The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-05-27
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Monday. Board met pursuant to call.

Monday. Board met pursuant to call.
Roll was called by clerk, and quorum
found to be present. Julius Linstedt
was chosen chairman pro tem., and the
board adjourned until p. N.
Board proceeded to the election of
chairman. The formal ballot resulted
as follows: ]. Linstedt, 13; c. r. Zorn,
8; B. Amunds, l.
On motion of Zorn, j. Linstedt was
declared unanimously elected chairman
of the board.
Carey moved to amend the rules of last
year so as to have the assessment COM
mittee consist of 3 members instead of
seven.
Motion lost. Rules of last year were
adopted without amendment.
Board adjourned till a. m, Tuesday.
Tuesday. Roll called. Quorum pres
ent.
The chairman announced the following
committees, which were accepted:
On Accommodations Amunds, A. wittenberg,
c. Steinbrecher. Fred. Swenson, Jacob Kest-
ley. Up. Nolan. G. Rreunig
On Finance-C. X. Zorn, L. Niquette III. Strodt-
hof. h. h Robe. John Robinson.
On General ClaimS-Henry Goedjen, Chas. w
White. Edwin Thompson.
On Sherifs and Justices CIaims-John Carey,
August Cans, William Hurst, George Tay-
lor, Peter Johnston.
On Poor-Bernard Roemer, John Touhey, Ferd.
Ostenfeld.
On lmprovementS-C. Steinbrecher Peter John
ston, c. r. Zorn.
On Roads and Bridges-John Touhey, James p.
Nolan, Henry Strodthoff.
On Eiections-Fred. Swenson. Boyar Amunds,
On RairoadsnU. Niquette, Edwin Thompson,
Chas. w. White.
On Illegal Assessment-A NJ Richter F. Osten-
feldt, Henry Goedjea.
Petitions from H. Falge, Manitowoc
Rapids, and Fl. McAlister, were referred.
A resolution instructing the clerk to
procure committee cards WAS adopted.
John Carey offered the following reso-
luton which was adopted. Ayes, 49,;
nays, 5.
Resolved, That this board shall allow
no more than the established legal fees
to sheriff, deputy sheriffs, constables,
justices of the peace or any other claim
ants whatsoever, for performing services
for which the county is, or may become
liable.
Res0tred further. That this board
shall put forth its best efforts to keep
within the spirit and act in accordance
with the foregoing resolution.
Pending the vote upon the resolution,
remarks were made by Richter, White,
Carey and Johnston.
On motion of Zorn, P. o. Sullivan was
appointed attending officer.
Claims were referred, and the board
adjourned until Thursday morning at 9
a. m.
The different committees are at work
on claims.
The committee on sheriff. and justices
claims, Will report the bills back with the
recommendation that they be not allowed
until they comply with the law, which
requires that the justice certify that the
bills of officers are correct and that the
duties were necessarily performed.
Justice Byron's bill complied with the
law, in this particular. The justices in
sist that the law practically makes them
audit the bills of sheriffs' and constables,
While most, if not all. were aware of the
existence of the law, still number of
cases, in fact the majority of them, were
tried before the passage of the law, and
necessitates a great amount of labor on
the part of justices, the facts in the case
having passed from their recollection. 1t
is question whether the law is applica
bic to those cases tried before its enact
ment.