The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-12-12
Proceedings ofthe County Board of
Supervisors.
MASITowoc, MAY %, 1878.

MANITowoc, May -, 1878.
At 2 o'clock P. NJ. the County Board
Of Supervisors met pursuant TO call, all
members present excepting Julius Lin
stedt
On motion Ferdinand Ostenfeldt was
chosen chairman pro tenn. On motion
of Peter Stoker the Board proceeded by
an informal ballot to elect a chairman
for the ensuing year.
The Chair appointed Thos. Mohr and
R. E. Mueller as tellers.
Result of first informal ballot whole
number of votes cast was "a, of which
number Thomas Thornton received 4, G..
Pankratz l, F. Ostenfeldt 4, John
Carey /, Thos. Mohr IL, j Linstedt l,
blank 3
On motion. of Thos. Thornton the
B GARD proceeded to formal ballot which
resulted as FLOWS the whole number
of votes cast was "a, of which number
Thos. Thornton received l, G. Pankratz
l, L. Ostenfeldt 5, Thos. Mohr 16, when
upon Motion of Thos. Thornton, Thos.
Mohr was declared unanimously elected
chairman Of the County Board of Super
visors of Manitowoc county for the ensu-
ing year.
On motion of JAS Taugher, Mr.. John
Dillon was appointed attending officer of
the Board for this year.
On motion of z. johnson the Clerk
was ordered to read the law relating to
the building Of county insane asylum.
Order of business of peceding year
was adopted, excepting the committee on
sheriff's and justices claims was increased
from three to five members.
Board then adjourned till 9 o'clock A.
NJ, May %, 1878.
MAY, %, 9 o'clock. A. NJ,
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll was called and quorum present.
Journal of previous day read and ap'
proved
Mr.. NJ Kirwan stated to the Board
that the County Judges Office, regarding
the filing and recording of probate mat
tiers, was in bad condition, and asked
to be appointed, for a fair compensation
to regulate such matters or to have il
done under his supervision.
Standing committees were then an
nounced by the chair.
On Assessment-R. E. Mueller, Chas
Stcinbrecher Geo. Cooper, Ferd. Os
terfeldt, Peter Werner, Jas. Taugher
Fred. Swenson.
) On Finance-Ernst Wagner, John Tou
hey, Ubain Nlquette, Thos. Tornton.
On General Claims-J. Lindstedt, p
Johnston, John Barth.
On Sherf's and Justices Claims-Fred
Pfunder, Henry Wills, Henry Coed
, gen, Peter Stoker, Carl Werneke.
On Poor-Geo. Pankratz, John Carey
Fred. Plumber.
On Experimentation Barth, Pete
: Saudi, Peter Johnston.
: On Roads and Bridges-Geo. Cooper
Ed. Thompson, j. Taugher.
On Elections-Fred. Swenson, Carl Wer
neke, Chas. Steinbrecher.
On Rail Roads-Thos. Thornton, Z
Wagner, U. Niquette.
On Illegal Recommendations Carey, G.
Pankratz, f. Ostenfeld.
On motion of John Carey the Clerl
was instructed to get cards of standing
committees printed.
On motion of Jas. Taugher, Geo
Cooper, james Taugher and K E. Muel
the necessity of the statment made BY
the County Judge.
By order of the board, accounts anG
claims were referred to the respective
committees.
Report of the District Attorney wa:
read by himself and laid over till May
a, 1878, for further consideration.
Report of the former committee OF
improvements.
To tie Hon. Board Of Supervisors o.
MdRitoW0c C0mty
Your committee on public improve
ments beg leave to report tn at conse
quence of a resolution passed last fal
Dy the Board of Supervisors, your ccm
mlttee was instructed to erect closet
upon the court house premises, and tina
IN accordance with said instructions W.
purchased the necessary material anC
let the contract: that the building il
fully finished, and that as no provision
was made for the payment thereof, your
committee presented the bill to YOU
treasurer, which bill is hereunto annexed
and upon recommendation of said com
mittee the different items of SAID bill
we're paid by him. We would therefor,
respectfully recommend that the chair
man and clerk of this Board be author
Ized to issue county orders to the amount
of one hundred forty-eight dollars, nine
ty-three cts. to pay said indebtedness.
Bill Jan. ?, 1S7S-765O brick al
5 ID $4,000; barrels of lime, 81. SO 1C
loads sand, $500; 2 "a Dbl. Cement,
| S4,3S work according to contract,
SIS total, SS0.95. Building a privy
to contract $50; painting same, SIS =;
total S6S00
! I fEhn: 4 G11annnn Com.
| Report adopted
| Resolution No. l, by F. Ostenfeldt,
which was adopted:
| Res0lred, that the chairman and clerk
If this Board are hereby authorized to
issue county orders to the amount of
) las So to the county treasurer.
(; Report of the late committe on poor ::
10 the Hon. Chairman and Board of
Supervisors Of Hantt0woc County,
GENTLEMEN The undersigned would
respectfully call the attention of your
honorable body to the fact that q reso-
luton was adopted by the last years
Board iustructing the committee on poor
to remove from the county Jail to St.
! Naziauz two insane persons, Joseph
Holleman and Fred Berlin, and the un-
dersigned begs leave to report that he has
complied with the resolution referred to
and has removed the above named per-
sons to st. Nazianz, on the 18th, day of
January, 1878 AMI would further re-
port that [ have also removed 10 g.