Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-01
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Official Report Of Proceedings 81
County Board in Special
Session.
State Of Minnesota,
County Of Kandiyohi, -.

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Rock and others fo stlt tbe rena anton ~
County Ditch No. g. -
The Board of County Commissioners
Ct said Kandtyohi County met at the
House in the City Of Willmar this late
at o'clock p. M, pursuant to call Of
County Auditor for special meeting Of
County Board for hearing and consid-
ering aforesaid petition. 8 =
s Members of the Board all present.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Johnson. Proofs of due service of the
several notices by. publication, posting
ditch. which said proofs are on file in
the County Auditors office, were exam
ined and found regular.
titioners, Geo. III. Bitterness, as County
Attorney appeared for Kandiyohi Coun-
ty and Oscar G. Ronken, Esq, appeared
Tor DIRECTORS, viz: Charles Ostman,
A., Johnson, and twenty-one others, and
other DIRECTORS appearing individually.
The engineer appointed by the County
81 Boa IRA to ascertain and report the cost
The Board proceeded to hear arg,l-
ments for and against the said petition
and considered such arguments.
o'clock .. M, Sept: Is. 1918. 'l'
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T Members Of Board all present.
Rock and others for the repair Of said
county ditch No: 8, and considered same
further: Commissioner Boersma offered
the following resolution: -,
Whereas, on the 10th day Of July, 4
petition was filed with the County Aud
County Ditch No: s has become obstruct-
ed. and side and lateral bitches have
ditch. so as to make said ditch not SER
sviceable for the purposes for which it
was established, praying t'at the same
be widened, deepened and repaired, so
as to make 1t serviceable as originally
established; and "a,
Whereas, due notice was given for
the hearing upon said petition, on Sep
TENDER Is. 1913 at 2 o'clock p. M, and
at the stated time; and 49,. 4
Whereas, the Board having heard all
parties interested. desiring to be. heard,
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such work in case the petition be grant
ed. and those present objecting to the
petition would be required to pay the
Whereas. to do and perform all the
preliminary work required by law be-
fore the final determination of this
matter, would incur large OUTLAWS and
necessarily have to defray, unless such
work and assessments would finally be
sustained; and,
Whereas, the matter involved in said
individual land owners, and there being
no provision whereby a bond may be
required from the petitioners to secure
the County. against such large OUTLAWS
and
Whereas, the County Board having
considered all the evidence adduced be-
fore it upon said hearing and from all
Of such evidence it is determined that
missed and rejected Adopted.
On motion the meeting was adjourn
Chairman Board Of County Commission
ers Of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,
(SEAL) Attest: JOHN FEIG, =
County Auditor and Ex-oficio Clerk of
the Board.
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nesota, Sept. "a, 1913.
The Board Of County Commissioners
Of said Kandiyohi County convened in
special session this date at 2 o'clock p.
Members of the Board all present.
Pursuant to adjournment the petition
Of VIM. H. Phtpps and others, asking
for the erection of dams and embank-
mond Lake to keep and maintain the
waters of said lake at its normal and
uniform height, was taken up for fur
ther hearing and consideration.
RemOnstrance against, and objections
to the granting Of the said petition
having been duly filed, was presented,
read and considered.
Report Of the civil engineer, previous
ly appointed by, the County Board to
make a thorough examination and sur
-vey of the conditions Of said lake, the
shores thereof and it's outlet, having
been filed in writing, showing that the
present stage Of the. waters in said lake
is the natural and normal water level
therein, was presented, read and con-
sidered. - s'E ..-~~
Report Of the committee, consisting
of three members Of the County Board,
previously appointed by said County
Board to make a thorough examination
Of and to view said lake having been
filed In writing recommending that the