Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF Board of County Commissioners
Of Potter County S. D.
AUDlToR's OFFICE
GETTYSBURG, S. d..
July 26. 1911.

The county board OF euuailZa-
ton met as per adjournment from
July the 18th, 1911. Members
present, Knott, NonWald, Rausch
and ZiIg; absent, Gentleman.
Meeting called to order by
Chairman Zig and the following
work was transacted.
Mr.. f.. j. McGlcnn appeared
before the board asking why the
board had raised the valuation on
the McGlenn elevator ut IIoven.
s.. d., from $3.50 TO 81, 900 and
after a general discussion i'm re-
gard to the valuations OF elevators
in Potter county, and the county
auditor having read communica-
tions from the different elevator
owners of Potter county. the
board instructed the said auditor
to telephone to the different audi
tors of the adjoining counties and
sec at what valuation other coun-
ties had placed their elevators.
The auditor having tclephoned
as instructed. and it was found
that all the adjoining counties had
placed a valuation of S l.SO0 on all
their elevators. it was
Moved by NonWald. seconded
by Knott. that all elevators in
Potter county be placed on u val
nation of s1.S0O, so as to CORE
spond with the valuation on eleva-
tors in the adjoining counties.
On motion being put, each
member OF board present voted
Yes at roll-call and
Motion was declared carried.
&. T.. Bates of Gettysburg APP
peared before the board asking
that the assessed value of his hotel
furniture be lowered from $500 to
$500, showing the board that q
valuation of S4OO was too high
compared with the actual cost of
said furniture.
1t was moved bv Eausch, sec
onded by VonWald, that said
assessment be lowered to 5000.
On motion being put, each
member of board present voted
Yes at r~oll-call. and
Motion was declared carried.
p. S. Nauman appeared before
the board and asked that the
assessed valuation on his pillow rig
be lowered from $500 to $500.
After the board had looked up the
assessed valuation on all the differ
ent pillow rigs in the county as
compared with their respective
values, it was
Moyed by Rausch. seconded by
Knott, that the valuations on all
such class of property be left as
returned by the various assessors.
On motion being put, each MEM
her of board present answered Yes
at roll call and
Motion was. declared carried.
There being no further business
to come before the county board
of equalization, it was moved and
seconded that the board adjourn
sine die.
Motion carried and board adj
journed.
2 p. IN.
County board met as per adj
journment from July II, 1911,
members present. Knott, Won
Wald, Rausch, Gentleman and
Zig. Meeting called to order by
chairman and the following work
was transacted.
A general discussion was held
in relation to the new court house
and it was
Moved by VonWald, seconded
by Rausch, that the water pipes in
said building be changed from gal
vanized pipe to lead pipe, at an adj
ditional cost to the county of $166,
all pipe up to the first floor to be
one inch pipe, and all other to be
three-quarter inch pipe, and that
the county auditor he instructed
to order the architects of said
building to order such change.
On notion being put each
members Of thehoafd voted Yes at