Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-23
Mr.. WILSON, stand corrected.


Col. j. 6. CLARK said his committee
on insane was ready to report but he
had not had time to prepare the report
but supposed the board would hold an
afternoon session when he would have
the report ready.
Under the call for resolutions to be
considered j. ID. Wilson arose and said
he would renew his previous request to
withdraw the Dewey resolution
THE CHAIR-Leaye will be granted
unless objections are made.
No objections, leave granted.
Col CLARK asked that his resolution
of the previous evening. in regard to
lightning rods on the Insane asylum, lie
over until after the report of the COM
mittee ON insane was heard. Leave
granted.
o. J. ARNoLD's resolution in regard
to letting the contract for poor farm was
called up.
THE CHAIR--Gentlemen, what action
will y. 4 take upon the resolution.
e. q. RoDoLF thought that the board
was not ready to act on the resolution
at present They would have to make
some provision for the insane also and
could take all together. Consideration
of the matter now was somewhat pre-
mature 1t might be advisable to have
the hoard meet in the spring and act
upon le whole matter then. The board,
the s3 aker thought, ought to meet
more tban once year anyway, as at
the annual meeting committees are
hurried and have no time to see what
they are doing. lie would therefore
move that, for the present, the resolution
be laiti on the table. Carried.
CHRIs HUTCHINSON resolution in re-
lation to collection of road tax in money
YVES aeyt called up.
MR HUTCHINSON said he introduced
the resolution as it was evident there
was something wrong with our present
way o! working roads in Grant county,
and be wished to get some law that was
more .fective.
EARTLEY did not think the law
could made for Grant county any
more nan for any other county.
j. p. WILSON This is simply in
struc Igmembers to get the law passed.
Coz CLARK understood it was the
law new, thought it had been brought
up in is own town several times in the
last twenty years and always voted
down. The people are wrong If the
gentlemen want change they must 90
home and work among their neighbors
The whole system was radically at fault
but the laws must be uniform all over
the State. 1t is a matter that needs
consideration and the speaker believed
the only way to better it was to make
collection in money obligatory.
j. ID. WILSON called for another read
ing of the resolution Resolution read.
Mr.. WILSON, bee the objections
now. Thegentlemen moved TO amend by
striking out several words At the sug-
geslion of the Chair he put his ideas in
writing and offered the following as a
substitute for the original resolution:
ReSolrcd, That the members of the
Assembly and Senate of Grant county
be requested to endeavor to get a law
passed through the next legislature
compelling the towns of this State to
collect the highway taxes in money, and
to be expended under the direction of
the town and city authorities
w. H. BEEBE would favor general
law for collecting road taxes in money
but not any fixed amount, as what
might be a small tax in one locality
would be quite heavy in another.
p. BARLEY was opposed to the sub
stitute The towns had tried to make
the change from time to time but each
year have voted it down. The people
had expressed themselves as opposed
TO it.
Col CLARK read the statutes upon
the subject.
o. J ARNOLD thought the great diff
Guilty IS right at home with tie citizens.
1t was rs easy to idle away time under
contrast as under the present system.
Was satisfied his town would vote il
down nd was not satisfied that the new
plan would be the best. but would adj
NIT that there was fault to be found
with he present road system. He
shouii gote against the substitute
Division called for. The vote on the
substitute was for and % against.
Substitute lost.
&. q RoDoLF said as there would be
some committees ready to report this
afternoon he would move that when the
board adjourned it was until l D. m.
E / KIDD said he believed it had
beer G e custom heretofore to appoint
comm tee to approve the bond of county
Officer and moved the chairman ap-
point 4uch committee. No objections.
The c iirman said he would announce
the na mes of the committee at D. m.
j. Z. WILSON suggested that the
comm tee should be chosen from those
who Ii e near the county seat
E. i KIDD-A wise suggestion.
p. BARLEY moved to adjourn to D.
m. Carried.
FOURTH DAY---AFrERNo1 IN SESSION.
Board called to order by the chair
man. Roll called, quorum present.
THE CHAIRMAN said before he APP
pointed the committee TO approve the
bond of county officials he would read
the law in regard to the matter. He
then appointed Messrs. John G. Clark
and John Boerner as such committee.
Under the call for resolutions J. D.
Wilson moved the official bonds of each
of the county officers be the same as the
past two years. Carried.
Col. CLARK said he would like to
present a small bill, for young man
who acted as chairman for the sur
veyors in LAYING out the road near this
city. Referred to committee on claims.
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