Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-15
Special Meeting Of the County
Board of Supervisors.

session, pursuant to notice from the
Clerk, issued upon the following
request:
To the Ciers Of lie County Board
You ere requested TO call = special
meeting Of the County Board for
Thursday, July lst, 1875, to consider
the action of the u, S. Court, and for
other business
(signed) John II. Vivian, D. W.
Rewey, James Heath, W s. Dimock,
J. L. Jones, 4. Campbell, w. B
Parkinson, Ole nsland, Benjamin
Elan, Kearton Coates
Called to order by the Chairman at
2 O'Clock p m.
Roll called AL the Supervisors
present except Messrs Elan, 'Parkin-
son, Rewey and Rowe.
The journal of May session was
read, aud on motion of Mr.. Campbell
the Clerk was instructed to Insert the
ayes and noes in the adoption Of the
report of the Building Committee and
amendments to the same at said
session.
The Clerk read communication
from Messrs. Dixon, Hooker & Pal
mer ia regard to the costs Of alias
writ Of lpandamus, and receipt for
costs of sci vice Of the same.
The Chairman the read a commit
nication from Messrs Dixon, Hooker
Il Palmer in regard to pluries writ of
maudamus. served on the Board. May
9th, 1879.
On motion Of Mr. Spensley, com
mittce of vhree vas appointed To draft
resolutions in regard TO levy of tax TO
comply With pluries writ ofmandanus
Nlessrs. Spensley, Snelker and
Campbell were appointed as said
committee.
Ga motion recess was declared for
half an hour
Called to order by the Chairman.
The following report was received :
To the Board of Supervisors Of the
toanty Ct lopo
Your committee appointed 20 draw
a resolution levylng "A tax IA compll-
ance with the writ of mandamus from
the Circuit Court Of the United States
for the Eastern District Of Wisconsin,,
issued on Judgment IN favor 0!
Henry G. Bowen, dated 18Th of May,
1875, hereby report the following:
BE 1t Resolced by tie Conny Board
at Supervisors Jor Ioua County,
That in obedience toand in compliance
with certain pluries WIT OF mao
damus issued oet of the Circuit Court
of the United States Of America for
the Eastern District Of Wisconsin in
a certain action in which Henry G..
Bowen recovered Judgment against
the County Board of Supervisors for
the county of Iowa, for the sun, of
fifty thousand, two hundred and forty
FIVE dollars, aud SIS cents, debt and
damages and thirty eight dollars and
fifty ceuts costs OF said suit, on the
Goth day of April, 1870, which writ
is tested the 18th day Of May,
1878. that tax OF S7l05S.5i be, and
the same is hereby levied upon all the
taxhble property in said county Of
Iowa; said amount of $715S7 II being
the amount of said judgment and costs
an6 interest thereon from the date of
docketing therein up to aud including
the 3lst day Of January 1876. the
day when the warrant for the collec-
ton of said tax will expire, and the
costs of serving said writ of mandamus
as certified by the Marshal, and clerk 5
costs, and ;he costs of the original
writ of mandamus referred to in said
writ. That the county clerk is hereby
directed to apportion the same anon!
the several towns aud wards IN SAID
county of Iowa in proportion to the
valuation of taxable property therein
for the current year as equallzed by
the said County Board Of Supervisors
of the county Iowa That all acts
and things shall be done that is IN the
power and jurisdiction OF this Board
to do To insure the collection OF said
tax with and as part of the annual
taxes to be raised according to law
for county purposes for the year 1879,
that the same may be paid over tc