Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21


er's account, respectfully submit the follow
We have carefully examined the books in
the treasurer's office, compared vouchers
with same and find his account correct in
every particular.
| The amount OF money on hand Is Ss74sS5,
which we have counted and found correct.
We herewith present to you for destruction
! the County, Asylum Poor Fund and Soldiers
| Relief orders, also Court and Scalp certif-
Gates, paid by the treasurer amounting in
! all to s37 ,!31 30. JOHN GUM
| JOHN JACKSON
| CGILLaANN
Committee
Dated at Dodgevllle, November Is, 1895.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor, the report
was adopted, and the cancelled vouch-
ers were destroyed by burning in the
presence of the board.
The committee on accounts of dis
trict attorney, register of deeds and
clerk of court presented the following
report
TO the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Iowa County. Wisconsin,:
Gcntlemen--YOur committee appointed on
| the accounts OF District Attorney, Register
| of Deeds, and Clerk OF the Court would re-
! port AS follows:
The District Attorney has received no fees
but received one hundred fifty dollars in
case! state vs. Conway, which he paid TO
Nellie Longseth and took her receipt In set
| Element or said case.
| We examined the record Of Register Of
Deeds on the records OF births, marriages
and deaths. Number OF deaths, 1898; births,
81. All the doctors have reported except
| llr. Clarke, of Mineral Point, DR.. Mix. Of
| Highland, and Hiram Day, of Moscow. We
! find the books and other things In good run
ming order.
We have examined the report Of Clerk of
Court ana lind II to be correct, showing
mortgage of $3.50 IN Trust fund of vii
liams vs. Vnrcoe; note and mortgage in Trust
fnnd OF Mel Tor eta vs. Batten ctal S2700;
and in bank certificates s5lOG.T5. Total
amount in clerks hands S965G75.
| All Of which Is respectfully submitted.
W ROBERTS
" BALIERUD
DAVID WALSH
Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Arneson, the re,
port was adopted.
The Telephone Cos proposition was
again taken up, and Mr. Rewey offered
the following resolution and moved its
adoption as "A substitute, to-wit
ReSolrcd, That the sum of money, not to ex.
coed 800 in ADDITION to the amount appro-
priatCd one year ago, be set apart for the
purpose of erecting II telephone line, together
with NIL necessary fixtures, between Dodge
vi lie aud the Iowa County Insane Asylum, Inc
| Office In D0dgeVille to be IN some convenient
place in the city Of Dodgevllle, to be situated
later.
Motion lost.
Mr.. q. r.. McAfee, secretary of the
Telephone Co., was granted permission
to address the board
On motion of Mr.. Pearce, further
consideration of the matter was post
poned until the afternoon session.
The committee on equalization and
assessment asked for further time, and
on motion of Mr. Rewey they we're given
until seven o'clock this evening to com
plete their report.
The resolution offered byW A. Jones,
to establish a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the asylum bonds, was then
taken up, and the motion for it's adop-
ton was defeated by the following vote:
Ayes Messrs Bollerud, Carter, Dave,
Gum, w. A. Jones, Powell, Pearce,
Roberts-S. Nays Messrs. Arneson,
Day, Egan, Gilman, JAS l.. Jones,
Jackson, johnson, Knight, Lewis,
Mess, Osborne, Rewey, Taylor, Walsh
IA.
On motion, the beard adjourned I'M
til , p III.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Up III. Board met and was called to
order blythe chair
A petition of citizens of Pulaski and
Clyde, asking for aid for cripple, was
presented, and on motion of Mr.. Gum,
was referred to the Supts of the Poor.
Tho official bond of Ole Steensland,
rs Trustee of the Asylum, was pre-
scented and referred to the committee
on bonds and salaries.
| The committee on publishing pro-
ceedings of the board reported as fol.
lows
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
county, Wisconsin:
| Your committee ON publishing proceedings of
! your b,dy, do hereby recommend that the
Dodgryllr Chronicle, the Mineral Point Tribune
| and Mineral + int Democrat, Dodgcvillc SUM-
| tho Highland Press, and the South West Wis
consin he authorized to publish the proceedings
Of this board at twenty-five (25) dollars each for
| tho annual session and Fifteen 90 dollars each
for publishing the proceedings of the adjourned
| session.
| Further, your committee recommend that the
proposition of As. ll"arn, to print, bind and
| deliver one hundred copl' i'll pamphlet form of
tho proceedings of the board, together with
| rules, etc, for the sum of fourteen Ga dollars,
and for the adjoutnnd session to print and bind
| in like manner one hundred copies of the pro-
crrd,ugS of both sessions for tho further sum of
| six dollars, bc accepted. JOHN DAVE,
j. W. REWEY,
PIP. EGA>,
Committee.
On motion of Mr. Arneson, the re-
port was adopted.
The committee on roads and bridges
presented the following report, which
was ordered placed on file:
Tho Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County, Wis.
GENrLEMEN: Your Committee on Roads and
Bridges would respectfully report that there
has been no matter brought before us, and for
that reason we have no recommendations to
make. Respectfully submitted,
\. T.. ARNESoN,
| THOMAS DAY,
| JuHN JACKSON,
Committee.
The following communication from
the County Treasurer was read
COUNTS TREAsuRERs OFFICE.
DuDGENILLE. WIS, Nov IA, 1873.
To the county Board OF Supervisors of Iowa
County, Wisconsin.
GtNrLtME<: | would Respectfully report
that the State Treasurer in RENTING 10 me