The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-17
Proceedings of County Board

Wednesday, March end, 1881, 1890
a. m. board met, present Messrs.
Kelly, Swan, Forster and Gainor.
sundry bills allowed and the board
adjourned to l:30 p. m.
l:30 y. NJ. board met, all present.
Resignation of DR.. w. r. McMahan
as County Physician was received and
on motion ordered placed on file.
Ordered that in accordance with an
act Of the Legislature approved Feb.
ruary 18th 1881, that for the purposes
OF medical and surgical attendance on
the county poor and the prisoners in
the county Jail the county be divided
into districts as follows, viz:
District No. l, city of Mankato,
towns Of Mankato, Lime, Rapidan
and South Bend, and the poor house
and the county Jail.
Dist. No. 2, towns of jamestown.
LeRay, Medo, Mcpherson and De.
coria.
Dist. No. 3, towns of Garden City.
Lincoln, Butternut Valley. Cambria,
Judson, and the village OF Lake
Crystal.
Dist, No, 4, towns of Ccrcsco,
Pleasant Mound, Shelby and Vernon.
Dist. No. S, towns OF Lyra, Ster-
ling, Mapleton, Danville and Beau.
ford.
And that physicians be appointed,
and salaries fixed as follows, to COM
mence March lst, 1881.
lst dist-E. J. Davis, at $500 per
annum.
2nd dist-E. 3. Haynes. at $50 per
annum.
Ord dist-H. q. Herring at s75 per
annum.
4tL dist-o. H. McMichael, at 500
per annum.
9Th dist Bishop, Sat 800 per an
mum.
Bids we're opened as follows:
For building approaches to Jones
Ford bridge.
J Mccall, $3.50 90
4 NJ Meimer, Ala ~
Jacob Rausch, S45 NO
Ambrose Young, 40! o.
F a Halstead, BIO o.
For putting new door on Shelby
bridge:
Back 4 Rinastad, $500 oO
The contract for building approach.
es to Jones ford bridge was awarded
to Jacob Rausch at S3i5, and that for
putting new floor on Shelby bridge to
Back & Ringstad at 5000 The bond
accompanying bid of jacob Rausch
was deemed sufficient and approved.
Back & Rinstad were required to give
bond in sum of $500. which the chair
man was authorized to approve, and
also sign both contracts on behalf of
county.
Ordered, that S35 be allowed the
town of Napoleon to aid in building a
bridge across Maple river at Myers
crossing.
Bond of Thos. McGarry as overseer
of poor farm in the sum Of 5000,
with Nicholas Lang and NJ. J. Jordan
as sureties WAS approved.
The contract with Thos. McCarry
as overseer of the poor farm, was pre-.
scented and ordered filed.
Board adjourned to 1870 P. n. to-
morrow to visit the poor farm.
March Sd, 80 p. N. board met all
present.
School petition of II. Wilde to set
off II Inf sw and sw sw sect Is t los r
20 from district l25 to district 80 was
not granted for noncompliance with
the statutes.
School petition Of J. Mccarthy to
set off the W Inf sec and the ne Or
sec 100 20 from district l22 to
district 81 was not granted for non.
compliance of the statutes.
School petition of D. D. Andrews.
to form new district of secs 2, 8, 10,
IL, and n Inf IL and hf /, t LOT r Is
Was rejected for noncompliance with
the statutes.
Liquor license bond Of F. G. NAL
zahn with county treasurer's receipt
for S75 attached, for saloon in the
village of Good Thunder, with Ed
ward Mailman and William Reetz as
sureties, was approved. License or
dered granted.