The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-15
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of Equalization Of Blue
Earth County, Minnesota.
Special Session.

| SpeClal session.
Mankato, Nov. Goth, l9O5.-The
board of county commissioners of Blue
| Earth county met according to the
agreement at the last session. All mem
bers of the board present.
Minutes of the last session approved
Hearing of school petition of Nels
Johnson to be set over from district l44
to IS was had. No opposition appear
ing on motion of Commissioner Hansen
the petition was granted and the fol-
lowing order made:
Whereas, the petition of Nels John
son, legal voter, freeholder and resi-
dent of school district No. IA in this
county, representing that he is the own
er of the lands hereinafter described
which are situate in said school district
and adioin school district No. So and
asking that he with his said lands may
be set off from said district No. IA to
said school district No. So for the fol-
Lowing reasons:
The distance on said land to the school
house in IA is 2H miles and the roads
bad generally Whereas to the school
house in district No. So is but one and
one half miles with bad roads was pre-
scented to the board of county commits
sionefs of this county, at session of
said board held on the 9th day of Sept.
A. ID. 1905, for the action of said board
thereon; and whereas, it was thereupon
ordered by said board that a hearing
should be had on said petition at a SEES
sion of said board commencing on the
Dc A
county AUDITORS office in the city of
Mankato, in said county; and where
as, it was further ordered in and by
said order that notice of the time and
place of such hearing be given by post
| ing a copy of said order in one public
place in each of the school districts to
be affected by said petition, and by
handing to and leaving with the clerk
of said school districts, personally, a
copy of said order, at least ten DAYS be-
! fore the time appointed for such hear
ing; and whereas, at the said session of
| the said board of county commissioners
commencing on said Goth day of Nov.
A. d. 1905, due proof of the posting and
service of said order of hearing as there
in directed and required, more than ten
ing been made and filed, said petition
was publicly read and considered by the
board with everything which was said
by said interested parties for or against
granting the prayer of the petitioner,
Nels Johnson and said board being of
opinion that said petition should be
granted it is hereby ordered and de-
termined, that the said petition and the
following described lands owned by him,
to wit:
The southwest quarter (swH) of the
southwest quarter (swH) of section
thirty three (33) in township one hun
dred eight Q0S) north of range TWEEN
ty-nine (29) west, be and the same are
hereby set off from said school district
No. IA to said adjoining school dis
trict No. IS and said lands are hereby
made part of said last named school
district for all purposes whatever.
By order of the board of county COM
missioners.
Dated the 22d day of Nov. A. D. 1905.
w. w. PADDOCK
Chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth County,
MINI.
Attest: Edgar Weaver,
County Auditor and Ex- Officio Clerk of
Board.
Hearing on school petition Of Ole AS
lakson to be set over from district II
to IA was had. No OPPOSITION appearing
Commissioner Hanson moved to grant
the petition which was carried and the
following order was made:
Whereas, the petition of Ole Aslakson
legal voter, freebooter and resident
of school district No. II in this county,
representing that he is the owner of the
lands hereinafter described, which are
situate in said school district and ad
Join school district No. IA and asking
that he with his said lands may be set
off from said district No. II to said adj
joining school district No. IA for the
| following reasons:
From his residence in district II to
the school house is two and one-half
bad weather the roads are bad whereas
the school house in district No. LA
from his residence is but one and one
half miles 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. 1905, for the action
| of said board thereon; and whereas, it
was thereupon ordered by said board
| that hearing should be had on said pc
tition at a session of said board COM
mencing on the Goth day of Nov. A. ID.
| 1905, at the county auditors 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 a copy of said order in one
public place in each of the school dis
tricts to be affected by said petition,
and by handing to and leaving with the
clerk of said school districts, personal
ly, copy of said order, at least ten
days before the time appointed for such
hearing; and whereas, at the said ses-
sion of the said board of county COM
missioners commencing on said Goth day
of Nov. A. d. 1905, due proof of the
posting and service of said order of
hearing as therein directed and required,
more than ten days prior to said last
named date, having been made and filed,
said petition was publicly read and con-
sidered by the board, with everything
which was said by said interested par
ties for or against granting the prayer
of the petitioner, Ole Aslakson and said
boarJ I.o;,,. of opinino tbot cold mott