Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-01-29
County Board.
proceedings continued from Herald Of 18th Jaaualy.l


Monday, Jan. IS.
The Board agreed to allow Mrs. Cur
rant, pauper, Of Potosi, $500 per week,
to apply on provisions and house rent;
also. S2l.50 appropriated for her benefit.
TUESDAY, 9 O'CLOCK, A. NJ
Various claims allowed which had been
referred by former Board for action.
Resoleea, That the chairman Of this
Board be and hereby is authorized and in
structed to cause to he published in each Of
the papers published in Grant county, for
one week, notice inviting scaled proposals
! for advertising the list Of Delinquent and
Redemption lands, and the said CHAIRMAN
is hereby further authorised to receive and
open such proposals, and to award and en-
/ ter into a written contract with the pub
fishers Of such newspaper as shall propose
4 10 do said advertising for the least amount
per tract. It is further ordered that the
Clerk 81 this Board and County Treasurer
shall furnish their respective lists Of lands,
to such publisher as the chairman Of this
Board may direct after the reception Of
such sealed proposals and award as afore-
saia.
Resol0ed That the Clerk Of the Board
OF Supervisors Of Grant county, be author
lied and instructed to receive seven per
cent. per annum interest on redemption Of
all lands and village lots, sold for taxes and
held by the county, either by tax deeds or
certificates Of sale for taxes for any and all
years previous to and including A. d.
1857.
Ordered that the transcnl ing Of county
liens on lands seld for taxes be awarded to
IS. IT. elise, and that he be l5aid for such
service the sum Ct $3.50 per day, for the
actual time that be may lie employed in
making such transcript. Ordered fafther,
that the Sheriff assign to him the room on
the southwest corner of court house, and
4 fit up the same with stove, table and such
stationery as may be required to perform
his work.
Resoloed, That sum sufficient to pay
for the service contemplated in the above
order, be and hereby is appropriated, and
that the clerk and chairman Of this Board
issue to the said elise the necessary amount
of county orders.
Re8olUed, That hereafter no lands or
village lots, upon which the county holds
tax deeds, be adys tised either for sale or
redemption, and that the county Ckrk and
Treasurer be and hereby are instp.ct5,l. to
omit any and all such lands from their list
4 for advertisement, aud for this purpose the
/ Clerk is hereby instructed to furnish to the
Treasurer list of such lands.
Resoloed, That all claims coming from
the several towns, for relief granted to per-
sons who may be entitled to county aid,
shall be accompanied by the affidavit Of the
chairman Of the Board of Supervisors of
the town presenting such claim, such affi-
davit shall fully set forth all the particulars
in regard to such pauper or person receiv-
inc aid; that he has not a legal residence
in any town Of this county; that he have
no means ofsupport, and that they believe
him entitled to receive such aid, and that
the claim presented has been audited and
paid by the town.
Resoleed, That no pauper be received
by the Superintendent Of the county farm
unless the chairman Of the Board of Super
visors of the Gown, sending such pauper
there, make and furnish to said Superin-
tendent an affidavit setting forth that said
pauper has not gained legal residence in
any Of the towns Of this county; that he
has no means Of support, and that from
sickness or ether inability he is unable to
maintain himself
ResoI0ed, That the Treasurer receive
the uncurrent money now in the hands Of
the clerk, amounting to ninety-five dollars,
and dispose Of the same to the best advan-
tage for the county.
RESOLVED, That the chairman, John II.
Rountree and Jesse Waldorf, constitute a
committee to settle with Mr. Jones the Su-
perintendent Of the Poor Farm, and that
the said chairman be authorized to issue
orders for the amount Of the county indebt-
edness to said Jones.
All Of which above resolutions were
adopted.
The petition Of D. r. Sylvester and 9th
ers for aid to build a bridge across Blue
River, near Sylvesters Mil was rejected.
The petition Of Mr. Webster for aid to
defray the expenses of Taupes ia Beetown
was rejected.
Board adjourned on Tuesday, Jan. I4th.
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