The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-08-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Official PrOceedin Oflhe Board
OF County mmissiOners of
Grant County, s. ID.
Milbank, S. d. August 2, 1902.

The board of county commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment from
July 8, 1902, for the purpose of giving
the people of Twin Brooks an Oppor-
tunity to present petition to incor-
porate said Twin Brooks as town
and to consider any other matter that
may come before said board.
Present: George Mitchell, chairman,
John 0. Nelson, julius Fenner and
the auditor as clerk.
The petition above referred to was
presented and every thing appearing
regular and as required by law the
following was ordered:
County Commissioners
County of Grant of saidCounty of Grant.
Whereas on the 2nd day of August, 1902, petit
ton was duly filed by John H.. Alexander and
others praying for the incorpation of the town of
Twin Brooks in the county of Grant and state of
Whereas. proofs have been duly submitted
and witnesses appearing before the Board of
County Commissioners, upon whose examination
it showed that survey, map and census referred
to in said application was left In u convenient
place within the territory for examination by
less than thirty days before this day, and that
due notice had been given where same was left
for examination; and
Whereas, said board of county commissioners
was satisfied that the requirements of Article two
Chap. eleven of the Political Code of the State of
South Dakota, relating to the incorporation of
towns, have been duly complied with, and that
all persons interested have been fully notified
and duly advised as to this application,
~ Therefore, It is hereby ordered and declared:
That the territory embraced within said proposed
town OF Twin Brooks included within the follow
ing boundaries: to.wt, beginning at the south
quarter corner of section eleven in township
one hundred and twenty north Range fifty, west
of the 9th Principal Meridian, being in the Coun-
ty of Grant and State of South Dakota. running
thence east to the east quarter corner OF sal
section eleven, and east to the center of section
twelve in said township and range thence soutd
to the south quarter corer of said section twelve
and south to the center of section thirteen in
said township and range; thence west to the wess
quarter corner OF said section thirteen and west
and range; thence north to the place of beginning:
all being in Grant County, South Dakota. be and
the same hereby is incorporated under the name
of Twin Brooks, with the assent of the qualified
voters thereof, and that = meeting to obtain the
assent of the voters be held on the 26th day of
August, 1907, and that notice thereof be given by
publication for ten days in the HERALD-ADyANCE
newspaper printed and published in Gran
County,. South Dakota, and that ten days notice o
such election be posted up in ten public placesii
such territory at least ten days before sue
election.
In Witness Whereof, This order is signed b,
the chairman of the board of county commits
sioners and attested to by the County Auditor thi
End day OF August 1902
GEO. Mitchell
u
of Grant County S. d.
Attest: J. e. TRURAN, County Auditor.
[Seall
The liquor bond of J. Z. Lammel
was approved and filed with the county
treasurer.
The following bills for which war
rants had been drawn by the auditor
were approved
E: B5oek%sn WeIa9s salary for slooo,
j. A. Malsed, freight and express ......... 20,
n N. NJ u:a Ramer. salary for Jniy.,...... 1909,
l. l. Conright =, sl.o1
N. Fosberg, ........... 1850
On motion carried the school poll
charged to Chas. Hawkinson in town
of Stockholm in error was ordered re-
funded, same having been paid.
On motion carried the interest and
penalty was ordered abated on tax of
Adna Woolsey for the years 1887, 1890
and 1891 in Milbank, and for the year
1884 in Twin Brooks.
G. J. Neuhauser, assessor of Twin
Brooks for the year 1901, having made
affidavit that the property assessed to
e. M. Rehnke in said town is erron-
eous, same was ordered abated.
y On motion carried tax of Henry -.
Eren for the year 1890 was abaf "a : :
the sum of 25c, together with j go :
and penalty.
The following bills were .,rera
and ordered paid by warra 81 o"o
NJ. M. Ramer cash for freight ..u,..s
Anpust Koepke ;nrrors certie ie 81.
Helen H Gamble Exs cate. ........... 8.
i Gamble, ,ssssss psi Attorney M .l.ry ,et, ot p p
| 7 n Rrannon lee for e .......... .166.
| q a Merton iivervf r. courthouse .. 8.
| A. X. Crawford snn, gam g warden. ...... 3,
J. E. Truran, cash tiles Tor 1aii.......... =. -
r SchnahaS ma .inting court house 80.
| mt for court house -. 81
tive 49, II business taken up at tn
d;a cotton board adjourned sil
J. E. TRURAN,
County Audito