Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
PROCEEDINas OF COUNTY COMMITS.
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PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY UommIs-
sIONERs.
The County Commissioners of Mower
county met in special session at the
Auditors Office Tuesday, March 8, at 8 p.
m. Members present: Il. G. Dorr. Chair
man, II. J. Lockwood, John Beach, F.
Christgau and w. w. Sweet. -
Peter Friend was granted license to
sell liquors In the town of Adams. His
bonds in the sum of 80. 600. with NJ. Dres-
ner and Jacob Weisel as sureties, were
approved, and the County Auditor order.
cd to issue license to him on the pay
ment of $500 into the county treasury.
Hon. J. j. Furlong with committees
from the Farmers Alliance, Agricultural
Society and Farmers Insurance company
presented a petition signed by legal voters
and tax payers of Mower county, asking
that room in the basement of the Court
House be finished up for the use of the
various societies.
The committee appointed to let the
county printing for the ensuing year. re-
celved the following bids: J. Mcknight,
of the LIE Roy Independent. bid on the
Delinquent Tax List, two insertions. &c.
per descriptions; financial statement TIC.
per folio each insertion, and the commits
sioner's proceedings at $3.50 per session.
Hunkins & Campbell of the Austin
Democrat. bid for the financial statement
9ac. per folio each insertion; DELINQUENT
tax list at 95c. for three insertions and the
commissioners proceedings at $l.95 per
session.
Washburn & Gordon, of the MOWER
COUNTY TRANSCRIPT, bid for the Delin-
quent tax list at SC. per description, two
insertions. Financial statement at 1Oc,
per folio for each insertion; proceedings
of the commissioners $1.00 per session.
H. O. Basford. of the Austin Register,
bid for the Financial statement 1Oc. for
three insertions. Delinquent tax list &c.
per description, two insertions. Commits
sioners proceedings, So. so per session.
The bid of II. o, Basford being the
lowest, he was awarded the printing for
the ensuing year.
Board adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
Board met at 7:30 pursuant to adjourn
ment and proceeded to open bids for
overseer on poor farm for the ensuing
year, as follows:
Frank Haney. ........... -. 1875 90
Freeman A. CARL. ............ $40 90
&. w. Remore. ............. 1855 90
w. r. Phillips. Observation-Disclosures 800 90
u w. Smith. ...... ........... 80 w
NJ. Meyers. .......... ........... 700 90
On motion, G. w. Kenmore was up.
pointed overseer of the poor farm for the
ensuing year at salary Of $365.00 his
bonds fixed at 81, 1000.
A petition asking for the location of q
county road, between sections % anA26,
"a and %, ii and Is, II and 10, and 1 and
O. town of Lodi, and between sections 50
and SO, town of Marshall. a distance of
seven miles, to intersect with a public
highway at the northwest corner of said
section SO, was referred back to the petit
TONERS, there being nothing to show that
the required 80 days notice had been
given.
A petition signed by Mrs. G. Larson,
asking that the Nw@ of Section 80, town
104, range Is, be detached from school
district No. 119 and attached to school
district No. rs, was presented to the
board, and on motion the same was re-
ceived and the fourth Monday in July,
1883, set as day of hearing.
A petition signed by I. N. Pike, asking
to have the Mel of Section SO, town 1902,
range 10, detached from. school district
No. 46 and attached to school district No.
80, was presented to the board, and on
motion the fourth Monday in July, 1888,
set as day of hearing.
A petition signed by A. Ammundson,
asking that the NJ of Set and Set of Set of
Section Is, town 101, range II, be de.
tached from school district No. 10 and
attached to school district No. II, was
presented to the board, and on motion
the fourth Monday in July, 1888. set us a
day of hearing.
A petition signed by freeholders and
legal voters, asking that sections 3, 10 and
Is be detached from District 81. and Sec
ton 8, the WI of section 4, and the 81 of
Set of section 4, be detached from school
district No. 80, all in town 102, range IS,
and the territory thus detached to corsti-
tute a new school district, No. 100, was
presented to the board, and on motion,
the fourth Monday in July, 1888, set as a
day of hearing.
W. w. Ranney, Judge of Probate of
Mower county, submitted his annual state.
ment, showing the receipts of his office
for the year ending the first Monday in
January, 1883, to have been $50, On
motion the same was ordered on file.
On motion board adjourned to March 8.
$50 a. m.
March 8, $50 a. m, board met pursuant
to adjournment. Members all present.
s.. Bishop presented petition to the
board, asking for license as auctionecr
| for the ensuing wear. bonds at 81. 900.