Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-01
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
De Smet s. ID. Anril 7 1903

The board of county commissioners
of Kingsbury county, S. ID. met in
their room at the court house in reg
ular session.
Members present: l.. l.. Olston chair.
man, f. p. Hardy, A. n. Barber and
f. NJ. Wolfe.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and on motion approved.
The petition of Chas. Magruder and
others asking to have the S ] of Sec.
80, Twp. 112, r. Sc, set over from
school district No. 10to district No IL
was on motion rejected for the reason
that it would leave district No. 10 too
small.
j. l.. Van Hook and others present
ed a petition asking to have the bound
airy line between school districts No.
10 and No. Z changed so that the n.
W. ! of Sec. IL and n. e. / of Sec. Is
and lots 5 and 6 in Sec. Is, all in Twp.
112, r. Sc, be taken from district No.
7. and attached to district No. 10 for
all school purposes.
Amandus Nordlund and others from
district No. Z filed a remonstrance
petition protesting against having any
of district No. Z attached to district
No. 10.
1t was moved and carried that the
petition and remonstrance be acted on
at the next meeting to be held May
IL, 1908, and the county auditor was
instructed to notify the clerks of the
school boards in distsicts Nos. 7 aud
10.
This being the date set for open
ing bids for the construction of ditch
No. / in Baker Twp. and there being
several bidders asking,for more time
to submit their bids, it was moved and
carried that the time for receiving bids
be extended till April s, 1908, at 2
O'Clock.
AS provided by statute the assessors
of the various townships and villages
met with the county board and audi
tor to receive their instructions in re
gard to assessing and to receive the
assessors books and blanks.
The assessors were instructed to
assess farm buildings at 10 per cent
Of their actual value, and buildings in
towns and cities at Is per cent of their
actual value.
The assessors having received their
instructions the board proceeded with
the regular order of business.
On motion the quarterly and annual
report of Fred Oles as superintendent
of the poor farm was accepted and
ordered placed on file.
The assessor of the city of De Smet
appeared before the board and stated
that it was an error on his part to as.
sess a dog tax against j. FL. Hall for
the year 1907 and asked the board to
refund the amount.
On motion the county auditor was
authorized to issue a refund order in
favor of said Hall for $1.O0.
G. B. Lemon presented his report
as justice of the peace. On motion
same was accepted and placed on file.
p. II. Phinney, clerk of the village
of Hetland, fled a written statement
VI tuC cuCIb lilo uC hiduC u niiotuhC
of 500 in the assessment of f. d.
Bryan in the village of Hetland for
the year 1907, and on motion the
county auditor vas authorized to is
sue a refund order in favor of f. D.
Bryan for the assessment on 500.
A petition was presented to the
board signed by James Mulligan, G.
f. Sheldon and others asking the
county to construct a bridge across
the Redstone Greek between sections
10 and 80. Twp. Ill, range 81.
On motion w. j.. Agnew and A. N,
Barber were appointed a committee
to view the site for the proposed new
bridge.
Chas. Anderson and others fled a
petition asking The board to build two
bridges in Badger township, one be-
tween the SO Of section Is and the
ne Of section n, township H., r,
S.. the other on the section line be-
tween the sc of section 20 and the
sw of section "a, township liz, r,
63, both to be "A feet long and regu-
lation width.