The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-21
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.

Several importsnt Measures Before the Board
For Cons otrston.
The board oi supervisors oi the couu-
ty of Iron were in session, Tor the second
>fime this year. At the court house, last
WThursday. " IL the policy OF the board
10 hold ~ few sessions ns possible, n-
the expense incurred 10y lrcquent sessions
IL considerable There were present 40
this meeting the following supervisors
Bennett, OF Mastodsn; Hollow, OF Crys-
tai Falls Forsherg of Bates; McKinnon,
Of Iron River; Crippen, Of Stambaugh Al;
aud Henley, Of Atkinson.
The greater portion OF tho time was
devoted 10 the auditing OF the bills that
had occrued since the last meeting.
Among the bills rejected or allowed IN
part were the following Iron county, To
the Village oi Crystal Falls; twenty fire.
men AT the county Jail, $4,000. Extra
clerk hire in the county treasurcr's
office S2I5 90; M. j. Lindsay work on
trensurer's books $4,000; and few
minor bills that We have forgotten. The
>sost important act Of the session was
10 providing Of funds with which to
defend the county in the suit brought by
Louis Webber, in the United states err
cult court, for extra compensation for
work and material used upon the court
house. AS we understand this suit,
Wcbher had a contract 10 build tive
court house at n certain price using
certain specified material. A short
time alter the const ruction was strnted
Me went To the building committee and
obtained consent 10 vary his plans
We understand that this change waf
favorable TO Wcbber After The work
was completed, he saw an opportunity
TO charge the county up with materla
and labor that was nccesstatcd 10y this
change but not called for IN the contract
The county board refused 10 allow The
claim and suit was started, h'st u
the state court, and afterwards trans
icrred tu the United States court ns MIR
Webber il nonresident. The cas-
hns been hanging fire FOR a long tim
and comes up for final bearing rex
month. twas the sense Of Che board tina
this case should be disposed OF this tim
40 that the county may be put to ~
more expense in the matter Their
beinp'no noavailnb'eca-hi in the treasury, n
the present time, n resolution empower
ing the county treasurer To boro'
.suficient money to deIray the expense
bi this suit was adopted
Anappropriation Of S2j.00 was mad
by the bonrd To help dcfrny the expense
oi the next county teachers institut
at Iron River.
Register 81 Deeds Jackson was beiol
the board in relation Go new Ian
entry book that he had arranged IL
while ut Marquette. Mr.. Jackson wa
sent to Marquette last spring To makesu'
additions TO thecousty records nswou
bring them up to date. lie found tha
as no entries had been made in the lar
entry book since 1890, il would
ebeaper TO have new book made
= the land Office whch will contain all I
entries up To date. BY sending this mo-
20 the land onice or by getting list
the entries made there, each year, a
entering them into this book the wo
can I've kept up here with very little
Denae. A resolution was adopted Q
powering the clerk To draw nn order
$40 90 20 pay Tor this book when IL
delivered.
A few matters oi minor ImportaI
wore before the board for considerable
that evening and the session wac finish
In time To let the members GET away
the morning train.