St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-11
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
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At the special meeting of the board of
county commissioners yesterday the follow
ing business was transacted:
Present-Commissoner Austin, Gilmore,
Peterson and Snyder.
A communication from Eugene Mehl, ask
ing for license to sell liquor at Minneton ka
beach, Medina township was ordered placed
on fle not being accompanied by treasur
ers receipt for the license fee.
The board oil auditors presented the follow
ing report:
The board of audit of Hennepin county,
MIMI, would report that, on the 9th day of
January, 1885, they made an examination of
the records in the office of the county treas
urer of said county and counted all funds on
that date; that Mt the close of business on the
9Th day of January there was in the treasury
the following amounts:
Casn IN oahK. ....'...'........... .S3,150 %
Cash IN SAFE. 81 W
Casn III drawer. .......-............. SOD oZ
Che ks, warrants, certificates, bounty
and school district receipts. ......... 1877 %
Total. 81, 644 So
Respectfully submitted.
F. s. MCDONALD,
A. c. AUSTIN,
E. j. DAVENPORT,
Board of Auditors.
Licenses were granted Robert Cook to sell
liquor in Maple Grove, and Louis Guimont
to sell at Dayton.
The county auditor was instructed to no
tify all persons selling liquor in the county
without license that they must procure such
license at the next meeting of the board, on
they will be prosecuted to the extent of the
law.
A communication from the coroner was
received, notifying the board that he has APP
pointed DR.. F. f. Towers as his deputy,
whereupon the board approved his bond in
$500, with Sidney j. Towers and Robert
Pratt as sureties.
THE OFFICIAL PRINTING.
The following proposals for doing the Of
fetal printing for the county during the en-
suing year were opened:
Saturday E0ettng Spectator proposed to
print the proceedings of the board at 19Hc
per inch.
The Evenirg Journal to publish the proceed
ings for 33c per inch, the real estate delin-
quent tax list for 1884 at 10c per inch for
each description, and furnish 100 copies
free; the financial statement for s110 and
furnish 100 copies of the paper free.
The Minneapolis Tribune company proposed
to publish the proceedings of the board for
thirty cents per inch, the real estate delin
quent tax list OF 1884 for nine cents per dis
cription and the financial statement for
S99 so.
On motion Of Commissioner Gilmore the
proposal of the Tribune was accepted, and
that paper was designated as the newspape r
in which the delinquent tax list shall be
printed, the bond for the faithful perform
ance OF the contract bel rig placed at 81, 000.
Two thousand dollars were appropriated to
be expended on the bri dge across the Missis-
sippi river between Anoka and Champlin.
Commissioners Chowe and Peterson were
appointed as conn ittee- to meet and con =
fer with the commissioners of Wright county
in St. Paul Jan, Il, concerning bridge mat
tiers between the two counties.
Terrence Connolly was elected
oyerseer of the poor farm,
W. P. Spring as county physician
and Otto S. Langum as janitor of the
court house.
The bond of Frank Plummer, as county
surveyor, in $500, with Joseph c. Plummer
and j. w. Cove, sureties, was approved.
Commissioners Peterson and Snyder were
added TO the committee on legislature.
The board then adjourned 10 Wednesday,
January Il, at 2 p. m.