Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-04-20
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
De Smet, S. D., April 3, 1905.

lIOOLu III IiiC COuib uOuSC uAai SCo
sion, members present, G. w. Stoner,
chairman, f. p. Hardy, S. w. Hollis
ter and l.. /. Olston.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
A petition signed by IA resident
freeholders of the township of De
Smet was presented asking for a
county bridge built at the point where
the public highway crosses the fork
of the Vermillion river in Sec. 30
township III range So.
This being the time for the asses
sors of the county to meet with the
county commissioners for conference
and to receive their instructions and
supplies as provided by law, and as
the assessors from various districts
were present it was moved and carried
that the Board proceed to fix the val
uation for the assessment of 1906.
The county auditor having met with
the state board Of assessment and
equalization at Pierre on March 9th,
made his report of the result of that
meeting and presented the valuations
of the different classes of personal
property and real estate as agreed
upon by the state board and county
auditors for use throughout the state.
On motion these valuations were
adopted and the assessors were in
structed to use same for 1906 assess
mept.
The assessors were instructed to
assess farm buildings at Is per cent
of the actual value and buildings in
towns at 35 per cent of their actual
value.
On motion Board adjourned to view
the proposed bridge site across the
fork of the Vermillion river in De
Smet township.
The Board having returned from
viewing said bridge site it was moved
and carried that the county auditor
be instructed to advertise for sealed
bids for the construction of a steel
bridge on the proposed site.
On motion Board adjourned until
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
April 4th. Board met pursuant to
adjournment of the 3rd, members
present G. w. Stoner, f. P. Hardy,
L. /. Olston and S. w. Hollister.
Moved and carried that the bond in
the sum of $4,000 of j. o. Purintun
as abstractor for Kingsbury county
with the Western Surety Co. as surety
be approved.
On motion the bond of j. +. Wag
ner as principal to carry Oh the bust
ness of selling intoxicating liquor in
the town of Erwin from date until
July LIST, 1906, was rejected.
The superintendent of the poor
farm presented his quarterly report
for the quarter ending March 31st,
and on motion same was accepted,
and placed on file,
On motion it was ordered that the
county auditor be instructed to issue
a refund order for $1.00 in favor of
Mcdonald & Williams for illegal
school poll tax.
A petition was presented signed by
resident freeholders of Manchester
township asking that a bridge be
built across the Red Stone creek where
it crosses the public highway between
sections 81 and 30 township Ill range
81.
On motion the chairman appointed
S. w. Hollister, f. p. Hardy and l..
I. Olston as a committee to view said
proposed bridge site, and the com
mittee was instructed to report to the
county auditor the result of their in
vestigations, and that If they reported
that a bridge was necessary the coun-
ty auditor was instructed to advertise
for sealed bids for the construction
of the bridge, said bids to be opened
at the next meeting of the board.
A petition signed by resident free
holders of Iroquois township was pre-
scented asking that a bridge be built
on the section line between sections 3
and 4, township ITO, range IS.
The chairman appointed L. |. OILS
ton and S. Hewett a committee to
view said proposed bridge site.
The clerk of the circuit court filed a
.requisition for 80 names to complete
the jury list for the June 1905 term
of circuit court. The board proceeded
to draw the names from the various
townships and towns a apportioned
in the requisition.