The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-07-20
Special Meeting Of tEac Board Of
Supervis0rs.- Wedne sS1y.
July 18TH.


Pursuant to . request, signed By ma
jority of the County Board of Supervisors,
a special meeting of said Board was call
ed by the clerk. Supervisors met in pur
suance of said call, at the above time and
place, and the board was called to order
by Supervisor G. r. Barton, Chairman.
Presont-sup.J. W. Boarlsley, of First
Ward, Prescott, L, Mausergh, Second
Ward, Prescott, John c. McMurphy,
Clifton, W. II. Moore, River Falls, Jud
son Warner, Martcll, Fra F. Maynard,
Oak Grove, Hiram Bennett, Trimbelle,
Wilson kinAey, Perry, Geo. z. Walker,
Ell Paso, Daniel Haner. Diamond Bluff,
Noble Martin, Isabelle, Robert NJ. Sproal,
Hartland, and Geo. Il. Barton, Pleasant
Valley.
Sup. Boarlsley offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolycd. by the Board of Supervisors Of
Pierce county, That the county treasurer OF
Pierce county be requested to make report as
20 the disposal of one thousand dollars III coun-
tv orders, placed in his hands Mt the disposal
of the financial committee, to manage the ii.
nances for laying out and opening road rom
Prescott to Dunn county line.
Pursuant to the foregoing resolution,
the couhty treasurer reported verbally
that he had paid out at the order Of the
finance committee, the sum Of twenty dol
lars in orders to Henry Dow, leaving a
balance OF nine hundred and eighty dol
lars in orders remaining in his hands.
Sup. Beardsley offered the following
resolutions:
Rcsolyed by the count, Board ofSupervisors
of the county of Pierce, That it withdraw from
the hands of the county treasurer nine hundred
and eighty dollars in county orders, it being
the balance of the county road fund now in his
hands. and that it be the duty OF said treasurer
10 deliver them to the chairman Of this board
upon demand also. that it is deemed inexpe-
d ent to axe farther action at this time in rela
ton to the laying out and opening of said road
from Prescott to the Dunn county line, and
that the clerk of this board he requested TO no.
tify commissioners for laying out the same OF
this action of the board also, to notify the
common mel of the city of Prescott 10 the
same effect
Sup. Maynard moved to amend the
resolution by inserting the following
words. namely; THAT the commissioners
and finance committee of said road be dis
charged"
Sup. Bcardsley accepted the amend
ment.
The yeas aud nays 'eing called upon
tho resolution rs amended, were taken
with the following result:
ArEs.-Sups. Beardsley. Mausergh, Nay
nard Sproul-4.
NAYs.-Stps. McMugphy, Moore. Warner,
Bennett, Kinney, Walker, Haner. Martins.
And the resolution was declared lost
Sup. Beardsley offered the following
resolution:
RESOLVED, by the County Board, That the res
olution as passed at the March session foropen-
ing and laying out county road from Pres
colt to the Dunn county line, be and is hereby
repealed. and that the county treasurer be in.
structed to deliver to the chairman of the board
on demand, nine hundred and eighty dollars,
it being the balance of the fund in his hands
for defraying the expenses of laying oat and
opening said road.
The ayes and nays being called on the
resolution, were taken as follows:
AYEs.-Sups. McMurphy, Moore. Warner.
Bennett, Kinney. Walker, Haner. Martins.
NAYs-sups. Beardsley. Mansergh, May
nard, Sproal-4.
And the resolution was declared adop-
ted.
On motion of Sup. McSlurphy, the
board adjourned until two o'clock P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved.
Sup. Moore introduced tho following
ordinance which was adopted:
The Eoard Of Supervisors ofthe Gown
ty IF Pierce do order and determine as
foHors,