Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-01

counts, offered their report on the
following numbered bills: No. l 32
92, 81, 65;
Which was on motion adopted and
allowed by the Board as reported by
the committee.
H.Haskell, chairman of miscellaneous
accounts, offered their report on the
following numbered bills: 90, 179,
l43, l42, IT'S, TIA, 1876, 156, 25.
On motion of Greene, report was adop-
ted and allowed as reported by the
committee.
Bills No. 139, 1O7, 176 were with
drawn for correction.
E. P. May chairman of special
committee, offered their report on
Liberal Instituti, which was, on mo-
tion of w. w. Woodman, made a
special order for this evening.
On motion of j. W. Ostrander to
allow bill I107, as claimed, .the ayes
and hayes were called for with the
following result: Ayes 6, hayes 23.
The motion was lost. The bill was
allowed as reported by the committee.
On motion of E. P. May, bill No.
l39 was allowed at $50 and bill No.
176 at $50.
On motion Board adjourned.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN.-Board met
pursuant to adjournment. Il. Mulber-
ger in the chair. Meeting called to
order by the chair. Roll called by
the Clerk Members all present ex-
cept Walker.
On motion of Mr.. Sell as amended
by Mr.. Greene, tue vote disallowing
Mr.. McGinnis' and j.. J. Hays bills
was reconsidered aud the bills with
drawn for correction.
n. +. Hopkins offered the follow
ing Resolution No. l3, which was.
on motion of Mr.. Grimm, laid on the
table until the com nittee appointed to
settle with the purchasing agent make
their report:
Resolve2, That the proceedings of
this Board be published in the fol-
lowing named papers published in this
county, to wit: Jefferson Banner,
Waterloo Journal, Watertown Welt
bueyger, Watertown Democrat, Water
town, Republican, Palmyra Enterprise,
and Jefferson County Union, provided
tho same can be done at cost not
exceeding twenty FIVE dollars for each
paper, and the Clerk of this Board is
hereby instructed to furnish said pa
pers with a correct copy of such pro-
ceedings. The County Clerk is also
hereby Instructed to procure the print
ing of one hundred copies of the
proceedings of this Board in pamphlet
form, to be distributed to the supervisor
of the county, at the lowest price for
which they can be procured.
II. Haskell chairman of committee
on miscellaneous accounts, offered their
report on the following nun bered bills
204, 1913, 203, 200, POI, 1S9. 11S,
II, which was adopted and allowed as
reported.
Bills No. lO2, 90, 54, 95, 96, 1876,
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50 were, on motion of W. S. Greene,
referred to the purchasing agent for
| his report in writing to this Board.
On motion of W W. Woodman the
Board adjourned until this evening at
7 o'clock.
EVENING sEssIoN.-Board met pur-
suant to adjournment at clock p. NJ.
MuIberger in the chair. Roll called by
the Clerk. Members all present ex-
cept Walker.
The chair announced the special or
der of the evening
On motion Of e. P. May the special
committee appointed to report on the
feasibility of the county purchasing the
Liberal Institute building for a Court
House, be allowed to offer a minority
report. Motion was granted. A minor
ity report was offered and read by the
Clerk as follows:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Jefer-
son County.
The minority of your committee TO
whom was referred the resolution pro
viding for an examination of the Liber
al Institute building &c. have carefully
examined into the matter and are com
PEELED to dissent from the report of the
majority of the committee, and would
respectfully submit the following con-
siderations as among the reasons COM
pelling them so to dissent.
1st. The Jefferson Liberal Insti.
tute building was erected solely for
school purposes. Its internal arrange
ments and general construction are de-
signed for those purposes only. The
walls of the first story above the base
ment are part of the way only sixteen
inches, and the rest of the way only
twelve inches thick. The roof is a
heavy timber truss work structure de-
signed to rest upon the building as it
now is without any Of its interior or
exterior walls being changed or remov-
ed. Those walls as they now exist are