gr00349.xml Beltrami County: Auditor: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

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Finding aid encoded by Shelby Edwards and Cheri Thies, August 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Beltrami County (Minn.). Auditor. Miscellaneous records. 1883-2007. Materials in English. Records documenting a wide variety of the duties and activities of the auditor. 1.3 cubic feet (4 partial boxes); 4 microfilm reels : negative. See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Included are miscellaneous financial and taxation records; election records, including lists of voters; road petitions; auctioneer's license record; county fairgrounds and building papers; county manual; miscellaneous petitions; incorporation papers for the proposed villages of Birchmont and North Pole; appraiser's return; and a land use planning committee report.

The microfilm also includes records that may not have been kept by the auditor. Topics include hospital, sewage plant, and dynamite levies; school and township officers; township dissolutions; land and bank assessments; state rural credit lands; lake name changes; judicial roads; surveys; county engineer reports; district court; county board; school districts; and election certificates and oaths of office.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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

Topics: Agricultural exhibitions -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Auctioneers -- Licenses -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County -- Registers. Exhibition buildings -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Fairs -- Minnesota. Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Lakes -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Local elections -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Local officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County Municipal incorporation -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Real property -- Valuation -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County Roads -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. School districts -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Tax assessment -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Taxation -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Townships -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Villages -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. Organizations: Beltrami County (Minn.). Board of County Commissioners. Beltrami County (Minn.). County Highway Engineer. Minnesota. District Court (Beltrami County). Document Types: Voters' lists -- Minnesota -- Beltrami County. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

The negative microfilm is not available for public use. Public use copies of individual reels will be made on request. The reel list in the repository notes those reels for which use copies already exist.

Preferred Citation:

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

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Microfilm Production:

Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Location of Originals:

Location of the microfilmed originals is unknown.

Provenance:

Provenance: A few items were originally part of the collections of the North Central Minnesota Historical Center, Bemidji.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 989-227; 990-176; 992-39; 995-47; 999-71; 2000-48; 2009-52

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001715555

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 123.F.19.7B Subject files, 1945-2007.

Arranged alphabetically.

Attorney, 1989-1997. County Operational Policies, 1974-1991. Financial statements, 1947, 1950. Lake levels, 1966-1971. List of Lands Classified as Conservation Lands, 1945. Petition for Audit: City of Blackduck, 1979. “Rock” Ordinance, gathering of more than 2000, 1980. 123.F.19.8F Special Occupational Tax, 1989. Township officers, 1980-2007. 2 folders. Utilities, 1991. William’s Petroleum, 1992-1993. 123.E.2.3B Financial journal, 1883-1897. 1 volume. Financial ledger, 1883-1897. 1 volume. Auctioner's license record, 1928-1935. 1 volume. Incorporation papers for proposed villages of Birchmont, 1939-1956, and North Pole, 1940. 5 folders.

Petitions, sample ballots, poll lists, maps, and related papers.

Lists of qualified electors, March 11, 1902. County fairgrounds and buildings, miscellaneous papers, circa 1924-1946. County manual, circa 1965. 1 volume.

Includes county office directory, policies, procedures, forms, and related items.

Annual financial statements, 1905, 1907, 1944, 1961, 1975. 2 folders. Road petitions, 1896-circa 1920. Miscellaneous petitions, 1932, 1936-1937.

Includes petitions for a return to the township poor relief system, horse racing, and the annexation of land to the state forest.

Valuation of village, town, and school district lists, 1910-1913. Power and light companies tax list, 1953-1966. 1 volume. Land Use Planning Committee preliminary report, 1941. 126.C.3.2 Abstracts of votes, 1924-1956. Appraiser's return, pages 102-110, 1914-1915.1 folder. SAM 361 1 Minnesota general hospital levy papers, 1926-1931. Sewage disposal plant bond levy papers, City of Bemidji, 1934. Statements of school officers held over and elected, 1942. Statements of township officers elected and taxes voted, 1940-1944. Petitions to disorganize townships, 1933-1934. SAM 361 2 Land reported for assessments, 1920-1928. Dynamite levies, 1928-1938. School state aid papers, 1928-1938. State rural credit lands papers, 1928-1938. Lists of state rural credit farms and state rural credit lands-school tax, 1943. Bank assessments and abatements of property denied, 1928-1948. Change of lake names papers, 1938-1960. Petitions for county option elections, 1916. County political parties conventions returns of delegates and affidavits, 1922. U. S. land certificates, 1904-1909. SAM 361 3 Judicial roads' miscellaneous papers, 1910-1957. Notices of hearings for surveys, 1924-1960. Periodic reports of county engineer, 1927-1960. Miscellaneous district court papers regarding jurors, salaries and appointments, 1913-1960. Auditor's annal statements to county board, 1942-1950.

Form-type financial statements with no narrative.

Freeholders' petitions for change of school district, 1901-1916. Petitions to establish school districts, 1901-1905. SAM 361 4 Petitions to consolidate or annex school districts, 1899-1915. Affidavits of candidates for nomination, 1906-1942. Certificates of election and oaths of office, 1913-1970. Statements of disbursements and receipts by candidates for office, 1954.