Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-02-22
Proceedings OF
County Board
Official Minutes From
Commissioners Meeting
Held in Pine City.

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Office of County Auditor, Pine City.
Minnesota, February 13, 1910. at 10
o'clock a. m.
The meeting of the county board
was held this day pursuant to adjourn
All the members were present.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Oscar Eklund.
approved.
The following assignments of secur-
tiles were received from the following
The First National Bank of Pine City.
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank
of Hinckley.
The State Bank of Beroun.
The First State Bank of Finlayson.
The State Bank of Bruno.
Kerrick State Bank
Security State Bank of Askov.
State Bank of Rush City.
The bond of the Hinckley News in
publication of the financial statement
was on motion made and carried, APP
proved.
The bond of the American Publish
ing Company in the sum of S25OO.0O
for the official paper of the county
was on motion made and carried, APP
proved.
The county auditor presented the
financial statement to the board and
the same was on motion made and car
ried, approved and ordered published.
The following officers filed their an
nual reports pursuant to Chapter 976.
Mason's Minnesota Statutes of 1927 and
on motion made and carried, the same
were ordered placed on file.
J. E; Therrien, county auditor.
Frank Poferl, county treasurer.
Robert Wilcox. judge of probate.
HanneS Rypkema, sheriff.
Albert Johnson. county attorney.
William Mista. clerk of district court.
P. L. Hamlin, register of deeds.
P. L. Hamlin, registrar of titles.
A. L. ArendS, coroner.
ChaS. F. Stephan, court commissioner.
D. A. Christensen, surveyor.
Arthur. E. Gustafson. superintendent
of schools.
C. A. Pearson. county commissioner
of first district.
w. C. Ausmus. county commissioner
J. S. Patrick county commissioner
E. B. Greenwald. county commission
. err of Fourth district.
o; E. Eklund, county commissioner
A petition was received from ma
jority of freeholders residing in unor-
ganized School District No. 81 request
Consolidated district o out of part Of said
territory as by law provided and on
motion made and carried, hearing on
said petition was set for March IL, 1910.
at 2 o'clock q. m.
County Engineer Peterson submitted
his report of expenditures incurred on
state and county aid roads during the
year 1889 and on motion made and
ordered placed on file.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
meets with trunk highway No: IS in
Kanabec county and No. 70 in Wiscon-
sin and is also the main highway rum
ming from Pine City to Pokegama
Sanatorium in Pine county, and
Whereas, parts OF said state highway
No. l from Pine City to said Pokegama
Sanatorium is low and the cost of
maintenance Is excessive, and
Whereas, the county engineer has
estimated the cost OF grading and sur
facing said road to be $775000, and
Whereas, the county of Pine is not
financially able to do said work,
we request the State Allotment board
to grant a special allotment of S775OOO
to assist the county to Pine to carry
on this work.
ma dhs fo SaoDtes resolution was unani-
Whereas, state aid road No. rum
ming east from Sandstone to the county
line and connecting with trunk high
way No. 35 in Wisconsin is in bad shape,
and the county engineer has estimated
the cost of grading and surfacing said
road to be $15,750.00, and
Whereas, the county is unable finan-
cially to do said work,
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, that
we request the Allotment board to
give Pine county special allotment
of SIS, 10000 to assist the county to do
A communication was received from
the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
office requesting the continuation OF
OF part ,b OF f the salary lcygt OF
fee at Milaca, Minnesota, and on mo-
ton made and carried the board agreed
to pay the sum of $50 per month to
Miss Joan Mathis. the same as last
year.
On motion made and carried, the
matter of paying for Stenographlc help
for the Seed Loan office in Pine City
was left with the county auditor on
the same basis as last year.
The application of VIM. H. Barnick
and Bennie o. Stigen for auctioneer's
license was on motion made and car
ried, allowed.
The application for dance hall per-
init by f. J. Shima and Ernest Chalup-
mix at Beroun was allowed.
DR.. Mark, representative from the
the board relative to the removal of
Gust Gustafson to the state sanatorium
at Ah-gwah-chinG and on motion made
and carried. said action was approved;
Pursuant to notice given as by law
provided. hearing on petition of Henry
johnson to have his land, OO7 acre in
NE Corner of Lot 6, Aud. Sub: of
Section 30-38-21 set off from school
district No. 10 to school district No. y.
was held and no one appearing In
opposition to said petition, same was
on motion made and carried, granted.
The inventory committee appointed
by the chairman to take inventory OF
county property submitted its report
and on motion made and carried, same
was placed on file.
A delegation of taxpayers from Mark
vile appeared before the board and
requested aid from the county to help
in building the approach to the bridge
across the st. CrOiX river and the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
Resolved, that the sum of three hun
dred dollars be and the same is here
by appropriated out of the Road and
Bridge fund to assist in the building
across the st. Croix river on state aid
road No. Is.
The matter of the sale of Lots 10
and 20. Block 2, Cunningham's Addi-
ton to the village of Sturgeon Lake
given one bid was received from Axel
Ryden in the sum of $3.50 cash. After
due consideration, the board, on mo-
ton made and carried. accepted said
bid and the county attorney, chairman
deed upon payment of $3.50 to Axel
Ryden for the county on the above
described land.
Mr.. H. C. Weber of the Conservation
and discussed with them the matter Of
timber appraisals on tax forfeited land
On motion made and carried the
county engineer was authorized to cut
lath bolts on forfeited lands.
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