Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-30

port OF j. ii. Hall was approved and
ordered placed on file.
On motion the report of Geo. Miller
as overseer of the poor farm was ac-
cepted and placed on file.
On motion the justice quarterly re-
port of E. E. Needham was accepted
and placed on file.
| DR.. E. Haberman presented his re-
port as coroner, on motion same was
accepted and placed an file.
As provided by statute the asses
sors of the various townships and
villages met with the county board
and county auditor for conference in
regard to assessments and to receive
the assessors books and blanks.
1t was moved and carried that farm
buildings be assessed ten per cent of
their actual value and residence build
ings in cities and villages at twenty
| five per cent and business buildings
at thirty-fve per cent of the actual
| value.
F. G.. Reynolds filed an affidavit
saying that he has been assessed on
l6S acres in LIE Sueur township and
that he only owned 100 acres and
asked the board to refund the taxes
on 8 acres for the years 1907 and
1908.
1t was moved and carried that the
county auditor be authorized to issue
a refund order ia favor of the said
Reynolds for $40 that being the
amount he had paid on the acres
for the year 1907 and 1908.
On motion the county auditor was
authorized to issue refund orders in
favor of Henry Bradshaw for S14.97;
Geo. F. Roth for S27.S5 and Mrs.
Anna Hetland for S 358 they having
paid taxes on the wrong descriptions.
1t was moved and carried to extend
the contract with the Iowa Bridge Co.
for one year at a reduction of ) per
cent from the original contract.
On motion the contract of M. w.
Bartlett as superintendent of the
poor farm was approved and ordered
placed on file.
1t was moved and carried to have
county exhibit at the state fair and
l.. W. Barber, of HetIand was appoint
ed superintendent of the exhibit.
Frank Evans presented tax re-
ceipt from the treasurer of Kossuth
county, Iowa, and one from the treas
urer of this county showing that he
had paid his personal tax for 1907 in
both places and asked the board to
refund the personal tax in this county
for the year 1907
On motion the county auditor was
authorized to issue refund order in
favor of said Evans for S4.26 that
being the amount for his 1907 person
al tax.
On motion board adjourned until
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
April 8th, board met pursuant to
adjournment of the 9th.
All members present.
The board adjourned as a board of
county commissioners until o'clock
p. m and organized as board of
ditch commissioners, the minutes of
which will appear more fully in the
ditch record on file in the auditors
office.
One o'clock p. m. the board met
pursuant to adjournment of ten
o'clock and proceeded with the regular
order of business.
This being the time set for hearing
on the petition signed by G. B. Spen-
Ger and others asking to have sections
/, II and l3, township l09, range 81
taken from Independent school dis
trict No. "a and made part of indie
pendent school district No. %. Geo.
r. Pultz and fourteen other signers
of district No % filed remonstrance
against taking the said sections l, II
and l3 from district No "a and max
ing them part of district No. %.
The board after consulting with the
superintendent of schools decided to
deny the petition and motion was
made and carried to that effect.
Thos. Caulfield filed an affidavit
saying that he was assessed with a
dog tax in 1908 and that he was not
the owner of dog that year and ask
ed to have the dog tax refunded.
On motion the county auditor was
authorized to issue refund order in
favor of said Caulfield for 81.
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