Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-29

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them and consider to be right, and at their
discretion to sell all such lots and lands which
the county have held for less term by re-
mltting the interest TN HUBBELL, Chm.
>. H. Evans, of Platteville, offered the fol
lowing winch was unanimously adopted
ReSolyed, That he Chairman and Clerk az
this Board, be, and the same are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to purchase ali fuel
books, stationery and other articles needed
for the use Of the county, and audit all claims
for the same and draw their orders upon tha
treasury for the amount
W. W. field, of Boscobel moved to leyya
tax Of ! mill on the dollar for Jail purposes
Amended BY Thos Laird to raise 81 ,0CO
which was amended by Mr.. Field to raise So
600. The amendment to the amendment was
carried
A. A. Bennett, Of Glen Haven, offered the
following, which, on motion, was adopted:
Resolued, That the Clerk of this Board is
hereby authorized to draw orders for the pay
ment of mileage of chairman or others in max
ing judicial election returns for 1870 Also
TO members Of this Board or others, in making
General election returns for 1870; and also to
pay the per diem aud mileage Of members Of
this Board this November session
Reso'yed, That the Clerk of the Board and
Chairman Of this Board furnish acertihed pay
roll Of the amounts due members Cor making
election rcturns--April and November and
for services during the session, TO the count,
Treasurer, and that he BE- authorized and IN.
structcd TO pay the same, aud the said pay
roll shall be his voucher for such payment
On motion the Board proceeded to elect Il
Building Committee, for the Jail, 20 consist OF
one member from each Assembly District the
vote resulting as follows: LIST Assembly Dist
rct, James II. Evans I'd, James w Seaton
Sd, Geo. W. Ryhnd 9Th, d. I. Parker 6th
a. 4. Bennett
Board adjourned TO the 10th, ID 9 Al NJ
November, l9th--9 \. y
/ Boa.1 met With w. p. Dewey Ia tn eha..
! and quolUm present.
/ The Committee on Roads, 10 whom N.s -.
lerrcd the petition TO alter tho road from
| Martiusyille 70 Plaueyille, reported tAoy
would refuse 70 grant the petition for the al
teraton Of the road, but recommend that the
whole Of the county road from Martinsyille q
! Plattcyille be vacated.
yhe chair appointed G. II. Chambers, Thos
| Laird, Thos. G. Stephens, =. Carrier and John
| Her committee to prepare list Of Jurors
! Thos Lai. d, chairman Of the Committee 81
| Investigation, appointed by the Board in May
last, made the following report:
The committee appointed by the County
| Board, ut its session in June, 1870, to nvesti-
gate the proceedings of the old Board beg
leave to report as follows:
Section 4S, of Chapter Is, O. the Revised
Statutes reads as follows: special meeting
| of the County Board of Supervisors of any
county, shall be holden only when requested
by majority OF the members thereof, which
request shall be in writing, addressed to the
Clerk Of the Board, and specifying the time
and place Of such meeting Aud upon Tie
reception of such request, the Clerk shall
Immediately transmit notice in writing Of such
meeting to each of the members of the Board
Mr. Altizer, Clerk of the Board, testified
before your committee rs follows Mr.. Allen
Chairman of the old Board, wrote to me sta
ting that if there was no other call, the Board
would meet Friday, April LIST, lS70,-saying
} that he had written to the members Of the
Board Under the above call Mr.. Allen and
| Mr. IIu5bel met at the Clerk Office, III Ian
caster, ON Friday April lst, quorum not he
, ing present, they sent a letter to Mr. Evans
requesting his presence Evans replied that
if they would hold over until Monday he would
J come After receiving Mr.. Evans reply tbeg
. next sent for Mr.. Casper, who came Saturday
3 evening, April2d, when, quorum being pre-.
cnt, they transacted the following business ,yiz
; lat. Orders that Henry Rider is county
5 pauper and that all expenses incurred in hie
2 maintenance since the 23d day Of February
i 1863, be paid by the county.
s ID An order for the removal Of a county
= pauper to Illinois, expense not to exceed TWEEN
n ty-fvc dollars.
% 3D. Bills audited. Bill of Joseph AIlou
y for field notes Of Grant county, $3.50 Bill Of
4 W. IL. elise, disallowcd by former Board re-
% considered and allowed S303,32 Bin Of Il
. Halbert for keeping Henry Rider, from Feb
~ 2lst, 1862 to April LIST, 1870, $l42,s5. Bl
$ Of John T. kcndrick, constable fees, $ll 81
. Bill Of II. L. Mann, witness fees disallowc,
= by former Board, re-considercd and above.
/ nj $3.50
> Your committee are Of the opinion that tn
J meeting Of said Board was not strictly in 10
! cordance with the provisions of the law aboy
: quoted, and that some OF the accounts acte,
' upon and allowed at that time were not strict
Q ~ and legally before the Board, under chapto
0 go, Of the session laws 1868.
, All Of which Is respectfully submitted
Bill No. 279 withdrawn by consent of Board
The following report, from the Committe,
5 on Education, was lost
o The Committee on Education beg leave {.
report no business.
7 Your committee recommend that tic sun
= of six thousand dollars be levied upon tin
g taxable property Of the county for county
y school purposes s6r the current year
y GEO H. CHAMBERS. Chm.
o The claim o. Joseph Alien, Of $3.50, TO
S making field notes and maps for the use D
q the county, was re-andited
/ The following, offered by Mr Yield ot Ros
? cobel, was lost
Z Eesolue3 That it is the sense of this Boer,
q that, while the meeting Of the County Boag,
% in April, 1870, aud the proceedings had q
Y such meeting were informal, we believe ii,
y action is required by this Board
% J. II. Evans presented the following wiiel
y was adopted
~ Resoiged, Thatthe proceedings Of the Board
o together with the reports Of the several soun
Q ty officers, be published in the HcroH, w
. ness, and Democrat, under the direction OF
5 the Chairman.
0 The committee appointed to prepare Jun
. list, reported that duty performed, when, o.
q motion, the Board adjourned sine de.
70 WIN. PITT DEWEY, Chm
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