Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-06
Proceedings Of County commissioners.
AUDITORS OFFICE, MOWER COUNTY,

uc NOuuty COMMISSIONERS Ol MOWcr
County met al the Auditors office in
o'clock a. M. Present, E. G. DOrr, chair
man, and Commissioners G Christgau, Lock
wood. Sweet and Beach.
The committee to whom was referred
the bill of Plnkerton s. Co.. of 50, AS for
detective work, reported against allow
ing the same. and on motion the report
was accepted and adopted, and the COM
mittee discharged.
On motion board adjourned until 1:30
p. m.
Board met at / 80 p. m. pursuant to
adjournment. Members all present.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, that the County Auditor be,
and he is hereby ordered to draw his war
Fillmore county for taxes of 1887, on
lands owned by Mower county in Fill
m ore county.
On motion the County Auditor was In
structed to strike off per. prop. tax of L.
j. Phillips, in town of Marshall, for 1887,
for $9.63. he having paid tax in Window
for 1887 on same property.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved. that the chairman of the
Board Of Commissioners, of Mower coun-
ty. Minnesota, and the County Auditor
of said county, be. and they are hereby
instructed. upon payment of fifty dollars
by the G. M. & St. P. railroad company.
to convey to said railroad the irrevoca-
BILE right privilege and Easement to erect
portable snow fences at such places as
they may deem necessary along and upon
both sides of its right of way. and within
200 feet on the north side and $50 feet on
the south side across the following de.
scribed land IN Fillmore county, State of
Minnesota. to-wlt: The ST of the NE@
of Sec. 80, town 103, range 13, for the
purpose of preventing snow from beng
blown upon its railroad, upon the express
condition that such fences shall not be
erected before the 10Th day of October of
the 18th day of April of each year next
ensuing after their erection.
Petition of Henry w. Streeter was pre-
sented to the board, asking to have the
WI NW@ and NE4 NW4 of Sec. 4, town
1922 range 16, be detached from school
district 50 and attached to and made a
part of school district 78. and the fourth
Monday in July set as day of hearing.
Petition of Robert Kenhntopp was pre-
sented to the board, asking to have the
NW4 of Sec. 9, town 104, range IA, de-
tached from school district No. 81 and
attached to and made part of school
district No. 36. On motion the fourth
Monday in July was set as day of hear
Ing
On motion board adjourned to June 1,
at $50 a. m.
Friday. June 1, $50 a. M, board met
pursuant to adjournment. Members all
present. --....... ss..ss.s.e, e..
On motion the following resolutio n
was adopted:
Resolved, that the County Auditor be,
and he is hereby instructed to cancel tax
on out lot % in Sec, 10, town 103, range
II. for year 1886, and to erase cancella-
ton of tax from out lot No. 80 in same
section tor said year, it having been
shown that out lot 30 was cancelled by
mistake, instead of out lot No. 20.
A petition signed by 80 freeholders and
legal voters of the Town of Nevada was
presented to the board of county commits
sioners of Mower county asking them to
vacate certain portion of county road
in the Town of Nevada, described as fol-
lows, to-wit: Commencing ou the south
east corner of section 21, and north east
corner of section %. thence running west
between sections 81 and % half mile,
and an affidavit being attached to petit
ton showing that 30 days notice had been
given by said petitioners by posting no.
tices in three conspicuous places on or
near said proposed vacation. On motion,
Commissioners Beach, Sweet and Lock
wood were appointed committee to
view the premises, and Ole Anderson's
house on section % In Town of Nevada
was designated as the place of meeting,
in July. 1888, the time of hearing.
On motion, the commissioner of the
Fifth commissioner district was author
lied to aid in the support of William
Kelley and family to the amount of So 80
per week, until the next meeting of the
county board it Kelley should require aid
until that time.
On motion, board adjourned until June
2, 8 o'clock a. m.
June 2, 8 o'clock a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
On motion, Resolved, that the County
Auditor be and he IS hereby ordered to
draw his warrant in favor of the State
Treasurer for amount due for interest on
- w IN WI OCC OU, 1O"u 4V1s 1VdukC IL,
for interest which should have been paid
June /, 1872, the owner having shown
County Treasurers receipt for same, and
the State Auditor having shown that said
interest was not paid by County to State.
On motion, an appropriation of Five
Hundred dollars was mpde to the Bridge
Committee to be expended in repair of
bridges IN Mower county, detailed re
port to be made to the county commits
sioners of the amount expended on each
bridge, and the chairman of this board is
hereby instructed to issue county order
for above amount, payable to the Bridge
Committee.
The Bridge Committee filed the follow
ing report:
To the Board Of County Conan.issioners OF
Moaoe1 county, MINNESOTA:
We, your Bridge Committee, submit
the following report: We would recon-
mend the building of three iron and one
wooden bridge, to be located as follows
An iron bridge across the Cedar river
near Officers mill in Town of,Austin; an
iron bridge across the Little Cedar river
in Town of Adams; an iron bridge across
Deer Creek in Town of Grand Meadow,
and wooden bridge across Woodbury.