The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-16
COUNTY LEGISLATURE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILES
COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

State of Minnesota. County Of Mobiles.
AUDITORS OFFICE,
Worthington, Minn., Dec. 10th. 1885,
The board 0: county commissioners met pur-
suant to tile following call and notice, to-wit:
Whereas petition has been presented to
the undersigned, Daniel Shell, one of the coun.
ty commissioners Of said county. for the incor-
poration of the village of Ellsworth in said
Mobiles county, MINI.
Now, therefore, al extra session Of said board
of county commissioners is hereby called. to be
held at the auditors Office in the village Of Wor
thington, Mimi. on the 10th day Of DeceRaher,
A d. 1853 to act on said petition. and the clerk
Of said board is hereby requested to give due
notice Of said extra session.
Dated Noy. 23d, 1886.
Signed.
DANIEL SHELL Commissioners
JAMEscoW1s M COW }Nop,es% e Co Min.
In accordance with above request notices
were sent by mali to each one of the county
commissioners Of said Mobiles county, as fol
lows, to wit: addressing eacl, one separately. }
Slr:-lursuant to call for an extra session
OF the board OF county commissioners of Mobiles
county, Minnesota, by the following named
commissioners, viz: Daniel Shell, WIN Parry
and James Gown. which extra session Is called
for the purpose OF acting upon petition duly
presented for the incorporation Of the village Of
Ellsworth in said county.
Now, therefore, due notice Is hereby given.
that there will be an extra session or meeting Of
said board on the 10th day Of December, 1856. at
one O'Clock p. M. at the Office Of the county
auditor in the village of WOrthirgton, in said
county, to act upon sal petition.
Given under my han and official seal at WOr
thington, Minn., this 18th day Of November, A.
d. 1856.
E. s. MILLS. County Auditor
[sEALl OF Mobiles County, Minn.
Members present-Patrick Blaine, Emil Graf,
Jas. Gown, VIM. Parry and Daniel Shell.
chairman, county commissioners.
The petition presented for the incorporation
of the village of Ellsworth as plated and re-
corded in the register OF deeds Office of Mobiles
county, Minnesota, and territory adjacent
thereto. bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Section
20, Town 1Ol. Range 43, thence one and one. half
miles east on section lines to the quarter stake
on the north side Of Section %; thence one and
One-lalf miles south to the centre OF Section 80
thence one and One-llalf miles west to the quar-
ter stake on the west side of section 80; thence
one and Onc-half miles north to the place OF
commencement, the northwest corner Of Sec
ton % in said town. All Of said territory lying
and being in the county OF Mobiles and state OF
Minnesota, containing one Thousand four hun
dred and forty acres, according to the govern
Ment survey thereof, as 4 corporation under
the name of Village of Ellsworth. under the
General Laws OF 1885, Of said state of Minnesota,
was taken up for consideration.
On motion an election was ordered to be held
by the electors within the said territory on the
18th day Of January, 1887 between the hours Of
10 O'Clock 4. N. and I o'clock p. M. at the store
OF johnson s. Peterson, to vote OH the question
| Of said Incorporation.
The following resolution was introduced an,
adopted unanimously:
| Resolved, that C. C. Peterson, Michael Ha'lOr
an and James Condor be, and they are hereby
appointed to preside and act as inspectors oi
| said election.
| 1t was further ordered by unanimous vote Of
| the members of said board that three copies o.
said petition and notice Of election be posted lr
| five IF the most public places within said terri
tory, as required by law and that copy o
said notice and petition be published in tn
Ellsworth News for three successive weeks
prior to said election.
On motion the board adjourned to o'clocl
a. H., the 18th inst.