Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1910-08-18
HAD BUSY
SESSION
County Dads Hold Busy Session
At Court House Three
Days Last Week.
LOTS OF ROAD BUSINESS
Voting Precincts Established in Unor
ganized Districts---O Busi-
ness Transacted.

The following are the minutes of the
regular adjourned meeting of the
Board Of County Commissioners, Fall
River county, South Dakota.
AUGUST STH. 1910,
Present, Commissioners, Houghton,
Hargens. Ferrell and Auditor Tiernan.
The board approved the following
school loans
100000 on NV "a of sec. 27-7.7.
100000 on s119 of ne4 n 4 of SO u,
n z of ne u of sec 8, twp 8, range
east, the 4 of Sc "a SEQ. 1913.
$4,000 on the ne a ne 4, n < and
Sc a Sc x ne a of section %, and W u
NV "a, section 23-7 IS East B. H. M.
The Board approved the sale of
county real estate as made by the
auditor July 3Oth, 1910.
The petition of Robert E. Gull ct al,
asking for change in public high
way was allowed as petitioned for des-
cription as follows: To change the
portion of an established road at the
half section corner on the south side
OF section "a, township 8, range 3, east,
thence north to center of section 1853
Petitioners ask that road be moved "a
mile west, thence north 4 mile, thence
east 4 mile, to the said center of SEQ
tion 34S 3.
The board instructed the county
auditor to sell at public auction the
following county real estate to-wit:
Lot 3. blk. 9, lot 3. blk Z, Gold Springs
Addition to city of Hot Springs, South
Dakota.
The board instructed the county
auditor to advertise for bids for fuel
for the court house for the ensuing
year.
In the matter of the petition of Geo.
P. Brown ct al, for the creation of a
new school district out of Smithwick
number and Harmony number 16. to
to be known as Robins School District.
1t was moved and seconded by the
board, that said petition be rejected
and referred back to the voters of said
districts for action.
On motion board adjourned.
AUGUST 9TH. 1910.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Commissioners Houghton,
Hargens, Ferrell and Auditor Tiernan.
Whereas, petition was presented
to this board, signed by majority of
the qualified electors residing in town
ship 9, south, range 9, east 3. III. NJ, in
Fall River county, South Dakota, re.
questing that said township 8, south.
range 8, east, B. II. M. be organized as
q civil township to be known as Forney
Township and,
Whereas, said petition is regular in
form and sufficient to entitle the
petitioners to have their request grant
ed, it is therefore hereby,
Resolved, that said township 9, south.
range 8, east, b. II. NJ, in Fall River
county, South Dakota. be and the
same is hereby organized into q civil
township, hereafter known and desig.
mated as Forney townshpip, and that
the following named persons are here
by appointed to act as supervisors
thereof until their successors shall
have been elected and qualified as pro-
vided by law, viz:
JIM. Tripp, A. e. Hetland, of Oelrichs,
South Dakota, and A. J. Smith, of
Smithwick. South Dakota.
On motion the report of the road
viewing committee, OF the road petition
of I. F. Hopes, ct al was approved by
the board as plated by viewers, des.
cription as follows:
First: To vacate section line be.
ginning at northwest corner of section
"a, township 8. south, range 6, east
b. H. NJ, running straight east two
miles.
Second: To establish road begin
ming at the northwest corner of section
a. township 8, south, range 6 east,
B. I'll. M. thence u mile south, thence
east two miles.
On motion the report of the road
viewing committee, of the road petition
of II. M. Noah, ct al, was approved as
prayed for, description as follows:
To establish a public highway, COM
mencing at the county line between
Custer and Fall River counties, at the
north west corner of the northeast
quarter of section 3, township 7, south,
range A. east, b, II. NJ. running thence
in southeasterly direction across to
iDtersect with what is known as the
Minnekahta road in section IA, town.
ship Z. south. range 4, east B. H. NJ.
Whereas, petition signed by A. E.