Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-11-19
OUR COUNTY CONGRESS
Meets in Demure Debate at
the Court House in the City
of Lancaster.
Weighty Matters Passed Upon and
Acres of Tsbulated Figures In
spected by tho Hon. Body.
Full Report Of the Proceedings Of the Board Of
Supervisors OF Grant County up to the
Hour OF Adjournment.
MISUNDERSTANDING SESSION.

WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION.
Board called to order at A. NJ. b,
the chairman. The clerk called tn
roll, Messrs. BARLEY Grimm, Bowdel
and McFall not responding.
The journal of the previous day wa
read and approved,
Mr.. MCCALL said that upon consult
alton with other members who had look
ed up the law. he was satisfied that tn,
resolution in regard to the appointment
of the committee on Insane Transcribed
the legal powers of the board, and askee
leave to withdraw the resolution. Nc
objection beng made, the resolution
was withdrawn.
Mr.. WATSON moved that the chair
man appoint a committee on Insane
of which the chairman should be one
and he (Watson) not one.
The Chair ruled the motion out o.
order, saying 1t is the duty of the Chail
to appoint the committee without mo
ton. All he wished to know was how
many members the board wanted on it
Mr.. WATSON moved that the number
be reduced to three, but withdrew his
motion.
MEssRs. ROBBINS and WATSON alter
mated in talking, the former about the
rules of the board and the latter about
the appointment of the committee on
Insane, but nothing came of it.
The clerk then introduced the list oil
claims from No. to No. 271, inclusive,
which was referred to the committee on
Claims.
The board adjourned to Z p. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
Board met at P. NJ. Roll call-all
present except Messrs. Watson. Nc
Pherson, Macarthur, Holloway and ID.
Brown.
MIR. GRIMM, chairman of the commit
tee on Roads and Bridges, offered the
| IOltOWlnS reSoiullOu.
| Resoloed. That the SUN Of $4,000 be raised and
| levied on the taxable property of Grant county
| the ensuing year for roads and bridges.
| The resolution was adopted.
MIR. WATSON offered the following
resolution:
| County, that the chairman of this board is here.
| by authorized to appoint committee on County
| Roads, on or after the first Tuesday in April,
| 1885, from the town supervisors elect said COM
mittee to have all the powers OF laying out. al
tering and vacstiDg highways, as provided by
law; and their acts to be legal in all respects
after filing their determination with the county
clerk, as now by law required, the same il
acted upon by the whole OF tho county boa I'd 81
at this session of the county board Of supervisors
TO have the same powers in all respects during
| their appointment.
Mr.. BARTLEY was opposed to the
part of the resolution making the action
of the committee final. Last year
case occurred in which. if the action of
the committee had been final, the town
of jamestown would have lost road
for which it was afterward offered
$4,000
Mr.. WATSON SAID this was the same
resolution, word fer word, which had
been adopted year after year. He would
not act at all on the committee without
such power. The law says the county
board may delegate its power to COM
mittee, and this is all this resolution
does. He didn't care whether it was
voted up or down, but he wouldn't go
out on committee without it.
Mr.. HER opposed the resolution. He
said the committee came down to his
town, and without knowing anything
about their wants, vacated an import
ant ROAD road for which they would
not take $4,000. He wanted the COM
mittee on County Roads 10 come to the
board for final action.
Mr.. WHITcHER opposed the action
OF the committee being final.
Mr.. WATSON repeated his remarks
He said the jamestown road cut no fig
ure in the case. jamestown had got the
railroad company into snap and want
ed to get $4,000 for road which was
not worth a cent. This case amounts
to nothing and we may never have an
other like it. If anyone is dissatisfied
with the action of the committee he can
appeal to the circuit court, the same as
from the action of the whole board.
Mr.. hartley said it would be cheap
er to appeal to the board than to the
circuit court. He thought it better
to have the action of the committee
brought before the board. They might
have many such cases as the James
town case.
Mr.. MCCALL desired to state few
facts from the records. A large part
of the men who signed the remonstrance
against vacating the jamestown road
lived in the state of Illinois. The object
of the remonstance was, not that the
road was of any great practical value,
but that railroad company had located
their line along it, and the town wished
to have the vacation withheld until a
good bargain could be made with the
railroad company. He had had suffi
cient experience to pay little attention
to remonstrances when the very names
which were on the petition for vacatine
road were on the remonstrance against
IT. One of the influential citizens Of
jamestown signed the petition for vaca
tion,. probably in good faith. At tn,
meeting of the board that same mar
came here to demonstrate against tn,
vacation.
Mr. KIDD asked for the reading of tn,
, resolution. 1t was read. Mr.. Kid,
then said he didn't think the clause til,
gentlemen objected TO was in the resol
ution. 1t was exactly the same resolu
ton as had been adopted in forme
years. After the committee has acte,
on the matter of road they must re
port to the board, and if the boar,
wishes to change or annul the action o
the committee it can do so.
Mr.. MCCALL thought Mr.. Watson
|. must have read more than there was ii
ink. He understood that the action a