River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-24
loEFTcIAL
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Annual Session. Nov. Is, 1882.

The Board Of Supervisors Of Pierce
County met in annual session az the
County Office Building 10 the Village
Of Ellsworth at two o'clock NJ. and
was called to order by the Hon. II. B.
Warner. Chairman of the former
board
The roll of members was called and
the following Supervisors answered to
call:
Clifton, ii n Bascom; Diamond
Bluff. r. S Robson; Village of Ellis
worth. II b Warner; Town of Els
worth. Peter Murphy; I'll Psso. j NJ
Johnson; Gilman, John Thompson;
Hartlaud. A c Buettner; Isabelle.
r I'll Dodge; Martell. Thorsen;
Village of Maiden Rock, w w
W alsingham; Town of Maiden Rock
Peter Lewis; Oak Grove. b II Cor
ceran; City of Prescott. ID j Dill.
Edward KIose, z ID Fresse; River
Falls, A + Michael. L NJ White,
@ Il. Pratt; Town of River Falls,
Freeman II Lord; Rock Elm, Ira j
Smith; Spring Lake. L p Kelly;
Salem. C c Holt; Trimbelle, FRED
Severance; Trenton, o p Westfeld;
Union. David Persons.
A full Board present.
On motion the Board proceeded to
the election of a chairman by ballot.
Sup's. Corcoran and Walsingham
we're appointed tellers. The ballot re.
suited in the election of III b Warner
as chairman of the County Board of
Pierce County. for the ensuing year.
The rules adopted for the govern
ment of the County Board of 1891.
were adopted for the government of
this Board.
On motion the board took a recess
until seven o'clock p NJ.
At o'clock the Board again met
4 full Board present.
The chairman then announced the
following committees:
Finauee-Sup's ID j Dill, A L
Michael. l J Smith; Auditing-H n
Bascom. X S Robson, p Lewis; Roads
w w Walsingham. r III Dodge, G
G Holt; Building NJ johnson. A
G Buittner. o p Westfeld; Equaliza.
tiOn--F n Lord, b ii Corcoran. p
Murphy. S Thorson. aud ID Persons;
To settle with Co Clerk--F A Sever
anee. G L Pratt, John Thomp-
son; Jury List-Thos p Kelley,
Edward Klose. g G Holt; To settle
With Agents Of Poor-W w Walsing-
ham, p ID Fresse. o p Westfeld; On
Assessment and Collection of Illegal
Taxes--F NJ White. j NJ johnson. r
II Dodge; On Official Bonds--H B
Warner. + II Lord. A G Buittner.
Supervisor Lord offered the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED. By tho County Board of Super
visors vt Pierce county, that the Member of As
semhly for Pierce county and State Senator of
the 10th senate district be requested TO work
tor the amendment of chapter 36i of the laws OF
1891. so as to repeal the clause exempting Law
4 libraries and two hundred dollars worth Of
household furniture and other personal proper
ty"
On Motion accepted and adopted.
w i"Ao"4hs hSuioiiai W buC
Legislature was offered:
MEMORIAL.
To the Legislature OF the State of Wisconsin
asking tor constitutional amendment prohib-
ting the issuing ofrailroad passes to public
To the Hon. Senate and Assembly of the State
Of Wisconsin:
Your memorialist the Board Of Supervisors of
Pierce county res Pectfully represent: That the
practice of issuing railroad passes to members
OF the legislature has assumed such enormous
proportions and become such an evil that
remedy for il is urgently demanded.
Your memOrialists therefore urge upon your
honorable body 10 submit TO the people for
tasir judgment constitutional amendment
toTbidding the issuing Of passes TO state officers,
judges, aud members Of the legislature, under
heavy penalties for issuing or receiving such
passes.
And your mem orialists will ever pray
Ordered, That an engrossed copy OF the lore
going memorial be transmitted to the Senators
and Members of the Assembly representing this
county in the legislature of 1888. authenticated
with the signatures OF the chairman and clerk
of this board, with record Of the ayes and
noes taken on Its passage.
Ayes aud Noes called for. Memo
rial passed by % ayes to 2 noes as
follows: Ayes. Bascom. Warner,
Murphy. Johnson. Thompson, Buett-
ner, Dodge, Therson. Walsingham.
Lewis. Corcoran, Dill. Klose, Fresss.
Michael. Pratt, Lord, Smith, Kelley,
Holt, Severance, Westfeld and Per-
sons, C23). Noes. Sup's Robson and
White. (2).
On motion the Board then adjourned
until S o'clock A. NJ. Wednesday
morning.
Wednesday morning. Nov 16.
Board met at s o'clock. kell called.
A full Board present. Minutes read
and approved.
a recess was taken until 2 o'clock
pm.
At two o'clock the Board again
met. A full board present.
The following was offered by r FL
Dodge:
RESOLVED, By the Board of Supervisors Of the
1 County Of Pierce, that there be and is hereby
| appropriated to the township of Isabelle the
| sum OF one hundred (slOO) dollars for the pur-
i pose of assisting in cutting down the highway
/ through the sand hill north of the village OF
4 Bay City in said TO wn of Isabelle.
X. ii. DODGE, Chairman.
On motion the resolution was laid
| over.
The following from Sup Kelly was
offered:
! RESOLVED. BY the County Board Of Pierce