New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-16
COUNTY BOARD APPORTIONS
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDS
FOR 1915
ROAD NO. 81 EXTENDED THRU
COBDEN, SPRINGFIELD AND
NEW ULM.

County Commissioners held at the
Court House December 10th, it was
resolved, after listening to reasons pro
and con in the matter of cleaning County
Ditch No. 8, to have this done provided
that the total expense including the
services OF the engineer do not exceed
the sum of 100000. In case contract
is signed up the County Auditor is in
structed to file additional ditch lien for
the amount of the contract.
The request of Julius Larson for aid
in the support of L. Solgard, pauper,
was refused, because the Board felt that
there was no reason why Solgard should
not 60 to the Poor Home. ,..-.
Upon the engineers acceptance of
Judicial Ditch No. S in Watonwan Coun-
ty, the Auditor was authorized to issue
his warrant in the sum of $2750.70 to
contractor G. E. Gilbertson, said amount
being the balance due on the contract.
Milford's request that the County
contribute the sum of $4O0 toward the
repair of the Mauch hill road and one in
section 16 was granted.
The Board of Audit submitted it's
written report which was filed from
which it appears that four days were
consumed in checking over the accounts
of the Treasurer including the stubs of the
tax receipts. The tax levy for 1918
amounted to $272, 775.74 and there were
uneollected for prior years taxes to the
extent OF $7,552.60 making total of
$28O,32S.34 to be collected. Of this
amount $272, 924.39 was collected, $1O7-
go was abated and there were unsolicited
on Nov. LIST $7,296.05. On June LIST
there was a balance in the Treasury OF
$207,777.29. Since then there was re-
ceived for taxes, mortgage registry taxes
and all other sources, the sum of $81 $685.
"a, all Of which was disbursed to the
different funds except the sum of $101,-
545.52 which is on deposit in the various
banks of the County.
On Complaint of F. G. Mathowetz of
the Town Of Eden that County Ditch
No. IA is being DISTRACTED and that some
parties had placed culverts above the
grade which further obstructed the ditch,
the County Auditor was instructed to
notify the parties that had placed the
culverts to remove them at once.
In the afternoon session the Board
voted the sum of $500 out of the County's
allotment for Roads and Bridge, for
improving the State Road thru the
village of Springfield and a similar
amount toward the State road thru the
village of Golden. Request for this
was made on behalf of Springfield by
Julius Rieck and Julius Bauch. It was
further resolved to extend State Rural
Highway No. 81 for half mile along the
south limits of the city of New Ulm and to
appropriate the sum of $500 for the i'm
provement of said road.
By vote of to 2 the Board voted
to reduce the assessments for State Rural
Highway No. 81 against the property of
Louis Romberg and w. Grundmeyer so
per cent. Afterwards the matter was
referred to the County Attorney who
informed the Board that they had no
authority to make such reduction where
upon their action was rescinded.
OF the money available for roads and
bridges, the sum of $4,000 will be ex-
pended in 1915 in the following manner:
State Rural Highway $4,000, 90
Springfield OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 500. 90