The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-01-15
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Taken up. The bill formerly pre-
sented by Joseph Masgie, after having
been Investigated by Commissioner
Shore, was presented. A resolution
was made and carried that said bill be
postponed and that Commissioner Cros-
by be appointed Il Committee Of one to
make further investigation and report
at the next meeting.
Application from Mrs. G. X. Thomp-
son'asking aid from the County, etc.,
was presented to the Board. Rejected.
Application from F. n. Hubbard was
presented asking for All abatement on
personal property tax. Rejected.
Michael Phrindible made application
to the Commissioners to have the pom
alties and cost abated Oh certain per-
sonal property tax i'll Little Rock town.
ship assessed against him for the year
1870. Reasons given in his affidavit
were satisfactory to the board. Penal
ties and Cost were ordered abated on
payment of tax.
Geo. .. Moore came before the board
and made affidavit and statement show
NJ that 81 70 road tax enormously as
sessed against Mrs. T.. J. Foster in Wor-
thington village and asking abatement
Of the same. Granted.
Applications for county bounty on
trees planted Oh timber claims from E.
smith, A. Lambert, Mary Smith and
A. NJ. Smith were presented to the
board. Rejected.
The bill of Justice Smith was ordered
returned to him and he (Smitl) was d.
rected to send al itemiZed and verified
statement of the fees Of ~. l.. Dunlap,
constable, in case of State vs..
AnscoM & Richards and return the
same.
The bill of John Muck, Justice of
the Peace, and the bill of r.. Sells, con-
stabl', were rejected.
Motion made and carried that an APP
preparation be made from the Poor
Fund OF Sc for the purpose Of furnish
ing fuel for Stephen Muck and placed
ut the disposal of Fred Bloom, Com
missioner.
Motion was made and carried that
the County Auditor be authorized to
procure four copies of the late Revised
Statutes of Minnesota for the use OF
County offices, and that an appropria-
ton be made Of $50 in county orders Or
as much lis may he necessary to procure
tie same.
An appropriation of $65 was made
for the purchase of Il car load of wood
for the Court House and for saving the
same. Motion was made that Commits
sioner Crosby be authorized to purchase
and deliver the same at tie Court House
at the lowest and best advantage to the
county.
A resolution made and directed that
the official bonds of tie Treasurer, ALL
tlitrr aul Coroner elect for the ensuing
term be fixed us follows:
Treasurer in the penal sum of Twen-
ty Thousand Dollars.
Auditor in the penal sum of Five
Thousand Dollars.
Coroner in the penal sum of Two
Thousand Dollars.
The villages of Adrian, Bigelow, Her.
sey and Rushmore were designated as
places to receive taxes by the County
Treasurer.
The official bonds Of r. r. Miller, J.
a. Town, T.. B. Bennett, Joseph Chad
wick, II. G.. Shepard, r. d. Barber for
the ensuing term were presented to the
board and referred to the County At
torney for examination.
Said bonds were returned by the
County Attorney with forms of bonds
for Sheriff, ETC., and also the County
Attorneys opinion in writing on same,
which was placed on file.
The bond of Joseph Chadwick, Regis
ter Of Deeds elect, with Peter Thomp-
son, Henry Davis and J. Craft as sure
ties, WAS approved.
The bond of r. d. Barber, Judge of
Probate elect, with NJ. B. Soule and J.
II. Johnson us sureties, was approved.
The bond of r. r. Miller, with
Otis Bigelow, Henry Davis and Daniel
She'll rs suretics, was approved.
The bond of II. C. Shepard, Treasurer
elect, with Myron Shepard, Cyrus Shep-
ard, David LerZen, VIM. Willim, a. G..
Lull, D. M. Sabin, Chas Nelson, H. l..
Foster and f. S. Brown as sureties,
was approved.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, Daniel Rol,rer came be.
fore the county commissioners and rep
resented to said Board that E. F.
Drake the present owner Of the WORTH
ington Mills in tho Village of Worth
ington. was willing to make an equita-
bic settlement of the unpaid taxes on
said mill property for the years 1871,
1875, 1876 and 1877.
Therefore be it Resolved, that said
County Board submit to said E. +.
Drake, through Daniel Rohrer, the
following proposition, viz:
Taking the amount Of taxes paid on
said property for the year 1878 as a la.
sis, That the said Board will accept in
full payment Of School, Village and
County taxes for said years, the sum of
Sixteen Hundred and Thirty one
twenty four one-hundreth Dollars. pro-
vidcd said Il. T. Drake furnish certili-
cate from State Auditor certifying to
full settlement of State taxes for said
years.
And further that the Auditor be in
structed to furnish said Rohrer with
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