Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-01-12
SECTION !, That the board of super.

said board was elected.
SEC. 2. That the said superintendents
shall have the same power as superln-
tendents elected by virtue Of chapter 81,
of the revised statutes.
SEC 8. That the said uperintenden
before they enter upon their duties, shall
qualify and give bonds as required in
section SO, of chapter 81 Of the revised
statutes
SEC 4. That all acts and parts Of acts
conflicting with any of the provisions OF
this act, so far as the same relates to
Iowa county, are hereby repealed.
SEC ). This act shall be in force from
and after its passage and publication.
Mr.. James Harrington applied to re-
deem the sale of 1858, on ! e3 Of NV /
and sale of 1860, on part w Of swl, and
part 81 Of NV and part w Of nwi, all
In section 80, town 8, range . east, at
the face of certificate. Which, on mo-
ton Of Mr. Reese, was granted.
Samuel AIdred again applied to res
deem at the face, all certificates on the
s OF Sc, Of section I, and sws Of sw Of
section s, town s, range east being
same lands upon which the board denied
q similar petition at the annual session.
Mr.. Lincoln explained the adverse re-
port made by him at said session on said
petition stating that he was mistaken in
the land, aud recommended that the
same be now granted, which, on motion
Ir Mcfarland, was agreed to-
Mr.. Mcfarland moved to reconsider,
which prevailed, and Mr., Lincoln then
moved to permit Mr. Aldred to redeem
said lands at per cent interest. Carried.
On motion Of Mr., Ashmorc, John
Mabb0tt was allowed to redeem at I PER
cent. all taxes in the hands Of the coun-
ty against the nj CT swl Of section IL,
town s, range 4 east
On motion Of Mr. Humbert, the coun-
ty poor house was ordered supplied with
the county papers at the countys ex-
pense.
On motion of Mr., Robinson the COM
mittee on poor farm was instructed to
reinsure the county barn and contents,
at the expiration of the present policy.
A s. o'clock p m, the board, on mo-
ton of Mr. Mcfarland, adjourned until
. o'clock n. N. tomorrow, to give COM
mlttees time to report
SECOND DAYS SESSION.
Wednesday, Jan. 4th, 1871.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called and a quorum present
The following report was presented,
and on motion Of Mr.. Humbert, adopted,
to-wit:
"Your committee appointed to recon-
mend the amount of Treasurcr's and
Clerk of the boards bonds, would re-
specially recommend hat the Treas
urer's bond be fixed at S460, 900, and the
Clerk bond at $4,000.
ARCH. CAMPBELL.
e. NJ AsnMoRE,
VIM RoBlNsoN'
Mr.. Uumbert moved to reconsider
Carried.
Mr. Campbell then moved to amend
the report by striking out $4600OO and
inserting 100000, which motion was
lost
Mr. Coates moved to amend bv strik-
ing out 100000 and inserting $4,000
Carried
On motion of Mr.. Humbert, the report
as amended was adopted
The following report was presented,
and on motion of Mr.. Mcfarland, re-
ceived and the committee discharged, to
wit:
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of the claim against George
H. OTIS late Clerk Of the board Of SUI
pervisors, respectfully report rs follows
That George ii. Otis, was elected Clerk
of the board Of supervisors for two terms,
and gave two bonds. The suretes on
his first bond were Alex. Wilson, }. b.
MoA'ett and George h. Matthews and
the surctes on his second bond were
Hugh w. Jones, Peter }. Morris and
BENZ, Thomas
" hen Otis settled with the board at
the expiration Of his second term, ac-
cording to his accoun. rendered to the
board, be had in his hands the sum of
S4,i53 OF belonging to the county. This
sum he failed to pay over to his success
sor in Office, and to the county Treasure
err, as the law required, On the "a day
off February, A. d. 1869, Alex Wilson,
who was one of the sareties on his first
bond, made a complaint against Otis for
embeA1lement; Otis was arrested and
bound over to appear at the circuit court,
and was indicted for embezzlement by
the grand jury.
His sure,ies on the second bond admit
ted that they were liable for the sum OF
SSSl05, which they paid over to the
County Treasurer, on the 18th day Of
February, A, ID. 1869
The sureties on the second bond
claimed that they were only liable for
the amount of datalcation which took
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