The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-16
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS,
OF The County Board Of EquaIiza
ton, Blue Earth COUNTY MINI

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Mankato, Mimi, Monday, July 18th
1912, 10 a. m.-Board of equalization
! OF Blue Earth county met as re
! quired by law. The board organized
| present CONS Robert Madigan, Alec
Hanson, A. NJ. Schneeberger, Ole
| X. Olson and John Hohmann.
Com. Madigan was elected chair
man unanimously.
| Com. Hanson was elected vice
! chairman, unanimously.
! Edgar Weaver acted as SCI. etary
under the law, after Judge Evan
! Hughes had administered the oath
William Jenkens of Lake Crystal
asked to be relieved of his assess
ment in credit class of $4,000 he
having paid registration tax on what
he had and recommended by the
Lake Crystal village board who put
it on. 1t was ordered cancelled.
Thomas r. Owen of Lake Crystal
asked to be relieved of an assess
ment for credits of $500. now as.
sessed. The village board recon.
mended it to be cancelled so did
Alec Hanson. 1t was ordered can,
celled. ...
Adjourned until 9 a. M, July 18th.
Mankato, Mimi, Tuesday July 10th,
1912, 9 a. m.-All the members were
present when the meeting was call
ed to order.
After much discussion the meeting
was continued to July oath, 10 a m.
Mankato, Mimi. Wednesday July
oath, 1912, 10 a. m.-Board convened.
All members present.
The board took up consideration
of real property and settled several
cases as follows:
Leon T. Jefferson was reduced
Lots 5 to 8, block 1, Columbia
Park, 1913 to 4S.
Lots 5 and 6, block 3, Columbia
Park, 80 to a.
Lots 9 to II, block 4, Columbia
Park, 12S to 48.
Lots 10 to II, block 5, Columbia
Park, SO to sc.
Lots 16, block 5, Columbia Park,
80 to II.
Lots l to 7, block 6, Columbia
Park, 224 to "a. ..
Lots and 10, bFodk 6, Columbia
Park, GA to "a.
Lots Is and IA, block 6, Columbia
Park, "a to "a.
Lots l, block 7, Columbia Park,
80 to II.
Lots to Is, block 7, Columbia
Park 1886 to 12O.
Lots 1 to 5, block 8, Columbia
Park, 100 to 60.
! Lots 9 to IL, block 8. Columbia
Park, 12S to 4S.
Lots l to A, block 10, Columbia
, Park, 1O4 to 4S.
Lots l and 2, block II, Columbia
Park, Ga to "a.
Lots to II, block -, Columbia
Park, 80 to II.
E. C. Willard
Lots 13 to 16, block 4, Columbia
park, 1913 to 4S.
The Board of equalization made
the following changes in real es-
tate, for 1913 because of the fol-
lowing notice by the state tax COM
mission: Pc -
ANY county returning real es-
tate at less than SO 1-3 per cent will
be raised"
They decided to make each town.
ship average $14.OO an acre ex-
elusive of structures excepting Beau
ford, Decoria, Mankato, South Bend
and Lincoln.
Beauford, Decoria and Mankato,
$500.
South Bend, $500.
Lincoln, $1,000.
Glass 2, land exclusive of struc-
lures:
Danville, raise per cent.
Medo, raise II per cent.
Mcpherson, raise per cent.
st. Clair, raise 4 per cent.
LeRay, raise IL per cent
jamestown, raise % per cent.
Mapleton, Twp, raise 20 per cent.
Beauford, raise 81 per cent.
Decoria, raise II per cent.
Mankato Twp, raise 7 per cent.
Lime, lower 8 per cent.
Sterling, raise IL per cent
Lyra, raise IL per cent.
Rapidan, raise 20 per cent.
South Bend, raise 10 per cent.
Shelby, raise 8 per cent.
Vernon Center Twp, raise 10 per
cent.
Garden City, raise 10 per cent.
Judson, raise % per cent
Pleasant Mound, raise 10 per cent.
Ceresco, raise "a per cent.
Lincoln, raise "A per cent.
Butternut Valley, raise IA per cent.
Cambria, raise 33 per cent.
Raise Chas. Burnett on N so it..
of lots 8 and 10 block 20, Warrens
Add, $135.
Raise j. H. Baker on S 107k it..
lot 9 block 20, Warrens Add, SITS.
Raise A. G. Dethloff on N 1-3 lot
4, block Is city, SIG esS
Glass 9, value Of structures on