The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-11-07
Commissioners Proceedings.
OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL
Auditors office, Redwood county,
Falls, Mimi, Nov. I'd, 1906.
Board of county commissioners
met on the above date at 2 o'clock
p. m. pursuant to call and notice,
which were duly read. Members
present: J. F. Cain, Geo. Posi-, C.
H. Frederiksen, C. W. Mead and D.
R. McCorquodale.
In the matter of the petition of
Charles E. Baum and others for a
public ditch in the township of
North Hero, heretofore numbered
by the county auditor as ditch No.
of Redwood county, the time hav-
ing arrived for hearing on said
petition, namely; Friday, the I'd
day of November, 1906, at 2 o'clock
p. M, and due notice of said hear
ing on said petition having been
given by posting, publishing and
mailing copies Of the notice of pen
dency of said petition and the time
and place for hearing on same as
by law required, said petition was
read and considered. Attorney
Frank Clague, appearing for C. O.
Nichols, objected to said petition on
the ground that said petition was
not legal on it's face and that the
board had no jurisdiction to act
thereon at this date, and that the
notice of hearing was not mailed to
non-residents in all cases.
On motion of ]. F. Cain, duly
passed, it was ordered as follows:
Whereas, a petition bearing date
of the 31st day of August, 1906,
signed by Chas. E. Baum, John
Strandberg, C. A. Johnson, Dennis
Daley, Caroline Anderson (N, her
mark, G. w. Lynn, Fred. Stone,
Alfred Stone, Fred. Sixbury, Char
ley Nelson, William J. Harnack. W.
J. Kober and Charles Stenbers,
praying for the establishment of a
certain public ditch in said county,
designated and numbered by the
county auditor as county ditch No.
5, the route of which is more fully
described in said petition, and a
proper bond accompanying the same,
have been filed with the county
auditor of said county, as by law
required:
And whereas, it appears by
satisfactory proof to the board
of county commissioners of Red
wood county, that due notice of the
tendency of said petition, and the
time and place at which the same
would be heard, has been given as
required by law:
Now, therefore, we the board of
county commissioners of said coun-
T ty, at legally called special session
held this day, do hereby appoint NJ.
B. Haynes as competent and ex-
perlenced engineer to make an
= accurate survey of the line of said
d county ditch No. from its source
y to its outlet, as provided and speci-
fled in and by chapter 230 of the
n general laws of 1905, and after COM
t pleting his duties as such engineer
to make and file his report with the
f county auditor of said county on or
y before the LIST day of March. 1907. "
On motion of J. F. Cain, duly
J. passed, ordered as follows:
I That we, the board of county COM
o missioners of said county of Red
:. wood, at a special session held this
day, do hereby appoint w. G. Costly,
n S. P. Hicks and Charles Ripley, three
r resident freeholders of said county.
n who are not interested in the con-
y struction of said proposed work,
It and not of kin to any of the parties
) known to be interested therein, to
q be viewers of said proposed county
Il ditch No. 5 and branches, and OF
k the route thereof. to act as such
: viewers and make report thereon ir
t accordance with the provisions OF
chapter 230 of the general laws OF
: 1905.
The resignation Of S. J. Race as
superintendent of schools of Red.
n wood county, was presented, read
and on motion of Geo. Posi-. duly
C passed said resignation was accepted
The application of H. J. Beber.