The Mankato free press., 1900-02-16
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Blue Earth County,
Minnesota.
Office of County Auditor, !
Blue Earth County, Mimi. I
ADJOURNED SESSION.


Board of county commissioners of
Blue Earth county, Mimi. convened
pursuant to adjournment January 4th
1900, and was called to order by the
chairman.
Members present Chas. Graf, chm,
w. w. Paddock, B. o. Killmer, VIM.
Borchert and r. S. Hughes.
Minutes of January meeting was on
motion of Com. Paddock approved.
School petition of John Felber asking
to be set off from school district No. 100
to school district No. III was consider
ed, and on motion of CON- Killmer the
following Com. order was granted as
follows:
Whereas, The petition of John
Felber, legal voter. freeholder and
resident of school district No. $50 in
this county, representing that he is the
owner of the lands hereinafter described
which are situated in said school dis
trict, and adjoin school district No.
III and asking that he with his said
lands may be set off from said district
No. $50 to said adjoining school dis
trict No. III for the following reasons
That to school district No. $50 where
he now belongs, is a distance of two
miles and half To school district
No. III, which he would like to join is
only one mile and a quarter III, only
one-half the distance; furthermore to
said district $50 his children have to
cross the LeSueur river to get to school
No. 100, where he now belongs, was
presented to the board of county com
missioners of this county. at a session
of said board held on the 3rd day of
January, A. D., 1900, 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 session of said
board commencing on the 9Th day of
February, A. D., 1900, 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 of the
school districts to be affected by said
ing with the clerk of said school dis
tricts, personally, a COPY of said order,
at least ten days before the time ap
pointed for such hearing; and
Whereas, AT the said session of the
said board of county commissioners
commencing on said 9th day of Febru-
ary, A. D., 1900, due proof of the post
ing 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 con-
sidered by the board, with everything
which was said by said interested
parties for or against granting the
prayer of the petitioner. and said board
being of opinion that said petition
should be granted, it is hereby ordered
and determined, that the said petition
and the following described lands
owned by him, to-wit; The west sixty
acres (w60a) Of the south half ISL of
the southwest quarter (swD of section
three (3), township one hundred and
seven (100 north, of range twenty six
(26) west, be, and the same are hereby
set off from said school district No $50
to said adjoining school district No. III
and said lands are hereby made part
of said last named school district for
all purposes whatever.
By Order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Dated the 9Th day of February, A. D /,
1900
CHAs. GRAF.
Chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth County,
MINI.
Attest P. A. GUNDERs.
County Auditor and Ex-Officio Clerk
of Board.
Road petition of John q. Gustafson
and others for the laying out of a
county road secs. and 4, Ceresco and
secs. 33 and 81, Lincoln, was consider.
ed The committee filed their report,
which is favorable to the laying of said
road. and on motion of Com. Borchert
petition was granted and damages were
awarded to the following parties, as
follows:
VIM Woodhall "a off nh of mex sec,s - >,
h 4 Weymouth "a off nH of nwA sec. " = - - :
H Weymouth, "a off nh Of neA sec : !,
H 4 Weymouth IA off sH of sH, sec ~ ~ :
Thompson's est IA off SIX of s1s. sec :
33-1O7-29. ...................-.. ..... lOO.O(
according to commissioners road order
recorded on page of State and
County Road Record No. 8.
On motion of Com. Paddock the fol.
lowing bills were allowed:
Fred Gerlich, sheriff fees SILT so
Stephen Thorne clerk of court fees 120 SO
Stephen Thorne, board of audit. t.......... 300
E r Kennedy coroners fees,.. % .4O
Nicholas Bruels, constable fees. .......... 2.SO
Nicholas Bruels, taking John Erickson
to poor farm ............... Z.oO
VIM Hoehn, wood to court house. ..... 122. 25
Aug f Wenner, same me........... 21S. SO
G. Heinze, meals to Jurors .......... 16. %
T P Thomas. labor at court house =. 225
Mankato Mfg Co goods to court house.. 1.50
Robert Lamm, same 400
Ozonet Co. same 10. 80
N w Telephone Ex Co, telephone rental 100
Mankato Citizens Co same ..... IL. 90
A M Morrison, county printing ........ $50
T G Wise e. Sons, same me........... 656 .S5
Pioneer Press PIT Co. blanks. ............. .lo
Schroeder & Murphy, goods to jail ..... 40
Nyquist & Iverson, goods to poor farm. DO
Schroeder & Murphy, same . 2.e0
e Roberts. same. e................ 400
u IT Edwards. same 16.0
r c Roberts, same. e........................ II 'UU