The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-08-21
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of County Commission
ers Of Blue Earth County, MINI.
Mankato, Mimi, July, 18th, 1908.
REGULAR SESSION.

nlgnWay Degmnng at q point oO rous
north of the southwest corner of Sec.
80 on the road between Sec! 80 LeRay
and Sec. 25 Manka.o Township and
running across the land of Nelson f.
B. Bennett, connecting with the town
line road north and south just east of
the Tivoli bridge, was received, read and
on motion the following committee was
named, this committee ito meet at the
Tivoi Bridge Wednesday, July 22nd,
5 P. M. CONS. Madigan, Young and
Schultz. Hearing September sth, 1880
q. m.
Ditch estimates were allowed as fol-
lows:
John T. Davis, No. ID. $565. 81
John T. Davis, No. a. . 472 so
John & Edward Mccall, No. 81 l,632 80
C. s. Erickson, No. II. ... $50 Sc
Application of Chas. Hoffman for
correction of assessment on real estate
on account of house having burnt two
years before the assessment. Appli
cation approved.
Petition for change of road in Sec.
Z, Decoria, Zeigler Hill road, Is to 20
rods long, was received signed by VIM.
Wittrock and others. On motion that
a committee be named to view the
same, which motion carried, the chair
named CONS. Madigan, Jones and Han
sen. Hearing Sept. sth, 2 pm. Com
mittee to meet July 18th.
Petition for change and vacation
of a road in Sec. %, Garden City, near
Mills and Thurston places, signed by
H. j. Schultz and others was re-
ceived and read. On motion of Com
Schultz that committee be named to
view the same, CONS. Young, Madigan
and Jones were named to meet at the
site on Thursday July 23rd, 3 p. m.
The hearing to occur Sept. 9Th, IL a.
m.
The chairman of the Sterling town
board reported the OKittle Olson bridge
and the repairs of this bridge will be
undertaken along with other work
which viii be done by the county
later it being understood that the
township will finally do the work
and pay one-half therefor.
School petition signed by VIM H.
Compton asking to be set over from
Dist. No. 81 to l53 was received and
read. Date of hearing, Sept. 7th, 2
p. m.
School petition signed by Joseph
Stagmeier asking to be set off from
Dist. No. SO to l40 was received and
read. Date of hearing Sept. 7th, 2:3O
p. m.
y School petition signed by Jens j.
Nesbitt, asking to be set over from
Dist. it. Oh to "a was received and
read. Date of hearing Sept. 7th, 2:3O
p. m.
School petition signed by o. o.
Brontie asking to be set over from
Dist. it. 81 to GA was received and
read. Date of hearing Sept. 7th, 2:3O
p. m.
Goettl Hill.
The county agrees to fix the Goettl
Hill and rebuilt the Gust Hall culvert
at the foot of Goettl Hill, which will
satisfy the town of Decoria as to the
washouts which recently occurred. NJ.
j. Bowe, representing Decoria, was
agreeable and proposed it.
September meeting of the board,
Monday Sept. It'll, 1908, 2 p. m.
Board adjourned to July l4th, 9 a.
Tuesday, July I4th, 1908, 9 a. m.
Board convened as per adjournment.
All members present. Chm. Hansen
presiding.
AS the board of county commission
ers agreed at the time of its visit to
Pleasant Mound Township, to pay one
half of the. cost of putting in three
corrugated culverts to replace some old
bridges and the cost of the culverts
was $5ll20. Com. Schultz moved
that the sum of $255.60 be appro-
priated and paid at once to the treas
urer of that township Motion car
ried.
On motion of Com. Young that the
auditor be directed to advertise for
bids for coal he was directed as fol-
lows:
Three hundred tons of soft coal, 200
of a quality equal to Hooking Valley,
screened, of the Sunday Creek variety.
Also 100 tons of quality equal to
Wilmington. Bids to be opened by
Com. Young, Tuesday, July 2Sth.
Com. Madigan moved the township
of Judson be permitted to use the
$4,000 appropriated by the county
board, February 3rd, 1908, and paid
on the 10th day of July, 1908, as it
pleases, although it was appropriated
to assist in building a certain road to
the Minnesota river.
The following resolution offered by
Com. Schultz was adopted:
Resolved, That there be and is
hereby levied on the taxable property
of Blue Earth county in the state of
Minnesota, two ~ mills on each dol
lar of valuation assessed, for the bene-
fit of the county general road and
bridge fund for the purpose of con-
$ structing, repairing and maintaining
the roads and bridges within the coun
ty according to Chapter 423 General
Laws of 1907. Resolution adopted:
Alec Hansen