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Medary Township records
 

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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:

  • Medary (S.D. : Township)—Politics and government.

  • Medary (S.D. : Township)—Records and correspondence.

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.

  1. 1884—Certificate of Appointment-Oath of Office

  2. 1885—Agreement as to Damages, Poll Book, Poll List, Poll and Tally List

  3. 1886—Poll and Tally List

  4. 1887—Acceptance of Road Overseer

  5. 1888—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Poll and Tally List, Road Petition

  6. 1888-1903—Names of Jurors Selected

  7. 1889—List of Real Estate and Valuation, Order for Special Election, Petition for Railway Aid, Road Petition

  8. 1890—Acceptance of Road Overseer

  9. 1891—Acceptance of Road Overseer

  10. 1892—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Minutes of Medary and Oslo Township Boards, Poll and Tally List,

  11. 1893—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Minutes of Annual Town Meeting, Poll and Tally List

  12. 1894—Acceptance of Road Overseer

  13. 1895—Official Oath of Overseer of Highways, Official Return, Miscellaneous

  14. 1896—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Release of Damages

  15. 1897—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Release of Damages

  16. 1898—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Agreement, Contract, Poll Book, Tally List

  17. 1899—Overseer's List, Poll and Tally List

  18. 1901—Catalogue of Blanks Books and Dockets, Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer

  19. 1905—Release of Damages

  20. 1906—Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer

  21. 1907—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Official Ballot, Register of Deeds: Bond Payment

  22. 1908—Acceptance of Road Overseer, Certificate of Election Book, Minutes of Annual Township Meeting, Oath for Supervisors, Overseer's List

  23. 1909—Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer's

  24. 1910—Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer's, Land Road Tax Receipt Book, Receipts

  25. 1911—Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer's- Road, Land Tax Road Warrant-Road, Miscellaneous

  26. 1912—Land Tax Pass Book for Road Overseer's, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Registry List for Medary Precinct, General Election

  27. 1913—Annual Report of the Board of Auditors, Oath for Supervisors, Receipt Book

  28. 1913-1928—Receipt Book

  29. 1914—Miscellaneous

  30. 1915—Annual Report of the Board of Auditors, Annual Statement or Treasurer, Minutes of Annual Town Meeting

  31. 1916-1917—Receipt Book

  32. 1917—Farmers' Co-Cooperative Co. Ledger Sheet, Miscellaneous, Oath for Supervisors, Procedure for Laying Out Public Road

  33. 1917-1918—Receipt Book

  34. 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

  35. 1919—Assessor's Book-Money and Credits, Jury List of Township of Medary in Brookings County

  36. 1920—Tax Receipt Treasurer's Office, Lake County, SD, Tax Receipt Treasurer's Office, Moody County, SD

  37. 1920-1921—Receipt Book

  38. 1921—Assessor's Book-Money and Credits, Supervisor's Oaths

  39. 1921-1922—Receipt Book

  40. 1922—Oath of Town Officer, Register of Electors, Register of the Voters, Treasurer's Annual Statement

  41. 1922-1923—Receipt Book

  42. 1923—Ballots, Miscellaneous, Money and Credits Assessment Book, Poll List, Treasurer's Annual Statement

  43. 1924—Ballots, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Registry List, Medary Precinct, Fall Election, Treasurer's Annual Statement

  44. 1924; 1928—Register of Electors

  45. 1924-1925—Receipt Book

  46. 1925—Affidavit of Challenged Person, Challenged as not a Voter, Treasurer's Annual Statement

  47. 1926—Pound Master's Notice and Acceptance, Receipt Book, Register of Electors, Registry List

  48. 1926-1927—Receipt Book

  49. 1927—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  50. 1928—Annual Statement of the Treasurer, Minutes of Annual Meeting, Miscellaneous, Poll Book-Summary of Votes, Registry List, Medary Precinct, General Election, Township Blanks

  51. 1929—Miscellaneous, Oath of Officer, Pound Master's Notice and Acceptance

  52. 1930—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Registry List, Medary Precinct, General Election

  53. 1931—Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  54. 1932—Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Registry List

  55. 1932-1933—Receipt Book

  56. 1934—Miscellaneous, Poll Sheet and Return of Election, Registry List, Medary Precinct, General Election, Township Blanks

  57. 1933-1935—Receipt Book

Box 2.

  1. 1935—Miscellaneous, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  2. 1936—Miscellaneous, Registration Book, Medary Precinct, General Election

  3. 1937—Miscellaneous

  4. 1939—Correspondence, Miscellaneous

  5. 1939-1940—Receipt Book

  6. 1940—Purchase Orders, Miscellaneous

  7. 1941—Miscellaneous, Receipts

  8. 1948—Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  9. 1950's—Voter Record

  10. 1955—Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  11. 1956—Invoice : Armco Drainage & Metal Products. Inc.

  12. 1957—Census of Governments Township Finances, Poll List and Tally Sheet

  13. 1958—Petitions, Registration Book, Registration List

  14. 1959—Correspondence, Receipts, Insurance Policy: Western Surety Company

  15. 1960—Sample Ballot, Township Blanks

  16. 1961—Poll List and Tally Sheet

  17. 1962—Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  18. 1963—Correspondence, Photographs, Poll List and Tally Sheet, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  19. 1964—Correspondence, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  20. 1965—Minutes of the Proceedings of Township Meeting, Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  21. 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

  22. 1967—General Information: For Assessors, Taxpayers, & Equalization Boards, Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  23. 1968—Booklets: Civil Defense, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  24. 1969—Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance Company, Receipts, Township Blanks, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  25. 1970—Affidavit of Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance Company, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  26. 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

  27. 1972—Affidavit of Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Mutual Insurance Company, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  28. 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

  29. 1974—Affidavit of Publication, Brookings Well Survey, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Treasurer's Annual Statement

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 1977—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts, Survey of Government Employment Municipalities and Townships

  33. 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

  34. 1979—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Miscellaneous, Receipts

  35. 1980—Affidavit of Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policy: Tri-State Insurance Company of Minnesota, Miscellaneous, Photograph, Receipts, Township Blanks

  36. 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.

  1. 1982—Affidavit of Publication, Annual Account, Clippings, Correspondence, General Revenue Sharing, Insurance Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Poll and Tally List, Receipts, Township Blanks

  2. 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

  3. 1984—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Receipts

  4. 1985—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  5. 1986—Affidavit of Publication, Annual Account, Correspondence, Damage Survey Reports, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Receipts, Township Blanks

  6. 1987—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  7. 1988—Affidavit of Publication, Clippings, Correspondence, Damage Survey Reports, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  8. 1989—Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  9. 1990—Affidavit of Publication, Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  10. 1991—Correspondence, Insurance Policies, Minutes, Miscellaneous, Receipts, Township Blanks

  11. [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

  • 1899-1973, Assessment Books

  • Township Record Book

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