The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-07-15
COUNTY DADS MEET
Board of County Commissioners Meet
in Regular Semi-Annual Session
Monday and Tuesday.
Supplemental Jury List Drawn and
Tax Levy of $3.50 Made for
the Coming Year.

LIE DOarO or county commission
ers met in regular semi-annual
session at the court house last Mon
day. All members were present, and
Chairman Eckdall presided.
The supplemental jury list, to take
the place of those whose names were
retired at the last term of court, was
drawn.
The contract and bond, in the
sum of $4,000, of o. G. Johnson,
overseer of the county poor farm,
was examined, accepted and placed
on file.
The board then made the annual
levy of taxes for the coming year as
follows: County revenue, $4,000;
road and bridge, S12,5OO; county
poor, $1,000; poor farm, $1,000
total levy of s35, 1000.
The commissioners examined the
treasurer's Office as provided by law,
and found everything to be in sat-
isfactory condition.
The Princeton Jail was rented for
a period of one year at an agreed
price Of 500 per annum.
The board adjourned to Tuesday,
and upon reconvening all members
were again present.
A committee from the Mile Laos
County Agricultural society ap-
peared before the board, and asked
for financial assistance in improving
the fair grounds. Upon motion duly
made and carried $500 was appropri-
ated to the association.
The commissioners decided to pur-
chase cabinet safe for the books
and records of the auditors Office, at
a price not to exceed S248.
The petition asking for the resur-
vey of section 6, town Of Milaca,
came up for final hearing and same
was granted. r. S. Chapman was
appointed to make such survey, and
his bond was fixed in the sum of $50.
A delegation from the village of
Milaca APPEARED before the commits
sioners and asked the board to make
an appropriation from the county
road and bridge fund, under the pro-
visions Of the Dunn road law: for the
purpose of constructing new steel
and concrete bridge across the Rum
river in said village. The bridge
will be constructed next year.
"A school petition was presented to
the board asking that about two
thirds of the territory of district IS
be set aside and organized into
new district. After considerable dis
cussion the matter was laid over for
further considera tion. The school
petition of A. G. Orion, asking that
his lands be set off from district, 2
and attached to district 10, came
up for final hearing, and same was
upon motion granted.
The board revised the list of uncol-
lected personal property taxes, and
cancelled those which were deemed
uncollectable. Citations were or
dered issued against the balance.
A school petition was presented to
the board by W. NJ. White of Milo,
asking that his lands be set off from
district 6 and attached to district 8.
81 was designated as the time
for hearing upon said petition.
No action was taken on a couple Of
road and school petitions presented
to the board: as they were defective
in form.
After acting on numerous bills the
board adjourned. The next meeting
will be held next Monday, when
some unfinished business will be
acted upon, after which the board
will eQualize the assessments. Tie
next regular meeting will be held on
Tuesday. August 81.
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