River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-11-18

Wilson Kinney: III Paso Ed Fitz-
gerald; Gilman, Nels A. Nelson;
Hartland, G II Akers; Isabelle, C
A. Swanson; Maiden Rock, Ii NJ.
White: Martell, H. Halverson; Oak
Grove, Martin Murphyr City Of Pres
cott-2d ward, G n Dill; 3D. ward
j. NJ Bailey; River Falls, i. Bur-
nett; Rock Elm, NJ. G. Guest; Salem.
Jas Walsingham; Spring Lake, ] K
Webb; Trimbelle Joseph Severance:
Trenton, Bradley Owen; Union, W
H. Taylor
\ full Board present except Sup
o S. Hutchinson. Of LIST ward, City
of Prescott. On motion the Board
took an informal ballot for chairman,
resulting as follows: Whole number of
votes 10; Of which number Sup. Dill
received -, Sup Copp 4, and Sup
Webb , On motion of Sup, Wal |
singham the ballot was made formal
and Sap Dill declared duly elected |
Chairman Of The Board.
Or motion the Board took a recess |
until o'clock P NJ for the purpose
Of visiting the County Poor Farm
Board again met at eight O'Clock |
P. NJ The Chairman announced the |
following standing committees: FL |
nance-Sups Bailey. Murphy, Akers;
Audting--Sup5 Burnett. Walsing
ham, Taylor; Roads-Sups. Halvorson,
/ White. Murphy: Building-Sups. |
Guest. Bailey, Owen; Equalization
Sups. Copp. Guest, Webb, Nelson,
Halvorson; jury List-Sups Nero,
Swanson, Hutchinson; Poor--Suns.
White, Severance, Burnett; To settle
with Co. Clerk--Sups. Kinney, Sew
GRANGE, Fitzgerald
On motion the rules adopted for the
government of the Board of Supervi-
sors of 1879 were adopted for the gov
ernment of this Board.
Sup White moved that the Chair
man appoint a committee of three to
receive, examine, and report to this
Board the bonds of the several county
officers elect; carried. On motion Of
Sap Walsngham the sum Of $500
was appropriated to pay the expense
Of transporting the Board to the Poor
| Farm and back.
Board then adjourned until 8 clock
Wednesday morning.
MORNING sEssIoN--2D DAY.
Nov. 10, 1880 Board met at
o'clock A. NJ Roll called. A full
Board present except Sup. Hutchinson.
Journal of Yesterdays session read and
approved The Chairman announced
the following named supervisors as the
committee to examine the bonds Of the
county officers: Sups. Fitzgerald Kin
ney and Nero. Board then adjourn
ed until p. NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board met at / O'Clock P. NJ. Roll
called. A full Board present except
Sup. Hutchinson. Sup Copp moved
the appointment Of committee of
three to investigate the alleged over
assessment Of Nels Necklasson, of the
town of Clifton; carried The Chair
man appointed as such committee Sups, F:
Copp, Nero and White. Board then
adjourned to o'clock Thursday
morning.
MORNING sEss oN-3D DAY. !
Nov IL, 1SS0.-Board met at s
O'Clock A. Nj. Roll called A full
Board present except Sup. Hutchin-
son. Sup. Severance moved the APP :
pointment of committee of three to
investigage the alleged mismanagement
and abuse Of paupers at the County
Poor House; carried. Sup titzger-
aid moved that a special committee of
three be appointed on appropriations
for roads and bridges; carried by 10
ayes to s noes. Sup Owen moved
the appointment of committee of ) {
to ascertain if the net of sci Of nwf
of sec. Is, tip. n, range II had been
tax decided on an i'll gal tax certificate
of the tax sale of 1872; carried. The
Chairman named as such committee
Sups. Owen, White, Nero. The
Auditing Committee then submitted
report of the bills audited and allow
ed to the present time. Sup Kinney
introduced the following resolution:
Resolred bg the CO Boord Of Supervisors,
tween town and county poor in said county
be and the same Is hereby abolished, and
that from and after the first Monday In
January, A d 1881 all expense OF main
tanning the poor IN said county shall be at
| the expense of the county.
On motion the consideration of the
resolution was made special order
for Friday morning. On motion OF
Sup. Walsingham the County Clerk
was directed to audit the claim of h
| Fl. Mewhorter for wolf bounty
The County Clerk presented the
county orders, with list Of same, which
have remained in the County Clerks
office for two years uncallcd for, and
the same were destroyed in presence
Of the whole Board The County
Clerk then presented void tax deed of
J. n Adams, and the same was re-
ferred to a committee consisting OF
Sups. Guest, Owen, Nero. Board
then adjourned to I o'clock P. NJ.
EVENING sEssIoN-3D DAY.
Board met at 7 P NJ. The Chair
man announced the following commit
tees: Special committee to investigate
the Poor House-Sups Severance,
Kinney. Swanson. Special committee
on appropriations for roads and bridges
-Sups Fitzgerald, Burnett, Bailey
The committee to investigate the
double assessment of property owned
bv Nels Necklasson, of Clifton, pre-
sented the following report:
Ellsworth, Wis Nov IL, 1880.
To the Hon Board of supervisors of Pierce
County:
The committee on the double assessment |
IN the town Of Clifton submit the following |
report, viz:
We are satisfied that the party named Is /
entitled to a rebate Of 50 so, and recon- |
mend that an order for that amount he /
drawn on the Co Treasurer in his fav'r |
and that 81 Il OF the amount be charged |
back IS the town OF Clifton. All Of which |
is respectfully submitted
j " CoPP,
H. NJ. WHITE,