The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-06-05
Official Proceedings
Of Board Of Countyi.Commis-
sioners of Blue Earth County,
Mimi; Special Session.

| beers were present. This session was
AGREED 90 at the adjournment of the
last one. ....
Minutes of the last session approved.
Attorney B. c. Taylor presented the
Plat of Dukes Park Addition for ap-
| proval On motion of Commissioner
Young the same was approved.
Estimate of $l,3l2 to John and Ed
ward Mccall on ditch No. 81, Lyra,
was OH motion approved.
| Estimate of $63S.45 to c. S. Erickson
on ditch No. 20, Lake Crystal, was on
motion approved.
Mankato, Mimi, May 25th, 1908. To
the Honorable Board of County Com
! missioners: Dear Sirs-Your commit
tee to which on the 25th day of April,
| A. D.. 1908. was referred the matter
of Ludtke bridge in Pleasant Mound,
new bridge and appropriate $500, re-
spectfully begs leave to submit the
following report: That having met
with the town board at the place and
received bids for the repair thereof,
we decided to defer action on account
of the cost thereof, and also visited
the site of two other bridges that it
is necessary to repair and decided to
put in large culvert pipe. The county
to pay one-half the cost.
We, the undersigned. acting as a
sub committee appointed by the whole
board on April 25th. Dated May 5th,
1905 Very respectfully, .... )
William Schultz,
... Alec Hansen,
4 ........ .,.s.. Committee
Bend of Walter F. Brooks, as re-
quired by statute, where roads are
designated as state roads, was present
ed, furnished by the United States
Fidelity & Guaranty company of Bal
timore, $1,000, was approved
The township of Garden City report
ed the Garden City bridge in bad
planking Commissioner Schultz moved
for a committee of two, which mo-
ton carried. The chair named Com
missioners Schultz and Hansen.
Adjourned to 8 a. m, May Goth,
| 1908
May 26th 1908, 9 a. m Board met
as per adjournment. All members pres
ent
The auditor was directed to advise
the county commissioners of Faribault
county of this county boards readi
ness to build the bridge over the coun-
ty line, section "a, Mapleton.
The county auditor was directed to
advertise for bids for repairing the
Kremer bridge, three miles north of
Minnesota Lake between sections 81
and. %. These bids to be opened Sat
urday, June 9th, 1890 o'clock fore
noon, by Commissioner Jones, Young
and Hansen.
| The following resolution, offered by
Commissioner Schultz, was adopted:
Be it resolved by the board of county
commissioners of the county of Blue
Earth, state of Minnesota, duly as
sembled this Goth day of May, A. d..
the county of Blue Earth to the
amount of thirtyfour thousand dol
lars N$34,OOO) or so. much thereof as
is necessary, payable at the county
auditors office in said county of Blue
Earth annually, on the first day of
December, with interest at the lowest
possible rate (per cent? per annum.
Each of said bonds to contain the pro-
vision that it is issued by authority of
the board of county commissioners, in
accordance with the provisions of chap
ter 230 of the General Laws of the
state of Minnesota for the year 1905,
as amended by Section 3, Chapter 367
of the General Laws of Minnesota for
the year 1907. Resolution adopted
Unanimously.
Application by Mrs. NJ. f. Soule for
a correction of her assessment on two
pieces of slough property was received
and both appearing meritorious, were
approved
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Albrecht, VIM, goods to poor 81. 90
AIleman, H. A., goods Ito Jail. sos
Alleman, H. A, goods to poor 4 90
Anderson, Hans, repairing Kerns
bridge 600
Bangerter, B., Jr., recording bond l 90
Bangerter, B., Jr., listing mort
cages 95. go
Bangerter, B., Jr., work OH tract
| indexes PIG. 90
Bradshaw, R. F., goods to poor 900
Brooks, w. F., estimates on Lake
| Washington road. ...-. Z so
BroOks, w. f., survey OF sec. ~,
Vernon acknowledgements. 81. 90
Brooks, w. F., ditch work. 49,. 81. 60
Brooks, w. F., work on tract
indexes 49, 70
Cousandier, Ed, goods to poor. Is. 90
Farmers Mercantile Co., goods
to poor ..,.............. 500
Fairbanks & Owens. team for
ditch No. 20. ..... 4.50
Free Press Printing CO., books,
blanks, etc. .................4 AZ 05
Griffin, F.: H., printing notices,
etc. ..... SO 40
Hansen, Alec, mileage, road and
bridge committee ...........'. ID so
Hansen & Nelson, goods to poor 81 90
Eallman, Chas. f., goods to poor 100
Hart, Thos. w., postage, ETC.. IL 80
Hodapp, j. B., transcript of evil
dence l475
Hurd Fl. A., sodding and grad
ing boulevard -. %. 90
Jaeger, j. H., goods to poor. -. IL 90
John & Thurston, goods to poor 20. 90
Jones, Chas. E., mileage, road