New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-09-29
dent Of Schools for the year ending July
81, 1922 was duly read and ordered filed.

Inc DeG1LlOn lOr tQ6 VdC1t4O1A VI d C0I
tain highway running on the town lin
between the Towns of Home and Milford
which was laid we on August 18th
was taken up, and it was resolved ane
ordered that a hearing be had on sale
petition atthe courthouse in the City O
4 New Ulm in said county on Thursday The
26th dayofO october, 1922 at 10 o'clockA
M, at which time and place said Board
Twill hear all that may be said in favor Of
and against the granting of said petition,
and it was
FURTHER ORDERED, that Com
missioner c. /. Palmer and Commissioner
Joseph j. Sperl members Of this Board,
be, and they are hereby appointed a com
mittee to examine said proposed vacation
and said road and that said committee
meet upon the route Of said road at the
Frank Marti residence located on Lot
No. 12 in Section No. 81 in the Town Of
Milford in said county on Tuesday the
10th day of October 1922 at two o'clock
p. NJ. for the purpose of examining said
proposed vacation of said road and to
make their report thereon at said meeting
to said Board hereinbefore specified.
Commissioners Polkow, who has here
tofore been delegated as a committee Of
one to investigate the conditions existing
at the outlet of County Ditch No. "a
and to report to the Board thereon sub
mitted a report of his action under such
appointment, and stated in part that on
August 26, 1922 he together with the
county auditor, the county attorney and
the engineer Carl Case, met at the outlet
of said county ditch Mo-. "a for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the true conditions
at the present time, and after ascertain
ing all the facts relative thereto from the
engineer, who submitted a detailed state
fment of the work remaining to be done
ION said ditch in order to make the said
system conform to the original plans and
specifications therefor at the time OF the
establishment of said ditch, it was found
that at least 5000 cubic yards OF open
ditch must yet be e~xcavated, and that
Mr.. Peter Jenniges of the New Ulm
Drainage and Construction Co., who was
present, offered to complete that UNI
finished part Of county ditch No. "a for
the sum of $4,000, and that the sum
does not exceed the contract price OF the
I contractor, who failed to complete said
ditch. 1t was, therefore, resolved and
ordered that the Auditor be authorized
to enter into contract with tie New Ulm
Drainage & Construction Co., for the
completion Of same and after the proper
execution of the said work and the due
acceptance thereof by the engineer and
approval of the County Board, the said
contractors are to be paid the sum OF
$4,000. &
Miss Cecilia Schiffert, who is a tuber-
culosis patient at the Riverside SAM
tarium at Granite Falls, Minnesota,
asked for aid from the county for care
and maintenance, butnoaction wa taken.
Commissioner Polkow reported that
the Vogel bridge over the cottonwood
river in the Town of Leavenworth needed
immediate repairing on the south end
Of the bridge and the committee on said
bridge was authorized to have the needed
repairs made.
W. 7. Eckstein, County Attorney sub
mitted to the Board his sub-joint report
and the same was ordered filed. The
members of the County Board expressed
their appreciation Of the faithful and
honest work the County Attorney has
been doing by devoting his entire time
to the attention Of the public matters
arising in the county for the purpose OF
securing the best results OF the interest
of the county and the inhabitants there
of.
The following claims were audited and
ordered paid:
John Cutting, justice fees $50. 5000
C. S. Petersen, justice fees ..... 4.O5
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George Foster, justice fees *. ll7.5O
Ed. MCGOWAN, constable fees
and mileage ........ 5.Uo
Aug. Bigot, constable fees and
mileage 9.96
Chas. G.. Murray, transcripts for
Co, Attv. 45.72
w. j. Julius, auto hire and ex-
nense $3.50
w. II. Gieseke, auto hire and ex-
nense ,..,...... $3.50
A. "A. Cutting, auto hire for
sheriff $500
w. J. julius. boarding prisoners. 116.00
Jos. j. Sperl, mileage and ex-
penses ........... oo.OV
C. N. Robertson, expenses as
road engineer 1881.
HI. F. Dohrman, per diem and
mileage, weed inspector .... 74.2O
j. "A. Sellner, per diem and mil
cage, weed inspector -. $50. 1O3.2O
Fred Christensen, recording fees 22.O5
Kretsch Auto Co., auto hire by.
auditor 500
Alfred To T;nr oyppnses cutting