New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-07-20
Official
Proceedings,
Doings Of the County Board at the Regular
G%~ July Session. 5.5 II

Brown county met pursuant ~ law VI
Monday, the 18th day of July. at 10
o'clock in the forenoon in the commits
sioners room at the court house.
Present were commissioners P. D. Ra-
verify, Franz Schubert, Clement Halver-
son and Anton Richartz; absent, Com
missioner Augustine. ss.. If
The board was called to order by
Chairman Raverty and upon motion adj
iourned till two o'clock in the afternoon.
Afternoon Session. @,
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 2 o'clock p. m. All members
were present, Commissioner Augustine
having arrived during the adjournment.
The application of Joseph Rewitzer
for the purchase of Lots 5 and 6 of Block
116, south of Center street in the city of
New Ulm, said lots being in the forfeited
list, was taken up and recommended fol
:, approval.
The report of Commissioner Halvo1.
sen in the matter of Mary Olsen and
mother was read, accepted and ordered
placed on file. ..:- ~
The report of Commissioner Raverty
IN the matter of an appropriation for a
road on the town line between the towns
of Home and Prairieville was read and
accepted, and the payment of the ap-
preparation approved. Z
On motion the board adjourned till
nine o'clock of the following day. T
Tuesday Morning Session. - =,
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at o'clock Tuesday morning, Ju-
ly 18th, with all members present. }~
Jacob Klossner, president of the city
council of the city of New Ulm, having
appeared before the board on the prevl-
Gus day with a request for an appropri-
alton for repairs on a bridge across the
Minnesota river, known as the Beuss-
mann bridge, the matter was taken up
for consideration, and, upon motion, the
sum of 500 was appropriated for that
purpose upon the recommendation of
Commissioner Schubert.
A petition from the board of supervi-
SOS of the town of Albin, asking for an
additional appropriation from the county
road and bridge fund, and like petition
from the supervisors Of the town of ST.
gel were considered, but, upon motion,
it was resolved to lay all petitions for
appropriations from the road and bridge
fund over until the old bridge appropri,
atoms were paid,
A list of delinquent personal property
taxes for the year 1897 was presented to
the board by the county treasurer, to-
gether with the tax warrants with the
sheriff's return endorsed thereon, show
ing that the sheriff had failed to find any
property on which to levy in the cases
cited, and upon motion the personal
property taxes above referred to were
abated as follows:
Chicago Cottage and Organ Co.; So 81
Hugo Fischer, $.52; Louis Irving, SLIP;
Hubert Manderfeld, $S.3S; Tetzlaff &
Hoisington, $13.76; Otto Tetzlaff, $,37;
Geo, Dittmann, $50; N. B. Roth, $1.46 ;
John Black, 1913; Albert Scott, $.97
Frank Isaacson, $751;. Henry Neadels,
$.37; Herman Feitag, $1.25; Frank Bey-
er, 1925; G. O. Somerville, $1.88; Ira D.
lie Mata; $1.73; Fred Kopp, $40; Martin
Cork, $3.50. .,
On motion the board adjourned till
2 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Sessrn.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 2 o'clock p. M, all members
present.
The board then proceeded to select %
grand jurors and "a petit jurors instead
of those who were reported to have
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trict court. ~ - ..rs -.
The next thing in order was revision
of the poor list. The following changes
were ordered: Lars Doe, raised to SIS per
month; John Germs, raised to 81 per
month; Mrs. James Reeves, raised to 81
per month; Mrs. Martinka, Mary Olsen
and mother and E. P. Bennett, allowance
cancelled; Jim Nelson, raised to SIS per
month; Anna Kruger, allowed So per
month; Rasela Ambrosch, allowed So
per month; Peter Miller, raised to 81
per month; John Elder, allowed So per
month from August 1st; Mrs. Walther,
allowed 81 per month from August 1st
The petition ofM.J -Lenzen to be set of
from School District No. SO and attached
to District No. IL was granted a hearing
on the second day Of the January meet.