The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-07
PROCEEDINGS OF The
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely. Minnesota, Nov. 1st. 1913.

Ely. Minnesota, Nov. lst. 1913.
Pursuant to notice, a special meet
ing of Independent School District
No. IL was called to order by II. E.
Miller, clerk. at seven O'Clock p. m.
On monitor duly carried, Supt. II.
E. White was appointed chairman of
the meeting.
CThe clerk read the call for the meet
ing as follows:
Notice is hereby given, that a
special meeting in School District
No. IL in st. Louis County, Mime
sofa. will be held at the Central
School. Ely, Minnesota, on the lst
day of November, 1913, at seven
o'clock p. m. for the following pur-
poses:
To designate school site and
authorize the purchase of the same
and other property necessary for
school purposes.
Dated this 2lst day of October,
1918.
THOS. E. MILLER,
District Clerk.
Mr.. Thomas offered the following
resolution:
Resolved that whereas Independent
School District No. II. st. Louis
County. Minnesota, is the owner of
Blocks twenty seven, thirty and
and thirty one in Whiteside's Addi'
tion to Ely, Minnesota, and tract of
land Immediately south of said block
thirty one, five hundred and four feet
long by three hundred and sixty six
feet wide, a part of which is used for
athletic purposes, that a school build
ing now stands on said blocks twenty
seven and thirty: that it is necessary
to build another and other buildings
for the use of the school district as
soon as the same can be constructed:
Therefore be it further resolved. that
the proper officers of the said school
district be and hereby are authorized
to purchase in the name of the school
district from the owners Of the same,
the following described lots, blocks
and parcels of land. viz
Lot twelve in block twenty six.
blOcks1twenty eight and twenty nine
la Whiteside's Addition to Ely, Min
nesota, and the owners interest in
the alley between said named blocks
and all other lands dedicated to the
public in WhiteSide's Addition to Ely
between said blocks and the present
High School blocks, and south of the
same and bordering upon or included
within the following described Sract
and parcel of land and bounded as
follows, to-wt: Starting at the
southeast corner of said block twenty
nine, running thence west along the
south line of said block twenty nine
and block thirty: five hundred seventy
five feet (575) to the southwest corner
of said block thirty, thence south at
right angles and along the east line OF
the athletic grounds five hundred and
four (504D feet to the southeast corner
of said grounds, thence east three
hundred 1901 feet; thence north two
hundred and four (204) feet, thence
east two hundred and eighty seven
(2S7) feet to the east line Of the south
west quarter of the northwest quarter
of section thirty four, township sixty
three north, range twelve. thence
north three hundred feet to the place
OF starting.
That said lands together with the
lands as the school district now has
title to and herein described be desig
mated as school house site.
1t was moved and supported that
the resolution be adopted, and that
the Board be authorized to purchase
all the land described in the above
resolution, and by amendment duly
carried, it was voted that the vote on
said resolution be taken by written
ballot yes or no.
The chairman declared the polls
open and appointed Mr.. w. d,
Gallagher as teller. At 8 O'Clock P.
M. the chairman declared the polls
closed and the teller reported as
follows:
Total number of votes cast----27
Number voting Yes-----27
None
The chairman declared that the
resolution had been duly adopted.
The clerk read the foregoing min
utes and on motion duly carried, the
same were approved as read.
On motion duly carried, the meet
ing adjourned.
THOs. E. MILLER, Sec'y.