Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-09-26
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Official Proceedings of the Board
Of County Commissioners of
Marshall County, MINI.

Special meeting held Sept. 18th,
1907.
Pursuant to call for special meet
ing made by g. Wittensten. E. 0.
Bystrom and F. A. Green. for the
purpose of appointing Coroner,
and to consider and act upon a
petition asking for the incorporation
of Alvarado as a village.
Meeting called to order at 10
O'Clock a. m.: members present, G.
Wittensten, F. A. Green and John
A. Serum: absent, E. O. Bystrom
and Herman Engelsrud. AS both
the Chairman and Vice-C Chairman
were absent, John A. Serum was
elected chairman, Pro tenn.
Resignation Of coroner o. F. Nell
by read by chairman, as follows:
The honorable board of county
commissioners
hereby tender my resignation as
county coroner to take effect as soon
as a successor can be appointed. I
expect to move from the County
about the lst of Sept, 1907.
Yours respectfully,
O. F. Mellby.
On motion the resignation of o.
F. Mellby was accepted.
Motion made by Green, seconded
by Wittensten, that DR.. A.C. Baker,
Of Stephen, be appointed county
coroner to fill the unexpired term Of
o. F. Mellby, resigned. Carried.
On motion, coroners bond was fixed
at $4,000.
The petition for the incorporation
of the village of Alvarado was duly
considered and on motion the follow
ing resolution was passed:
Whereas, a petition signed by &c.
Hoff and 30 others has been present.
ed to the county board, praying for
the incorporation of Alvarado, and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the
said board that the territory therein
described is not already lncor-
porated as village, and that the
same is partly plated into lots with
a view to village occupancy, and
that the same has resident popu-
lation of not less than two hundred,
and it further appearing to the
satisfaction of the said county board
that the said petition is signed by
twenty-five or more voters, resident
within the said territory described
in the said petition, and that the
said petition in all things complies
with the requirements of law.
Now, therefore, be it resolved,
that the county board does hereby
in all things approve the said
petition, and the time and place of
the election, when and where the
electors resident in the territory
described in the said PETITION may
vote for or against the incorporation
of the said territory as a village, is
on the 10th day of October, A. D.,
1907, between the hours of nine
O'Clock in the forenoon and five
o'clock in the afternoon at the
Modern Woodman of America Hall,
on lot six, (6), in block nine, 10y, in
the townsite of Alvarado, in the
said County of Marshall, and that
notice of the said election be given
as provided by law.
Be it further resolved. that Martin
Sands, Julius Eyquist and Carl
Christensen, three residents of the
said territory be, and they. hereby
are appointed as inspectors who shall
act as judges of election.
Motion made and seconded that
James r. Mack be appointed Superin'
tendent of State Roads, and to per
form such services and at such times
as is necessary and as the county
board and town boards require ant
direct. Carried.
Motion made and seconded thai
Herman Engelsrud be appointed
superintendent of county roads il
the 4th commissioner district; ant
John A. Serum in the 5th commits
sioner district. Carried.
On motion, adjourned.
John A. Serum,
Chairman Pro tenn.
County Board, Marshall Co., Mimi
Attest: P. B. Malberg,
County Auditor.
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