The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-02
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Ofncial Proceedings or Board
OF County Commissioners
Milbank, South Dakota, Sept. 26, 1908.
The Board of County Com nission-
ers of Grant county, South Dakota.
met at the Office of the county auditor
of said county, at Milbank, South
Dakota, on the 26th day of September,
1908, pursuant to due notice of said
meeting for the purpose of entertain
ing the petition of G. Stengle and
other residents and taxpayers of said
county, to submit at the next general
election to be held in and for said
Grant county, the proposition of de-
termining the question of issuing the
bonds OF said county for the purpose
of erecting a new court house for said
county.
Proof Of service and posting of no.
tices OF said meeting was duly pre-
scented and filed.
There were present:
County Commissioner, John Erick-
son, chairman.
ner.
County Commissioner. julius Fen
ner.
Deputy County Auditor, Laura B..
Seide.
The meeting was called to order bv
Chairman Erickson, and the object of
said meeting explained.
Tho following resolution was pre-
scented by Commissioner Berkner for
consideration:
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas, Petitions have been filed. signed by
g. Stengle, aud other residents and tax payers
of Grant county. South Dakota. praying for the
construction of a suitable court house, with prop
er equipments,f for said county and,
Whereas, In the judgment of a 1 and u maiori-
ty OF the board OF county commissioners of said
county, sain Grant county has an insufficient
and inadequate building for 4 courthouse, IN
this, that the same 10 not large enough to proper-
ly the people and care for the
public records, and lie not ire proof, and.
Whereas, said county has more than five hun.
dred voters,and has been organized for more taan
four years,and the county seat has been p. rman-
entity located at Milbank according to law, and,
Whereas, said county has not sufficient funds
on hand with whichto erect such a building with
proper equipments, and that in order to perform
said acts and construct said building it VIII be.
come necessary for the county to borrow money
by issuing bondstherefo for and,
Whereas, according to the last assessment of
said county the assessed valuation Of it's proper
ty was the sum of S5,563, 1876. 90, and the ont
standing Indebtedness Of said county is the cum
of ST.. OO.00,a and,
Whereas, said board of county commissioners
did at a special meeting called as provided o>
law, and held at the office of the county auditor
of said county, on the Goth day OF ST. ptember.
1908, consider the question of submitting sad
proposition of issuing bonds tor the purpose #
raising funds with which TO instruct a n W
court house, and after due consideration did dc.
eide TO submit said proposition to a vote Of the
electors OF said county for the reason that after
full consideration, it appeared that the present
court house 10 inadequate and insufficient tor
the wants OF Grant county, as the vaults are too
small to hold the public records and unsafe on
account of the extraordinary risk by fire, and in
the Judgment Of this board of county commits
sioners, said county has an Insult cient and in
adequate building for it's use for court house.
Therefore Be 1t Resolved. That an election for
the purpose of determining by vote of the cleo
negotiable bonds not to excede the sum of eighty
five thousand dollars, in denominations of SlNM
each. bearing interest from the date of their
issue at the rate of four and one half per cent
per annum, PAYABLE semi-anDually, to become
due innot lees than five or more than twenty wears
from their date, with the option authorizing and
permitting the county to pay said bonds or any
OF them III five years or multiple of five years
from their date, and before maturity OF the same
for the purpose of the erection of u new court
\ house for said county. be submitted at the next
general election within and for said county, and
provided.
ton as published shall state the maximum
amount of the bonds to be Issued and the pur-
pose.
Dated this Goth day of September. 1908.
JOHN ERICKSON. chairman.
JULIUS FENNER,
R.A. BERkNER.
Mr.. Berkner moved that said reso.
luton be adopted by the board Of
county commissioners of said Grant
county, which motion was duly
seco nded.
And the question being. shall said
resolution be adopted and an election
ordered to submit to the voters of said
county the question of issuing the
bonds of said county as provided il
said resolution for the purpose of
erecting a new court house at the
county seat therein.
Upon vote being taken thereon said
resolution was duly adopted and said
election ordered.
Those voting in favor of said adop-
tion and order to submit said question
to the voters of said county were:
Chairman, John Erickson.
County Commissioner, Julius Fen.
ner.
County Commissioner, r. A. Berk-
ner.
voting against the same the chairman
resolution duly approved and adopt
ed. Whereupon said commissioners
adjourned.
CHAS. MCWATERS,
County auditor.
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