Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22

dered that ferry license be granted to r. A.
Kidd l. Socrates Chandler to keep and main
tain ferry from the village of Glen Haven IN
The county of Grant, and State of Wisconsin,
across the Mississippi river to the town of
Gutenberg, in Clayton county, State of Iowa,
for the period of ten years from this date up
on their executing bond with good and suffi-
Gent sureties, conditioned,' as provided by
law to keep and maintain such ferry, in the
sum of two thousand dollars TO be approved
by the Board Of Supervisors, and that the
rates of ferriage be fixed as follows:
For each person IS cents
do two horse vehicle and driver 100 do
do additional person 40 do
do one horse carriage and driver 60 do
do horse and rider 40 do
do each hog and sheep less then 1910 do
do hogs or sheep in droves of 10
or more S do
do each head of neat cattle % do
do 100 lbs loose freight 10 do
do express package 25 Dc
Received and adopted.
Mr.. Watson, Chairman of Com>
mitee on education submitted the
Jury list which was received aud
adopted.
Mr.. Robbins, chairman of special
committee made report
The committee to whom was referred reso-
luton 10 regard to Office of Circuit court, have
had the same uuder consideration aud would
recommend its adoption and that 800 be APP
propriated for the purpose of covering the OBJ
ject of said resolution.
Which was received and adopt ID
Mr.. Coates, chairman of special
committee reported /:
Your committee have examined the within
claim of NJ. z. Rindlaub for Sl5S50 and recom-
mend that it be allowed, the claimant paying
costs.
The Chairman reported az tollo VS.:
To the Board of Supervisors
Your Special commmittee, to whom was
referred the GLOWING resolution : &c Re-
solved, That the salary of County Superin-
tendent of Schools of the county OF Grant, be
asses ed and paid The same as other county
oficers,o respectfully report that We have
carefully examined the question presented by
said fesolution We find that the salary Of
the County Superintendent has heretofore
been apportoned among the various towns,
not as the salaries OF other county officers,
but upon the same basis as the County School
Fund has been apportioned To us it is not
method was intended Therefore,
we think that the method of the apportion-
ment of the County Su2erintendents salary,
heretofore followed in this county, should be
continued until by The decisions of the courts
It IS shown to be wrong, OF until changed by
the o gislature.
We recommend that said resolution be in
definitely postponed.
GEO. CLEMENTsoN, Chm,
w. B. CLARK,
JOHN G. CLARK,
Committee.
Mr.. Robbins moved tho adoption
of tie report. carried.
M. Grimm moved that the adop-
ton Of his resolution of this morning
De reconsidered carried. Mr.. Grimm
then moved the adoption Of the fol-
lowing resolution as a substitute:
Resolved, That the Chairman oil this Board,
with two other members OF the Board
to be by the Chairman now appointed, be
and they are hereby appoir ted Committee to
letithe County Poor Farm and the keeping of
the poor there, for the term of five years
from the third day of April next, they TO ex-
srcise their discretion as TO the best manner
Of letting the same.
1t IS, however, expressed as the sense of
this Board that Mr.. Showalter, the present oc-
cnpant OF the Poor Farm, should be awarded
said contract, il he will take it upon the same
terms as are in the contract at present exist
ing between the county and him.
Passed.
Mr.. Wagner introduced the fol-
lowing;
RESOLVED, That woman named Iliff now at
the county poor house who is helplessly in
sane sent from the town of Beetown, who has
no means of subsistence nor relatives able 20
support hers county charge.
Mr.. Rodoif moved that the resolu-
ton be referred to committee on
County Property to report at morning
sessi on ;-adopted. The Board then
adjourned
MORNING SESSION, Nov. IL.
The Board was called ID order by
the Chairman. Il quorum being pres
ent the journal OF the previous day
wac read and approved.
The claim of JOS. Mason for jus.
tice fees having been overlooked, 1t
was by order Of the board placed up.
on the list of claims and allowed.
NJ Casper, chairman of commit
tee IN county property, to whom
was referred the resolution of Mr..
Wagner, reported that Mr.. Wagner
desj ed to withdraw it. No objection
being made it was Withdrawn.
M. Geo. Brown, chairman of
committee on Highways, Bridges
and Ferries, made fioal report as foi>
lows:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Grant Coun.
ty: We the undersigned Committee on High
ways, Bridges and Ferries, TO whom belong
the task of distributing to the several towns
OF the county for the purpose of aiding in
building and repairing the roads and bridges,
as authorized By chapter 1876, local laws Of
1866, would hereby respectfully report, that
IN taking the subject under consideration, they
have listened with undivided attention 10 the
statements made before them, by the several
members of the Board of the storms and con-
sequent floods whereby the roads of the
county were so severely damaged, have after
due elaboration and in the exercise of our
best Judgment appropriated TO the different
towns requiring aid, the following sums for
the purposes specified herein. The aggregate
amount reaching the limit Of the law referred
to
To the town of Elenboro, for repairing
bridge across Plat river and roads ada
cent hereto, on Lancaster and PlattevIlle
road sl2q
10 the Town of Liberty, for building
bridge across Pia.t river, in Section % 100
To the Town of Waterloo, for protect
ing piers Of Wilcox bridge across Grant
river IN
To the Town of Hazel Green, for build
ing bridges in Section % and 30 10
To the Town of Fennimore, for build
ing two bridges in Section 8, across Big
Green river 100
To the Town Of Little Grant, for build
ing bridge ia Section 9 so
10 the Town of BOscobel, for building
bridges in Sections % and 81 200
To the Town of Beetown. to build
bridge across Muskaunge stream so
Also to protect Flora Fountain bridge,
On line between Section / and ii 80
To the Town of Paris, to repair roads
in Section and IL 200
To The Town Of Lima, TO be expended
On highway from Clifton to Patteville,
Via Washburn 200
To the Town of Lancaster, TO apply on
building bridge across East Grant, on
Lancaster and Prairie du Chen road 200
To the Town of Wa,terstown, TO repair