The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-12

tespectIully suDnittcu
JAS. Il. SWAN, Chairman County board
w. Ii. ToRREY, Clerk District Court,
II. SCATTERGoOD, County Auditor.
Mankato, Dec. 22nd, 1882.
Report of Edwin Rogers County
Superintendent of schools received and
ordered placed on file.
Report of Thomas McGarry, overseer
of poor farm received and ordered placed
on file.
Report of the Grand Jury mt the De
cembcr term of the court was read and
ordered placed on file.
Report of. Wagon, Register of Deeds
showing receipts Tor recording instru
ments in his office $l549.25 for year
ending Dec. 30, accompanied by County
Treasurcr's receipt for $l549.25 re.
ceived and ordered placed on file.
Report of G. w. Monks, Sheriff exhi.
biting receipts from fees and board of
prisoners 81 ,9s4.5O for year ending Dec.
30, 1882, received and ordered placed
on file.
Report of W. b. Torrey, Clerk of Dis
trict Court, showing receipts from fees
$l97 AS for months Of November and
December 1882 received and ordered
placed on file.
Ordered the price of license to sell
liquor at retail in Blue Earth county for
the year 1883 be fixed at 500 and that
all licenses terminate on the 31st of
Dec. 1883.
Ordered that the prlce of auctioneer
license for the year 1888 be fixed at $40
and that all licenses terminate one year
from the time license was granted.
Jan. 4th, GA. M. Board met, all
present.
Petition of VIM Geisthart and others
for change of road in section 3, town of
Rapidan was granted and road declared
established. No damages were allowed
the benefits being declared equal to the
damages.
Petition of Frank Kennedy and others
for change of road in section 81, Man
kato and section 3, Decoria, was granted
and established. No damages
On motion the contract was awarded
to the Canton Bridge Campany for
building and completing one iron bridge
146 feet span over the lie Sueur river on
the MankatO and Dccoria road near
Kennedy's Ford in section "a, town Of
Mankato; also one iron bridge with iron
supporters over the outlets Of Madison
and Eagle Lakes on the GAINESVILLE road,
bridge to be 40 feet span with approach
on each end Is feet in length; also one
iron bridge over the outlet of Crystal
Lake near the village of Lake Crystal,
bridge to be 40 feet long with iron sup
porters and to have approach IL feet
long at each end. All the bridges to
be completed ready for travel on CT be.
fore the 18th day of July 1883, for the
sum of $1,000.
The publication of the delinquent tax
list for the year 1883 was awarded to
the Mankato FREE PRESS.
On motion the chairman was author
lied to appoint committee on poor
farm who are hereby directed to con.
tract for the cutting and hauling of the
wood needed for use at jaIl and county
| offices.
Commissioners Klein, Foster and
Reese were appointed committee on poor
farm.
On motion John Klein was appointed
to take care of the poor of the county
for the year 1888.
On motion the following named ply
sicians were appointed for the several
districts as follows:
For the lst District, comprising the city of
| Mankato. the towns of Rapidan, South Bend.
Lime and Mankato, also the jail and poor
house, G. J, Davis at salary of 5000 per an
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of jamestown, Mcpherson, LIE Ray, DecOria
and Medo, E. b. Haynes, nj a salary of $50 per
annum.
For the 3rd District, comprising the village
of Lake Crystal and the towns of Lincoln.
| Butternut Valley, Cambria and JudsOn, II ii
Herring, at salary of S15 per annum.
For the 18th District, comprising the towns
of Shelby, Vernon, Garden City, Pleasant
Mound, Ceresco, o II McMichael, at Il salary
of 800 per annum.
For the 18th District, comprising the village
of Mapleton and the towns Of MapletOn, Dan
Vile, Beaufort, Lyra and Sterling. Ira Bish.
OPP, ut u salary Of SEQ per annum.
On motion ordered that the several
newspapers published in the city OF
Mankato are hereby authorized to pub
lish the proceedings of the County Board
for the ensuing year at compensation
of $25 each, provided that such proceed.
ings are published in full and copy OF
paper, containing the publication o;
proceedings of each meeting Of the
board be filed with the County Auditor