Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-09-07

1860, on the following described lands,
be charged ever by the county treasur-
cr to the town Of Seneca, to wit:
NE4 Sec. 16, Town 25, Range 2.
SCI " 16, " 25, q 2.
SW4 l6, 25, I" ..
The following order was passed:
| The Board of Supervisors of the County of
Wood do order and determine as follows, to
| wit:
Sec / The County of Wood is hereby mad
| and constituted into one Superintendent Dis
trict
Sec. ?. The salary of said Superintendent
is hereby fixed at two hundred dollars per an
mum.
Sec s. This order shall take effect from and
after its passage.
On motion Of Mr. Clark, two hun
dred dollars was appropriated to the
Sheriff as contingent fund, with which
to pay deputies for protecting the cram
berry crop in this county.
On motion, the following order was
passed:
The Board Of Supervisors of the County of
Wood, do order and determine as follows, to
wit:
Sec. l. Township 25, Range 5, and all that
portion Of township "a, Range ), now belong
ing to the town of Ccntralia, are hereby de-
tached from the town of Centraia and the
same is hereby attached to and shall hereafter
comprise part of the town of Rudolph.
Sec. .. This order shall take effect and be
in force from and after April lst, 1862.
On motion, the following order was
passed.:
The Board of Supervisors Of the County of
Wood do order and determine as follows, to
wit:
sfs @ 6sre A deaGRsa IF 6 t G aP5 6Wn r. Of eH
eca, and the same is hereby attached to and
shall hereafter comprise a part Of the town Of
Centralia.
Sec. ,. This order shall take effect and be
in force from and after April lSt, 1862.
Ordered, that the sum of thirty dol
lars be refunded to Andrew Rausch for
over-payment Of taxes in 1859, and the
county treasurer is hereby ordered to
charge the same back to the towns Of
Dexter and Seneca, according to the
amount Of taxable property in each, IL
able for said tax.
On motion, it was ordered that the
Sheriff Of this county, be and he is
hereby directed to collect the dclin-
quent personal property tax assessed
for the years 1853, 1859 and 1860.
On motion, it was ordered that the
assessed valuation of the mill property
of Edwards & Clinton and Hurley &
Byrnes be, and the Clerk Of the Board
is hereby directed to reduce the same
% per cent; and it is further ordered
that the personal property assessed
against Edwards & Clinton be, and the
! Clerk of the Board is hereby required
to reduce the same to the sum of S.
$4,000; and it is further ordered that
the personal property assessed against
Hurley & Byrnes be, and the Clerk of
the Board is hereby directed to reduce
the same to the sum Of $474,OO; and
it is further ordered that the assessed
valuation Of the mill property of L. II.
Whittlesey be, and the Clerk of the
Board is hereby ordered to reduce the
same to $500,0O.
On motion, the following order was
passed:
Ordered by the Board Of Supervisors that
the Swamp Land Commissioner be instructed
to let the following contract, on the road
known as the Grand Rapids and Baskerville
Road:
To dig a ditch on the side of the road on the
opposite side of the road where the ditch is
now, p feet wide on the top, feet on the
bottom, and feet deep, Ito extend across all
the marsh or swamp land,) the said ditch to
be dug ) to feet from the original travelled
road and the dirt to be thrown on the top OF
said road, to the amount of 1868, 15-tO be let
in contracts of not more than 100 rods each
| to the lowest bidder, not later than the 10th
day of September, 1861, and the work to be
finished on the 18th day Of October, 1861.
1t is also further ordered that if the Swamp
Land Commissioner fails to have the work
performed by the time specified, the Chairman
of tho Board Of Supervisors is hereby empow-
cred to let the contract and draw the funds to
pay for the work and if aay of the money is
left, it is to be applied by him on the line OF
road to the town Of Dexter.
On motion, it was ordered that the
Drainage fund for the year 1861, re-
main in the hands of the County Treas