Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-11-21
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Dewey, and j.. II. Evans be, and thew here
by authorized to make such changes sI,sra.
tions aud additions in the cases, drawers. and
shelving OF the county clerks Office nd vault
as may be deemed by them necessary for lis
use, convenience, and order and the County
Clerk will arrange all books ia accordance
with the direction of this committee.
j I'll. Evans presented the follow
ing resolution which was adonted
RESOLVED, That the Cou1fy Cork and
County Treasurer be and they are hereby or.
dered to within twenty days make comn'ete
inventory OF all articles purchased for the use
OF the county that they shall enter the same
upon book kept for that p,n pose and file !
copy with the Treasurer; that The county
clerk shall hereafter keep just and true ac.
count OF all purchases made for the county.
and an account with each county officer. who.
by law, IS entitled 10 any stationery. Charging
said officers Tor all supplies furnished nv him
taking receipt therefor and on OF helore
the first day of the annual session of tins Roa,J
10 report the amount on hand as wei as the
amount of each article furnished TO the sew
eral county officers.
The following resolution was then
presented by j. Warner which was
adopted by 'heB ard
RESOLVED, BY the County Board oe Sonar.
visors, that Geo. w. Ryand and The co,n,g
clerk be, and they are hereby constituted q
committee to advertise for, and. receive oro-
posals Tor the printing and furnishing of such
blanks, forms, books and advertising as are
not specially under the control Of special Of
tcers as may be used in the several offices
and towns OF this county, and let contract or
contracts TO the lowest and best bidder. talk
ing sufficient bond for the faithful performance
oil the same, said committee to furnish sam
pie or description of quality, form and STYLE
OF such work and material as may be reoulr-
ed.
The following resolution was then
presented by j Warner, which was
adopted
RESOLVED, BY the Co. Board of Suneryis-
ors, That the Sheriff be required TO canse IN he
removed the piles of wood now piled against
me court house TO some location at least
sixty ieet distant from the building. as me-
caution against fire, and TO see in future that
no wood be ranked or piled nearer than sixty
Ieet 10 the court house, end that the Clerk Of
the County Board be, and il hereby author.
red 10 pay The expenses Of such removal.
Thos. Laird, chairman of the com.
mittee on Insane, then presented the
following report:
To tie Board Of Supervisors of Grant fo,,o,,,
The underSigned,a select committee of y6nr
board appointed at the last session of This
Board, beg leave to report respectfully as fol-
lows:
That Immediately following our appointment
as such committee, we opened a correspond
enee with the superintendent of the Insane
Hospital and at once ascertained the fact that
the quota Of Grant County had long nrevious
been filed to the fullest extent
AT the time your committee was created il
was apparent TO every member of this Board
| that one Ramket, a German from jamestown
insane, had for a long time been confined II
| the county Jail upon the order of the County
Judge, at cost for board OF seven dollars per
week. Your committee, in order to relieve
| this poor unfortunate person from the horrors
OF his confinement, and at the same time save
to the county cost and expense, directed Thos
Laird, one Of your committee, TO take Ramket
to the Hospital, and in order 20 make room for
nm, to take from the Hospital to the county
farm one William Manning nm ineurable in
sane person, perfectly harmless in conduct -
10 detray the expenses necessary in making
this change, your committee, upon their own
responsibility, borrowed of Messrs Ryand a
Holloway the sum Of sixty dollars The cost
attending the same, including Thos Laird's pay,
amounted to the sum Of sixty-seyen and so 100
dollars, which amount was Justly expended
Subsequently, one EraStus Manning, resi-.
dent OF the town of Wingville, became insane
aud was sent 70 the county Jail His parents
lived in Nebraska Your committee took the
responsibility Of sending him TO his father and
mother, and we hope, and have good reason to
conclude that he ls nov permanently removed
from Grant county. The expense attending
his removal from the county to Nebraska
amounts to the sum of fifty nine 10 100 dollar,
To defray which, your committee also Dor
rowed of Messrs. Ryand & Holloway the sum OF
$50. Bills covering these expenses, ave been
presented to the committee on claims.
All Of which il respectfully submitted.
THOMAS LAIRD,
W. P. DEWEY,
w. w. FIELD,
Select committee on Insane,
There being no other bushes be-
fore the Board, an adjournment was
made to meet at 2 p. m, Nov. 18th.
Nov. 17th 2 P. M-Board met pur-
suant To adjournment A. A. Ben
nett in the chair A quorum beir
present, the Board proceeded to
transact the following business
The special committee on county
officers salaries presented the fol-
lowing report:
To The BOARD Of SUPERB isors of Grant Comfy:
The undersigned, your Select Committee.
appointed by resolution of the Board to con.
slider and report concerning the fixing and de.
tcrmnlng he amount of annual salary of
County Officers, having carefully considered
the subject referred to US, beg leave to report
unanimously as follows
II appears to your committee, as the facts
are, that the amount of annual salary paid to
county officers, particularly the County Treas
urer, the Clerk OF the Board of Supervisors.
and District Attorney, was fixed and deter
mined by the then Board at OF during the
prevalence Of the war; or at least during
the prevalence Of war prices--when All tile
articles consumed by a household, cost az least
from fifty TO seyeuty-fve per cent. more than
such articles cost at the present time In fact.
your committee are advised that the salary Of
Clerk of the Board IF supervisors was increas
ed from Twelve to Fifteen Hundred particular.
~ to cover the extraordinary cost of living at
that time
Particularly so was it with the salary Of the
District Attorney. when it was increased from
Five Hundred TO Eight Hundred Dollars, the
sum now paid that officer; and in this view,
also, was the salary of the County Treasurer
fixed at Fifteen Hundred dollars
Now when I'll articles OF family eonsump-
ton have less i, ned from fifty to hundred per
cent in price, and when tn iaborcr reaps but
a scanty reward for days toll, and the bur
dens Of taxation are resting heavily upon the
poor and the rich, your committee see no good
reason why the salaries Of our officers. who are
not overburdened with public cares, duties and
responsibilities, should not be returned to their
former status, particularly so since all things
are returning TO a specie basis, and CORES
ponding reduction can be made without doing
injustice TO a single officer whose salary we adj.
wise 10 be reduced.
Entertaining these views, yonr committee
advise that the salary of County Treasurer be
fixed at the sum of One Thousand dollars: that
of County Clerk at Twelve Hundred dollars
and that of District Attorney at six Hundred
dollars, aud herewith report resolutions 10 that
effect for the action of the ard
Certainly no officer can complain Of this ac-
ton Of the Board. We cannot act so as to 81.
feet the men now in office-our action only If
feet their successors, and if any one feels to be
gricvcd and dissatisfied with our action. 4 con.