The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-23

Twin Brooks, 2, Robert Siegert,
Henry Busta.
Twin Brooks village, l, Fred Kruger.
Vernon, ?, Olaves Olson, Theodore
Anderson.
Revillo, l, A. D. Jones.
Big Stone city, |. J. s. KOrte.
Milbank, 2, Frank Mehegan, A. A.
SeyersOn.
The following bills were audited and
allowed and warrants drawn for the
same:
Erlandson & Johnson, md'se to court
Floor Clean Co.. supplies to county 6 90
s. $. Lockhart, Office and telephone rent Al 33
N Pott & Sons, mdse to county farm. %. 2S IS
n. Pott Il Sons, mds e to court house. 30
Ramharter Il Schleisman, mds'e to coun-
Dakota CentralTel Co.. rent to court
house for I'd quarter, 1909 .......... 3 90
An abatement of the taxes for the
years 1901 and 1903, was granted j..
Medley, he having filed an affidavit
that he was not resident of Grant
county, and that the same was erro.
neously assessed.
Application of Geo. W. Eaton for a
loan of 5000 of the permanent school
fund on lots and 6. section 25-l2l-5O,
was approved.
Application of John w. Franson
for loan of $500 OF the permanent
school fund on the swl4 of section 2S-
l2l-5O, was approved.
Board adjourned to Tuesday, July
13, 1909.
CHAS. McWATERs,
County Auditor.
Milbank, S. D., Tues, July 13, 1909.
Board of county commissioners met
on the above date, pursuant to ad-
journment of Saturday, July 10, 1909.
PETITION TO CHANGE BOUNDARIES OF
MELROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER
NINE, %.
State OF South Dakota IS
In the matter of attachment of ad-
jacent territory to Melrose school
district number nine (9,) in Grant
county, South Dakota:
The petition of Gustav Schumacher,
and ten more legal voters of Melrose
School District Number Nine. and
Big Stone School Township, all of
Grant county, South Dakota, having
duly filed in the Office of the county
auditor of Grant county, on the 18th
day of May, 1909, and due notice of
the hearing of said petition having
been given to the officers of said Mel
rose School District Number Nine,
and of said Big Stone School Town
ship by the county auditor of said
county, proof of which appear of rec.
ord in the Office of said county aud
itor, and the board of county commits.
sioners together with the county sup
erintendent of schools of said county
having convened In regular session
at the court house, in the city of Mil
bank, in said county, at a regular
meeting of said commissioners, on
the 18th day of July, 1909, and it ap.
pearing to said board of county com.
missioners and to said school super
intendent that it will be to the best in.
terest of the patrons of the school to
change the boundary of school dis.
trict number nine and of said Big
Stone school township by taking from
said Big Stone school township and
adding to said Melrose school district
number nine the northeast quarter o1
sec. eight, 49, in township one hun.
dred twenty.one and range forty sew.
en-, in said county.
Therefore, 1t is hereby ordered that
said northeast quarter of said section
eight, (S,) IN township one hundred
twenty-one, (121, range forty-seven,
al, shall be and hereby is excluded
from said Big Stone school township
and added and attached to said Mel.
rose school district number nine, %,
and the auditor of said Grant county
is hereby directed 30 place this order
of record IN his Office and enter the
same upon the minutes and to make
said changes upon all of the neces.
sary records in his Office to carry into
effect the purpose OF this order for
taxation and otherwise.
Dated July 13, 1909.
By the Board of County Commis-
sioners of Grant County, South Da
kota.
Signed, JOHN ERICKSON,
Chairman
FRED B. PURDY,
Supt. of Schools, Grant county
ATTEST CHAS. MCWATERS,
County Auditor, South Dakota
The appraisement of the school pro
perty of Melrose school district mum
ber one including building, site ani
furniture, $3.50; cash on hand $3.50.
to be apportioned as follows: Mel
rose school district number one
school buildings, site aud furniture
and 1928 in cash, Melrose school dis.
trict number nine, $3.50. %.
Board then proceede.- to check the
auditor and treasurer, and adjourned
from time to time until through, with
the following results:
Cash on hand January !, 1903. ........S a6,177 Al
Tax receipts received from December
81, 1908 70 July !. 1909 7s.211 q
Miscellaneous receipts received from
December 81, 1908 TO July loOs...... 29,1A s.
Total receipts received end cash in