Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-07-25

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dorse said approval on said bill.
Carried.
Moved, seconded and carried to adj
journ until 90 clock a.. M, Saturday,
July 10, 1902.
Fred A. Baker,
Chairman.
Attest:
Emil S. Eich,
County Auditor.
Adjourned meeting of the board of
county commissioners of Ramsey
county, North Dakota,
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1902.
The board met at 9 O'Clock a. M,
pursuant to adjournment.
Precautionary Commissioners
Day, Anderson, Baker, Furstenau, and
Mccormick.
A petition signed by LaMott, Day,
and % other residents, legal voters
and freeholders living in township 154,
range 81, praying that the county
board organize said township as a
civil township, was,read.
Moved and seconded that the prayer
of above Petitioners be granted and
that township 1874, range 81 be and the
same is hereby organized as a civil
township and the first meeting is
hereby called for Friday, August l.,
1902, same to be held in the school
house OF the nwA of section 26, said
township.
Carried.
The following petition was then
read:
"The Undersigned, the st. Paul,
Minneapolis Manitoba Railway com
pany, hereby respectfully petitions
that your honorable> body, by proper
proceedings in that behalf taken,
abate and cancel all taxes heretofore
levied or assessed against those GER
tain lots and blocks situated in the
city of Devils Lake, North Dakota,
which are particularly described in
the attached schedule, which is mark
ed. for Identification exhibit A."
Respectfully submitted,
st. Paul MINI. & Man. Ry. Co.
by Geo. H. Olmstead,
Right of Way Agent.
Moved and seconded that the fol-
lowing resolutions be adopted provided
the city council of the city of Devils
Lake and the board of education for
the city of Devils Lake school district,
file with the county auditor a state
ment in writing waving all their
rights to any Or all taxes covered in
the following resolutions and belong
ing to said city or school.
Whereas, by virtue of tax sales
heretofore had, whereas each and all
Of the following described lots situat-
ed in the city Of Devils Lake, Ramsey
county, North Dakota, were bid in
and purchased by the county of Ram.
sey IN such state and statutory time
for the redemption from said sale
having expired and no redemption
therefrom~haxing been made and each
and all of said lots having thereby
been forfeited to and become the prop
erty Of said county of Ramsey.
And whereas, said property has nc
value for city purposes and is also
valueless for agricultural purposes,
And whereas, said lots are desired
by the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway company for the
purpose of extending it's terminal
facilities in said city Of Devils Lake
and said lots are as hereinbefore
stated, otherwise of little or no value,
and said railway company last
mentioned has offered the said county
of Ramsey as, the purchase price of
the said lots the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars ($s5O. COY.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the board of county commissioners OF
said Ramsey county, N. D., that
Ideeming said offer of said railway
company to be for the best interest of
said county of Ramsey, the county
Eauditor Of said Ramsey county is
hereby instructed directly and author
lied to convey to said railway com
pany by a good and sufficient instru-
mention that behalf executed by said
county auditor each and all of the lots
hereinafter described upon the pay
ment to the treasurer of said county
of Ramsey by said railway company
of said sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars ($s5o. oo). The lots hereinbe.
fore referred to are particularly de.
scribed and numbered as follows,
to-wit:*va
Lot 81, block IA; lots % and 90,
block IA; all of block 1856; lots Z, s
and 10, in block 1855; lots 4, 5 and 81,
block 1850; lots Is and IA, in block 1852;
all of block 1853; lots 2, 10, ID, Is, Is,
II, 10 and 10, block 176: lots 10, block
17S and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, "a and IS, block
81.
Carried. All members voting