Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-22

for, and correct account OF all expenses shall be
kept aud submitted to the Board Of Supervisors at
its annual session in each year.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
\. IL. SNOW,
JosEPH FRosT,
OLE SrEENsLAND,
Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Smoker the report
was made a special order for this evening
at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Taylor offered the following res
olution:
Resolced, That the District Attorney
| be, and he is hereby directed to write a
circular letter and mail one to each
Justice of the Peace in the county,
cautioning said Justices about making
costs in criminal cases, and requiring
them to at once notify the District At
| torney of the commencement of all
criminal cases, except i'll cases cX-
| cepted by Statute.
On motion the board took recess
until o'clock
| EVENING SESSION. =. NJ.
Board met The following communi-
cation from Hon. George Clementson,
| Circuit Judge, was read:
To the Honorable County Board of the
county of Iowa:
| | respectfully request that your Honor
able Body, at its November session, 1889,
| adopt the subjoined preamable and res
outions, Very Respectfully,
GEO. CLEMENTSON.
WHEREAS, The provisions of the
statutes of this state in reference to the
making OF the lists from which to select
persons to serve as grand and petit
Jurors of the circuit court, have not been
| generally complied with in this county
and, as a consequence, persons who are
exempted or disqualified from serving as
Jurors by section 1925 of the Revised
statutes, as amended by chapter 27O of
| the Laws of 1888, are, at each term of
| the court, summoned to attend as Jurors,
who, by reason of exemption or dis
qualification, are by the court necessarily
excused from such service after the
county has incurred considerable expense
in summoning them, and in their mile
age and per diem in appearing before
the court; and, WHEREAS, BY reason of
| the failure to carefully observe the law in
| the selection of persons for Jury duty,
some otherwise qualified, have not the
special qualifications of judgment and
intelligence required by section 2530 Of
! the Revised Statutes.
! Therefore be it Resolved, That the
supervisors of each town, and the alder
men of the cities of Mineral Point and
| Dodgevile, are hereby reque sted to
comply with the provisions of section
| 1926 of the Revised Statutes, and within
thirty days after the first Monday in
| Nav, of each year, to make out a list of
persons who are not exempt or dis
| qualified, and who are of good character,
well informed, and ofsound judgment, to
serve as Jurors of the circuit court, and
| to certify and transmit such list I'M
mediately after making 1t to the county
clerk. in order that the county board !
may from such lists prepare the lists OF
grand and petit Jurors as required by
section 2527 of the Revised Statutes.
Be it further Resolved, That it shall
be the duty of the county clerk, on or
before the first Monday of May, Of each
year, to send by mail to the chairman of
the board of supervisors of each town,
and to the mayor and aldermen of the
city of Mineral Point and of the city of
Dodgeville, proper blank certificates
upon which to make such returns.
On motion of Mr. Campbell the reso-
lutions " ere adopted.
The following was offered by Mr.
Smoker:
ResOloed, That there be, and hereby
is appreciated out of the monies due
Iowa county from the state on account
of maintaining chronic insane in the
Iowa county asylum, the sum of eight
thousand, three hundred and thirty-five
dollars and ffty-four cents, to be paid
to the trustees of the Iowa county In
sane Asylum for the support and main
tenance of the inmates Of said asylum, /
at such times and in such manner as this |
board may hereafter direct. That there |
be, and hereby is, further appropriated |
out Of said monies, the sum of four thous- !
and dollars, to be paid in the same man
ner 10 said trustees, for the support OF
the poor of Iowa county.
Be it further Resolved, That there be |
and hereby is, appropriated out OF the
county taxes levied at this session, when
collected, the sum of thousand dollars, !
to be paid to said trustees by the county |
treasurer as soon as collected, on the or
der of the chairman and clerk of this /
board, to be used by them in payment /
of their present Indebtedness, incurred /
for the support of said insane and poor.
Resolution laid over under the rules. /
The Committee on Equalization and 4
Assessment asked permission to retire
the value of city and village lots in the
town of Waldwick.
On motion of Mr.. Campbell the re-
quest was granted.
The above committee having returned /
and reported the correction made, asked
further permission to correct their re-
port in regard to omitted items in the
value Of personal property in the town
of Linden.
On motion Of Mr. Campbell it was
granted.
Mr. Frost in the chair:
Dir. Eewey called up the special order
on report Of Committee on superinten-
dents of the Poor account, and moved the
adoption Of thps report, which motion
prevailed.
The Committee on Equalization and
Assessment submitted the following as
their amended report, Mr.. Hoskins, Of
the committee, dissenting
To TIE BoAED SUPERVISORS OF Iowa coUsrr,