The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-14
County Clerks Office, !
Prescott, Wis. Nov. %, 1859,
z Roard etf 81 ervss0rs..

OIL are uOuDt6Es NV MIC tII@s IHSFo uAS
never been any examination of the acc'ts
and records of the County Clerks office,
officially made by the Boar of Superb
sors of this county; aud while there is no
law requiring either tat the cleIk repor.
h is transactions, or that the Board mako
o $ ettlcment with that officer, still, as tbs
finan cia business of the Office in this Co.
amounts to several thousand dollars year
". | desire and request that the Board
will take steps to examine the Office 30
far as | ain concerned, and allow me q
settlement that may 60 upon the rec
ords.
OLIVER GIBBS, Ja.
County Clerk.
On motion Of Sup, Moore, the commu-
nication was accepted.
On motion Of Sup. Moore, tho clerk
was requested to make report the board
to DO examined st the March session.
Sup. Missy nard offered the following rss5
olution.
Resolrsd.-That the Chairman and
Clerk of Ibis Board end the County
Treasurer are still authorized to adjust tho
accounts Of J. S. Ayres and Jonathan
Bailey, Elk Treasures, with the county,
and that whenever deeds of warranty,
with full covenants, Of the lands aad town
lots offered to this Board at the Noysm-
Der meeting, 1853, shall be made out to
the county in the name of the clerk Of
this Board, for the use of this county, and
delivered TO said clerk, and said clerk shall
have ascertained by official abstracts made
after the recording ofsuch deeds, that the
title to such real estate is duly vested i'll
this county, the county Treasurer on re-
coipt Of notice of such facts is authorized
to discharge all claims appearing on rec
ord against said Ayres and Bailey, AS
County Treaaurers up to tho date Of such
deeds. provided such settlement be made
prior to the lst Of Jan. 1900, and the
District Attorney is instructed not to pro-
coed in the foreclosure of the mortgages
against said Ayres till he is Informed by
the Chairman and Clerk Of this Board,
and the County Treasurer, that thsrs is
no prospect Of 4 settlement of the aecounts
as above specified.
Sup. Beardsloy offered tho following
amendment:
The County Treasurer, on receipt of
notice ofsuch facts is authorized to dis
charge all claims on the part Of such coun.
ty to said j. S. Ayres, for the SUM of$l3
y $4,000, as per report Of Investigating
Committee at the July session, 1858; and
also discharge all claims against Jonathan
Baily, to the Nov. session Of The Board
1858.
The ayes and nots being called on the
amendment were as fo!lows:
Ayes->ups. BeardsIoy, Warner, A
kers and Brown,-4
Nocs-Sups. Barnard, McMurphy,
Moore, MAYNARD, Bcnnott, Quimby XIII
ney and Martin,-8
Amendment was declared lost.
Sup. Boardsley moved tho resolution
be laid or the table.
The motion was lost
Sup Benfdslcy moved the resolution
be postponed till the March session.
Tie ayos and noes icing called for
were as follows:
Ayes-Sups. Beardsley, Warner. Ak
ers and Brown,-4
Noes-Sups. Barnard, McMurphy,
Moore, Maynard, Bennett, Kiansy, Mar
tin and Quimby,-8
Sup. Moore called for the previous
question, bsjng upon the adoption Of tho
resolution as introduced BY Sup. Nay
nard.
The ayes and noos being called for
we're as follows.
Ayes-Sups. Bsrnsrd, NeMurphy,
Moore, Maynard, Bennett, Quirnby and
Martin,-7
Noes-sup8 Boardsley, Warner, Kin
uoy, Akers and Brown,--5
Tie resolution wss declared adop-
ted.
On motion Of Sup, Moore, the sum of
one dollar was appropriated to W. Kin
ney, aud the same amount to 4. S Brown
for services as county election cau.asssrs,
1853.
On motion Of Sup. Moore, appropria-
tions were made tor mileage and per diem
O! members IS follows: