River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-15
Sup. Putnam offered the follow
ing rules for regulating covict
labor in Pierce County:

Sup. Putnam offered the follow
ing rules for regulating covlct
labor in Pierce County:
RULES REGULATING CONVICT LABOR IN
PIERCE COUNTY.
All persons who shall be convicted IN
any court OF vagTancy, drunkenness or any
criminal ofiense, and who shall be sentenc-
ed To hard labor, within, or without the
county Jail rs the whole or any part of the
punishment therefor as provided by Sec
ton 4126, aud 492Tof Chapter 1873 OF the
Revised Statutes 81 1878, shall be kept at
such labor as the keeper of lie county Jail
shall direct, and the said keeper is hereby
authorized to contract with persons desir
ing such labor within Pierce County,
at such price as Ia his ju lgment will be
commensurate with the ability OF such con
convicts and kind of labor to be perform
ed.
When two or more said eonyicts are la
boring together, and said keeper shall
deem it necessary TO keep them under
guard in order TO prevent their escape, he
the said keeper is hereby directed TO EN-.
ploy any sheriff, deputy-sberiH or other
proper officer of said county 10 guard said
convicts, and said guard shall receive Tor
such services the sum of two dollars per
day. When the said keeper shall deem It
necessary, he shall attach 10 such convict
or cOnVicts, when at work, balls and
chains or other PROPER appliances 10 re-
tard the movements of said convict o. con.
viets
When there is work for the county
either in or about the county building, or
upon the poor farm of said county, and
there are persons in custody in said jail
competent to perform said work, il shall
be the duty of said keeper to have SAID
work performed before contracting with
other persons for said convict labor.
J ID. PUTNAM.
On motion the same was laid
on the table for this evenings
session.
Sup. Bailey introduced to the
Board MIR. Butrick OF Hastings,
Mimi, and asked that the gentle
man be allowed to state to the
Board certain grievance regard
ing some taxes assessed against
him on lands owned by him in
this county. On permission Mr.
Butrick stated that there had
been tax deed issued on lands
owned by him in the Town OF
Trimbelle, for taxes which he YER
lily believed he had paid; and that
the tax deed was taken and held
by ex-county treasurer, NJ. j.
Paine.
Sup. Bailey moved that a COM
mittee be appointed to investi-
gate the matter and to make a
report thereof to the Board, at
this evenings session. Carried.
The chairman appointed as
such committee: Sup's. Powers,
Taylor and McVe can.
Sup. Kinney offered the follow
ing resolutions:
To the County B0urd Of Supervisors Of
Pierce County:
WHEREAS, C. Fenton has sustained GER
tain damage from the improper construc-
ton of certain clubhouse belonging 10
Pierce county; therefore.
Resolued, That this Board does hereby
appropriate for the settlement of said dam
age the sum of Fifty Dollars which sum, if
accepted shall be in full settlement of all
claims and demands of the said @. Fenton
against said Pierce County for said dam
age.
Ellsworth, November, 18th, 1881.
w. KINNEY.
On motion the same was laid
on the table tor this evenings
session.
On motion Of Sup. Bailey, the
Board adjourned until Z o'clock
P. NJ.
Board met pursuant to ad-
journment. Roll called. A full
Board present except Sup's.
Hutchinson and Way. Journal
read and approved.
j. S. Copley, chairman of com
mittee on salaries, submitted the
following report:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of
Pierce County:
Your committee on salaries of County
officers beg leave to make the following
report:
After due consideration, your committee
recommend the salaries of the County
officers of Pierce county TO be fixed as
follows:
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and
County Treasurer, each $4,000 per an
mum.
Clerk of the Circuit Court, $4,000 per
annum, aside from the usual fees for re-
cording and filing papers as prescribed in
the Statute
District Attorney, $4,000 per annum.
Respectfully submitted,
]. S. CoPLEY,
i. NJ. McvEAN,
s. ]. Fox.
Committee.
On motion the report was laid
on the table for the present.
Sup. Putnam, chairman of the
committee to whom was refer
red the matter pertaining to pro-
curing Tract Book and Minute
Book. submitted the following
resolutions:
Your committee appointed to
consider the resolutions offered
by Supervisor Putnam, relative
to procuring tract book Minute
books and for abstract papers
beg leave to offer the following
resolutions as the result of their
considerations.
Resolved, That there be appro
priated and raised by tax upon
the taxble property Of this coun-
ty this year the sum of six hum
dred dollars, and the same be
made a special tax.
Resolred, That this County
Board appoint, or elect commit
tee of three persons whose duty
it shall be to procure suitable
tract book under the statutes and
minute books for the purpose
contemplated, and also to con
tract with one or more persons
to perform the work Of making
said tract book and minute books
as to them may seem best TO car
ry out the full intent of the law.
j. ID. PUTNAM,
j. III. BAILEY.
j. S. CopLEY.