The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-10-12
REDWOOD COUNTY, MINNESOTA
October 8, 1899

A regular meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners of the
County of Redwood was held at 900
o'clock a. m: on October Bird, 1889, at
Redwood Falls, Mimi
Herman Muetzel, Chairman of the
County Board, presided and called the
meeting to order.
The following We're present: Her
man Muetzel, j. L. Kragh, Philip
Rayeling, Herman Beckman, T.. II.
Wells.
The Chairman of the County Board
thereupon declared a quorum to be
present and directed that the Board
of County Commissioners proceed
with the business at hand.
After discussion of the offer to
amend the contract created by the
acceptance of the original offer of the
United States of America to aid by
way of grant in financing highway
and bridge improvements on approx
imately fifty-two miles of county
roads, including the purchase of nee
essary lands and rights in land there-
OF, Herman Beckman introduced and
read the following resolution and
moved that said resolution be passed
and adopted. Phil Raveling seconded.
lowing voted Aye: Herman Muet-
Eel. J. P. Kragh, Phil Raveling, Her.
man Beckman, e. H. Wells
Thereupon the Chairman of the
SouHty bOdTu uecldTeu SuCn re-
solution passed and adopted, am
nouhced his approval thereof, and as
evidence Of his approval, signed il.
The County Auditor thereupon at
tested and affixed the corporate seal
Of the County of Redwood to said re-
solution.
Such resolution as read, passed,
adopted and approved is in words and
figures as follows:
A resolution accepting the offer to
amend the contract created by the
acceptance of the original offer of
the United States OF America to
the County of Redwood to aid in
financing the construction of road
and bridge improvements on APP
proximately fifty-two (52) miles OF
chase Of necessary lands and rights
in land therefor
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Board OF
County Commissioners of the County
of Redwood
Section l. That the offer to amend
the contract created by the accept
ance of the original offer of the
United States to the County of Red
wood to aid by way of grant in fin
ancing the construction of road and
brldge improvements on approximate
~ fifty-two miles of county roads,
including the purchase of necessary
lands and rights in land therefore. a
copy of which offer follows, be and
the same hereby is in all respects &C.
cepted:
Washington, d. C.
Dated: Sept. 81, 1889
Docket No. MINI. 1929
The County of Redwood, Minnesota,
Redwood Falls. Minnesota.
The United States of America here
by offers ID amend the contract
created by the acceptance of the
County of Redwood, Minnesota, on
October 4, 1888, of the Offer made
o by the United States of America and
dated September 30. 1888, by a.
Paragraph l of said Offer, the words
highway and bridge improvements.
including the acquisition of necessary
land and rights of way and insert
ing, in lieu thereof the words road
and bridge improvements on approx
imately 81 miles of county roads, in
Guiding the purchase of necessary
lands and rights in land therefor'' :
I'D by striking out, in Line of said
Paragraph l, the figures ''$76,S06''
and inser sI7 Sos in lieu thereof the
ing out Paragraph of said Offer and
inserting in lieu thereof a paragranh
to read as follows: "2. BY accept
ance of this Offer the Applicant con-
yssnants - to O. complete cor the Project with
event by January "a. 1940.''
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Federal Works Administrator
By e. w. CLARK
Acting Commissioner of Public Work
Section 2. That said County of
Redwood agrees to abide by ali the
terms and conditions relating to such
original Offer, copy of which terms
and conditions was annexed to the
Governments original Offer and made
a part thereof.
Section 8. That the Chairman of
the County Board is hereby directed
to sign, and the County Auditor to
attest and affix the corporate seal of
the County of Redwood to the ex-
ecuted amendatory Offer made by the
United States of America to the
County of Redwood, as evidence of
the acceptance of said Offer nv tba
County of Redwood.
Section 4. That the County Audi.
tor is hereby authorized and directed
to send to the Public Works Admins
istration certified copies of the pro-
ceedings of this meeting and the ac-
ton taken in connection with the
adoption of said resolution, and such
further documents or proofs in con-
nection with the acceptance of said
ed by the Public Works Administra-
ton.
HERMAN MUETZEI,.
Chairman, County Board
Attest: IRA r. ROGERS,
County Auditor
Thereupon Il. H. Wells made a
motion that the meeting adjourn ].
p. Kragh seconded the motion All
the members of the County Board of
Commissioners voted yea" and the