The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-01

brought back to Lennon after his ,..r
hearing, then on to Aberdeen for safe tnon
the sheriff and his deputy or IDENTITIES Jpn aN
may be; then back to Bison and beforoo os,.S oS tl
the sheriff, together with his deputy or Ioul. osa
start again from Bison via Lennon n Abosa ~Sss
turn with the prisoner through Lemmope ,nvelue ~
for trial. If the case is put over to anntt'. !"
OF court, two extra trips have to be mado to
deen through Lennon and back, and fnoiiu
conviction is made, the sheriff starts ',~ia agsn
Bison through Lennon to Sioux Falls nm
THINK III is FAIR FOR THE TAXPARFp
Be FORCED TO PAY SUCH NEEDLFSS
ES, THAT AMOUNT TO SEVERAL n
SAND DOLLARS EACH YEAR? While Ta,
VIII provide jail with out any expense to tho
ty. large enough to hold twelve cells and i
probably more than will ever be needed. II
gether with police protection at all times VI
sure absolute control over prisoners,
In regard to cost of the jurors. as drawn u
and 1911, we find an additional mjleaoo
S79. 80 more if the same jurors had been br
to Lennon, but this does not cover the snacJ
nlre men. which means that in many cases
jurors must be called in to fill the Jury, Wbo(
this must be done, which is the case at ever
sion OF court, it is more expense for sheriff
when court is held at Bison, owing to the disl
that he must travel to get these special jurors
in the terms of court mentioned above the .
ses amount up to $4,000 for only one sess
court which more than overcomes the anon
difference to the taxpayers, if court had been /
at Lennon, The reason for this last menr
fact is that one-half the population of Pc
county is within 35 miles of Lennon. This
ken from the Bison circular.
Another proposition that comes up in this
is the telephone expense, which the taXpay3
Perkins county have paid on account of the n
seat being at Bison. A large percentage d
business of the county is done through IenI
and great many farmers have found it neceJ !
in making loans and real estate deals of all n
to use this telephone service, in order to deted
the records on lands in Perkins county Whld
has been a very profitable investment for the
holders OF this company, the farmers have pd
S2O1O.OO in telephone fees alone This is and
item of expense to the tax payers that will bel
mated if you place the court house at Lemmd
Another item of expense carried by ha
payers of this county is the large force of 4
employed at Bison. The county commss(
visit Bison only at certain times of the year,
during the periods of the commissioners med
IA large force of deputies is kept exceedingly
and the commissioners may be ignorant Of the
that the same amount of work could be done
probably half the .cost to the taxpayers. |
courthouse comes to Lennon, the county con
sioners and heavy tax payers will frequently
the courthouse, and if there are idle deput1
clerks in any Office, the county commissioner
heavy tax payers, will be in position to know
thereby rednce the amount of clerk hire Sc
thousand dollars each year, This condition !
badly partly due to the fact, as stated before.
the officers are all crowded in small quarters.
Another reason is the fact that We have
running this County less than four wears an
have debt of $164, 612 08, not figuring the
that our taxes during this time have been
as high as they are in counties less than half TIL
and Immediately joining now out of debt
where they have put in more Improvements
line of bridges, schools etc. This fact aIon
believe should prove to every voter that tht
something radically wrong in the present s.
with the court house at Bison.