New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-16

limits Of any city Of tho fIrst, secooa =
third class, designating - near q "s.
IS BY the location Of such bridge. .nu
further stating that such town. v'has.
or city has provided for the payment
| 81 the oue.half OF the cost OF sncn coo.
.truction or repairs, and that the oos'
~ .uch bridge or repairs exceeds one
.iohth Of one per centum Of oil OF the
t.xable property in such town. v'i.aee
or city, according to its last eqos,ae :,
valuation, the said county board sna'.
appropriate the other halt Of sucn ~,
from tho county road and bridge fund
provided by law, with the amount pro-
vided BY said town, village or Guy.
sufacient to defrsy the expenses OF
erecting or repairing each bridge 20
petitioned for and such money snal' g
o.id out on the order of<the chairman
| Of the county board, and the county
auditor. whenever the said town board
and the commissioners hereinafter pro-
vided for shall notify them that inc
work has been completed and accepteo'
The county board shall at the Tune
of acting upon said petition, designate
tvo of it's members az committee, VINO
shall cooperate with the board OF sucn
town. village or city, and such board
and the said commissioners shall nave
full charge and authority to act 10 the
letting, inspecting and acceptance OF
tho work. This act shall not apply TO
those counties now authorized to create
county road and bridge funds under
and by virtue of any special law.
Sec. S. This act shall take effect ana
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 25, 1907.
Furthermore wish to make plain to
the public that out of this fund the
County Commissioners are vested TO
approyriate any sums of money for
good road purposes and the Board In
compliance to law designated State
Roads to be laid out turnout the
county which are under the super
vision of the State Highway Commits
sion. FIX. Com. Jorgensen was the nrst
commissioner who presented the 90.
BOARD with 8 resolution whereby
s45oo.0o was appropriated for that
purpose last year, and the results
were such, that the business people OF
the cities and villages with the farmers
united and are working hand in hand
to accomplish this good movement
and with the assistance of the State
We are bound to get good roads.
Remember that all this takes money
and cannot be done with hot air. l
based my estimates of 100000 to the
County Commissioners the costs out
of the Co. Poor Fund as follows:
Overdrawn Dec. 31st 1911. s3,0oO.W
Physician and Medicine
for pauperS. ............ -. A'0Vo'o0
By Relief Orders by Com ooo ~
missioners ................. a'yo0 ~
Poor Farm maintance.. z,oVV.V
Salary to Overseer and .oo ~
hired help. ................. oo0'0o
$4,000
In this estimate did not figure any
board for paupers outside the poor
farm, no railroad fare for paupers, no
hospital expenses and nursing paupers
outside the poor farm, but figure these
EXPENSES Is q deficiency for the next
year.
shall leave this total estimate as
presented to the Co. Commissioners to
any fair minded person in this county
whether the levy is an excessive tax
levy and could cause corrupt admins
tration or whether there is such an
alarming state Of affairs in Brown
County as the so called Yellow journal
tries to fabricate and misguide the
public.
trust the public will do as they
have done before ITO Consider from
what q thing it comes from as las
year this proprietor saw elephants ane
now he sees mules. To prove thu
sincerely of my estimates in looking
in advance of a business proposition
basing everything at its lowest,
must respectfully ask you to study th'
financial statements of ZACH year, be
cause this will give everybody Wit
takes the keenest interest in count
affairs an idea what it costs to run tn
county government.
In conclusion l would like to ask o
all those that are taking an interest il
county affairs, that they would as
Liesch whether he can run his news
papers as cheap now as he did whe
he came in possession, or whether h
can run the Postoffice department a
cheap now as the Postmaster OF 2
years ago? Please get his answer.
To make a long story short as
} yourself whether you can manag