The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-05-14

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Respectfully submitted,
P. A. GUNDERS,
County Auditor.
STEPHEN THORNE,
elk. of Dist. Court.
CHAS. GRAF,
Chm. Co. Board, Blue Earth Co., MINI.
Mankato, April 26, 1897.
On motion, the report Of the board
of audit was accepted and ordered
filed.
The petition for the formation of a
new school district of sec. Is, govt.
lots and s, sec. 10, and NV t of INV I
of sec. 10, 1O9-29, Blue Earth county,
and ], sec. "a, and all of secs. II and
Is. 10S-3O, Brown county, was read,
together with affidavit of posting,
serving of notice and printing, and
considered by all parties interested
and upon motion was not granted.
A resolution was adopted instruct
ing the county attorney to require
James Little to furnish suitable sup
port and maintenance for his
daughter, Isabelle Little, of Maple
ton, by proper legal proceedings, if
necessary.
A road petition of L. S. Foster and
Others, praying for the laying out of
county road between sections 10 and
"a, town of Mankato, was presented
and upon motion CONS. Graf, Roberts
and Hannay were appointed COM
mittee to view said proposed highway
on May Goth at 200 p. No., on the pro-
posed highway, and to report at the
meeting of the board June LIST at 200
p. M, when said petition will be
heard.
A road petition of f. B. Nickerson
and others praying for the laying out
of county road between section 81,
town of Rapidan, and section 6, town
of Lyra, was presented and upon mo-
tion, CONS. Hannay, Roberts and
Borchert were appointed committee
to view said proposed highway on May
18th at HOO a. m, at said proposed
highway, and to report at meeting
of the board June End at 200 p. M,
when said petition will be heard.
Road petition of A. T. Graf and
Others, praying for the laying out of a
county road in sec. 10, town of Lyra,
was presented and upon motion, CONS.
Borchert, Graf and Hughes were ap-
pointed committee to view said pro-
posed highway on May 9th at HOO a.
M. at proposed highway, and to re-
port at meeting of the board June
1st, at 200 p. NJ, when said petition
will be heard.
On motion, board adjourned until
May 9Th, 1897.
Board met Wednesday, May 9Th, all
members present.
Petition Of Geo. Randall and others
for the annexation of certain territory
to the village of Amboy was presented
to the board and upon motion reso-
luton was adopted appointing Geo.
Randall, G. W. Morrow and P. w.
Cheney, of Shelby township, in
spectors of an election to be held June
18th at the residence Of f. II. Hill
liker, in Shelby, for the purpose of de-
Gliding by a majority vote of the
electors actually residing within the
territory described in the petition,
whether or not said territory shall be
incorporated in the village of Amboy.
On motion, the above petition was
granted and an election called as
above stated, to be held between the
hours of 900 a. m. and 500 pm.
On motion, it was ordered that
notices of the said election and meet
ing be given as required by law by
publishing the same in the Amboy
Herald, a public newspaper printed
and published in said village of Am
boy weekly for three successive weeks
before the day of said election and by
posting up five copies of said petition
with copies of said notice attached in
five public places in said territory
proposed to be added to said village of
Amboy at least thirty days before
said day Of election.
On motion, the commissioners order
for setting off D. E. Carpenter from
school district No. % to district No.
%, with his said lands, was unani-
mous'y granted as per Commissioners
Record e, pages Y and 70.
The school petition asking for the
formation of a new school district of
the WI, sw /, sec. IA, and W !! of NV /.
sec IA, secs. Is and 16, ne /, and Sc I,
sec II, ne t, sec. 81, ], sec. %, and
NV / of ne of sec. %, and of nw.4,
sec. '23, 1926, was, on motion, pot
granted.