Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
County Government.
Proceedings of the Annual Meet
ing of the County Board.
(Concluded)
NUMBER As.

AOS o UAHE - W tAt ANHUdt n Geo
ing of the County Board.
(Coucluded)
FOURTH DAYS SESSION.
FRIDAY, Nov. IA, 1890.
8. all. Board called to order by
the Chairman, Mr.. Frost.
Roll called members al present.
Minutes read and approved.
The following communication was
read:
To the Board OF Supervisors of Iowa Co.. wis;
GENTLEMEN-l will publish and deliver ), 900
copies OF the board proceedings of this session
for the sum of S1l This gives at least one
third more copies TO the taxpayers of this
county thGn was given the last year. desire
an opportunity 20 bid upon publishing these
proceedings, Respectfully, NJ. ID. PEAvy.
On motion referred To committee
on official papers.
The following petition was pre-.
sented:
io the Honorable Board OF Supervisors of
Iowa county, Wisconsin.
GENrLEMEN;-At your November session In
the year 1889, one OF your number. Hon. Wm.
G. Meffert of Arena, took, 1t is publicly al-
legged, more for his services on the Board for
that session than he was entitled to take IL
has also been stated that Hons. j. w. Taylor, OF
Linden, James Jackson, OF Wuldwick, and j.
w. Rcwey, of Mflu, knew that such Melrert
was absent during q portion of the meeting of
said Board for tnat session and that he was
not entitled to the amount he got.
We therefore humbly petition that this BOnrd
now in session inquire into the aid IN ltter and
than said Hon. Wm g. Mcffert be given opper-
tuuity and that he he asked 70 eXplaiu the said
matter; nnd that said james jackson, of Wald-
wick, J. W. Taylor aud J. ". Rewey be given
an opportunity and he asked to explain ali they
may know of the atorcs lid grievance. Your
petitioners Further hnmbly ask that this petit
zion be not referred go a committee or other.
wise delayed; but that IL be considered by the
whole Board as a body, each member giving his
honest opinion and all the facts he indiv ually
knows pertinent to the Just aud honorable
determination of the matters herein presented.
IL Is not the amount OF the excess taken, If
any has been taken but that the principle
shalt ne established that no one Toy fiyarltism
get something for nothing out of the county
treasury. Your petitioners are each residents
ana TAX yers OF Iowa county, Wis.
NAMES.
William Williams, hdiey Williams.
VIVA. dickinson, Robert kinnear
Jatiirs Ntuuoar, Junn shannon,
John Buris. \, r. Webster
NJ. W. Fluch, Christ Johnson
j. r. chat, Peter MclD,lc
W. II. COliinywOod. l.. A. Far-eth
John Biikoy, Sr., John BilkoY. Jr
william N. howe, simon 4. Hurker,
JOhn Ruudcl, H. Berg,
John Martin, stephen Prdelux,
Thos. j, prileauX.
Mr. Gilman in tnr chair.
Remarks IN relation ID ab we peti.
ton were made 10y Mes-rs. Taylor,
Jackson, SmeIker, Frost aod Jones.
Mr.. 'rAl lor moved that the con
siderttlon of the petition be deferred
until the adjourned scsslpn Of the
board in January, which motion
prevailed.
The resolution by Me-. iloskins,
laid over At Yesterdays session. .yIa.
taken up.
Mr. Taylor moved to amend
that the clerk be instructed TO have
the abstract Of assessment published
in the official papers as designated
by this board.
Amendment carried, aud the res
olullon % amended was then
adopted
Mr.. Frost resumed the chair.
The following resolution was of
fered by Mr.. llosklns:
Resolved, That when this Board adjourns 1t
do 50 10 meet Thursday, January stu, A. ID.
1891, at o'clock p IN. of that day.
Adopted.
Mr.. kreuI submitted the follow
ing report;
10 the County Board; Your special commit
tee 20 whom was referred the matter OF APP
pointing official papers for the publication Of
the proceedings OF the board, do respectfully
report as follows.
That we have considered the plan of paying
papers on the hundred OF circulation. on the
whole consider IL inequitabe and not anala-
gOus 10 our state statutory provisions respect
ing legal rates Tor advertising,
We do therefore recommend that the Mineral
Point Democrat, Mineral Point Tribune, and
Dodgeville Chronicle be appointed and declared
the official papers Of the county, aud 10 be- paid
therefor at the rate of tweuty-liyc dollars to
each for publication of the proceedings Of the
annual sessions OF the board, together with all
reports aud data proper aud necessary, aud for
an adjourned session 1ttcen dollars
Ana we do furthcr recommend that the Eye
and star ana the DOdgeyille sun bg paid each
the sum OF sl25J, ana S53J Tor the like puhlica-
ton OF proceedings. Aud this we recommend
IN view of the fact that both papers are issued
| from one oilise aud the expense for the two Is
the same as Tor one OF the others.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
j. n. kREUL,
4. j. DOLAN,
JAS. l.. JONEs,
Committee.