New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-09

said j ohm B. Castor should be instruc-
ted to examine all the records etc. Of
said Castor and correct them as far as
it may appear legal under the respon-
sibility of said John B. Castor.
Then John G. Rudolph was appoin-
ted Judge of probate to fill the vacancy
in said office, occurred by the resign
ment of John B. Castor and the clerk
of the board was ordered to notify
J ohm G. Rudolph thereof and cause
him to qualify and enter upon the du-
ties Of Judge of Probate Of Brown
County forthwith.
"a letter from Vim. Pfaender. ius-
tice of the peace was read containing
the assignment Of said office and his
assignment was accepted and Chas.
Koehne was appointed to fill his
place.
Chas. Soehler had a bill for carry
ing road petition for the territorial
road to ST. Paul and there was appar-
emily some discussion as to the merits
of the bill. Commissioners futile ad-
vocated the bill because Soehler had
served for the benefit of the whole
county and for that reason Soehler
ought to get his payment out of the
county treasury but, then, he thought,
the board had no authority to allow
payment for such service without the
consent of the people and therefore it
was resolved, that the said bill should
be laid before any public county meet
ing and after it was accepted by the
people they would accept it immedi-
ately.
At this meeting bill was presented
by Jacob Brust for the munificent sum
of $685. 80 for services as sheriff for
1856 and also for attending meetings
during 1857 as county commissioner.
The bill appears to have been allowed
without protest
In the re.organization Of the board
in January FIR. Boebbecke was elected
to the position of chairma an and appar-
emily the most of the time of the meet
ing was taken up with the disposition
of applications for roads, the most
important of which was the road from
Madelia to Fairmont on the Des
M0ines river.
A resolutionwas passed to the effect,
E'that the register of deeds is author
lied TO lease the room which he is oc-
cupying in the present time for the sum
Of So monthly payable quarter yearly,
also was provided so much money as
to enable the register of deeds to fur
nish convenient desks for his office.''
He was also authorized to ''buy the
newest and correctest map of Mime
sofa for the use of the commissioners
and a set Of Office books.
New voting precincts were estab-
lished and something of the scope of
the territory over which these three
commissioners had Jurisdiction may
be obtained by reading description
of one or two of the precincts.
1.-THE fourth precinct includes the
lower Sioux agency together with the
surrounding settlements. This would
take in what is now Redwood Falls,
| Morton and all the towns along the
st. Louis road in the vicinity of Nor
| ton.
"Fifth precinct comprises the upper
Sioux agency, called Yellow Medicine
and surrounding settlements This
would include all of Lyon, Lincoln,
Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle coun-
ties in Minnesota and most of the d.
kotas out to the Missouri river.
! Taxes for the year 1857 amounted to
$2296.l9. OF this amount $3.50. AZ had
been collected and S1465.7 II, remained
to be collected. This was divided into
three funds: County taxes S648.77, ter
ritorial taxes, S5l. go and school taxes,
Sl29.75. There were four school dis
tricts in the county but the record
shows that only three of them received
any of the school money. The report
reads, "The third district had not
filed any statement Of school affairs in
that district. +"
To be continued.