Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-24

Mr.. Hale requested that only those
giving Information as to the payment OF
salary be read.
Clerk proceeded to read letters.
On motion Board adjourned to $50
Thursday morning.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Board call to order st S:45.
Roll call. Quorum present.
Wednesdays journal read and sp-
proved.
j. Schreiner offered the following
petition from the city of Lancaster:
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Grant
County.
Supervisors Of the town Of Lancaster, Grant
co.nty, Wis, respectfully represent that the
city OF Lancaster has this season bU,lt and paid
for an iron bridge in said city and town across
the stream crossed by the road running east
from the main Plstteville and Lancaster road
past the cemetery; that the total cost of said
bridge was $5S5. Your petitioners therefore pray
that the County Board Of Supervisors approprl,
ate one-half the cost OF said Improvement, TO be
paid to said town after committee fuly author
lied TO act for county to inspects the improve
ment. JOHN SCHREINER,
THOMAS TUCKWOOD.
Referred to Committee on Highways,
Bridges and Ferries.
Chair announced that presenting Of
resolutions were now in order.
Resolution appropriating $4,000 for
highways and bridges was brought up
for consideration.
j. Schreiner moved the adoption of
the resolution.
Il. Grimm called for a aye and nay
vote, and the clerk was instructed to
call the roll, which resulted in vote of
&c for, to 16 against the adoption of the
resolution.
Chair announced that there being a
majority in favor of the resolution, the
same was therefore adopted.
Mr.. Edwards. chairman of the print
ing committee, requested the privilege
to withdraw resolution presented the
previous session, which was granted.
Mr. Scott stated to the Board that
Trustee Herman Grimm's term of office
would shortly expire, and moved that
trustee be elected in his stead. Car.
ried
G. p Him moved that Mr.. Grimm
be reelected by reclamation.
Mr.. Edwards stated that he thought
it would be proper if report were pre-
scented before new member was elected
Mr.. Schreiner said that it was prob
ably customary to present report before
electing new member, but could not see
that it made any material difference.
j. w. Murphy sustained Mr.. Ed
wards, and said thst motion to elect
was out of order.
j. Schleinor moved that the matter
be laid over until evening.
Mr.. Him withdrew his motion, and
report of trustees was presented by Mr..
Scott
Mr.. Edwards moved the adoption of
the report. Carried.
The chair then brought up motion to
elect Mr. Grimm by reclamation, which
was unanimously carried.
Mr.. Edwards moved to reconsider
the trustees report, and explained that
a large sum of money was due from the
state which had never been paid, and
that the people were under the errone-
Gus impression that a large surplus was
on hand, and that committee of three
be appointed by the chair to investigate
said matter Carried.
Mr. Edwards then moved that his
former motion to adopt report be laid
on the table. Carried.
The chair appointed Messrs. Edwards,
Armstrong and Schreiner as COM
mittee to whom trustees report was
referred.
On motion of j. Schreiner an adj
journment was AIKEN to p. M.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Board called to order at 7:l0
Roll call. Quorum present.
Mr.. Springer presented the following
petition from the town of Ellenboro:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Grant
County.
Your petitioners, members of the Board of
Supervisors Of the town of Ellenboro in Grant
County, state of Wisconsin, respectfully repre-
sent thai the town aforesaid has voted TO build
and repair bridges in said town as follows: One
ahutme at Boyd's bridge, and repair the King
and Moses bridges on Platte River in said town,
and to rebuild other bridges destroyed by the
flood Of 1892 and that The Town has provided one
half of total cost of said improvement and that
the total costhereOf will be more than one fourth
Of one per centum of all the property in said
town, according to the last equalized valuation
in said town. Your petitioners therefore pray
that the County Board of supervisors viii appro
pirate one-half the cost of said improvements
and appoint committee duly authorized to act
for the County in accordance with Sec. 1919 of
Sanborn il Berryman's Annotated Statutes Of
Wisconsin. The estimated total cost of said
Improvements is 5000.
G. II. SPRINGER,
PETER QUICK,
L. S. BRADLEY.
Supervisors of the Town Of Ellenboro
Rafprred IN nomr1ittaa IN H,orhuovc