The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
Commissioners Proceedings

Adjourned meeting Of the Board OF
County Commissioners OF Brookings
county, S. d.
The Board of County Commission
ers OF Brookings County, S. D., met
at the office OF the County Auditor at
the Court House in the city OF Brook
ings, S. D., on Tuesday, March 18th.
1906 at 9 O'Clock a. m.
Members present, Chairman, f. w.
Newton, and commissioners James
Pike, o. G. Oyloe, Ole Erickson, and
Lewis Johnson, and the auditor as
clerk.
The board was called to order by
chairman Newton and spent the fore
noon considering matters in relation
to drainage petitions of r. H. Will
ans, A. w. Hyde and others on mo-
ton adjourned to l O'Clock p. m. ID.
Board met as per adjournment and
took up the hearing of the drainage
petition of X. III. Williams and others:
two circumstances having been filed
in opposition to said proposed drain
aye, anu SGNSIuA DCtltlOIlClS AN ~
appeared and argued in support OF
said drainage, and several persons APP
peared and argued in opposition to
said drainage, and the board county
commissioners having carefully con-
sidered the petition remonstralces and
all evidence offered and submitted in
support of and in opposition to said
proposed drainage and having found
op1 1oni1n1 said nrnnncnH 1roi,ou 90
conclusive to the public health con-
ve%nience and welfare they granted the
prayer Of said petition and established
the drainage, all of which was public
ly announced by the chairman of the
board of county commissioners.
The chairman then announced that
this was the proper time for any per-
son or persons deeming themselves
damaged by the proposed drainage or
claiming compensation for the lands
proposed to be taken for such drain
age to present their claims therefor,
no one presented or made any claim
for damages, or for the lands proposed
to be taken.
On motion the board adjourned to
8 O'Clock a. m. Wednesday, March
18th, 1906.
Wednesday March l4th, 1906; Board
met as per adjournment, all members
and clerk present: bids for the care of
court house and grounds which had
been laid over from the previous day
were opened and read as follows:
T. \. Mutt, 5000 per month, T.
Steadman 5000 per month and :. G.
Cornell, $1,000 per month. After care
fully considering all bids the board
accepted the bid of /. Steadman, same
being considered the lowest and best.
Board then proceeded to consider
the drainage petition OF \. W. Hyde
and others: J. \. Hegeman, the sur
yeyor appointed by the board at their
January 23d, 1906 meeting having
filed with the county auditor as pro-
vided by law, a complete plat and pro-
file OF the proposed drainage, also an
estimate Of cost. description Of the
land likely to be effected, with the
name Of the owner of each tract as
shown by the records in the office of
the register of deeds of Brookings
county. the board on motion fixed
Friday April 9th, 1906 at l O'Clock
p. m, at the court house in the city
of BroOkings, ;. D., as the time and
place for hearing said petition and
directed that notice of such hearing be
published in the Aurora Times and
posted ut three Of the most public
places nearest the route Of such pro-
posed drainage as provided by law.
The drainage petition OF G.. y.
Trooien and others was on motion
laid over until the regular April meet
ing of the board.
The petition Of Julius Berhdt and
others asking for aid in the cOnstruc-
ton Of a bridge between section 3l-ll2-
Is and section G-lll-lS was on motion
granted.
The claim Of the Beloit Orphans
Home for $1,000 for care and main.
t~ainance of four ]JorcenSon children
was on motion allowed, the said Or.
phans Home having guaranteed the
county against any further claim OF
obligation for the support OF said
children.
There being no further business the
board adjourned sine die.
Attest +. W. Newton
=. J. Murphy. Chairman.
County Auditor.