Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-01-30
County Attorney

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diem and expenses At
tending hearing In Dis
trict Court in St. Cloud - &.
on judicial HpRSd4G Ditch No SS
Of 9; ?. M. and K. :, :
e o% Motion the Board aajo jour- tai
asfa AdIay OF January 4, 1 b JOHNSON.
Attest: sAM Gha.r% THhs & County Boar'
County Auditor and Ex-ofnci
Clerk Of the Board. -
Final Hearing on County Ditch No. 81
Located In the Towns Of Burban
and colfax, kandlyoht County, Mir
nesota. 10y +. 49,.
Office of County Auditor, Wilma,
Minnesota, November 30, 1917.
State of Minnesota, County of KandI
yohi,-ss.
The County Board of said count,
convened at the County Auditors OF
fee in the City of Willmar on abov,
date at O'Clock pm, pursuant t,
notice duly given.
All members of the county boarl
were present, viz: Commissioners VIM
o. Johnson, S. A. Syverson, N. 3
Johnson. C. J. Swenson apd Alder
Boersma. Also present, County Audi
tor Samuel Nelson, County Attorne.
Charles Johnson, Attorney for the pc
titioners, T. O. Gil bert, Esq, Geo. n
Bitterness, Esq, representing object
ors George Johnson, Soren Jensen
Olof Olson, Thor Nicholson, O. H
! Westberg and p. O. Johnson, also
present J. A. Myron, Engineer II
charge of the ditch and viewers. Pet
er Skoglund, c. A. Harrison and Elias
Johnson.
Meeting called to order by the
chairman, N. B. johnson.
The Board proceeded to hear OBJ
jections made against the establish
ment of said ditch. The Viewers re
port was read and each owner pres
ent, given an opportunity, to be heard
On motion recess was entered till
o'clock pm. The Board reconvened
at said 2 o'clock pm.
AS there were several directors
present, the following motion was duly
made and carried:
Moved that all interested parties
who object to the construction OF
County Ditch No. 81, shall make their
objections in writing and file the same
with the County Auditor on or before
December 8, 1917. 1t is moved further
that this hearing be adjourned till De.
cember II, 1917 at 9 o'clock am.
The Board adjourned till Dec. r.
1917, at 9 O'Clock am.
The Board convened at 9 O'Clock a.,
M, on December -, 1917.
The following were present, all
members of the county board, county
auditor, county attorney, attorneys T.
O. Gilbert and Geo. H. Bitterness, en-.
gineer J. A. Myron and also the view.
ers.
The Board proceeded to hear OBJ
jections filed as hereinbefore men.
toned.
Recess till 2 pm Convened at 2
pm. Hearing continued. Recess till
o'clock am, Dec. Is, 1917. Convened
at o'clock am. Hearing continued.
The following persons were heard:
John C. Saboe, George Johnson, Sor-
en- Jensen, Olof Olson, P. o. Johnson,
0. H. Westberg and town of Burbank
by A. L. Lohn.
On motion duly made and carried
the hearing was adjourned till Janu.
ary 10, 1918 at 3 o'clock pm =
The Board convened on January 10,
1918, at 3 pm.
An additional bond in the amount
of $4,000 was at this time filed with
the County Auditor.
The hearing was continued. The
following persons were heard: George
Johnson, Soren Jensen, P. o. Johnson,
Thor Mikkelson, E. P. johnson and S.
H. Stauffer. Thereupon the hearing
was declared closed.
Upon motion made, seconded and
carried, the meeting was adjourned
till January %, 1918, at O'clock pm.
The Board convened at 2 o'clock p.
m. Members present, Commissioners
VIM. O. Johnson, S. A. Syverson, N. B.
Johnson and c. j. Swenson. Absent,
Commissioner Boersma. Also present
County Auditor, County Attorney, At
torney for Petitioners, T. o. Gilbert,
viewers Peter Skoglund, Elias John
son and G. A. Harrison.
The Board proceeded to consider OBJ
jections made and to review testimony
taken at hearings. Thereupon the fol-
lowing motions were made, seconded
and carried, to-wit:
Moved that the ditch from about
Station (150) to Station (265) be plac-
ed on the south line of Govt. Lot s,
section %, township 1872, range IS, so
that the entire ditch between said Sta
lions be constructed on said Govt. lot
5 adjacent to the said south line of
said Govt Lot said township and
range, and that the allowance of $3.50
for bridge in said Lot 5, be cancelled
and that the damages to said Govt.
Lot be reduced from $500 to $3.50 all
in section %, township 122, range s..
Moved that the ditch through Stauf-
fer's Lake from about Station No. 1875
to about Station No. 215 be placed
along the dividing line between the
subdivisions of the added lands in
said lake.
Moved that the assessment on the
SE1-4 of NW1-4, section "a, township
122, range IS, be reduced from $40
to $500 and that the damages for
bridge be increased from SIS to $50.
Also that the assessment on the SW1-4
Of NE1-4, section "a, township 122,
range IS, be reduced from $3.50 to $3.50.
Moved that the damages for bridge
on Govt. Lot 4, section Is, township
122, range IS, be increased from SIS
to $50. -
Upon motion duly made and carried
a recess was entered till 9 o'clock g.
m, January "a, 1918.
The BOARD cnnvaned at q O'Clock a
M, Jan. "a, 1918.