The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-05-18
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of County Commits
sioners of Blue Earth County,
Minnesota.
Office of County Auditor,
Blue Earth County, MINI.
Tuesday, May 1st, A. D. 1900.
SPECIAL SESSION.

SPECIAL SESSION.
Tuesday, May Ist, A. d. 1900.
Board of County Commissioners OF Blue
Earth County. MINI convened pursuant
to call by majority of the board accord
ing to law, and was called to order by the
chairman. Members present, Chas. Graf
chairman, Robert S. Hughes, B. o. Kill
mer, VIM. Borchert and w. w. Paddock
Minutes of last meeting were on motion
of Com. Paddock approved.
Com. Hughes offered the following mo-
ton which was carried:
Moved, That the chairman be author
lied to appoint a committee to view a
bridge on town line section IS, Rapldan,
and section IS, Decoria, to meet at SAID
bridge May 10th, 1900 2;3o P. m.' and TO
report at the next meeting Of this board
the conditions of said bridge. The chair
man appointed the following members:
Killmer, Hughes and Paddock.
Com. Hughes offered the following reso-
luton, which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, An application of the super
visors of the town of Garden City, asking
for an appropriation of 10000 to help de-
fray the expenses of constructing road
across certain slough between sections
10 and II in said town; and be 1t
Resolved, That the sum of 5000 90 be
and is hereby appropriated out of any
money available in the county treasury be-
longing to the county road and bridge
fund to aid in the repairing and construc-
ton of road across a certain slough be-
tween sections I6 and II in said town OF
Garden City.
School petition of Joseph Kositza asking
to be set off from school district No. SO to
school district No. IS was considered and
on motion of Com. Borchert, the following
commissioners order was granted, as fol-
lows:
Whereas, The petition of Joseph Kositza,
a legal voter, freeholder and resident of
school district No. SO in this county, rep
resenting that he is the owner OF the lands
hereinafter described, which are situate in
said school district, and adjoin school dis
trict No. s., and asking that he with his
said lands be set off from said district No.
38 to said adjoining school district No. IS,
for the following reasons: That to school
district No IS the distance is only one-half
mile and my children have been attend
ing school in said district for the reason
that to district No. SO which l now belong
the distance is two miles long and they
have to cross the Cobb river where there
is no bridge, therefore it is very necessary
for me to be set off from said district No.
3S, was presented the board of county COM
missioners of this county, at session OF
said board held on the 2Ist day of March,
A. D. 1000, for the action of said board
thereon; and
Whereas, 1t was thereupon ordered by
said board that a hearing should be had on
said petition at a session of said board com
mencing on the Ist day of May, A. D.
1000, at the county auditors Office in the
city of Mankato, in said county; and
Whereas, 1t was further ordered in and
by said order that notice of the time and
place of such hearing be given by posting
a copy of said order in one public place in
each eff the School districts to be affected
by said petition, and by handing to and
leaving with the clerk of said school dis
tricts, personally, a copy of said order, at
least ten days before the time appointed
for such hearing; and
Whereas, At the said session of the said
board of county commissioners commenc-
ing on said 1st day of May, A. D. 1900,
due proof of the posting and service of said
order of hearing as therein directed and
required, more than ten days prior to said
last named date having been made and
filed, said petition was publicly read and
considered by the board, with everything
which was said by said interested parties
for or against granting the prayer of the
petitioner Joseph Kositza, and said board
being of opinion that said petition should
be granted. it is hereby ordered and de-
termined that the said petition and the fol-
lowing described lands owned by him, to-
wit: The west u of the southwest a of
sec. 6. town los, range rs. be and the same
are hereby set off from said school district
No. SO, to said adjoining school district
No. s., and said lands are hereby made a
part of said last named school district for
all purposes whatever.
By order of the board of county commits
sioners.
Dated the 1st day of May, A. D 1900
CHAS. GRAF,
Chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth County. Mimi.
Attest: P. A. GUNDERs,
County Auditor and Ex-Officio Clerk of
Board.
The following applications for abate-
ment and refunding of taxes as recon-
mended by the assessors were received and
on motion of Com. Paddock were ap-
proved and ordered sent to the State Audi
tor for his approval
R. Runge. Good Thunder, personal pro-
perty year 1899. 1864.
G. B. Bates, city of Mankato, personal
property year 1899, 1898.
Edward lager. Mapleton, personal pro-
perry year 1899 $500.
Chase & Cords Co., Mcpherson, personal
property. year 1899, 1904.
Jesse D. Hall, Lincoln, e3, net and
nw4. mel 1898 and 1899, $32 .o3.
Application of St. Joseph hospital, city
of Mankato for abatement of 1899 taxes
for the reason that it is purely public
and charity institution and not subject to
taxation, was on motion of Com. Paddock
approved and ordered sent to the State
Auditor for bic