The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-01-12
A. w. Dressed, county treasurer.
ID. III. Campbell, sheriff.

ID. III. Campbell, sheriff.
On motion the board adjourned to
8 O'Clock a. m. January 4th, 1905.
The board met as per adjournment,
commissioners present being, F. w.
Newton, o. G. Oyloe, James Pike, Ole
Erickson, Lewis Johnson, the auditor
being present as CLERK.
The board spent the day at the county
poor farm in invoicing and in settle
ment with r. f. Morris the overseer.
The board re-convened as a board of
commissioners on Thursday the 9th
day of January, 1905, at $3.50 O'Clock
a. m., all members of the board pres
ent.
On motion the official bonds OF Z. j..
Murphy, auditor elect, and Walter NJ &.
Cheever, states attorney elect, were
approved.
The board proceed to designate by
by ballot three legal newspapers of the
county to be the official papers of the
county for the ensuing year. The
ballot resulting in the selection of the
Brookings Register, the White Leader
and the Bruce Herald, which papers
were declared to be the official papers
of the county for the ensuing year.
On motion Neil Stewart was appointed
a member of the board of insanity for
the term of one year, commencing
January, 1905. .
The board on motion adjourned tc
1:30 O'Clock p. m.
The board met as per adjournment
all members OF the board and auditor
present.
BY reason OF the fact that the law in
regard to the time of commencement
of the term of the newly elected county
auditor is to begin is somewhat in
doubt, an agreement was entered into
by the county board and the outgoing
and incoming auditors as follows:
The present incumbent John Alton
whose term OF Office expires on the 1st
day of March, 1905, agrees to appoin.
the auditor elect, p. j. Murphy deputy
auditor for The months of January and
February, 1905, for which service as
deputy he is to receive the amount OF
salary allowed by the county board
fDr deputy for these months, and in
case the law is sustained, and Mr..
Murphy's tern as auditor as to COM
mence on the first Monday of January
1905. Then the county board agree to
pay Mr.. Murphy the difference between
the amount as allowed as deputy and
the amount he would be entitled too
as an auditor for this time.
The board then on motion fixed the
salary of the auditor at fifteen hundred
dollars per year as provided in section
S94 OF chapter POI of the session laws
OF 1903.
The chairman appointed committees
on settlement with the auditor, treas
urer and register of deeds as follows:
Commissioners Pike and Johnson on
settlement with the register of deeds;
Commissioners Newton, Oyloe and
Erickson on settlement with the audi
tor and treasurer.
The committees proceed with the set
tlement with the officers, during the
remainder of the forenoon and on
motion adjourned to $50 O'Clock a. M.
Friday, January 9th, 1905.
The board met as per adjournment.
all members OF the board present and
the auditor as clerk. :
The board continued settlement with
the county officers during the forenoon
and on motion adjourned to 1:30
O'Clock p. m.
The board met as per adjournment
all members OF board and auditor
present.
The board spent the afternoon in
settlement with the county officers.
and on motion adjourned to $50
0 clock a. m, Saturday January 7th,
1905.
Continued next Week.