The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-01
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF KE-
.NOSHA COUNTY.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNT,
| BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF KE
| ,NOSHA COUNTY.
Esv SPECIAL. MEETING.
Isa April q, 1885.
The County Board of Supervisors o
kenosha county met pursuant to cal
issued by the County Clerk, upon re
quest of majority Of the members o
the Board.
Upon motion of Supervisor Head
Supervisor Spartz, of Paris, was elected
temporary Chairman, and called thu
Board to order.
Upon call of roll by the clerk the fol
lowing named persons responded, to wit;
Supr. james NORM, from town of Brigh
ton.
Supr. q. r. Lavey, from town of Bristol
Supr. Byron G. Dowse, from town OF
Pleasant Prairie.
Supr. Nicholas Spartz, from town Of
Paris.
Supr. Dewitt Stanton, from town OF
Randall.
Supr. Henry +. Jordan, from town OF
Somers.
Supr. 5. s. Smith, substitute for Ward
Bloss, from town of Salem.
Supr. s. Dwight Slade, from town of
Wheatland.
Supr. John Hoye, from LIST Ward of city
- of Kenosha.
Supr. N. Huetter, from I'd Ward of city
of Kenosha.
supr. Daniel Head, from Sd Ward of city
of Kenosha.
Supr. w. Engel, from 4th Ward of city
ofKenosha,
On motion of Supervisor Head, the
Board proceeded to election of perma-
nent Chairman for the ensuing term.
INFORMAL BALLOT.
The informal ballot for p ornament
Chairman resulted as follows
The whole number of votes cast was
eleven (1D; of which number D. Head
received nine (9); N. Sparta received
two ~.
Supervisor Jordan moved that the
ballot be declared formal, and that
Head be declared elected
Chairman of the Board for the ensuing
term.
Seconded by Supervisor Spartz and
carried.
Supervisor Head, upon taking his seat
as Chairman, acknowledged the compli.
ment in few remarks, expressing the
hope that the deliberations of the Board
would be harmonious and be conduct
ed in the interest of the county.
The Chairman stated the object of
the call for special meeting to be the
of what 10 to be done with
the condemned Court House that the
building could no longer be used for
court purposes, and the imperative nec-
essity of making provision for the flu
ture, etc.
Supervisor Spartz moved that the
chair appoint committee of three
members from the Board to report the
committees for the ensuing
term.
Seconded by Supervisor NORM and
carried.
Thereupon the chair appointed Super
visor Spartz, Engel and NORM said COM
mittee.
On motion of Supervisor Slade, the
Board adjourned for thirty minutes, to
enable the committee on standing COM
nittees to report
. At the expiration of the time above
stated, the Board was called to order by
he Chairman, all the members being
present.
The committee on permanent organic
alton reported as follows
10 the County Board OF Supervisors of Ke-
nosha County, WIS.
GENTLEMEN We, your committee, to
whom was referred the duty of recon-
the standing committees for the
ensuing term, beg leave to submit the
ollowing list of committees for the con-
'ideration of the Board, to wit Il:
Committee on Finances. d. Slade,
Dewitt Stanton, Ward Bloss.
} Committee on Judiciary-H. r. Lavey,
G. Dowse, John Hoye.
Committee on Sheriff's Accounts-H.
F. Jordan, Dewitt Stanton, w. Engel.
Committee on Justices Accounts
James NORM, D. Head, Nicholas
Huetter.
Committee on Tramps---Nicholas
spartz, Ell. r. Lavey, Daniel Head.
Committee on Treasurer's Account
VIM. Engel, S. D. Slade, Fl. R. Lavey.
Committee on County Buildings and
Hoye, N.lSpartz, III. F.
Jordan.
Committee on Assessments. G.
Dowse, J. NORM, D. Head.
Committee on General Bills-Ward
Bloss, S. D. Slade, N. Huetter.
Committee on Officers Bonds--N.
Huetter, III. T. Jordan, ]. Hoye.
Special Committee-DeWitt Stanton,
N. Spartz, B. G. Dowse.
Committee on Clerk and County
Agents Account-D. Head, VIM. Engel.
Ward Bloss.
Respectfully submitted.
N. SPARTZ,
VIM. ENeEL, Committee
JAMES NORM.
Moved by Supervisor Slade that the
report Of committee, as read, be accepted
and adopted.
Seconded by Supervisor Jordan and
carried.
Petition of Simon Tropp presented
and read before the Board, as follows
To The Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Keaosha County, WIS.
GENTLEMEN The undersigned repre-
SCENTS and shows to the Board that he is
a native of Poland, and has been in
America one year that OH the Both day
Of December, 1884, he was attacked,
robbed and thrown from a train in the
town of Somers by Charles Goodwin,
Joseph Wagner and John Dorsey, all
residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin shat
by reason of said attack his leg was
broken near the hip, and he was other
wise badly bruised, so as to require the
of physician for seven
weeks that the leg which was broken
is and always will be an inch shorter
than the other leg, thus making him a
cripple for life, and making him unable
to do any work at present !; that he is
unacquainted with any person in the
county outside of Kenosha that he
has no money nor means, and is unable