Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-10-24
SPECIAL. SESSION BOARD OF CoUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS

Special session of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Stevens county
County Auditor on october IA, at 10
o'clock A. M, 1919, for the transaction
of general business.
All members present.
Petition of Joseph Sauter and others
for establishment of County road was
taken in consideration and the report OF
committee on said road was read, ana
upon motion made and seconded the
prayer of said petition was granted ana
the said highway is hereby established
so as to run according to said commit
Motion made and seconded that Coun-
ty Ditch No. SO be accepted and apc
proved as per Engineers certificate OF
acceptance and the County Auditor be
instructed to issue his warrant for final
payment to the Northwestern Cement
Drain and Tile CO: for $122.75 and to L.
J. Maloney for $140.61.
Motion made and seconded that the
proposal of the Chamberlin Metal
Weather Strip Co. to furnish and 1nStali
in the court house Chamberlin metal
Weather strips for the sum of $35O.OO,
be accepted.
The following resolution was offered
by Commissioner Mecklenburg and sec
onded by Commissioner Burt and upon
being put to a vote was declared car
ried unanimously.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Highway
Engineer make necessary surveys and
prepare plans, specifications and est1m-
:
! ton of State Road Number II from the
! Southeast corner of section 33, twp. l24,
| Range 43, to the point where it inter
| sects with State Road Number 6, as
! a State Road to be known as Chart NO.
| 2OO1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
! the Highway Engineer make necessary
! surveys and prepare plans, specifications
| and estimates for the construction of
, that portion of State Road Number 4
/ from the southwest corner of section 81
| Twp. 1876, Range Al, to the northwest
| ern corner of section 6, Twp. 1875, Range
| Al, as a State Road to be known as
| Chart 2002.
| Communication of Attorney General
and Wells Dickey Co, relative to the
/ proceeding for widening, deepening and
extending County Ditch No. 4 were read,
! and upon motion made and seconded 1t
was recommended that the report of the
viewers be resubmitted to the viewers
| to the end that there might be de-
| finite amount assessed against each
! tract of land along the various branches
flowing into said ditch and spec1-
| fed the benefits to each individual piece
| of land affected thereby.
! Communication of J. E. Cole, Engineer
on County Ditch No. Is, relatiXe TO
| cleaning outlet for county ditch NO. l6,
| seconded the Engineer be instructed to
! proceed to clean out said ditch as pro-
! posed at a proXimate cost of about
| $4,000 and to be paid out of funds on
! hand of said ditch.
Communication of J. E. Cole, relative
to County Ditch No. p, was read, and
upon motion made and seconded IN fhe
| matter was referred back to the En-
| gineer as it was necessary that the petit
! ton of repair of said ditch be filed with
| the County Auditor and brought before
| the County Board.
Motion made and seconded that the
| County Auditor be instructed to issue
| his warrant to L. Garvey for furnishing
meals to Jurors and deputy bailiffs.
| Application for reduction of taxes as
| follows were recommended to the Min
| nesota Tax Commission:
Thomas Johnson, A; J. Clark, Mrs
bach, and John CARNEY.
! The following bills were audited by
| the finance committee and were ordered