The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-26
BOARD HOLDS
LONG SESSION
MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS is
LENGTHY.
SETTLEMENT WITH EX-AUDITOR
CASE AGAINST p. j. MURPHY is
WIPED FROM THE SLATE.

The Board of County Commissioners
of Brookings County, S. d., met in reg
ular quarterly session at the office of
the County Auditor i'll the City of
B%rookings, on Tuesday, January 8,
1911, at 10 o'clock a. IN.
Members present, Geo. T.. Hoch,
chairman, district No. /; j. l.. Jarvis,
district No. 2: Ole Erickson, district
No. 3; Lewis Johnson, district No. a;
and F.. w. Newton, district No. 5.
o. j. O%tternes, County Auditor, pres
n as Clerk.
The Board was called to order by
the Chairman, and then proceeded to
read the minutes Of the regular adj
j%ourned meeting of December 81, 1910,
and to check the warrants issued with
the claims as allowed at said meeting;
after finishing, the minutes were on
motion approved as read. After a
few appropriate remarks by the Chair,
man, the Board on motion adjourned
sine die.
AFTERNOON SESSION, JANUARY
3, 1911.
Commissioners-elect c. II. Davis, of
the first district, r. o. Tollefson of
the third district, and Thos Kidman
of the fifth district, were present;
their official bonds mad been approved
NV tho C1nrL nf Cnurtc q @ nrnvtdnd hu
law, and were now on file with the
County Auditor.
j.. l.. Jarvis of the second district,
and Lewis Johnson of the fourth dis
trict, were also present; the County
Auditor being present as Clerk.
The new Board took their seats and
proceeded to organize for the ensuing
year. The organization was perfected
ty the election of Lewis Johnson as
Chairman.
The following official bonds were on
motion approved: o. j. Bitterness,
County Auditor; E. L. Van Dyke,
County Treasurer; E. F.. Bagley,
Register of Deeds; II. X. Havlerson,
Sheriff; Albert Matson, States Attor-
ney; Geo. p. Hall, County Judge;
Norman A. Hanson, Clerk Of Courts;
Gertrude Stedman, Superintendent Of
Schools; O. w. Rood, Coroner; l.. p.
Ammons, Superintendent of County
Poor Farm.
The Board on motion appointed the
following County Physicians for the
ensuing year: DR.. Arthur II. Stoll,
at a salary Of 800 per year, the ter
ritory or district to embrace the City
of Brookings and the Townships Of
Brookings and Medary.
DR.. f.. f.. Torwick, at a salary of
$50 per year the territory or district
to embrace Volga City and the Town
ships of Volga, Oslo, Lake Sinai, Ban
gor and Winsor.
DR. O. II. Brown at a salary Of $50
per year, the territory to embrace
Elkton City, and the Townships Of
Elkton. arnell, Alton and Richland.
DIR. X. b Lees, at a salary Of $50
per year, the territory or district to
embrace White Village and the Town
ships of Alton, Argo, Sherman, Oak
Lake and Lake Hendricks.
DR.. ]. Rhodes, at a salary Of $50
year year, the territory OF district to
embrace Aurora Village, Aurora and
Trenton Townships and the County
Poor Farm,
DR.. George Edward, at a salary of
$50 per year, the territory or dis
trict to embrace Bruce Village and
the Townships of Sterling, lakewood,
Laketon, Preston and Eureka.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet at 8 o'clock a. M, Wednesday,
January 4, 1911.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
at 9 o'clock a. M, January A, 1911, all
members of the Board and the Audi
tor, as Clerk, present.
In the mater of providing office
room for the County officials and place
of safety for County Records pend
ing the constructing Of the new
Court House, the Board, after due
consideration, deemed it best to re-
move the old Court House from it's
present location, the site chosen for
the new building, and continue to &C.
cupy it until completion of the new
structure, and to use some portion
of the Jail building for storing such
records as may be necessary. On mo-
ton the County Auditor was in
structed to advertise for sealed bids
to be submitted at his office by the
18th day Of February, 1911, at 2
o'clock p. M, for the removal of the
old Court House and foundation TO
a PLACE a distance of 100 to 1875 feet
west of It's present location; in case
such removal does not include the
removal Of the present vaults, such
bids to include the construction OF
che or two vaults to safe keep the
county records, such bids to include
proper chimneys unless the chimney
now in said Court House Is main
tanned In its present position: said
building to be blocked up after such