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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Medary
Township records
Dates:
1884-1991
(bulk 1884-1974)
Creator:
Medary
Township board, Brookings County, S.D.
Physical
Description:
3 linear feet—3 containers, 74 ledgers
Collection number:
MA
16
Language:
Collection
material in English.
Repository:
South
Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection
is composed of records and tax assessment ledgers of Medary Township.
Included are lists, petitions, minutes and some correspondence in
addition to the ledgers.
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
Provenance:
This collection was found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997.
There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be
here.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restriction.
Items in this collection do
not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the
responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright
holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff
will provide available copyright information on request. Please note
that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not
have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. Medary Township records, MA 16, South
Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S.D.
Processing
Information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on October 26,
1998 with revisions on June 25, 2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following
terms have been used to index the description of this collection
in the subject guide.
They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by
occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
BACKGROUND NOTE
The term "Township"
has two meanings: (1) As a subdivision of land, which is known as
Congressional or Government Township. (2) As a political unit, which is
known as a Civil Political Township. The Civil Townships usually
coincide with the Congressional Township but do not always do so.
Each Congressional
township has township number and a range number. Civil townships
sometimes have more than one of each if the township is oversized, or a
combination of more than one township and range.
Theoretically, a
township is a square tract of land with sides of six miles each, and
containing 36 sections of land. Actually, this is not the case. When
the original survey of this state was made by the government engineers,
they knew that it was impossible to keep a true north and south
direction of township lines, and still keep getting township squares of
36 square miles. As they surveyed toward the North Pole, they were
constantly running out of land, because the township lines were
converging toward the North Pole. The government surveyors adjusted for
shortages of land by making fractional forties, eighties or government
lots out of the land on the north side of a township to keep east and
west lines running parallel.
Medary Township
started as a settlement of pioneers in 1857. In 1858, the Indians led
by Smutty Bear burned down the settlement and drove out the pioneers.
In 1869, they rebuilt the settlement bigger and better. The railroad
arrived in Brookings County in 1879, but was built seven miles north of
the Medary settlement, causing the settlers to abandon the site. When
the township sections were established, the name Medary was given to the
site where the original settlement was located.
Medary Township is
located in Brookings County. The township number is 109 N. and its
range 50 W. It is located south of the city of Brookings and includes
Lake Campbell.
SCOPE and CONTENTS
NOTE
This collection is
composed of records and tax assessment ledgers of Medary Township.
Included are lists, petitions, minutes and some correspondence in
addition to the ledgers.
ARRANGEMENT of the
RECORDS
The Medary Township
Records consist of records and assessment ledgers generated by the
Medary Township board and members from the early 1880's to present. The
records contain various items such as poll and tally lists, petitions,
receipts and disbursement records, certificates, some minutes,
affidavits, correspondence and many miscellaneous items to numerous to
mention. The assessment ledgers contain real property assessments for
taxation of citizens living in Medary Township.
Box 1.
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1884—Certificate
of Appointment-Oath of Office
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1885—Agreement as
to Damages, Poll Book, Poll List, Poll and Tally List
-
1886—Poll and
Tally List
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1887—Acceptance of
Road Overseer
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1888—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Poll and Tally List, Road Petition
-
1888-1903—Names of
Jurors Selected
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1889—List of Real
Estate and Valuation, Order for Special Election, Petition for
Railway Aid, Road Petition
-
1890—Acceptance of
Road Overseer
-
1891—Acceptance of
Road Overseer
-
1892—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Minutes of Medary and Oslo Township Boards, Poll and
Tally List,
-
1893—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Minutes of Annual Town Meeting, Poll and Tally List
-
1894—Acceptance of
Road Overseer
-
1895—Official Oath
of Overseer of Highways, Official Return, Miscellaneous
-
1896—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Release of Damages
-
1897—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Release of Damages
-
1898—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Agreement, Contract, Poll Book, Tally List
-
1899—Overseer's
List, Poll and Tally List
-
1901—Catalogue of
Blanks Books and Dockets, Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer
-
1905—Release of
Damages
-
1906—Land Tax Pass
Book for Road Overseer
-
1907—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Official Ballot, Register of Deeds: Bond Payment
-
1908—Acceptance of
Road Overseer, Certificate of Election Book, Minutes of Annual
Township Meeting, Oath for Supervisors, Overseer's List
-
1909—Land Tax Pass
Book for Road Overseer's
-
1910—Land Tax Pass
Book for Road Overseer's, Land Road Tax Receipt Book, Receipts
-
1911—Land Tax Pass
Book for Road Overseer's- Road, Land Tax Road Warrant-Road,
Miscellaneous
-
1912—Land Tax Pass
Book for Road Overseer's, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Registry List for
Medary Precinct, General Election
-
1913—Annual Report
of the Board of Auditors, Oath for Supervisors, Receipt Book
-
1913-1928—Receipt
Book
-
1914—Miscellaneous
-
1915—Annual Report
of the Board of Auditors, Annual Statement or Treasurer, Minutes of
Annual Town Meeting
-
1916-1917—Receipt
Book
-
1917—Farmers'
Co-Cooperative Co. Ledger Sheet, Miscellaneous, Oath for
Supervisors, Procedure for Laying Out Public Road
-
1917-1918—Receipt
Book
-
1918—Affidavit of
Posting Copies of Road Petition, Agreement: Boards of Supervisors
and Lynch, C. T. Fogerty, Thomas; Bairey, David, Annual Report of
the Board of Auditors, Annual Statement of the Treasurer, Minutes of
Annual Township Meeting, Poll and Tally List
-
1919—Assessor's
Book-Money and Credits, Jury List of Township of Medary in Brookings
County
-
1920—Tax Receipt
Treasurer's Office, Lake County, SD, Tax Receipt Treasurer's Office,
Moody County, SD
-
1920-1921—Receipt
Book
-
1921—Assessor's
Book-Money and Credits, Supervisor's Oaths
-
1921-1922—Receipt
Book
-
1922—Oath of Town
Officer, Register of Electors, Register of the Voters, Treasurer's
Annual Statement
-
1922-1923—Receipt
Book
-
1923—Ballots,
Miscellaneous, Money and Credits Assessment Book, Poll List,
Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1924—Ballots,
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Registry List,
Medary Precinct, Fall Election, Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1924;
1928—Register of Electors
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1924-1925—Receipt
Book
-
1925—Affidavit of
Challenged Person, Challenged as not a Voter, Treasurer's Annual
Statement
-
1926—Pound
Master's Notice and Acceptance, Receipt Book, Register of Electors,
Registry List
-
1926-1927—Receipt
Book
-
1927—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Township Treasurer's
Annual Statement
-
1928—Annual
Statement of the Treasurer, Minutes of Annual Meeting,
Miscellaneous, Poll Book-Summary of Votes, Registry List, Medary
Precinct, General Election, Township Blanks
-
1929—Miscellaneous, Oath of Officer, Pound Master's Notice and
Acceptance
-
1930—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Registry List, Medary
Precinct, General Election
-
1931—Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1932—Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Registry List
-
1932-1933—Receipt
Book
-
1934—Miscellaneous, Poll Sheet and Return of Election, Registry
List, Medary Precinct, General Election, Township Blanks
-
1933-1935—Receipt
Book
Box 2.
-
1935—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Township Treasurer's
Annual Statement
-
1936—Miscellaneous, Registration Book, Medary Precinct, General
Election
-
1937—Miscellaneous
-
1939—Correspondence, Miscellaneous
-
1939-1940—Receipt
Book
-
1940—Purchase
Orders, Miscellaneous
-
1941—Miscellaneous, Receipts
-
1948—Township
Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1950's—Voter
Record
-
1955—Township
Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1956—Invoice :
Armco Drainage & Metal Products. Inc.
-
1957—Census of
Governments Township Finances, Poll List and Tally Sheet
-
1958—Petitions,
Registration Book, Registration List
-
1959—Correspondence, Receipts, Insurance Policy: Western Surety
Company
-
1960—Sample
Ballot, Township Blanks
-
1961—Poll List and
Tally Sheet
-
1962—Receipts,
Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1963—Correspondence, Photographs, Poll List and Tally Sheet,
Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1964—Correspondence, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1965—Minutes of
the Proceedings of Township Meeting, Receipts, Township Blanks,
Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1966—Affidavit of
Publication, Census of Governments Survey of Local Government
Finances and Employment (Township), Poll List and Tally Sheet,
Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1967—General
Information: For Assessors, Taxpayers, & Equalization Boards,
Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1968—Booklets:
Civil Defense, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List,
Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1969—Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance
Company, Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual
Statement
-
1970—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual
Insurance Company, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1971—Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance
Company, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Survey of Local Government Tax
Revenues and Intergovernmental Revenues, Township Blanks, Township
Treasurer's Annual Statement, Zoning Ordinance
-
1972—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual
Insurance Company, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1973—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Petition, Poll
and Tally List, Receipts, Survey of Local government Tax Revenues
and Intergovernmental Revenues, Township Treasurer's Annual Report
-
1974—Affidavit of
Publication, Brookings Well Survey, Correspondence, Miscellaneous,
Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement
-
1975—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing
Survey, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance Company,
Miscellaneous, Petition, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Receipts,
Township Blanks
-
1976—Affidavit of
Publication, Certificate of Election, Correspondence, General
Revenue Sharing, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Official Ballot - Township
Election, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Receipts, Township Treasurer's
Annual Statement
-
1977—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing,
Minutes, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts, Survey of
Government Employment Municipalities and Townships
-
1978—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Insurance
Policy: Tri-State Company of Minnesota, Miscellaneous, Receipts,
Survey of Local Government Finances Municipalities and Townships
-
1979—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing,
Miscellaneous, Receipts
-
1980—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Insurance
Company of Minnesota, Miscellaneous, Photograph, Receipts, Township
Blanks
-
1981—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Minutes,
Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts, Survey of Local
Government Finances Municipalities and Townships, Township Blanks
Box 3.
-
1982—Affidavit of
Publication, Annual Account, Clippings, Correspondence, General
Revenue Sharing, Insurance Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Poll
and Tally List, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1983—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Insurance
Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts,
Survey of Local Government Finances Municipalities and Townships,
Township Blanks
-
1984—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Receipts
-
1985—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Insurance Policies,
Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1986—Affidavit of
Publication, Annual Account, Correspondence, Damage Survey Reports,
Miscellaneous, Photographs, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1987—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Minutes,
Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1988—Affidavit of
Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Damage Survey Reports,
Minutes, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1989—Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Miscellaneous, Receipts,
Township Blanks
-
1990—Affidavit of
Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Miscellaneous,
Receipts, Township Blanks
-
1991—Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous,
Receipts, Township Blanks
-
[n.d.]—Certificate
of Election, Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer, Official Ballot -
Township Election, Revised Township Manual, Township Blanks,
Township Officers' Manual
Ledgers
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