The Wahpeton times., 1914-04-02
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Business Transacted by the Co
Fathers at It's Last Weeks
Adjourned Session.
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Wahpeton. Nd, Mch. "a. 1914.
Board of county commissioners
of Richland county, N. d., met
pursuant to adjournment.
Members present: Sletmoe,
Carlson, Polfus, Ebel mad Rob-
inson.
Minutes of last meeting read
and on motion approved.
Mr.. a. q. Divet appeared be-
fore the board in behalf of the
petitioners in the matter for de-
taching certain territory from the
Lidgerwood Special School Dist
trict and submitted evidence that
the notice of hearing upon said
matter, set for 10 O'Clock a. m.
of this date, was not published in
full according to law. and asked
that a new date be fixed for said
hearing.
Commissioner Robinson moved
the adoption of the following res
olution, which motion was second
ed by Commissioner Ebel:
WHEREAS, on the goth day of
February, 1914, there was pres
ted to the board of county COM
missioners, a petition of Charles
Frolek and sixteen other persons
praying that certain territory in
said petition described be detach-
ed from Lidgerwood School dis
trict and attached to the school
district of Moran or the school
district of Liberty Grove, or part
ly to each of said school districts; {;
and it is in such petition alleged
and claimed that the signers
thereof constitute more than
three-fourths of the legal voters
thus sought to be detached from
Lidgerwood school district, and
this board did, on the goth day
of February, 1914, order that a
hearing upon said petition be had
at the commissioners room in
the court house in Wahpeton an
the Gath day of March, 1914, and
that due notice Thereof be given
according to law. And such notice
of such hearing having been duly
issued by the board of county
commissioners and it now being
made to appear to the board that
through the mistake of the pub
Usher of the newspaper. "The
Lidgerwood Monitor" in which
such notice was sought to be pub
lished, the same was not pub
lished in full but a part of the
description of the territory in
such notice described was omit
ted from the said publication,
and the petitioners aforesaid
having asked the board to set a
different time for the hearing of
said matter.
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Hereby
Resolved that the time of hear
ing of said application be fixed
for the 18th day of May, 1914, at
the hour Of ten O'Clock a. m.. at
the commissioners room in the
court house in the city of Wah-
peton. and that hearing as orig
inally set for the gath day of
March to be held on the said 18th
day of May, 1914. and that said
notice of such hearing be duly
posted and published according
to law in the Lidgerwood Moni-
tor, a local newspaper published
in Lidgerwood, Richland county,
N. d.
Motion to adopt the foregoing
resolution carried, all members
voting aye.
The application of the Wynd-
mere Automobile club, counter
signed by Thos. Kjos, its secre-
tary and treasurer, asking that
said automobile club be granted
permission to enter upon. work
and improve certain highways,
designated and described in said
application. was submitted, read
and ordered filed.
The following resolution was
submitted and Commissioner Pol
fuss moved it's adoption, which
motion was seconded by Commits
sioner Carlson:
Wheras. the Wyndmere Auto
mobile club of Wyndmere, Rich
land county, North Dakota, vol
untary association of persons
having for their purpose the
building. improving and main
tanning of roads in Richland
county, North Dakota, have filed
their application with the board
of county commissioners of Rich
land county. North Dakota, un-
der the provisions of Chapter 18i
of the Session Laws of 1913, for
permission to enter upon, build,
construct, improve and maintain
certain trunk line. roads designa-
ted and described as, follows:
First: A road to be known as
the "Wyndmere-W -Wahpeton Gen.
trail Road,"e and beginning at the
Sargent county line on the south
of section Z, township 1872, range
81; thence east on the south sec
tion line Of sections Z. g. 9, 10,
III and ~ Of township 1872, range
62. thence One.half mile north