Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-11-21

ty, providing that such publications can be
made without increased expense to the Coun,
y over and above what is now being paid for
such publications..
Referred to Committee on Print.
ing. Also the following:
he It resolved BY the Board of Super visors
OF Grant County Wisconsin, now in session.
That 1t is the duty of the incoming Legsla.
ture to take into consideration the propsiety
and necessity of reducing taxation wherever It
can be done without irnpairing the efficiency
Of the public service; that among other meas
nres this Board regards it as the dnty Of the
Legislature to reduce official salaries and fees
where the constitution will permit it immedi-
ately or prospectively to specie paying basis.
That such legislation will assure the people
that, m the future, the tendency of legislature
10 increase the expenses of government BY
continual additions 10 salaried officers has re
ceiyed an effective check and a new and bet
ter policp has been adopted.
and the Clerk Of sthis Board is directed 10
transmit copy of this resolution to the State
Senator from this county and to each member
elect in this county to the insoming Iegisla-
tnre.
The Chair announced the resou
ton adopted and that the LegisIa.
ture is instructed.
Mr.. Bark presented the following:
RESOLVED, That the bounty paid on wolves
taken and killed in Grant County shall hereaf-
ter be eight dollars each on old or full grown
wolves and two dollars each on young wolves
or pups
Adopted.
Adjourned.
4th DAY-MoRNING SESSION.
The Board met, Chairman presid
ing. Proceedings of yesterday read
and approved.
Mr.. j. G.. Clark, chairman of COM
mittee on Finance made special re.
port as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors of Grant County,
Wisconsin:
Your Committee on Finance, to whom was
referred the certificate of tax sale belonging
to III. Comstock dated May Sth. 1871, signed
by Alexander Ivey. Treasurer of Granty Coun-
ty, for the sale by him of the lands therein de-
scribed, situate in the City of BoscobeI, for
certain taxes returned by the Treasurer of
said City as delinquent taxes OF the year 1875,
for the sum of $1,000, respectfully report that
they have examined into the facts ard the law
relating thereto, and recommend that the
amount due on said certificate be refunded to
said Comstock, and for that purpose recon-
mend the passage of the following order, toswit
Ordered by the Board of Supervisor of
Grant County, that the money paid for GER
tain certificate Of tax sale to H. Comstock.
dated May 9Th, 1877, of part of S. ], N. /, S.
E. I, S. w. /, Sec. 26, T. 8. N. r. w, Sit
uated in the city of Boscobel and more partic-
ularly described in said certificate, for SlO5.-
04, issued by Alexander Ivey, Treasure
of Grant County for the sale O
said lands for taxes re turned to the Treasury
er Of said city. as delinquent taxes of the ear.
1876 with seven per cent interest thereon
from the date Of said sale, be refunded to said
purchaser or his assigns and said certificate
to this Board as a claim against said
County, is hereby allowed as aforesaid and d.
rected to be cancelled, and the amount so re-
funded shall be charged back to the city of
Boscobel for the reason that said certificate is
invalid because the taxes so returned as delin-
quent upon which said lands we're sold and
said certificates were issued were special city
taxes for the year 1878, which were never re.
turned as delinquent to any officer or
authority whatever, and because the tax roll
of said city, with the warrant for the colec-
ton of such taxes for the year 1878 was not
returned to the Clerk of said County until the
ynsr 1877 and then not officially, and was
not signed nor sworn to by any sporsou and
does not contain anything that purports to be
a list of delinquent taxes.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
November 10, 1878. JOHN G. CLARK,
E. /. KIbD,
H. GRIMM.
A. V. KNAPP.
Adopted.