Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-09-06

| Plymouth Lumber Co. lis 20
! Auditors office, Timber Lake, S. d.. July
July %, 1912.
| The board OF county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment. Members present
Fett Flower and Ash.
| Motion made and carried that the petition
presented by Frank Bowman. ct al, asking
that township ID, range q and the u town
| ship 1928 be organized an Independent school
district, be rejected.
| Motion made and carried that the petition
prerented by 0 A Swartz ct al. asking for the
board to grant the organization OF the one.
half township 1928 into an Independent school
district was granted.
On motion the board adjourned to Wednes-
nesday. July "a. at 8 O'Clock.
July "a. 1912.
Commissioners met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
Motion made and carried that the franchise
for farmers telephone line presented by II.
+. Burke and J. O. Elder was granted and
franchise signed.
Petition presented by II Johnson ct al,
asking for Il bridge across the creek ON section
line between section q and p in township l6,
range %, was laid over for investigation.
Inc DOuTu Oh cOfuiulSSlOIlcES stIlu tilo COuIity
superintendent OF schools then proceeded As
provided by law. section 60 OF chapter l3o
session laws OF 1907 to make an equitable APP
portionment OF the property interest and in
debtedness other than bonded Indebtedness
among the new districts heretofOr formed
from Ash school district number l. Such
new school districts being numbered 8, and
S. All property interest of the district affect
ed were and are hereby adjusted as follows:
Red Elm school district No.
Total assessed valuation OF former
Ash dist NO. .S2o5y6l w
Total assessed value OF dist No.. 3023 90
Total expended by former district. 1864 10
l, Is per cent due to district No.. l56 II
Amount expended for district No.. 2l3 So
Amount due by district No. to Ash
| district No. 1..... a6 oS
Lantry school district No.
Total valuation of district No. l..... .S25396! 90
Total valuation OF Lantry dist No.. 34706 90
Percentage due is ID 27-lO0
Total expenditures OF dist No. 1...... 1864 40
Total amount due district No........ l733 "a
Amount spent by dist No.. PAS 81
Amount due IIantry school dist.... l4SS II
| Ridge View school district No.
Total valuation OF Ash district No l s26396l 90
Total valuation OF Ridge View dist. 2598 90
Percentage due Ridge View 1900
(; Total expenditures in district No. L.. 1904 40
Amount due Ridge View. ............ 145 %
| Amount spent by Ridge New. 1858 Is
Amount in debt to dist No. 1........ 723 50
The following resolution was offered and
read and on motion by Flower and seconded
by.rett was moved for adoption:
In the matter OF the petition for the change
OF the boundary lines OF Dewey and Ziebach
counties and the organization Of a new coun-
ty for which no name is proposed In said Pc
tition.
| The above mentioned petition is denied for
the following reasons LIST. That the petition
is defective in that there is no way OF deter
mining the number OF petitioners necessary
to constitute legal petition under Sec, 775.
Art. 3. Political Code OF South Dakota. End.
That said petition proposed to include in the
proposed new county for which no name has
been proposed, organized and unorganized
territory over which the board OF county
commissioners have no power or authority
| to act OF 0 special act OF the legislature. Bird.
The petition Is detective in that 1t does not
designate the name of the proposed new
county as required by Sec. /, Chapter 100, OF
the laws of 1907 of South Dakota.
Dated July, 1912.
! On motion Ash moved that the petition for
| division OF the counties OF Ziebach and Dew
ey be laid over until the board and states at
torney can obtain an opinion from the attor-
ney general and that the resolution to reject