Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-11-24
GRANT COUNTY BOARD OF sUPEhVi.
soRs-NOvEMBER SESSION, 1880.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

The BOARD resumed at o'clock, P. N
The Chairman reported the following stand
ling committees:
Finance Coasmittee-John M. Chan
dler, VIM. w. Field, VIM. p. Dewey, Geo
/, K. Cabanis, VIM. L. Wilson.
School and School Fund Committee
Jason Lothrop, Silas Brooks, Mason Fish,
J Geo. Horsfall, Thomas Tormey.
Committee on Claims--Jesse Waldorf,
81. B. T.uley, Samuel Vance, James Bou-
lam, James Pridealx.
/ COMMITTEE on Roads, Bridges and
Ferries--J. G. Holloway, a. 4. bushnell,
IB. T. Hilton, Jesse Jones, w. w. cimock.
/ COMMITTEE on County Property
IJames Prideaux. A. A. Jennett, j. Houg-
falling, M. Schiller, A. r. Schnee.
COMMITTEE on I'owns and 1oaOn Or
qanization-Henry Patch, Moors Rice,
w. P. Dewey, j. Cranston,J. @. Holloway.
On motion, the rules Of last Board were
adopted for the government Of this Board.
Snndry bills were presented and referred
to the COMMITTEES OF Claims. A remon-
STRANGE against aGy division of the town OF
Millyille was presented aid referred to the
committee on towns and town organization.
Also, sundry petitions for aid to build
bridges were handed in and referred. The
Board adjourned till o'clock on Wednes-
day.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, Nov. 14th.
The Board met persuant to adjournment.
A petition was presented for dividing Mill
vile and the formation Of new town.
Great numbers of bills we're presented, and
the Board adjourned till o'clock +. NJ,
to give committees time to work.
EVENING SESSION.
Board met persuant to adjournment.
The committee on schools and schools
funds reported amount of school tax to be
raised by the several towns. For amounts
see apportionment of state, county and
school tax.
The judicial opinion Of Judge Cothren,
lin the caseSof Treasurer Jones against the
county, in relation to fees, sas presented to
the Board and made the s5scal order for
Thursday evening. Thepfpefs in this case
are lengthy, including the statement of Mr..
Jones ana the brief of the District Attor-
|ney, with the decision of Judge Cothren.
We have only space for Judge Cothren's
opinion in the case as follows:
81 am of the opinion that the County
|" Treasure is entitled to reasonable COM
pensation for the extra services claimed
I'm this case. The law does not fix the
!" amount of compensation, but leaves The
n Board Of Supervisors to settle fol The
q services according to their value. If |
/" were member Of the Board, w,sud Be
I. in favor Of establishing some certain rate
!" of compensation for these extra services
I" which should apply to all cases in the flu
= ture. In Mr.. Jones' case, the Board /
. consider bound to remunerate him ac-
. cording to the value Of the extra services
q rendered; and Of that value they must
7 judge
The committee on claims reported suns
dry accounts rs allowed, and their reports
were adopted. The list of accounts allow
ed, when printed, will show the names Of
claimants and amounts audited by the
Board.
Mr.. Cranston, Chairman of Wyalusing.
presented resolution for an appropriation
70 repair dyke to bridge at the Sanders
Greek crossing in that town, which was re-
ferred to the committee on roads and
bridges. Sundry proposals were offered
for furnishing fuel for county offices and
Jail, and referred. The Board then ad-
iourned till o'clock p. NJ on Thursday.
THURSDAY, | o'clock, P. NJ.
Board met Mr.. Houghtaling presented
a petition asking for aid to build bridge
across Sanders creek in Boscobel, which
was referred.
Nj. Patch, chairman Of the committee
on Towns, reported against dividing Mill
vile, which report was adopted.
Mr.. Prideaux presented q resolution ask
ing an appropriation for Bridge in Little
Grant, which was referred.
Mr.. Holloway, chairman Of committee
on roads and bridges, reported, recommend
ing an appropriation Of 800 for building
a bridge across Grant River in Beetown, at
the Porter crossing. The Board amended
the report and appropriated $500 for the
same. Also, Mr.. Holloway reported in
favor of appropriating 5000 in aid of the
new bridge at Potosi, across Grant River
slough; also, 800 for repairing the San
der's creek dyke in Wyalusing; the reports
were adopted and amounts allowed.
The County Treasurer reported tho
amount of fines paid to him by the Chair
men of the several towns. Report referred
to committee-on schools and school funds.
The following resolution relating to pau
pers was adopted.
Resolred, Thas from and after this SEES
sion ofdhis Board thes&everal Chairlnen
the annual session. of the Board
If S,,s,arvisors lie and they afa hereby "a