Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10

personal property Of Jas. Dornan was
erroneously assessed fol- the year 1900
it was ordered reduced to Sl45 valua-
ton for the said year 1900.
The board of health notified the
board OF county commissioners of the
unsanitary condition of the Jail and on
motion the matter was referred to q
committee consisting of D. G.. Grippen
and j. w. Sweat with full power to act
in the matter.
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF
the board that the Kidney Spring Park
or Bears Head Park in Hot Springs is
u public park and has been improperly
assessed for taxation, all taxes assessed
on said property are hereby ordered
cancelled.
In the matter of ID. Anderson of Ard
more in regard to warrant No. 6744 the
board decided that it had no jurisdic.
ton in the matter.
The proposition of William B. Rice,
a copy of which is on file in the audi
tors office, was on motion rejected.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That no contracts for pay
ment Of judgments against the county
will be entered into hereafter on the
basis of payment of any higher rate of
interest than five per cent per annum
payable s~emi-annually.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of
the board of county commissioners of
Fall River county that the township
organization of Union township of Fall
River county, which formerly existed,
has been abandoned and no officers
elected in said township other than
school officers; and there being no per-
sons acting as officers of said former
township, and a petition having been
filed with the county auditor Of this
county signed by owe three.fourths of
the resident voters of the territory
which formerly comprised the organ
lied township of Union township, ask
ing that the board of county commits
sioners of this county disorganize the
said township organization;
Except that it be allowed to remain
as an Independent school district and
be constituted into IL separate road dis.
trict, and the board of commissioners
aforesaid being satisfied of the anthem
ITCHY of the signatures to said petition;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that
the township organization of Union
township is hereby declared to be dis
solved and abandoned,
That the territory heretofore consti-
tuting said Union township shall re-
main as an independent school district,
the passage of this resolution not to
affect the said school district or it's
officers in any way.
That the county treasurer is hereby
directed to pay any outstanding in
debted ness against the late Union
township which may be presented to
him in the shape of properly drawn
warrants or orders properly signed and
registered, out of any proper funds
10 or which hereafter may come into
his hands belonging to the said late
Union township. Provided. that after
all indie btedness of the said late town
ship shall have been paid if there shall
remain or come into the hands of the
said county treasurer any further sum
or sums of money belonging to the
said late township such sum or sums
shall be paid over to the independent
school district of Union township.
1t is further resolved that the terri
tory formerly comprising Union town
ship shall constitute a separate road
district to be known as Road District
No. Is.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That the taxes on the
property in Sulphur Springs addition
described in Exhibit ga" of the con-
tract between the county and Fred T.
Evans, ct. al, be and the same are
hereby reduced to s1.O0, and that the
taxes on the following described lots
for the years named be and the same
~ hov0Hv oo,aoo1ol ,s..
Lot 6. block 1, Minnekahta addition
to Hot Springs, cancelled for the year
1897 and prior years.
Lot III. block %, of Supplemental
addition, Cancelled for the year 1900
and prior years.
Second 30 feet north side lot II,
block %, Supplemental addition, and
lot %. block Sc, Sulphur Springs addi-
ton. for all vears prior to 1898.
The following bids for the publishing
of the personal property tax lists were
received:
"The STAR will print the name and
amount of personal property assess
ment of Fall River county for two
weeks and mail copy of paper to each
person named therein for Acts. for each
person so published.
(Signed) j. A. Stanley"
81 will publish the personal tax
notices and'furnish each taxpayer with
a COPY of the paper for two weeks for
1925 per hundred descriptions.
(Signed) f.. s. Ames."
Moved and carried that the contract
for the publishing of the personal tax
lists be awarded to the STAR at 4 cents
per description.
Whereas, no bids having been re-
ceived for the construction of the pro-
posed bridge on the state line near
Ardmore.
Therefore. be it resolved that the
time for receiving bids on the said pro-
posed bridge be and the same is hereby
extended to June 1, 1901.
On motion the following bills we're
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for amounts:
j. w. Sweat, services as county
commissioner 5000
ID. G. Grippen. services ms commits.