The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-01-06
IN ANNUAL SESSION
County Commissioners Meet and Or
ganize-F. C. Cater Elected
Chairman of Board.
Union Is Designated Official Paper
County Bounty on Wolves r..
is Withdrawn.

Chairman Eckdall presided.
The board proceeded to organize for
the coming year, by electing F. c. Ca
ter chairman, and John H. Grow vice
chairman.
Committee appointments were then
taken up, and Commissioners Thorn
as, Warren and Eckdall were named
a poor farm committee. F. G.. Cater
was designated a committee Of one to
look after the court house. All mem
bers Of the board constitute a commit
tee on roads and bridges, with F. c.
Cater as chairman. DR.. H. P. Bacon
of Milaca, and Commissioners Grow
and Warren were named as county
board of health.
The report of the board of audit was
submitted to the commissioners and
same was duly examined, approved
and ordered published.
An adjournment was taken to allow
the commissioners to attend the road
meeting, and the board reconvened at
) p. M, with all members present.
The school petition of Olaf Cool
berg, asking to have his lands in the
town of Page set off from school dis
sstrict 81, and attached to district 43,
came up for final hearing, and the pc
tition was granted.
Four and one-half miles of road in
the town Of Isle Harbor, connecting
the village of Wahkon with the state
road in Kanabec county, was desig-
mated state highway, subject to the
approval Of the state highway COM
mission.
The road and bridge money Of the
county for 1916 was divided among the
five commissioners districts of the
county, according to the valuation of
said districts, minus certain amounts
TO the villages Of Milaca and Qnamia
for bridge purposes, as provided by
&w.
The board adjourned to Wednesday,
when it reconvened at 9 a. m.
The county. treasurer's office was
examined. The cash on hand and the
amounts in the various county depos-
tories credited to various funds were
checked up, and a written report filed.
The county attorneys contingent
fund was fixed in the sum of 5000 for
1916.
The annual report of fees of the
following county, officers were exam
jned, and ordered placed on file: Judge
CT probate, sheriff, county treasurer,
clerk of court, county attorney, and
the five county commissioners.
A petition praying that school dis
trict No. 4 in the town Of Greenbush
be divided into two districts was pre-
sented to the board. Tuesday, the 9th
day of February, 1916, at p. M, in
the auditors Office, was designated as
the time and place of hearing on the
matter.
A petition asking for the formation
of new joint school district to be
composed of lands in the town of Hay
land and certain lands in the adjoining
township Of Kanabec county was pre-
sented to the board, but same was
found to be defective and was conse-
quently rejected. y
In the matter of the county printing
the Princeton Union was designated
Dis the official paper of Mile Laos
county for 1916, at the rates allowed
by law. The bond Of the publisher was
fixed in the sum of $4,000.
VIM. Marsh was reappointed janitor
>of the court house at a salary of $50
per month.
The county auditor was instructed
to advertise for bids for county ply
sician. 81
J. c. Borden was engaged to fur
nish the banks of the county with
copies of the current tax list, so as
to facilitate the payment of taxes, at
an agreed price Of $75..
A petition to have township Al,
range 81, set off from the town of
Onamia, to which it. is now attached
for township purposes, and organized
into a new township to be known as
the town of Johnsdale, was pre-
sented to the board. The petition
was laid over as there was some ques-
ton as to the validity of some of the
signatures.
Upon motion duly made and carried
it was decided to discontinue the pay
ment of bounty on. wolves. Hereto
fore the county has paid $3.50 on ev-
cry wolf killed, and this addedd to the
state bounty of $3.50 made total Of