The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-09

checks returned to them. Motion
carried unanimously.
Moved and supported that the
proper officers be authorized to enter
into a $500 lamp contract with the
Bryan-Marsh Division, Nat ional
Lamp Works of the General Electric
Co. through the Vermillion Electric
Company of Ely, Mimi. Motion
carried unanimously.
Moved and supported that Stack
Bros. & Co. be authorized to install
one eight inch shut-off valve on the
water line to the Memorial Build
ing and one six inch shut off valve
on the water line to the High School
and Washington Buildings. Motion
carried unanimously.
DIR. j. E. Thompson offered the
following resolution and moved it's
adoption:
WHEREAS, the School Board
of Independent School District No.
IL of st. Louis County, Minnesota,
eel of land in the southwest corner
of the Northwest quarter of the
Southwest quarter (NWA of SWA }
of Section Twenty-six (26) in
Township Sixty-three (63) North
of Range Twelve (12) West of the
Fourth Principal Meridian in St.
Louis County, Minnesota, to be used
as a site for schoolhouse in place
of the schoolhouse now located on
that part of said premises heretofore
conveyed to the District by Hirpm
w. Sibley and others, by deed da5 I'd
September 22nd, 1908; and
WHEREAS, Hiram w. Sibley,
Edward l.. Bradley, Trustee, and
The Toledo Investment Company,
owners, and Oliver Iron Mining
Company, Lessee of said Northwest
quarter of Southwest quarter (NW Il
of SWA) offer to lease said pro-
posed site to the School District for
school purposes, as provided by the
lease proposed to be entered into
by and between said parties and the
School District, which has been pre-
sented and read in full at this meet
ing; and
WHEREAS, the voters of the Dis
ctrict, by resolution duly adopted
at the regular meeting on July 81,
1923, authorized this Board to
ter into new lease for the parcel
of land described in said proposed
lease; and
WHEREAS, it appears to be for
the best interests of the School Dis
trict that said lease be accepted and
entered into and that tt premises
tn rein described be used and i'm
proved in manner CONSTANT with
all the provisi ms of said lease and
that, upon completion of the school
house to be erected thereon, the
District shall remove the schoolhouse
and other improvements from the
o. site aforesaid and surrender and
reconve- ~";I site to the parties
above named, as provided by said
lease; -,
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, by
the School Board of Independent
School District No. II of st. Louis
County, Minnesota, that said School
District do acquire the right to use
said proposed site for school pur-
poses, by lease from the parties
above named, in the form presented
at this meeting and subject to all
the provisions thereof, to each and
an VI WItSAl GllS SCUOOl DlSCflcC
AGREES, including the provision for
removal of the improvements ard
surrender and reconveyance of said
old site;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the
School Board do execute, acknow-
ledge and deliver said lease, in dup
licate, in the name and on behalf
of the School District, and that
thereupon and upon the execution
and delivery thereof by TIE owners
and ssee aforr aid, the School Dis
trict shall be bound by all the terms,
conditions, exceptions, reservations
and covenants therein contained;
and
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that. as
provided by said lease, upon COM
pletion of the new schoolhouse, the
old schoolhouse and other improve
ments be removed and the old
schoolhouse site be surrendered and
reconveyed to the grantors in said
deed Of September %, 1908, or
their successors in interest; end
RESOLVED, FURTHER that a
copy of said lease, which is dated
August first, 1923, be spread upon
the minutes of this meeting as a
part of these resolutions"