Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1912-09-06
COMMISSIONERS MET AT COURT
HOUSE TUESDAY,.
0NE-HALF Mill RAISE
TAX LEVIED ACCORDING TO ES1I.
MATES MADE BY THE COUNTY
BOARD.

Commissioners Fall River County
South Dakota
September end, 1912.
The board Of county commissioners
met according to law on this day, for
the purpose Of making a levy for the
ensuing year.
Present: Commissioners Houghton,
Hargens, Ferrell and Auditor Parks.
1t WAS moved and seconded and car.
ried that in conformity with section
2l37 of the Revised Political Code of
1903, and subsequent laws enacted
amendatory thereto, relating TO taxa
tion, and in accordance with estimates
made by the board of the amounts re.
quired for the current expenses for the
County of Fall River, South Dakota
for the ensuing Fiscal year.
The following resolution was on
motion offered and adopted: Resolved,
that in accordance with appropriations
made by this board based on estimates
of the amounts needed for the current
expenses of Fall River County, South
Dakota for the ensuing year, there be
and there is hereby levied the follow.
ing taxes to wit.
For county general fund, mills; for
special salary, 21a mile; for poor fund,
4 mill, for insane fund, l mill; for
road fund (Unorg), 8 mills; for bridge
fund. (Unorp) mills; for o,idge fund.
(Ore) 2 mills; for sinking fund. 5 mills;
for judgment fund, mills.
1t was moved seconded and carried
that tax levy of mills be levied
against all the sssessable property in
all organized townships for general
road purposes.
It was moved, seconded and approx
ed, that a tax levy of 10 mills be and
the same is hereby ordered assessed
against all taxable property in Shan.
non county Tor judicial purposes only.
The levy for school purposes cannot
be more than 20 mills in each school
District. and the levy for municipal
purposes must be limited to 25 mills.
Resolved, That there be and there is
hereby levied a tax of one dollar upon
each elector within the county of Fall
River, South Dakota, for the support
of the common schools within Fall
River county,
Resolved, That there be and there is
hereby levied road poll tax Of two
dollars or one days labor upon the pub
iic highways, upon every male person
in the unorganized portion of Fall
River county, South Dakota. between
the ages of 81 and As years Of age, ex-
cept those persons exempt by law
from the payment of such road poll
tax,
Resolved, That there be and there is
hereby levied the sum of one dollar on
each dog, and the said tax shall be
charged to the person returned by the
assessors as the owner of such dog or
dogs.
1t was moved seconded and passed
in the matter of settlement of school
property between Plain school district
No "a and Cascade school district No.
2, acted upon July 10Th 1912 that, the
records of said matter be amended to
read as follows:
After the word monies in line 2 on
page 255 Book 3 Commissioners Pro.
ceedings, the following be added: Said
23l2 per cent of said property exolu.
sive of money being 1912 % and 1858
per cent of said property being sI902.7S
and by striking out the following be.
ginning with the word (which" in line
of said page 255 and strike out the
following, "which with sl475 90 makes
total of 1892 70 amount due Cascade
District No. 2
j F. Parks, County Auditor