The Redwood gazette., 1937-08-12
Commissioners Convene in
Special August Meeting

Mimi. August 8, 1887.
The Board of Redwood County
Commissioners convened in a special
session on the third day of August,
the Court House, City of Redwood
Falls County of Redwood, Minnesota.
Chairman E. A Pease called the
meeting to order and all board men,
berS were present.
On Motion of J. P. Kragh and duly
structed to advertise for bids on a
carload of snow fence, bids to be
opened September l. 1887 at II a. m.
Herman Beckman offered the fol-
lowing resolution and moved its
adoption:
WHEREAS. the emergency Great
ed by unemployment and economic
conditions has continued over a per-
iod of years and,
WHEREAS, The care of the des-
titute and the unemployed has been
an accumulated burden on the re-
sources of the County and has ex-
hausted or strained the resources to
the point where the normal activity
of the County is impaired and,
WHEREAS The normal expendi-
lures for the purpose of Mothers 8
pension, institutional care, medical
care, old age pensions and the estab-
liShed welfare activities of the county
are being curtailed and ior reduced
and,
WHEREAS. The continued burden
of the direct relief is more than the
people Of the County can continue for
any period of time and remain SOL
vent and,
WHEREAS, The County cannot,
from its own resources the continued
burden of relief as required by the
unemployable, destitute, needy and
the unemployed who are temporarily
out of work.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED, By the Board of County
Commissioners of Redwood County,
that aid and assistance be requested
from the State Executive Council
through the State Relief Agency, for
state furnishing State Funds in the
amount of 32.0 percent based on the
total estimated yearly relief cost and
the county, on this basis, to furnish
$50 percent of funds required up to
that amount"
By vote of the Board, the above
resolution carried unanimously.
On Motion of Herman Muetzel and
duly passed, A. D. McRae, Executive
Secretary of County Welfare Board
of Redwood County be authorized and
empowered to certify all county
patients to the University Hospital.
On Motion of J. P. Kragh and duly
passed, the Petitions of Louis Hage-
man and F. w. Wichmann to be set
off from School District No. II to
district No. 33 were rejected.
On Motion of Philip Raveling and
duly passed, the Petition of Knute
Sward to be set off from School
District No. 63 to School District No.
46 was granted.
Commissioner J. P. Kragh moved
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton and Commissioner Philip Ravel-
ing seconded the same:
BE 1T RESOLVED By the Red
wood County Board of Commissioners
in special session assembled, this
third day of August, 1887, that the
Redwood County Rural Electrical
Association, a cooperative aSsocia-
ton organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Minnesota, be
and it is hereby authorized and en-
powered: to locate, erect, construct.
relocate, and jOr reconstruct upon, |
across, along over and Ior under any |
and all roads, streets and /or high |
ways or other county property, in the |
County of Redwood, State of Minne- |
sofa, under the control and juris- |
dictiOn of said county, subject to the |
existing laws of the State of Mime
sofa and such future laws as may
come into existence, and subject to
the approval of the County Board of
said County, acting through it's high
way engineer, as to the location and
placement of poles, equipment and Ior
fixtures upon said roads, streets,
highways and Ior other property, and
to operate, maintain, patrol, inspect,
service repairs and iOr remove a line !
distribution of electrical energy and |
also telephone and telegraph lines,
including, without limitation, all |
necessary or convenient poles, wires,
towers, cables, guy wires, bracepoles
and Ior anchors, together with all |
p ~ rNriNy
convenient for the full enjoyment and |
use of said land or lands along the
said roads, streets and IOr highways
or upon said other property, provided |
that the location and construction
and maintenance of said line of lines
shall not interfere with the rights and
privileges of the general public
travelling or otherwise legally using
said roads, streets and Ior highways
or other property, and provided fur
repairs, Improvement and ior change
of location Of any of said roads,
streets or highways, the said Red
wood County Rural Electrical Asso-
citation shall replace and relocate its
poles. equipment and Ior fixtures
Highway engineer, without any ex-
pense to the county"
Said resolution being duly passed
and adopted by unanimous vote of
commissioners.
J. P. Kragh offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
WHEREAS, 1t has been found by
the Court that Mrs. Alfred Anderson
and children are residents of Bay
River Cass County, Minnesota, and
lief and,
WHEREAS, the said Mrs. Alfred
Anderson and children are not resid-
ents and have no settlement in the
County of Redwood and have settle
ment in Bay River, Cass County,
NOW THEREFORE, L. ]. Kise,
Sheriff of Redwood County, Mime
sofa, is hereby instructed, ordered
and directed to transport said Mrs.
Redwood County to Cass County,
Minnesota forthwith, and if said
Sheriff does not personally transport
said persons. then he shall authorize
and direct to transport said persons
and their respective household goods
to said Cass County, Minnesota"
Said resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Philip Raveling offered the follow
ing resolution and moved it's adop-
ton:
WHEREAS, 1t has been found by
the Court that George Harrison, wife
and children, are residents of Ann
township, Cottonwood County, State
Of Minnesota, and having applied to
the County Of Redwood for relief and,
WHEREAS, the said George Hart
son, wife and children are not resid-
ents and have no settlement in the
County of Redwood and have settle
ment in Ann Township, Cottonwood
County, Minnesota,
NOW THEREFORE, L. ]. Kise,
Sheriff of Redwood County, Mime
sofa, is hereby instructed, ordered,
and directed to transport said George
Harrison, wife and children from Red
wood County to Cottonwood County,
forthwith, and if said
Sheriff does not personally transport
said persons, to Cottonwood County,
hen he shall authorize and direct to
said persons and their re-
Spective household goods to said
Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Said resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Philip Raveling offered the follow
ng resolution and moved it's adop- |