New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-11-18
County Commissioners
Special Session.

their action taken at the meeting held
November 2, 1921, this 9th day OF
November, 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M,
in. the Court House for the purpose OF
considering the engineers report in the
matter of cleaning out anderepairs OF
County Ditch No. SO, petitioned for
byftHalvor Olson and others. rel
Present: Commissioners John M.
Johnson, Henry J.. Meyer and Joseph
j. Sperl.
Absent: Commissioners Herman
.Polkow and Charles L. Palmer.
The vic%e-president, John M. John
son, called the meeting to order and
thereupon the County Board proceeded
to- consider the said report Of the en-
gineer, F. D. Minium, and other evil
dence presented at said hearing upon.
the said matter of the improvement
petitioned for. n
Commissioner Joseph ]. Sperl moved
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton:
WHEREAS, Halvor Olson and
others have heretofore filed their pc
tition asking for certain repairs and
clean out on County Ditch No. 33; and
WHEREAS, the. engineer appointed
by the County Board to make report
to the County Boardthis day upon the
matter of the clean out and repairs OF
said County Ditch No. 33, has filed
and submitted his said report, together
with plans and specifications and re-
Communications; and
WHEREAS, the County Board,
after due and careful consideration OF
the said report of the engineer, plans
and specifications and recommended
lions and the evidence adduced with
respect to the said contemplated i'm
provement finds that the facts set
forth in the said report, plans and
specifications and recommendations
and the said petition petition are
accurate and in conformity to truth;
and
WHEREAS, the County Board,
after such due and careful consideration
of the matters so submitted finds that
the improvement petitioned for is
necessary and that the said County
Ditch No. SO needs cleaning out and
repairing; therefore,
IT IS ORDERED, by the County
Board, that the said report OF the
engineer is hereby and herewith ap-
proved and adopted; and
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, by
the County Board, that the said clean
ing out and repairing, so petitioned for
and reported on by the said engineer,
be performed and completed in &C
cordance with the said report of the
engineer and under the supervision and
direction of the engineer in charge; and
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, by
the County Board, that the County
Auditor proceed forthwith to let a con-
tract for the construction of said i'm
provement of County Ditch No. 33,
all as provided by law.
Commissioner Meyer seconded the
foregoing resolution, and the same was
adopted.
On motion a recess was taken to 3
o'clock this afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
The Board met at 8 o'clock P. M.
All members present.
The petition of B. Mathiowitz OF the
Town of M%ulligan, asking to be set of
from school district No. 46 to school
district No. SO was granted a hearing
for January 4, 1922, at 2 o'clock P. M.
The application of Peter Lenertz OF
the Town of Bashaw asking for a re-
fund of personal property taxes paid
was taken up and considered, and the
Board being satisfied that the amount
paid should be refunded, therefore, re-
commended the application to the
State Tax Commission for fconsidera-
ton. q .ee
Ernie Hagberg and Otto Schneider
representing Schell's Brewing Co., ap-
peared befor the Board in regard to
the Strengthening of the channel IF the
Big Cottonwood River between the
County property, known as the Poor
Farm and the property of the Schell
Brewing Co., stating that considerable
damage was being done to the property
of both by reason,o of the sharp curve in
the river at that place, and it was
thought best that the chairman ap-
point a committee Of two including the
State Highway Engineer to make an.
investigation, and appointed as such a
committee Commissioners Meyer and
Sperl, who are to report the particulars
at the next meeting Of the County
Board.
The following claims were audited
and ordered paid:
WI. Julius, boarding prisoners i
for. Oct. ..... ....... $4,000