Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
NUMBER 40

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after which. on motion of Mr.. McFan,
board adjourned until o'clock p. NJ.
TUESDAY EVENING
Board called to order at 7:10. Roll
call, Quorum present. The chair
appointed the following committees.
non Finance otto Geiger. Cassviue. w. D.
Webb. Jas Edwards, c. p. Him. D. 4. PARK
Equalization Jacob Bremmer. j. j. Tobin.
f. f. Huntington Jas. Harvey J. b. JohnsoN
l.. Mutiey Friedrich He'll.
oficers Claims w. f. Lewis, j w Brad
bury @ w Stone, David Eastman f. +.
Burns
u General a,s,, Claims n i. coqns. 4. y. Knapp.
W A. wall, Il, ). Olmstead. r. N HoSkins.
Public Buildings Archie Brown Jas. Me-
Clusky, W II. Howdle Geo. w. Garthwaite.
]. W. Viktora.
Charitable INSTITUTIONS Geo. McFalI,
Adam kruel. j. J. Wenzel NJ. kirchberg
Edward Better, w. T. Briggs
Highways, Bridges and Ferries jacob
Shrake j. d Murphy. Alloys Grimm VIM
Wildman. VIM. Ward j. w. DeLap J. vos
berg.
County Roads II +. Huntington. Adam
kruel W + Briggs. VIM whitman, Jas
Mccormick.
:, Education J B. Bradbury E. f Burns,
II, =. Olmstead.
Printing j. B. Johnson Allows Grimm. A
Y. Knapp.
Town and County Organization ]. J. Tobin.
las McClusky VIM Ward J. W. Viktora, }.
j Nenzel
Ii was moved by Mr.. Stone and car
ried that committee Of four be APP
pointed ON officers claims, other than
the sheriff's claims.
Mr. ID. Il. Parker offered the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS At the November session of the
county board IN the year 1893, and at a spec
ial session thereof in the year 1894. commit
tees were selected of which H. b. Showaiter
was chairman, for the purpose of disposing
of certain real estate belonging to the county
of Grant, and for the further purpose of per-
fecttng settlement and also erecting Sher-
ifs residence, and
WHEREAS. Said committee did honestly
and faithfully discharge the work delegated
To them be it, therefore,
Resotced, That the board hereby extends to
said committees its deepappreciation for the
they dispatched the trust reposed in them.
Ordered to lie over.
Mr. Grimm offered a resolution re-
lating to the compensation of report
ers, as follows:
ResoI0ed. That no compensation be allowed
TO newspaper reporters, editors or proprie-
Alloys GRIMM
Ordered to lie over.
Petitions were offered as follows;
PETITION ore. II. : \. RAILWAY 90.
TO THE COUNTY BOARD or SUPERVISORS or
Your petitioner the q. Il. q n. R,y Co. byJ
w Losey its attorney respectfully shows 70
your honorable body.
mat your petitioner the G. ID. & II, R'yco
is now and for more than ten years last past
has been a railroad corporation organized
and existing under ana BY virtue OF the laws
of the state of Wisconsin.
81 Thatyouf petitioner owns and uses and has
owned and used for more than two years last
past exclusively and necessarily for rail-
road purposes the following described land
in Grant county. Wisconsin, as right Of way:
A strip of land 300 feet wide, being 100 feet
on each side of the center line of the main
track Of your petitioner as now laid across
lot Of section s Of town 2 range 3
A strip of land 1850 feet wide. being 100 feet
on the east side and 30 feet on the west side
of the main track of your petitioner as now
laid across lot : Of section & in town range 5;
A stripe land 100 feet wide. being 100 feet
on the north side and 30 feet On the south
side Of the center line Of the main track OF
your petitioner as now laid across lot OF Sec
ton 8 in town ,, range 3;
Lots 3 6, and 10 of block ,. and lot / of
block 10 Of the village Of La Fayette. in see
ton Of town 2, range 3 east OF the station
grounds
That the county treasurer Of Grant county
has given notice that on the 2ist day OF NAV
1899 he would sell for taxes. interest and
charges due thereon for the year 1894, the
above described real estate. That the above
described real estate being right of way and
station grounds pursuant TO the provisions
of paragraph IA of section OBS Of Sanborn &
Berrymans Annotated Statutes of Wiscon-
sin, is exempt from taxation.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that your
honorable body pass resolution RENTING
tina tax of 1894 on the above described real es-
tate owned by your petitioner and declaring
said lands exempt from taxation for said
year and instructing the assessors of the
towns in which 1t is located to mark it ex-
empt from taxation on the tax rolls of such
towns. O.. Ii. Il n. R'Y Co,
BY J. w. LosEY. General Attorney.
Dated November Z 1893
Referred to committee on county
roads.
PETITION TO RESTORE WOLF BOUNTY.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD or SUPERVISORS
or CHANT COUNTY:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES petitioners. resident
freeholders of said county respectfully rep
resent that ever since the removal Of the
bounty on wolves by your honorable board
and at the present time the number of wolves
has largely increased and is still increasing
in said Grant county and that such increase
Is directly attributable to the removal of
such bounty; that such increase Is now mem
Continued next week.