The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
COUNTY DADS
HAVE SESSION
AT THE COURT HOUSE FOR TWO
WEEKS.
ASSESSMENT IS CANvASSED
AND LARGE AMOUNT OF OTHER
BUSINESS DISPOSED OF.

met in regular session at the Office
of the county auditor at the court
house in the city of Brookings, on
Tuesday, July 6, 1909. at 10000 a. m.
Members present: Geo. E. Hoch,
chairman, District No. 1; J. l.. Jarvis,
District No. 2; Ole Erickson, District
No. 8; Lewis Johnson, District No. 4;
F. W. Newton, District No. 5; o. J.
Otternes, 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 adjourned meeting of
June 1, and to check the warrants is
sued with claims allowed at said meet
ings. After finishing which the min
utes were approved as read. Then the
board with the auditor proceeded to
organize as board of equalization
by taking the oath as prescribed by
law
The assessors returns were not all
in and the board on motion adjourned
as board of equalization, and took
up for consideration drainage matters
(see drainage record and adjourned
to 9 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, July
7, 1909.
July 7, 1909.
The board met as per adjournment
with all members of the board and
the county auditor as clerk present.
The board then proceeded to examine
the returns as made by the assessors
of the various assessors districts, and
spent the day in such examinations.
On motion they adjourned to O'Clock
a. m. Thursday, July s, 1909.
July 8, 1909.
The board met as per adjournment
with all members of the board and
the county auditor as clerk present.
Carl o. Quail appeared before the
board and asked for a reduction on
the assessment on the Columbia Cloth
ing Co. of the city of Brookings.
The board, at the recommendation
of the council committee, on motion,
granted said company reduction of
$4,000.
A delegation of farmers within the
corporate limits of the city of Brook
ings appeared and asked for a reduc-
ton on the assessment on lands in
said city.
The board then tooK up the equal
ization of elevators and warehouses,
and on motion the following changes
were made from the valuation as re-
turned by the assessors:
The Davenport elevator, Bushnell,
raised $1,000
The Davenport Elevator of White,
raised $35OO0
The Farmers Elevator of White,
raised $4,000.
The Denhart and Alguire Elevator
of White, raised 100000.
The Brown Elevator Co. of White,
raised $4,000.
The Western Elevator Co. of Elk
ton, lowered $60000
The Sexauer Elevator Co. of Brook
ings, raised $4,000.
The Farmers Elevator of Brookings,
lowered $4,000.
The Farmers Elevator of Volga, low
red $4,000.
The Hogan Hoganson Co. elevator
of Sinai raised 100000.
The Hewitt e Coner Elevator of
Sinai, raised $4,000.
The Abraham Sholly Elevator Of
Sinai, raised $4,000.
The estate of A. J. Riger elevator
of Como, lowered $4,000
All others being left as returned by
the assessors.
The board then took up the equaliza-
tion of bank stock, and on motion the
following changes were made from
the assessments as returned by the
assessors:
Bank of Brookings, Brookings,
raised s1,227.OO.
First National Bank, Brookings.
raised $1,694.OO.
Farmers National Bank, Brookings,
lowered $4,000.
First State Bank, Elkton, lowered
$99500
First National Bank, Volga, raised
s545.0O.
First National Bank, White raised
$4,000
Farmers and Merchants State Bank,
Bushnell, raised $4,000.
Bank of Aurora, Aurora, raised
$1,000
First State Bank, Sinai, raised $500.
All others being left as returned by
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