Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-28

TIff1xsraxzs< for Plain Men
Ms. CovkR.-IFkere s said to be sorne
.rfsstSoa ID n6ac5beI ID relation % diyid-
M he Coantg of Graft into thres ccsn-
Les. by he rSresegs legislature. Scn0e pecpts
boat Lancaster have real or assumed fears
. the suFJect. .lboD1h indIivIdass o
.sblSe interest can only he guarded 5y
.els.rua! vigilance, + hardly think the catl-
zssss Of R0scossel are really for DIVISION -
present. AT present BoscobeI coaId not
gek the couatr seat Of he new c5an.ys -
A bridge over ths Wac0asia river mIshG
enable the people there to get part et
CFagfsrA County, ami ahas PIT Boae95el
lIa tie rensre. Ii reference % CHS nlessef
If division, those Ia favor Of it, 5aSgra ee-
pealia9 glselr gsoeey and patriotism slo'a
sf9iee Nhegaef they hove aay thlag so
.G5ho, and Fhase l9sgaslg oppases ao ~
@lsGaeF they bsfs aog saIag q fear. 81
.ssles aa1peBs llsas removals ~ cogsey
seats aa4 divisions Of c9saSies oHlg ssd 81
sa@-salss. There are always soass stae-
sorD raisessief making hsep wAo are cppos-
Ell TO divisions aad fsn6ov&ls Of conatg
a ala, however aseh ne gaslic are Dene-
SGD. These disappointed scsaaps gse III,
4 law sass. appeag 90 che eoarts, eonstitas
.sjos aud law, ADD overthrow CSC most
egs,ess BE sehcae- ~ division. Dbdgs Co.
VAS dIsfea s5ersd ID 1856 5y tAs eglsle
tafe--ehs eoaagq Ss soaeBedg Fsbelleds-
expenses were lacare@ sussa a. nould have
beiIt coupG hooses aa4 Iaiiss laaad.anases
we're issued like Me9ieao gf9aancianent9s
and finally, che Supreme Court deeIlssi
against Ehe Legality Of che whole proceed
AIag. OF late years. no scheme Of davIsloa
aud removal Of county scala has prospefed
III the older counties. TIE patriotic Pe'3-
pie Of DodgevIlEe baIlE . court h0zses had
law passed to remove the coe Ety seat
got majority ar vosss il the c0uUgy -
thew said. SONS Of the county officers went
to DodgayiIle The Supreme Co1rt decided
sgains1 ths D0dgeyIIle Court House, AZ
though they argued th. ifa man puts up
a box on a pole f0r martins 70 make their
nests ID, the martins will surely come
/ So with a cours house. They PAL un the
box, bot the Coart knocked Il to pieces.
There i also j court house ia Darlington,
10 Ia Fayette County, that has been va
Hcsnt, though at one time occupied By
county officers. Lawyers wall have the
emoIumeut Of deciding On the validity Of
these official acts. 1t Is easy TO divide d
county ii everybody is iii favor Of It. ~
aay Que man IS opposed to the present
project Of triple division think he
might throw soEas very serioas obstacles
.In he way, pr0yiIed such an act was
passed. For Instance: he might be mu-l
fIIsh. enough 10 eoateud you coaiI not d.
vide assembly districts il dividing seonss55.-
Fenuin0ra, Marion, Eilerbcrc, Liberty
fana Lancaster. Destitute one assembly
district GlISIG6 See Rev. Stat p- TO-
Assembly districts are permanent polite i
territories, Il least for FIVE xears-- See
+ Sd aud Alb, article 9Th 0ftae Constitution.
Now, mon wIlI differ - 10 the Poole by
which this diEfeaIty IS 70 Be avoided ard
il tile Legislature does not zlogt The sighs
mode, ..llle fat j il tie fire." you Gully
shaye 4 settles Of barren an2 expensive law
slits
IheSe Is one GAS of men eujoyiHg The
seo1Hty Offices, who are interested ID
large counties, ard those wanting county
Offices Who woalI make county 1T
geyery two 81 three towns. The people
are made The prey of q handle. 81 officials.
rs there no practical mode By which these
etesaal, expensive. aid damaging, mean
and selfish contenGiohs can be put AZ rest (!
1T IS al 20 use 70 protest against Division
efforts IS long Is tie law requires ten
Times as nlush 10 De done at county seats
las osiQist 10 Be done there or anywhere
else. Law create Id the firsl place noun
tain masses of Unnecessary work, it then
creates officers for that work, it, or the
people, pays them for that work. As lon.
a. this IS the CASE there viii b classes 81
men claTaeYous FOR county seats, and new
Icounuess for they can do that work. ID
one county lately, ne hear all their rec
ords have been burned up y one fire.
They have no duplicates. Some Of The
stat5s lave established b law form Of
deed, the recording Of which does not ex-
Ecsed rs cents. Deeds should be recorded
10 tie town where the la7d lies; copies or
abstracts shouid be Fecorde at the county
seats, and ike abstracts al the seat Of gov
eminent, and triplicats records could Be-
furnished for the price that one record
now costs. Many persons fsom Che Nes
Eugsand states are already familiar With
this system. cannot sec Why town treas
ureFs, If the farce Of making such sales S
10 be kept up, should not publish ana sell
their OVID delinquent lists. Let them be
directed to bid them of ia tie name OF
the cou0ty if no other bidder appears.
The truth is, after the Town treasurer has
failed to collect, any Individual, town or
county, ought to Be allowed 10 psy the de-
linquent tax On any tract of lard, and have
lien thereon with the force Of mort
gage bearing % per cent interest, after
personal notice 70 the owner, or publica-
ton Of the 2elinqdenSy.
County Judges should BE paid a salary,
with the right Of holding terms for each
other, aud each county judge should have
ampse jurisdiction; and told court twice
year, in two or tfree places in each