CHISAGO COUNTY: AUDITOR:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Chisago County (Minn.). County Auditor.
Title:Records.
Dates:1854-1968.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Assorted records that were either generated by or accumulated by the county auditor.
Quantity:1.8 cubic feet (1 box and 2 partial boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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They include an abstract of lands sold for taxes (1857-1860, 1 vol.); Rush City special sidewalk tax record (1884); assessors' bonds and oaths (1860-1875); liquor bonds (1870-1874); petitions concerning schools, roads, and towns (1854-1879, 4 folders); road orders, plats, reports, and related papers (1901-1941); correspondence, contracts, reports, minutes, surveys, wolf bounty records, and annual fiscal statements of the board of county commissioners (1854-1880); election returns (1875); bills and vouchers (1853-1869, 21 folders); field notes of landmarks set at township corners (1878); a petition and election papers relating to a proposed change of the county seat to North Branch (1898-1899); school district consolidation and boundary orders, resolutions, and plats (1947-1968); orders for poor relief (1891-1921); and miscellaneous records (1858-1879, 1 folder).


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Chisago County (Minn.). County Auditor. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 981-169; 988-73

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017055900104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
111.C.20.3BSpecial sidewalk tax, Rush City, 1884.
Assessors bonds and oaths, 1860-1875. 6 folders:
Arranged by year, thereunder by civil subdivision.
1860-1862.
1863-1865.
1866-1868.
1869-1871.
1872-1873.
1874-1875.
Liquor bonds, 1870-1874.
Petitions received by county auditor, 1854-1879. 4 folders.
Concerning schools, roads, towns.
Election returns, 1875.
Miscellaneous records. 1 folder:
List of judges and clerks of election, 1857.
Certificate of election of L. O. Tombler, 1857.
List of legal voters subject to road tax, 1858.
Resolution authorizing assignment of tax certificates, 1859.
Resolution to extend delinquent road taxes, 1859.
Resolution to correct Sunrise assessment roll, 1859.
Resolution concemingjury certificates, 1859.
Abstract of produce raised in county, 1859.
Abstract of personal property, 1860.
Abstract of acres of land on tax rolls, 1860.
Attorney general opinion re taxes, 1879.
Bills and vouchers, 1853-1869. 17 folders.
Miscellaneous records concerning unpaid bills, 1856-1858. 4 folders:
Brown, John A., 1856-1857.
Deatty, George E., 1856-1857.
Munch, Adolf, 1857-1858.
Nelson, Cons v Swanson, Peter, 1856.
Location
111.C.20.4FBoard of County Commissioners:
Correspondence, 1855-1880.
Contracts, 1855-1858; Reports, 1854-1863. 1 folder.
Minutes, 1862-1866.
Wolf bounties, 1867-1868; Surveys, 1855-1869. 1 folder.
Annual fiscal statements, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1872.
Also includes monies collected from sale of school lands, 1870-1872.
Field notes of landmarks set at township comers, 1878.
Records relating to proposed change of county seat to North Branch, 1898-1899. 3 folders:
Petition, 1899.
Election papers, 1898-1899. 2 folders.
Road papers, 1902-1941. 5 folders.
Petitions, orders, plats, county road committee reports, and related papers.
Orders and resolutions regarding district consolidations and boundary changes, 1947, 1951-1953.
School consolidation plats, 1957-1960, 1968. 3 folders.
Regarding Chisago and Isanti counties school districts.
Orders for poor relief:
District 5 commissioner (Nessel and Rusheba area), temporary aid, 1893-1921. 3 volumes in folder.
Taylors Falls, Amador and Shafer townships area, merchandise aid, 1905-1921. 1 volume in folder.
Location
111.C.20.2FAbstract of lands sold for taxes, 1857-1860. 1 volume.
Includes lands sold for taxes in 1857 on September 14-16, 1858; taxes due for 1858 on lands sold in September 1858; list of lands sold for taxes of 1858; taxes due for 1859 on lands sold in 1857 and 1858 (Rushseba, Sunrise, Amador, Chisago Lake, Wyoming, Franconia, and Taylor Falls townships); amount of taxes ciue for 1859 and 1860 on lands forfeited to state for taxes of 1859; and personal property delinquent taxes for 1860.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Alcoholic beverage industry -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Cities and towns -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
County government -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Election records -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Elections -- Minnesota.
Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Jails -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Liquor industry -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Real property tax -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Road records -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Roads -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
School districts -- Minnesota -- Chisago County -- Boundaries.
Schools -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Schools -- Centralization -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Sidewalks -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Tax-sales -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Wolf bounties -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Wolves -- Control -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Places:
North Branch (Minn.)
Rush City (Minn.)
Document Types:
Petitions

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