Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-01-15
Wilson, $500; Joseph Blake,
1900;
JOSEPH BENNETT, !
w. l.. LINCOLN, Com.
T. r GOODSELT,


by ayes and noes as follows:
Ayes-Jos. Bennett, A. Camp
bell, BENZ. Elan, E. B. Goodsell, Jas.
Heath, j. L. Jones, w. L. Lincol1,
J. v. Persons and Ole Steensland
-. ~a
Noes--Wm. cambridge, Kearton
Coates, ". S. Dimock, G. G.. David,
G.. G. Meigs and w. b. Par kinso
e. i
The following report was then re
ceived:
To the Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County:
The undersigned committee to whom
was referred the county Offices, their
condition, and the manner in which
they have, and are being kept, ask
leave to report as follows:
That they have thoroughly examined
the same, and find them in good and
orderly condition, with the exception
of the Grantees Index, in the Regis
ter's Office, which they find has not
been kept up since 1865, and we would
respectfully recommend that the Regis
ter be instructed to have it written up,
and be empowered to employ help for
that purposeif, necessary at the expense
of the county.
Your Committee also find in the Of
fee Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
that it has been the custom for Sher-
ifs to obtain executions against parties
and not make any returns upon them,
in some cases, for four and five years,
whereas the law only permits them
to bold them for sixty days. We
would recommend that the law be fully
in all cases conformed to, and in that
way the said record would be kept in
much better shape, and the Clerk
would be more likely to get his legal
fees.
Your Committee has also looked
over the offices with view to making
changes but after a full examination
they find it impracticable to make any
changes, that would obviate the Difficult
ties now complained of, but we would
recommend that the county reimburse
the District Attorney for the amour:
OF rent paid for an Office.
JOSEPH BENNETT,
&C. DAVID, Com.
w. l. LINCOLN,
On motion the foregoing report was
adopted.
The following report was then re-
ceived:
To the Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County:
Your committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter of fines and penal
ties collected by Jutices Of the
Peace, and the matter of the account
of public moneys in the hands of the
late District Attorney, beg leave to re-
port:
That your committee are satisfied
that there is large amount of fines
and penalties collected by Justices of
the Peace, in this county, which are
Illegally Withheld from the county and
not paid over to the County Treasurer
as the law requires.
Thai the amount actually paid over
is very small proportion of the fines
which have been collected by Justices
And your committee would respect
fully recommend that the county Treas
urer be directed tc address circular let
| tiers to the various town and city Treas
urers of this county, directing them
| to forthwith examine the dockets of
each of the Justices Of the Peace In
their several towns, and collect from
such justices all fines and penalties by
them received and make return thereof
| as provided by chapter l40 of the ses-
sion laws of 1867.
And that in case of the neg lect or
refusal of any of said town Treasures,
or the city treasurer of Mineral Point,
to comply with the requirements of
said chapter, the said county Treasurer
shall institute prosecutions against
such delinquent treasurers.
In relation to the matter of the late
District Attorney, your com mittee beg
leave to report that they find that he
collected one note against Henry c.
Foley and David Mcfarland, in favor
of the Treasurer of the county, for
thirty dollars and interest.
That said District Attorney col
lected a note Of ninety dollars and
interest, made by Cornelius James, to
the superintendent of the poor.
That he has also collected forty
dollars from Joseph Benwoire, ON
account of board Of pauper at county
poor farm.
That he has also collected about
seventy dollars for costs from Dolphin
ct al, in the case of the State of Wis
consin vs.. Dolphin, ct al.
All of which above sums of money
were collected by said late District
Attorney, during his term of Office,
and by virtue of his said office, and
belonged at the time the same were
collected, and still belong, to the coun-
ty of Iowa
That the said late District Attorney
has never made any report to the prop
er officers of the money so collected
by him, and although the same has
been repeatedly demanded has never
paid over to the county Treasur er, or
to any other officer or person entitled
to the same, the amount of the above
collections, or any part thereof, except
S75 this day received by Treasurer of