New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-12-16
County Commissioners
Special Session.

F The County Commissioners I of
Brown County, Minnesota, met pur-
suant to a special call made by the
County Auditor, this 9Th day of De-
cember 1921, at 2 o'clock P. M.
All members present.
The call being read the board pro-
ceeded to take up the matter Of the
petition of Henry Bernhard praying for
repairs on the tile ditch of county ditch
No. 6, reported open and clogged; and
the engineers report filed in said
matter proved that due notice OF said
hearing had been given. The engineer
and the majority of the parties in
terested or affected by said proposed
Improvement were present. There
pom the County Board heard the
Idence of all parties for or against
4 improvement, and the evidence
the engineer with respect to the con-
emplated improvement, and the
opinion of the character of the resultant
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provement petitioned for be granted.
Upon due and careful consideration of
the said petition, the report of the
engineer, and the evidence performed
in said matter at said hearing it has
been made to appear to the satisfac-
tiaR of the County Board that the said
Improvement petitioned for will be
wholly ineffective to secure the relief
prayed for unless the entire system of
said county ditch is re-established. On
motion of Commissioner Charles
Palmer, and seconded by Commissioner
Joseph j. Sperl and unanimously
carried it was ordered that said petition
be denied.
A petition signed by Alfred Kotten
and Ezra A. Berkner, praying that a
competent civil engineer be appointed
to investigate the needed repairs OF
County Ditch No. 20, commencing at
a point about 200 feet of the road
running north and south between Sec
tons 4 and S, township 108, range 80,
was duly considered and, therefore,
ordered that F. D. Minium, a civil
engineer, be and is hereby appointed
to ascertain and report the cost of such
repairs and such report made and filed
with the County Auditor on or before
the 9th day of December 1921, and that
a hearing was set for Dec. 20, 1921, at
O'Clock P. M. for the consideration of
said report and petition and to de-
termine the necessity of such repairs.
The application of Joseph Frank,
Jr., of the Town of Milford asking for
a reduction in the assessed valuation
of his real estate for the current year
received the approval of the Board and
the same was recommended to the
State Tax Commission for considera-
ton.
. The application of A. Heymans Of
the city of Sleepy Eye asking for a re-
.und of his personal property taxes
80 Ser,ro Commissioner Charles
ldoro BON '~vestlgatlon.
oliidliden { zee appointed to IN
4srs Nry nm reject Of changing the
hc,. ,c;n s., Big Cottonwood River
the Schell Brewing Co.,
rurpose of preventing the
,sion of the banks at that location,
ported in writing that the benefits to
derived would not be commensurate
tn the cost which would amount to
out $4,000. 90, and recommended that
e matter be dropped. The report
was accepted and placed on file.
The committee appointed to work
in conjunction with the supervisors of
the Town of Milford reported in writing
that the repairs on a culvert at Meyers
Creek of Section 2-110-31 have been
completed and concrete retaining walls
have been constructed at each end, at
aFcost of $39O.58 and, therefore, re-
commend that the Town of Milford be
- reimbursed $195.29, being one-half
of the cost thereof. The report was
accepted and the Auditor was instruct
GU W ISSUE lis Wd1ldllC 1O1 1O
allowed.
Commissioner Charles L.. Palmer
reported that he sold a grader to Carl
- Trust for the sum of $500, which re-
ceived the approval of the Board and
theg money was turned owe to the
County Treasurer.
1t was resolved that hereafter the
Commissioner of the district shall fix
the price per yard to parties who want
- to obtain gravel out Of any county
gravel pit.
Notice was served on the Board by
the Sheriff that parties should be ap-
pointed to represent the County at the
hearing of the petition for a public
ghway filed in district court, ninth
judicial district, and the hearing to be
set'at the court house in the city of
New Ulm on the 25th day of January,
1922 at 10 o'clock A. M. Commission
i, Do11,or, opd CporI ond tho County,