The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-05
County Board Starts the New
Year With Few Changes.
COM. JONES IS CHAIRMAN.
Vernon Center Bridge Contract Goes
to L. d. Johnson. County
Physicians Elected.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The first meeting of the county board
for the present year opened yesterday
afternoon with all of the members
present. Commissioner Jones of Maple
ton was elected chairman, to succeed
Commissioner Paddock of this city.
Commissioner Schultz was elected vice
chairman.
The printing contracts were awarded
as follows: j. G. Wise & Sons for
publishing the delinquent tax list, and
the Review named as the official paper.
Bond, $1,000 The Free Press Print
ing company, printing and publishing
the annual financial statment. II. G.
Hotaling of Mapleton, publishing the
proceedings of the county board and OF
the board of equalization. The Free
Press is to publish the delinquent tax
list and the proceedings of the boards,
even though it was not named as the
contractor.
The applications of August Messing
and Herman Hidden for correction of
assessments were approved.
The full board examined. the county
treasury and counted the cash and found
$3SO.l9 on hand, and 1927 ,6S9.57 deposit
ed in the various banks.
The following county physicians were
elected, to serve one year from March
lst, to attend to all calls of dependent
poor, also to attend to all calls of in
fictitious diseases, ETC., and to furnish
their own medicines: First district, DIR.
&c. j. Holman, 5000; second district DIR.
A. C. Smith, $50; third district, DIR.
John Williams, $l25; fourth district, DR..
0. H. McMichael, $50; fifth district, DIR.
L. w. Kruger, $50; sixth district, DR..
f. w. Davis. $50; seventh district, Dr..
FEs NJ Benhanf, $50; eighth district, DR..
H. G. Parker, $40; ninth district,
DR.. J. T. Schlerselman, $40. All are re-
ceeds DR.. H. H. Herring, and DR.. Krueg-
elections except that DR.. Williams sue
ceeds DIR. H. H. Herring, and DIR. Grueg-
err succeeds DR.. Ira Bishop.
d. A. Jones was reelected janitor of
the court house at salary of 5000.
George Painter was reelected overseer
at the poor farm at salary of 5000.
Commissioners Schultz, Hansen and
Madigan were named as the poor farm
committee.
Commissioners Paddock, Madigan and
Jones were appointed purchasing COM
mittee.
George Painter, overseer at the poor
farm, this morning submitted his annual
report, which was examined and APP
proved.
The usual Russian thistle resolution
was adopted, naming July 18th as the
date before which they must be de-
stroyed.
The grand and petit jurors were Sc
lected.
The bids for 9O-foot bridge across
the Blue Earth river near Vernon Gen.
ter were opened, as follows: Hewitt
Bridge Co., 1881; Mayer Bros, $3,795;
Des Moines Bridge and Iron Co., $3.50;
Hennepin Bridge Co., $2,84S; A. Y.
Bayne & Co., $3.50; VIM. S. Hewitt &
Co., $4,000. The contract was awarded
to the Hennepin Bridge Co., represented
| by L. H. johnson.
Commissioner Paddock was eleced
poor commissioner for The city.
Liquor licenses were granted to
Henry Munzinger and VIM. j. Frantz
of ST. Clair.
| The annual financial statement of ex-
penditures of the county for the year
1905 was presented to and approved by
the board, and was ordered printed
without the warrant numbers, the same
as heretofore.
The board took up bills this after
noon, and tomorrow it will hear ditch
petition.