Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-01-18
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEED
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Board Of county commissioners of
Fall River county, South Dakota, met
in regular session at the court house
in the city of Hot Springs, on wednes-
day, January I'd, 1901, (the first
Tuesday being a holiday. Present,
d. G. Grippen, j. w. Sweat and w. w.
Forney, county commissioners, and
William H. Stanley, county auditor.
Annual report of I. A. Ball, super
VISOR of road district No. o. was on
motion approved, and bill of $500 for
services as supervisor allowed.
Annual report of D. M. Wallace as
supervisor of road district No. IA, was
on motion approved, and bill of $3.50
for services as such supervisor was
allowed.
Annual report of U. w. Eckenrode,
supervisor of road district No. II, was
on motion approved and bill of S45.OO
| for services as such supervisor was
allowed.
Quarterly report of j. B. Parks, as
police justice, was on motion approved
and bill for fees to the amount of
S22.7O was allowed.
Official bond of James Dornan as
constable, in the sum of two hundred
dollars was on motion approved.
Official bond of Emily A. Black as
county superintendent of schools in
the sum of five hundred dollars was on
motion approved.
Official bond of Geo. FL. Booker as
county justice of the peace, in the sum
of five hundred dollars was on motion
approved.
On motion the official bond of w. r.
Morgan as county treasurer, in the
sum of twelve thousand five hundred
dollars was approved.
On motion the official bond of P. j.
Franzen, as register of deeds, in the
sum of two thousand five hundred
dollars was approved.
The official bond of David G
Grippen as county commissioner for
the second district, in the sum of one
thousand dollars, having been ap-
proved by the clerk of courts as
provided by law, was ordered filed.
n petition signed by j. s. Holenbeck
and thirteen other electors of Fall
River couny, praying for the appoint
ment of Geo. w. Montgomery to the
office of county justice of the peace,
| (W. III. Anderson, who was elected to
the said office at the last general
| election, being now nonresident of
the county, was laid before the board.
On motion Geo. w. Montgomery was
appointed county justice OF the peace
as prayed for.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and on motion adopted:
Be it Resolved, That the sum of
five dollars be accepted, and the
treasurer of the county is hereby
authorized to accept said sum, in full
settlement of all taxes against the
following described land for the year
1900 and for all taxes prior thereto, viz:
piece of ground lying north of the
alley in the rear of block % of Second
Nlinnekahta addition to Hot Springs,
being l5O feet long, fronting on West
River avenue if the same were en-
tended south from Sulphur Springs
addition to Hot Springs; and running
back 125 feet, being part of the south
east quarter of section IA, township
seven south, range five east B. ii. Nj.
and the said tract is released and the
said county treasurer is hereby
directed to release the said tract from
the lien of any personal taxes of any
person OF corporation whatsoever.
On motion the bills for salaries of
county treasurer, county auditor,
county superintendent, county judge,
states attorney, county physician,
deputy county treasurer, and court
house janitor for the months of
November and December were al
lowed.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for amounts:
r. NJ. Phillips, filling wells.
road Dist. No. 11.......... S , 90
Ell. G. Graves, labor road Dist.
No. ll....... .................. lo 0O
On motion board adjourned to
January Bird, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
January 3rd, 1901. All members and
the auditor present.
Official bond of Loomis S. Gull as
states attorney in the sum of one
Thousand dollars was on motion ap.
proved.
Official bond of Edmund Petty as
sheriff in the sum of two thousand five