New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-01-13

said work on May oath, 1914, and on
motion duly carried the Co. Auditor
was instructed to issue his warrants
for said amount to the Town Treasurer
Of said town. Fl II IN S'
Com. Graft presenting a written re-
port stating that the contractors, Mes.
sers Bakken and Becken have completed
their work in constructing the bridge
across Co. Ditch No. between Sections
2 and in the town of Linden, and C. w.
Robertson the district engineer having
accepted the same for the state high
way commission, therefore recommends
that the contractors be paid the county's
balance due them amounting to 1927 80.
The report was accepted and the amount
ordered paid. ils
On motion recess was taken 70 80
p. m. this afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
The Board met at 1880 p. m. All
members present. According to the
notice for proposals for county adver-
Using, Albert Steinhauser of New Ulm
submitted sealed bid, which was opened
and considered. The Board hesitated
to vote for they had familiarized them
selves thru the information of the finan-
cial statement, showing the publication
for 1913 amounted to $4,000, which was
considered outrageous, and it was gener-
ally limited that the printers of the county
have formed trust, which however was
not proven, altho it was agreed that each
member of the Board act as committee
to investigate these hints, and if such
a trust should exist that proper steps
should be taken for prosecution.
Com. Henle offered the following re-
solution receiving second from Com.
Palmer.
Whereas the unpaid taxes of Brown
Co., MINI. for the year 1913, having be-
come delinquent on the LIST Monday in
January, 1915.
Therefore be it resolved, that the New
Ulm Review, be and the same is hereby
designated by the Board of Co. Commits
sioners of the County of Brown and State
of Minnesota, as the newspaper in which
the notice and lists of real estate remain
ing delinquent in the county aforesaid
on the LIST Monday in January 1915 shall
be published, for which the publisher
shall receive 15c per description and it
is further resolved, that the Financial
Statement, the Commissioners and Equa-
lization proceedings as also all other
notices necessary to be published during
the year 1915, for which the publisher
of the New Ulm Review shall receive
one legal rate, and
Whereas it was further resolved, that
the publisher of said paper shall furnish
a bond in the amount of $4,000 for the
of the Delinquent Tax list
in strict compliance with the law The
resolution was adopted by the vote of
the Board"
Com. Graf presented written report
as member of the committee to work
in conjunction with the supervisors of
the town of Bashaw for the construction
of bridges in said town and known as
State bridges No. 973-974 and 967 and
constructed by Jos. Schmidt of St. James
which have been completed according
to plans and specifications and have been
accepted by the State Highway Commits
sion and paid for by said town. He
recommends that said town be re-
inbursed with $1357 so being the county's
share. The report was accepted and
the amount ordered paid.
a The New Ulm Review was allowed $50
to publish the complete list of Personal
Property tax payers, Money. and Cred
it's and Grain Taxes of the county on
or before Feb. 3rd and to furnish sup
plements to the other papers of the county
at cost.
At the request of Com. Palmer it was
resolved that the Co. Board advertise
for bids for all grading and crawling
to be done on State Roads No. 4-5-6
and 7, that are wholly in the 4th Com.
Dist.
The Board met with another surprise
when they examined the Financial
and found that the county
physicians have done considerable chart
ty work in taxing the county with 1854.
% for services rendered during the year
1914, and to solve this problem, the Board
and ordered the Auditor to
ask for bids namely: Dist. No. 1, New
Ulm and vicinity; Dist. No. 2, Sleepy
Eye and vicinity; Dist. No. 3, Spring.
field and vicinity to be presented to the
Board at their next session. Should how
ever trust exist among the physicians
of the county and no bids are received
by Feb. 9Th, 1915, that the Auditor be
further authorized to communicate
with the Medical Department of the
Minnesota University and get names of
graduates of those that passed exami-
nation as physicians in the last year, as
the Board deems it necessary to obtain
a young physician as a county physician
to be hired by the year.
The following committees were ap-
pointed for the ensuing 2 years 1915 and
1916.
Com'r's. Graft and Henle The Metzen
and Alvin bridges and all bridges in
the towns of Cottonwood, Sigel, and
Milford, costing over 100000.
Com'r's. Polkow and Roland The
Larabee, iberia and Windhorn bridges,
and all bridges in the town of Linden,
Lake Hanska, Albin, and Stark, cost
ing over 100000.
Com'r's. Polkow and Henle The Burns
and Springfield bridges, and all bridges
in the town of Burnstown, North Star
and Stately, costing over 100000.
Com'r's. Polkow and Roland-The Pol
kow and Golden bridges, and all
bridges in the town of Bashaw, costing
over 100000.
Com'r's. Polkow and Graft The Leaven-
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