01-28-1896 Supervisors Road Order part 3
SUPERVISORS’ ROAD ORDER
Together with the Surveyor’s Report and Plat, the Award of Damages, and an Abstract of the facts
relating to the Petition and Supervisors’ Notice of Hearing, of a road laid out by the Supervisors of
the Town of Elk River, Jan 28 A.D. 1896
Ownership and Description of Lands as given in the Petition
Owners of Lands Description of Lands Section. Town. Range.
SE ¼ 15 33 26
NE ¼ 22 33 26
NW 1/4 23 33 26
S ½ 14 33 26
NE 1/4 14 33 26
W ½ of SW ¼ 13 33 26
SW ¼ of NW ¼ 13 33 26
NE ¼ of SW ¼ 13 33 26
SE ¼ of NW ¼ 13 33 26
SE ¼ of NE ¼ and 13 33 26
NW ¼ of SE ¼
The names of the Petitioners, the place where, and the time when the copies of the Petition and of
the Supervisors’ Notice of Hearing were posted; and the names of the persons served with the
Supervisors’ Notice, and how served, personally or “by copy,” are as follows, viz:
Names of Petitioners Petition and Supervisors’ Notice How Served
Notices, When and on Whom Served
Where Posted
Copies of petition
nd
posted 2 Dec 1895
by Andrew Davis as
follows. One at Post
office, one at Music
Hall, one at Skating
Rink. Copies of
Notice of Hearing
posted Jan 17, 1896
by Andrew Davis at
same places as
above
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Sherburne Town of Elk River SS:
Whereas, upon the petition of 8 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 laid out, 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 at a point on the south line of section 15, Township 33, Range 26, which
point is 7 chains east from the quarter section post in the south line of said section 15 and running
in an easterly and north easterly direction on the most practicable route for a road on section 15, 14,
13, 22 or 23 to the south west corner of the south east quarter of the north east quarter of section
13, Township 33, Range 26
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 28 day of Jan A.D. 1896, at Town Clerk’s office 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 laying out of the same, and being of the opinion that such new road was necessary
and proper, and that the public interest would be promoted thereby, we granted the prayer of said
petitioners, and determined to lay out 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 as 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, located 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 28 day of Jan A.D. 1896.
Supervisors
To the Board of Supervisors of the Town of Elk River County Sherburne and State of Minnesota:
The undersigned having been employed by you to make a survey of a road in said Town would
report that the following is a correct survey thereof, as made by me under your directions, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the south line of section 15, Township 33, Range 26 which point is 7 ch.
East from the ¼ section post in said line thence running as follows with a variation of 80 degrees
and 45 minutes.
Station Bearing Trees Course Distance Remarks
1 Br oak 7 N 13° W 13 East 8.50 On section line
2 Br oak 7 N 6° E .45 N 69 ¾° E 3.26
3 Br oak 4 N 48° W .35 N 78° E 4.73
4 No tree near N 65° E 4.50
5 Bl oak 18 S 51° W 87 East 3.72
6 Bl oak 6 N 22° W 45 S 50° E 3.23
7 Bl oak 7 N 83 ¾ W 45 S 87 ¾° E 3.70
8 Poplar 4 S 26 ¾° W 43 S 59° E 3.87 To SE cor. Sect
15
9 SE corner of Sect 15 East 29.00
10 W oak 6 N 80 ¾° W 61 S 72 ½° E 2.00
11 Bl oak 6 S 50 ½° E 34 N 63° E 20.70
12 Bl oak 6 S 64 ¾° E 34 N 5 ¾ W 9.16
13 Bl oak 5 east 93 N 37° E 15.05
14 Bl oak 11 S 16° E 36 N 67 ¾° E 11.72
15 Bl oak 12 N 25 ¾° W 89 N 21 ¾° E 7.47
16 Bl oak 9 N 36° E 45 S 74° E 8.90 At 8.80 crossed
E line of Sect 14
17 ¼ post in E. line of Sect 14 N 79° E 15.26
16 l. north from
S 16 ¼ W
¼ post
18 W oak 15 S 5 ¾° E 59 S 73 ½° E 3.57
19 W oak 7 N 33° E 54 S 23° E 3.05 To SE cor. Of
SW ¼ of NW ¼
of Sect 13 on ¼
Sect. line
20 Subdivision corner East 19.80
21 (Section center) to oak 20 S N 80 ¾° E 3.67
38° E 66
22 Bl oak 9 N 34° W 68 S 87 ¼° E 8.00
23 Bass 9 S 19° W 61 N 50 ¼° E 2.45
24 Bl oak 9 N 32 W 53 S 73° E 6.40 To SW cor of SE
¼ of NE ¼ of
Sect 13, Twp 33,
Rg 26
th
Changed Aug 14 1908 Sta 11 to 16
Bearing trees Deflection Course Distance
1 W oak 10 N 10° 30’ W 71’ 26° 40’ Right N 89° 15’ E 900 ft
2 Poplar 6 S 36° 30’ E 11’ 59° 40’ Left N 29° 30 E 331 ft
3 Bl oak 11 N 47° 30 E 13’ 30° 40’ “ North 1033 ft
4 W oak 11 South 6’ 61° 30’ Right N 61° 30’ E 669 ft
5 Bl oak 12 S 21° 30 W 29 60° 30’ Left N 60’ 30’ E 392 ft
6 Bl oak 4 N 63’ E 26 35° 5’ Right N 35° 30 E 392 ft to Sta
16 old survey
And that below is a correct plat of said road according to said survey.
Dated at Elk River this 28th day of Jan A.D. 1896
State of Minnesota, County of Sherburne Town of Elk River SS:
Whereas, a road was laid out and established on the 28 day of Jan AD. 1896, by us, the Supervisors
of the said Town of Elk River on the petition of 8 legal voters who own real estate or who occupy
real estate under the Homestead or Pre-emption Laws of the Unites States, or under contract from
the State of Minnesota, within one mile of said road; which said road as located and established is set
forth and described in the foregoing Supervisors’ Order, made by us, and
Whereas, a part of the damages sustained by reason of the laying out and establishing said road has
been ascertained by the agreement of the owners of lands through which said road passes, with us,
and a part of the owners of the said lands have in writing released all claims to damages but not
being able to agree with the owners of the following described lands, claiming damages by reason of
said highway passing through, and the owners of some of the said lands being unknown, we have
assessed the damages to each of such individual claimants with whom we could not agree, and
awarded damages to the owners of such lands through which such highway passes as are unknown,
at what we deemed just and right, taking into account and estimating the advantages and benefits the
road will confer on the claimants and owners, as well as the disadvantages. We have assessed and
awarded damages as follows:
Owners of Lands Description of Lands Sec Town Range Damages
And in case of the following lands and claimants for damages, we estimate that the advantages and
benefits said road will confer on them are equal to all damages sustained by them by reason of laying
out and establishing said road, to-wit:
Owners of Lands Description of Lands Section. Town. Range.
SE ¼ 15 33 26
NE ¼ 22 33 26
NW ¼ 23 33 26
S ½ 14 33 26
NE ¼ 14 33 26
W ½ of SW ¼ 13 33 26
SW ¼ of NW ¼ 13 33 26
NE ¼ of SW ¼ 13 33 26
SE ¼ of NW ¼ 13 33 26
SE ¼ of NE ¼ and NW ¼ 13 33 26
of SE ¼
Given under out hands this 28 day of January A.D. 1896.
Supervisors
Town of Elk River SS. – The above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Road Order and
Award of Damages filed Jan 28 1896 and recorded March 3, 1896
Town Clerk