Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-12-04

sale of 1881, upon the lands in ques-
tion were illegal and void and that he
would present the fact to the County
Board at the Nov meeting. Mr.. Hiles
settled with your petitioner for all the
certificates in question, except those
of sale of 1881 which amounted to
1926 "a. At the meeting of the Co.
Board in Novemb Der, 1881, Mr.. Hiles
presented the annexed petition and
proposition which was granted and
accepted by order Of the Board. But,
as you will see from the petition it
did not authorize the issuing of an
order for the difference between the
face of the certificates and fees, and
the amount of tax that Mr.. Hiies did
pay, namely, $92.63 There is there
fore, due your petitioner, the differ
ence between the amount he paid into
the county treasury, 1926 81, and the
amount received from Mr.. Hiles, 500 :
So, being the sum of S143. IL. Your
petitioner, therefore prays that the
chairman and county clerk be author
lied to issue an order on the county
treasurer of Wood county for the
amount his due.
Very respectfully submitted,
f. j. WooD.
Dated, Nov. 10Th, 1884.
Motion made that the petition be
rejected. Moved to amend the motion
to reject the petition and that the
petition be laid on the table and Mr..
Wood be granted the privilege to
explain the matter. Motion as amend
ed carried.
The following bills were then taken
up and disposed of as follows:
III. Hill. medical services $500, referred to
maker for affidavit.
Billins, Delnarais & Co. mdse. S75.O5 allowed
at 1906
F. j. Wood & Bro. mdse s1S06, allowed at
1906
D. E. Carey, marsk al fees 81 IS, allowed at 40
VIM. Downing, constable fees $3.50 allowed
at $3.50
81 s. e. carey n"'S''A' ices 9''''' ''''o"S' al
T. L. Tibbits, lumber 40. allowed ut 240
Adams Co., change venue $1,000 allow ed at
T. Cramer. justice fees 1892 allowed ut 90
5. A. Spafford, Mdse. fence S7S.5S allowed 1T
Frank Stahl, 1876, allowed at II So
&. T. Witter, medical examination $50 al
lowed at 800
Geo. .Demars, medical examination $50. 90
allowed at Is 90
Thomas Smith, marshal fees S.. S5, rejected.
VIM. Hirth justice fees $4.S6 allowed at 1856
Town of Lincoln, pauper account $44.3S, al
lowed a 44.38
Town of Marshfeld, pauper account 5000,
Gardner & Gaynor, fees S295.OO, allowed at
2950O
VIM. Hirth. justice fees 1892, allowed at S.62
Town OF Marshtield, pauper S35.00 allowed at
City of Grand Rapids, pauper 81 allowed
al PSI 81
Town of Saratoga, pauper sl6220 allowed Mt
Town OF Rudolph, pauper $500, allowed at
1890
Town of Rudolph, pauper s236.S6 allowed at
1855
City of Centralia. paup1r $11.40. allowed at
LILO
Town of Rudolph. pauper 1876 allowed at
NJ. C. Woodwork. justice fees $1,000, allowed
at 300 .
Moved that the report of the com :
mittee on "poor farm be received and
the committee discharged. Carried. 9
The following Board Of Wood Co.
in annual meeting, duly assembled do
resolve as follows: 49,. -. So
LIST. All distinction between cou nty
poor and town poor in this county is
hereby abolished and the expense of
maintaining all poor persons within
Wood county heretofore chargable to
the towns in said county, or to said
county, is hereby assumed by the
county.
End. This resolution shall take
effect and be III force on and after the
first Tuesday in April A. D., 1885.
JOHN EDWARDS, Chairman.
w. T. JONES, Co. Clerk.
(The above resolution was recorded
the 14th day of November A. D. 1884
at 5 o'clock p m. in Vol. D. G. of
miscellaneous records on page 46)
Motion made that the resolution be
adopted The roll was called and the
following vote taken:
VIM. Brown, Coon, Cochran, Cam
eron, Davis, Ebbe, Edwards, Gaynor,
Harmon, Jensen, McCarty, Nash,
Lyons, Pankow, Paulson. Renne,
Spafford, Specht, Sampson, futile,
Pitts and Rocheleau. %.
The resolution was declared adopted
by the chairman.
The following resolution was pre-
scented as follows:
Resolved, that the chairman of this
Board be and hereby is authorized and
instructed to appoint committe of
three members of this Board, and that
said committee is empowered and dir
ected to select and purchase suitable
piece of land, not more than $50 acres
at some convenient place in the county
aud erect and build thereon, or repair
and remodel, buildings suitable for
county Poor Farm, and at an expense,
altogether for farm and buildings not
to exceed four thousand (S4,000
dollars.