New Ulm review., 1912-10-09
co, COMMISSIONERS WORK
ON ROAD AFFAIRS
Bills Amounting To S3235.OO
Allowed. Primary Election
@. Cost $655. !.
Two New State Roads Mapped
Out.

Bills aggregatlng In oil tho sum OF
1926. II were allowed at the special
session of the County Commissioners
held at the Courthouse September
Both. OF this amount S655.48 was con-
tracted on account of the recent
primary election.
Paul Swenstad and Julius Grotta,
supervisors of the Town OF Albln
presented petition asking aid in the
matter of the construction of steel
bridges across Judicial Ditch No. 5,
instead OF the tiling as now provided
in the ditch contract. The request
was granted conditioned that the
Sll5O allowed the contractor for said
tiling be first applied on the bridge
contract and that the balance be
apportioned between the County and
the Town of Albin, Brown County to
pay and Albin to pay thereof.
Commissioners Erickson and Henle
were appointed committee to CO.
operate with the Town Supervisors in
said matter.
County Supt. R. B. Kennedy's
annual report for the year ending
July 81. 1912 was read and ordered
fled.
Auctioneers Licenses were granted
toJ. J. Ray and B, F. Mowery OF
Springfield and d. B. McNall OF
Sleepy Eye. ...z
Branch Ditch No. of County Ditch
No. S was finally accepted and the
balance due Contractor Christ
sommerfeld, amounting to s26.67
ordered paid.
The County Auditor was authorized
to issue his warrant in the sum of 5000
to Christ F'ilzen Jr., this being the
County's share for the grading Of the
road leading to the Milford bridge,
the committee having reported that the
work had been completed at . cost OF
$40.
The proper committee reported that
theconcrete and steel bridge authorized
to be erected in the Town of Mulligan
had been completed by the Joliet
Bridge & Iron Co. according to plans
and specifications at a cost OF Sl242
and the County Auditor was
authorized to issue his warrant for
the County's share amounting to S62l.
1t was also reported that the bridge
authorized to be constructed in the
Town of Stately had been completed
by the Security Bridge Co. of Mime
apolis at a cost of sS72.50 and the
County Auditor was authorized to
issue warrant for s436.25, the County's
share toward the payment OF said
bridge.
Chairman Polkow was delegated to
attend the State Conference OF
Charities and Corrections to be held
at Austin Oct. oath and 9th.
Road petition for alteration OF road
in the Towns of Cottonwood and
Linden was presented and the matter
laid over until the next regular
meeting in January as there was some
question whether the County Board
had Jurisdiction to proceed in the
premises. The question of jurisdiction
was referred to the Attorney General
for an opinion and he has since ad-
vised the County Auditor that the
County Commissioners have no legal
right to act on said petition but that
tho alterations would have to be made
by the respective Towns.
Com. Steinke submitted written
report showing the completion of work
on State Road No. l west OF Sleepy
Eye, according to plans and speci'
ficatio:s which was accepted and the
expenses of said work, sggregating
1885, 30 were allowed and ordered paid.
Subject to the approval of the State
Highway Commission, the following
legally established highway in the
Town of Linden was designated a.
State Road No. 16:
Commencing in State Road No. 2 at
the 8. w. corner of the S. f. OF Sec.
%, Twp. 1Os, r. 30; thence running
north about $50 rods, thence In
northeasterly direction about Is rods;
thence east about 95 rods to the S. E.
corner of the N. E. / of Sec 10, Twp.
1Os, r 30; thence north 80 rods there
to intersect the proposed State Road
No. Is running North and East.
Resolved that the following described
legally established highway in the
County of Brown be hereby designated
~ State Road No. Is of Brown
County, subject to the approval Of the