Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-05-29

| reditors new negotiable bonds, which
would have amounted to 100000 or
100000, without providing for the dis
harge Of the old debt. or in any manner
protecting the county against double
liability for the same debt. That said SO
allied compromise was made without any
! authority on the part of said attorney
That the Board OF Supervisors Of the
ounty, at sessions held or the 1st and I'd
lays of July, and On the 18th of Septem-
,er, 1873, attempted and pretended to
atty the SO called compromise; tut the
<aid meeting and action of the Board of
Supervisors were unauthorized, irregular
md illegal, and were afterwards so held
ind decided by the Circuit Court of said
bounty; that your petitioner at the in
.tance of numerous other tax payers of
| he county commenced action against the
| Board of Supervisors and the Chairman
| md Clerk, to enicin and restrain the is
ua. execution and delivery of said bonds.
temporary injunction was granted by
| The Judge Of the County Court, ard sub
| .eouently after full and exhaustive ar
yument of the whole subject, and all the
laws affecting Il, at the October term, 1878.
IN a motion to dissolve the Injunction,
the Circuit Court decided that the law
under which The compromise was claimed
| 10 have been tfiadc (ch. rs, laws of 1879
vas unconstitutional, null and void; de-
nied the motion to dissolve the Injunction,
and continued the case to give the defend
| ants time to answer. No further answe,
was made, and on the 3D. Of March, 1874,
the Court made and signed an order ad-
Judging that the aforesaid meetings and
proceedings of the Board of Supervisors
were null and void, and that the Chairman
Of the Board and County Clerk be per-
petually enjo;ned from issuing any new
bonds. Your petitioner further shows
that because of the erroneous views en-
terrain ed by a large majority Of the per-
sons who at that time composed the
County Board, in relation to their powers
and their actions and because of the in
1uence over them which was excrted by
their said attorney, all efforts to induce the
board not TO issue said bonds were una
yail;ng, and it became necessary to resort
TO the power of the Court to prevent it.
Your petitioner employed as his at
torneys, Messrs. Strong & Weber, Alex
Wilson, Esq, and NJ. j. Briggs, Esq, who
successfully prosecuted the action to the
result which has been stated, whereby the
county and its taxpayers have been saved
from an immense amount of threatened
liability on the new bonds, for which
there would have been no consideration
and from the payment of which, after they
were issued, there would have been no es-
cape. The liability of your petitioner to
his attorneys is as follows: To Mcssrs.
Strong & Weber $500, to Alex Wilson,
Esq, 5000, and to NJ. j. Briggs, ESQ
$500. In all 5000.
Other taxpayers of the county have
paid the sum of $l2 toward the expenses
of this litigation. and with that exception
the whole burden Of the prosecution,
which was for the common benefit of al.
the taxpayers Of tho county, falls alcnc
upon your petit oncr.
Your petitioner respectfully submits to
the Board of Supervisors that the expenses
incident to the prosecution of this suit,
have been incurred for the commoE::b benefit
Of all the tax payers of the county; that the
suit has resulted in saving them from an i'm
menso liability, and that in common justice
the expenses ought to be shared by all the
tax payers of the county. Your petition
or therefore asks the Board of Supervisors
Of the county to make to him an appropria-
ton of sach sum as will pay the liability
Incurred by him,for attorneys fees, deduc :
ing.the,a amount already paid by the County
for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted.
May 18th, 1874. JOSEPH BLAKE.
Mr.. Campbell moved that M. NJ.
Strong, Mr. Blake's attorney, have the
courtesy of the floor for the purpose of
explaining Mr.. Blake's reasons for pre-
scnting said petition, which prevailed.
Mr.. Strong then addressed the Board
at length relative to said petition.
Mr.. Bennett moved to refer said
petition to the committee on claims.
DR.. Vivian moved to amend by re-
ferring the same to special commit
tee of three, which prevailed. The
motion as amended was then carried.
Committee-L'neoln. Ba;n5ridge and
Heath.
DR.. Vivian introduced the follow
ing resolution:
" Resolued, That the Committee on
Tax Claims be instructed to inquire
into the validity Of the return of the
delinquent roll as made by the differ
ent Town Treasurers, and report"
Adopted on motion of Mr. Coates.
Mr.. Goodsell moved to reconsider,
which prevailed.
Mr., Lincoln eyed TO amend by adj
ding, @and that they be authorized to
employ counsel" which being accepted
the resolution as amended was then
adopted
The Clerk submitted letter from
Hon, Peter Doyle, Secretary of State,
in relation 20 the State loan to- the
county.
Mr.. Elan, for J. n, Michael, applied
to redeem at the face the NE / of SW
/ of section 20, Town Z, Range 3 East.
form.tax sales of 1870 and 1872.
Referred to committee on tax claims.
Alex. Wilson applied to Rave Tax
Sales Of 1865. sc, '67 On SCI of
INV I Section 35, Town 5, Range 2
East, cancelled, alleging that said land
was .mortgaged to- the State when the
delinquent tax for those years was re-
tturned.
Referred to committee On tax
Claims.
Dir. Vivian introduced the following