The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-11-16
COUNTY FATHERS
HOLD MEETING
COMMISSIONERS MEET AND DIS
POSE OF MUCH COUNTY
BUSINESS
POOR FARn MANAGER IS APPOINTED
Board Requests Circuit Judge Seward
to Postpone the Winter Term Of
Court Until June

Adjourned session November 7th,
1911.
The Board OF County Commission
ers OF Brookings County, s. D., met
in adjourned session at the Office of
the County Auditor, at the Court
House, in the City of Brookings, at
half past one o'clock, p. m, Novem-
Der 9TH, 1911. Members present.
Lewis Johnson Chairman Dist. No. 4;
c. II. Davis, Dist. No. /; J. L. Jarvis,
Dist. No. q; r. o. Tollefson, Dist. No.
3; and Thos. Kidman, Dist. No. s. The
County Auditor being present as
clerk. The Chairman called the
Board to order and stated that the
hour had now arrived for the OPEN
ing Of bids for the SUPPLEMENTARY
Of the County Poor Farm. The fol-
lowing bids were subm':+-I: L. r.
Ammons at a salary Of $4,000 per
month. Edwin Critics, at a salary Of
$4,000 per month. After due con-
sideration the Board on motion &C
cepted the bid Of l.. p. Ammons, and
he was duly appointed Superintend-
ent for the ear beginning January
LIST, 1912.
The resignation of N. o. Bursvold
as agent and depository Of School
Books. in the Village OF Sinai, and
J. T. Tidball as agent and depository
of School Books in the City of Brook
ings, was on motion accepted. The
Board or motion proceeded to fill
said vacancies by the appointment OF
Anton Bursvold as agent and deposit
tory OF school books, In the Village
of Sinai, and ]. p. Ashbaugh, In the
City OF Brookings. The depository
bond of the Granite City Bank, Of Dell
Rapids, South Dakota, in the sum of
$6,250.00 with the American Surety
Co. as Surety was on motion ap-
proved. The Bond of L. P. Ammons
Supt. Of County Poor Farm was on
motion approved. The claim of Fari-
bault County, Mimi, for $15.9S In
case of August Roth, insane, was re-
ferred to the County Judge for in
vestigation.
The Board on motion adjourned to
9 o'clock, a. m, Wednesday, November
Sth., 1911.
November 9Th, 1911.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 9 o'clock, a. m, November
Sth, 1911, with all members Of the
Board and the Auditor as clerk pres
ent.
The board on motion directed the
County Auditor to offer to the holder
of tax certificate No. 161 Of 1905, upon
the West IL Of the N. e. IA Sec
ton 10. Township III, Range 81. The
money paid by the holder thereof for
such certificate, together with all sub
sequent taxes, penalties and costs and
interest at seven CD per cent per
annum, from dates Of payment pur-
suant to chapter 129 of session laws
OF 1909, which will aggregate $101.32
on November 18th, 1911, and upon
acceptance of such offer and surren-
der Of said tax certificate and sub
sequent tax receipts, the County Trea-
surer shall refund the amount due
thnrnfn 10 4h1 LnIInr 80 eofI taU oo~
tifcate and all taxes subsequent to
year 1904 against said premises can
celled off record. This being IN err
roneous assessment and taxable by
the State Board Of Assessment. The
Board took up for consideration
claims and the following were on
motion allowed and the Auditor in
structed to draw warrants In pay
ment Of same:
]. B. Nelson Const. Co., esti-
mate No. 9 Gen. Contract N.
&. H. .$5,275.52
Brookings Const. Co., estimate
No. 6 heating and ventillating
N. c. H. .1,011.50
Chas. Wilkins & Co., estimate
No. 3 plumbing N. c. H. ). 413.95
c. E. Bell, TYRE & Chapman,
CON-. 1k% on Certificates No.
2~3S-239-24O 100.51
w. d. Barry, salary, Supt. Of
Const. N. C. H. for October,
1911 ....................... 10000
e. L. Van Dyke, salary Co.
Treas. for October 1911 -. 1867
o. j. Ot~ternes, salary Co. Au-