Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-10-21
CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY.
Information for the People.


1t should be understood that all
claims against the county for services
rendered, and which are by law re-
quired to be audited by the County
Board of Supervisors should be filed
in the office of the County Clerk not
later than the first Monday in No
vember. For the general information
we copy those sections of the law re-
ferring to the manner of framing ac-
counts against a county, how and
when to be presented, &c. The at.
tention of Justices of the Peace and
Constables is especially called to this
subject. Section 81, Chapter IS,
Revised Statutes, reads as follows:
No account shall be allowed by the Coun.
" Board of Supervisors unless the same shall
be made out in separate items, and the nature
Of each item specifically stated; and where
no specific fees are allowed by law the time
actually and necessarily devoted to the per.
Torrance OF any service charged in such ac-
counts shall be specified which account so
made out shall be verified by affidavit to be
filed Herewith.
Section /, Chapter l06, General
Laws of 1868 reads:
Any officer or other person having de-
mand or claim against any county for money
or other thing shall make out a statement
thereof in writing with his affidavit attached
that such statement is just and true and file
the same with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of said county.
Read balance of chapter for fur
Their information.
Sections l and 8, Chapter 257,
General Laws of 1862, read:
Section l. County Judges Court Commits
sioners and Justices of the Peace, in the sew
eral counties in this State, shall hereafter, on
or before the first Monday of November, in
each year, forward to the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors of their respective counties, a
true and correct statement of all actions or
proceedings had before them, wherein the
county shall have become liable for the costs,
setting forth the name or names OF the parties
in the actions or proceedings, the nature OF
such actions or proceedings and the result of
the same, and also the amount of the costs,
in detail, in each case, what items of cost, if
any, have been paid, and the amount OF the
same.
Section g. County Judges, Court Commits
soners and Justices of the Peace shall each
be paid by the county the sum of one dollar
for such return, and six cents per mile for
travel one way, for making the same; and no
such officer who shall neglect or refuse to
make and return the statement required by
the first section of this act, by the time in
said section prescribed, shall be entitled to
receive anv compensation from the county for
any service rendered by him in any criminal
case or proceeding, during the year next pre-
ceeding preceding the time when such states
ment is required to be made and returned.
Chapter 1853, General Laws of 1868,
prescribes:
Section |. Whenever any action shall come
before Justice of the Peace or Court Com-
missioner in which the State of Wisconsin is
party, and where the county shall be liable
for the fees of Jurors, interpreters and wit
nesses, the fees of said jurors, interpreters
and witnesses shall be certified to and paid in
the following manner: At least ten days be-
fore the annual meeting OF the Board oil
Supervisors Of each county, in November,
everv Justice of the Peace and Court Com
missioner in this State shall file with the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of his
county a certified statement, which shall re
cite the title of the action and its nature and
date of trial or examination, and before whom
it was heard the names of all jurors called
in the case (if any, the names of all wits
nesses subppn@d on the part OF the State
who actually attended court, and gave in a
statement of their attendance and travel and
the names of interpreters sworn Gf any, to-
gether with the number of days each attend
ed, miles travelled and the amount to which
they are entitled. Said certified statement
shall be substantially in the following form:
IN JUSTICES COURT.
Before......... ........, Justice of the Peace.
State OF Wisconsin Us. complain, for .......
Heard the ...d day Of, 49,.