The sun., 1893-08-03

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The amount of 1915 was ordered
credited to seed grain fund 1891 and
charged to county revenue.
The amount of 500 was appropri-
ated to the county contingent from
the revenue fund.
The board levied taxes for the en-
suing year, based upon estimates
furnished by the auditor, as follows:
County revenue. ue.....,.........$ .OO4
poOr... ....s...,...,,, .uUZ
interest, t,....,..,...... .OO2
Local mill tax. .OO1
state. ,................. .OOl
On motion adjourned to Monday,
July 18th, at 10 a. m.
= - q. G. THORPE,
Chairman Co. Com.
Attest: N. r. SpURR,
Co. Auditor.
Monday, July II, 1893, 10 o'clock
a. m.-Board met according to ad-
journment, all members present.
Application of VIM. Stuart for
abatement of taxes on lot 3, section
%, township l24, range Al, on account
of burning of his barn, was rejected.
John Brown, for the town of
Stevens, made application for an ap-
preparation to assist in building a
bridge in said town, which was al
lowed to the amount of $40, to be
paid by warrant of the county audit
or upon the completion of the work,
and the presentation of an itemized
bill and verified by the proper
officer.
The petition of R. Northcott and
others for the formation of new
school district in the town of Stevens,
this county, which was presented to
the board at its July meeting, 1892,
and which was laid over from time to
time, was taken up and ON motion al
lowed as asked for in petition, and
an order forming said new district
made, as follows:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stevens. I
The petition of Richard Northcott and
others, who constitute majority of the
freeholders who are legal voters residing
sr %11o1 H~t. I,an
ing that the same be formed into a school
district, having been presented to the
Board of County Commissioners of said
Stevens County, and the County Super
| iutendent of Schools having endorsed on
| such petition his written approval thereof,
| and it appearing that there are within
such district so to be formed thirty-five
or more residents between five and twcn-
ty-one years of age:
Now, said petition having been publicly
| read at a meeting of said Board of County
Commissioners held on the 18th day of
| July, 1892 and it having been duly con-
| sidered by said Board,
| 1t is by said Board ordered, that a School
| District be and the same is hereby formed
within the Town of Stevens, in the County
| of Stevens, State of Minnesota, bounded
| and described as follows, to.wit.
All of sections 4, s. 6, Z, 8, g. IL, Is, the VIZ
section 49, n12 10, n73 20, nw14 of section p,
all in township 1913, range A, and to be
known as School District No. 50, in said
| County.
By order of Board of County Commits.
sioners of Stevens County, Minnesota, at
meeting held July 10, 1893.
Attest: N. r. SPURR,
Auditor Stevens Co.
Adjourned to Wednesday at half
past one p. m.
Wednesday p. m.-Board. met as
per adjournment, all present.
The report of the board of audit
was presented to the board recon-
mending that the bids of the First
National Bank of Morris aud the
Stevens County Bank of q per cent.
on daily balances Of funds deposited,
be accepted, and the said banks be
designated as county repositories of
the funds of the county upon the exc
cution of the required bonds.
On motion the report of the board
of audit was accepted, and the First
National Bank of Morris and the
Stevens County Bank were design
ated as the banks in which the funds
of the comfy are to be deposited in
equal amounts as nearly as may be
upon the execution of the required
bonds.
On motion the bond of the Stevens
County Bank in the sum of $35, 900
as such depository, with H, II. Wells,
r. P. Wells, L. E. Pearce, w. J
Munro and FL. w. Stone, ST., as
sureties, was accepted.
!. On motion the bond of the First
National Bank of Morris, as such de-
pository, in the sum of $4,000, with
Edwin J. Jones, John Sanders, Sam
J. Larson, John L. Gould, John E.
Danielson, Justin Berkin, Henry S.
hudson and Lansing o. Hollister as
sureties thereon, was accepted.
Bids were received for caring for
and boarding the county poor from
the Sisters of Mercy and Mrs. Ellen
Quret. The bid of the Sisters of
Mercy being the lowest and con
sidered in all respects the best, was
accepted.
On motion A. P. Dye was author
ized to make provision for the care of
Mrs. Andriske until otherwise pro-
vided for.
Peter Brandt was authorized to
care of Mrs, Hannah Hanson, of the