The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-10-10
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth
County, Minnesota.
SPECIAL SESSION.

p. M.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Borchert. All present except Commits
sioner Killmer.
Minutes of last session approved.
Bids for 100 tons of soft coal were
opened and were as follows: Standard
Lumber Co Hooking screened lump,
&c. 10; Hooking dock run, $o.70 Med
ford lump, So. O5.
Lampert Lumber Co.-Willmington
lump, 1915; Spring Valley lump,
So. rs; Big Muddy lump. 81.
Ali above screened and delivered.
Hearing on school petition of Mar
tin McHale TO be set over from dis
trict No. 53 to 142 was had and on
motion of Commissioner Bruel the
same was granted and the following
order made.
Whereas, The petition of Martin
McHsle, legal voter, freeholder and
resident of school district No. 53 in
this county, representing that he is
owner of the lands hereinafter de-
scribed, which are situate in said dis
trict, and adjoining school district
No. 142 and asking that he with his
said lands may be set off from said
district No. 80 to said adjoining school
district No. 142 for the following
reasons:
That the school house in district
No. 90 is nearly two miles away,
whereas the school house in district
No. 142 is but three quarters of mile
away, was presented to the board of
county commissioners of this county,
at session of said board held on the
9th day of Sept. A. D., 1902. for the
action of said board thereon; and
Whereas, it was therenpon ordered
by said board that a hearing should be
had on said petition at a session of
said board commencing on the End
day of Oct, A. D. 1902, at the county
auditor Office in the city of Mankato,
in said county; and
Whereas, it was further ordered in
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 by handing to ard leav-
ing with the clerk of said school dis
tricts, personally, 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
ommencing on said 2nd day of Octo-
Der, A. D. 1902, due proof of the post
ing and service of said order of hear
ing as therein directed and required,
more than ten days pricr to said last
named date. having been made and
filed, said petition was publicly read
and considered by the board, with
everything which was said, by said
parties for or against granting the
prayer of the petitioner, Martin Nc
Hale, and said board being of opinion
that said petition should be granted,
it is hereby ordered and determined,
that the said pc: ition and the follow
ing described lands owned by him. to-
wit:
The southhalf of the southeast
quarter (s1 of se4 of section twenty
eight (2S) in township No. one hun
dred eight (10S), range twenty-six
(26) be and the same are hereby set off
from said school district No. 90 to
said adjoining school district No. 14s
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 4th day of October, A. d.
1902.
VIM. BORCHERT,
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of Blue Earth County.
MINI.
Attest:
Edgar Weaver.
County Auditor. and Ex-O ficio Clerk
of Board.
Application by the supervisors of
Butternut Valley for an appropriation
from road and bridge fund of $500
with which to improve the road be-
tween sections 81 and % was received.
Commissioner Epson offered the
following: Resolved. that there be
and is hereby appropriated out of the
road and bridge fund three hundred
dollars for the improvement of road
between sections 81 and 49, and % and
SS, Butternut valley. payable when