The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS

The board of commissioners met il
special session March %, 1897, pursu
ant to a call by majority of thu
board, according to law. Commission
ers present, Chas. Graf, chairman
Robt Roberts, A. M. Hannay, Robt
81. Hughes and VIM. Borchert.
Applications for auctioneer's licen
ses for Hugh HI. Edwards and c. W
Chamberlain were received and upon
motion licenses were granted for one
year.
On motion, A. L. Polk & Co. were
authorized to put cut of the court
house in the Blue Earth county direc.
tory now in process of being published
said cut to occupy one-half page, the
other half page to contain descrip.
tive head lines of the resources of
the county, at a cost of S25. The
plate is to be given to the county at.
ter publication.
A petition for the formation of a
new school district in town 1OS, range
20, Blue Earth county, and township
los, range 80, Brown county, was re-
ceived, and it was ordered that the
petition be heard by the board at the
session commencing May 4th, 1897, as
per Commissioners Record E, pages
4S and 40.
On motion, board adjourned until
March %, 1897,
Board met March %, 1897, all men,
bers present.
A petition asking for the formation
of new school district in township
los, range 20, was received, and the
hearing was set for May 9TH at 200 o.
M, as per Commissioners Record E,
pages 40 and so.
School petition of s. II. Thurston
was presented, asking to be set off
from school district IA, with his land
the WI of SET, and ne4 of sw4, sec 16,
1O6-29. also e4 of sci and 81 of net, and
nw4 of ne4, sec 16, 106-29, of school
district 122 to district 13. On motion
day Of hearing was set for May 9TH,
1897.
School petition of D. E. Carpenter
was presented, asked to be set off from
school district % with his land, 40
acres of sw4, sec 9, 1O5-2S, and seB, sec
9, 1O6-2S, to district 25. On motion,
day Of hearing was set for May 5,
1897.
The following report of the COM
mittee on road damages in Shelby
was received, accepted, and adopted:
Resolved, That the following
parties, across whose lands road in
sec q, town of Shelby, was laid. be al
lowed the respective amounts oppo-
site their names 'for all damages
caused to their lands by the laying of
said road: Nelly'Herman, 90; G. Gus
lawson, s72; John Nuns, s16.65; Geo.
Seibert, S5S.5O.Total 1926 .15.
On motion, the county surveyor
was authorized to correct and bring
up to date the county p at book in
the auditors office.
On motion, the petition for a high
way was granted, as per Commits
sioners' Record E, and the assessment
of damages sustained by reason of the
laying out'of such highway across his
land was made as follows: Henry
Foster, $40.
On motion, the county surveyor was
instructed jointly with the county
surveyor of LeSueur county to locate
the county line between SEGA, 1926,
of Blue Earth county, and sec. 13,
1926, LeSueur county, which line is
now in dispute. The auditor will ad-
wise the county auditor of LeSueur
county and ask it to appoint it's coun-
ty surveyor to meet our surveyor at a
given point to establish said disputed
line. The chairmen Of both county
boards are also requested to be pres
eut at said survey.
On motion, board adjourned to
March oath, 1897.
Board met March "a, 1897, all men,
bers present.
The application of Horace Cum
minis for refunding of 1896 personal
property tax on valuation of $4,000
was received, and upon motion or
dered sent to the state auditor for his
To the Honorable Board of County Com
nlissiOners:
The committee of the whole board,
appointed on redistricting of the
county, met in county commissioners
room at Loo p. NJ, Feb. 10th, 1897,
CONS Graf acted as chairman, and
Com. Roberts as secretary. The COM
mittee on plans submitted three,
1, 2 and 8, for considera-
ton. The tax payers present were
asked to give their opinion on the
plans presented, or to submit any
other plan. Those living outside of |
the city of Mankato were opposed to