The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-07-27

OF conveniences its construction would
be to the persons living adjacent to
said railroad and those who would use
said crossing in case the same was
constructed, and the board having
heard the evidence Of said petitioners
and of others In relation thereto and
the testimony of witnesses offered, all
of which witnesses were duly sworn
according to law before giving their
testimony in relation thereto and said
board Of county commissioners upon
such hearing after full investigation
and consideration of all OF the cir
cumstances surrounding the matter,
did conclude and find that the public
welfare and convenience demanded
the construction of such crossing,
thereupon Lewis johnson, county
commissioner, moved that the prayer
of said petition be granted and that
an order signed by the chairman OF
the board of county commissioners
and attested by the county auditor OF
Said Brookings county, be made and
served upon said railroad company
directing said railroad company with.
in thirty days from the date of the
service of said order, to construct a
good and sufficient crossing where It's
line of railroad and track crosses the
public highway over the section liue,
running in an easterly and westerly
direction through the townships OF
Volga and Bangor in said county OF
Brookings and state Of South Dakota,
four miles north of the south line Of
said townships, within thirty days
after the service Of said order upon
said railroad company and that if said
railrord company shall refuse and
neglect to construct such crossing
with proper approaches for the period
of thirty days, after the service Of
said order, that then the county com.
missioners Of Bookings county pro-
ceeu TO construct said crossing and its
approaches and that an order accord
ingly be made therefor signed by the
chairman OF the board of county com.
missioners of said Brookings county,
and attested by the county auditor Of
said county and served upon said rail.
road company, as provided by law.
The board then organized as board
of Equalization by taking the oath
prescribed by law, and spent the bal
ance of the day examining the assess
me1t rolls of the county as returned
by the assessors, and adjourned to
meet at 9 o'clock a. NJ, Thursday,
July 9Th.
Board met as per adjournment with
all members and clerk present and
continued the examination Of the
assessment rolls, and spent the day
in such examination and on motion
adjourned to 1880 o'clock p. m.
Board met as per adjournment all
members and clerk present, the equal
ization of lands in the cities and viii
lagos was taken up and equalized as
returned by the assessors, and at
o'clock p. M, the board on motion ad-
journed at 9 o'clock a. m. Friday,
July It'll.
Board met as per adjournment, all
members and clerk present, and took
up the equalization of structures on
lands and on motion the following
changes were made: Alton, raised
10 per cent, Argo, raised 20 per cent.
Brookings Twp, lowered 10 per cent,
Bangor, raised 10 per cent, Eureka,
raised so per cent, Elkton Twp, raised
% per cent, Lake Sinai, raised Is per
cent, Lake Hendricks, raised 20 per
cent, Oak Lake, raised 10 per cent,
lakewood, raised 10 per cent, Parnell,
raised 30 per cent, Preston, raised 6
per cent, Sterling, lowered 10 per
cent, Volga Twp, lowered 10 per cent,
Sherman, raised 10 per cent. No
changes we're made in Alton, Lake
ton, Medary, Oslo, Richland or Win
sor townships, or in any of the cities
or villages.
The board then took up the equali'
cation of lands, exclusive Of struct,
ures aud on motion the following
changes were made from the valua'
ton as returned by the assessors, viz
Brookings Twp, raised 5 per cent
Bangor, lowered 124 per cent, Lake
ton, lowered per cent, Lake Sinai
lowered / per cent Eureka, raised
per cent, Sherman, raised II per cent
Lake Hendricks, raised 81 per cent
No changes were made in any of the
GLOWING townships, Alton, Argo
Aurora Twp, Parnell, Elkton Twp.
Sterling, Trenton, Winsor, lakewood
Oslo, Richland, Oak Lake, Volgt
Twp, Medary, Preston, or Alton, no
in any of the cities or villages, They
being leftas returned by the assessors
The board took up the equalization