The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-22
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Blue Earth
County, Minnesota.
Office of County Auditor, Blue Earth
Comfy Mimi
SPECIAL SESSION.
Wednesday, March 18th, 1901

Blue Earth county, Mimi, convened
pursuant to call by the entire board
Called to order by the chairman, al
members present.
Minutes of the last session approved
School petition of John Gainor ask
ing to be set off from district No. 81
to district No. IS, was considered auC
on motion of Com. Bruels the follow
ing commissioners order was granted
Whereas, The petition of Johr
Gainor a legal voter, freeholder ant
resident of school district No. 90 il
this county, representing that he il
the owner of the lands hereinafter de-
scribed, which are situated in said
school district, and adjoin school dis
trict No 81 and asking that he witt
his said lands be set off from said dis
trict No. 9S to said adjoining schoo
district No. 81 for the following rea
sons:
That the hereinafter described land:
were formerly part of school district
No. 81; that the within petitioner is the
only person except one, on the mort /
side of the line who is in district No.
SO.
That the superior advantages Of
Good Thunder school in district No.
81 compels me to send my three child
rem to that school, and pay out large
sums for tuition each year, at the same
time paying school taxes in school
district No. 50. The distance tt
each school is about the same but tt
81 l have occasion to go daily, market
ing, etc. My children can get bach
and forth almost daily without de-
pending upon me, whereas otherwise
would be compelled to go daily.
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. 1901, for the actor
of said board thereon and
Whereas, 1t was thereupon order
ed by said board that hearing should
be had on said petition at session o.
said board commencing on the 13tE
day of March A. d. 1901, at the county
auditor Office in the city of MankatC
in said county; and
Whereas, 1t was further ordered il
and by said order that notice of the
time and place of such hearing be
given by posting copy of said order
in one public place in each of the
school districts to be affected by said
petition, and handing to and leaving
with the clerk of said school districts,
personally, copy of said order, a
least ten days before the time appoint
ed for such hearing; and
Whereas, at the said session of thu
said board of county commissioners
commencing on said 18th day O.
March A. D. 1901, due proof of tn,
posting and service of said order O.
hearing as therein directed and re
quired, more than ten days prior tt
said last named date, having beer
made and filed, said petition was pub
licly read and considered by the board
with everything which was said b.
said interested parties for or agains
granting the prayer of the petitioner
John Gainor and said board being O.
opinion that said petition should b.
granted, it is hereby ordered and de
termined, that the said petition ant
the following described lands owned
by him, to-wit:
sec. 16, town 106, range 81, be and tn,
same are hereby set off from sai(
school district No. SO to said adjoin
ing school district No. 81 and sait
lands are hereby made part of said
last named school district for all pur
poses whatever.
By order of the board of county
commissioners.
Dated the 18th day of March A. D
1901.
VIM. Borchert,
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of Blue Eartl
County, Mimi.
Attest
Ed. Weaver.
County Auditor and Ex-Oficio Clerk
of Board.
School petition signed by Reese
Evans and others for which this day
and hour e p. m. was set for hearing
was considered by the board and OF
motion of Com Epson the petition
was granted and the following com.
missioners' order made:
In the matter of the formation Of
school district No. Blue Earth County
Whereas, The board of county com
missioners of Blue Earth county, state
of Minnesota, was duly petitioned by
a majority of the freeholders residing
within the territory hereinafter descrit
ed to form and erect the same into {
new schooldistrict and
Whereas, A hearing upon said petit
ton was duly ordered by said board O.
county commissioners and had upo1
due and proper notice now
Therefore, 1t appearing to sai(
board of county commissioners that thu
prayer of said petitioners should be
granted, it is hereby ordered and di
rected that the following named terri
tory be, and the same is hereby formed
into new school district number
towit:
West q of sec. 9 except school house
lot, sesc, s, Z, sw4 of sell and lots
and 2 sec. 6, lot sec 5, n15 of sec. 1S
n1a of se4 of sec. Is, n15 of sw4 sec
Is, sec. II and WIZ of sec. 16. All sit
uated in the town of ButternutV alley
range 80, Mimi.
VIM. Borchert,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners. Blue Earth County, MINI.
Attest:
Ed. Weaver,
County Auditor, and ex-officio Clerl
of Board
Petition of A. l. Shaver and other
for the incorporation of Garden City
was received and 10 o'clock tomorrow
the 14th, the hour fixed for hearing
On motion of Com. Epson the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, The board of commits
sioners Tor Blue Earth county, state O.
Minnesota, did at it's continued meet
ing, held Feb. 18th, 1901, include in ,
motion Accepting the bid of ant
awarding the contract for publishing
the delinquent tax list of 1899 to thu
Mankato Review" the designation o
the said Review as the county officia
paper for the publication of lega
notices for the year 1901. Now for tn
purpose of a separate record be it