Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-02-04
COUNTY DADS IN
TW0DAY SESSION
sE1Mof SHELDON FOR suPER1N-
THvDENT OF sCH0OLs-A-
WARD BRIDGE CONTRACTS


vas held Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bond of Mary K. Blake, as clerk Of
Probate, was approved.
Fee ,etatements of F. x. Basticn as
Registor of Deeds and Doctor o. J..
Brown "A coroner were approved.
The county auditor presented a state
nent shOwing the amount OF taxes lev.
led for county purposes for the year
1921, the amounts collected and appOr-
toned to date, and the balances un-
collected, together with the actual cash
balance remaining to the credit of each
county fund at the close of business
on the 3lst day Of December, 1920.
Amounts levied for current year, un-
collected or unapportioned is as follows:
County Revenue fund. -. $780, ,3S6.6S
Road and Bridge fund. go. 90, ,43O32
County Bonds, interest. ..... 13,836.79
Sinking fund .............. 24,9O6.34
Special road and bridge fund. 80, ,976s6
Balances remaining to the credit Of
each fund are as follows:
County Revenue fund. SIG, ,423.77
Road and Bridge fund. ...... 1l,367.2O
Incidental fund ............. 1850
County bonds, interest ..... 10,578.14
Sinking fund .......... 36,669. IS
Special Road and Bridge fund 2s,9660S
Warrants outstanding in road
and bridge fund .......... 1l,963.T
The following is a statement of the
accounts remaining fully unpaid on the
contracts already entered by the Board:
Purchase of Machinery shop. SIS, 100000
Contract Bridge No. 1897. 49,. 100000
The resignation of Eliza A. Batter, as
superintendent Of schools was accepted.
N. N. Bergheim, chairman of Morri-
son County war record commission, pre-
,,onted a report showing the work done
by tho commission. Said report shows
:, deficit of $500, and this amount was
appropriated to make up the deficit.
The records of the commission was
ordered placed in the vault of the coun-
ty auditor.
A hearing was granted upon the fol-
lowing petitions, the said hearings to be
O'Clock p. M. l.. Grcgerson from Dis
trict 38 to District 60; Anna Hcdvall
from District So to District SO.
The commissioners petitioned our re-
presentativcs in tho state Legislature
to use their influence for the passage Of
bill that will compel the use of butter
on the tables of the state owned hospi-
tails and schools instead of the product
known az <'oleo.'
Applications for abatement of taxes
arprovod:-Waltcr Rohl, A. A. Fitch,
l.. Cyrus, G. e. Hyde, Lincoln State
Bank, Ffans A. Larson and John v.
Bohman.
Applications for abatement Of taxes
rejected:-L B. Siebert, Alexander
Hall, G. l.. Nelson and Samuel Ham
l.erbock. .9T.,''--
Bids were opened for construction
Of bridge No. 3477 in town of Two Riv-
ers, and also bids for the repair OF
bridge at Royalton.
Morrison County agreed to pay 2-3 OF
the cost of repairs at Royalton bridge
and that village of Royalton pay 1-3 of
the cost Of repairs of said bridge.
Bid of A.. B. Peterson to construct
bridge No. 3477 for the sum of $425O.OO
in town of Two Rivers, being tho lowest
and best bid, he was awarded the con-
tract.
The Minneapolis Bridge Company was
awarded the contract to repair Royalto1A
bridge for the sum of $334O.OO.
Final hearing upon the petition OF
John Peterson to be set off from DIS
trict l26 to District So was rejected.
Final hearing upon the petition OF
Frank 1any to Ibc set off, with his lands,
from District 13 to District 63 was
granted.
County Auditor instructed to write to
State Board of Control. asking them to
send ND q man, to look over the county
Jail, and see if said Jail cannot be re-
modelled and repaired.
The matter Of appointing superin'
tcndeut of schools, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss Eliza
Batzer was taken up Wednesday at
teraoon. Voting was done by ballot.
On the third ballot Crawford Sheldon
received three votes, M. E. Barnes one
vote, and F. w. Dobbyn one vote. Craw-
ford Sheldon was declared appointed to
I'll tho unexpired term Of Miss Eliza
A. Batzer, same to take effect February
7.
". b. Milbery was appointed as a
committee, with authority to act, in the
matter of changes and securing new
chairs for the court room.
Bills allowed:
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