Pierre Water-Works Co. v. Hughes County
Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota
Appeal from the district court of Hughes county; Hon. L. K. Church, Judge. The statutes create but one county board, — the board of county commissioners. Section 29, c. 21, Pol. C., contains the general grant of power to them.
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Appeal from the district court of Hughes county; Hon. L. K. Church, Judge. The statutes create but one county board, — the board of county commissioners. Section 29, c. 21, Pol. C., contains the general grant of power to them. It gives them power to “equalize the assessment roll of their county, in the manner provided by law. ” It will be noted that in this provision the grant of power to perform is ample and complete, but the manner of the performance is not specified, further than that it is to be done “in the manner provided by law.” The power to act upon the subject of revenue and the…
1Opinion of the CourtTripp, C. J.
This case comes to this court on appeal from the order of the district court in and for Hughes county, dismissing an appeal from the decision of the board of county commissioners of that county, sitting as a board of equalization, in the matter of the assessment of plaintiff’s property for taxes. The board of county commissioners of Hughes county met at-the county-seat on the first Monday of July, 1886, as provided by statute, and convened as a board of equalization, and adjourned to July 14, 1886. Upon the last-named day, said commissioners, as a board of equalization, proceeded to equalize *151t…
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