The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-04-27
orFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COM

vi the CQunty of st. Louis Minnesota
met this the sixth day of April. 1905
at $3.50 o'clock in the forenoon pursuant
TO call Present, Commissioners Patter-
son, hugler, Sundeen, Kauppi. McInnis
Ryan and Chairman Morcom-7; absent,
on motion of Commissioner Kugler
the minutes of the meeting of March
seventh was approved as read
Inc Following applications for liquor
license were read and referred to the
committee on License and Legislation
to-wit: Application of Peter Palga for
license In Township So Range 10; the
ense in Township "a Range 20.
COMMUNICATIONS
SnieI FIRE warden requests the
Board TO publish the forestry fire no.
Revised Laws; The Consumers ore
company protests against liquor license
IN 1913; Republic iron and Steel COM
pany protests against liquor license
In oS-l9; Rollins and company relative
TO County Bonds; the above received
The following opinion was received
from the County Attorney relative to
medical attendance, to-wit: There has
peen referred to me question in a
letter addressed to your Honorable
Board under date of March 7th from
brief, the question is this: Upon whom
does the duty rest Of providing medical
care for the inmates of the County Jail
and through what channel is the per-
son employed to be paid.
1t Is evident L think, that this duty
must rest, in the first instance, either
upon the Board of Poor Commission
County Commissioners. So far as the
Board of Poor Commissioners are con-
cerned, its duties are confined to the
INDECENT poor of the county The
VINO are able to earn their own living.
1t is not question whether they are
rich or poor but question of whether
they are able to support themselves
The poor board have nothing what
ever to do with the County Jail and the
money which they disburse can be
spent only for specified purposes. The
inmates Of the County Jail are con-
fined therein because they have been
convicted or are accused of commit
ing some crime. Very few of them
in the jurisdiction of the Poor Board
II they were out of jail, and the fact
that they are confined for time can
not give the Poor Board any jurisdic-
ton in the matter.
The only authority that can possibly
have anything to say about the matter
is the Board of County Commissioners
in whom the general powers of the
marked that the County Board of
Health have nothing to do with the
matter. The members of this Board
are appointed by the Board of County
pressly confined by Statute to unor-
ganized townships. There remains to
be considered the general power given
under Section 5476 of the new Code,
The following is a quotation from this
Section: THE County Board shall pro-
vide medical aid for prisoners" AS
this duty is placed by express statute
sioners, 1t follows that any proper
means to accomplish the end would
be legal. ! believe. however, that 1t is
range for directly and not through the
sheriff. 1 should think that the proper
way would be to select physician in
good standing and to make arrange
paid for services actually performed
at a fixed sum per visit. You can
doubtless delegate to the sheriff the
duty of calling upon the physician when
Very Truly Yours,
WILSON G. CROSBY,
Asst. County Attorney.
Application from the janitor of the
was referred to the Committee on
Court House.
A letter addressed to the County At
torney by the Poor Board grants the
County Coroner permission to bury his
cases at the Poor Farm without cost
to the Poor Board. received and filed.
PETITIONS
Petition of James A Field to be set
off, referred to committee of the whole.
Petition of Noble A. Beatty and 81
others for the organization of Sections
/, 2, 8, 4, 5 and 6, Township 81 Range
Is and all of Townships SO and "a
Range Is into a new town to be known
as Vermillion.
Petition of Aug Buboltz and So others
for the organization of all of Township
81 Range Is except Sections 1. 2, 3, 4,
and and all of Township 81 Range 10
into a new town to be known as Field.
Petition Of A. Nels Anderson and 40
others for the attaching of all of Town
ship SO Range IS to the Township of
Great Scott.
Petition of Eli MAXI and ~ others
ICED of all of Township 81 Range 1t;
all the above petitions referred to the
County Attorney.
Petition of Thomas Johnson and 29
others for the establishment Of coun-
ty road in Township 40 Range Is.
Petition of Eskki Nieminen and 2S
others for the establishment of coun-
ty road in Township Sc Ranges IA and
Petition of Wilho Tikander and %
others for the establishment of coun-
ty road in Township 81 Ranges IA and
/ Petition of Frank Wren and 80 others
Tor the repair of Connors road; all the
above petitions referred to the Com
mittee on Highways and Bridges
| Bond of William 9rf and William
Merrill in the sum of 100000 fog liquor
license in 1920; Bond of w. E. Hanna
ford in the sum of $4,000 for publish
ing proceedings of the Board; the above
referred to the County Attorney.