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

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And your committee would further
recommend that the appropriations To
the different towns shall not be drawn
out of the county treasury until sum
equal to one-half of such amount has
been raised and expended by such town
over and above the ordinary mill tax as
sessed for road purposes, and shall be
certified by u majority of the town board
of Supervisors to the county clerk that
such expenditures had been made.
Respectfully submitted,
I'll. GRIMM, Chm,
ARCHIE Brown,
GEORGE Brown,
+. j. MARVEL.
HENRY GORE,
A. +. HENDERSON,
ID. Il. WALKER.
THE CHAIR-The question is upon the
adoption of the report
j. ID. WILSON moved its adoption.
Report adopted.
THos. WATSON presented the follow
ing report of the committee on printing.
10 The Honorable Board Of Supervisors:
Your committee on printing would
respectfully report. That we find that
the county clerk as per resolution of the
last county board let by contract to the
lowest bidder the printing of road books
blanks, ETC., and that there are now
sufficient printed for another year.
Your committee further find that the
clerk of the Circuit Court made no con-
tract for printing court Calendars and
we respectfully offer the following reso-
buttons for adoption:
Resotred, That the Clerk of the Cir
emit Court is hereby instructed to con-
tract for the printing of court calendars
at n cost not to exceed fifty cents for
each and the number thereof not to ex-
coed sixty.
ReSolCed, That the full proceedings
of this board including tabular state
ments be published in a paper in each
assembly district, published IN the Eng
fish language and also in the Correspon-
dent published in the German language
in the city of Platteville, at cost not to
exceed $500 for each paper, and that
the County Clerk procure one hundred
copies of the proceedings in pamphlet
form, at cost not to exceed $500.
That the clerk send when issued one
copy to each member of the present
board and also one copy to each mem
Der of the next board before its annual
session, that upon satisfactory proof
that the services aforesaid have been
rendered the chairman and clerk iare
instructed to draw an order on the
Treasurer for the payment of the sum.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS WATSON,
CHAs. G.. RoDoLF,
JOHN G.. CLARK
o. J.. ARNOLD moved to amend BY
having discussions of the board on diff
erent subjects included in the pamphlet.
j. ID. WILsoN-That is included
p. BARTLEY said that one paper was
the same as another to him, but as the
HERALD furnished a reporter and re-
ported the proceedings in full, having
considerable more of the proceedings
than other papers, he would move to
amend the report by making the sum
paid THE HERALD forty dollars.
MIR. WATSON 4 have no objection to
the amendment and shall vote for it.
MR. hartley reduced his amend
ment to writing, at the request of the
chairman us follows:
And that the Giant county HERALD
be allowed an additional sun. of $500
for publishing the proceedings of the
county board.
Amendment adopted.
Question then was upon the report as
amended. Adopted.
Col. CLARK presented the report OF
the committee on insane, as follows:
70 the Honorable Boardof Supervisors:
Your committee on the insane. elected
at the last session of the Board Of Super
visors, of said county, respectfully re-
port:
That in 1881 it became apparent the
State Hospital had not capacity for one
half of our insane, and that Grant
County must Immediately provide the
means of taking care of at least 40
chronic insane, outside Of the Jail and
poor house, or have them transferred To
counties having suitable aecommoda-
tions. at heavy cost for transportation
and support.
The question to be solved By that
board was whether it would receive paw
for caring for its own insane or pay
some other county for caring for them.
A part at least Of our excess of the State
Hospital, to-wit: l4,had been returned
home, 8 of whom were in the jail, Is
were in the county poor house, Others
were scattered around ovef the county,
care' Ior at the public expense.
At that session a committee was arp
pointed to take this matter into consid
Grafton, and TO devise ways and means
to protect the interests Of the county
After hurriedly gathering ali the infor
nation possible. said committee repor.e'