The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
Official Proceedings Of Commits
sioners of Blue Earth County


were approved.
The election of county physicians
was taken up and for the first dis
trict DR.. Roy Andrews was named
| his appointment to take effect March
1st at salary of 100000 a year pay.
able monthly, he to furnish his own
medicines excepting where use oil
Antitoxin is necessary, which will be
paid for by the county. He is also
to perform all operations on county
poor persons without extra charge.
The county auditor. purchasing
agent.
Walter +. Brooks, county highway
superintendent.
Printing.
Bids were opened for tho county
printing, to-wit:
For printing and publishing pro
ceedings of the board of county com.
missioners. Also the proceedings of
the county board of equalization for
the year 1911. Fl. c. Hotaling of
Mapleton bid 75c folio, one inser.
ton and to be published in the Blue
Earth County Enterprise, Daily
and Weekly Review, Daily and Week.
ly Free Press, Amboy Herald, Lake
Crystal Union, Good Thunder Herald.
Only this one bid, so the award
was made to him at his figure.
Adjourned to 2 p. m
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The Free Press Printing company
for publishing the delinquent tax list
of the year 1909, bid Is cents de-
scription, three insertions, to be pub
lished in The Mankato Daily and
Weekly Free Press, Daily and Week
ly Review; legal notices 5 cents a
folio, three insertions.
There being no other bidder this
bid was accepted and by resolution
the proprictors of that paper were
awarded the contract and bond of
$1,000 to be filed with the auditor.
The resolution reads as follows
Resolved, That the bid of the pro.
prietors of The Free Press Printing
company of Mankato for printing and
publishing the delinquent tax list on
real estate in the county of Blue
Earth, state of Minnesota for the
year 1909 which became delinauent
on the first Monday in January, A. d.
1911, of Is cents description is
hereby accepted and the work is
awarded to them. The publication is
to be made in The Daily and Weekly
Free Press, Daily and Weekly Re-
view.
Financial Statement.
The proprietors of The Mankato
Review bid fer three publications rs
cents for first insertion and So cents
for each subsequent insertion. to be
published in The Daily and Weekly
Review. Daily and Weekly Free Press.
Blue Earth County Enterprise, Man.
kato Post.
No other bid for this work was
submitted.
On motion of Commissioner Young
this bid was accepted and the con
tract was awarded to them by reso.
luton.
Official Paper.
Resolved, That The Daily Free
Press is by this resolution designated
as the county official paper in which
all notices affecting the county and
originating within the county, except.
ing ditch matters. which may be pub.
lished in other papers and be legal,
shall be published during the year
1911.
Resolution presented by Commits.
sioner Hansen:
Resolved, That for the purpose of
convenience and the proper distribu.
ton of information which is desired
and where necessary as in cases of
drainage. the following named coun.
ty newspapers be and are hereby
designated as county official papers
in which may be published matters
which specially interest the locality
Blue Earth County Enterprise, Good
Thunder Herald, Amboy Herald. Yer,
non Center News, Lake Crystal
Union, Madison Lake Tribune.
Hearing on the reports of the Ell.
gineer and viewers, ditch No. 20
Merickel, was called at two O'Clock
afternoon. No one appearing who
was interested in the same, the work
was progressed.
By resolution, w. +. Brooks was
appointed engineer and by another
resolution William Schultz, ]. w
Wigley and George w. Norman were
appointed viewers.
Salary Of sehriff, $4,000.
Salary of county superintendent OF
schools, $1,000.
Salary of clerk of judge of pro
bate, 1920
Board adjourned to a. m, Janu
airy 5th.
Mankato, Mimi, Thursday, January
9Th, 1910, 9 A. Mall members pres
ent when the board convened. Meet
ing called to order by Chairman
Jones.
The bond of John II. Macbeth with
Thomas II. Foley and George Atchi
son as bondsmen for $1,000 was ap
proved.
The board checked up the county
treasurer and found condition as fol