Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-23
under the present system of collecting
the road tax. therefore.

under the present system OF eollectn;
the road tax, therefore.
Resotred, That the members of Tho
Assembly and Senate from Grant count,
be requested to endeavor to get Law
passed through the next Legislature al
lowing the towns of Grant county t.
collect the real estate road taxes il
money, which said tax shall not be les
than two mills on the dollar and to b,
expended under the direction of the
town and city authorities.
Mr.. HUTCHINSON asked to have tn,
resolution referred to committee.
! c. G. RoDoLF said the committee
would find that was the law now
j. ID. WILSON wished to see the law
THE CHAIR-The resolution will Ii,
over until tomorrow.
| G. W. HAMPTON asked leave to witt
draw certain claimson account of irregu
larities.
The CHAIR-The proper way would
be to have the committee on claims re-
port no action taken on these claims.
Under the call for reports of standing
committees Herman Grimm, chairman
of the committee on highways, bridge.
and ferries, submitted the following
report:
To The Honorable Board Of Supervisors:
We the undersigned committee on
Highways and Bridges and Ferries, beg
leave to report the following petition Of
Sorestes Chandler for a ferry license to
keep and maintain ferry across the
Mississippi river, from point in the
southern quarter of section number
eighteen (18) in township number five
(5) north, of range number six CO. west,
being in the town of Wyalusing, Grant
county, Wisconsin, to the city of Clay
ton, in the State of Iowa. No objec-
tions beng made by the owners of the
land to said petition, the petitioner hav-
ing served notices on the owners of the
land. also Ia~ing filed his bond with
good and sufficient sureties and there
fore recommend that license be grant
ed to the said S. Chandler with the fol-
lowing ordinance:
The County Board Of Supervisors of the
County Of Grant do orddin as toll0aos:
That ferry license be granted to the
said S. Chandler, his.heirs and assigns,
and that he shall have the exclusive
right and privilege for the period of five
years, to keep and maintain ferry
across the Mississippi river from point
in the southern quarter of section num-
Der eighteen (1S) in township number
five (5) north, of range number siA CO..
west, in the town of Wyalusing, Grant
county, State of Wisconsin, to the city
of Clayton in the State of Iowa, by ex-
ecuting a bond with good and sufficient
sureties conditioned as provided by law
to keep and maintain ferry, in the sum
of five hundred dollars, to he approved
by the Board of Supervisors and that the
rates of ferriage be fixed as follows,
to-wit:
For two horse vehicle and,driver 70
For two horse vehicle and driver both
For each single person not belonging to
For one horse vehicle and driver c....,... e
| For one horse and rider. 35
| For each single person ............... 49,. @
For each sheep or swine in droves not less
than Observation-Disclosures. 0j
For neat cattle mules and horses in droves
4 of not more than s. each ................. 10
For neat cattle, mules and horses, in droves
| For loose freight, each 1000 ms, il not mere
than foo0fbs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
For loose freight, each 1Oo0ibs, if more than
| lo0bs ...........-........,.... 05
All of which is respectfully sub
mtted:
HERMAN GRIMM, Chm.
ARCHIE Brown,
GEORGE BROWN,
HENRY GORE,
A. T. HENDERSON,
E. j. MARVEL,
ID. r. WALKER.
Report adopted and license granted.
JOHN MACARTHUR, chairman of the
committee on equalization submitted
the following report from that commit
tee.
TO The Board Of Supervisors: Jour
committee on equalization respectfully
report that we have completed the du-
ties assigned to us, and herewith submit
to your consideration tabular state
ment, showing the valuation of the per-
sonal and real property in the several
towns of Grant county, as assessed and
equalized by your committee.
| In equalizing the assessment of lands
we adopted the classification of last
year.
In equalizing the city and village lots
We added as equalized last year to
Fennimore. aooC G
Lancaster l0,oOl
jamestown OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 50C
| Liberty Observation-Disclosures. 70C
PlateVllle .....,......... 5,Os
Smeser ..,........,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
Matterstown, ........................ 500
Wngyile OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
And reduced
Hazel Green. .......................S 3,00C
Wyalusiug ............. .......-.......... 500
In equalizing the assessment of per-
sonal property. we valued
Horses at ...... $50 o.
Neat cattle at....................... 10 o.
Mules and Asses At. ................... 30 OC
Sheep and Lambs Observation-Disclosures. / 81
Swine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. &c
Gold and silver watches, merchants
and manufacturers stock, and all other
dersonal property, we have left, and
herein report as annexed and returned
by the assessors:
Pianos and melodeons we have d.
vided into three classes
The first equazed. at. X. ........... $50 on
The Sc Jnd - Observation-Disclosures. 35 O(
| The third ........... ............ % OK
The aggregate valuation of lands other
than city and village lots, as annexed
amounts to -. 632, 22s
As equalized by your committee. 1854, 23c
The aggregate valuation OF personal
property. annexed. ............... &, 379, sos
As equalized by your committee :, 231, l34
The aggregate as assessed OF city and
village lots 81. 1f9. 1874
As equalized by your committee, 1875, 500
Total Of all property, Us annexed . 50, 12s, 53l
Total Of all property equalized S,s19. s7l
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
Report adopted.
Col. J. G. CLARK said he was not
present when resolutions were in order,
but would like to introduce one now.
THE CHAs-Unless objections are
made, leave will be granted.
No objections being made. Col. Clark
introduced the following resolution:
RcSolrcd-That the chairman Of this
board be. and he is hereby authorized
and directed to cause to be erected in
the buildings lately erected for the use
of the chronic insane Of this county,
lihtuiug rods of the Hawley patent,
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