12-01-1877 Supervisors Road Order

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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Sherburne Town of Elk River SS: Whereas, upon the petition of 10 legal voters, who own real estate, or who occupy real estate under the homestead or pre-emption laws of the United States, or under contract from the State of Minnesota, within one mile of the road proposed in said petition to be changed, copies of said petition having been first duly posted up in three of the most public places of said Town, at least twenty days before any action was had in relation, thereto, proof of which posting was duly shown to us by affidavit; which is said proposed changed road is set forth and described in said petition as follows, viz: Beginning at Station No. 5 on said road and running South of West to a point 2 rods South of the pond on the South line Section 34, Town 33 Range 26. Thence West along the South line and 2 rods from the South line of said Section 35 to intersect the said Road at a point near when the road crosses the Town line between Town 32 and 33. And Whereas, upon receiving said petition, we did, within thirty days thereafter, make out a notice and fix therein a time and place at which we would meet and decide upon such application, to-wit: st on the 1 day of December A.D. 1877, at the offices of Chas. S. in said town causing copies of such notice to be posted in three public places in said Town at least ten days previous to such meeting; and having met at such time and place as above named in said notice and being satisfied that the applicant had, at least ten days previous to said time, caused said notice of time and place of hearing to be given to all the occupants of the land through which such highway might pass, by serving the same personally or by copy left at the usual place of abode of each of said occupants, proof of which was shown by affidavit, we proceeded to examine personally such highway, and heard any and all reasons for or against the said changes the same, and being of the opinion that such changes was necessary and proper, and that the public interest would be promoted thereby, we granted the prayer of said petitioners, and determined to changes said road, and caused a survey thereof to be made according to the report and plat herewith accompanying, the description of which as so laid out is as follows to-wit: Beginning Commencing at a stake on line 1 ½ rods south of Township line 32 N of Range 26 west in Sherburne County, known as Station 5 in the highway from the South east corner in the town of Elk river to J.Q.A. Nickerson’s; Thence South 88 ½ degrees west five chains and 70 links to stake 50 links south of ¼ section past on South line of section 35 township 33 north of range 26 west, thence west and parallel with town lines 13 chains and 78 links to whence it intersects the aforesaid road at station no. 7: - whole distance 19 chains and 48 links. It is therefore Ordered and Determined that a road be, and the same is hereby changed and established according to the description last aforesaid, and the report and plat herewith accompanying, which is hereby made a part of this Order, and it is hereby declared to be a public highway 4 rods wide, the said description above given being the center of said road. st Given under our hands, this 1 day of December A.D. 1877.