Morris tribune., 1911-01-13
REGULAR MEETING
Of the Board of County Com
missioners.

Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session on Tuesday,
Jan. 3rd, 1911, all members present.
Commissioner VIM. Gausman was
UNANIMOUSLY chosen chairman and Com
missioner P. F. Casey was elected
Vice chairman. The minutes of the
previous meetings were read and ap-
proved The chairman appointed the
following committees for the ensuing
year.
Finance Commissioners Deven-
ney, Park and Dohlen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Casey.
Park and Dohlen.
l~urt House and grounds-whole
Board.
Poor Commissioners Deven-
ney, Casey and Gausman.
Roads and bridges-whole Board.
On motion made and seconded the
American Surety Co. and the Massa-
chusets Bonding and Insurance Co.
were designated as the Sureties
companies for bonding such county
officers as are required to furnish
surety bond.
On motion made and seconded the
bonds 6f the various County officers
not fixed by law were set as follows.
County Treasurer $4,000, County
Auditor $4,000, County Coroner $500.
On motion made and seconded the
bonds and sureties of the following
County officers were approved; Carl
Buckentin, Co. Treas. $50, 900,
American Surety Co; F. E. Ware.
County Auditor. $4,000, Massachusetts
Bonding and Insurance Co; Frank A.
Zahl, Sheriff, $4,000. American
Surety Co; August L. Stenger. Judge
Probate $1,000, Anton Watzke and
John J. Carney sureties; Geo. W.
Beise County Attorney. $1,000, Fred
r. Putnam and Francis A. Mullen,
sureties; J. E. Cole. Surveyor. $500,
American Surety Co; Chas. E. Caine.
Coroner, $500, Julius R. Krueger
and HaIvor B. Lund sureties. and
Joseph J. Gafney, Register of Deeds
$4,000, American Surety Co.
On motion made and seconded VIM.
Tandy was retained as janitor at
salary of $3.50 per year payable in
monthly installments.
On motion made and seconded the
salary of the County Attorney was
fixed at $1,000 per year, and the
County Supt. of Schools at 1866 per
year, each payable monthly.
On motion made and seconded the
compensation Of the County Auditor
in ditch matters was fixed at $75 per
ditch, up to and including the time
the lien is filed or the proceedings
are dropped.
On motion made and seconded the
Judge of Probate was granted $3.50
per year for clerk hire the same to
be paid in monthly installments.
The notice of hearing on the petition
Manly B. Lord for the construction
of County ditch designated County
ditch No. IL beginning in section %
in township of Morris ard running
into the Township of Framnas and
emptying into the Pomne De Terre
river, was read as was the various
afidavits accompanying the same.
On motion made and seconded T.
H, Mcguire, Wm. Wallin and Fred
Andert We're appointed as viewers.
On motion made and seconded a
resolution was adopted appointing j.
E. Cole as engineer. he to make and
file his report on or before Feb. 18th
1911.
The following resolution was Offer
ed by Commissioner Park who moved
it's adoption. Resolved that 81. 900
be levied for the bonded Indebtedness
sinking fund for the year 1911;
which being seconded by Commissioner
Casey was put to a vote and un-
animously carried.
The following resolution was offer
ed by Commissioner Devenney who
moved it's adoption. Resolved that
hereafter before appropr. ations be
granted any Township or Village for
the building or repairing of any road,
that the Township or Village will be
required to appropriate like amount
and that work shall be done as the
County Surveyor may direct and when
completed must be accepted by the
Board of supervisors. the Resident
Commissioner and the County Sur
veyor. and they to file their report
with the County Auditor before the
warrant for the appropriation is is
sued, which being seconded by Com
missioner Dohien was put to a vote
and unanimously carried.
On motion made and seconded
800 was transferred from the County