The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-27
Proceedings of the Board OF Swamp
Land commissioners Of ManitoW0c
and Calumet Counties.

Proceedings of the Board OF Swamp
Land commissioners Of ManitoWOc
and Calumet Counties.
Aug, 9th 1863 A. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
at the house of j. B. Dunn in the Town
of Eaton. Present d. B Knapp, Louis
Faulhaber, O. r. Potter and Ansel Wat
rous.
Forenoon and afternoon occupied in
selling lands in Manitowoc county and
acting upon disputed claims.
On motion adjourned until August It'll
1868, at 9 O clock A. NJ.
August 18th o'clock A. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present Messrs Knapp, Ea1lhaber, Pot
ter and Watrous.
On motion the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted.
Whereas at a meeting of the Board CT
ManitoWoc and Calumet Swamp Land
Commissioners held at Crozer Tufts, on
the It'll day of July 1868, a resolution
was adopted limiting the sale Of more
than 100 acres Of land, accruing to this
Board to any one individual And where
as it also appears from an opinion of the
Attorney General Of the State Of Wis
consin, given on the 18th day Of July
1868, upon the question as to the right
Of said Board to make regulations limit
ing the sale of said lands in quantities of
more than 60 acres to and one Individual
the said Board to make sucN regulations
therefore be it.
Resotsed, That the resolution adopted
by this Board on the 18th day OF July
1868, limiting the sale of the lands ac-
cruing to this Board under the provis-
ions Of Chap, 34l, of the local laws of
1867, in quantities gilmore than I60 acres
to any one person, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
On motion the Secretary was instructed
to record the opinion of the Attorney
General in the minutes of this Board.
Forenoon occupied in settling lands in
Calumet County and acting upon disputed
claims.
On motion adjourned to meet at the
Rips at one clock P. NJ, for the pur-
pose Of letting contract for lowering the
bed of the Alanitowoc River,at said Rips
In accordance with the plans and speciil-
cations adopted by this Board.
One clock P NJ
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present Messrs Knapp, Faulhaber, Pot
ter and Watrous.
The following statement was publicly
made by the Board before offering the
job, at public auction, for lowering the
bed Of the RIVER as before mentioned
The party or parties to whom the con-
tract shall be awarded shall give bonds
for double the amount for which the
contract is let, to this Board, for the
nj Of Z l,o
ing to the laws and specifications adopt
ed by the Board.
Twenty per cent Of the amount for
which the contract, is let to be paid to
the contractor IN advance, upon the ap-
proval of his bond by this Board
Fifty per cent to be paid to the said
contractor upon estimates made by the
Engineer of this Board as the work pro-
crosses
And the balance 80 per cent to be paid
to said contractor upon the completion
of the work and the acceptance thereof
by this Board.
The work to be completed on or before
the first Of November \. D. 1869
On motion the contract for lowering
the bed Of the River aforesaid wasiawarl-
ed to John G. Eggers and Thomas Thorn
son at the rate of 81 cents per cubic yard
they being the lowest bidders
On motion the following resolutions
was adopted.
Resolred, That the Secretary is hereby
instructed to give public notice in the
newspapers of Manitowoc and Calumet
Counties, that all lands accruing to this
Board under Chaps 34l, local laws of
Wisconsin Of 1867, remaining unsold, or
SO much thereof as shall be necessary to
raise the sum of 5000 shall be sold at
public auction, at not less than one dol
lar per acre, on Thursday, the 18th day
of October A. d. 1868, at the house of
j. B. Dunn, in the Town Of Eaton Mani
towoc County.
On motion adjourned to meet at the
house of j. B. Dunn on Saturday the
10Th day of August at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Aug. 10Th, 1868, 10 clock A. NJ
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, d. b. Knapp President. Louis
Faulhaber, Patrick Brennan, O, r. Pot
ter and Ansel Watrous.
Contract for lowering bed of Manitowoc
River at the Rips between John G.
Eggers and Thomas Thompson and the
Board Of Commissioners signed.
Orders issued to John G. Eggers and
Thomas Thompson for Sl2l9 81, being
20 per cent of the contract money for
Lowering the bed Of the Manitowoc River
at the Rips.
On motion the sum $1,25. charged for
each certificate issued by this Board, be
and is hereby appropriated and allowed
to the Secretary in lieu of all charges for
per diem, printing and recording certif-
Gates and receipts for the land sold by
this Board except by per diem as Secre-
tary at meetings Of the Board
On motion the following resolutions
was adopted
Reso}cce}, That the sum of twenty-five
dollars be and the sum is hereby appro-
priated to j. B. Dunn for the use of his
rooms at the meetings of this Board on
the 9th, Of April, I'd of May, 9th 18th
and 10Th of August, 1868, and the PreSi-
dent and Secretary of this Board are
instructed 20 issue an order on the Treas
ure for the same.
Balance of day occupied in signing
certificates of sale-original and dupli-
cate.
On motion adjourned sine die.
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