Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-09-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET
CHANGE STATE ROAD ONE
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT FOR
LATE COMMISSIONERS LAKIN

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LATE COMMISSIONER I.AKIN
The county board met in regular
monthly session Tuesday morning. Al
members were present except Commits
sioner Carnes, who was at the after
noon session.
A committee appeared to remon
strate against cleaning Ditch No. 9
a report having been in favor Of
cleaning said ditch. Upon motion il
was decided not to clean the ditch.
Oath of office of J. N. Carnes, re-
Gently appointed commissioner Of the
Fourth district, was filed.
The following resolution, signed by
the commissioners, was passed:
Whereas, It is with the utmost feel
ing Of regret that one of our mem
bers, F. II. Lakin, has been called
from our midst, by death, and
Whereas, During his long term OF
office he has been untiring in faithful
and conscientious labor in behalf of
his county and district and has been
uniformly courteous, gentle, manly
and upright in all his many dealings
now, Therefore, Be it ~.
Resolved, That these expressions of
sympathy be conveyed to the family
Of our departed colleague, and be it
Further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
incorporated into the minutes Of the
board.
Hearing was granted on the follow
ing petitions to be set off from one
school district to another: Elwood J,
Ernst, Joe Kastner, G. Stag, A. B.
Sharp, c. J. Swanson, Frank o. Swain,
Nels A. Swanson, Nels Larson and j.
A. Holm.
The report Of the engineer as to
steel for bridge No. 2285 was filed.
Commissioners Herum and Rocheleau
committee ON county road in Darling
and Parker, recommended that the
petition be granted on said county
road, the commissioners acting favor.
ably:
The board agreed to pay one-half
cost of concrete culvert in section 5,
Elm Dale, not to exceed $45.
Bids were then opened for bridge
No. 1862. Bid of A. B. Peterson &
Co., for slab plan for $1425.00 com.
plete was considered by the town
board Of Parker to be the best and
A. B. Peterson & Co. was awarded the
contract. Said company to build the
bridge without any extra pay for ex-
ira work. D.
Bid On bridge No. 1868. Bid of p
L. Poster for $1262.OO was considered
the best bid and was by the town and
county boards awarded the contract
with the understanding that no extra
cost was to he paid for extra work.
For the culvert in Buckman the bid
of P. L. Poster for $775.0O was accept,
ed.
Petition of Mary Meyers to be set
off with her lands from Genola back
to the town was granted hearing.
The report of the board of audit
was received.
Two hundred dollars was appropri-
ated to the Morrison County Agricul-
tural association of Motley to aid in
conducting a fair at said town.
State road No. l is to be changed
from the center line of section II,
thence north on the section line of
section to the corner of sections 2 and
and 3, 10 and II, township 127, range
80, to the following location, to-wit:
Commencing at the quarter post be.
tween sections II and l2, township
l27, range 80, thence north to the
corner Of sections l and 2, II and IL,
thence west on the section line be-
town sections 2 and IL, said township
and said range to the corner Of Sec
tions 2, 3, 10 and II, said township
and range.
In the final hearing on petitions of
Stany Kezeminski, Anton Joehime
and Rudolph Hamm, together with
their lands to be set off from village
Of Sobieski back to the town, the pc
titions were granted.
Bills allowed: