The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Regular meeting of the Board o!
F., County Commissioners, July.
The Board of County Commission
ers of the County of Bookings, Sd.
met in regular session in their room
in the Court House, July LIST, 1919
at 200 o'clock p. m.
Members of the board present were
H. c. Halvorson, chairman; C. H
Davis, R. o. Tollerson, A. E. Bunday
Thos. Kidman.
The board was called to order by
the chairman, and they proceeded to
read and check the minutes of the
regular April session, and the ad.
journed sessions of April 2Sth and
May 9Th, and the special session OF
June 18th.
The board completed the reading OF
the minutes and the same were on
motion approved as read.
The board then organized as a board
of equalization, by taking the oath
as prescribed by law.
The board on motion adjourned to
8 O'Clock a. M, Wednesday, July End,
1919.
The board met as per adjournment,
all members of the board present.
The board then adjourned as a
board Of equalization and spent the
day visiting bridges an dascertaining
the amount of repairs needed to place
the roads and bridges in a ~passable
condition.
The board met in their room in
the Court House at 8 o'clock a. M,
Thursday, July 3rd, 1919.
The board r%econvened as a board
of equalization and proceeded to ex-
anime the assessment rolls of the
county as returned by the assessors
of the county.
The equalization of farm lands was
taken up, and after fully considering
the valuations of each district, as re-
turned by the assessors, the follow
ing changes in percentages were made
to equalize them:
Raised-Elkton twp. Is, Richland
twp. IL, Lake Hendricks twp. II, Par
nell twp. g. Alton twp. 81, Sherman
twp. 10, Oak Lake twp. 20, Trenton
twp. IL, Aurora twp. 3, Alton twp. 4,
Argo twp. IS, Eureka twp. 9, Oslo
twp. 5, Volga twp. 25, lakewood twp.
IA, Preston twp. 2, Lake Sinai twp.
90, Bangor twp. Z, Laketon twp. IA,
Lowered-Medary twp. 6, Winsor
twp. 4.
The structures on farm lands was
then taken up, and to equalize same,
the following change in per cent was
made:
Raised-The townships of Elkton
1903, Sherman 16. Argo IA. Oslo 5,
Winsor 16, Laketon S.
Lowered - Oak Lake 10, Trenton
so, Alton 10, Medary 8, Eureka II.
Volga 8, lakewood 80, Preston 81,
Bangor Is.
No change was made in the town
ships of Richland, Lake Hendricks.
Parnell, Alton, Aurora, Brookings,
Sterling, Lake Sinai.
There was no change made in the
valuation of lands in the townships
of Brookings and Sterling.
On motion the board adjourned to
200 o'clock p. m, Monday, July 7th,
1919.
The board met as per adjournment,
all members of the board present.
The matter of equalization of town
and city lots, outlots and city lands
was then taken up.
To equalize the farm lands in the
cities and towns, the following
changes in percentage were made:
Raised-Bruce City 80, Bushnell
town 100, Elkton City 66,M
Toown 100, Elkton City &C, Sinai vii
lage SO, White City As.
There was no change made in
Brookings City and Aurora village.
The valuation of structures were
left as returned by the assessors.
The out lots in the cities and towns
were equalized as follows:
Raised-Aurora village 10, Bruce
City 60, Bushnell village 100, Elkton
City 20, Sinai village 80, Volga City
40, White City "a.
There was no change made in
Brookings City.
There was no change made in
the valuation of structures on out lots
from the valuations as returned by
the assessors.
City and village lots were then TAX
en- UP for consideration, and to equal
ize same the following changes were
made:
Raised-Volga City 25.
There was no changes made in Au-
rora village, Brookings City, Bruce
City, Bushnell village, Elkton City,
Sinai village, White City.
There was no change made in che
valuation of structures on city lots
from the valuations as returned by
the assessors, except Sinai village,
which was reduced 10 per cent.
On motion the board adjourned to
$50 O'Clock a. M, Tuesday, July Sth,
1919.
The board me- as per adjournment,
all members of the board present.
The board took up the matter OF
equalization of the different classes OF