New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-02-18
SEAL,
County Commissioners
Special Session

Brown County, Minnesota, met y
suant to agreement made at their
session on January 9Th, 1921, this 4th
day of February, A. D. 1921, at ten
o'clock A. M. All members present.
The County Auditor informed the
Board that owing to defects IN the
published notice OF sale OF county
drainage bonds no bids were received,
and The resolution making provision
for the sale of the bonds, which was
adopted at their session on January
9Th 1921, is hereby duly resclnded, ana
| Commissioner Palmer offered n tol-,
lowing resolution, and moved It's adop.-
tion, which motion was duly seconded
by Commissioner Meyer;
WHEREAS, in pursuance OF and N
full compliance with the provisions OF
| Chapter $50 of the General Laws OF
| Minnesota for the year 1905: ana
several acts amendatory thereof ~
Supplementary thereto such steps rave
been duly and legally taken that GER
tain public drainage bitches, known as
judicial Ditch No. z, has been located
and established with certain branches
and laterals which is partly located
within the County OF Brown n part
" within the County of CottonWood,
and also Judicial Ditch No.. 70, Wh! nchl
has been located and established W1th
certain branches and 1aterals, when n,
partly located within the County 81.
Redwood and partly within the Coun-
ty of Brown, and it has been detlnltely
ascertained in compliance with the pro;
visions of laws applicable thereto tnat.
the expense incurred and 70 ne n,
cured in locating, establishing and
constructing said Judicial pitch WI WI
be at least the sum Of $6O,OOo:oV''
which sum is more speclflcaliy speci-
fed, to. Judicial Ditch No: Z, Brown q
Cottonwood counties $51, 000. 90; Ju-
dicial Ditch No. Is, Redwood q Brown
counties 100000; making a total OF
$50, 100000, and
WHEREAS, the County Board has
Determined and does hereby determine
pursuant to Section 21-Chapter AL
Laws Of 1917 and several acts amen.
datory thereof and supplementary
thereto, that there is not sufficient
money in the Treasury of said County
to defrayy The said expenses incurred
and to be incurred in so locating ,estab-
fishing and constructing said ditches
and it was, therefore, resolved that Jne
Auditor be authorized and instructed
to advertise for bids for such ditch
bonds, which bids are to be received
up to 10 O'clock A. M. on March 10,
1921, and to be opened and considered
by the County Board, which SAID
Board will be in session on said date.
The resolution was adopted by the
unanimous. vote Of the Board:
The application of w. r. Hodges OF
Sleepy Eye, for a reduction on his
personal property taxes received the
approval of the Board and was re-
commended to the State Tax ON
mission. -.
The application of Jacob Hauer OF
New U1m, asking for a reduction IN
the assessed valuation of his real estate
was referred to Commissioned Meyer
for Investigation and to report back.
to the Board at their next session:
The application Of Albert Pfaender
of New Ulm, asking for a correction
of his personal property taxes, re-
ceived the approval Of the Board M
was recommended to the State TAX
Commission.
The bids. for the. county printing
were opened and laid on the table to
two o'clock this afternoon.
AS to the expenses in the proceedings
of widening and deepening County
Ditch No. s, of which no settlement
has been affected, Commissioner Meyer
offered the following resolution; which
received a second by Commissioner
WHEREAS, on October IS, 1915,
]. M. Hanson and others duly filed q
petition with the County Auditor OF
brown County, Minnesota, for the re.
pairing, deepening, and widening OF
County Ditch No. s., in said county,
and duly and seasonably filed with
their said petition . petitioners, bond
III the sum and amount of One Thous-
and Dollars; and
WHEREAS, further proceedings
were had with: respect to said petition
thereafter, all in conformity to the
provisions Of law applicable to the
betitionsso filed, as hereinbefore speci-
WHEREAS, the County Auditor re-
CURED the said petitioners to file an
additional petitioners bond, all as
provided by law, and !.
WHEREAS, the said petitioners, in
compliance with the request OF said