The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-01-28
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
COUNTY BOARD HOLDS LENGTHY
SESSION AT COURT HOUSE
THIS MONTH
MUCH COUNTY BUSINESS DISPOSED Of
Commissioners Go over the Matter Of
Strengthening the Sioux River
New Officers Take Hold

The board of county commissioners
of Brookings county, South Dakota,
net in regular quarterly session, in
their room at the court house in the
City of Brookings, County Of Brook
ings and State of South Dakota, on
Tuesday, January 9Th, 1914, with all
members present and the Auditor pres
ent as clerk.
After being called to order by the
chairman the minutes of the regular
meeting of October 9Th, 1914, the meet
ing of the canvassing board of Novem-
Der 18th, 1914, and the adjourned meet
ing of the board of county commits
sioners of November 18th, 1914, were
read and on motion approved as read.
After which the board adjourned
sine die.
The bonds of Commissioners elect,
Chan Davis of the First District, R. o.
Tollefson of the Third District and
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having been approved by the Clerk of
Courts the organization of the new
board was perfected by the election
of Commissioner Kidman as chairman
for the year 1915.
The official bonds of the following
officers elect we're examined and on
motion approved:
G. A. Gullick, County Treasurer.
Geo. P. Hail., County Judge.
John A. Lunden, Clerk of Courts.
Herbert Blakely, Superintendent of
Schools.
Wallace E. Purdy, States Attorney.
Fred S. MINER, County Sheriff.
John A. Hegeman, County Surveyor.
c. o. Lee, Register of Deeds.
DR.. E. E. Torwick, County Coroner.
L. P. Ammons, Superintendent OF
County Poor Farm and Asylum.
DR.. A. w. Hyde and E. A. Berke
were on motion appointed as members
of the board of insanity for the term of
two years.
The following were appointed Coun-
ty Physicians for the ensuing year:
DR.. H. o. Morgan for the territory
comprising the First Commissioners
District including the Poor Farm at a
salary of $4,000 per year.
DR.. A. H. Stoll for the territory
comprising the Second Commissioner
District at a salary of $1,000 90 per year
DR.. Geo. Edwards at a salary of
$4,000 per year for the territory COM
prising the Third Commissioners Dis
trict, except Winsor township.
DR.. D. L. Scanlon for the territory in
cluded in the Fourth Commissioner
District and Winsor township, at a
salary of $4,000 per year.
DR.. D. w. Gross for the territory
comprising the Fifth Commissioners
District at a salary of $4,000 per year.
The following newspapers were on
motion designated the official papers
of the county for the ensuing year:
The Bruce Herald, the White Leader
and the Home Messenger.
Board on motion adopted the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved: That acting under the
authority of the law, the County of
Brookings agrees to pay a bounty of
Two Dollars each, for old wolves and
foxes and One Dollar each for young
wolves or pup wolves and foxes that
are killed in the County Of Brookings,
said bounty to remain in force until
January First, 1916.
The bond of the Iowa Bridge Com
pany in the sum of $4,000 90 with the
Inter State Surety Company as surety
was on motion approved.
Board on motion approved the de-
pository bond of the First National
Bank of Elkton, s. D., with the North
ern Casualty Company as surety in
the sum of $5,000.00.
Board on motion adjourned until 9
o'clock a. m. January 9Th, 1915.
January 9Th, 1915.
Board met as per adjournment Of
the 9Th, all members present, and took
up for consideration a report of the
Iowa Bridge Company the checking of
which occupied most Of the day. The
checking finished the board on motion
ordered warrants drawn on the Bridge
Fund in favor of the Iowa Bridge Com
pany for the sum of $12, 701.6 sc to apply
on bridges built in the county during
the year 1914.
The chairman named the following