New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-01-21
100000. BONDS
FOR BRIDGE WORK
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTE
ON PETITION AT ANNUAL
MEETING.
SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
ARE GIVEN BOOST BY
BOARD.

bOAfSO.
AT the annual meeting Of the County
Commissioners Of Brown County held
on January 6, q and {, the Board re-
solved to have Bridge Bonds issued
in the sum Of one hundred Thousand
dollars for. the purpose v Of obtaining
funds for the payment Of the construc-.
ton of various proposed new bridges
in the county and Of repairs on existing
bridges. These bonds are to be, dated
March l, 1920, and shall bear interest
at the rate of five. per cent per annum,
and shall mature at the, rate Of $4,000
on the first day Of March Of each year
in the decade from 1880 to 1910, exclu-
sive Bonds will be issued in denomi-
nations of one thousand dollars or more.
It is proposed to build four new bridges
over the. Big Cottonwood river within
the limits Of Brown County, as follows:
One new bridge to replace the old bridge
on State Road No. 3; a new bridge to
replace the old one on State Road No.
9; new bridge on the public highway
running north and south across the river
on Section No Is, and finally one between
the crossing on State Road No. 9 and the
west line of said Brown County. The
Board acted on petition signed by more
than rs voters of the county asking
that such bonds be issued for the pur-
pose of defraying the cost of building
these bridges and to repair others across
the rivers in the county.
Salaries Are Raised.
The board granted a raise in the
salaries Of some Of the county officials.
The salary of the Sheriff was fixed at
$1,000, showing a raise of 5000 as com
pared with last years salary. The
Superintendent of schools is to receive
So, 500, the Clerk of Court $1,000 and
the County Attorney $4,000. The raise
in each case is 5000. The. janitor will
receive $50 per month. This means
an increase of Sc per month. Commits
sioners Graft, Meyer and Polkow were
in favor Of the salary increase in the case
of the three first named officers, while Conn
missioners Palmer and johnson were
against it.. In the case Of the County
Attorney, Commissioners Graft, Meyer,
Johnson and Polkow voted in favor of
the raise and Commissioner Palmer
voted against it.
Polkow Reelected.
At the beginning of the meeting the
Commissioners organized by re-elect-
ing Herman Polkow chairman of the
board and J. P. Graft vice chairman for
the ensuing year. The first matter
taken up was to examine and count the
funds in the county treasury. It was
found and recorded that these funds
to $61, 413.03 on January 9Th.
The Commissioners certified over their
own signature that the amounts were
found to correspond with the total
balance of the several accounts as they
appear on the treasurer's books. The
funds are deposited in the different
banks in the county.
To Aid Road Building.
Judge I. M. Olson appeared before
the board stating the necessity for reso-
luton to be passed by the commissioners
as to the cost of improving the so
called Mueller Road leading from the
Eagle Roller Mill bridge across the
Minnesota river towards the bluffs on
the Nicollet County side. A resolution
embodying the opinion Of the Board
members on this matter was passed at
the meeting saying that the County Of
Brown will and hereby agrees to contri-
butte and pay an amount equal to one
eighth of the total cost and expense Of
the making of said improvement as its
share and proportion thereof, provided
that in case the federal or state aid
amounting to more than fifty per cent
Of the cost Of said Improvement be
obtained then the share to be paid by
the County Of Brown shall be only one
fourth of the excess of the total cost
over and above the aid so obtained. 2
The reports from the Board Of Audit
were read and ordered recorded. Pro
posals for deposit Of County funds from
the different banks were received and
rejected for the reason that the Com
missioners we're Of the opinion that the
rate for monthly balances allowed by
the banks should be not less than 29o
All the proposals made offered only %.
on monthly balances and s4go on time
certificates for period Of not less than
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