Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-22

Mr. MACARTHUR moved that the Board
adjourn until seven o. clock this evening.
Motion prevailed and the Board adj
journed.
FOURTH DAY-EyENING SESSION.
Board called to order by the chair
man. at seven O'Clock. Quorum pres
ent.
Mr.. DAVIS introduced resolution to
the effect that the courtroom be used
only for county purposes, unless suita-
BILE compensation be received for such
use.
THE CHAIR-It will lay over.
Mr.. WATSON called the attention of
the Board to the condition of the records
of marriages in the Recorders office.
From the organization of the county
in 1910 to 1871 they are not indexed.
Mr.. Boughton will put them into
proper shape, for S75, and offers for the
consideration of the whole Board res
olution that an appropriation not to ex-
coed S75 be set apart for that purpose
THE CHAIR-It will lay over under
the rules until tomorrow morning.
MIR. WATSON submits the report of the
Committee on County Property, which
was adopted by the Board:
To The honorable Board Of Supervisors:
Your Committee on County Property, beg
leave to make the following report: We Wis
tied all the public buildings belonging to the
county. We find the Court House needs re-
pairing, and we recommend that it be re-
paired as follows:
new floor in the office Of the Register of
Deeds, new floor in the office of the County
Clerk, a new floor in the 1reasurer's office;
also new floor in the Sherifi's office, and
new floor in the Clerk OF the Circuit Courts
Office, in the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court there needs new stove. We recon-
mend table for the County Judges office,
feet long with ) drawers. We find the
chmneys in the old part of the Court House
nearly all out of order and dangerous, and we
recommend the building of two new chimnsys,
one in the north side and one in the south
side of the building, the pullies in the win
dows, and the windows in the County Judges
office are broken and out OF repair We rec
ommend that they be repaired The plaster
ing in the Court House rs off in several places,
we recommend that it also be repaired. We
recommend a new lock for the Courtroom
The Court House privy can be seen by the
whole Board, and we think, will agree with
your committee that there should be 4 new
one built We therefore recommend that
there be a new prlvy built in the Court House
ward. of tie dimensions Of one recommended
by the committee on county property two
wears ago We next visited The residence Of
the Sheriff. and find the kitchen needs plast-
ering; we recommend it be plastered. We
also recommend fence around the jail and
the Sheriff s residence. We next visited the
Jail, and found It clean and IN the main, good
condition, but the water pipes are broken
and we believe they can be dispensed with,
and in place of them there be purchased two
sinks for the purpose OF the prisoners wash
ing themselves; we therefore recommend
there be two zinc tanks purchased for that
purpose; we found the lattice work in places
in the jail rusting and part of the iron floor the
same; we therefore recommend that they be
painted where needed. We next visited the
County poor house and farm; we found the
poor house inmates clean, healthy, and well
taken care of. We did not deem It any more
OF our duty to enquire into the condition and
well being of the inmates, than 1t would be
the duty Of any other chairman OF any other
commtte to do, we being, as we understand
it, the committee on county property; but II
it is our special duty to do so, we are still
well aware that every member OF the County
Board, and all others that wish or desires TO
take any interest in If, knows that these poor
unfortunate wards OF the coGnty is well taken
care OF, and humanely delt with, SO much 50
that without an exception every member Of
the Board that has informed themselves, is
well satisfied that this institution is well con-
Quoted The building itself, we find greatly
needing repairs; the plastering in every room
is more or less off or falling off. The same
-, ~. hall apI litchepe The lackc ON he
doors to the number OF eight are all broken
and useless. About eighty five pains of glass
are more or less broken. The porches need
ing, at least one of them, reshingling, and
both Of them needs ceiling. The water sPouts
and laundries needs painting and repairing;
we found also the drainage IN bad condition,
and part of the roof out Of repair on the
old part of the main building; we therefore
recommend that the building be plastered
where most needed; that there be around the
main kitchen and dining hall, wainscoating
and chairbacks That new locks be purchased
for the doors where needed; that the win
dows be repaired and glazed where wanted.
That the south porch be shlngied and celled,
and the west porch be ceiled both with cell
ing lumber That the eye-spouts be painted
and repaired and the chimneys also be re-
paired and made as safe as possible from fire.
That the roof of the main building be repaired
with shingles where it is known to leak, and
new floor in The dining room and small
kitchen. We next visited the new Insane
Asylum. This building we find in excellent
condition but they are in need of woodshed,
and carpenters shop to be placed at the end
Of said woodshed; we therefore recommend
that there be woodshed and carpenters shop
built for the use Of the asylum. The over
seer called our attention to the condition Of
about one mile of fence on the poor farm; we
believe that the fence will last some time
longer with some small repairs; we recon-
mend that the repairing Of the fence be done.
He also desired we should recommend the
building OF smoke house. The committee