The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-01-10
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Important Business Done at the
January Session.

in session all of last week and trans
acted business of Importance to the
taxpayers of the county.
J. P. Cooper was chosen chair
man for the ensuing year. Messrs.
Cooper and Sloan were made COM
mlttee on Jail matter Mr.. Cooper on
fuel and janitor, and Messrs. Cooper
and Tompkins on blank books, etc.
The salary of the county attorney
and of the superintendent of schools
was fixed at $1,000 in each case.
The salary of the janitor of the
court house was fixed at $40 per
month.
School district No. 81 was formed
out of the south half OF sections 30
and 36, Redwood Falls. the whole of
section 6 and the north half of sec
tion I, Three Lakes, section l and 2
and the north half of sections II
and II, New Avon. The board or
dered the treasurer of school dis
trict No. to pay 80 per cent. of all
the school money in his hands over
to the new treasurer of school dis
trict No. 81.
After year of parleying over
the question of whether or not to
accept the offer of Morgan village to
donate ground near that town for a
poor farm the matter was voted
down. Commissioners Carlile and
| Wilson voting for the acceptance of
the farm and Commissioners Alter
matt, Cooper and Sloan voting
against the proposition. The prob
abilities are that some suitable
place near this city will be secured
for county hospital or farm.
Vesta and Revere are to incor-
porate. After Attorney Howard, on
behalf Of the people of Vesta, and
Attorney Clague, on behalf of the
people of Revere, submitted the
proper documents and made argu-
lnents in favor of incorporation, the
commissioners voted to call a spec
ial election at Brundage's hall in
Vesta on Feb. 9th, and in the North
Hero school house on Feb 18th, for
the purpose of giving the voters. of
those two boroughs chance to
vote on the question of incorpora-
ton, and to choose their village
officers. In both towns the question
will carry.
There was dull thud when the
liquor license applications came up
for consideration. A resolution
was first offered declaring in favor
of license, and after a great deal of
discussion, the resolution was
turned Gown, Commissioners Coop
er. Carlile and Wilson voting
against the resolution and Commits
sioners Sloan and Aftermath for it.
After this vote was taken the en-
tire board voted no on each ap-
plication for license. Vesta and
Wabasso were the towns where Ii,
cense was asked for.
Renville county again manifested
a sign of playing double on the
question of building bridges across
the Minnesota river between the
two counties. The Renville com
missioners announced, through {
representative, that they had been
restrained from building the bridge
! across the river between Sacred
Heart and Belview, on the ground
that it could not spend money in
Redwood county. one-half the rive,
being in Redwood county. The
Redwood commissioners then agreed
to pay Renvi.le county 81 for build
ing the bridge at that point, or allow
Renville to pay for one-half of tht
bridge at North Redwood and Red
wood county pay for one-half of thu
bridge north of Belview.
The Clinton Bridge Co. announced
to the Redwood county board that i
would be impossible for it to com
plete the North Redwood bridge a
the time announced, but that tn,
material was nearly all ready fo
setting up, and asked for an exten
sion until March 1st, in order t,
complete its contract. The rexten
sion was granted.
Three Minnesota Valley railroad
bonds, of $1,000 each, were an
nounced as having been paid b,
the auditor, together with the inter
est for the past wear. amOnnt:nO +.