Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-11-29
County Board of Supervisors
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING.
LIST OF CLAIMS ALLOWED.
COUNTY FINANCES.

Board met pursuant to law, with VIM. Pitt
Dewey in the chair.
On call of roll i. was found that all the
towns were represented.
The Clerk then read the following Stand
ing Committees
ON FINAScE.-D. 7. Parker; W. ". Field
A. A. Bennett; j. II. Evans James W, Sea
ton.
on CLAms.-G w. Ryland Thos. Laird
p. b. Mcintyre; Rob't Glenn; John Geiger.
Or COUNTY PRoPERTY.-G Geo. Cabanis T.
n. Hubbell; Joseph Clementson Archie
Brown; John Hiei.
On EDUCATIoN.-Geo H. Chambers; Il. ID.
Bevans A. V. Knapp; Jacob Scott; Thos.
G.. Stephens.
On RoADs, BRIDGES AND FERRIEs.-T Car.
rier; Geo. Cabanis; Peter Casper Thomas
Weir; w. J. Mccoy.
On Towns AND Town 0RGANIzATIoN.-Geo.
Ballantine Joseph HOrsfall n W. Bass;
Michael Nolan James Murphey.
o. COUNTY RoADs.-Jesse Waldorf; Elisha
Darlington; John H. Griiis; James b. Kicks
Israel Miles.
The following Memorial from J. Allen
was presented, read and referred TO Com
mittee on Claims
TO tie Board Of Supervisors of Grant Co.
The undersigned, one Of the members of the
old County Board, having been instructed by
resolution of said Board, dated Dec. 1869.
to procure a complete aud certified copy Of
the Township maps and Field notes of Grant
County; ana it having been alleged that the
account for said services, audited and allowed
by the old Board, was exorbtant and fraudu-
lent, and that the charges therein we're con
siderably higher than was contemplated by
said resolution, respectfully presents to your
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vouchers of the expenses inc1rred in perform
ing the said service, with the request that said
account be a.audited, and such sum allowed
as shall be found Justly due on an impartial
examination II the account, with the distinct
understanding that if any further sum shall be
found due to him on such examination of the
account, the County will pay him the balance
due; and the undersigned hereby agrees to
refund to the County, with interest, any sum
that may be found on such examination to be
oyerdrawn by him
This account was prepared with a view to
present it to the committee appointed TO in
vestigate the proceedings of the last meeting
of the old Board, but the undersigned receiv-
ed no notice of that meeting until three days
after the meeting was held
Your petitioner respectfully urges a con
sideraton Of the petition in justice to him
SELL us SpHit PURSUITS, tldlilliilH To he Ills
friends, have put in circulation base falsehoods
in regard to this account with a view to injure
his character before the people of Grant Co.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
On motion, the Board adjourned until u
O'Clock 7. NJ, in order to present claims
Seven and a half F. M.-Board met pursuant
to adjournment, when the list of claims was
read and referred to committee.
Board then adjourned to the 10th.
November 10th 1870.
Board met pursuant TO adjournment, w. =.
Dewey in the chair.
Roll called and members answered.
The following communication from LaFay-
cite county was read by the chair, and re
ferred to Committee on Claims.
DARLINGTON, Nov. 10, 70.
W. p. DEwEY-Dear Sir
Mr.. Bell, Of Wingville, offered our Sher-
if Frank CampbelD $500 for the apprehen-
sion of one Robert Brockand, whom he had
reason to believe broke his safe. Campbell
made the arrest, notified Bell who came down
here and identified Brockland
The Grant County Circuit Court had just
adjourned, ours was Just about to commence,
and it was thought best to have b. convicted
here, for an offence committed hero. Bell
agreed 10 this, and agreed TO paw Campbell.
Bell does not pay.
We make this point-that, inasmuch as We
saved your county expense Of keeping T. until
term time, and was at expense of conyicting
him and sending him to Waupun, your county
ought to pay Campbell for his assistance in
arresting B. Your County Board may reply
that the County had nothing to do with the
contract between Bell and Campbell but if
my statement Of the case is correct you can
take no other view of it,
Please present this to the County Board,
and write me. Yours, II. II. GRAY.
We have money due Your County. The
settlement has been delayed for too many rca-
sons to write wish they would appoint some
person to settle it, and we will pay up
II. II. G.
Report of Committee on County records,
locating roads, read and adopted.
Petition presented by J. Waldorf to yacate
County road from Martinsville to PlatteYilc
Referred to Committee on County roads.
The Committee on Claims reported up to No.
30, which report was adopted by the Board.
1t was moved and carried that the Board
take recess, to be called together by the
chair.
THURSDAY, Nov. II.
Board met with W. p Dewey in the chair
and quorum present.
Committee on Claims reported bills from
81 to l63, which report was adopted and
bills allowed
Old bill, No 2l3, referred to Committee of
the Whole; also Memorial from La Fayette
County. Bill No 2l3 was returned TO the
custody of the Clerk, and the Memorial from
Lafayette county was laid on the table.
A license was asked for the ferry;on sections
Nos. II and IS, town 3, range >. Referred to
committee on Roads, Bridges and FerryS
The claim of John G. Clark presented and
referred
The following resolution was presented by
w. w. Field, and made especial order for the
18th:
Resol,ed That all distinction between cOun-
ty and town paupers in Grant county be, and
the same is hereby abolished, and the super
visors of the several towns of the county are
hereby authorized and instructed to remove
all paupers in their respective towns 70 the
county poor farm TO be supported by the
county provided, hOWeUer, that the Supcrvi-
sors of each of said towns shall have discre
tionary power to furnish temporary relief to
such paupers in their respective towns as in
their Judgment shall be just and proper, the
expense thereof to be paid by the county but
the said expense not to exceed the amount
paid by the county for the support of paupers
Kept upon the county poor farm.
T. n Hubbell moved that the Board resolve
itself into committee of the whole to ex-
anime the county Jail Adopted by di-
vision of the house
Recess taken for committee to examine and
report
Board called together by the chair, when a
Subcommittee on claims was appointed, con
sisting Of Messrs. Laird, & rfiiths, Carrier and
Stephens.
Motion made and carried to adopt the fol-
lowing resolution;
ORDERED, by the Board Of Supervisors of
the county of Grant, that the apportionment
of the SUN of three thousand dollars appor-
toned to the several towns for the purpose
of building roads and bridges, by this Board,
on the goth day of june 1870. is hereby rat
flied and confirmed And the sum of three
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the payment of the same
The following report of committee on coun-
~ property was laid on the table:
We the committee on county prope rty, of
fer the following report:
After thorough examination of the prop
erty owned by Grant county, we find the