The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-07
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Commission,
ers, Blue Earth County, Mimi;
Special Session.

for correction of assessment was ap
proved on Il valuation Of $S77.
Petition of A.. G. Barney and 9th
ers for Improvement of section lin,
road between sections and 8, Lyra
was received and filed.
Petition of Charles Sperlich to bt
set off from school district No. z!
to district No. 80 was read and date
for hearing set at p. IN. April IL
1913.
Petition of a. j. equity and Others
for change of road in section l, LIN
coin, was received and on motion the
entire board was appointed as a
committee on same, committee &c
meet on route of change on 10th day
of April 1913, at 2 p. M, and date
for hearing on same set for 18th day
of April, 1913, at p. m.
The South Lake Shore Good Roads
club called relative to making a
state road from Buskey's corner
south and east to county line. Com
missioner Compton moved that their
request be granted Carried unani'
mously. This will be state Road
No. 21.
Board adjourned at 4:30 p. m. to
meet at 8 a. m. February Is, 1913.
Mankato, Mimi, February 10, 1913
Board met at 8 a. m, pursuant to
adjournment.
Estimate of $4,706.40 was allowed
+. DesormouX on his contract fol
constructing ditch No. IS.
On motion duly carried, the audi
tor was instructed TO have wooden
shelving put in old vault down
stairs.
Resignation of Robert f. Jones as
overseer-elect Of the poor farm was
read and on motion accepted. APP
plications of seven people for the
place were read and on ballot being
taken, Robert Madigan received q
majority and was declared elected
for one year.
Application for correction of as
motion approved.
+. Rosenberger appeared relative
to personal property assessment OF
Four Traction Auto company, and il
was agreed TO cancel this tax at
July meeting.
Board adjourned at II m. to meet
at 1:30 p. m.
Board met at 1870 p. M, pursuant
to adjournment.
On motion, Commissioner Compton
was appointed as committee of one
to examine the county line bridge
on Waseca county line i'll section 25,
Mcpherson, and have same repaired
as seems necessary.
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road on premises of Lorenz H. Cling.
er reported in favor of said change
No person appeared to oppose such
change and on motion same was or
dered changed, and the following OF.
der made:
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth.-Ss.
WHEREAS, A petition signed by
twenty-fOur freeholders of said coun.
. ty, praying for a change of a certain
highway in said county, running into
more than one town, and not within
the limits OF any incorporated city,
us hereinafter described was pre-.
scented to this board at its session
on the seventh day of January, 1913,
and this board having determined by
the judgment of Il majority of its
members that said petition is reason,
able on its face, and having by its
order made at said session, appoint
cd Saturday, the fifteenth day of Feb
ruary, 1913, at o'clock p. m, al
MankatO, in said county, as the time
and place for hearing upon said
petition, and having by said order
appointed committee of all its
members TO examine said proposed
change OF said road and designated
Friday, the fourteenth day of Feb
ruary, 1913, az 10 o'clock a. M, at
premises of l.. II. Olinger in said
county, as the time and place for
said committee to meet on the route
OF said change of road, for the eX
amination of the same, and having
caused notices of said hearing ana
said meeting of said committee en-
bodying a copy OF said petition, to
be posted in the three most public
places of each town through which
said proposed change of said road
runs, or affected thereby, at least
thirty days before the date of said
hearing upon said petition, and being
satisfied that said notices were post
ed and proof Of said posting duly
made, and the said committee having
met at the time and place designated
in said order and said notices, and
examined the same and made it's re-
port in writing to this board, and
recommended that said petition be
granted, and said Board having mel
at the time and place designated in
said order and said notices, to-wit
At Mankato in said county, on Sat
urday. the fifteenth day of Febru
airy, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m, and
duly heard all that anyone had tc
say in favor of, or against, the
granting Of said petition, and consid
cred said petition and the report o.
said committee thereon, and a ma
jority of said board having agreed
that said petition should be granted
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, Thai
the prayer of said petition be and
the same is hereby granted, and saiG
highway is hereby changed so as tc
run according to said committee
report, by courses and distances as
follows, towit: Beginning on the
south line of the limits of the city o.
Mankato at a point 1854 feet wes
of the southwest corner of the north
east quarter of the northwest quar-
ter (neA of nwA) of section "a in