The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-01

by the county board of any county
in this state is required to have
county and the forces employed
thereon. and to make and prepare all
surveys, estimates. plans and speci-
fications. which are required of him
by law oil. by orders of the county
Whereas. the county highway en-
gineer for st. Louis county has not
heretofore been placed in charge and
control of the highway work of said
county and the forces employed
by the highway law of this state,
which omission should be and may
now be remedied by fully complying
with the requirements of said high
way law Of Minnesota; and
Whereas, lin the judgment of this
board, said highway engineer for st.
Louis county, in carrying out the re-
quirements of said highway law. IN
having charge of such highway work
in said county and the forces EN-,
ployed thereon, should act upon and
perform only such highway work and
should incur only such expense as
shall first be authorized by the MEM
bers of this board, acting as a board
in regular meeting, by resolution duly
adopted, as provided by law.
Now, therefore, be it resolved. that
commencing with January 1st, 1882,
all county highway work. within the
county of st. Louis and in the sew
eral county commissioners districts
thereof. as required by section. 1853,
subdivision 1, General Statutes ,sof
Minnesota for 1923, shall be in charge
of the highway engineer for said
county, who shall have charge and
all county road work. that shall be
first authorized by the county board,
and funds provided by said board
for carrying out said work SO auth
orized, and except as previously auth
orized and except as funds shall be
provided for carrying out said work,
said highway engineer for said coun-
ty shall have no authority to bind
said county in any manner by the
commencement of any road work or
thereon, or the expenditure of any
county road funds in connection with
such work, and except as may here
after be specifically authorized by
, this board, no county commissioners
shall have authority, individually to
direct the actions of said highway en-
gineer, or contract for any county
road work, material or equipment, or
any forces employed thereon, or in
cur any expense binding on said
county.
Be it further resolved, that this
resolution is intended to be and shall
be construed as supplemental to the
resolution adopted by the county
board of said county of st. Louis on
December 18th, 1927, to which reso-
luton reference is hereby made.
Commissioner Hogan moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared lost upon the following vote:
Yeas-Commissioner Hogan, An
derson and Newman-3.
Nays-Commissioner Snyder. Pete,
Murray and Chairman Aaby-4.
At 1920 O'Clock, in the forenoon of
said day, upon motion of Commits
sioner Anderson. a recess was taken
until the call of the chair.
Upon the call of the chair, the
board resumed it's regular order of
business at 1:30 o'clock, in the after
noon of said day, all members except
Commissioners Snyder and Murray
being present.
County Highway Estimates Submit
ted BY County Highway Engineer
S. B. Shepard county highway en-
gineer, submitting engineers esti-
mates on roads and projects to be
presented to the county board on this
date, for it's consideration.-13115.
Gravel surfacing County Road No.
1876, project No. 2, Second class con-
struction) from north quarter corner
of Section "a, $500 south. Assistance
of 0.50 miles, $543.40.
Resurfacing Macarthur road. project
No. 2, (betterments), from southwest
corner, section 8. 52-17, north and
east, distance of one mile. $574.75.
Surfacing the Brandon road, prof.
ect No. l Second class constructionl,
from northwest corner section SO,
Bib south. distance of three
fOurthS mile. 5000, rs.
Gravel surfacing Town Road No.
708, project No. /, Second class con-
struction, from south quarter, corner
Of o oso Miles s s ss7s1o west Instance
Deepening o. Ditch and installing
culverts, County Road No. 16, project
No. (betterments), from a point $50
feet west and 1908 feet north of
southwest corner to a point approx
mately 500 feet southeast. in section
$62S.6
Grading and crawling County Road
No. 80, project No. 2 Second class
eonstructioD, from MIS- state s, AID o, Road
miles east, distance of three-fourths
mile. s5,719.1S.
Commissioners Anderson moved tina.
the county highway engineer be au-
thorized to proceed with the work de-
Scr1bed In the ABOVE mentioned eStl-
mates, which motion was declared
adopted upon a unanimous vote of
the members present.
Motions and Resolutions
BY Commissioner Newman:
Resolved, that the appointment OF
the following named persons hereto
fore made by S. B. Shepard, county
highway engineer, be and is hereby
onnfirn,od in accordance With cham
ter Sc, Laws of 1919, to-wit:
Gust Westberg temporary labOrer,