The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05

carried.
Motion made and seconded to
reduce the assessment of John A..
Rice on the swt OF the swi of section 1
township ll2 range ~ to 800. 90:
Motion carried.
Motion was made and seconded to
raise the assessment of J. l.. Nesheim
on the W! of the VIZ of the nwt OF sec.
tion 4 township ll2 range AZ to 1875. 90;
Motion carried.
No further business coming before
the joint board on motion said joint
board adjourned.
On motion the board of county COM
missioners Of Brookings County S. ID.
adjourned to o'clock p. m. June 18th,
1906. F. w. Newton,
Attest; Chairman.
p. j. Murphy, County Auditor.
Adjourned session Of the board OF
county commissioners of Brookings
County, South Dakota.
The board OF county commissioners
OF Brookings County, S. ID. met at
the office OF the county auditor in the
court house in the City Of Brookings
S. d. on June 18th, 1906.
Members present; Chairman F. W.
Newton and commissioners Lewis
Johnson, o. G.. Gyloe, Ole Erickson
and James Pike, and the county audi
tor as clerk.
The beard was called to order by the
chairman and proceeded to the con-
sideration Of the assessment of bene-
fits of the Sioux Valley ditch petit
toned for by r. II. Williams and
others.
a. W. Burt attorney for the Chicago
& Northwestern Railway Company
appeared and filed written objection
to the assessment of the property of
said company, and a motion asking
the said assessment be vacated and
set aside, which motion and objec-
tions were on motion denied by the
board.
Mathews, Stewart & Kelley appeared
in behalf of Knut Steen, Bell ]. Sam
son, Bertha II. Hogi, John B. Messer-
schmidt, liver Grudem, John Ander-
son, c. c. Laddausaw, William Lad
dausaw, Serine Martinson, Rena
Steen, Carrie Tufte, Ole j. Berg, Carl
c. Steen, A. NJ. Opsal, c. w. Dick,
Henry Olson, Peter A, Tufty, Julia
Hainre, Adolph Schaben, II. A.
Messerschmidt, Helen A. Holm,
anna Benson, H. o. Tufty, |. f.
S.t,n, Edward j. Olson, NJ. f.. Olson,
Q. +. Steen, Mrs. A. Void, and l.. +.
Olson, and filed written objections to
the assessments made by the board
against the property of all of the above
named persons, also motion to
vacate said assessments, and the
board after full consideration of said
motion and objections denied the
same.
H. X. Halvorson appeared before
the board and asked that a reduction
in his assessment be made for the
reason that same was assessed too
high as compared with other lands.
Motion was made and seconded to
reduce the assessment on the sci Of
the nwt OF section % township 10
range 30 owned by Betsey Olson,
5000 also the W. of the mel of section
2S township 10 range 80 owned by
Betsey Olson, $1,000. Motion carried.
Motion made and seconded to
reduce the assessment OF Matte Hal
verson on the nwI of the set OF section
81 township 10 range 80 $24.OO.
Motion carried.
Motion made and seconded that all
other asses ssments be left as originally
made by the board: Motion carried.
On motion the board adjourned to
9 O'Clock a. m. June 10th, 1906.
June 10th, 1906, board met as per
adjournment, all members and clerk
present: The bridge petition Of Thos.
Johnson, and others asking for the
construction OF a br;dge on section
line between section 33 OF Sterling and
section CT Brookings was taken up
and the board on motion voted to
furnish material and use Of pile driver
for the construction Of 80 or 30 #.
bridge as needed; the township to do
all the work and render bills to the
county for material used.
The bridge petition Of Charles Gray
and others asking for the construction
OF bridge across six mile creek on
section line between sections II and
l5 Alton, near the north line Of said
section was taken up and on motion
the board voted to furnish material
and use Of pile driver for the construc-
ton of a 80 #. bridge: the township to
do all the work and render bills to the
board for material used.
On motion the following claim was
rejected