The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-24
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

So0fO met IN al auJOufNSU SkNtlal SESSION
at the court house in the commissioners room.
Adjourned special term OF the board of
county commissioners for the county OF Bel
coart house IN the CITY OF BSmdi ii. on Mon
day tho LIST day OF October. 1906,
Forenoon session.
Board met at 10 . clock a. III. with the Ioi-
lowing members present;
|. 3. Olson. First district.
Georsg GunderSon. Second district.
Chas. SaNrud. Third district.
J. II. Wagner. Fourth district.
\. w. Danaher. Fifth district
The petition OF $. W. Ellis ct al praying for
townships OF Langor and Hornet was present.
ed TO the board and after heing duly consid-
cred. the board determined that The petition
was reasonable on it's face, and on motion
duly made. seconded and carried. it was
ordered that Il hearing upon said petition be
had at The commissioners room at the court
house in the city of Bemidjl. on Monday, the
i2th day OF November, 1906. at 10 O'Clock a. m..
and that commissioners Is. OLSON and George
Gundcrsou be appointed a committee to eX
anime said proposed road. and that said
committee meet upon the route Of said road
at point OF beginning OF said road which is
described as follow Beginning at the north
l5o: Range 81. and running thence east five
miles 20 the northeast corner of section
thirly-t hrre. township $50. Range thirty in
said Hrltrami county. The, said committee
TO meet on Friday. the second day of Novem-
her. 1905. at ten o'clock a. m. and that notices
thereof be issued and posted.
onued by commissioner SaXrud that fifty
dollars be and hereby is appropriated out Of
the county road and bridge fund to be ex-
pended on the road described as follows: Be-
ginning at the southwest corner of the north
west quarter OF section nineteen. township
h. range 81 and running thence due north
Dahlgard be and is hereby appointed over
seer Of said work. he to hire the men and
Teams necessary to complete said work.
Motion carried.
On motion Of Commissioner Saxrud. sec
onded by Commissioner Wagner. the appli-
cation OF Christopher Rogers for license to
Sell Intoxicating liquors in the town Of Shot
ley was accepted and approved.
On Motion OF Commissioner Saxrud. second
ed Nv Commissioner Wagner. the bond of
said CHRISTOPHER Rogers was accepted and
approved.
The bid OF the Jcrrard Plumbing Co.. for
the Installation OF a heating plant at the poor
bid. and said bid appearing reasonable. Com
missioner Wagner movedthesamebe accepted
at Sl.""16.a3 for the heating plant. and the fur
which was seconded by Commissioner Olson
and on roll the following voted ave: Olson.
Gunderson. SaNrud. Wagner and and Dana
company to enter into contract and give good
and sufficient bond for the performance Of
same according to the plans and specifications
on file in the auditors Office.
On motion board adjourned to meet at two
clock D. m.
Afternoon session
Moved by Commissioner Wagner. seconded
by Commissioner GunderSOn tn at J. NJ. Phil
lippi. superintendent Of the Door farm be
authorized to construct cellar under the
main bui lding at the poor farm by either con-
tract or day labor. said cellar to be Of such
size as he may deem necessary
The matterof the opening Of bids for the
construction OF the following described road
was then ia ken up. The construction of a
road two rods wide and desc ribed as follows:
Beginning the south on sec
ton line between sections Twenty-Five and
,wenty-seven. town of Blackjack. and run
ming thence due east a distance of two and
Une-haf miles and there terminating.
The following bids were presented to the
board:
Thomas Mead. Sl.40 per running rod. for
Chapman & Peterson. sl.25 per running rod.
j. {. ilofland SID per running rod. for
crubDing.
The bid Of J. G. Holland for grubhing being
the lowest was. on motion Of Commissioner
Saxrud accepted and approved. Work to be
completed on or before June Is. 1907.
Three bids for the grading and covering of
the corduroy Of said road were submitted as
follows:
Chapman & Peterson. grading sl25 and
COVERING Of corduroy 500 per running rod.
covering corduroy. S2}5 per running rod.
Thomas Meade. for grading Sl.35 and for
coyerins corduroy 3. 20 per running rod.
The bid Of Chapman & Peterson being the
lowest was. on motion duly made, seconded
and carried. accepted and approved.
Inc Pa OF OF, Cha p Il Peterson. said BID
on the following DIES rbcd road: Beginning
at the south west corner OF section five. town
OF Tavlor and running thence due north one
mil" TO the northwest corner of said section
tive. was presented as follows:
Cutting and laying of corduroy $500 per
running rod: grubbins. grading and covering
furnish plank for bridge across Gull River.
Said bid appearing reasonable. on motion
Of Commissioner Wagner. seconded by Com
missioner SaXrud, said contract was awarded
to- Chapman & Peterson per bid
Moved by commissioner Olson seconded by
Commissioner SaXrud that five hundred dol
lars be and her. by is appropriated out OF the
county road and bridge fund TO be expended
on the Langor-Cormant-Qu iring road and
that L. Bjorge is hereby appointed overscer
Of said work. he to hire men and teams nee
cssary to complete said work.
On motion board adioul ned to meet at &c
o'clock a. m. Oct. :. lat6
October ,, 1905.
Forenoon session.
Board met per al iOurnment with all mem
The bid OF D. W. Mohler. said bid being the
only bid presented for road work on the fol-
lowing described land: Beginning at the
southeast corner Of section eight town of
Northern and running thence Due north a
distance OF two miles . the northeast corner
VI section five OF said town was presented as
follows:
Grabbing and clearing said road two rods
Wide ninttS-flVt cents per running rod.
said bid appearing reasonable. it was
moved by Commissioner Wagner seconded
by Commissioner SaNrud that said contract
be awarded to said II. W. Mailer. Motion
carried.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried
the applications OF Lizzie Il. Stur;Iivant and
Charles ii. Allen for correction of assessment
and abatement of taxes were recommended
TO the state auditor.
ON motion of Commissioner Gundcr>on.
seconded by Commits Toner Wagner, the audi
itOr was instructed to re- advertise for bids
lows: Beginning at the southwest corner of
section twenty-nlne town of Germany and
running thence due north one mile, thence
the towns of COrmant and Quiring, thence
duo north along range line distance of four
miles to the northwest corner Of section six
in the said town of Dormant. Bids to be let
on the grounds by Commissioners GundersOn
and Danaher on Oct. q. at , o'clock D. M.
Notice of tt G said bids to be published in the
Rlackduck A American. in addition to the off,
rial paper. Plans ard S Deci a. ions may he
seen at the auditors office or at IncZ post
Office ~
In the matter of the hearing Of the netition
OF q. A. Leopold and others praying for the.
establishment of a county road on town line
between town $50, range 30; and town of Har-
ali. to be determined at this meeting was on
motion of Commissioner Gunderson, seconded
by Commissioner SaXruI continued until the
meeting of the board on November H. 1905 at
ten o'clock a. m The committee to examine
said road consisting Of Commissioners j. r.
Wagner and A. W. Danaher. to meet at the