The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-13
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of County Commits
sioners of Blue Earth County,
Minnesota.
Office of County Auditor,
Blue Earth County, MINI.
SPECIAL SESSION.

Earth county, Mimi, convened pursuant
to call by majority of the board &C
cording to law, and was called to order by
the chairman.
Minutes of last meeting were, on motion
of Com. Paddock, approved.
School Petition of James Johnston.
asking to be set off from school district
No. 4S to school district No. I53 was con-
sidered, and on motion of Com. Paddock
the following Commissioner order was
granted. as follows:
Whereas, The petition of James John
ston, legal voter. freebooter and resi-
dent of school district No 4S in this county
representing that he is the owner of the
lands hereinafter described. which are
situate in said school district, and adj Join
school district No I53 and asking that he
with his said lands, may be set off from
said district No. 4S to said adjoining
school district No. I53 for the following
reasons: That to school district No. I53 the
distance is one half mile shorter, that the
distance to district 4S is one and one half
miles and to district No. I53 only one
mile and the highway to district No. I53 is
the leading public from my house to Eagle
Lake P. o., highway which 1 travel
with team in marketing all my produce
and get my mail, and in so doing l can
take my children to school in the morning
and on my return from Eagle Lake can
take my children home from school in said
district 153 which I wish to join. To
district No. 4S which l now belong, the
highway is not much travelled and / would
have to make and extra trip to take my
children there, and if l am retained in
said district No 4S it will deprive my
children of much school. as in many in
stances the roads are so bad that my
children have to stay home from school.
Was presented to the Board of County
Commissioners of this county, at a ses-
sion of said board held on the 18th day of
February A. D, 1900, for the action of
said Board thereon; and
Whereas, 1t was thereupon ordered by
said Board that hearing should be had
on said petition at session of said board
commencing on the 10th day of March 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 petition. and by handing to and
leaving with the clerk of said school dis.
tricts. personally, 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, COM
mencing on said 10th day of March A. D,
1900, due proof of the posting and service
of said order of hearing as therein directed
and required, more than ten day prior to
said last named date, having been made
and filed. said petition was publicly read
and considered by the Board, with every
thing which was said by said interested
parties for or against granting the prayer
of the petitioner and said Board, being
of the opinion that said petition should be
granted, it is hereby ordered and deter
mined, that the said petition and the fol-
lowing described lands owned by him,
to-wit:
The east half (e4) of the southwest
quarter tsw4) of the south. quarter
(se4) section thirty-one (31) and the west
twenty-five (w25) acres of the northeast
quarter (nef) of the south west quarter
(sw4) and the southeast quarter (se4) of
the southwest quarter (sw4) of section
thirty.two (32) all in township one hun
dred and nine (Ioe) north, of range twenty
(25) west.
Com. Hughes offered the following reso-
luton. which was unanimously adopted:
State of Minnesota, l..
County of Blue Earth, %.
WHEREAS, AT session of the Board of
County Commissioners of the County of
Blue Earth and State of Minnesota held
November and, 1899. petition signed by
E. C. Hamlin. Lars Jensen, G. o. Jones
and c. T. Burrows, land owners, whose
lands were liable to be affected by, or as
sessed for, the expense of the construction
of the work proposed therein. praying for
the establishment and construction of
a public ditch No 4, along a route de-
scribed therein, accompanied by bond
duly approved as provided by law. was
filed with the County Auditor of said
county; and it appearing by proper evil
dence to the satisfaction of said Board of
County Commissioners that at least thirty
(3o) days notice has been given of the
tendency of said petition and of the time
at which the same would be heard, as by
law provided, whereupon the said Board
did, at its session on the end day of No
vember, A. D. 1899. proceed to hear and
determine said petition; and said Board
having determined that the construction of
such ditch would be of public benefit and
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