Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-06
THE COUNTY BOARD.
me Monthly Meeting Yesterday-Large
amount of Business Transacted-Where
tne Money Shall be Kept-Fort Smelling
A br1dge Election March 2Gth

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tne Money Shall be Kept-Fort Smelling
Bridge Election March goth.
me county commissioners held their regular
monthly meeting yesterday. A full board an
swered to the roll call.
A petition was received from II. NJ. Rice and
s.sLee Davis, calling attention that the records
have no safe place of deposit in case of FIRE.
and asking that one be provided.
moved by MIR. Lindeke that the petition be
referred to the committee on public buildings.
The bonds of Chas. E. Davis, county surveyor,
were submitted. W. McClung and Daniel D.
MerrlH sureties-and ordered approved when
the form and execution of the same shall be |
approved by the county attorney.
1t was resolved that the amount received for |
interest on deposits, being six thousand six
hundred and seven cents, be transferred to the
interest account Of Ramsey county.
The county auditor presented the report of
the board of auditors, which was accepted and
put on file.
Report of the aims house and hospital was
submitted and referred to the committee on
ways and means.
The annual report of the county auditor was
presented, aid
Mr.. Maynard moved that the county auditor
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county commissioners of Ramsey county, pub
lished in the official papers of said county.
Unanimously carried.
FORT SMELLING BRIDGE
The county attorney presented the bill author
izing the issuing of bonds for building the
Fort Smelling bridge After the reading of the
bill the attorney instructed the board that it
was their duty to order an election within 80
days.
Mr.. Miner moved that an election be ordered
for the Goth inst.
Mr.. Maynard did not know what to say.
He was interested in the matter. There was
| much work for the commissioners. He had
been figuring up the matter and he concluded
| the commissioners received IA cents q day for
| their work, but if this law came in force their
| labor will be reduced to % cents day, and of
course 1T will be the interest of the commits
| sioners to defeat the bill. He trusted the peo-
pie would defeat the bill. He did not mind
working for the county for IL cents, but he
declined working for % cents.
| The resolution was carried.
| The bill was ordered printed in the official
paper.
AID FOR THE poor.
Mr.. Lindeke moved that $1,000 dollars be
appropriated to city hospital and almshouse
Mr.. Maynard said two hundred persons were
relieved. The grand jury reported that the
county was paying $21 900 a year. This would
make 500 for each person. The statute says
that no family shall be helped to any amount
exceeding $50 and no one family shall be help
ed for more than five months in the year. He
wished to call the attention of the board to the
| fact that they cannot legally give one family
two hundred families this would only make
$40, 900 year. The board got up law
| adding to the clause unless the unanimous
consent of the board of commissioners be
given. This would meet the circumstances Of
| a man who was burnt out or affected with sick
ness. Mr.. Gil6llan had promised to meet the
board on this subject hut had not done SO; he
was quite willing that MIR. Gilfllan do as he
please. No doubt he knew more of county
business than the board whom he ignores.
| The resolution was carried.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
A petition was presented asking for an appro-
| prlatlon of $40 for Improvements on the Hud-
son road.
Mr.. Miner proposed that the matter be re-
ferred to the committee on roads and bridges.
MI. Hunt asked that the amount of road
money be divided equally among the town
ships, he thought the practice of receiving
these petitions was likely to give trouble.
! Mr.. Maynard opposed Mr.. Hunt because he
said, his fund was outrageously wrong in prin-
ciple. 1t might be a town not needing bridges
| might be paying large taxes and others paving
hardly any taxes might need expensive bridges,
and it the money be divided as Mr.. Hunt sug-
gests. he would like to know how the bridges
would be built.
| The president drew attention to the fact that
the large proportion of taxes is raised in st.
Paul. If Mr.. Hunts principle be admitted it
would be better for each town to build its own
roads and bridges.
! Mr.. Lindeke thought Mr.. Hunts remarks
looked fair, but Mr.. Maynard was right in prin-
clple. Mountsview, for instance, wanted
more road money than Rosemont, but Rose
mont paid the larger amount of taxes.
Mr. Hunt thought roads caused more bitter
| feeling among neighbors. They had already
one lawsuit on hand, and probably before long
would have two more In his township. He per-
| haps was wrong in asking that the money be
divided according to valuation, but he wished
that the commissioners would look over the
roads and appropriate according to necessity.
MIR. President accorded with Mr.. Hunt that
no money be appropriated till an equitable dis
tribution be decided upon.
MIR. Lindeke asked if the committee should
see the road before granting the money asked.
He thought the road was an important one and
should be attended to.
| The chair said he would like to add Mr.. Hunt
for the time being. to the committee on roads
and bridges
Mr.. Welsh asked to be heard in reply to Mr..
Maynard to set him right as to the poor expenses.
! He said the outside poor cost 81, 212.47.
INSURANCE.
communication was received from the st,
Paul Fire and Marine insurance company stat
ing that they did not get an equitable amount
of city insurance
1t was resolved to have the public buildings
reinsured for three years.
THAT BABY.
Mr. Hunt reported that Mrs. Watson
was willing to keep the little waif cast upon
Der hands provided the board paid the wages of
| the nurse she had hired for S8 per month. The
| board laid the matter over till next month and
then adjourned.
! The board of auditors report contained be-
! side what was published in yesterdays GLOBE
| the following:
Vouchers turned over to the county auditor
| by Treasurer Uline at the March settlement of
the present year:
County revenue warrants ..$ 22562 63
6 8 jury certificates. -. 3678 %
. coroners certificates Is 90
| Poor fnnd orders ................. 5000 90
Redemption fund vouchers. 20,727 Sc
| Refunding orders. ............. 727 80
Bonds and coupons County interest
fund.- Observation-Disclosures. 4,619 30
Town and road fund, treasurers re-
ccipts -: .......7.......... 3,711 il
School and district funds, treasur-
er's receipts ............ 2,O75 Oh
urer's receipts ................ 22,s23 70
Dakota county delinquent tax fund,
treasurer's receip pts. .... ,592 "A
Board of education fund. .......... 1900 90
Refunding orders, West st. Paul. ..,.7 6 O5
City revenue, treasurer's receipts. So, 729 "a
State revenue and inebriate asylum. 2l,797 u
Total. 49,. s212, 22s 40
The report also stated that the board had des-
ignated the following banks as repositories for
funds which shall be collected by County Treas
urer II. NJ. Rice:
Limit of
deposit.
First National bank............ .s5O, 600
Second National band 250003