Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26
Saturday Nov. 16, 1895. |
9 o'clock a. III. I

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Board met pursuant to adjournment and was
called to order by the Chairman. Roll called and
quorum present.
Vim. Hooper, chairman of committee on
Illegal Taxes, reported that the bill of E. T.
Harmon 5000 for illegal tax certificates out
laWed as statutes of limitation had expired on
certificates On motion the bill was rejected.
Carried.
The matter of fixing salaries forcounty officers
was brought up. The Finance committees report
was re-read:
Moved and seconded by J. W Cochran to
amend the recommendation of the committee Oh
Finance as to salary of Clerk of Circuit Court,
from and after first Monday in January 1897,
follows That the salary of the clerk of the circuit
court be and the same is hereby fixed at the
of Six Hundred Dollars per annum and the same
to be in lieu and place of all fees ant. charges
against Wood county except per diem for himself
and deputy while in attendance upon Circuit
Court If the salary is accepted, there shall be
other charges made allowed against Wood
county by the clerk Of the circuit except such
fees for per diem attendance upon circuit court
he may be lawfully entitled to receive. And IN
the Clerk desires to take his fees there shall be
no salary.
On motion the resolution was adopted
Geo. L. Williams introduced the following
resolution amendment to the Finance
committees report on salaries:
Be it Resolved that the resolution with regard
to salaries of county officers be amended so to
provide that the salary of the County Clerk after
the first Monday in January 1897 shall be $14OO
year and no allowance shall be made for add1-
tiona services.
On motion the resolution was adopted
The Finance committees report as amended
a1l1C ol,,+iC
by the following vote:
Ayes-Bowden, Baker, Cochran, Coon Chris
Jensen, Ever, Hearted, Huer Hiles Hooper, Tones
Juno, Kopf, Kashed, Korth, Mullen, Nash
Phillips, Sampson Schnable Searles, Scheynock,
Upham Vedder, Wood M. B., Wood c. H. Total
Nays-Cady Williams, Wheelan, Smith, Total
|. NJ. Nash moved and John Schnable second
ed the motion that after January LIST, 1897 the
sheriff be allowed only soc per day for board of
prisoners instead of 75c as at present The roll
was called and resulted as follows
Ayes-Arpin E. p, Bowden, Baker, Cochran
Christensen, Kopf Kalshed Nash, Phillips, San1p-
son, Schnabe, Uphan Vedder Wheelan, Wood NJ
B., Wood c. II. Total 16.
Nays-BroWn, Coon, Cady, Ever, Hearted,
Huer, Hies, Hooper, Jones' Juno Korth, Mullen,
Searles, Scheynock. Total Il.
The motion was carried.
Jacob Searles, chairman of the committee on
Roads and Bridges, read the following report
Grand Rapids Wis, Nov. 10, 1895.
To the Honorable County Board of Wood
County, Wis.
We the undersigned Road and Bridge
committee appointed by you would recommend
in the matter of the petition resolution presen-
ted by the town of Remington asking for aid to
the amount of Two Hundred dollars for the
purpose OF repairing Highway along the right
OF way OF C., M. ST. Paul Railway on the Hemlock
creek bottoms, Said highway running between
Centralia and Babcock, being in Sec. 49, town q,
range ;. That the sane be allowed and expended
that road under the direction Of the town
board of Remington.
And in the matter of the resolution presented
by the city of Pittsville asking that the sum of
Two hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to
be expended the road and bridge between
Section No. % and 80, %, So 27 and 81 town
%, range 4, be allowed on the completion of said
road
And we would recommend that the resolution
presented by the town of Grand Rapids for aid
towards building bridge across the Four Mile
creek where it is crossed by the Portage road that
the bridge has been completed at a cost of about
$500 (sx hundred dollars); and that the money
be placed at their disposal
Also that the resolution asking for aid of $3.50
1.-TWO hundred fifty dollars) towards building a
bridge across Hemlock creek in the town of Seneca
be allowed the road is completed to
said creek. This last resolution being allowed at
the session held Feb 10Th, 1895.
ACOB SEARLS,
ED WHEELAN
FRANK SHANOCK,
{. H WOOD.
Report of committee adopted.
The Judiciary committee failing to report upon
F A. Cadvs resolution regarding printing for the
he +haf md