The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
CONFERENCE OF
COMMISSIONERS
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MEET IN
SIOUX FALLS
CONSIDER MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS
Plan Revision Of Laws Concerning
Roads, Taxes, Salary of Com
missioners

The Sioux Falls Press yesterday
says that five matters pertaining
TO desired legislation which will
be put in foIm Of bills to be
approved at the December meet
ing of the state association of
county commissioners and later pre-
scented to the legislature, were con-
sidered yesterday afternoon by the
legislative committee of the state asso-
citation, which is holding a two days
session here. Bridges, roads, taxes,
commissioners compensation and
county board of health were subjects
taken up, and each one of the five
members of the legislative committee
was given one of the subjects to frame
into a bill to conform to the ideas Of
the committee.
The present law which requires in
spection of bridge sites by the state
engineer does not meet the approval Of
the commissioners and Nels Jensen Of
Jerauld county was appointed to pro-
vide a new bill or amendment which
would put the construction of county
bridges more fully in the control of the
commissioners.
The inability of county boards to
make refunds of taxes, ever in cases Of
evident error in assessment, has caus-
ed difficulty which the commissioners
would overcome by making a change
in the present law, and they also would
like to have more authority delegated
to them in equalization matters. This
subject was given to J. b. Patterson OF
Codington county.
COMMISSIONS A. G. Risty of Mime
haha county was delegated to look
after county road legislation with
special reference to conflicts in author
ity between county boards and state
highway officials.
The present law regarding compen-
sation for commissioners allows 81 per
day for services of commissioners in
some counties and S. per day in others.
l.. u. Nelson of Jerauld was appointed
to suggest legislation which will make
the pay equal in all counties.
George V. Ayres, commissioner in
Lawrence county, was named to sug-
gest at the December meeting of the
association any legislation needed to
meet special requirements in the west
ern part of the state and the entire
legislative committee will act as a COM
mittee to frame a bill making changes
in the law pertaining to the county
boards Of health.
Although the meeting was originally
planned as a conference OF the legisfa-
tive committee, later arrangements
made by local implement men to give
a demonstration of road machinery
has attracted commissioners from all
owe the eastern half Of the state.
About so of them arrived yesterday,
among them being delegations from the
counties of Moody, Faux, Jerauld, San
born, Dawson, Charles Mix, Hutchin-
son, Turner, Hanson and M~innehaha,
and from some of the counties all the
commissioners were present.
Last evening the visiting and local
commissioners were given a banquet
at the Teton hotel where headquarters
are established and this morning at
$3.50 they will go out on the Ellis road
a short distance west of the stone
crusher to witness the demonstration
which has been arranged by local i'm.
plement dealers.
Market Day, April 90