The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-27
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.

OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
Auditors Office,
WOrthington, Mimi, Nov. 10, 1908
The Board Of County Commission.
this date. Members present, Murphy
Bryan, Tiemens and Chairman Gus
Swanberg.
Minutes OF last meeting read and ap.
moved.
The petition Of Ransom township
for aid in re. building bridges Was laid
over to the January meeting.
The following order was made in
rhe matter Of Public Ditch No. 3.
ORDER APPOINTING VIEWERS.
In the Matter of the petition Of W.
@. Wyatt and Others for Public
Ditchi in the County of Mobiles, State
of Minnesota:
State Of Minnesota, S.
County of Mobiles. 3D.
Whereas, A petition, bearing date
the 23rd day of July, A. D. 1908, sign
ed by W. G. Wyatt, Hanon 4 Grant,
CT. Modisett, H. J. Ruprecht, n. NJ.
Sorem, H. B. DeVries, Mary NJ. Beck
man, William Deering, praying for the
establishment of a ditch in said
county, the route of which is fully des-
cribed in said petition, together with Il
proper bond accompanying the same,
has been filed with the County Audi
tor of said county; and said County
Auditor has given due notice Of
the tendency Of said petition, and the
said notice has been published and
served as by law required, and hear
ing had on said petition pursuant to
said notice: and the said County Com
missionels Of said county have here
tofore duly appointed competent en-
gineer, towit, Milton s. Smith, to
make survey Of said ditch, and said
engineer has qualified according to
law and has made and filed his report
in said matter.
Now, Therefore, We, the Board Of
County Commissioners OF said county,
at a special session held this day, DO
hereby appoint G.. W. Dealand, s. J.
Mckenzie and William Althoff, three
resident freeholders of said county,
who are not Interested in the con-
struction of said proposed work and
not Of kin to any Of the parties inter-
ested therein, to be viewers OF said
proposed work and Of the route there
of, and do hereby specify Friday, the
9th day of November A. D. 1903, at
the Auditors Office in the Court House,
in said county as the time and place
for said viewers to meet preparatory
TO commencing their duties as such
viewers. The said viewers shall first
take an oath to faithfully perform
their duties as such viewers; and there
after, having received Il certified copy
of the petition for said ditch and Of
the order appointing them such view
ers from the County Auditor OF said
county, shall meet at the time and
place herein specified, and, accompan-
led by said engineer appointed herein,
shall proceed to view said proposed
work; aud, having completed said view
and examination Of said work, shall
make and file their report thereof with
said County Auditor Of said county on
or before the 10Th day Of December,
A. D. 1903. In said report they shall
in tabular form give the names of the
owners of each tract of land to be ben
Gifted or damaged by said proposed
work, the description of each tract of
land so benefited or damaged (said
names Of owners to be the same as
appear on the county tax duplicates
of said county, and the description to
be given in legal form), and the total
number Of acres in each Of said tracts,
the estimated number Of acres in each
tract Of land to be benefited or
damaged (as the case may beg and
the amount that each tract OF
land will be benefited OR dam
aged by the construction OF said
work. In case said ditch drains,
either in whole or in part, any pub
lie or corporate road or railroad, or
benefits any of such road so that the
roadbed or travelled track Of any such
road will be made better by the con-
structiOn of said ditch, said viewers
shall estimate the benefits arising
therefrom to said road, roadbeds or
railroads, and report said benefits, to.
gether with the names OF roads and
o9her particulars necessary to Identify
the corporations, private or public, to
be benefited thereby, and amounts
Of benefits to each; they shall also re-
port the total estimated benefits in
respect to said ditch entire, and
branches thereof if any, and also
whether or not, in their opinion, the
estimated expense of the construction
Of said ditch Including the damages as
sessed therefor, is greater than the
utility o: said proposed ditch; and
whether or not said proposed ditch is
impracticable for any reason, and, if
so, stating the reason why it should
not be constructed. In making said
view and survey of said proposed
work and their report thereon, the
said viewers shall proceed according
to Chapter 258 of the General Laws OF
1901, as amended by Chapter SO Of the
General Laws of 1902, extra session,
and all other acts amendatory thereof.
The Board Of County Commits
p sioners of Mobiles Co.,
H., MINI.
tse. By Gus. Swanberg, Chairman,