Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-15
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY BOARD
Official Minutes From County Com
missiOners Meeting Held ut the
Court House I'm the Village
OF Pine City.

Auditors office. Pine City. Minnesota,
The board of county commissioners
met this day pursuant to adjournment.
Members present: John Ethel, +. l..
Wilcox. Nels Matson and Chairman
Stepan. Oakland absent.
The matter of establishing water
level for Fokegama lake was brought
up and a petition of remonstrance
read to the board. Chas. E. Faulkner
from Minneapolis. was present explain
ing the benefits that owners of prop
erty on the lake would derive from
raising the level of the lake: August
AusmuS. one of the owners of land ad-
joining Pokegama lake spoke against
the proposition. After hearing few
proposition was again laid on the table.
Applications for dance hall permits
for 1888 We're received from T.. l.. Jones.
Pokegama. and Ray Chapman. Markvile.
Both applications We're granted.
Application for poor relief was re-
ceived from Albert Ralph. Pine City.
1t was ordered filed.
letter from Mrs. Mae Davidson in
regard to pay for Mrs. Justin GlennOn
was laid on the table.
The boiler inspector recommended
that the pressure tank at the poor farm
be painted to prevent rusting. The
county auditor was instructed to have
it done.
letter was received from Gustaf
taxes. The county auditor was in
structed to write him giving him in
formation asked for.
Minutes of last session of this board
were approved corrected, the cor
rection being in the description of the
county aid road designated in Town of
Bremen at the last meeting.
Mr.. Beckman. chairman of the Pine
County Unit Farmers National Holiday
association presented the following
resolution:
.Whe. cas-: present p. ices of farm pro-
duce are low. that farmer is un-
able to pay his taxes. unless he have
II saving or some other income avail
able and
Whereas: Taxes have climbed UP to
a point so high that even if We would
receive "a fair price to cover cost OF
production. it would be all we could pay
without penalties being added.
BE 1t Therefore Resolved: That the
Pine County National Farmers Holiday
association appoint committee OF hve
commissioners. county of Pine state of
Minnesota. and request that said board
use all the power they may have to
abate the penalties on unpaid taxes on
real estate for year 1881.
Signed:
Chas. Beckman, Rock Creek.
Erwin Nelson. Pine City.
Richard Downing, ROyaltOn.
Melvin Anderson, Brook Park.
Hjalmer Sandell. secI etary Holiday
Association. Hinckley. Minnesota.
present We're assured by the county
board that the board would CONSIDER
favorably any application for abate-
ment of penalties. The board having
for some time been recommending such
applications to Minnesota Tax Commits
sion which has the final say in the
matter.
committee consisting of Commits
sioner Wilcox and Commissioner Ettel
was appointed to take an inventory Of
the countyS property.
The following applications for abate-
ment and settlement of taxes We're
favorably recommended to the Mime
sofa Tax Commission:
5. +. Bulls, SE "a of SEA. Section
Helen Steen Forncrook. SWA of
SWl4. Section 2-4O-2O.
Jenny kolosky. SWA of NEA and
H. Il. Shafer. Lot 4 and S. 10 feet of
Lot 5 in Block /. Willow River.
Albert j.. stepan. sWA of NEA. less
r. ": Section .on,, li- a MEL. MEL,
of SWA and NWA of SEA. Section
Axel d. Olson. swA. Section IS
:, North Star Farmers club. Part in
John H. Kron SW4 of NEA and E.
81 ac. OF Ela of NWA, Section 10
f. L. Losensky. NwA of swA, Sec
Peter Traehemowicz. swA of SEA.
Martin Isaksen. ETA of SWA. Section
4-43--19.
Amanda E. Erickson. Lots "a and %.
Block Is. Bruno village.
S. +. Bulls. Lot IS. Block 4. Mark
Vile
S. w: koehler and Edward l.. Key.
port. N NV, ,, of sWA; Sec. SIN "a; M Of
ASS.
Alfred Elliott, EA of NwA. Section
E. Nelson. NJ of SEA and Ne of
SWA. Section 35-41-21.
Herman FRANKIE. NW4 of SWA. Sec
ton 21-41-21.
., Mrs; Anna d. Beeman' swA' Section
A. f. Eddy. Gdn.. Lot 80 less part.
Aud. Sub. Section 24-41-21.
Hugo, Mossberg. Lots and Z. Section
Maryanna and Joe Luczak. Sh of
NWA and NEA of SWA. Section 3
$50.
L. Patrin. Lot l.. Block A. Willow
River.
Applications of r. B. Anderson. Ker-
rick. and Thomas c. kohin. La Sale. Ill.
on motion the board adjourned until
December 9TH. 1892. Nine o'clock "a. m.
Auditors Office, Pine City. Mimi.
December 7th. 1892. Nine o'clock a. m.
The county board met this day pur-
suant to adjournment. All members
present, except Oakland.
Commissioner John Ethel Offered the
following resolution and moved it's adop-
ton:
Whereas: The allotment of $4,000
from the State Gas Tax. as asked for
by the Board of County Commissioners
of Pine county. in a resolution adopted
unanimously on Jan. 6, 1881, and to
be used for the construction of a bridge
over Kettle river in FinlaySOn town.
ship and three miles of road not having
been granted to date, the board of
county commissioners of said Pine
county. hereby respectfully request the
reinstatement Of said resolution of Jan.
6, 1881. a copy of which is on file in
the office of the Department of High
ways.
A printed copy of the resolution Of
Jan. 6, 1881. asking for the apprOpri-
alton from the state gas tax is also
attached hereto.
The question being on the adoption
of the reinstatement of the resolution
of Jan. 6. 1881, there were four yeas
and no nays. as follows:
John Ethel. yea.
e. L. Wilcox. yea.
F. w. Stepan. yea.
Nels Matson, yea.
And so the resolution was adopted
this 9Th day of December. 1882.