Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-13
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY BOARD

COUNlY BUAkD
March 2Sth. 1888 One o'clock P. N.
The Board of County Commissioners |
met this day pursuant to adjournment. |
All members present
The petition for dissolving and discon- |
tinuing Independent Consolidated School |
District No. q came on for final hear |
ing the notices of hearing having been
posted and published according to law.
Mr. c. J. Dodge. Moose Lake and Mr.. |
Nye of the firm Mitchell. Gillette. Nye &
Harris of Duluth appeared for the said
School District presented the following
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Pine County.
voters in the above, named School Dis
trict. respectfully petition the County
Board to permit us to withdraw our re-
spective signatures to said former petit
ton heretofore filed on the ground that
we signed this petition in the belief that
we would escape further taxation on the
bonds of said School District and that
our taxes would be lowered IL said dis
were thrown into unorganized territory;
We are now convinced that neither would
our taxes be any lower in unorganlzeo
territory nor would the efficiency of the
schools be increased thereby and so far
as we, the undersigned are concerned we
respectfully petition your honorable BODY
not to grant the petition for the dissSlu.
ton of said school district heretofore
filed and above referred to.
The number of persons asking that
their names be withdrawn from the org
inal petition twenty-eight After
County Attorney Michael B. Hurley had
stated that these persons had right to
withdraw their names. the petition for
dissolving said district No. 81 was on
motion duly seconded and carried denied:
Following resolution was presented and
read to the Board:
ITO the Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners,
"'Pine County,
Gentlemen:
"At the annual Town Election held at
Royalton on Tuesday. March l4th. 1883.
the following resolutions were unani-
nously passed:
and County funds will be available and
appropriated for road construction ana
maintenance within the various Town
year. subject to ALLEGATION by the County
Board;
Therefore Be It Resolved: That the
County Board be petitioned to apportion
said aid in manner as follows:
Let each Township board receive their
share of appropriations to be made. for
expedient for road building. etc. within
their respective Townships:
'Or, Give the respective Township
boards the privilege and rights nS 10 nave
ton of such appropriations as may be
made by the County Board for road
building within each respective Township.
BE 1t Further Resolved: That COM
uittee of taxpayers be appointed by the
Chairman to meet with the County Board
at an early date to place before this
Honorable Body a copy of these resolu-
tions. with recommendation that they
be adopted and put into effect by said
County Board.
Dated this 14th day Of March. 1888"
ordered
A letter was received from the Town
Board of Kettle River asking for, a re-
duction in the percentage required from
the Towns in the construction Of County
Aid Roads. the said Board also appeared
in support of this, their request
After due consideration. a resolution
was passed reducing the amounts required
from the Towns from 20o6 to 1919.
The said Town Board also, asked that
the following described road be desig-
mated a County Aid Road:
Beginning on County Highway at the
Northwest corner of Section and run
ming south on section line four miles TO
Sparks Corner Southwest corner of Sec
ton 29) thence east one mile on old de-
tour forty rods North of Southwest cor
ner of Section %, all in Township A.
This was laid over for further consid-
eration.
The County Auditor was on motion duly
carried instructed to charge off on his
books the amounts carried as due the
County from Towns Of Ogema, Pine Lake,
Pokegama and Village OF Hinckley as
these accounts are not colectible being
Soutlawed
Following proposal was received and
read:
lars an acre. for the following described
tracts Of land:
West Half of the Southwest quarter
of Section Eleven, and the North half of
the Northwest quarter of the Northwest
quarter Of Section Fourteen Qess one
acre heretofore conveyed for school pur-
poses) all in Township Forty One Range
Twenty One. Cash bid.
IF this proposal Is accepted. the certf-
fled check for $1,000 accompanying this
proposal is to be applied at once upon
the said purchase price"
Laura Martin,
''Hinckley, MIMI
After some discussion, Commissioner
Ausnus offered the following resolution
and moved it's adoption:
Whereas: Laura Martin. Hinckley, Min
neSota, has submitted q proposition In
writing for the purchase of the West One
Hail of the Southwest Quarter of Section
Eleven and the North One Half of the
Quarter Of the
acre heretofore conveyed for school pur-
posesl all in Township Al. Range 81.
containing SO acres more or less; =,
Therefore, Be It Resolved That said
proposition be considered and acted upon
at meeting of the County Board to be
held at the Courthouse in Pine City or
one o'clock P M. and that notice thereof
be given by the publication of this reso-
tuition In the official proceedings Of this
Board. The terms and conditions of said
proposition are as follows: s11.OO pc,
acre cash.
The question was on the adoption OF
shis resolution and the roll being called
there were yeas and no nays as fol
lows:
John Ettel Yea.
w. G. Ausmus. Yea
Nels Oakland, Yea.
F. w. Stepan, Yea.
Harry Gebhardt Yea.
And so the resolution was adopted thi:
18th day of March. 1888.
Andrew p Edin
County Auditor.
A committee consisting Of the whole
Board was appointed to inspect the Farm
offered for sale by the County. also tht
County Farm.
Mr. Virgil Matson filed petition will
the Board asking that he with his land.
described as VIZ of WE of NWA O
NEA, Section /, Township "A. Range Is
be set off from School District No. 81 t,
District No. 125. Hearing on this petit
ton was set for the 21st day of April
1893, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
proposition for a free bed for PIN
County at the Pokegama Sanatorium wa
received and read. It was laid over TO
further consideration.