Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-13

lm1isnt on lot -, block a il city 81
Devils Lake Tor year 1893, It bein9
shown that the valuation, 12,l5O, @
excessive. Carried.
Moved and seconded that q refund
Ing order'in sum Of &S.15 DO issued to
Fred Bresch for personal property tar
year 1899, paid ~ him In Webster
township, 1t being shown that same
was paid on the. threshing machine
aassesed in Bergen township to Aug.
Rulat. Carried. -.
Moved, seconded and carried that
the personal property tax for the year
1889, in the city 81 Devils Iake. apsinst
RObt. Mckay be stricken from the list
Tor the reason that he was assessed for
ship.
Petition Of Geo. Parker Of Stevens
township. asking his 1899 personal
property tax be stricken from the list,
read.
Moved and seconded that MI. Parker
be requested to present a copy of the
field notes for bis personal property
assessment for 1899. in Benson county,
showing that said property was as.
sessedi in Benson county, before final
action is taken on his petition,
Carried.
Petition of Geo. J~uergens for a Re.
sduuctio|n in his personal property tax,
read. ~ ISL
Moved and seconded that a refund.
ing order be issued In amound equal
to tax paid by him 1889 taxi on q
vaIuation of S14O. same being excessive
and that a refunding order be issued
in amount equal to tax for the year
1899 to Geo. Juergens for tax paid on
nwM neA, section a, township 154
renge Ga, assessed same as 80 acres
viz, 500, same being an error and
should only be $3.50, it being only 4C
acre tract. Carried.
Moved and:seconded that the valua.
ton for 1899, on lot l and neL nwA
section Z, township 155, range 81, $3.50
be reduced one half and tax extended
accordingly, it being clearly shown
that said valuation is same as on 16(
acre tracts and that above tract con.
tains less than 80 acres. Carried.
A petition signed by Peter Regain
asking that tax certificate No. 697, sale
1889, be called in and cancelled, was
read and on motion, duly seconded
same was laid over for further investi
cation. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the valua.
ton for year 1899 on neI, sec. ID, twp
1853, range 81, be reduced $4,000 and
tax abated accordingly, said Valuation
being excessive. Carried,
Moved, seconded and carried to ad.
journ until 100 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The board met pursuant to above
adjournment.
Present: All the members.
Moved and seconded that the 1885,
personal property tax against p
Gilberg, in Freshwater township, be
stricken from the list, for the reason
that same property was also assessed
against him in Dry Lake township
and tax on same paid. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the follow
ing tax judgments against Peter
Larson dated and docketed December
10, 1891, for 1868; dated and docketed
December 10. 1891, for 1896; dated and
docketed February IL, 1893, 1910; total
S224.:33, be satisfied as far as it effects
the 81 nw4 and lots 3 and 4, sec. 2
twp. 154, range 81, is concerned on pay.
ment of Sl2.5 so into the county treasury
Carried.
Mr.. ]. H. Smith presents a petition
signed by 107 residents of the east end
of Ramsey county, Crary and vicinity
praying that the resolution, recently
passed by this board, suspending the
payment of the (s8O0!OO) eight hundred
dollar "Odessa Narrows," bridge ap.
preparation until the opening of the
Indian reservation, be reconsidered
and make the appropriation as
previously granted was read.
Moved and seconded that the above
petition be referred to the committee
on finance for their report on the
financial condition of the bridge fund.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that the 1899
personal property assessment against
John Mcbride, in twp. 157, range 63,
be reduced 500 and tax extended &C.
cordingly, for the reason that the
present valuation is excessive. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the in.
surance on court house be filed at
S17 600, and on furniture and fixtures
at $1,000, making a total of $4,000, and
that all new policies necessary to make
above amount be written for a period
Of 3 years, same. to be divided equally
between the three agencies, w. II.
Brown & Co., A. M. Powell and Fisher
& Juergens. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the con-
tract for furnishing this county with
fifteen (15) No. J., weight Ito pounds,
steel drag scrapers, and fifteen (15) No.
2, weight, 1O2 pounds, steel drag
scrapers, without runners, for the sum
of two hundred (s2OO) dollars, ST. o. b.
| Devils Lake." be awarded to w. D.
Millar, of Grand Harbor. Carried, all
members voting "Yes."
The auditor was authorized to order
a copy of the newly compiled laws for
use Of the county board.
Moved and seconded that the
valuation on lots 9 and 10, block 10, in
the city of Devils. Lake, be reduced
300, for the reason that the barn
should not be assessed with said real