New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-16

ord Of the proceedings of the board
containing the township organization
and to give notice to the different
towns, and also to cause the proceed
ings to be published in the New Ulm
Pioneer
The elections were duly held and the.
first meeting Of the board of county
supervisors was held Nov. 8, 1858.
At this meeting the matter OF the
Cottonwood river bridge again APP
pears and We find this record:
Resolved, that in case the bonds
for the Cottonwood river bridge will
not be passed in full value, the county
shall pay the discount to the laborers
on said bridge.
Il Then Jacob Brust was appointed
to superintend the building Of the
bridge and to take care of all the bust
ness which the county has to compile.
according to the different contracts:
and
Resolved to allow him a compen-
sation as will be found just hereafter.
Resolved that all the business now
pending before the board shall be dis
charged on Tuesday, the Goth day of
July next, and all claims in favor and
against the county be settled on the
same day, and the clerk was ordered
to give notice thereof in the New. Ulm
Pioneer
Then comes list of bills presented
and among them we find this:
'The bill of Meyer for services as
road commissioner was laid on the
table and also that part of the sheriff S
bill for posting up election notices for
the election Of April 18th last in the
4th and 9Th precincts. The commits
sioner agreed to accept the sheriff's
bill if he will prove that he went up to
the 9TH precinct, which is very doubt
full
AS this fifth precinct was up in the
neighborhood of the yellow Medicine
agency the commissioners had reason
to believe that the sheriff was grating
in a small way.
The July meeting was taken up with
the consideration of the matters con-
nected with the construction of the
Cottonwood river bridge, the details
Of which are as follows:
Resolved, whereas, Anton Fieber
had failed to give bond for the con-
struction Of the two piers for the Cot
tonwood bridge, the said contract be
given to another man, and the clerk
was ordered to give notice for propo-
sails to be accepted on the 9th day of
August.
1.-The clerk was also charged tomake
an agreement with any of the mills in
New Ulm for delivering the necessary
planks for the Cottonwood bridge.
On motion Of Jacob Brust, the board
resolved to borrow so much money at
the present time, to enable the county
to buy twenty barrels of cement and
pay the carpenters of the Cottonwood
bridge $500 which was due to them on
the 1st day Of July, 1858.
Whereas Carl Simondet offers to
the board to lend to the county 5000
for 2 per cent a month, until the coun-
ty will be able to raise taxes for that
purpose. it was resolved to borrow the
said 5000 Resolved, that the clerk be
authorized to commission some relia-
BILE person to accept the said money in
St. Paul by the order Of G. Simondet.
Then Richard Fischer was appoin-
ted justice Of the peace for the town Of
New Ulm to fill vacancy occurred by
the resignation of Chas. Koehne.
Son motion of Frederick Boebbecke
Henry Kompe was appointed prosecut-
ing attorney for Brown county and the
clerk ordered to give notice to the re-
spective persons Of such appointment.
"Jacob Brust was instructed and
empowered to hire men for having
materials for the Cottonwood bridge
and buy lime and all such little af-
S1Al p duO hSSp ndCCOulb Cu0i0 Oh duu
submit a report to the board at a flu
ture meeting"
At the August meeting the contract
for building the piers of the bridge
was let to Berndt & Victor for $3.50
per cubic foot, and the clerk reported
that he had arranged with the Globe
mill of New Ulm S'to deliver the 1000
feet planks for s25, all what will be
necessary, Fir. Boebbecke agreed to
hawl said planks to the bridge for
So. IS per 1000 feet.
The clerk Informed the board that
G. Triguity was gone to st. Paul to
get that $500 Of Simondet. =
To be continued
| Postmaster Robbed.
G. w. Fouts, Postmaster at Riyerton.