The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-10
Pr edings Of
Count .y Com
naissioners.

Auditors Office, Mile Laos county,
MINI. Princeton, February 3, 1898.
Board of county commissioners met
pursuant to Adjournment with the full.
board present.
The certified statements filed by the
county auditor, treasurer, register of
deeds, sheriff, clerk of court, probate
judge, county attorney, coroner and
county commissioners, showing the
amount of fees, gratuities and emolu-
ments of whatever nature received by
them in connection with the work of
their respective offices for the year
1897. were presented to the board and
said board notified as to delinu uents.
After examining the same, on motion
it was unanimously voted that the re-
ports OF said officers be accepted.
The following bills were audited and
allowed as stated:
S. D. Sour professional attendance and
medicine for county poor. .......> S11 rs
G. w. Nichols, professional attendance !.
w. }. HUM, medicine for county pris- : :
oners in Stearns county JAIL. 9 so
Robert Clark, janitor work at court
house for JAN, 1898. .............. is 90
T. Fl. Galley. mdse. for court house and - j
county poor ......-......... ......' ID SO
E. D. Claggett, postage for sheriff's Of : :
49, fee for year 1897 ..:.:.........:. go
L. S. Briggs, services as clerk Of court. SO so
John w. Goulding, postage for register
- OF deeds Office for 1897. ........... 21 IS
N. G.. Dunning, justice fees, case of = :
State VS.. Mcbride. 4 20
John Ross, constable fees and mileage, - =
-, case of State VS.. Mcbride sos
Caleb Crook, witness fees and mileage =. -.
case of State vs. Mcbride. ......... 244
| Andrew Jorgenson, juror tees, case of ~
State VS. COnSelyea. ........... l 90
nf fofo
vs. COnSelyea. ............. I %
Stearns County, boarding county pris-
Pioneer Press Co., blanks for probate 10 o.
Brown, Treacy Co., blanks for pro- %
Brown, Treacy & Co., blanks for auditor 6
Brown, Treacy & Co., blanks for auditor " 1 81
Brown, Treacy & Co., supplies for
Fannie E. chesiey, IL months, house o. "
rent for Mrs. McGinnis. .......... "a 90
Norgren Lindman, mdse for Mrs
F. L. Ludden, mdse. for Mrs. James 1872. 95
p: W Cundy, mdse. for Chas. Taught. j; so
n Me- E. JeSmer dse' for for Pendlet9n 10 e
do mdse. for Alfred Anderson 90
do . mdse. for Mrs. G. Young -. Is 80
do mdse. for Mrs. c. Young. Z 20
| |. G: Patterson, mdse. for county poor. 10 90
| E. A. Rross, coffin for McCue child. 800
Peter Jensen, road workin commission
er district No. s....:..:. ..... Is 90
| Ole Rosenquist, road work in commits
sioner district No. 4. .......'........ r 90
L. S. Libby. day and mileage as coun- g. |,
ty commissioner. ........ ........ 8 20
John McCool. day and mileage as
county commissioner and l day
and mileage attending Moore case 80
| q. w. Burnhelm, day and mileage as &c..
county commissioner; ...:., ......,. : 6 90
George H. Deans, day and mileage as .
county commissioner and 2 days
and mileage attending county poor Is 90
| e. w. Cundy, day and mileage as -
county commissioner, day on
committee work and day and =
| mileage on county road matters. 81 90
And the bill of Jens Olson sor road
work in commissioner district No. q
was rejected.
On motion the board resolved by a
unanimous vote to recommend the APP,
prevail OF the following bids for pur-
chase of tax Deeds: w. D.: Wash burn,
jr., bid No. 426, amount offered. S25. 90;
w. DE- Washburn,, jr., bid No. 651,
amount offered, $4,000; John L.Bezan-
son, bid No. 425, amount offered, Sl55.O0
Upon opening and examining the
bids received for medical and surgical
attendance on the county poor of Mile
Laos county for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1898, together with the
furnishing of all necessary medicines
for. the same, five bids were found
as follows: Dr.. H. c. Cooney, S245:OO;
DR.. S. D: Sour, S240.00;, DR.. G.. W.
Nichols, $225.00; DR.. Allen S. Whet-
stone, $4,000; DR.. O. G. Tarbox, $4,000.
The board then proceeded to ballot
for a choice, and DR.. O. G. Tarbox hav-
ing received majority of the ballots
cast, and his bond having been duly
approved by the board of county COM
missioners, the said O. G. Tarbox was
declared duly appointed as county
physician for the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1898, at a salary of $4,000. And
it was further ordered by the board
that said salary be paid in equal
monthly installments at the end of
each month, upon the warrant of the
county auditor. -,
In the matter of the petition of Fred
Mcfarland, asking to be transferred
from school district No. 2 to school
No. 10, the said petition was publicly
read and considered, with everything
which was said by Interested parties
for or against granting the prayer of
said petitioner, and the board being of
the opinion that said petition should
not be granted. on motion the said pe-
tition was rejected.
After opening and examining the
bids received for furnishing wood for
court house, on motion it was unani-
mously voted to accept all bids offered,
being as follows: Frank Schillng, 10
cords poplar wood, feet long, $l.3O
per cord; Geo. H. Gennow, S cords
body maple wood, feet long, 1926 per
cord; Nathan L. .Osman, 10 cords body
maple wood feet long, So. IS per cord
In the matter of retiring a portion
of Mile Laos county's railroad bonds,
Commissioner E. w. Cundy, the com
mittee appointed to consult the bond
holders, reported that one of said bond
holders agreed to surrender seventeen
of such bonds, amounting to the sum of
seventeen thousand dollars (S17,OOO)
providing the interest couponst thereon,
due July 1, 1898, amounting to eight
hundred fifty dollars 1885, be paid at
the time of redemption. And on mo-
ton of Commissioner Cundy it was
unanimously voted that the PROPOSE
tion of said bond holder be accepted
and that said bonds to the amount of
seventeen thousand dollars (S17, OOO),
together with: the, interest coupons
thereon due July 1, 1928, amounting to
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