Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-15
Grant COunty'S Supervisors
Holding Their Annual
Meetin9.
CHAIRMAN LOWRY AGAIN CHOSEN TO
PRESIDE, A REVIEW OF THE
WORK DISPOSED OF UP
TO DATE.

lars on or before Feb. l. 1902, and
the balance, nine hundred fifteen and
$4,000 dollars on or before Feb. l,
1908, with interest on all deferred
payments at the rate of five per cent
per annum from May II, 1900.
Aud as further consideration that
said county should cause to be execu
ted and delivered to John 5. Gingrigh,
Harry Gingrigh and Anna &. Ray a
good and sufficient deed of conveyance
of the following described land situate
in Grant county. Wisconsin: All that
part of the east one-half of the south
east one-fourth of Section IL in town
4 north of range 3, owned by said
Grant county Wisconsin, excepting
therefrom the following described
tract of land containing twenty-eight
and $4,000 acres, viz: Commencing
at the southeast corner of. said sec
ton IL, running thence north on sec
ton line 20.09 chains to Lie section
corner, thence south So Is degrees,
west 775 chains. thence west parallel
with the south boundary of said Sec
ton IL, $50 chains to the is sec
ton line, thence south 1872 chains to
the southwest corner of the south
east one-fourth of southeast one
fourth of said section II, thence east
20.12 chains to the place of beginning.
The tract of land to be conveyed con-
tanning 1919 acres more or Jess.
To perfect the foregoing agreement
the chairman of this board and the
county clerk of said county should be
authorized by proper resolutions to
execute and deliver to the proper
parties a good and sufficient deed of
conveyance of the 1919 acre tract of
land from SAID Grant county, and
proper provisions should be made for
the payment of the remainder OF the
aforesaid purchaseprice.
An examination of the title of the
said Gingrigh land was made before
the papers were executed and the
title of said lands was found to be in
C. Gingrigh at the time of his death.
The conveyances taken to Grant
county are so taken as to convey to
said county all of the title to said
lands which the said c. Gingrigh had
thereto in his lifetime. All of which
respectfully submitted.
Dated Nov. y, 1900.
ED. NJ. LOWRY, Chm'n,
c. T. DICKINSON, County Clerk.
Mr.. Bremmer moved the Board pro-
coed to elect a chairman. Carried.
Mr.. Bremmer m )ved the Board pro-
coed to elect by reclamation. Car
ried.
Mr. Chandler moved Mr.. Lowry be
elected chairman.
Clerk put the question, which was
carried bv reclamation.
Mr. Jeffrey moved that Supervisors
and Leighton formulate IN
structions to the assessors of the
county relative to more just assess
ment of the taxes ia ire county, the
clerk to be authorized TO send such
to said assessors VIE he
sends out the assessment blanks.
Carried.
Mr.. Brown made the following re-
port from the committee on county
roads:
To the Honorable the Board Of Supercis-
Ors of Grant Co., WIS:
Your committee GU County Roads,
to whom was referred the petition of
Charley Becker and sixty-two other
free holders resident in the towns Of
Liberty and Ellen boro, Grant Co
Wis. praying Tor the laying out and
opecing of a highway in, aud through
a portion of each of said towns. be-
ginning at point IN Section 90 in
the town OF Liberty. and terminating
lt point on the Lancaster & Wash
burn road in Section 10. town Of
Ell-nDorn. in Grant county. would
report. that pursuant -
awful notice bS publication. proof Of
which j. bereupr1 attached: ayour
committee net on the thirteenth day
IF Dune. 1900 at 10 O'Clock a. M
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