The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-27
OFFICIAL
Proceedings of Board of County Com.
missioners of Mile Laos County.
Ditch Hearing.


Ditch Hearing.
Auditors Office, Mile Laos County,
Minnesota. Princeton, July 18th,
1911.
Board of county commissioners of
Mile Laos county met in special ses-
sion at the Office of the county auditor
OF said county pursuant to call with
Chairman Dalchow presiding and all
members present. Meeting called to
order at one o'clock p. M.
The matter of the final hearing on
county ditch No. 10 was taken up, by
the board and after listening to the
reports Of the engineer and viewers
and to the testimony of all interested
parties, and after giving the matter
thorough and careful consideration,
on motion of Uglem, seconded by
Sholin, the board unanimously made
and passed the following "Order to
Establish Ditch" to-wit:
ORDER TO ESTABLISH DITCH.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, J 49,
County of Mile Laos. S.
In the matter of the petition of Chr.
Carl Eberhardt and others, for
public ditch in the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, desig-
mated and numbered as county
ditch No. 10.
The above entitled matter came on
duly to be heard by and before the
board of county commissioners of the
county of Mile Laos, state of Mime
sofa, at special meeting of said
board duly called for the purpose of
hearing and considering the petition
for said ditch in the above entitled
matter, on the 18th day of July, 1911,
at O'Clock p. m. of said day; and it
appearing by proper evidence that
due notice had been given of the pen
dency of said petition and of said
time of hearing thereon and that r.
S. Chapman, the civil engineer ap-
pointed by this board to survey the
route of said ditch, has completed his
wor k and duly fed his report thereon
in the Office of the county auditor of
said county, and that the viewers ap-
pointed by said board to view and re-
port upon said work have duly COM
pleted their labors and made and fled
their report in due form of law in the
Office of said county auditor, the said
board OF county commissioners did,
at the time above specified, proceed to
hear said petition and said viewers
report thereon; and said board hav-
ing duly considered said petition and
heard all the parties interested for or
against the construction of said ditch
and all other matters pertaining
thereto, find as follows, to-wit:
First: That the said civil engineer
has completed his work and made and
filed his report thereon in all respects
according to law.
Second: That the viewers ap-
pointed herein have duly completed
their labors and have made and filed
their report thereon according to law.
Third: That the estimated benefits
to be derived from the construction of
said work are greater than it's total
cost, including damages awarded.
Fourth: That the damages and
benefits arising from the construction
OF said ditch have been duly awarded
and assessed, and that said work will
be OF public utility and promote the
public health and that said reports of
said engineer and viewers are CON-
plete and correct.
Fifth: That notice of this hearing
of said petition and of said veiwers'
and said engineers report have been
dull y given, published and posted and
mailed as by law required, and that
proofs of said service of said notice
have been duly made and filed in the
Office OF the county auditor of said
county.
Sixth: That according to the oral
testimony of two of said viewers, cor.
roborated by the testimony of other
competent witnesses, said viewers and
witnesses being present and testifying
at said hearing, the main ditch as pe-
titioned for can be constructed for
about One-half of the estimated costs
of said main ditch as returned by the
reports of the said viewers and civil
engineer, it appearing that the main
ditch practically follows the course
OF Vondel brook in said Mile Laos
county, and that thorough cleaning
OF the bed and banks of said brook,
removing of all rubbish and other
distractions in said brook and a
strengthening out of some of the
larger and sharper bends and turns
in said brook by proper ditching
operations, would give the drainage
petitioned for in said petition at
about one-half of the estimated costs
of said main ditch as returned by said
viewers and engineer.
Seventh: That the majority of land
owners whose lands would be liable
to assessment for benefits in case said
ditch was constructed according to
tie reports of the said engineer and
viewers herein, are opposed to the
construction of said main ditch as de-
scribed in said reports, but that the
maj ority of said opposition would be
Withdrawn in case said main ditch
could be constructed as described
above in finding No. and at about
one-half of the said estimated cost.
Eighth: That all other proceedings
in the matter have been made and
taken in accordance with the pro-
visions of law.
Now, therefore, as conclusions for
the foregoing findings, we, the board
OF county commissioners of the county
OF Mile Laos, state of Minnesota. at
said Sn0cia1 Saeciop of eo;l 1919