The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-16
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
OF the Board of County Commits
sioners of Blue Earth County,
Minnesota.
Office of the County Auditor, Blue
Earth county, MINI.
Mankato, Mimi, Sept. 8, 1898.


ADJOURNED SESSION.
Tuesday, Sept, 6, 1898.
Board of county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment. Commits
rsioners present, Chas. Graf, chairman,
A. M. Hannay, VIM. Borchert, Robt'
S. Hughes and Robt, Roberts.
On motion, bond of John r. Norton,
president of the Mapleton State bank,
of Mapleton, Mimi, with James NC
Broom, John R. Norton, S. w. Whit
ney, Daniel Buck, G. II. Dietz, L..
Troendle and T. B. Taylor as sureties,
was approved.
Application of q. w. Chamberlin,
of the town of Shelby, for auction
GERS license for the term of one year
was received. and, on motion, ordered
that license be granted according to
law,
On motion, board adjourned to 1:3O
p. m.
At l 80 D. M, board met pursuant
80 adjournment, all members present
Road petition Of l.. 81. Gregg and
others for the location and establish
ment of county road. sec. 30, South
Bend. and secs. and 8, Rapidan, was
publicly read and considered by the
board, with everything which was
said by interested parties for or
against the granting Of said petition,
and said board being of the opinion
that the description was incomplete
and not good description for coun-
ty road, upon motion, said petition
was voted not granted.
Application of j. J. Roberts, chair
man of supervisors of South Bend
township, for stone culvert at wind
mill bridge, net, sec. Is, said town of
South Bend was received, and, upon
motion, County Surveyor Brooks was
authorized to make survey, estimate
and plans for a stone culvert for the
next meeting Of this board. -...
On motion, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, A county road has been
located and ordered by the board OF
county commissioners of said county
by their order filed in the Office of the
County Auditor of said county on the
1st day of September, 1897, which
said road was ordered as set forth and
more fully described in the commits
sioners' order of Sept. 1st, 1897, as fol-
lows: Sections 10, IL, 2 and 3, town of
MankatO, and sections "a 35, 26, 81,
% and %, town of Lime, which said
road passes through certain lands as
described, now, therefore,
Resolved, That damages be allowed
and paid to the following parties as
hereinafter described, as follows:
IA. Shuttle, one acre of north half OF
northwest quarter, sec. %, Lime, 1926.
Fl. Wandersee, one acre of east half
Of northeast quarter OF northeast
quarter, sec. %, Lime, S25.
f. Guenzel, three acres of sw4 OF
nw4, and lot three and WI. WI, sw4,
sec. %, Lime, 800.
a. Guenzel, one acre in nw4, ne4,
sec. %, Lime, S25.
John Ficks, one acre Of 81, s., nw4,
sec. 26, Lime, S25.
y Carl Schmidt, % acres of nw4, sw4,
and north ten acres of 81, sW4, Sec 26,
Lime, S31.
xP. Morris, two acres of et, SET, sec.
%, Lime. 800.
That the above assessed damages
sustained by laying out said road be
paid to the above parties.
Road petition of Chas. A. Gilman
and others for the location and estab-
iishment Of public highway, secs. 35
and SO, town of Lincoln, secs l and 2,
town of Ceresco. sec. 6, town Of Yer
non Center, and sec. 81, town of Ger
lie City, was considered.
ate of Minnesota, county OF Blue
Ia III. At meeting of the board of
county commissioners Of said county,
neId Sept 6 1898, the committee ap-
pointed by US at our last session to
examine the road hereinafter named
have reported that they met at pro-
posed highway on the Both day of
August, 1898, and examined the high
way proposed to be located and es-
6ablished. viz: Beginning at the
southwest corner of sec. 35, in the
town of Lincoln in said county, east
to the southeast corner OF sec. thirty
six 1861 in said town, thence running
north to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of said sec. thirty
six 1867, in said town, and terminating
at said last mentioned point, and to
loe connected with other roads as fol-
lows: At the commencement COL
nectipg with road running nor b
aud south on the west side Of said
section So, and at the point OF ter
ANIMATION connecting with road run
qaing east and west on north side Of
said southeast quarter OF said section
80. The names OF owners Of the lands
IS far as known, through which the
same may pass are Sven Bengtsor,
John Anderson, Nels Swenson. Lewis
Kraus, D. A. Reed, Alfred Carlson.
Edward Johnson, John Nelson, Bell
- ,hnson. And Recommended that
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