Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-22
FIFTH DAYS SESSION.


adjourned till : a. m. to morrow.
FIFTH DAYS SESSION,
SATURDAY, Nov, L. Sa, m.
Board called to order by chairman,
Roll called members all present
Minutes of yesterday evenings SEES
sion road and approved,
MIR Horn offered the following rcSolu-
ton;
nopuENurE, WIS, Nov, 10, lNN.
l." the t"norahlc Board ot Supervisors" t Iowa
County, Wisconsin,
GENrlENEN 4 hcrchy offer the following
resolutions
E,sojrrd, That this county board name a
suitable person to act as county purchasing
agent tor che county court house, who rs To huy
all articles needed Nuuuud salt court house,
such US coal wood, hruoms, otl, soap, etc,
and all such other articles used arouQd said
court house, except the Stauourry, blank books,
and Othrr materials nov furnished 10y the cuuu.
ty clerk uudor "a former resolution,
N,m,v,i That tho person su uRmCd shall
also act us jauttor vt said court house aud that
he shall keep tho huildiug clean and ia guud
shape Nsu, tho yard around the court house
shall I've kept cloau from alllraves, rubbish, ctc,
and that said jaultor shall swear to all bills
against said county for goods gOttCu Ivy him
uCtOro tho county ClCrk issue an order Tor tho
raNmcnt ot same Ivy ihr county treasurer
Resolved, That tho salary Tor the porsOu PR
forming this labor Tor SRld county shall not I've
to exceed SN 90 per month"; aud that tho one
hundred dollars Now allowed tho ghCriN for
kvNplug thu yard and court house, and looking
after tho same, TN applied towards paying the
salary Ot said laultor and kept FROM the COM
iqDl.
E.2ulryd, That the selection of thu aforesaid
purchasing aEant aud iauttor I've lott 10 the
chairman of the county board tur him to make
SAID appointments SAID appointment to ho rc-
Nohrd at tho discretion Ui said chairman at ANY
umc. And the person so uUmcd shall not hold
j WUoNE.
After some discussion, ON motion of
MIR. Taylor, the further consideration
of the resolution was postponed until
Tuesday, Jan. Sth, 1901, at > p, m.
The committee on finance and taxa.
ton presented their report AS follows;
To tho Honorable Board uf Supervisors OF Iowa
County,
GrNrr,uurN Your Committee on Finance
aud Taxation respectfully submit thctr report
as follows We rccommrul that the following
amounts ho levied aud distributed according tu
law for the taxes of Iowa county Tor the conn
ing year, To wit;
statotux....................... I6da6 30
support OF patients in Wisconsin homo
fer FOchlC Minded ..... ..,......... W2 ~
support or pattonts in state Hospital
for Insane. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..... al Q2
County school tax ..,......... ... NO2i -
County Superintendent salary aud oN.
pcu,rs .'.... .... .......,...'......... OnO On
Interest ON asylum bonds ............... llOU 90
County tax .............. ............. 1890 90
We also recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing rcsoluttuns
R,sDlrrd That there ho and hereby ~ ug-
scsscd and lowed upon the taxable property Of
Iowa county tbs sum Ot sixteen thousand, six
hundred and twonty-siN dollars and Nftyuino
cents rs a state tax,
Rcaolrcd. That thcsum of three hundred aud
uiuety.twu dollars and two cents bo levied and
assessed upon the taxable property Ot Town
county TO nay for the support of patients In the
Wisconsin Homo for Feeble Minded,
Rcsoiurd That the sum of four hundred and
Fovonty-ono dollars and ninrty.twu cents ho
levied and assessed upon the taxable property
of Iowa county to pay the support of patients
in state Hospital for Insane,
RcaOlrCd, That the aum of nine thousand aud
twcnty-four dollars and twonty.eight cents toe
levied and assessod upon tho taxable property
OF Iowa county as county school tax,
Roaoircd That the sum of nine hundred dol
lars loo levied and assessed on the taxable
property of Iowa county (Mnornl Point city
cKcoptod) tO pay the salary aud Cxprnsos of
County Superintendent of Schools,
HrSOirCd, That the sum OF tittgCu hundred dol
lars bc levied and aascescd upon the taxable
property OF Iowa county to pay interest on
Iowa County Asylum bonds.
RcsDircd, That there bn aud IL hereby lowed
and assessed upon the taxable property OF Iowa
county, as a general county tax, the sum of ak
teen thousand five hundred dollars,
RcsDirCd, That thore be aud E hereby levied
and assessed upon tho taxable property of Iowa
county n tax OF onc-tenth and two.tcnths OF one.
tenth Of mill ON the dollar, for the purpose ot
creating fund, for the relief of INDECENT or
needy suldors and sailors and the INDECENT Or
needy wyes, widows mothers and minor chill
drcn Of INDECENT or deccnscd soldiers and sailors,
to be distributed according to law.
Respectfully submitted, IHos y Copy,
j, II, EAUhN,
j. T PAUL.,
Committee.
MIR. Taylor moved that the report be
adopted
Mr.. Horn moved to amend thoreport
by adding $500 TO the county tax.
Motion lost.
The roll being called the report WAS
adopted by "A unanimous vote.
Mr. Frost offered the following reso.
luton:
Rcsoited That the chairman Of county
board, county clerk and county ttonsurof be
empowered 10 borrow money for county pur-
poses, il IL becomes necessary before tho next
November session OF Board ), FROST
On motion Of Mr.. Bergman, the
resolution was adopted.
The report Of the committee on AS.
sessment and equalization was then
taken up and on motion Of Mr.. Taylor
the report was adopted by the follow
ing vote: Ayes, "a
On motion of Mr.. Rewey the Board
took recess until 10 o'clock "A. m.
lOa. III. Board called TO order
The committee on bonds and salaries
presented the following report, which
was adopted.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Town
County, Wisconsin,
GENTLEMEN Your Committee on Bonds and
Salaries respectfully report ns follows That
We have carefully examined the bonds Of Bopia-
min Thomas, County Clerk, David v. jacobs
County Treasurer. Alfred 4, tretncy, Register
Of Deeds Thomas Gibbon. Clerk 81 Circuit
Court, Joseph J Fielder, District Attorney
Robert H. Joiner County Surveyor, Frank W.
Metcaif County superintendent OF Schools, J.
W Rewey, Trustee ~ the Asylum and supt. of
the Poor, Henry ID. janice, Sheriff, aud The
Dodgeyills Bank, aud found tho same correct
In every respect and approved Thorn.
GEO q Cox,
j. WATkfNs,
y. NJ GHFTITHs
Committee,
The committee on general claims
reported AS follows:
To the County Board Of Iowa County
GgNrLEsEE Your committee on general