Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-01-13
IOWA COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
Proceedings of the Adjourned Session.
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Proceedings Of the Adjourned Session.
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have not received any other sum or amount by
| virtue of my said Office for fines recognizances
or costs.
Dated Jan'y 9Th, 1893. ALDRo jerks,
,,au Ex-District Atty,
sworn, says that the foregaining report is true
and correct. ALDRO jerks.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day of January, 1893. CHAs. w. MCILHoN,
County Judge.0
The following report of Committee
and Dist. Attorneys accounts was read
and adopted:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
Your committee on the accounts of District
Attorney Register of Deeds and Clerk of
Circuit Court, would respectfully report thatwe
have examined the reports and books.and &C
counts of said officers, and find them correct.
We find that the Register of Deeds has no funds
on hand by virtue of his office. the District
Attorney since making his report in November,
1892, has received the sum of $11. 81 in the case
of the State against Herman Roth, and has
presented to us the receipt ; OF county Treasurer
urer. We find that that the Clerk of the circuit
court has on hand the sum OF thirteen hundred
amount he exhibited to US, and which amount
agrees with his report.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
DAVID WALSH,
THOS. JOHNS,
JAMES RYAN,
Committee.
The report of special committee APP
pointed to look into the over crowded
condition of the vaults Of county clerk
and clerk of court was read as follows,
and on motion was adopted:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County, Wis.,:
the last session of the board, to examine into
the condition of the vaults in the offices of the
County Clerk and Clerk of the Court, with a
view to SO arranging the records and papers IN
said vaults as to make more room therein
found on examining the same that the said
clerks question our right to remove any records
or papers from their offices, so we instructed
said clerks to get more shelves and arrange
things to suit themselves.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
January 6th 1893 OLE STEENsLAND,
john HS' W Sot GUM,
Committee.
the County Treasurer $4,000 for acting
as Asylum Treasurer was read and on
motion adopted:
is hereby allowed the sum of one hundred
dollars for services as treasurer of the poor and
asylum funds during the year 1892
The following report Of special COM
mittee on the petition Of III. G.. Folz
was read:
To the Honorable, the County Board of Iowa
County, Wisconsin:
GENTLEMEN Your special committee to
whom was referred the petition of Henry Folz
would respectfully report that Henry Folz
did not present his charges to this committee
until yesterday, and as there is no evidence be-
fore us to base an opinion on, except what IS
known to every member OF this board, we would
respectfully refer the matter back to the full
board for such action as they may think proper.
Dated this 18th day of January, 1898.
A. E. ARNEsoN,
JOSIAH WARD,
j. I'll. BILLINGS,
Committee
Mr.. Taylor moved that the report be
adopted and the petition be laid on the
table.
Mr.. Reese moved to amend by re-
ferring the petition to the Trustees of
Asylum. Carried.
Mr.. Taylor's motion was then
adopted as amended.
The chairman appointed Messrs.
Ryan and King to act on committee on
general claims on account of the alb
sence of Messrs. Coates and Jeuck.
The following report of the special
matter of tax certificates now in the
hands of the county was read and
adopted:
To the Board of Supervisors of Iowa County:
Your committee to whom was referred the
matter of considering the action advisable to
take in reference to the old tax certificates
owned by the county, do, hereby report that
after having examined the laws relating thereto,
and duly considered the present statute in all
its phases, have concluded and do hereby report
in favor of concelling all certificates of a date
prior to those isued in 1878.
We are led to so report because: First, they
are of particular value to the county being
barred by limitation ;second, the cancellation of
them will be the removal of what may be in
some sense regarded as clouds upon titles to
some of the lands in the county; third, their
cancellation would dispense with useless book
keeping on the part of the treasurer, and also
of work entailed by their existence upon
the committee annually appointed to settle
with said county treasurer.
We remark further that we have given
thought to the idea of selling them to the
highest bidder for lump sum, but considering
that such might possibly be productive of
litigation, we could but refuse to entertain
such idea.
Therefore, on the whole, we report in favor of
the cancellation of all tax certificates owned by
the county and bearing date prior to 1878, and
that the county treasurer cancelling the same
take credit therefor and duly report the same
to the county board of 1898 at their regular
annual session.
Dated Jan. 6, 1893 JOHN W. TAYLOR,
JOSIAH WARD,
sAM'1 W REESE,
1t appearing that there was def
cheney il the amount of county school
tax levied in several towns, the county
clerk was ordered to prepare all neces-
sary blanks for certifying the same to
the several town clerks.
The following report Of the COM