The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-03

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that he (Mr. Stack had made the
statement that he had been award
ed the contract, and felt that it was
not treating him quite fairly it, the
board did not give him the contract.
Motion duly made that the meet
ing adjourn at 11:15. Carried.
c. E. HENDR1CK, Clerk.
Approved April 26, 1912.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF IN
DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF VIRGINIA, MIMI, APRIL Is,
1912. !.
Meeting called to order by Chair
man R. J. McGhee at $3.50 p. m.
Roll call: Present, R. J. McGhee,
Mitchell Stewart, G. H. Moore. J. H.
Fleming, c. E. Hendrick. Lafayette
Bliss. Absent, Jos Roskilly.
Reading of the call: There will
be a special meeting of the Board of
Education of Independent School Dis
trict of Virginia held in the sup per-
intendent's Office at the Technical
High School Thursday evening, April
18th, at 500 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of considering the bonds of the
school district according to previous
notice under date of april 10, 1912,
and any other business that may
come before the meeting.
A letter from Mr.. Poirier relative
to the vacating of the alley through
Block II, Rooney Addition, was then
read. Mr.. Poirier enclosed a petit
ton in regular form to be presented
to the council for the vacating of
this alley.
After reading this petition the fol-
lowing motion was entertained by
the chair: Moved by J. H. Fleming,
seconded by r. J. McGhee, that the
board authorize the chairman and
clerk to sign the above petition for
the vacating of the alley in Block IL,
Rooney Addition, and present it to
the city clerk. Carried.
(Petition).
To the City Council,
Virginia, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
The Independent School District of
Virginia, Minnesota, do herewith re-
spectfully petition that the alley ex-
tending east and west through Block
eleven (D of Rooney's Addition to
Virginia, Mimi, as shown on the at.
tached plat marked Exhibit A." be
vacated.
Your petitioners represent that
they are the owners in fee of all
of said block eleven (1D and all
improvements thereon, and a school
building is to be erected upon said
block H., and a portion of the alley
will be occupied by the proposed
school building. A. public alley way
through this block would interfere
with the use of same for school pur-
poses and would deprive the School
district of control over same and
would interfere with the necessary
use of said block II by said School
district.
Your petitioners respectfully ask
that the city council take such pro.
ceedings as are proper for the vaca.
tion of said alley
Independent School District of Vir-
ginia, Mimi.
BY X. J. McGHEE, President.
C. E. HENDRICK, Secretary
State of Minnesota, County of St.
Louis-ss.
r. J. McGhee came before~me per-
sonally, and being by me duly sworn,
deposes and says that he is chairman
of the School Board of Independent
School District of Virginia, Mimi,
that he executed the foregoing petit.
ton and that the contents thereof
are true to the best of his knowledge
and belief.
GUY H. MOORE.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me April Is, 1912.
My commission expires October Is,
1912.
A petition from sixteen freeholders
and voters in the Independent School
District of Virginia referring to the
matter of bonds was then read as
follows:
To the Clerk of Independent School
District of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minnesota.
Sir: The undersigned freeholders
and residents in the Independent
School District Of Virginia, In said
county and in said state, do hereby
respectfully state that in our opinion
it is expedient for the said School
district to issue to the State of Min
nesota its bonds for the purpose Of
erecting school house in and for
said district, on block eleven (11) in
ROoney's Addition to Virginia, st..