowley's sec-
ond addition to city of Mitchell.
Out lot IS, Rowley's second addition
to city of Mitchell.
Lot 8, block Is, city of Mitchell.
Peavey Elevator Co., coal
county poor Patsey Coyne
100 pounds by order of
Mrs. Rierson 100 pounds by
order OF Levinger. l 68- 3 35
Report Of Justice Mckinley for
quarter ending July l, 1899, accepted