River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-12-04
Bond of M. w. Dibble.

Bond of M. w. Dibble.
To the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Pierce:
The undersigned NJ. w. Dibble hereby
makes application for charter for the
running and maintaining of ferry across
Lake st. Croix between the city of Pres
colt, in said county, ard the town of PIT.
Douglass in the county of Washington
and state of Minnesota, the points of
landing of said ferry 10 be the same as
those now used by VIM. Dibble under a
charter now in force and expiring in the
month of November, 1884. The said APP
| plicant hereby shows that he is an owner
| Of the land through which the highway
| adjoining said ferry shall run.
The said applicant hereby agrees to
| accept a charter as above mentioned with
| the rates of ferriage fixed as follows, to-
wit:
For foot passengers five (5) cents.
| For double team twenty COY cents,
with ten (10) cents additional for every
span of horses or yoke of oxen additional
| to the first.
Single horse and buggy ten (10) cents.
For persen and horse ten (10) cents.
For equine animals, neat cattle, sheep
and swine five 81 cents per capita, with
the privilege in each of above cases of re-
turning the same day free of charge, pro-
between the hours of eleven
o'clock d. M and four o'clock a. m. or
whenever the Lake shall be at high water
mark overlooking the banks and making
it necessary to land 80 rods above the u.s.
ual point of landing ON the Minnesota
shore ne shall receive double the above
rates.
Said applicant further shows that he
now holds charter for the maintaining
of ferry between the points above men,
toned granted by the board of county
commissioners of Washington county
Minnesota, by which the rates of ferriage
are the same as the above, said charter
being dated January LIST, 1884, and to run
ten years from said date.
Signed, MARK w. DIBBLE,
Applicant.
Know all men by these presents that
we Mark w. Dibble as principal and
William Lesemann, Jacob Freas and L.
A. Firner as sureties are held and firmly
bound unto the county of Pierce in the
state of Wisconsin in the sum of One
Thousand Dollars for the payment of
which sum well and truly to be made we
bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
JJtliOiy oCfCiaiiJ lii
ly by these presents, sealed with our seals
and dated this 18th day of November, A.
d. 1884.
The conditions of his obligation are
such that whereas the above bounden
Mark w. Dibble has made application to
the Board of Supervisors of said Pierce
county for license to keep a ferry, said
ferry to run from the city of Prescott in
said county across Lake st. Croix to the
old ferry landing ON the opposite side of
the lake in the town of Pt.Douglas, WASH
ington county, Minnesota.
Now therefore:-Ifa license shall be
granted to the said Mark w. Dibble to
keep such ferry by said Board of Super
visors and if the said Mark w. Dibble
shall keep safe and good boats in good re-
pair adapted to the waters where they
are to be used, and shall faithfully attend
such ferry. with a suitable number Of
men during the several hours in each
day and at such several rates of ferriage
as the said board shall order and direct
then these presents shall cease and be
null and void otherwise to be and remain
in full force and effect during continuance
of such license.
MARK w. DIBBLE, [seal.
JACOB FREAs. seal
VIM. LEsEMAN, lseal.
T. A. FIRNER. seal.
In presence of Frank A. Ross.
On motion the application was re-
ed to committee of three. The
chair appointed as such committee w.
J. Copp, John Murphy. and J. S.
Copley. On melton the board then
adjourned until Thursday morning.
MORNING SESSION.
THURSDAY, Nov. 13.-Board met
at s o'clock A. NJ. Roll called; full
board present. Minutes read and APP
proved.
Sup. Murphy presented resolution
asking that the northeast corner room
up stairs be fitted up for an Office for
the incoming Superintendent of
Schools. On motion the resolution
was laid over till tomorrow morning.
The committee appointed on appli-
cation of M. w Dibble for ferry IL
cense reported favorably on the appli-
cation, and on molten the report of
the committee was accepted and the
following resolution adopted:
RESOLVED, That license for the maintain
ing of ferry acrsss lake st. Croix running
frem the city of Prescott, Pierce Co., Wis, to
PIT. Douglass, Washington Co., Mimi; be and
the same 10 hereby granted to Mark W. Dibble.
plisatisn sfsaid Mark w. Dibble now on file
with Co. CLERK and to run fer the term of ten
years from this date. and the bond by him pre-
ssnted 10 hereby approved.
On motion the board then adjourn
ed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
THURSDAY, Nov. IS, 1884 Board
met at o'clock. Roll called; a full
board present. Journal read and APP
proved. Sup. Copley presented the
following resolutions:
RESOLVED, By the Board Of Supervisors Of
Pierce County. That all resolutions relating to
| the support Of the peer Of Fierce County, ex-
to sup port Of poor on page 23f of journal of 1884,
| be and the 50 me are hereby repealed.
| RESOLVED. BY the Board Of supervisors OF
Pierce County, That the various towns OF Pierce
| County shall have the privilege Of keeping the
| poor therein in the county poor house by pay
/ amount per capita as the county is by its con,
| tract with the keeper of the poor house Obliged
to pay fer the support OF county poor tnerein,
Il
| Of the towns to said poor agents at their regu-
| lar quarterly meeting.
On motion the same wss referred
to a committee of three; Sup. Copley,
Sup J. Murphy we're appointed such
com mittee The committee on jury
list presented the following report and
list of names suitable for jurors in
Circuit Court for the year 1885. and
on motion the same was accepted as
such jury list. On motion the report
and the lists Herewith presented were
accepted and adopted as the jury lists
for the ensuing year.
The report of the committee to set
tie with the County Clerk was then
read, and on motion accepted and
adopted.
| Report of County Clerk.
J. B. Jensen, county Clerk, III account
with Pierce county from Nov. IA, 1888, to
Nov. IA, 1884.
To cash on hand Nov. IL. 1883, s723 9.
. received on Refemptions and Int-2472 8
q advertising fees % 9.
"a "a clerk fees 90 7(
$3.50 8