The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-12-13
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY
BOARD.

some illegal taxes read and referred
to the committee on Illegal taxes.
Communication signed by the town
board of Manitowoc Rapids showing
the result of a special meeting held in
said town authorizing said board to
test the legality of the report of tax
commissioners, etc, was read and on
motion of Mr.. Stoker referred to the
chairman of the town of Manitowoc
Rapids
Claims and accounts We're presented
and referred to the respective com
mittees.
MIR. McCarty moved that the board
take recess until 4 o'clock Agreed to.
-Four o'clock P NJ board re assembled.
Roll called and quorum present.
Mr.. Smalley moved that the board
do now proceed to the election of
chairman as this was the hour set
apart for this special business.
Motion prevailed and the board pro-
ceeded to ballot for chairman.
Result of the first formal ballot
The whole number of votes given were
20, of which VIM. lander received Is,
Fred Schmitz 3, Henry Wits l, blank 2.
The Hon. VIM. lander having re-
ceived majority of all the votes cast
was declared duly elected chairman
of the county board of supervisors in
place of Julius Lindstedt, resigned.
Whereupon VIM. lander took the
chair and on motion the board adjourn
ed until 8 o'clock A. NJ, Nov Ia, 1883.
NOVEMBER Ia, 1888, 9 O'CLOCK A. NJ
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
VIM. lander in the chair. Roll called;
all members present except Messrs.
Hallron, Lindstedt, Barth and Evans
Journal of the preceding meeting
read and approved.
Sundry accounts were presented and
on motion of Mr. Franz referred to
the appropriate committees without
reading.
Mr.. McCarty, from special commit
tee appointed last special session, sub
mitted the following report:
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE BRANCH BRIDGE.
To the Honorable County Board of Manitowoc
ate with the town board of Manitowoc Rapids in
| the rebuilding of the Branch bridge in the town
OF Manltowoc Rapids, would respectfully report
operated with them in accordance with the reso-
lutlons of the county board, when in session. Au-
gust oth 1883 lnstructing your committee to CO.
operate with the said town board and rebuild said
bridge at once; and that said bridge should be
rebuilt with wooden piers cribs of cedar
pine timber. Your committee did meet and CO.
operate with said town board and let the contract
on September 10th, 1888, to Hubbard & Noble, for
the sum of 1880, that sum being the lowest bid
received for the building of said bridge with
cedar timber according to the specifications and
contract now on file IN the county clerks office.
Your committee would further report that we
Investigated and examined all bridges necessary
to be rebuilt this year in said town, and made
fair estimate of the cost of the repairing and
building of the same, and we found that the pro-
ceedlngs had before the county board at said last
session, contlcted with the law of 1881 relative
to aiding towns in rebuilding bridges, and your
committee was totally at loss to what would
be the proper course TO proceed In the case. The
expenses of bridging In said town this year, we
found would be about 81, 800 more than the one
fourth per centum required by the law of 1881 to
be raised by said town for bridging. Therefore
from the circumstances we did determine that
$500 would be just share and proportion to be
rebuilding of the Branch bridge, and the county
TO be relieved from aiding said town to build any
bridge or bridges, other than the bridge aforesaid
this year,-the said town board having signed an
agreement to that effect which is on file in the
clerks office The said town board of Manitowoc
Rapids signed an agreement in writing agreeing
to pay to the county of Manitowoc the sum of
$50 on or before the first day of March, 1884, in
full payment for the proportion of the contract
price OF rebuilding Sdlu Dfluge, winch SAID town
ought to pay as determined by your committee.
And the amount required to be paid by the county
for rebuilding said bridge per contract is the
sum of $3.50. Therefore recommend that the
contractors, Messrs. Hubbard Il Noble, be paid
the contract price in the sum of s., $50 from the
general fund of the county and charge back to
the town of Manltowoc Rapids the aforesaid sum
OF $500, to be collected with other county taxes
that may be assessed upon the taxable property
further report that the Branch bridge is entirely
rebuilt and fully completed according to the
terms of the contract and notifications thereof
as agreed to by your committee and town board
of Manltowoc Rapids during the construction
thereof, and that said bridge examined and
accepted on NGyember 10th 1888 by your com
OF your committee said bridge is rebuilt IN
good, substantial and workmanlike manner and
that sald town has complied with the law and
levied the one-fourth of per centum as re-
quired by law, and said tax was insufficient to
pair their bridges.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM LANDER,
The report was adopted by the following vote:
Aye voted Messrs. Kestly, Rauch, Stoker, lander
McCarty; Hacker, Lueps, Smalley, Wits, King
holz, Hall, Noble, Bohne Mueller, johnson and
Sschwartz-l6. No voted Messrs. Touhey, Schmitz,
Niquette and Maloy-4. Absent, 5.
District attorney made a verbal re-
port to the effect that he would pre-
sent his annual report at the next
meeting OF this board
Reports of clerk and treasurer were
presented and on motion of Mr.. Stoker
referred to committee on finance.
Upon motion of Mr.. Stoker board
adjourned until Monday afternoon. 2
O'Clock, Nov. 19, 1888.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1883.
At 2 o'clock P. NJ. board met pursu-
ant to adjournment and was called to
order by the chair Roll called and a
quorum found to be present. Proceed
ings of previous meeting were read
and approved
Petition of Mess. Hubbard & Noble.
constructors of the Branch bridge.
with accompanying itemized bill for
extras to the amount of Sal was pre-
sented and read and on motion of Mr..
Touhey referred to special committee
on Branch bridge which was appoint
ed last session
Communication from the committee
on poor, stating that one Mary Schnell.
an 1ncurable insane person, was sick
and needed better care than she could
have IN the county jail; that they had
seen tit to place her in charge of the
st. Mary Hospital, and now asking the
board for further instructions. was
read and on motion of Mr.. Touhey
placed on file and committee instruct
ed to act as they should see proper and
to the best interest of the county. and
humanity demanded.
The chairman, Mr. lander, rendered
his resignation as member of commit |
tees on poo and public improvements.
stating as reason that being now chair
man of the board it would be more
than he could well attend to, which |
was on motion accepted and the chair
man filled the vacancies by appointing
Halver johnson on committee on poor |
and Evan Evans on committee on i'm
provements.
Resolution No. l, introduced by Mr..
Mueller: