The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-14
Commissioners Proceedings.
OFFICIALLY
Auditors office, Redwood Co., Red
wood Falls, MIMI. Aug. 9Th,
OFFICIALLY

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Board of county commissioners
convened in a special session at one
O'Clock D. M, on the above giver
date, pursuant to notice, copy OF
which was duly read. Members
present: J. F. Cain, George Posi-
C. H. Fredriksen and D. r. McCor-
quodale.
In the matter of a petition of V
P. Eichten and others for public
ditch in the township Of Willow
Lake and Charlestown, heretofore
numbered by the county auditor as
county ditch No. 8 of Redwood
county. The time having arrived
for hearing on said petition, name
ly: August 9th, at one O'Clock, said
petition was read and considered.
Frank Clague, attorney for nj.
FLAG and others objected to the
jurisdiction Of the board of county
commissioners acting on ditch petit
ton No. 8 on the following grounds.
First: That the board of seounty
commissioners has no authority to
act on said petition for the reason
that no petition has been filed in
said proceedings according to law.
Second: That no bonds have been
filed in said proceedings according
to law.
Third: That board of county COM
missioners has no jurisdiction here
in for the reason that no notices of
this meeting has been given, and
posted according to law.
Fourth: On behalf Of M. FLAG
and others it is moved that said
petition be dismissed for the reason
that the damages done by the con-
struction of this ditch exceeds the
benefits and that the ditch is inn
properly laid out for accomplishing
any general benefit to the parties
affected.
On motion, duly passed. the OBJ
lection was over-ruled.
Albert H. Emerson appeared as
attorney for the petitioners.
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Board proceeded to and. did con-
sider all that was said for or against
ordering survey of said ditch.
On motion of D. R. McCorquo-
dale, duly passed, ordered as follows:
Whereas, a petition bearing date
July 18th. 1907, and signed by Val.
p Eichten, Louis Holznagel, James
Lackie, Ed his (x) mark Dooner,
John CORES, Thomas Mcclure, Mar
tin Foy, Matthias Eichten and Fred.
Aufderheide. praying for the estab-
lishment of certain ditch in said
county designated and numbered as
county ditch No. 8, the route of
which is more fullyt described in
said petition and the proper bond
accompanying the same, having been
filed with the said county auditor as
by law required, and whereas it APP
pears by satisfactory proof to the
board of county commissioners of
Redwood county that due notice Of
tendency of the 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 commission
ers of said Redwood county at a
special session held this day do here
by appoint George Book as COM
petent engineer to make an accurate
survey of the line of said ditch No.
8, from its source to it's outlet as
provided by law, and after complet-
ing the said survey as such engineer
to make and file his report with the
county auditor on or before October
18th, 1907.
On motion Of j. F. Cain, duly
passed, ordered as follows: That
the board of county commissioners
of said county, at a session held this
day, do hereby appoint Fred. Slower,
E. C. Nelson and Martin Bredvold,
three resident freeholders of said
county who are not interested in
the construction of, said proposed
work and not of kin. to any of TIE
parties known to be interested there
in, to be viewers of said proposed
county ditch No. 8, and of the route
thereof; to act as such viewers and
report thereon in accordance with