The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-04-06
GEO. T. GIBBs, city CLERK.
Council HALL March Is, 1859.


On notion committee Of three was
appointed by the Mayor, to confer with
the County Board upon the subject mat
Ter of the above ordinance, Aid. Boards
lev, Doe and Dunbar were appointed
said committee. 5c m n
Icertify the above to be true record
Of the acts of the Common Council, as
appears from the record of the same.
Gro. I. GIBBS, City Clerk.
Supervisors Hoyt, Short and Martin,
were appointed committee on the part
of the Board to confer with the commit
tee Of the the Common Council.
The chairman presented the following
report Of proceedings in reference to the
Pierce and Pepin County line.
ZMr. Chairmdn.-The undersigned
begs leave to report that in pursuance Of
your resolution. NOV. II, 1853, anthor
iziug him to confer with the authorities
Of PepiH County, in relation to the south
ern boundary of Pierce County, he has
performed the duties assigned him, and
that the result Of the conference is here
with submitted. All Of which is respect
fully submitted. HENRY Dow.
We, the undersigned, commissioners
appointed respectively by the County
Boards Of Pierce and Pepin Counties to
confer together relative to the settlement
of the boundary line between the said
counties of Pierce and Pepin, have agreed
upon the following proposition, to wit;
That the point opposite the mouth Of
Rush River, is point in the Mississippi
river, where line running due south
from the center of the mouth Of Rush
river, intersccts a line running due west
from the section line between sections
twenty three, (23) and twenty six, (26)
town "a, range Is west, and that the
southern boun larry of Pierce county, cm-
mences at said point, thence raining due
east to said section line between said sec
tons % and IS, town "a, range Is west,
thence along said section line between
sections % and 26 town "a, range 10,
to range line between ranges fourteen
Q4) and ffteen. Q5) a'
Signed this 1st day of January, A. D.
1859. i.
Henry Dow.
Commissioner Of Pierce CO.
S. B. WAsHBURNE,
.' Commissioner Of Pepia co.
R solution by Supervisor Dow.
Resolved, That J. H. Southwick be
and hereby is authorized and empowered
to sell and assign alright, title and inter
est in the County Of Pierce, in and to
two certain mortgages executed by j. S.
Avres and wife, to Jessie II. Southwick,o
/; ct.ne Treasurer of Pierce Comfy, in
trust for SAID county, dated July 81, 1858
One to secure the payment of a certain
bond for $500, bearing even date with
said mortgage, and payable one year
from date with interest. at II per cent;
and one to secure the payment of q GER
tan bond for 1872, 94, bearing even date
with said mortgage, payable in one year
from date. with interest at II per cent;
and that the said Southwick, be and here
BY is authorized 10 receive in. payment !
for the same, cash or county orders at par,
provided, however, that said mortgages
shall not be disposed Of for any sum less
than the consideration thereof, and inter-
est at 2 per cent, from the date to the
sale and assignment of the same.
ADOPTED. ars
Sup. Winger presented a petition Of
0. Rasmussen and oilers. asking that the |
name Of Rising Sun village be changed
10 Martell.
On motion Of Snip. Hoyt, the prayer
of the petitioners vas granted.