The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-04-07

dition is hereby changed to State street,
the name of Spring street in said addition
is hereby changed to Adams street. and
the name of Grove street in SAID addition
is hereby changed to Hill street:
SEC. 4 This act shall take effect from
and after its publication.
The following resolution was adopted.
Resolped. That the action of the Clerk
of this Board in returning the or1ers
drawn to H. A. Jay, amounting to $3.50,
90 for fencing the county jail, on account
Of said work not having been completed,
be and is hereby approved, and that SAID
Clerk he allowed to receive said orders on
his bill of $685. 40 allowed on the oath
inst, leaving s1O3, AZ to be issued III full
payment of said bill.
James Fl. Eames, sheriff, presented the
following communication which was made
the special order for the afternoon.
To the Board of Supervisors Of Pierce
County, Wisconsin,
[ have this day received notice from
J. S. Ayres of his resignation of the office
of county Treasurer. You will therefore
take such action in the premises as may
be in your Judgment required by the Stat
utes in such case made and provided.
J. H. EAMEs, Sheriff.
Prescott, March 26th. 1858.
Supervisor Cairns, of committee on APP
plication of N. N. & 0. S. Powell con-
corning reduction Of taxes, offered the
following resolution, which was rejec-
ted.
Whereas, the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Pierce did On the Att of
March 1856, by resolution instruct the
County Treasurer to reduce to n. n. d.
O. S. Powell one third of their taxes as
being unjustly assessed on village lots in
the village of Kinickinic, and whereas the
County Treasurer cid not carry out the
said instructions of this Board but sold the
lots for the full amount of taxes assessed
on them, therefore,
Resolved, that the Clerk of the Board
be, and is hereby instructed to issue and
deliver to The said N. N. d O. S. Powell
an order for one-third the amount of tax
es interest and charges on the said lots,
provided the said Powels shall on or be-
fore the first day of June next redeem the
said lots, from the full amount Of taxes,
interest and charges that may be due on
the same for the taxes levied in 1855, but
no such order shall be delivered to said
Powells till said taxes, interest and char
ges shall be paid.
On motion it was resolved that the
Clerk of this Board be instructed not to
receive county orders III redemption of
land sold for taxes.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The subject of tbs resignation of the
County Treasurer being the special order,
it was on motion Of Supervisor Cairns
voted to take an informal ballot for per-
sou to perform the duties Of said off
/ &C. g
The informal ballot was taken and re-
suited as follows,
Jesse H. Southwick had five votes,
Henry Teachout had four votes,
Geo. M. Oakley had one vote.
On motion formal ballot VAS taken
which resulted as follows, aa
Jesse II. Southwck had Ave votes
Henry Teachout had FIVE votes,
There being tie the Chairman voted
for Jesse FL, Southwick; whereupon the
following preamble and resolution were
introduced by Supervisor Dow, AID were
adopted
Whereas, the Office of County Treas
urcr Of thi' County has become vacant
by the resignation of j. S. Ayres, be it
therefore resolved that Jesse H. South
wick be and is hereby appointed to per-
form the duties of s ,ch Treasurer accor-
ding to the Statutes in that case made
and provided who is hereby required to
give Bond with like sur,ties and conditions
as that required in County Treasurer
Bonds.
On motion the chairman appointed Su-
peryisor Doe committee to wait upon
the said Southwick and inform him of his
appointment to perform the duties OF the
Office of county Treasurer.
Supervisor Cairns moved that COM
mittec Of two be appointed to settlev h tie
Treasurer. Carried, and the Chair APP
pointed as such committee Supervisors
Dow and Jay.
Supervisor Doe, to wait upon MrSouth-
wick and inform him of the foregoing ap-
pointment, reported that he had done
SO, and Mr.. Southwick accepted the
same.
The following appropriations were on
motion resolved to be made, and Chair
man and Clerk instructed to issue orders
for the samc:-
J. S. White, for counsel $1,000
j. R. Freeman, six months rent of sheriffs
office 40 90
I G. E. Young, advertising tax sales
for April 1853 222 SO
J. Nj. Bailey, rent of Registers and
Treasurer's office six months to
July first $50 90
$40 SO
The Clerk was instructed to contract
with J. R. Freeman for rent of sheriff
office for 1853 at the same rate as allow
ed in the foregoing bill of said Mr.. Free