The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-05-26
OFFICIAL
Proceedings of County Commissioners
Of Mile Laos County.

OFFl(lAL
Proceedings of County Commissioners
Of Mile Laos County.
AUDITORS OFFICE. Mile Laos. County. Mimi.
Princeton. May 18th. 1904.
Board OF county commissioners of
Mile Laos county met in special ses-
sion, pursuant to call, for the purpose
OF hearing and considering the petit
tlon OF ". B. Carter and others for a
public ditch in the town of Greenbush,
in said county, and the engineers and
viewers reports thereon. All mem
bers of the board being present.
Meeting called to order by the chair
man at II O'Clock a. m.
After duly considering said petition
and the reports of the civil engineer
and viewers thereon. and the board
having heard the arguments of all
persons interested for or against the
granting of said petition, on motion
OF Commissioner Deans, seconded by
Commissioner Shaw, the following or
der was made and adopted by ma
jOrity vote of the board. Commission
ers Norton, Shaw, Peterson and Deans
voting in favor of the motion and
Commissioner Libby voting in the
negative:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mile Laos, S.
In the matter of the petition of W.
B. Carter and others for a public
ditch in the County of Mile Laos,
State of Minnesota.
The above entitled matter came on
duly to be heard by and before the
board of county commissioners of the
county of Mile Laos, State of Mime
sofa, at a special meeting of said
board duly called for the purpose of
hearing and considering the petition
for said ditch in the above entitled
matter, on the 18th day of May. A. D.
1904, at IL o'clock a. m. of said day:
and it appearing by proper evidence
that due notice had been given of the
tendency of said petition and of said
time OF hearing thereon, and that
Richard S. Chapman, the civil engi-
neer appointed by this board to survey
the route of said ditch, has completed
his work and duly fled his report
thereon in the Office of the county
auditor of said county, and that the
viewers appointed by said board to
view and report upon said work have
duly completed their labors and made
and filed their report in due form of
law in the Office of said county audi
tor, the said boad of county commits
sioners did, at the time above speci-
fed, proceed to hear said petition and
said viewers report thereon: and said
board having duly considered said
petition and heard all the parties in
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ton Of said ditch and all other mat
tiers pertaining thereto, find as fol-
lows, tO-wit:
First: That the said civil engineer
has completed his work and made and
filed his report thereon in all respects
according to law.
Second: That the said viewers ap-
pointed herein have duly completed
their labors and have made and filed
their report thereon according to law.
Third: That the estimated benefits to
be derived from the construction of
said work are greater. than it's total
cost, including damages awarded.
Fourth: That the damages and ben
efts arising from the construction of
said ditch have been duly awarded
and assessed, and that said reports of
said engineer and said viewers are
complete and correct.
Fifth: That notice of this hearing
of said petition and of said viewers
report and said engineers report
has been duly given, published and
posted and mailed as by law required,
and that proofs of said service of said
notice have been duly made and filed
in the office of the county auditor of
said county.
Now, Therefore, AS conclusions
from the foregoing findings, we. the
board Of county commissioners of the
county of Mile Laos, Safe of Mime
sofa, at said special session of said
board held at the time above speci-
fed, being satisfied that the proposed
ditch will be of public utility and con-
ductive to public health and public
benefit and convenience, and that the
same is necessary for the reasons
stated in the petition therefor, do here
by locate and establish the said ditch
according to the report and the speci-
fcations of said civil engineer made
and filed herein; and do hereby estab-
lish and confirm the report of the
viewers made and filed herein.
It is further ordered, That the dam
ages awarded to the persons and cor
pOrations named in the viewers report
herein, in excess of benefits, be paid
out OF the county treasury Of said
county on warrants to be drawn and
attested by the auditor of said county
and signed by the chairman of this
board OF county commissioners; and
that said warrants be issued at the
expiration of the time for appeal from