Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-14
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Hiram Bliss s Carver
John Il Kruei
MUsCoDA.
Y I Man!ove 5 G McDo lali
John Smally J McIntire
John Bloyer
0 G Denney
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Valentine Borah VIM 2 Dixon
q ID Smith L S Richards
John q Perkins CIV Loney Sr
A G Hough
David Garner
BoscoBEL.
G III Contoit B NJ Coates
r Hilderbrand J III Barnett
Frank Lewis John Pepper
y * Dean J r Mufiey
J ID Catlin
Lewis Kimball
Abram Wood
r III Palmer
G w L;mbocker
LANCASTER.
Lewis Holloway G Holloway
Abner Dyer L NJ Ban Der
} } McKonzie f II Bonham
Calvin Curry II r Coulter
Joseph Tobler B Write
Franklin Halbert
Benz 2 Quincy
Henry Fox
S d Watkins
Ill Fisher
e Dickinson VIM d Hirst
William Clifton Henry Utt
A Y Knapp
CLIFTON.
John Woodward Eli Clayton
G Clifton
| wINGVIILE.
| w O Thomas Thos Laird
J NJ Hammond A 2 Hammond
Stephen b Eastman
Edward Bell
L1BRaTYs
John A Bennel Thomas Wier
II j Rceder
ELLENBoRo.
b b Bevans Samuel BarstOw
Zacharia Thomas
/ Ia the matter of the name OF
| Bloomington, the statement OF the
returns Of the special election, held
in the town Of Bloomington, in ac>
eordancc with the order Of the Co.
| Board, made at the annual session,
Nov 1868, showing majority OF the
votes of said town in favor OF the
name of Bloomington, was, on mo-
ton of Cyrus Sargent, received
adopted and ordered on file.
Claims for services as Prosecuting
Attorney, rendered Grant county in
1862, were presented to the Board by
A. P. Thompson and referred to the
next annual session fer consideration
The Board then passed the follow
ing resolution:
Resolued, That the Clerk of tn,
Board is hereby authorized and di-
rected to procure suitable book anC
copy therein the Tax Sales Of 1851
to 1858, including all lands unredeen
ed and lands decided and now held by
the county
To provide for the payment Of thu
Lightning Rods now in use on th'
Court House, the following order wa
adopted to witt 1t is hereby order
ed by the Board of Supervisors 0
Grant county that the Clerk of thi
Board draw an order for the amour
of bill Of lightning rods for Cour1
House as ordered by Building Com
mittee.
The following resolution was TAX
en- up and passed
Resolued, By the Board of Super
visors of Grant county, that sun
sufficient to complete bridge across
Grant river at Flora Fountain, saiC
sum not to exceed $500, be PLEDGE
by this Board-to be appropriate(
out of the Road and Bridge Fund a
the regular session of this Board
providing a Contract is let and
bridge built during the coming sum
mer, at cost not to exceed $3.50
the sum Of $1,000 having already
been appointed by the county 0
Grant, town Of Beetown, and by pri
vate subscription.
Resol0ed, BY the Board Of Super
v.sors Of Grant county, that Addison
Burr, A. W. Emery Cyrus Sargent
VIM. McLane be, and are hereby ap
pointed building Committee for let
ting "a contract for building bridg,
across Grant river at Flora Fountain
said bridge not to exceed the sum
of 81 500, TO be patterned after the
Wilcox Bridge-and the Clerk Of thil
Board is hereby directed to draw
orders to the Building Committed
from time to time, az in the judg.
ment Of said Building Committee, al
will be required in The proper con-
struction Of said bridge, such saio
sums to be drawn not to exceed il
amount $1,000 cost to the county,
Board adjourned until O'Clock to-
morrow, Jan. 8
Thursday. Jan. % o'clock A. NJ
The Board met pursuant to adjourn,
ment. Present, Chairman Burr Cy-
rus Sargent and A. W. Emery. Alb
sent, H. B. Wood and j b. Moore
An agreement Of the town board
Iof Beetown to cooperate with Co.
Board in building the bridge at Flo
ra Fountain, presented, read and or
dered to be placed on file.
The Board took into consideration
the subject of insuring the county
buildings against loss by fire, and at
ter discussion passed the following
resolutions;
| RESOLVED, By the Board of Snper>
visors of the County of Grant, that
the Chairman of this Board be aud
is hereby authorized and directed to
procure insurance against fire, in