The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-25

The board Of county commissioners
OF BroOkings County met in regular
session at the Office of the county
auditor on Tuesday July End, 1907 at
9 o'clock a. m Members present,
Chairman Lewis Johnson and commits
sioners F. w Newton, G.. E. Hoch, o.
G. Oyloe and Ole Erickson, and the
county auditor as clerk.
The board was called to order by
the chairman and proceeded to read
the minutes of the regular April meet.
ing and Of the special meeting Of June
10th, and to check the warrants is
sued with the claims allowed at said
meetings, after finishing which the
minutes were approved as read.
The board then proceeded to organ.
ize as a board Of equalization by TAX
ing the oath prescribed by law; all of
the assessors not having made their
returns the board convened as a board
of county commissioners and proceed
ed to make settlement with the
county officers the following commit
tees were appointed by the chairman.
On settlement with the auditor and
treasurer, o. G. Oyloe, Ole Erickson.
and F. w. Newton. On settlement
with the register OF deeds, Lewis John
son an G.. +. Hoch. The balance Of
the day was spent on settlement and
on motion board adjourned to o'clock
a. m. July Sd, July Sd, 1907. board
met as per adjournment. All mem
bers and clerk present. continued set
tlement with the county officers until
, O'Clock p. IT. when they took up the
matter OF an aneXation Of certain
territory to the incorporated town of
Elkton as pettioned for by the town
board; the balance Of the day was
spent in hearing testimony offered
for and against such annexation, and
on motion board adjourned to /: 80
o'clock p. m. July 5th
July 5th, 1907, board met as per ad-
sent and at O'Clock p. N. proceeded
to open and consider bids for the con-
struction of the Sioux Valley Drain
age bitches, two bids were on file,
one from J H Elwell and one from
VIM. Morgan, and the board after full
consideration, on motion accepted the
bid Of VIM. Morgan, and contract was
entered into with him for the con
struction of said bitches, which con
the work before September, lst, 1907
a bond in the sum of S500.00 being fur
nished by Mr.. Morgan On motion
board adjourned to o'clock a. N.
July 9Th
July 9Th, 1907, board met as per
adjournment. all members and clerk
present and continued settlement with
the county officers until 1870 p. m.
when they again took up the matter of
of annexing territory to Elkton and
spent the balance of the day on such
hearing and on motion adjourned to
$3.50 o'clock a. m. July 9Th.
July Sth, 1907, board met as per ad
journment, all members and clerk
present, the settlement with the
county officers was completed and the
committees made the following re-
ports
We 0. c. Oyloe, F. w. Newton and
Ole Erickson. your committee on set.
tlement with the auditor and treasurer
respectfully report, that we have care
fully checked over all vouchers as
recorded in the voucher record and
have compared all stubs with claims
allowed by this board and fined that
the amounts as allowed on said claims
agree with the stubs of warrants and
the record as kept of the commission
ers proceedings:
We have also checked all tax and
miscellaneous receipts, which receipts
We have found properly entered in the
cash books and the amounts of the
same accounted for on the ledgers;
We have also checked up the ac-
counts as kept with the book concerns
doing business with the county and
find that the claims as filed by these
concerns and warrants drawn in pay
miscellaneous receipts. which receipts
We find that all receipts, both tax
and miscellaneous, and all payments as
shown by the vouchers have been pro-
perly accounted for for the six months
ending June 30th. 1907, and that the