Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-06-02
Proceedings OF
County Board
Official Minutes From
Commissioners Meeting
Held in Pine City.

County Auditors office. Pine City.
Minnesota. May "a. 1888 at 10 o'clock
a. m.
The meeting of the county board
was held pursuant to adjournment, all
members being present.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman c. A. Pearson.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
George J. Kubesh and a delegation
from the town of Pokegama appeared
before the board and presented petit
ton to have Nicaboyne creek cleaned
out and after considering the matter
it was decided that said work should
be done by WPA project sponsored
by the town of Pokegama and the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
RESOLVED. that the county of Pine
does hereby recommend that a project
be granted the township of Pokegama
to clean out Nicaboyne creek COM
mencing at point at the So-called
sinkhole on the Ausmus road in the
town of Pokegama and running thence
in northerly direction to the town
road at Kruse's corner and also the
branch creek commencing at Chmelik'S
and running in a northerly direction
to highway No. 81 on the w. w. Clark
farm in Sections 81 and 16, Township
80, Range 81.
A petition was presented to the
board by residents of Pokegama town.
ship requesting a county aid road
beginning at state aid road No. 2 be-
tween Sections 2 and 3, Township 49,
Range 81. Pine County, Minnesota,
and thence running south one mile to
county aid road No. IL and on motion
made and carried said request was
placed on file.-
Applications for license to sell nom
Intoxicating malt liquors were received
from the following named persons and
on motion made and carried same were
allowed
A. E. Hansen. "off and on premises"
town of Arlone: Eldred Parker, off
J: L: Brooks, ION premises" town of
Kettle River; Harold O'Malley, "off and
on premises" town of Hinckley; Fred
Tobec, off and on premises" town
premises" town of Pine Lake: Law
renee w. Johnson. ION premises" town
of Ogema.
An application was received from
Robert j, Hogan for auctioneers Ii
ried. same was granted.
An application by Peter Moe for
permit to hold dances in township of
Sandstone was on motion made and
carried. allowed
A petition was received from David
E. Anderson to have his land, Lot l,
Section and Lot 3. Section 4, Town
ship AS Range 10 set off from school
district IL to school district and on
motion made and carried, hearing on
said petition was set for June "a, 1888,
at 2 o'clock p. m.
On motion made and carried, APP
plication of Lorraine Campbell for adj
mittance to hospital for infantile
paralysis was referred to the county
nurse for investigation.
On motion made and carried, recess
was taken until 80 o'clock p. IN.
One-thirty o'clock D. m, May "a, 1898.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Pearson.
Pursuant to call for bids for re-
wiring the court house the following
bids were received:
Pine County Electric Co.. S694.20
Donald E. Olson, $4,000.
Richard Jewell, S74500.
Commonwealth Electric Co.. 1899 90
plus $1,000.
Maier Electric Co., $4,000.
On motion made and carried. all bids
were laid on table.
communication was received from
August Anderson relative to state aid
road in Section 3344-16 and on mo-
ton made and carried, same was re-
ferred to county engineer.
communication was received from
DR.. Thomas Moe with bill for services
and disqualification for Jacob Werner
SkirSchen and on motion made and
carried, same was disallowed on ac-
count of its being excessive and UNI
authorized.
The matter of the appointment of a
weed inspector was taken up and on
motion made and. carried. rejected.
On motion made and carried, the
point election officers for the town
ship of keene and the township of
Belden.
On motion made and carried, Charles
hSe1 was ans TOR the
was appointed assessor for the I'm
organized township of Belden.
On motion made and carried. COM
penSation insurance was renewed with
the Anchor Casualty Company.
On motion made and carried the
meeting adjourned until May 25, 1888,
at $50 o'clock a. m.
County Auditors office, May Is, 1885,
at $50 o'clock a. m.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman c. A. Pearson. all men,
berS being present.
E. J. Gofrert, area supervisor of the
State Forest department appeared be-
fore the board and discussed the ar
engagements for meeting of the State
Reforestation Interim committee and it
was decided to hold said meeting on
the evening of July l, at Sandstone
to discuss with the people of eastern
Pine county the matter of reforesta-
tions caused by forfeited taxes.
On motion made and carried, all
bids for re-wiring the court house were
rejected and the county auditor. was
instructed to re-advertiSe for bids.
The mater of appointing a county
engineer was taken up and Mr.. Aus
mus moved that Engineer Jorgensen
be re-appointed. This motion not hav-
ing received a SECOND was not put.
]. S. Patrick offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption,
which was seconded by Commissioner
WHEREAS. the term of office of the
county highway engineer of the county
of Pine has expired and vacancy now
exists in that office; ,n
SOLVED. by the county board of the
county of Pine. state of Minnesota.
that the former county highway engi-
neer, H. Jorgensen be not rehired, and
structed to communicate with the Com
missioner of Highways for the purpose
of obtaining list of eligible. COM
petent engineers from which to fill said
Vote being taken on said resolution
there were yeas and l nay, as
follows: Mr.. Ausmus. no; Mr.. Pat
rick, yea; Mr.: Greenwald. yea: Mr..
yea. And so the resolution was
Mr. Eklund offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
tiiC dooCoSCo VI
the township of Keene. according to
official records in the office of the
county auditor is less than $40, 900 and
the state has acquired title to so per-
cent of the real estate of such town.
ship,
Now, THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED, that the said township of
Keene is hereby declared to be dis
solved and no longer entitled to exer-
else any of the powers or functions
of an organized township.
Vote being taken on said resolution
there were yeas and l nay, so the
resolution was adOpted