Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
REGULAR SESSION or THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Regular session of the Board of County
Commissioners of Stevens County, Min
nesota, was held at the County Audit
ors Office on Jan. 6, 1920, as provided
by law.
Members present:
Commissioners VIM. Gausman; o. N.
Dohlen; N. P. Mecklenburg; Steve Burt
and D. H. Lawler.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
On motion made and seconded VIM.
Gausman was elected chairman for the
ensuing year.
Lawler was elected vice-chairman.
The chairman appointed the follow
ing committees for the ensuing year:
Finance committee, Whole Board.
Road and bridge committee: Whole
Board.
Court House and Grounds: o. N.
Dohlen; D. H. LaWler and Steve Burt.
On motion $4,000 was set aside from
the County Revenue Fund for postage
express, freight and drayage for the
various county officers up to July 1,
On motion made and second the salary
of w. H. Cherry as county attorney was
fixed at 100000 per year. payable
monthly.
On motion made and seconded the
salary of Ray S. Roberts, Superintend-
ent of Schools, was fixed at $16OO.OO
per year. payable monthly; he to pay
Moved and seconded that Steve Sax be
appointed Superintendent of roads at a
salary of $125.00 per month
Moved and seconded that w. A. Hunt
be appointed assistant State Highway
a Salary of sf75.O0 per month, for the
time not employed by the State High
way Commission.
salary of F. A. Zahl sheriff, was fixed at
$4,000 per year, payable monthly.
Moved and seconded that the salary
House be fixed at $125.O0 per month.
Motion made and seconded that A. L.
Stenger, Judge of Probate, be allowed
$4,000 clerk hire for the year of 1920.
Motion made and carried that A. F.
Riedner, Register of Deeds, be allowed
$4,000 clerk hire for the year 1920.
Motion made, seconded and carried
that the County Auditor be allowed
by Sec. SS4, G. S. 1913, and subject to
the approval Of the Attorney General
and Public Examiner
Motion made, seconded and carried
that the application of DR.. c. E. Game,
County Physician, be accepted and a
salary be fixed at $4,000 per year, pay
able monthly; he to furnish all medicine
and medical appliance for properly car
ing for the county poor in ali parts of
Stevens county.
John Ross and Blanch Hollenbeck ap-
peared before the Board making applica-
county poor house and upon motion
made and seconded Jim Kirby was ad-
mitted to the county poor house as a
county charge.
Motion made and seconded and carried
that DR.. Amos Leuty be appointed health
physician of the county of Stevens and
D. H. Lawler as an associate member
of same.
Moved and seconded that each commits
siOner be appointed as committee of
one to inspect town roads in their re-
spective districts.
Bids for county printing were re-
ceived from the Norris Sun and Morris
Tribune and on being read were found
to be for like amounts, that is legal
rates.
Commissioner MeckIenburg offered the
following resolution and moved its
Sun, a weekly newspaper printed and
published in the City of Morris be and
the same hereby is designated by the
Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Stevens and State of Min
nesota, as the newspaper in which the
notices and lists of real estate taxes
remaining delinquent on the first Mon
day in January, 1920, shall be pub
lished; also the financial statement of
said County the notice of expiration of