Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-11-19
THE COUNTY DADS MEET
Regular Adjourned Quarterly Meeting
of the Board of County commis.-
ioners Held Last Week.
Delinquent Taxes of the CHICAGO. Bur
linston & Quincy R'y to the Amount
of $s.624.3o Wa. Paid.
NOVEMBER 9th. 1909.

NOVEMBER 9th, 1909
Present Commissioners Houghton,
Hargens Farrell and Auditor Herman.
The road petition of Il. II. Miller ct
al, was allowed as prayed for, as far as
the center Of south side of section 16.
the route to be completed by the
county surveyor and Commissioner
Houghton.
The auditor was instructed to sell
the following real estate: Lots IL and
II, block ~, town of Oelrishs.
Whereas q petition has been filed
with the board, signed by j. A. Stanley
ct al, for the location of public high.
way. And also remonstranoe signed
by F. M. Mcclellan ct al. protesting
against such proposed highway, des-
oribed as follows:
Beginning at the south west corner
of the south east quarter of section 81,
twp. 8, 8 rye. 6, e. b. II. NJ, thence
running west on section line to NV
corner of ne SEQ. 6, twp 9, rye. 6,
thence south westerly along the south
side as near as practicable of the
irrigating ditch of the Hot Springs
Irrigation & Live Stock Company to
point near the north west corner Of the
SO u of the NV \ Of SEQ. 6, twp. 8, rye 6,
thence south to the south west corner
OF the SO ID of NV \ of said section s,
thence along the south side of said
irrigation ditch to the section line be-
tween sections 6-9-6 and section 1875.
thence south to the north side of
Cheyenne river; thence west along
the north bank Of Cheyenne river
across sections l, 2, II, 10, and 8, and
between sections 8 and 4, township 9,
south range S, east, B. H. NJ. to inter.
sect with Cascade Valley road, said
road to be along sectional or quarter
sectional lines a. near az practicable.
Whereas it appears that notices of
such petition has been given by publica-
tion, as required by law. 1t is there
fore ordered that three persons, resi-.
dents of Fall River county. State of
South Dakota, be and are hereby ap.
pointed to view the proposed highway.
Namely: Joe Gilchrist, Chas. Woods
and Geo. Kline.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at $50 q. m. November 10th, 1909
NOVEMBER 10Th, 1909
Board met pnrsuant to adjournment
Present Commissioners Houghton.
Hargens, Ferrell and Auditor Tiernan.
| Resolved by the Board: That all
sales of county property confirmed by
the board Of county commissioners,
and for which deeds have been issued.
remaining in the Office OF the county
auditor, not paid or called for by
December LIST, 1909, will be Cancelled
and declared null and void.
1t was shown to the satisfaction of
the board, that G 3. Isham, of Buffalo
Gap was enormously assessed in Fall
River county. Mr.. Isham holding re-.
} ceipts AS having paid his taxes in
Custer county. The auditor was ac-
cordingly instructed to strike his per-
sonal taxes off the tax list
Whereas certain taxes for the years
1899 to 1903 inclusive, are due to Fall
River county from the Chicago Burl-
ington g. Quincy Railway Company,
which said taxes, the said railway
company has claimed was erroneously
levied, the same having been In excess
of the ten mill limit, and the supreme
, court of this state having held that
the ten mill limit WAS unconstitutional
but having likewise held in the same
case that the sinking fund levy must
be reduced to the requirements of the
bonded Indebtedness, and the said
company having offered to pay the
amount due from il in accordance with
the supreme courts decision, to wit:
the sum ofS9G24 30. Therefore be it
resolved that the county treasurer is
hereby authorized to accept the said
sum OF 80 in full settlement of it's
delinquent taxes for the years 1899 to
1903 inclusive, and the auditor was in :
structed to issue an abatement order
for the sum of s7OO5S to the Chicago,
y Burlington e. Quincy Railway Company
account over payment of the year 1907
taxes.
The board continued in session until
y the afternoon of November 1lth, and
spent the time inspecting the new
bridge at Oelrichs.
J P. TIERNAN,
County Auditor