Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-06
OFFICIAL
Proceedings Of Board Of Commissioners.
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE,
RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA,
CIR Pam. Rnhrnarv lSt- 1881

The Board of Commissioners of Ram
sey county met at 10 O'Clock A. II.
Present-Full Board.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The petition of j. III. Schneider, OF
White Bear, for an abatement of the taxes
on his property in sections % and 26,
town 80, range %, was, on motion, laid
on the table.
Petition of Thomas Ryan for an abate-
ment of his personal taxes of 1880, was
referred to the Tax Committee
The petition Of Thomas Crosby for an
abatement of his taxes upon property in
the township of Reserve, for the year
1880, was referred to the Tax Committee.
The communication from j. c. Dohr-
man, in regard to providing fire extin-
guishers for the county buildings, was
referred to the Committee on Public
Buildings.
The communication from Sheriff Rich
ter. asking that certain improvements be
made in the Jail building for the better
security and safe keeping Of the prisoners,
ETC., was referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings.
The matter of furnishing Il new stove
lOI GuC oucE WAS W SIS SOui-
mittee on Public Buildings.
Upon recommendation of the County
Assessor. the Auditor was instructed to
make the following corrections upon the
tax lists Of 1880 now in the hands Of the
County Treasurer, viz:
Transfer the $500 assessed for improve
ments on south % of lot ~, block Z, Mac
kubin & Marshall's addition to lot IS,
same block and addition; transfer the
50. 900 assessed for improvements on lot
in Smith & Lofts outlets to lot /, in
said outlets.
Transfer the improvements $4,000 as
sessed to lot 5, block II, Marshall's ad-
dition, to lot 4, block II, same addition.
The report of ex-Sheriff James King,
showing the amount of fees Of his office
for the year 1850, being $7,522.40, and
disbursements, 81, 300, was received and
referred to the COMMITTEE on Ways and
Means
The following report was received from
the Committee on Ways and Means, viz:
ST.. PAUL, December 10Th, 1880.
To the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers of Ramsey county.
GENTLEMEN The undersigned Com
mittce OF Ways and Means, to whom was
referred the matter Of selling county
bonds to pay for the completion Of the
Fort Smelling bridge. do respectfully re-
port that they sold eighteen of the bonds
at lll1I each. with accrued interest,
amounting to the sum of S20,550, which
amount we paid into the county treasury
to be placed to the credit of the bridge
fund.- the overdue coupons attac he'd to
said bonds were Cancelled of record and
destroyed We also report that the .ex-
cess of bonds, being bonds No. 172 to 203
inclusive for 81 900 each, thirty-two in
number. we Cancelled of record and de-
stroyed Respectfully submitted,
JOHN WAGNER,
j. F. HoYT,
JOHN GRACE,
Committee on Ways and Means.
Report accepted and ordered filed.
lPeeSogoed That the annual appropri-
alton of one hundred dollars as contin-
gent fund to the county attorney be and
the same is hereby allowed and an order
drawn accordingly.
Adopted.
Ayes-Grace, O'Connor, Mcintosh,
Finck, Bohland, Wagner and Chairman
Dawson.
Resolced, That the sum of eight hun
dred dollars be and the same is hereby
appropriated to the Board of Directors Of
the Almshouse and Hospital for the sup
port of the Poor, Almshouse and Hos
pital for the month of February, 1881.
Adopted.
Ayes-Grace, O'Connor, Mcintosh,
Finck, Bohland, Wagner and Chairman
Dawson.
The report of the Board of Directors of
the Almshouse and Hospital for the
month of January, 1881, was received
and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
The following bills were allowed:
Fred Richter, $55170; E. A. Boyd, Jr.,
$50. 20, James Davenport, Jr,, s31. 40: R.
II. Capistraut, $5O75; Anna Coulon,
SIS. IS; Jos Spiel, $50; j. S. Brown, $50;
Chas. Fallon, $50; Hannah Tobin, $3.50;
T. G. Richter, $50; Richard Ready, $50;
Daily Globe, 1927; A. R. Kiefer,
$164.5O; House Good Shepherd, $21. rs;
Schliek Sc Co., $3.50; Prendergast Bros
S37. 81; ST. Paul Water company, $44.0S;
Prendergast Bros, $17.10; F. A. ThOrp,
So. IS; lLindeke, Warner s. Schurmeier,
$500; Adam Bohland, 81; Sherwood
Hough, $500; Adam Bohland, $3.25;
West publishing Co., $l2; August Baer,
$3.50; Pioneer Press Co., $59.54; j. P,
Melancon, $14; A. R. Kiefer, S51; Henry
Bower, $500; Warne Bros, S25; Z. H.
Wood, SO; E. F. Krahmer & Son, $3s so;
James Conway, $425; John Matheis, $58;
A. r. Kiefer, SOB 95; John Farrell, 81;
James King, $75; Gas company, s5S.97;
L. Breidert, $17.35; Pioneer Press Co.,
So; Thomas Ryan, 1875; E. H. Milham,
$24.55; James King, $1ls; James King,
$40
The following bills were disallowed:
Municipal Court, s71.25; Municipal
Court, $4970; James King, 1858. 80; James
King, $5140; James King, $236.60.
The Committee on Ways and Means
submitted the following report, viz:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. Is, 1881.
Honorable Board County Commissioners of
Ramsey County.
GENTLEMEN: We. the undersigned Com
mittee of Ways and Means of your honorable
Board, do respectfully report that we have
counted the vouchers turned over by the
County Treasurer to the County Auditor for
the months of October, November and Becem-
Der, 1879, also for the year ending December
81, 1880, and find the total amount to be six
hundred and seventy-six thousand, four
hundred and twelve and 5000 dollars,
($676, 412.S9) classified by months, and repre-
centiprr the finds al therein stated nc fOllOWc