The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-17
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDING

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tion was adopted:
Resolved that in purchasing sup
plies of blank books by the different
county officers for county use, it is
the sense Of this board that the firm
known as the Mankato Book Manu-
featuring Co. shall be recognized and
placed on the same footing with other
firms of similar kind in this county.
A communication from Gardiner
Darr was received, and upon motion
it was unanimously accepted and or
dered filed.
A communication from the Board
of Trade of the city of Mankato was
received and upon motion it was
unanimously accepted and ordered
fled.
Whereas the petition of August
Barneke, legal voter, freeholder and
resident of school district No. 1O4, in
this county, representing that he is
the owner of the lands hereinafter de-
scribed which are situated in said
school district and adjOin school dis
trict No. 40, and asking that he
with his said lands may be set off
from said district No. 104 to said
adjoining school district No $40 for
the following reasons: That the said
school district 104 is p miles, while
the distance to school district No. 140
is only one mile and the roads are
much better at ali times of the year,
was presented TO the Board of Co.
= CONS. Uof this county at a session of
said board held on the 4th day of
March, A. d. 1896, for the action of
said board thereon. and whereas it
was therefore ordered by said board
that as'hearing should be had on said
petition aat a session of the board
commencing on the 1st day of April,
A. d. 1896, at the county auditors Of
fee in sMankato in said county, and
whereas it was further ordered in and j
by said order that notice of time and !
place of suchO hearing be given, by
posting scopy of'said order in one
public place in each school district to
be affected by said petition and by
handing to and leaving with the
clerk off said SCHOOL, districts person
ally copy Of said order at least ten
days before the time appointed for
such hearing, and whereas at the said
Of nd n
commencing on the said lst day of
April, A. d. 1896, due proof of the
posting ard service of said order of
hearing as there indirected and re-
CURED, more than ten days prior to
said last named date having been
made filed, said petition was publicly
read and considered by the board with
everything which was said by said in
terested parties for or against grant
ing the prayer of the petition, land said
boards being of opinion said pc tition
should be granted, it is hereby order
ed and determined that the said petit
tion and the following described lands
owned by him to wit: the west ], w
/, sec 10,10S-25, be and the same are
hereby set off from said school dis
trict No. 104, to said adjoining school
district No. 40, and said lands are
hereby made apart of said last named
school district for all purposes what
ever. By order of the Board of Co.
CONS. Dated the End day of April,
A. D. 1896.
ROBERT S. HUGHES,
Cham Bid. of Co. CONS. of B. E. Co.
Attest:
P. A. GUNDERs,
Co. Auditor and eXofficio clerk of bd.
Application of Patrick Coughlan
for refunding of 1895 personal proper
ty tax, city of Mankato, was received
and on motion the reduction recon-
mended to the state auditor
Resolved that the committee of
Matthews hill and South Bend road
improvement, consisting of CONS.
Hughes, Graf and Roberts, appointed
in 1895, be hereby continued and that
the committee be authorized to con-
tinue the improvement as begun in
1895, and report at the next meeting
of the board.
On motion, the above resolution
was adopted.
On motion, board adjourned to
April 3rd, 1896, at 900 a. m.