The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-30

made.
The board on motion appointed E.
A. Berke, a member of the county
board of insanity for the ensuing two
years, from January LIST. 1919.
The report of the public examiner,
who examined the county t~reasurer's
office, covering a period from June
18th, 1918, to Nov. 4th, 1918, was on
motion approved and ordered filed.
The board on motion adopted the
following resolutions:
Be it Resolved: BY the board of
county commissioners Of Brookings
county, South Dakota:
Whereas: 1t appears from the an
nual reports of John A. Lunden, as
clerk of courts Of Brookings county,
from January 1st. 1913. to July LIST.
1917, that in no year during said period
did the fees earned by said office of
clerk of courts exceed the amount al
lowed by law to the clerk of courts
as his compensation.
Now Therefore. it is Resolved: BY
the board that the said John A. Lun-
den be and hereby is allowed to hold,
receive and take all fees earned by
said Office from January LIST, 1913, to
July 1st, 1917, whether the same were
collected prior to, or after July 1st,
1917.
Approved this Sth day of January,
1919, by the Board Of County Com
m~issioners.
C. A. Gullick, Chairman.
The board on motion adjourned to
Thursday, the 9th day of January,
1919. The board met as per adjourn
ment, all members of the board pres
ent. 1t was moved, seconded and car
ried that the Brookings County Press,
The White Leader and The Bruce Her.
aid be appointed the official papers Of
the county for the year 1919.
The committees on settlement with
the auditor, treasurer, register OF
deeds and clerk Of courts were ap-
pointed by the chairman as follows:
Committee on settlement with the au-
ditor and treasurer: c. A. Gullick, G.
H. Davis, r. O. Tollefson. Commit
tee on settlement with the clerk OF
courts and register Of deeds: II. c..
Halvorson, Thomas Kidman.
The board on motion adjourned to
Friday the 10th day of January, 1919.
The board met as per adjournment,
all members of the board present.
The board spent the day in settle
ment with the county officers n ad-
journed to Saturday, the 18th day of
January 1919. The board met as per
adjournment, all members being pres
ent.
The board continued the settlement
with the county officers during the
day, and on motion adjourned to Tues
day, the 14th day of January. 1919.
The board met as per adjournment, all
members being present.
The board completed settlement
with the auditor, treasurer, clerk of
courts and register Of deeds, and re-
ported as follows:
We, C. A. Gullick, c. H. Davis and
r. O. Tollefson, your committee on
settlement with the auditor and treas
urer, respectfully report, that we have
compared all receipts for the last SIX
months ending December 81, 1913,
with the entries on the cash books Of
said officers, and find that all receipts
for taxes and miscellaneous collec-
tions have been accounted for. We
have compared and checked the oun
ty warrants drawn in payment OF
claims against the county, filed with
the auditor, and allowed by this board,
with the claims and warrant stubs,
and find them to agree as to the
amounts as allowed by the board.
We have compared all receipts and
disbursements, as entered in the gen
eral ledger, and find that they have
been properly entered therein, and
that the balance of cash on hand in
the hands of the county treasurer at
the close of business on the 3lst day
of December, 1918, to be $143,561.48.
This amount being accounted for by
cash and cash items in the office, and
the sworn statements of the cashiers
Of the banks in which deposits are
kept, as follows:
Cash and cash items in Of
nee. oZol.fo
First Natl. Bank, Brook
ings. 23283.4 AS
Bank of Bookings ......... 236O1 "a
Farmers Natl. Bank, Brook
ings. 232s1.77
First Natl. Bank, White. 7643.16
First State Bank, Elkton... 6O91.23
FIRST Natl. Bank. Elkton.... 62OS.6 SO
Bank of Aurora ........... 48O5.56
Farmers State Bank, Bruce. 5253.13
Bank of Bruce ............. 6772.99
White State Bank ......... 3860.04
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Bushnell. ............ 5S7s.36
First State Bank, Sinai go. 5791.s7
First Natl. Bank, Arlington. 3519.7f
Citizens State Bank, Airing