The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-15
RESOLUTION
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stearns, IS
Citv of Sank Centre.

City of Sauk Centre.
In the matter OF special assessment
for the construction of District Sewe
numbered five of the City OF Saul
Centre.
Whereas, Upon the sixth day O
May, 1908, the common council OF tht
City of Sauk Centre, by ordinance
chapter lib of the ordinances of tht
City of Sauk Centre, established sew
er district numbered five of said City
And whereas, Upon the sixth day o1
May, 1908, the common council OF tht
City of Sauk Centre, by ordinance
Chapter ia of the ordinances of saiC
city, provided for the laying out. ano
construction of district sewer in said
sewer district numbered five;
And whereas, The common council
of the city of Sauk Centre selected G
c. Ingram, competent engineer, on
the 9th day of May, 1908 to and who
did draw plans, specifications AND
tabulated the results of the estimate
of the cost of said district sewer and
report the same to said common coun-
Gil, which said plans and specifications
wers duly filed with the city clerk OF
the city of Sauk Centre, and were left
on file open to the inspection OF all
persons ever since;
And whereas, Thereafter, the COM
mon council of said city caused pro-
posals for bids for the work and con-
struction of said district sewer afore-
said to be advertised in the official
paper of the city of Sauk Centre and
in newspaper in the city of St. Paul,
the capital of the state, once in each
week for three successive weeks,
specifying the work to be done and
calling for bids upon basis of cash
payment for the work and stating the
time at which such bids would be
opened by the common council afore-
said:
And whereas, At the proper time
the common council of the city of
Sauk Centre opened said bids, and
Ilstrup & Olson being the lowest re-
sponsible bidders for said work, the
contract for said work was duly let to
said Ilstrup & Olson, and the contract
in writing was properly executed and
approved and the bond required by
law was duly furnished by said Ilstrup
& Olson:
And, whereas, Said G.. C. Ingram,
engineer as aforesaid, thereupon cal
culated the proper amount to be
specially assessed for said district
sewer against every assessable lot,
piece or parcel of land within said
sewer district number five, on the
ratio of the square feet area thereof
to the total assessable area of the
the whole sewer district aforesaid,
said calculation being made for a sew
er eight and ten inches in diamater,
as per the plans and specifications for
said district sewer;
And whereas, Said G. G. Ingram,
found the total area of said sewer dis
trict number five to be 74176S square
feet, and the total cost of said district
sewer to be $2547.37, and estimated
the area in square feet of every lot,
piece or parcel of land in said sewer
district number five and in each case
calculated the amount to be assessed
against each lot, piece or parcel of
land aforesaid, in the proportion of the
said sewer district above given, so is
the amount calculated against each
lot, piece or parcel of land aforesaid
given aforesaid;
engineer as aforesaid, having finished
assessed as aforesaid against each lot,
district numbered five, did upon the
9th day of June, 1909, prepare and
file with the city clerk of said city of
Sauk Centre, tabulated, statements
in duplicate showing the proper des-
criptions of each lot, piece or parcel
of land to be specially assessed for
said district sewer aforesaid and the
amount to be calculated against the
same, and giving the name of owner
and area in square feet of each of said
lots, piece or parcel OF land; said
statement being the basis and known
as the proposed asSessmelt 70 be
made by the common council of the
city of Sauk Centre at it's next regu-
lar meeting to be held not less than
ten days thereafter, for said district
sewer;
And whereas, The city clerk of said
city of Sauk Centre did file in his
office said tabulated statements in
duplicate upon the 9th day of June,
1909 at 8 o'clock A. M. and prepared a
notice dated, June 9th, 1909, and
caused the same to be published in
the official paper of the city of Sauk
Centre upon the 18th day of June,
1909, notifying all persons that the
common council of the city of Sauk |
Centre would meet upon Wednesday
the 7th day of July, 1909, at s o'clock
p. M. at the office of the city clerk !
of said city over the First National
Bank Of Sauk Centre, in regular sess-
ion, to pass upon and adopt the pro-
posed assessment for and on account |
Of the district sewer in and for sewer
district number five in said city of
Sauk Centre, and in said notice de-
scribed the location, extent and ter
mini of the district sewer aforesaid
and invited all persons to be present |
at such meeting and present their
reasons why such proposed assess
ment or any particular item thereof
should not be adopted.
And whereas, Upon Wednesday the
seventh day of July 1909 at the hour
of 8 o'clock P. M. the common coun-
Gil of the city of Sauk Centre did
convene at the office of the city clerk
at the place designated in the fore
going notice and for the purpose
therein stated, and there being all the
aldermen of said city present except
Alderman Boutell and said common
council having been duly called to
order and convened for business, all
nprSOnS nreSpnt were dulv piypn on