Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-20
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
TWO SPECIAL 16EETIN01 OF THE
COUNTY BOARD

COUNTY BoA1D
Office of the County Auditor. Kandi-
y yShi Goq 1aGS "illmar' Minnesota Oct
Purpose of first meeting: Hearing on
the final certificate OF Engineer on Coun-
ty Ditch No. A.
The Board met pursuant to notice at
o'clock p. m. on above date. All MEM
bers present. also the County Auditor
and the County Attorney and the At
torney for the petitioners, Chas. A.
Swenson. Meeting called to order by
the chairman.
Engineers acceptance Of job was read
and hearing had.
mot ion the engineers certificate of &C
ceptance of job was accepted and APP
proved the contractor to be paid the
oaance e 81 IN the contract price, being the
On motion the Board adjourned.
N. B. JOHNSON,
Chairman.
SAMUEL NELSON,
County Auditor and Ex-Of1cio
Clerk of the Board.
Special Meeting of County Board
pursuant to call and notice the Board
convened t;e at 3 p: m. on above date. All
order by the Chairman.
Petition of lngebrigt Johnson and
others to repair certain wooden bridge
in the town OF Lake Elizabeth was now
taken up for consideration. Ingebrigt
johnson and F. w. Hintz were present.
No n? one appeared for the town of Lake
proposed by Commissioner VIM. O.
Johnson was adopted by a full vote of
the Board:
Resolution.
WHEREAS a complaint has been filed
with this Board by Ingebrigt Johnson
and Others. stating that certain wood
en- bridge in the public highway rum
ming north and south on the section line
between sections 80 and "a, in the town
of repair and is unsafe for public travel
and that the Board of Supervisors of
said Town have failed and neglected to
repair the SAID bridge. although mott
Whereas after hearing duly had up
on SAID petition 1t appears that the facts
therein stated are true and that it be-
comes necessary to repair the said
bridge,
Now Therefore Be 1t Resolved. that
the Town Board of said Town of Lake
Elizabeth be and they hereby are direct
ed to repair the said bridge and make
the improvements thereon that may be
necessary to make said bridge safe and
Mt Tor public travel, and that the grade
leading to said bridge be graded and
repaired.
Be 1t Further Resolved that said
work and repair be made within thirty
this resolution upon the Town Board
as provided by law"
On motion made seconded and duly
carried, the plans and specifications for
heating the Jail and sheriffs residence,
prepared by Ben Benson were accepted.
At $3.50 p. m. the Board proceeded to
open bids received for installing heat
in the County Jail and Sheriff's resi-
dence.
The following and only bid received,
was opened.
0f
sofa, in the sum of $1,4S7OO for INSTALL
ing heat in the said Jail and Sheriff S
residence according to plans and speci-
n neatlons on file in the County Auditors
once. On motion duly carried the said
bid was accepted and the work awarded
to said Ben Benson and that the County
enter enter into contract with him upon the
tract
County Ditch No: 81: G. P Tangen,
bers of the town Board of the town of
| Colfax appeared before the Board in the
matter Of County Ditch No. 81, and
dtcb ara nof the on SAID
/ specifications in the matter of tenn
! porary bridges. On motion the County
Attorney Att was instructed to look into
in the matter. They also reported that
| the water held back by the dam at the
| head OF Timber Lake should be released.
| 10 SAD Sald last named complaint was also
| reierred to the County Attorney.
| The plat of Second Addition to Pleas
| ant Beach was presented and on motion
| approved.
An application for relief in tax mat
ter filed by Arthur L. Davidson, Atwa-
| ter. minnesota, was presented and on
motion recommended to the Tax Com
mission for action thereon
| On motion. Commissioner c. J. Sven
| son was appointed a committee to SUPER
! Use the work OF repairing the dam at
| the east side Of Summit Lake in the
| township of Gennessee
| On motion made. seconded and duly
| carried. the Board adjourned till P.
M. On October 27. 1920
| BY the Board,
n. B. JOHNSON,
| Chairman.
| SAMUEL NELSON
County Auditor and Ex-Officio
| Clerk Of the Board
| Mrs. Oscar T.inman dourh+or