The Worthington advance., 1874-11-20
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board Of County Commissioners.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS :
Of the Board Of County Commissioners.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA
y COUNTY OF MOBILES.
AUDITORS OFFICE,
WORTHINGTON, Nov. Z, 1874.
Commissioners met pursuant to the
call of Chairman.
Present-I. P. Durfee, Sd District,
Chairman. NJ. L. Miller, I'd District.
j. W. Miller, 1st District. William NJ.
Bear, Auditor. !
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
Unfinished business was taken up.
+ The petition from Lorain, signed by
J. Mann and others, for the formation
of a new school district having been
presented at the previous meeting and
the notices having been posted accord
ing to the statute, the Board ordered
the formation of the district as follows,
to-wit: Sections l, 2, 8, 4, 5, g., 8, 8,
10, IL, 12, 13, ii, Is, 16, and II of said
Township. Number of District, Is.
A petition from a number of citizens
of Summit Lake Township to appoint
j. J. Weaver of said town receiving and
distributing agent for supplies was
granted.
Jonas Parslall, OH motion, was ap-
pointed a similar agent for Seward town.
ship.
Julius Westinghouse was appointed
similar agent for Graham Lakes.
A. A. Parsons was recognized as a.
gent for Hersey and Mr.. Barto was re-
cognized as agent for Olney.
PETITIONS.
& A petition from A. a. Fauskie to be
detached from School District No. 26
and to he attached to School District
! No. 25.
Petition received and the usual noti-
ces were ordered posted.
a petition from VIM. II. Berger and
others, from 1Iersey, asking for the for
NATION Of 4 new School District EN-
bracing the following territory, to-wit:
Sections l, 2, 8, 10, II. II, 13, IA and Is,
Of said Township.
Petition received and the usual no.
tices were ordered posted.
BILLS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED.
Il. c. Bell, Registers fees, 81 so.
A. 7. Miller, printing, 81 80.
g 6 g. SIS SO.
c. ". Bulls, Sheriff's fees, 81 90.
st. Paul Press Co., blank redemption
receipts, 81 90.
j. Westinghouse, bolts for bridge on
county road, s., 90.
j. II. Johnson, one quarters rent of
Office, $Ss77 50.
J.J. Stage, canvassing Elk tp. for ag-
ricultural reports, / days, .$s 90.
r. Il. James, canvassing Little Rock,
for agricultural reports, days, Sc 90.
NJ. II. Stevens, printing in 1878,
$21 so.
II. ID. Humiston, stove and fixtures
for county Office, $35 60.
Z. r. Humiston, labor and material
in putting up county safe, So SO.
l. n. Safer, delivering wood, $44 90.
I. Z. Durfee moved that whereas the
taxes on lots 24 and %, Block s, in the
village Of Wortlington, were illegally
assessed in 1878, the same be hereby re-
mitted. Carried.
The Auditor, on motion of I. p. Dur
fee, was authorized to draw on the
Treasury for the amount necessary to
buy copy of Bissel's Revised Statutes
of Minnesota for use Of county Office.
The Board of Commissioners revised
the rate of taxation for tile county in
1874 and fixed the same rs follows:
For general county revenue, mills
on the dollar valuation.
For county interest, mill.
For poor fund, l mill.
For floating debt, 2 mills.
For roads and bridges, 2 mills.
The Commissioners directed the Au-
ditor to carry the county road tax of
1878 for the village of Worthington,
which remains unpaid, OH to the tax list
for 1871.
No further business, the meeting ad-
journed sine die.
WM. NJ. BEAR, Auditor.