The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-14
BOARD CONvENES
FOR THIS MONTH
COMMISSIONERS ASSEMBLE At
5ROOklNGS AND TRANSACT
OCTOBER BUSINESS
COMPANY GETS FRANCHISE
T"~enty-Year Permit Granted to Erect
Poles in This County-Land Leas.
ed for County Farm

h Board Of County Commissioner,
of B~rookings county, South Dakota
met in regular quarterly session in
their room at the Court House in thu
city of Bookings at 3 o'clock p. m.
Tuesday, October 9Th, 1915. Members
present: Davis, Jarvis, Tollefson and
Halyerson. Absent: Kidman.
After organizing by electing Mr..
Jarvis chairman pro ten the minutes
of the quarterly session of July and
the September session were read and
on motion approved, This having taken
the balance of the afternoon board on
motion adjourned until 8 o'clock a. m.
Wednesday, October 9Th, 1915.
October 9Th, 1915
Board met as per adjournment of the
9Th, with the same members present
and after being called to order by Mr..
Jarvis, acting chairman, took up for
consideration a petition which had
been filed, signed by the Flandreau
Light and Power Co. asking for p
twenty year franchise to transmit cleo
trio current, light and power and to
erect and maintain poles and wires
for this purpose along certain high
ways in the county (see petition on
hle) which petition was on motion
granted and an order was on motion
made and executed granting said fran
chise. (See order on fle.)
The application of the Farmers
State Bank Of Bruce, S. D., to be
named a depository for county funds
to the amount of Three Thousand Dol
lars with interest at go on daily bal
ances was on motion granted and said
bank named a depository.
The applications of the following
banks for time deposits of the Court
interest and sinking fund a
SO were on motion granted:
First National Bank, Brookings. So.
Oak, Farmers and Merchants State
Bank, Bushnell, So. Oak, Bank of
Bruce, Bruce, SO. OAK, First National
Bank, White, So. Oak. and Bank of
~Brookings, ~Brookings, So. Oak.
Board on motion approved the de-
pository bond of the First National
Bank of Bookings, So. Oak, with the
American Surety Co. as surety in the
sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars.
On motion the bond of the First Ma
tional Bank of Arlington in the
amount of Ten Thousand Dollars was
approved.
The following claims were audited
and on motion allowed and the Auditor
instructed to draw warrants for the
same:
j. L. Burgess, salary, Dep. Reg
lister of Deeds, Sept, 1915 IS $500
j. R. Culhane, salary, Dep.
Treasurer, Sept, 1915 ...... 1000
H. W. Blakely, salary, Supt. of
Schools, Sept, 1915........ 1880
Geo. P. Hall, salary, County
Judge, Sept, 1915 .......... 1866
Matilda Lambe, salary, Dep.
Sup. of Schools, Sept, 1915. 5000
F. H. Ripley, salary, County
Auditor, Sept, 1915 ........ 125.OO
n. A. Reeve, salary. Dept. Coun-
ty Auditor Sent 1Q15 IN m
o. Lee, salary, Register of
Deeds, Sept, 1915 .......... 100. 90
E. Purdy, salary, States At
torney, Sept, 1915 .......... 1866
A. Gullick. salary, County
Treasurer, Sept, 1915 ...... 1856
VIM. Mckee, salary, Janitor,
Sept, 1919 b5.UU
L. P. Ammons, salary, Supt. Of
Poor Farm, Sept, 1915 ...... 5000 J
A. Brandt, Treas, One-half
share of Bridge on County
Line 1915
Fred s. MINER, fees and Jailor,
Sept, 1915 1856
Smith,, caring Tor Amelia /.
Fenske (poor) ............. $3.50
A. Berke. fees in Insanity
Matters 500
w. Blakely, envelopes, ex-
press and supplies .......... 1924
:. H. Ripley, postage for County
of,ces ..................... 5000
=. H. Ripley, phone and express 2.16
John A. Lunden, postage and I
phone ................... 1877. I
:. A. Guilick. stamped en- |
velopes 64.48
City, light, water, !
power and phone, Sept, 1915 1888
John A. Lunden, fees ......... 14.75
Geo. p. Hall, fees in insanity
matters and postage and