The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-05-14
TIE STATE SCHOOL
City Council Takes Measures to
Secure the Land
PAYS FOR PROPERTY
Orders City Clerk to Draw Ordei
for $3.50 for the Land Sew
er Ordinances Adopted

The city council has taken the nec-
essary steps to comply with the re-
quirements of the State Board of
Control relative to the location of the
girls industrial school at Sauk Centre
1t will be remembered that, when the
board decided on Sauk Centre for the
location of the institution, it was with
the understanding that the city should
donate a site
The deed to the land has been Sc
cured and the council stands ready to
pay the purchase price as soon as
the state has examined and approved
the title to the land.
The site, located on the south shore
CT Sauk Lake and having half mile
or more of lake front, contains 163.-
% acres. OF this amount a small
tract of All acres belonged to the
city, having originally been purchased
for park purposes. The rest of the
land has been decided by Mrs. F. Par
ish to the state for the sum of $525O
The deed is now in the possession of
the Board of Control for examination.
At the meeting of the city council
last week this matter was taken up.
The city clerk reported that the deed
had been secured, and the council by
unanimous vote, instructed the clerk
to draw an order for $525O, the pur-
chase price of the land, and to hold
the same until the title had been ex-
amined and approved by the Board of
Control.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed deciding to the state the All acre
tract owned by the city and referred
to above. Two ordinances were also
adopted, one creating sewer district
No. 5, and the other ordering a sewer
constructed in said district. This was
done to give the school proper sewer
connections. At special meeting of
the council held a day or two later
another ordinance was passed permit
ting the state to connect it's proposed
sewer with the citys system.
This clears up details nicely and it
will not take long for the state to
examine title and get ready to go
to work.
The council had busy session of it.
A feature was the passing of one
measure by a unanimous vote over
the mayors veto. The Fountain medi,
CHE show, which opened here under
canvass Monday night, had secured
a license to show a week for the sum
OF $1,000. Mayor Minette declined to
approved this action on the ground
that the amount was too small The
council went ahead on it's own hook
and voted to allow the license to
stand. The ground for their acton
was that the license had already
been arranged for and that it would
not be fair to raise it during its life.
namely one week.
Geo. 1. Dobbs, superintendent of
tie water works, reported that he
had made a thorough examination Of
the system, flushed the mains, and
had found two hydrants that were
cracked
The clerk was authorized to draw
a warrant for $50 payable to DR.. A.
J. Kirghis, the money to be used for
the purpose of purchasing braces for
the crippled girl Hilda Gibertson.
The pool room license held by Win
ston & McElhone was transferred to
w. E. Healey, the firm having sold
their business to that gentleman.
The bond of w. F. Keller city treas
urer, in the sum of 5000, with Lucas
Kells, DR.. A. j. Du BOis and Albert
Bucher as sureties, was approved.