Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-12-26
County Clerks 0Hica

County Clerks Office,
Dodgeville, Wis, Monday Des. %. '7s
The county Board of Supervisors of
iowa County, convened in special session
pursuant to notice from the Clerk, issued
upon the following request;
''Mineral Point, Wisconsin,, Bee t2th,
1873. 70 Orville Strong, County Clerk
of Iowa County, State of Wisconsin"
The undersigned members Of the Board
of Supervisors Of the County Of Iowa,
Wisconsin, hereby request you, the
said county Clerk, that special meet
ing of said Board of Supervisors b.
'hed at the cour. house, in The village Of
"Dodgevile, in said county, on Monday,
the 22nd day of December, 1873, at j
O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day, for
the purpose Of reviewing the action of
the said county Board, in the asses sm emit
OF the city of Mineral Point, in said coun>
ty, and to take such action as may be
deemed necessary for the satisfaction
Ihs taxpayers of said city.
James Spensley Chairman. Joseph Ben
nett II. VanDusen, VIM. Bainbridge VIM.
Robinson, D. Humbert, John j ames,
KcartOn Coates, Chas. PAUL.
Called to order by the chairman at
o'clock, P. NJ. Roll calod-All the
Supervisors present except Mr.. thinner.
Reading Journal dispensed With.
The chairman presented the following
communication
CITY Of Mineral Point,
Dec. 18th, 1873"
"'llon. James Spcnsly, chairman OF the
county Board of Iowa county"
Sir AT meeting Of the tax payers
of this city, held in the city Hall, in this
city, on the evening of Thursday, Dec
18th, having under consideration the guess
ton of taxes, and whether to pay them
or eIjoin their collection. the following
resolution was passed
Res0leed, that committee of five be
appointed to con fer with the county Board
to in du ce such official action as will sat.
fnsty the tax payers Of this. city that the
20 unity rs Jard will remit 10 this city as
much Of the county tax as has been levied
on the mistake made by the board ofeoual-
fizAtion in tqual'zing the assessment of
''this city, and report TO future nee ting
""f the tax payers. That if the report OF
that committee be satisfactory, we the
tax payers of this city, will forthwith
apay the taxes levied on US. but if that be
unsatisfactory; we will proceed to other
measures TO protect ourselves from the
effect of said mistake. We the commits
tee appointed, under said resolution res
kpectfully ask that you cause special
meeting Of the county board to be called on
tie earliest convenience to i've us an oppor>
tunity TO lay before the board, this mats
ter and explain the position of the tax
.P'ySrS Of this city, on the question.
Respectfully yours, obi Servants,
JOIN j. Ross,
JNo H. VIVIAN,
1otsiv' ALEX WILSON,
PHILLIP ALLEN,
JAMES HUTCHINSON.
On motion Of Mr.. Lincoln, the whole mat
ter was referred to the committee on assess
ment to examine and report if any miss
take was made as claimed in the assess
msnt Of the city Of Mineral Point
The following communication was res
,cGiyed
8iinOral Point, Wis Dec %, 1878.
To the Board Of Supel visor of Iowa
county, Wis.
GESrLEaEN:-I hereby notify yoa that I
asclins to except the enclosed commission
(Which authorizes me to act as sFund
Commissioners for Iowa county.
Very respectfully yours,
JesEPu GuNDRY.
The following report was received.
"'Te the Board of Supervisors of Iowa
county. Wis"
Your committee on assessment. to
whom was referred the matter of an al
aged mistake in the assessment of the city
OF Mineral Point, by the Board at its last
annual session, have had the same under
consideration, and beg leave to report.
That by clerical error in footing I'D
certain items of personal property, by
JSAa ullStuke was made In
the assessment Of personal property in
the city Of Mineral Point, of two humid
red thousand dollars in excess of the
amount at which your committee actually
liked said personal property,
Dated December 22nd, 1873.
kEARToN COATES,
W. S DM.CK,
CHAs. PAUL., Uoh'
II. VAN DSssN. !
G. G. MEas.-As appears from the
papers and dates before us.
Adopted on motion Of Mr. Humbers.
On motion of Mr.. Robinson. "a commits
tee was appointed to confer with the com,
mittee of Mineral Point taxpayers and
ascertain the most practicable method Of
remedying the errcr referred to.
Committee-Messrs Robinson. Bennett
Lincoln.3 Mr.. Meigs, Moved to take
secess. for one half hour, which prevailed
Board re>assembled, ali the superyis,
ors present except Mr.. thinner.
On motion of DR.. Van Duser III.
Board adjourned until n O'Clock D. M.
EVENING SESSION.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Roll called-All the Supervisors present
except Mr thinner