The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-31
WHAT THE COUNTY BOARD HAS DONE

grade not to exceed $4,000.
| On motion, board adjourned at II
m. to meet at 2 D. m.
| During the noon recess the county
and city commissioners inspected the
flooring OF the Blue Earth river
bridge.
Board reconvened at D. m. pur,
suapt to adjournment.
| Motion made and carried that q
committed. Of three be appointed TO
view the Pleasant View bridge, The
chairman appointed Olson, Schnee-
berger and Davis.
Motion made and carried that dis
trict engineer Gallagher and city en-
gineer Blomquist prepare plans and
specifications for replanking the Blue
Earth river bridge with oak plank
and oak or steel Orders; also that
the county auditor advertise for
bids thereon.
| Attorney Thos. Hughes appeared
relative to the claim OF olof. Olson
for gravel used on the Elwell road
Also about the water running into
the field and rocks and rubbish be.
ing dumped into the field.
Application Of Lima H. Meilicke
for correction of assessment was on
motion approved.
On motion, board adjourned at
$40 p. m. until $3.50 a. m. July 18th.
Tuesday. July t4th, 1s14.-Board
met at $3.50 a. m. pursuant to ad.
iournment.
The following persons were Sc.
lected from whom to draw grand
and petit jurors:
Grand Mcpherson, VIM. Schroed.
er; Eagle Lake, Dan Cleveland;
jamestown, John A. Miller; Man
kat6 Township, Joe Mock: Lime.
Ed. Koch: City, LIST ward Albert
Krieg; City. 9Th ward. Sam Burgess;
City. 9Th ward, Frank j. Thompson,
F. X. Meagher; City. 9th ward. ia
cob Hoy; Lincoln, John Peterson;
Butternut Valley. James Lloyd; Ra-
pidan, Eugene Blume; Vernon Cen
ter village, Bert Barnes; Pleasant
Mound, VIM. ZeIlmer ST.; Ceresco,
r. Bioede; Garden City. s. T. Shep-
pard; DanvilIe, e. Thompson; Medic.
Fred Hoverson; Mapleton Township,
Emil Proehl, Charles e. Whitney;
Beauford, James Will; Lyra, Christ
Wrucke
Petit.Eagle Lake, Fred Peterson;
jamestown, Henry Fasnacht; De
coria, s. J. Mace; Mankato Town
ship, Fred c. Schultz Jr., John
Fuchs; Libe. Herman Guentzel; City.
LIST ward. Louis wolff, Jacob Nor.
lin; City, End ward. Louis A. VIII
fert, John Kunz; City, 3rd Ward,
Frank G. .Sheehan, C. Steiner, ST.;
City, 4th ward. Geo. W. Swift. Chas.
e. Baker; City. 5th ward, VIM. r.
Hammett, J. III. Thompson, Henry
Spicer; City, 9th ward, Geo. Sanford.
Geo. A. Hodson; South Bend, F. ].
Melvin: Lake Crystal John Murphy;
Judson, Richard NJ. Jones; Lincoln,
Edward johnson; Cambria, John E.
Lloyd; Rapidan, Henry Bundy; Shell
by, Gus Cole; Vernon Center Town
ship, Fred Mertesdorf; Vernon Cen
ter Village, Otto Peterson; Garden
City, Lewis Clapper; Danville,
Charles voightlander; Beauford. Fred
Cramer. Alfred Maurer; Sterling. j.
Z. Drews.
The following estimate was pre-
sented for a basis of tax levy for
1915:
Salaries, fees, ETC., $500. $4,000. 90
Books. blanks. printing. :. 5000. 90
interest on Court House
bonds ................ 1850. 90
District Court expenses. 10000. 90
Municipal land justice
courts .............. 1850. 90
Mothers pensions 1880. 1000. 90
Sinking fund .............. 1000. 90
Deficit and interest. ..... 10000. 90
Total Revenue fund. -. 100000. 90
Poor and poor farm. 49,. $4,000. 90
Deficit from former years 5000. 90
Total poor fund $500. $4,000. 90
Road and bridge fund.-. 10000 90
Commissioner Davis moved that the
board OF county commissioners Of
Blue Earth county. Minnesota, levy
percentage sufficient to produce the
following funds for 1915:
Revenue fund .......... $4,000. 90
Poor fund ............... $4,000. 90
Road and bridge fund -. 10000. 0o
Motion was carried unanimously
Board adjourned at Has a. m. to
meet. at 1880 p. m.
Entire board visited the poor farm
at the noon recess.
Board met at 1880 p. m. pursuant
! TO. adjournment.
On motion, the auditor was in
structed to advertise for bids to be
received up to D. m. August nth
1914 as follows: Gainor bridge In
Lyra, Nichols bridge in Sec. 80 Rapi
{, dan, bridge Sec. II Cambria, Pau
DEM bridge Sec. Z Medo. seversor
bridge repair Job, Blue Earth river
bridge repair job West Mankato
Contractors TO furnish. plans and spe
cifications to be governed by speci
fications OF state highway commission
and to have same on file with county
auditor at least three weeks prior t
the date OF letting.
Commissioner Davis introduced Tho