Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-05

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On motion the board adjourned
until , O'Clock p. M, Thursday, Nov.
II, 1901.
E. S. RENNE, :
County Clerk.
GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, Nov. IA, 1901.
Court House, 2o'ciock, D. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Chairman
John Juno.
Roll was called and a quorum found
present On motion reading of minutes
was dispensed with.
Supervisor j. w. Cochran presented
a certificate Of his resignation from
the city clerk Of the city of Grand
Rapids, as supervisor from the Sixth
ward.
On motion same was accepted and
placed on file.
Supervisor James X. P. Hiles pre-
sented the following resolution:
Resolved, that the county board of
supervisors Of Wood county, Wiscon-
sin, suspend its rules and proceed now
to determine and fix the compensa-
tiOn of the supervisor of assessment,
and to elect a suitable person to
perform the duties of that office, as
directed and required to do by virtue
Of Chapter 455 of the laws of WiScon-
sin, enacted in the year 1901.
And be it further resolved, that the
compensation Of the supervisor of
assessment be, and the same is hereby
fixed at the sum of four dollars $4,000
per day, which shall include all ex-
penses. for each and every day actually
and necessarily spent by such officer
in the discharge Of his Official duties.
according to the terms and provisions
of said chapter AS, laws of 1901.
l move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution. JAMES X. p. HILES.
November u, 1901.
On motion the same was adopted.
1t was moved and seconded that no
compensation be fixed for deputy
supervisor of assessors.
Supervisor HileS moved that the
board proceed to elect a supervisor of
assessor by ballot, first ballot to be
informal, and that the chair appoint
two tellers. p
First informal ballot J. W. Cochran
received % votes, J. A. Gaynor re-
Ceived - votes, total SO.
1t was moved and seconded that the
Informal ballot be declared formal and
j. W. Cochran declared elected super
visor OF assessors for three years.
Carried
Supervisor Michael Krings a menu
Der of the judiciary committee, re-
ported favorable on the bill of Frank
Leltner for conveying Mrs. Leitner to
the insane hospital at Oshkosh $2O.5O.
On motion same was allowed.
Supervisor E. Eicksteadt, chairman
of the committee on town organiza-
ton, reported favorable on the ,ordi-
nance dividing the town of Dexter and
forming the new town of Eastork On
motion same was referred to the dis
trlct attorney to report to the next
meeting of the board on same, as to
being properly and legally drawn.
Carried. Supervisor w. D. Connor
moved that the name of Eastork be
struck out said ordinance and the
name of Hi1es inserted. Carried.
Supervisor E. P. Arpin, of the
special committee appointed on James
K. Dickey's to sell the county's anno-
tations for the revised statutes report
ed as follows:
We, the special connitte appointed
to consider the above proposition re-
commend that the county clerk be
authorized to purchase s sets of the
above mentioned annotations for the
following county officers and the sup
pl1nents to be issued annually: County
Clerk, County Treasurer, Clerk of
Court, County Judge, County Superin-
tendent, Sheriff, District Attorney and
Register of Deeds.
1t was moved to adopt the report.
1t was moved to amend the motion
to include sets for town, city and viii
lage clerks.
Roll was called OH amendment and
resulted as follows:
Ayes-Jos. Z. Arpi1, News, Hi1es,
Rowland, Bassett, Bell, Johnson,
Voight, Bean, Tal1ant, Hahn, Conner,
Juno, Feckheln, Krings, Eicksteadt,
Potter, Pitts, Cotey, Noltner, Davis,
Provost, Nc lavish, Thomas, Johnson
Mi1ler-28.
Nays-Berg, Om1nodt, E. P. Arpin,
Scott, Christensen, Mechler, Rausch.
Hooper-8.
Motion carried
Roll was then called on the original
motion as amended and resulted as
follows:
Ayes-Jos. Z. Arpin, News, Hiles,
h. Z. Arpin, Rowland, Bassett, Bell,
Johnson, Voight, Bean, Christensen,
Iallant, Mechler, Hahn, Rausch, Con-
nor, Juno, Feckheln1, krings, Hooper,
Eicksteadt, Potter, Pitts, Cotey, No1t-
ner, Mullen, Jackson, Davis, Provost,
Nc lavish, Thomas, Johnson, Ayers
So.
Nays-Berg, Onmodt, Scots.
It was moved that the district attor-
ney's attention be called to the case of |
Adolph krempin as reported by ex-
District Attorney Conway, in regard to |
investigating krempin's residence and |
also collecting property held by w. A.
Pors, as krenpin's guardian. Motion
carried.
Supervisor W. D. Connor presented
the following report.
To the county board. The commit
tee appointed by your honorable body
TO investigate a report with reference
to the purchase of maps of Wood county
beg leave to report. That said COM
11littee recommend that said map
be published and that said county
purchase of said Adam Pau1us one of
said maps of the best make on cloth
at four dollars each for each public
school room in said county and one
for each county office. The committee
recommend, however, that said map