Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-03
THE COUNTY BOARD.

Court House Proposition.
The county commissioners met yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, when full board
answered to their names.
Communications were received as follows:
Petition for an appropriation of $500, to
be worked out in opening the county road
from southwest corner of section 10 in Rose
township, north to Bass lake, known as st.
Paul, Bass Lake g. Moundview road. Re-
ferred to committee on roads and bridges.
Report of the commissioners on the Lake
Phalan road was next read. It showed the
benefits and damages to the adjacent proper
ty to be equal. The report was accepted and
ordered published.
The estimate of the county surveyor for
the construction of Phalan avenue was then
read, accepted and ordered published
DIR. Mattocks appeared before the board
and drew their attention to an elaborate re-
port made last winter, respecting improve
ments at the morgue. He said the citizens
in the neighborhood had reason to complain
of the nuisance. The coroner frequently
had to remove there in an open wagon bod
les in an advanced state of decomposition
and place them in the wooden shanty, with.
out any other means of preventing most
insufferable and highly dangerous stencil
than some Intellectual disenfectants. He
thought the coroner shonld be supplied with
box now used for the purpose of keeping
dead todies. They are not expensive, and
would answer every purpose in abating the
nuisance. He was asked by the president to
reduce his application to writing, which he
accordingly did.
The communication was referred to the
committee on public buildings.
Luke II. Bacon's petition for an abate-
ment of 5000 on value of property was rec
commended to be allowed by the committee
on taxes. The report was accepted.
A petition from D. II. Davis for abatement
on improvements on lot 16, Bass acre lots,
| which do not exist, was referred to the COM
| mittee on taxes.
John B. DIVERS report showing the
amount of business done in the abstract office
! for quarter ending June Both, to be $746.-
| 80, was referred to committee on ways and
| means.
The county treasurer's report of receipts
| and disbursements for the months of March
April and May was referred to the board OF
auditors, and ordered published. 1t appears
elsewhere in the GLOBE.
The petition of the supervisors of Mounds
view asking for 5000 for repairing Man
homin and Kettle river road was reported
on by the committee on roads and bridges
recommending that 800 be SO expended
The report was adopted.
The petition from Rose township for 6
$500 appropriation to be expended in open.
ing a road laid out in said township. The
committee on roads and bridges recommend
ed that 500 be appropriated on condition
that $50 be added by Rose town. The re-
port was accepted.
County Attorney Rogers asked for small
sum for contingent expenses, when the fol
lowing resolution was made by Mr.. Lindeke
| Res0Iued, That the sum of one hundred
dollars be and the same is hereby appro
priated to the county attorney, to be usec
by him as a contingent fund, the said at
torney to report to this board quarterly at
| itemized statement of the amounts SO ex
pended.
The usual batch of bills was presented
and allowed. Among them were the follow
ing:
John G. Becht, $621.7o: G. A. Stein
$66.85; Daily GLOBE, $3.50; Pionee
Press, $93.2O; James King, $215.84; James
King, $453.40: John G. Becht, $277.15.
NEW COURT HOUSE.
The question of building a new cour
house was brought up, and drew out peril
nent speech from Judge Maynard, VIII,
showed it was the duty of the commission
ers to provide full accommodation for tn
public Offices. He stated that all depart
ments of the county business we're crowded
for room, and there were $3,OO0OOO worth
of public records which were in danger il
the present building. The auditor an,
treasurer had applied to the committee OF
public buildings, and that committee ha,
shifted the responsibility from their shout
ders by referring the matter to that board
He should recommend when the board ad
journ it be to Saturday next to consider thi
matter of building new county Offices.
The board then adjourned till Saturday a
l2P.M