The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-06
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of Board Of County Com
missioners of Mile Laos County.


Auditors Office, Mile Laos County,
Minnesota. Princeton May 9th,
1912.
Board of county commissioners Of
Mile Laos county met at the office
pr the county auditor of said county
pursuant to call with Chairman
Cater presiding and all members Of
the board present. Meeting called
to order at one O'Clock p. m. 4
The matter of the final hearing on
County Ditch No. 10 was Immediate
" taken under consideration and the
board, having satisfied themselves
and mailed notice Of said final hear
ing on said County Ditch No. 10
had been duly given as required by
law and proof of such publication,
posting and mailing having been
duly made and filed with the said
county auditor and that all proceed
ings concerning said ditch, prior to
said final hearing, were regular and
legal, the board proceeded to take
the testimony of all interested
parties, either for or against the
establishing of said ditch.
The engineer on said ditch, S. L.
Kennedy, and the viewers on said
ditch, James r. Edmunds, Peter
Jensen and E. P. Grow, were present
and testified before the board at
said hearing. Also all parties inter-
eSted either for or against said ditch
were heard by the board, and all the
testimony having been given and
carefully weighed and considered by
the board, and it appearing from all
of said testimony that the ditch as
laid out was too expensive, the
drainage area too small, the ditch
unnecessary in some places, that the
establishment of said ditch might
render the county liable for damages
to landowners owning land below
the terminus of said ditch, and that
the large majority of the landowners
| to be affected by the construction of
said ditch were strongly opposed to
the establishment of said ditch, and
that in some cases some of the as
sessments for benefits were prohibit
tive and cOnfScatory, on motion of
Commissioner Dalchow, seconded by
| Commissioner Uglem and unani-
mously carried by the board, County
Ditch No. 10 was rejected and
abandoned by the board.
On motion board adjourned sine
die
&c. CATER,
Chairman Of the Board of County
Commissioners, Mile Laos County,
Minnesota.
Attest:
W. G. DOANE,
| County Auditor and Ex-Officio
Clerk of County Board.
(Otficial .SeaD
Auditors Office, Mile Laos
County, Minnesota. Princeton, May
18th, 1912
Board met in regular session pur-
suant to adjournment with Chair
man Cater presiding and all members
present. Meeting called to order at
10 O'Clock a. m.
A petition signed by P. P. Kjag-
lien ct al. asking for the resurvey Of
section 30 in the town of Milaca was
presented to the board, accompanied
| by a bond in the sum Of 500. Said
bond was duly examined, approved
and accepted and July Sth, 1912, at
II O'Clock p. M, at the auditor
office in the village of Princeton, set
as the time and place for a hearing
on said petition.
The school petition of William
Skrentny, asking that certain lands
owned by him in school district No.
in Sherburne county be set off from
said district and attached to school
district No. l in Mile Laos county,
was acted on by the board and July
9Th, 1912, at o'clock D. m. at the
auditors office in the village of
Princeton, set as the time and place
for hearing on said petition.
On motion board took a recess
until 2 o'clock p. m.
Board reconvened at 2:25 D. m.
All members present.
The sale of the sw4 of ne4 of Sec
tion 9, township 81, range Fl, was
then taken up by the board and all
bids for the purchase of same duly
considered. It appearing that the
bid of George H. Deans to give $3.50
cash for said forty was the most ad-
vantageous bid for the county, on
motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried, said bid from
Mr.. Deans was accepted and the
chairman and auditor instructed and
authorized to make out a warranty
deed of said land and deliver the
same to Mr.. Deans upon receipt of
the purchase price as bid, said
amount to be turned over to the
county treasurer and by him credited
to the poor farm fund.
A petition asking for the forma-
ton of a new school district to be
composed of certain territory in the
north central part of the town of
Milo, was presented to the board by
Christ Hogan and the petition an
pearing regular on it's face the board
appointed July Sth, 1912, at o'clock
p: NJ, at the auditors Office in the
village of Princeton, as the time and
place for hearing on said petition.
The town board Of the town of
kathio appeared before the board
realtive to certain contemplated road
work to be done on state road No. 3
in the town Of Kathio this summer.
on motion duly made and carried
the board appropriated the sum of
$500 out of the county road and
bridge fund to aid in said road work
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