The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-08
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Of the Board of County Commissioners
of Blue Earth County, MINI.
SPECIAL SESSION.

| DOaIu vi NouhIs Noihi''"N'' "
according to adjournment. All mem
bers of the Board were present. Meet
ing called to order by the chairman.
Minutes of the last session approx
| ed.
Hearing on the petitions of John ana
Edward Weir to be set off from school
district No. 81 to 40 was had and the.
| following orders were made, after
motion to grant the petition, which
carried.
| Whereas, The petitions of John Weir
and Edward Weir legal voters, free
holders and residents of school district
No. 81 in this county, representing that
| they are the owners of the land herein
after described, which are situate IN
said school district, and adjom school
! district No. 40 and asking that they
with their said lands may be set of
| from said district No. 81 to said ad-
| Joining school district No. 40 for the
/
from John Weir's residence to the
school house in district No. 81 is 3
IL miles while the school house in dis
trict No. 40 is but two miles. That the
distance from Edward Weir's residence
to the school house in district No. 81
is 2 IA miles while the distance to
the school house in district No. 40 is
3 IA miles. The school house in dis
| trict No. 40 is on the main road to
Amboy and they can take their child
rem back and forth while trading, were
presented to the board of commission
ers of this county, at a session of said
board held on the 9th day of January
A. ID. 1907, for the action of said
board thereon; and Whereas, it was
thereupon ordered by said board that
hearing should be had on said petitions
at a session of said board commencing
on the 25th day of February A. D..
| 1907, at the county auditors office in
the city of Mankato, in said county;
and Whereas, it was further ordered
in and by said orders that notice of
| the time and place of such hearing be
given by posting copy of said orders
/ in one public place in each of the
1 school districts to be affected by said
petitions, and by handing to and leav-
! ing with the clerk of said school dis
tricts, personally, a, copy of said or
| der, at least ten days before the time
appointed for such hearing; and Where
as, at the said session of the said
board of county commissioners COM
mencing on said 25th day of February,
A. d., 1907, due proof of the posting
and service of said order of hearing
as therein directed and required, more
than ten days prior to said last nam
ed date, having been made and filed,
said petitions were publicly read and
considered by the board, with everv-
thing which was said by said interested
parties for or against granting the
prayer OF the petitioners John and Ed
ward Weir and said board being of
! opinion that said petitions should be
granted, it is hereby ordered and de-
termined, that the said petitions and
the following described lands owned by
them, to-wit the north half of the
southwest quarter (NH of SWA) and
south half of southwest quarter (Sh
of SWA) of Section Five (5) in Town
ship One Hundred and five QO5) Range
Twenty Seven (27) west be and the
same are hereby set off from said
school district No. 81 to said adjoining
school district No. 40 and said lands
are hereby made part of said last
named school district for all purposes
whatever.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Dated the 25th day of February A..
d., 1907.
| ROBERT MADIGAN.
Chairman of the board of county COM
missioners of Blue Earth county MINI.
Attest:
| Ed Weaver,
| County Auditor and Ex-Officio
Clerk of Board.
! Hearing on the petition of c.. F.
Glblln to be set over from district lO4
to 1T. 1872 was had. On motion the
petition was granted and the follow
ing order was made.
Whereas, The petition of C. F..
Glblln legal voter, freebooter and
resident of school district No. lO4 in
THIS county, representing that he is the
owner of the lands hereinafter des-
crlbed, which are situate i'm said school
district, and adjoin school district No,
1T. 1872 and asking that he with his
SAID lands may be set off from said
uistrict No. lO4 to said adjoining school
distiict No. Ut. 1872 for the following
reasons:
| mat his tenant on said land has sew.
eral children of school age. That #