The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-13
COUNTY BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
Commissioners Convene on Monday
for Semi-Annual Session; Much
Business Transacted.
SITE FINALLY PURCHASED
A. C. Wilkes Appointed Weed Inspec
tor; Fixes Tax Levies for the
Ensuing Fiscal Year.

Ensuing Fiscal Year.
The county commissioners assem-
bled last Monday for a semi-annual
session. All members of the board
were present when Chairman Sehlin
called the meeting to order at II
o'clock.
Two plats of land were presented to
the board and approved. An order of
each was filed with the register of
deeds and with the county auditor.
One plat is of "Maple Blank" compris-
ing territory in lot Of section II,
township 43, range 81; the other is Of
"Sandum Vineland Bay" comprising
lots 1, 2 and 4, NV Of Sc of Sec
ton 8, range AZ.
| The greater part of the afternoon
session Monday was spent in consider
ing the bids submitted for the position
of weed Inspector and proposed court
house sites. The county board in it's
session on June 6 had accepted the
offer of Jacob Atkinson and had pur-
chased, for the sum of one dollar,
a block offered by him in the extreme
southern portion of the village, as a
site for the court house. It seems
that this site was not satisfactory to a
large number sof residents in Milaca.
The Milaca Commercial club took the
matter under consideration and held a
joint meeting with county commits
sioners on June 26 to discuss the
question. The commissioners agreed
to accept another site nearer the CEN
ter of the village if such a site
would be donated to the county. They
did not feel they could pay several
thousand dollars for another site when
good location was available for the
sum of one dollar. The Commercial
club appointed committee which Sc
lected second site of which the
board approved. This proposed site
contains an area of one square block
and is in block Fl which lies north
east of the high school building.
The Commercial club agreed to pur-
chase this site and donate it to
the county. Attorney Rolleff Waller
appeared before the county board on
Monday with petition asking the
commissioners not to accept this Sec
ond site selected by the Milaca Com
mercial club but to consider a third
location opposite the Congregational
church. The signers of the petit
ton had promised to pay 81 300 to ap-
l. ply on the purchase of this third pro-
posed site. However only half block
was available at the location that Mr..
Waller urged the commissioners to
consider, and the price of that half
block was fixed at $3.50. Attorney
Waller certainly made an eloquent
Iplea in behalf of the petitioners he
represented, but his arguments failed
to convince the commissioners. They
voted unanimously for the site in block
Fl which lies close to the Scenic high
way in the extreme southern portion
of the plated area Of the village. The
Milaca' Commercial club paid $1,000
for the block which the county pur-
chased from them at the nominal sum
of three dollars.
Eleven bids were presented for the
position Of county weed inspector. The
lowest bid was that Of A. C. Wilkes,
who agreed to accept the office at a
salary Of SIS per month and pay all
his own expenses. The board voted
to appoint Mr.. Wilkes weed inspector
for the year ending Nov. 1, 1922.
The petition of Harry Johnson ct |
al for the formation of a new school |;
district comprising territory in the
township of Daley was presented.
A hearing for this petition was set for
2 o'clock on September 5. The board
adjourned to reconvene at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The morning session was devoted to
the preparation of a supplemental
list Of jurors for the October term of
court.
During the afternoon session the ap-
for the ensuing fiscal year
were considered. The board voted to
levy the following amounts on the
taxable property Of the county, the
levied for the various funds
being based on the expenses of the
county for the past year as reported
by the county auditor: County reve-
nue., $4,000; county road and bridge,
sac, 900; county poor, $4,000; county
poor farm, $4,000; interest on court +,
house bonds, $4,000; funding road and I
bridge bond, $17,500. The total {
amount levied is $125,500, an increase t
If $4,000 over the levy made a year
ago. Of course $4,000 Of this increase
S due to the interest on the court
house bonds.