The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-04

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owner of the lands hereinafter de-
scribed, which are situate in said
school district, and adjon school dis
trict No. 4S and asking that he with
his said lands may be set off from
said district No. Isl to said adjoining
school district No. As for the follow
ing reasons That to the school house
in District Isl it is more than three
miles by highway whereas to the school
house in 4S the distance is less. That
his children have never attended school
in district Isl but for eighteen years
have attended No. As. was presented
to the board of county commissioners
of this county, at a session of said
board held on the 4th day of January,
A. d., 1910, for the action of said
board thereon; and ".it
Whereas, it was thereupon ordered
by said board that a hearing should
be had on said petition at session
of said board commencing on the 9th
day of February, a. ID. 1910 at the
county auditors Office in the city of
Mankato, in said county; and
Whereas, it was further ordered in
and by said order that notice of the
time and place of such hearing be
given by posting a copy of said or
der i'll one public place in each of the
school districts to be affected by said
petition, and by handing to and leav-
ing with the clerk of said school dis
tricts, personally, copy of said or
der, at least ten days before the
time appointed for such hearing; and
Whereas, at the said session of the
said board of county commissioners
commencing on said 9th day of Feb
ruary, A. d. 1910. due proof of the
posting and service of said order of
hearing as therein directed and re-
quired, more than ten days prior to
said last named date, having been
made and filed. said petition was pub
licly read and considered by the board
with everything which was said by
said interested parties for or against
granting the prayer of the petitioner,
Cornelius Johnston, and said board be-
ing of opinion that said petition should
be granted, it is hereby ordered and
determined, that the said petition and
the following described lands owned
by him, tO-wit: The northwest quar-
ter of the northeast quarter of section
20, town 100, range %, jamestown, be
and the same are hereby set off from
said school district No l5l to said
adjoining school district No. 48, and
said lands are hereby made part
of said named school district fol
all purposes whatever.
BY order of the board of county
commissioners.
Dated the 10th day of February, y
d. 1910.
D. P. YOUNG,
Chairman of the Board of County Com
missieners of Blue Earth County
M!hn, - -@i.a s 7 ..ar
Attest:
Edgar Weaver.
County Auditor and EXOricio
Clerk of Board.
Application by the Mankato Electric
Traction Co. for reduction of assess
ment was made. Claim on account OF
too great valuation. Approved.
Bids for the work advertised for in
Pleasant Mound, known as Pleasant
View, Sec. y, were opened and as fol
lows:
Alex Bashaw, S3,00l50; H. +. Day
& S. r. Brush, Sl,S9S.O0; c. S. Erick
son, $l,G37.50: Hennepin Bridge Co.
So, 705.0O; c. Z. Beatty, $3,04S.0O.
Commissioner Schultz moved to ac
cept the bid of G.. S. Erickson and the
motion was carried.
Bids were opened for the work tc
prevent damage to the Bryson bridge
and pier. They were as follows:
c. f. Beatty, Sl,lS2.00; c. S. Erick
SON, $4,000; J. b. Nelson, $4,000;
Alex Bashaw, Sl,l65.00.
On motion of Commissioner Schultz
that the bid of c. s. Erickson OF
$4,000 be accepted and the contract
for the work be awarded to him. Mo
ton carried. NJ
School petition of w. II. Compton
to be set over from district No. 81
TO 1913 was heard No one appearing
in opposition, Mr.. Compton asked that
the petition be granted and the order
was made.
On motion board adjourned to 8 a
H., the llth.
Mankato, Mimi. February llth. 1910
10 A. M.-Applications for correction OF
assessments made by Charles IL. Jones
end Hans Hanson, administrator, were
,oa motion approved.
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
.lbrccht. VIM. goods to poor. SIS OF
.Amboy Herald, printing notices 10. 81
Anderson, A., goods to court ~
mousse o.Vt
Anderson, A., plat for Ledbeter =
case 4 sc
Bashaw, Alex, coal. ............ Al 81
Bee Hive Dept. Store, goods to
| poor farm Se
Peer, Albert, goods to poor. 30.1
Brett, Geo. +. Inc, goods to
| poor farm ................... TT
Brooks, W. F., bridge work. .. 80. i.
Brooks, w. F., work Oh ditch
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