12-16-1893 Supervisors Road Order

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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Sherburne Town of Elk River SS: Whereas, upon the petition of 7 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 two one miles of the road proposed in said petition to be laid out, which said petition was filed with the town clerk and, 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 new road is set forth and described in said petition as follows, viz: Beginning on the south line of section five (5) in township thirty-three (33) range twenty-six (26) in said county and state above named at a point where said section line is crossed by the Keasling and Elk River County road so called as now traveled. Thence in a easterly direction along the section line between sections five and eight and four and nine and three and ten as near as practicable for a road to intersect with the Princeton and Elk River county road at a point where said road crosses the south line of section three, same town and range aforesaid. 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: on the 16 day of December A.D. 1893, at the sheriff’s office at court house in village of Elk River 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 laying out of the same, and being of the opinion that such highway was necessary and proper, and that the public interest would be promoted thereby, we granted the prayer of said petitioners, and determined to establish 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 established, and located is as follows to-wit: Beginning shown in the said Surveyor’s report hereto attached and made a part of this order It is therefore Ordered and Determined that a road be, and the same is hereby laid out 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. Given under our hands, this 16 day of December A.D. 1893.