Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-07

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be tlipled.
Next we come 20 building at least 1--WE
sets Of public buildings - al least we say,
because three sells may have to be erected
and paid for by tax. In event Of removal
of county seat away from Lancaster, tho
county will forfeit Ill right 10 the Court
House, and as T n The jail il Won't sell fol
much. Also, the expenses eono to fol
supporting panpers in the shape Of a good
farm and large building, costing in all Al
least $4,000, will be as good as lost. True
the property may be sold and divided, but
how for would il al go towards new build
ings2
Lastly, we come TO a matter Of expense,
compared with which all others enumcra-
ted and TO be enumerated, siuk into pigmy
dimensions. Wei copying the scores
and piles of record books in the several
county offices. The other expenses, so fan
as buildings are concerned may be got a.
long with UPON $4,000 Or So, 900 per an
|num TO each ccun'y a: the stark and
.thenceforth as much moro each year for
several years, but this matter of transcri-
bing records will be an endless work for
two or three ycars-endless in time and
and cost. We scarcely know how to es-
Innate it; this we know that upon the di-
vision Of Iowa county and formation O
La Fayette county in AZ, La Fayetle got
terribly in debt copying rccods, from which
she has not recovered 70 This day, and still
there are records to transcribe from Iowa
county. Grant county separated from
| IVA county at an early day, when but
fsw entries OF and had been mrde; still,
the cost was heavy. 1t is not the duty OF
to have their own deeds, mort
cages and other.sorts OF conveyances copied
at their own cost and by whom they
please, Ut the incumbent duty of county
author. les to have il d 1ne officially, at le-
gal rates and By persons duly authorized
BY law. No letting out work TO the low
est bidder, nor possibility TO shiIk doing
The work.
Oftranscribing records from the Regis
ter's offf:e We estimate as. follows: There
are so volumes, Of over GOO pages each,
most ofwhich would have to be TRANSCRIBED
at the usual rate of charge per folio. The
total cost besides record book, maps OF
towns and surveys would be at least $40,
0.
IL the office of the county Judge, there
are also several large records to copy, be-
sides papers by the bushel; most all these
the title 10 lands, aud wo'd there
fore have TO be transcribed.
In The office OF the CLERK of The Board
# Supervisors, The work Of transcrbing
would bevoluninous and heavy. Entries
IF every klnd--:nc'uding abstracts Of lands
entered, tax sales, certificates, abstracts Of
loingS Of county Board and We can scarcely
what all
In the Office Of the Clerk of the Cir.
Court, the volumes to be copied are also
numerous, Including judgments court
orders and trial records, bundles Of papers,
etc.
Our readers must nave taken some no
tice Of the files OF Record Books, the a.
Of fixtures and Of public property
belonging to The county; also the order in
which thoy arc kept and the safety. The
disorder, untold liiigations, depreciation of
property, and other considerations inyoly-
ing losses that must follow division of
Grant County into three counties, should
all be taken into account. OF course all
such loss must bo male up by tax on the
Of the several counties; the end
IF such taxation and loss will not end for
lozen years, and the vexations not in life
time. Grant is All old county; the tran
sactions of citizens ia land have been ex-
.cnsivc and it is understood the recordsiof
The several Offices are in perfect condition.
Would it not be better to leave thcm SO.
We have yet to count the cost Of diyid-
ing Grant County in another shape, and
in onr opinion one that is far moro worthy
Of thought than Of mere dollars and cents.
Tho people Of Grant County are generally
old Sc Tiers, Tho dates of their settlement
ranging from Ten to forty years. The'pro-
portion Of settlements of later date than
ten years is small. During SO long peri
Cd Of acquaintance between the men o.
Grant, 10 business transactions, the per
sonal attachments formed hy frequent
Of every kind, at almost every
place aud for various purposes. have be-