The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-24

The board OF county commissioners
of Brookings county, South Dakota,
met in regular session at the Office of
the County Auditor at the court house
in the City OF Brookings on Wednes-
day, January 2nd, 1907. Members
commissioners Ole Erickson, Lewis
Johnson, o. G. Oyloe and James Pike
and the deputy county auditor as
clerk.
The board was called to order by
the chairman and proceeded to read
the minutes of the regular October,
1906, session and the adjourned ses-
sion of Nov. 18th, 1906, and to check
the warrants issued with the claims
allowed at said meetings, after finish
ing which the minutes were approved
as read.
The official bond of Geo. f. Hoch,
as county commissioner, having been
approved by the Clerk of Courts Mr..
Hoch notified the board that he was
ready to assume the duties of the
Office, the matter was referred to the
States Attorney.
The States Attorney appeared be-
fore the board and filed with the
county auditor an opinion to the ef-
feet that Geo. f. Hoch could not
qualify as county commissioner until
Monday, Jan. 9TH, 1907; to which rul-
ing of the states attorney Mr.. Geo. e.
Hoch duly excepts.
The board proceeded to business
with James Pike as a member.
The official bond Of Malcolm Aldrich
superintendent Of Schools was on
motion approved.
On motion the board adjourned to
8 O'Clock a. m, Jan. 3rd, 1907.
January 3rd, 1907, board met as per
adjournment, all members and clerk
present, proceeded to make settlement
with the county officers, the following
committees being appointed by the
chairman. On settlement with the
Auditor and Treasurer, Lewis Johnson,
Ole Erickson and James Pike. On
settlement with the Register of Deeds,
o. G. Oyloe and f. f. Newton.
Geo. E. Hoch appeared personally
and notified the auditor that he was
elected commissioner from the first
district, had filed his bond and was
ready to serve.
The day was spent in settlement
with the county officers and on motion
the board adjourned to O'Clock a. m.
January 4th.
January 4th, 1907, board met as per
adjournment, all members and clerk
present; the day was spent in settle
ment with the county officers and on
motion board adjourned to O'Clock
a. m. January 9Th.
January 9Th, 1907, board met as per
adjournment, all members and clerk
present; the settlement with the county
officers was completed and the COM
mittees reported as follows:
We, Lewis Johnson, Ole Erickson
and James Pike your committee on
settlement with the Auditor and
Treasurer respectfully report that we
have carefully checked over all voucb-
ers as recorded in the voucher records
and have compared all stubs with the
claims allowed by this board and find
that the amounts as allowed on said
claims agree with the stubs OF war
rants and the record as kept Of the
commissioners proceedings; we have
also compared the cancelled warrants
with the stubs and find that they
agree; we have also checked all tax
and miscellaneous receipts, which
receipts we have found properly en-
tered in the cash books and the
amounts of same accounted for on the
ledgers; we have also checked up the
accounts as kept with the book con-
Germs doing business with the county
and find that the claims as filed by
these concerns and the warrants drawn
in payment of same have been ac-
counted for. We find that all receipts,
both tax and miscellaneous, and all
payments as shown by voucher have
been properly accounted for for the
six months ending December 3lst,
1906, and that the balance in the
hands Of the county treasurer at the
close OF business on December 3Ist,
1905, was $45, $3.50 which sum was
accounted for by certified statements
from the cashiers OF the several banks,