The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-10
Attest:
GUNDERS,

hOBT. .. ii UGHES,
Chm. BID. Co. Com.
Attest:
P. A. GUNDERs,
County Auditor.
After discussing the ACCESSIBILITY
and hearing one remOnStrance signed
by majority of residents and free
holders of school district 122, on mo-
tion, the two school petitioners of S.
H. Thurston to be set off from school
district Nos. 122 and IA to school dis
trict No. 49, were rejected.
On motion, 500 is hereby appro-
priated from road and bridge fund to
the town board of supervisors, town.
ship of Cambria, to aid said town in
improving cemetery hill in section %,
in said town, the auditor to issue war
rant for said amount according to law
of 1891.
Whereas, the petition of VIM. Berg
man, a legal voter, freeholder and
resident of school district No. 10, in
this county, representing that he is
the owner of the lands hereinafter
described which are situated in said
school district and adjoining said
school district No. 80, and asking
that he with his said lands may be
set off from said district No. 10 to said
adjoining school district No. SO, for
tn following reasons: That your Pc
titioner has five children, the oldest
being eight years old and the dis
lance from his place of residence
to the school house in independent
school district No. 10 is three miles,
and on account of the distance his
children are unable to attend school
at any time of the year, and that
the distance of the residence OF
your petitioner from the school house
in said district No 80 is II miles,
and if your petitioner is set off from
said independent school district No.
10 to said school district No. SO, his
children will be able TO attend school,
and your petitioner is unable to pay
tuition for his children attending a
district school outside of his dis
trict,-was presented to the board of
county commissioners of this county
at a session of said board held on the
I'd day of March, A. D., 1896, for the
action of the said board thereon, and
whereas it was thereupon ordered by
said board thata hearing should be had
on said petition at session OF said
board commencing on the LIST day of
April, A. D., 1896, at the county au-
ditor's office at Mankato, in said
county; and whereas it was further
ordered in and by said order that no.
tice of the time and place of such
hearing be given by posting a copy
of said order in one public place in
each of the school districts to be af-
fected by said petition, and by hand
ing to and leaving with the clerk of
said school districts personally copy
of said order at least ten days before
the time. appointed for such hearing:
auu WucTcdS dU Iuc Sdlu ScSSlOu VI UuO
said board of county commissioners
commencing on said 1st day of April
A. d. 1896, due proof of the posting
and service of said order of hearing
as herein directed and required more
than ten days prior to said last named
date having been made and filed, said
petition was publicly read and con-
sidered by the board with every
thing which was said by said inter
ested parties for or against granting
the prayer of the petitioner, and said
board being of opinion that said pc
tion should be granted, it is-hereby
ordered and determined that the
said petition and the following de-
scribed lands owned by him to wit:
The NV /, sec Is, 1923, he and the
same are hereby set off from said
school district No. 10 to said adjoin-
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