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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-19
COUNTY PROPERTY.

G.. w. Ryland made detailed report
Of repairs made upon county proper
ty as follows:
70 the Honorable, Tie Board Of Commission
ers Of Grant County.
Your Committee, TO whom was referred
the making of repairs, experimenting the
improvements and purchasing necessary
articles for County purposes, to wit:
1 The LAYING down of rough garnet floor.
q A new garden fence five boards high
s The grubbng and cleaning OF the grave
ward and repairs of the graveyard fence
1. The building of a new privy with two ap-
oartmenis. to bs 6x10 IT,, six It. high.
5 The repairs OF the barn, new sills rough
boarded, new roof and new floor.
&. The whole house tG be whitewashed once
The purchase of II slat bedste&da.
5. The purchase of II husk Mattresses.
Repairing chains around the Monument.
TO- Setting back the fence IN front OF the ola
II Shelving the safety vaults in the court
house. providing them With bookcases, drawers
and pigeon holes.
herewith respectfully reports:
That he contracted with Il. b. Showaiter
for the amount of Five Hundred Dollars
Ia do the following work, namely: To
huild a new garden fence, capped and stllp-
ned five boards high. white oak posts, not
less than six inches at the butt. All lumber
dressed on both sides; also 10 build an en-
fire new fence around the Grave yard, the
same as the garden fence; both fences 10
have two coats of white lead paint ana OIL
Also TO grub and clean said grave yard OF
noxious weeds The building OF new
uriyy with two apartments, seven leel hlgh
instead Of six feet high, painted with TWO
coats of paint, vault TO be niieen Ieet deep
and walled IN with rock. The barn to be
renaired as recommended by the Commit
tee. with the addition that H. same Is to be
uainted. the lumber to be dressed and all
hinges. SC, to be furnished by the con-
tractor. The above work sc contracted
for. was to fill the requirements Of the COM
mittee aud include the numbers one, two,
three. four and five specified above
This work has been all completed, ex-
cepting the barn. After examining the old
barn hesitsted to have the work common
ced considering the job OF repairs ID tins
instance but waste of money and materi-
al and your Committee therefore caused the
work to be postponed until the meeting OF
this Board. If after due consideration OF
the Board il may be nevertheless thought
advisable to make the repairs as originally
contemplated, the work will be immediate
" resumed and finished.
Your Committee, however, is of the
o,,;n;on that il would be for the benefit of
the County to erect a new barn and to use
the lumber for that purpose. In the event
that the Board concludes to abandon the
;daa Of renairing, Mr.. r. B. Showalter
nnraeSs n deduct from the price of $500
Greed mon, the sum of $l42,-for the IN
finished lob of repairs of said barn. leaving
= balance of $685. for thu work performe9a
on which the amount of 500 has been ad
yanced to him, and thus leaving an amount
of S15S yet due him; snoc. 4
In regard to the other requirements Is spee.
flied in the Commissioners report iar'hef
state:
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CLAIMS.

Mr.. Lard, chairman of Committee
on Claims, made final report as fol-
lows:
Claims Audited at the Annual Session Of the County
Board of Supervisors Of Grant County, wisconsin,
November 1874.
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Fifty per cent. additional may be charged
in high water. The bond given by the
said Grimm conditioned as required by law
in such cases, is hereby approved as to
amount, form and sureties.
AdODted
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| 1urnsey 90 superinteudts exp 90 O9
Mr.. Her moved that the Pauper
account of jamestown be allowed in
tull-Iost.
The report was then adopted.
FINANCE.
Mr.. Clementson, chairman of Com
mittee on Finance presented the fol
lowing report, which was adopted:
TREAsURERs REPORT.
To the Supervisors Of Grant County:
Your Committee on Finance, upon whom
devolyes the duty of investigating the hooks
OF the Treasurer and County Clerk, and all 9TH
er books, papers and vouchers, pertaining to
the monetary transactions Of the county, for
the last fiscal year ending November IL, 1874,
respectfully report that We have carefully ex-
amined the books, records, vouchers and pa>.
pers of the Treasurer's office, and have found
them in every respect correct. All of the
business of that office has been transacted in
an exact and exemplary manner. Herewith
we present his report which we have examin~
ed i'll detail and find it to be correct, and true
and full exhibit of the receipts and disburse-
mentS of his Office, from the date of his last re.
port to the close of this fiscal year.
annual Report Of McCdrtney Treasurer Of
Grant County, WiFeOnsin, for 1874 NousmbeT
d, D. 1874
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BOND FOR FERRY.
Mr.. Clementson presented the fol.
lowing bond of Hannah Specht:

Mr.. Clementson presented the fol-
lowing bond Of Hannah Specht:
Know all men by these presents, that VIC,
Hannah Specht of Dubuque County, Iowa, as
principal, and A.. r. Bushnell and Jacob
Nathan of Grant County, Wisconsin, as
sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the
people of the State of Wisconsin in the penal
sum of One Thousand Dollars Nr the pay
ment whereof well and truly to be made we
bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and adj
ministrators jointly and severaIly firmly by
these presents.
Witness our hands and seals this 9th day
Of November, A. D., 1874.
The condition Of the above bond is such
that whereas the above bonden, Hannah
Specht, has applied to the County Board of
Supervisors OF Grant County, Wisconsin, for
license to keep and run ferry across the
Mississippi River in low water from Lot five
90 in Section sixteen (l6l in Township two
(2) North of Range three CD West in Grant
County, Wisconsin, to Spechts' Landing in
Dubuque County, Iowa, and in high water
from the public landing in the village Of La
Fayette IN said Grant County to said Spechts'
Landing.
Now, therefore, if on the granting Of said
license the said Hannah Specht shall keep a
safe and good boat or boats m good repair,
adapted TO the waters where they are TO be
used, and faithfully attend such terry with
suitable number Of men during the several
hours in each day and at such several rates of
ferriage as the said Board shall order and d.
rect Their, and in that case, the said bond
TO be null and void, otherwise TO be and re-
main in and of full force and virtue.
Executed in presence of her
CHAs ORION, HANNAH |SPECHT [sealI
A. NATHAN, mark
A. r. BUSHNELL seal
JACOB NATHAN [seal
Which was read to the Board and
the following resolution offered:
Resoloed, That said bond and the snrites
thereto is hereby approved and that license
be and the same is hereby granted to Hannah
Specht according to the recitation in said
bond at the rates Of ferriage recommended by
the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Adoptod
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Adopted
EQUALIZATION.

Mr.. Glenn, chm of the committee on
Equalization, reported as follows:
TO the Board Of Supervisors Of the County Of
Grant, State Of Wisconsin
GENTLEMEN Your Committee, to whom
was assigned the labor of equaliZing the
Real and Personal Property of the County
of Grant. having finished their work, would
hereby submit. for further consideration by
your honorable body, the following report
The assessments of the different towns,
as returned by the several assessors, being
before us, we have carefully reviewed the
same, as also the classes of land as hereto
fore established and believing that said
classification establishes a fair and equita-
bic equalization as between the different
towns Except in the case of POtosi, which
has been changed from class s., value ST.,
to class 6, at 81 We have adopted said
classification, and the several towns remain
in the same classes as reported last year,
except Potosi, as heretofore mentioned.
OF Personal Property, Horses, Cattle,
Mules, Asses, Sheep and Lambs, Swine and
Wagons have been equalized as between the
towns. the aggregate value not being
changed from that returned by the assess
ors; while Watches, Pianos, Melodeons,
Bank Shares, Merchandise and Manufact-
urer's Stock and amounts under the head
of "All othor Personal Property" have been
copied from the assessment rolls or Tie diff
ferent towns, and appear on our equaliza-
ton roll the same as they were originally
assessed
Although the personal property o. the
County bears little higher equalized valu-
alton than last year, yet we find that the
aggregate valuation of such property falls
below that of last year, and while the real
property of the county amounts to the sum
of S6, 701, 800, the personal property is re-
ported to bo only $2,617, III, a difference
your committee believes does not exist
The personal property of our county, taken
in connection with the density of our pop.
ulation and the reputed wealth of our citi-
zens should, in the judgment of your com.
mittee, bear a closer relation to the value of
the real property than it now does, and a
more just and equitable share of the taxes
of our county, thereby relieving to some ex-
tent the heavy burden of taxation now rest
ING on Lands and Labor.
The following is the arrangement Of
towns in their respective classes with value
affixed
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6. The work of whitewashing has been &C.
complished according to your Instructions, for
which Mr. r. B. Showalter will present his bill.
z. Not being able to procuree II bedsteads
for the amount estimated, purchased but ten
bedsteads for forty dollaes.
s. purchased for Jail purposes II husk mat
rassess at 50 rs each, II palm leaf pillows at 10
cents each, which, together with burlap Ior
packing amounted to 1925.
g. The chains around the monument have
been repaired, for which bill will be presented,
except S21 paid to workmen from Platteville.
TO- The fence in front of the old jail has been
set back as directed by the committee.
IL. The fixtures as shelves, drawers, book-cas-
es and pigeon-holes, have been fitted up as IN
structed BY the committee. The amount ex-
pended for this purpose was $3.50 63. his,
however, exceeded the estimate $l9.63
Respectfully submitted,
G. W. RYLAND.
Lancaster, Grant Co. Wis, Nov. 10, 1874.
Which was referred to committee
on County Property.
REPORT ON INSANE.
Mr.. Laird made report as chairman
of Committee on Insane, which was
referred to a special committee, con-
sistlng of Messrs. Rodolf, DICKINSON
Northey, HER and Mccoy.
To the Beard of Supervisors Of Grant County;
Your Committee having in charge the
Insane of Grant County would respectfully
report, that during their term of service
there has been admitted into the Hospital
for the Insane at Madison, fourteen per
sons, seven of whom the expenses were ful-
ly paid by the county, five by the relatives,
and two in part by the relatives and the
balance bv the county, and one simple per-
son was taken To the Poor House.
The expenses at ending this charge have
been necessarily heavy, as most OF the pa
tients charged to the county lived at ex-
IRENE points of the county and were very
poor. full outfits of clothing having to be
furnished.
The total amount expended for said pur-
pose was 1894. 20, divided as follows
PHYSICIANS Certificates. 40 90
Hack hire from depot to Hospital. -. "a w
PsiIroad fare 50 81
Team and livery hire and stage fare 80 81 so
To Thomas Laird, for individual servi-
ces as Chairman of Committee. 10 w
For Assistants and guards. ,.,,........ - W
Hotel bills for assistants, teams patients ll3 %
All of which is duly itemized in bill &C
companying this report.
YOur committee would recommend that
the sum of six hundred dollars be raised
for the care of the Insane for the succeed
ing wear. All of which is respectfully sub
mitfed THOMAS LAIRD,
J. NJ CHANDLER,
n. w, BASS.
The Board then adjourned to meet
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FnTRTH DAY.

MORNING SESSION, Nov. 13.-Board
met at 8 A. NJ, G.. w. Ryland presiding.
A quorum answered to roll call. Pro
ceedings of yesterday read and approved
CLAIMS.
Mr.. Laird, chm of Committee on
Claims made partial report, from claim
| to 23S, inclusive, except IA, 10, 81,
90, "a. %, 119, l5S, 1S5, 1S6, lo7,
1913. 1913. 2l7, Us, 219, 220, 221-
withdrawn, Nos. II, rs, 90, 127, 1870,
1904, l31, 1872, 1873, 1876, l9l,-disal-
lowed. No action taken on Nos. 40 to
176. inclusive, and ISL. No bills Tor
Nos. 200, pol Nos. 2O4, 2O5, FOG,
Withheld for consideration. The report
was accepted.
Mr.. Clementson offered the following
Hevolve3-That those justices and constablet
whose bills are disallowed at this session OF the
Board for the reason that no transcripts OF tht
ustices' dockets have been filed, be permitted
within the time In which they are pernitted hy
law 10 take an appeal, to withdraw said bilil
without prejudice to presenting them again II
proper form at the next session OF inc BOARD
and when bill Is WITHDRAWN uHusi 1lIlo 49,;
ton, the Clerk shall strike out the WORD "dis
allowed" marked against said bill, and Wits Wits
opposite said bill the word Withdrawn" WITH
date of Withdrawals; provided, however, thai
those bills that have been so disallowed anf aFs
not withdrawn under this resolution within Inc
time above fixed, shall stand and remain disal
lowed.
Adopted.
POOR FARM.
Mr.. Bayley, from the committee ap.
pointed TO visit the Poor Farm, reported
as follows:
We have each visited the County Poor HOUSE
twice during the past year and found every
thing satisfactory r,w
Signed, o. =; IA ~ pa" = :
H. GRIMM,
H. A. DANKLEFF.
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referred the report of the Committee on
Insane, accompanied with the account of
Thomas Laird, Chairman of said commit
tee, for expenses and disbursements paid by
him, would respectfully report that we
have examined said account and find it ac-
curate as per account there were no vouch-
ers or receipts) furnished your committee.
recommend the allowance of the account,
as also that the further sum of six hundred
dollars be raised for the care of the Insane
for the succeeding year, as in said report
recommended.
CHAS. G. RODOLF. Chm
VIM. NORTHEY,
JOHN HER,
w. J. MCCOY,
ENSIGN p. DICKINSON.
Adopted.
also the following resolution
The Committee have further instructed
me to report the following resolution:
WHEREAs-The heaviest expense, ac-
c0rding to the statement and account rem
dered, being for transportation of insane
persons with teams and assistants to the
railroad stations, the county being large and
having different routes by railroad to Mad
ison. we, the Committee, believe that about
one half the expense to the county would
be saved to the Insane Fund by the several
chairmen of towns forwarding their insane
patients to the nearest railroad station and
taking or sending them from there to Mad
ison
Res0lred-That the Board of Supervisors
Of the County of Grant do order and deter
mine that hereafter the Committee on In
sane consist of a committee of One.in each
town, being the chairman of the said town;
that it shall be the duty of the said chair
man to take the Insane of his town under
his supervision or order to the State Hos
pital for the Insane, at Madison, or to the
Poor House at Lancaster, as the case may
require, at the lowest possible charge; that
the said chairman be allowed for his servi-
ces two dollars and fifty cents for each day
actually employed, and the necessary ex-
penses; that the amount of clothing fur
nished to any one of said Insane shall not
exceed forty dollars. The chairman shall
make out a bill of all expenses, of his time
employed, and of everything furnished in
detail, which bill shall be verified by him
before a justice of the peace or a notary
public, and when so presented to the Coun-
ty Clerk. he shall give the said chairman an
order on the County Treasurer for said
amount so expended, to be paid out of the
fund appropriated for the Insane 1t is
further ordered and determined that the
physicians certificate for such Insane be
paid by the several towns, and that the
County Clerk at the expense of the county,
furnish the necessary blanks to the chair
meu of the several towns.
CHAS G. RODOLF, Chm,
VIM. NORTHEY,
JOHN HER,
W. ]. MCCOY,
ENSIGN P, DICKINSON.
Adopted.
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tain tax sale certificates, would respectfully
report that there are such tax sale certificates
as are in the petition set forth, but that the
County has a tax deed TO said land, and it has
been returned to the town of Blue River as
County land. No receipts or references have
been furnished to your Committee The Chair
man of the Committee knows, however, that
some such error as set forth in the petition was
committed and the CoRmittee therefore recon-
mend that the County Clerk be instructed and
he is hereby instructed not to sell or convey
the quarter of the w quarter of Section
II, Town z, Range l west, and that upon full
presentation of the receipts of such erroneous
taxes paid for land not therein entered as set
forth in petition he, upon payment of the taxes
for the year 1874, expense of deciding and diff
erence of taxes for said years not paid, be
hereby authorized and instructed to quit claim
deed the said N E quarter of the S w quarter
of Section II, Town z, Range l west to the
said Mary Newrotry.
CHAS. q. RODOIF. Chm
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and that the several towns are hereby
required to raise and expend one half OF
the amount furnished by the county, and
that the County Clerk shall not draw any
orders for the payment OF the several sums
appropriated until majority Of the Town
Board shall file a certificate with the Co
Clerk that the work has been done and that
they have expended that amount.
We further recommend that License be
granted to Hannah Specht to run and main
tain Ferry across the Mississippi River,
for the term Of ten years, at her present
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Mr.. Humphrey moved to amend by
giving Mt. Hope 500, which was lost.
The report was then adopted.
Mr.. Grimm offered the following
REsGLvED--That aeon of three be appointed
by the chairman, to visit the County Poor
House once month and look after the County
Poor and see that they receive suitable food
and clothing, and report TO the next session of
this Board
which was adopted. Messrs. Danklef,
chm, Bass and Emery were appointed
as such committee.
ON INSANE
Mr.. Rodolf, to whom was referred
the financial report of Mr.. Lard, chm
of the committee on Insane, made the
following report:
We. the Special Committee to whom was
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GRANT COUNTY.
Proceedings of the Board of
Supervisors.
November Session, 1874.
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
LANCASTER, Nov. 10, 1874 The
Board OF Supervisors Of Grant county
met in the courrt. room at o'clock, p.
M N, ana w6 ss called to order by Geo
y 1yland, Chairman of the Board
y for 1873. A quorum of the following
members of the Board answered to
roll call:
Beetown w J Mccoy.
Blue River--Henry Gore
Boscobel-W. T. Scott.
bloomington ID F Brown
Clifton-F Kirkpatrick
Cassyille--Hermann Grimm.
Ellenboro-I II Mckinney
Fennmore-H A Danklef
Glen Haven--D P Grinter.
Hickory Grove-G Hammond.
Hazel Green--J. N. Chandler
Harrison-Moses Vannatta.
Jamestown--John Her.
Lima--E z Dickinson.
Liberty--John BGrner*
Lancaster Geo w Ryland.
Little Grant-Delos Abrams.
Nuscoda--C G Rodolf
Marion-Geo Munns.
NilIviIle-Jose phi Horsfall.
Nc. Homer G Humphrey.
Paris--Peter Casper,
Platteville-N W Hasa
Potosi--A w Emery
Patch Grove Geo Ballantine.
Smelser-Geo Cabanis.
Waterloo--Arcbie Brown.
WatterstOTn--Wm NOrthey.
Wingville--,fhomas Laird.
Wyalusing--Robert Glenn.
Woodman-George Brown
City of Boscobel-Geo w Parker
Village of Lancaster-Geo Ciementson.
do do Plattevie-E Bailey.
de- do Hazel Green Geo Broderick
#Appointed to fill vacancy Occasioned by
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Iich was received and adopted
CAssvILLE FERRY.

Mr.. Clementson offered the following
resolution:
Res0lged-That there is hereby granted to
Hermann G lmm, for the the period of ten
years, license to keep and maintain fer
ny across the Mississippi River at the vii
lage of Cassville to Turkey River Station in
the State of Iowa, and that the rates of fer
rage which the SAID GRIMM may receive,
until the further order of this Board shall
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And we recommend that a bond be given
in the sum Of one thousand dollars.
Your Committee would further recon-
mend that a License be granted to Hermann
Grimm, for the term OF ten years, upon h
complying with the law in such cases made
and provided, with amount of bond one
thousand dollars, to run and maintain a
Ferry across the Mississippi River at Cass-
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CHAIRMAN.

Whereupon Geo. w. Ryland was
declared the unanimous choice for
Chairman.
The Board then adjourned until Z
o'clock p. m.
EVENING SEssIoN.-Board met as
per adjournment; all the members
present except r. G. Humphrey, Mt.
Hope, and Geo. Munns, Marion. The
Chair presented the petition of ID. b
Stevens of Cassville, for ferry license.
Also petition of Hannah Specht for
renewal of ferry license-which were
referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Ferries.
The Chair then announced the fol-
lowing as the
STANDING COMMITTEES:
d, Finance Geo. Clemcntson, Chairman,
RaiIsy. D. p. Grinter, VIM. j. Mccoy, G.
W. Parker.
n, Claims-Thomas Laird, Chairman, Geo.
Frederick, Joseph Horsfall, George Cabinas,
j. N. Chandler
On Foundation Glenn, n W. Bass,
" Emery. G. G. Rodoif, VIM. I. Scott,
Geo. Ballantne, F. c. Kirkpatrick, ). #. Me-
Kenzie. John A BGrner Archie Brown, r. u.
Humphrey.
On Roads, Bridges and Ferries
Brown. Hermann Grimm, D. F. Brown, VIM
Northey, John Her, Moses Yannatta, George
Munns
o., County Property--Peter Casper. u. A.
Dankleff, Henry Gore, f. 2. Dickinson Delos
Abrams.
On County Roads-N w Bass, Hermann
Grimm, Joseph Horsfall, G. 5. Hammond 4.
F. Dickinson.
On Ed,cation-Geo Frederick. Robert
Glenn. Geo. w Parker, f. Bailey, GEORGE
ClementsOn.
On XuSane-Thomas Laird, \. w. bass ..
NJ Chandler, Hermann Grimm, Ueorge Olehn-
entson.
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TOTALS
Total Of Lands as eoualized S. AT TAG
Village Iots............... 1874, $50
4" Personal property ........... ...... 26i7,il1
Aggregate value Of all property equaized $e3eo6
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ROBT. GLENN, Chm,
]. H. C. MCK1N SEY,
CHAS, G, RODOLF,
WIN. r. SCOTT,
ARCHIE BROWN,
GEO. BALLANTINE,
A w. EMERY
n w. BASS,
JOHN A. BGRNER.
Adopted.
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LIABILITIES.

The liabilities of the County, so far as your
committee have keen able to ascertain, are as
I'll
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Bank Stock, Pianos and Melodeons, Gold
and Silver Watches and Property enumerated
under the head of all other Personal Property
has been left as returned by the several As
SCISSORS.
VILLAGE LOTS.