Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-11-18


books for abstracts from books in county
Clerks office, that we find in bad conditioS.
We estimate cost at fifty dollars.
We recommend that the present chair
man, Mr. G. w. Ryland, be authorized to con-
tract for the work of abstracting to the best
possible advantage. We estimate the cost at
one hundred and fifty dollars
Aside from the foregoing repairs, YOUR COM
mittee find the county property in satisfactory
condition.
We recommend the Honorable Chairman Of
our County Board to Supsrintend the building
and repairing of the above improvements, ard
procure their Accomplishment at tho lowest
prices for which in his judgment they can be
we'll done and az soon as practicable, and that
the sum of about seven hundred and eighty
four dollars be appropriated to be expended
as above recommended.
Furthermore, your committee has examined
the work and repairs under Superintendency
of g. w. Ryland, your Honorable Chairman,
and find it satisfactory and we'll done, and
would recommend the adoption of his report,
which has been referred to this committee.
All of which is respectfully submitted this
18th day of November, 1878.
CASI TN,
JOSEPH CLEMENTSON.
ENSIGN p DICKINSON,
H. A. DANKLEFF,
HENRY GORE,
Committee on County Property.
The foregoing report was received
and adopted.
Also, upon the petition of w. J.
Ketner, as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors of Grant County:
Your committee to whom the petition of
w. j. Ketner, asking an appropriation of
$4l rs, has been referred, do report as
follows: That the said amount be allowed to
the said Ketner provided that said Ketner
will give a sufficient bond to the county of
Grant that he, the said Ketner, will reset the
thing and pump of the well on the Poor Farm
within two years from November the 9th,
1878, if found necessary, according to the
recommend in the report of Mr.. G.. w.
Ryland, without extra charge to the county.
Dated November IL, 1875.
PETER CASPER, Chairman,
JOSEPH CLEMENTSON,
II. A DANKLEFF,
HENRY GORE,
ENSIGN P. DICKINSON,
Committee.
Also, on the petition of Joel Barber:
To the Board of Supervisors of Grant County:
Your committee, to whom the petition of
Joel Barber, County Surveyor, asking suitable
books for his Office, and compensation of
one dollar for establishing and recording lost
government corners, has been referred,
begs leave to report that they refer said petit
ton back to the Committee of the Whole.
PETER CASPER. Chairman.
H. A. DANKLEFF,
JOSEPH CLEMENTS0N,
e. p DICKINSON,
HENRY GORE
All Of which were read and
adopted.
Mr.. Geo. CIementson offered the
following:
Reeolvea That the books necessary for re-
cording surveys, &c, recommended by the
County Surveyor to be purchased, be pro-
cured By TIE Chairman of this Board, with
the advice and concurrence OF the County
Surveyor, and money sufficient to pay for the
same is hereby appropriated.
Adopted.
Mr. Bayley, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Education, presented the
Jury list, which was received and
adopted.
Mr.. Coates, Chairman of the Com
mittec on Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
made report as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors of Grant County:
The undersigned, George w. Griffin, re-
specially shows, that he is the owner in fee
of lots two and three, in section seventeen,
in town two, of range two, on Platte river,
where the road from Potosi toward Dickey
vile and jamestown crosses said river, and is
the sole owner of the ferry franchise and
privilege across said river, and has for many
years kept and maintained public licensed
ferry at said point. That he has so faithfully
kept said ferry as to merit and receive the
general commentator of the public. He
prays said Board to grant him a license or
charter to keep and maintain ferry at said
point for the period of FIVE years, or such
time as to said Board may seem meet and
proper, and that the rates of ferriage may be
as heretofore fixed by said Board.
November 6, 1875.
GEORGE w. GRIFFIN
By j. ALLEN BARBER his Attorney.
The committee on roads, bridges and
ferries, having considered the matter Of the
application of George w. Griffin for charter
for ferry across Big Platte river. on lots
two and three, in town 2, range two west, re
commend that charter be granted to the APP
plicant for the period of three years from
November II, 1878, and rates of toll be the
same as now established
BIN COATES, Chairman,
GEORGE BROWN,
HENRY MAXAM,
II. G. KIRKPATRICK,
R. H. KENDRICK
Received and adopted.
The application of Mr.. Kaiser for
a ferry was withdrawn by Mr.. Casper.
The following was presented:
To the Board of Supervisors of Grant County:
The undersigned, the Committee in refer-
ence to Roads, Bridges and Ferries in said
county, do respectfully report, that after Civ
ing fair consideration to all applications for
all that were made to YOUR committee, and