Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-07-20
COM NIssloNERs PROCEEDINGS.
rlinutes of the Regular July Meet
ing last Week.

Regular meeting of the board OF
county commissioners of Stevens coun
ty was called to order Monday, July
Sth, at 10 a. m Members present: P.
L. Casey, O. N. Dohlen, c. B. Park
and J. H. Devenney; Commissioner
Rentz being absent on account OF
sickness.
Minutes of special meeting held
May 9th and May 10th were read and
approved.
The report of the committee on
change of Morris and Appleton road,
between sections Is and q, in town
ship of Darnen, was read and on mo-
ton made and seconded, same was
approved, and the prayer of the pc
titioners was granted and order made
changing the same.
c. E. Summer, of the town of Ever
glade, appeared before the board ask
ing for an appropriation from the
road and bridge fund to assist said
town in building a grade between the
town of Baker and Everglade, south
of sections 50, 33 and "a, in the town
of Everglade. On motion made and
seconded said town was granted an
appropriation of $4,000 and the town
of Stevens, upon the request of the
commissioner from that district and
upon motion made and seconded, was
granted $4,000.
Motion made and seconded that the
allowance of $4,000, made March 4th,
1907, for conducting model country
school, be increased $4,000; the same
to be paid upon a properly verified
and itemized bill approved by thu
SUPERINTENDENT of schools and pre-
scented to the county board. Motion
carried.
Motion made and seconded to ad-
journ to 1870 p. m. Motion carried.
At 1870 D. m. Board reconVened,
pursuant to adjournment.
w. T. Ziebarth of Herman, appear
ed before the board and presented a
petition for the formation of new
joint school district in Stevens and
Grant counties. Same was set for
hearing Tuesday, Oct. list, 1907, at
10 a. m. The board next proceeded
to elect supplemental jury list.
Motion made and seconded to
transfer $1,000 90 from the county rev.
enue flrnd to the county road and
bridge fund. Motion carried.
A. A. Roberts of Hancock, and John
McNally of ChokiO, came before the
board asking assistance for then
respective villages in building roads
therein. Motion made and seconded
appropriating $4,000 to the village
of Hancock and $4,000 to the village
of Chokio Motion carried,
Motion made and seconded that
the board adjourn to July 10th at 10
a. m. and visit the county farm on
the 9th inst Motion carried.
July 10th, 10 a. m. Board recon-
yeneu pursuant to adjournmen~
Members present: Casey, Devenney,
Park and Dohlen.
T. Fl. Mcguire and F. r. Putnam
appeared for the Stevens County Ag-
ricultural Society asking for an ap-
preparation to help defray the ex-
penses of the county fair this fall;
upon motion made and seconded,
$4,000 was appropriated from the
county revenue fund for that pur-
pose.
The board next considered the de-
linquent personal property list and
Cancelled such taxes as in their opin-
ion could not be collected.
A. c.. Satter presented an affidavit
stating that he was not the owner of
a certain mortgage of $25OO.0O as
sessed to him in 1906, and on which
he had to pay the taxes, and asked
that such taxes be refunded; after
due consideration the board refused
to take any action Motion made and
seconded to adjourn to 80 p M Mo-
ton carried.
At 1880 p m. board reconvened
pursuant to adjournment.
The care of Hans Syverson and
wife was left for Commissioner DOH
len to attend to; as the present care
taker, Mrs. Hilda Syverson, was I'M
able 10 complete her contract on ac
count of sickness.
County Ditch No. l was next taken
up and a resolution was duly made
whereby John D. Morgan of st. Cloud,
was appointed engineer; and an or
der was made appointing George H.
Munro, c. F. Loeffler and Otto Oh
son as viewers.
Taxes were ordered levied upon the
taxable property in the county, for
1907, in accordance to the following
itemized estimate of the probable ex