Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-15
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Official Report Of the Doinqs Of
the County Board at It's
Regular January Session
Office Of County Auditor, Kandiyohi,
County. Minnesota.
Whitman January 1903

Willmar, January J. 1908.
The Board OF County Commission
ers Of the said Kandiyohi County
convened in regular session on above
mentioned date. at 2 o'clock p. H.,
pursuant to law. Members present:
Commissioners Olson, Johnson, Klos-
ter, Syverson and Bitten. Absent,
none
The Board organized by electing
Commissioner Thos. H. Olson chair
man for the ensuing year. Commits
sioncr N B. Johnson was elected vice
chairman.
Upon motion Isaac Nordstrom was
appointed courthouse janitor for the
ensuing year. with salary fixed at
$500 per month.
Engineers certificate Of partial pay
mcnt of ditcl,ing job on County Ditch
No. g. amounting to $4,000, issued in
favor of ?. J. Williamson. was pre-
scented and examined and on motion
the same was accepted.
On motion made and duly second
ed, which motion carried, II. f. Elk
rem was appointed as one OF the ap-
praisers OF the State Lands in Kan
diyohi County.
Commissioner S. A. Syvcrson was
ordered and directed by the Board to
engage the County Surveyor to make
Il survey OF County Road in the
towns of Norway Lake and Colfax,
which road was established by the
County Board July Is, 1907
Applications for an appropriation
from the County Road and Bridge
Fund from the Towns of Colfax and
Roscvillc were laid over on account
of lack of funds.
On motion a recess was taken until
$50 o'clock a. ,n.. January s. 1908.
The Board met at $50 o'clock a.
m. Jan. s. 1908 All members pres
emf.
The Board proceeded to examine
the accounts and vouchers Of the
County Auditor and Treasurer. and
the following statement was made:
Statement.
Amount charged to the
County Treasurer. as as
ccrtaincd from the Audi
tors and TrcaSurcr's
books ................ SOC. 922.3
The amount of funds in the treas
ury was found to be as follows
Deposited in the Bank OF
Willmar .........$ l5,029.6O
Deposited in the Kandiyohi
County Bank .......... 14.oS1.96
Deposited in the First Ma
tional Bank of Willmar 1883 2S
Deposited in the Security
Bank of Atwatcr ..... 100000
Deposited in the Farmers
State Bank OF Atwatcr. 100000
Deposited in the State Bank
OF New London .... 100000
Deposited in the State Bank
OF Green Lake ...... 100000
Deposited in the First Ma
tional Bank OF Raymond 100000
Deposited in the State Bank
OF Pcnnock ............. 100000
Deposited in the State Bank
ni kandiyohi .......... 100000
Cash in drawer. 27.3S
s66,922. 80
Auditors Balance, $6o.o22.3O
Dated this 9Th day OF January. 1908
THOS. II. OLSON,
Chairman Board Of County Com,
missirncrs.
Attest, JOHN FEIG,
County Auditor
On motion a recess was taken unit
| 80 clock p. m.
The Board met at | 80 o'clock p
IN. Jan. 8.
The county treasurer clerk hire
was on motion fixed at $4,000 for thu
ensuing year.
Commissioner Olson was directed by
the Board to employ the County Sur
vcyor Tor the purpose OF making ;
survey OF the new county road in thu
town of Kandiyohi, laid out by tn,
County Board on July 9Th, 1907.
The Board proceeded to open bid
filed for the county printing and pub
fishing for the year 1908, and the sew
cral bids received were opened AM
read Upon motion it was voted t.
defer action in the matter until later
An application made by the Kan
diyohi County Horticultural Societ,
to the County Commissioners for al
appropriation in the sum of $500 t,
90 used to aid the said society in de
iray,Dg expenses for the making an
maintaining Of an exhibit at the mex
state fair was presented, read an
considered. and on motion the sam
was denied.
Pursuant to Sec 574. Revised Law
Of Minnesota Of the year 1905, tn
slim OF $500 was set aside as a cor
tjngcnt fund for the purpose set fort
in SAID law
Moved and seconded that the sur
Of $3.50 be set over from the count
revenue fund to the incidental fund t
1cfray incidental expenses.
Motion carried
The following resolution was adop
Cd BY a full vote of the Board:
1t having been made to appear t
the Board of County Commissioners
that b. +. Jenncss, Esq, the Civ
Engineer originally duly appointed b
this County Board on the 14th day
June. A. D. 1904, to have charge
and act as Engineer in the constru
ton of the Public Ditch in the Cou1
~ III kandiyohi. Minnesota, pet
toned for by Jonas Dickson and otl
crs. and designated and numbered
County Ditch No. II. is deceased;
And it further appearing. that sa
ditch is not completed. but is now
progress Of construction and the IL
completed work requires the servic
OF Civil Engineer, and it is ncce
:Sary that another engineer having II
qualifications required by law sl,;
Sc appointed in the stead and pla
of the said B. f. Jenness, decease
BE il therefore
Resolved. That J. S. Day, a du
qualified and cOmDetcnt SURVEYOR r