The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-03-18

VISIONS. clothing, and all other neceS-
stiles furnished the county poor,
shall have attached thereto written
receipt signed by the county charge
receiving such necessities and &C
knowledging the receipt thereof.
The board then took up the dis
cussion of the Walton Corr state road
contract and the balance of the
| afternoon was taken up by this dis
cussion. However, no official action
was taken in the matter, and on mo-
tion the board took a recess until I
O'Clock p. m.
Board reconvened at I O'Clock D.
M. with all members of the board
present.
Moved and unanimously carried
that the written application of the
Walton-Corr Company asking to have
an extension of time to SepJebmer
lst, 1915, on their road contract on
state road No. l, job No. l, be and
the same hereby is allowed and
granted.
1t was then moved and unani-
mously carried that the county
should do all necessary corduroying
on state road No. l, job No. /, from
station 1l3 to station 124, from sta
tion l29 to station $50, and from sta
tion liz to station 100, on said job,
and said corduroy to be at least Is
feet in length. However, the county
is to do only so much of said cordu-
70! ing on said job as may appear
necessary to the state assistant en-
gineer in charge of said work, or to
the foreman or highway superinten-
dent acting for the county board and
state highway commission, who may
be placed in charge of said corduroy
work.
On motion board adjourned until
Thursday, March II, 1915, at 10
o'clock a. m.
Thursday. March II, 1915.
Board reconvened at 10 o'clock a.
m. with Chairman Eckdall presiding
and all members of the board pres
emit.
It was moved and unanimously
carried that the fire insurance on the
court house building be increased
from SIP, 900 to SIS, ZOO, provided that
by the use of the co-insurance clause
on the insurance policies the mini
mum rate could be secured on said
insurance.
Moved and unanimously carried
that the fire insurance on the new
barn at the county poor farm be
increased from 81, 200 to 81. $780,.
A certified copy of the report of
the grand jury, relative to an inves
tigation of the stability and fire re-
sisting strength of the vaults in the
court house, made by said grand jury
when last in session in this county,
was read to the board and submitted
to them for official action.
Commissioner Cater then moved
that suitable fire proof vaults be pro-
vided in said court house for the
preservation of all county records.
No "second' being received, the
motion was lost.
The John G. Grant school petition,
laid over from last meeting, was
again taken up by the board and on
motion same was laid over until the
next meeting for final action.
Individual school petitions from
Will White, Swan Olson, and Knute
Carlson, we're presented to the board
asking to have certain lands owned
by said individuals in the town of
Milo set off from school district No.
6 and attached to school district No.
Is. The petitions appearing regular
on their face the board appointed
April 9Th. 1915, at O'Clock D. M, at
the Auditors Office in the village of
Princeton, as the time and place for
hearing on said petitions.
Two petitions asking for the form
alton of two new school districts in
the town Of Borgholm, said new dis
tricts TO be composed out of terri
tory now comprising a part of school
district No. II in said town, were
presented to the board and it ap-
pearing upon examination that said
petitions were irregular as to form
it was moved and unanimously car
ried that said petition be rejected.
Ihe following resolution was unan-
imously adopted by the board,
to-wit:
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the county board of Mile
Laos county is DESTROYS of making a
change in the present system of state
road engineering in said county, for
the reason that the 1915 state aid
allotment is considerably less than
the state aid allotment for 1914 and
that it would be too expensive for
the county to have the exclusive
services of an assistant state en-
III
Be it therefore resolved. that the
state highway commission be petit
toned to recall Engineer r. NJ.
Cooley. now in charge of the state
road work in said county, and that
said Mile Laos county be attached
to some suitable and convenient adj
joining county for state road en-
gineering purposes.
Be it further resolved, that R. S.
Chapman, engineer, of Princeton,
Mimi, be and he hereby is recon-
mended to the state highway COM
mission for appointment as assistant
state engineer for this county pur-
suant to the foregoing conditions.
Moved and unanimously carried
that Engineer R. M. Cooley be noti-
fed that hereafter he shall not incur
any Indebtedness in behalf of Mile