River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
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Pierce:
State of Wisconsin.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank, of the City of River Falls, County
of Pierce and State of Wisconsin, hereby
proposes and makes offer that if said
bank be designated depository of the
County funds of Pierce County for one
year from the first day of January next
it will pay two per cent interest on daily
balances, that said interest will be COM
puted and credited to the county each
month, and that said deposits and ac
crued interest will be held subject to
draft and payment at all times on de-
mand, that the said bank will furnish
bond as required by section 693 r. S. Wis.
$685. and will fulfill all other provisions
concerning said trust as are or may be
required by law. (Signed)
G. w. CHINOOK, President.
G. WIGER, Cashier.
Dated at River Falls, Nov. Z, 1902.
On motion the Board adjourned until
this afternoon at o'clock.
WEDNESDAY,, 2 P. M.
AT o'clock P. M. the Board met again.
Roll called, a full board present. Journal
read and approved.
Resolution to appoint Educational Com
mittee accepted and adopted.
ton, composed of three members, be
added to the list of standing committees
of this Board.
MIKE FOX.
Resolution accepted and adopted.
The Committee on Illegal Taxes report
ed on the Harnsberger land matter as
follows, which report was accepted and
adopted:
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Pierce County.
At the regular annual meeting of the
Board of County Supervisors for A. D.
1902.
Your committee on assessments and
collection of illegal taxes, to whom was
referred the petition of Lewis M. Harms
berger, praying for quitclaim Decd to the
southwest quarter of the northeast quar-
ter of section IA, Township 26, Range 20,
to clear the title thereto of cloud, occa-
stoned through the wrongful sale thereof
for taxes. in the year 1866, having exam
ined the records and evidence in said
matter, find: that the tax of 1865. for
by said Harnsberger January 18th, 1866,
and he holds the receipts of the Town
Treasurer therefor which was produced
and shown us. That said tax was wrong
fully returned, and said sale illegally
made. and the tax deed issued thereon,
wrongful; that said Harnsberger present
ed said receipt to the County Clerk as is
shown by the sale book in his Office that
the county undertook to correct said
error, and in fact redeemed from the
then holder Of the tax deed title, but by
mistake or inadvertance the Quitclaim
deed executed as release, was made to
the county by name, instead of to the
owner That ever since, State, County,
and other taxes have been assessed and
collected against said HarnSberger on
said land, as owner thereof. And that
claimed
of said land: and said Harnsberger has
during all of said time been in the actual
possession of said land as owner. That
the only effect of said Quitclaim deed is
to cloud the title of record. to the in
jury of the owner. Therefore, we recon-
mend that the clerk be instructed to exc
cute on behalf of the county and deliver
to said HarnSberger such form of quit
claim as will clear said record title of
such cloud.
A. F. BLIEsNER,
L. HEALY,
D. MURRAY.
Committee on Illegal Taxes.
The report of the superintendent Of the
poor farm was read and referred to the
committee to settle with the poor agents.
On motion the Board adjourned till
o'clock tomorrow morning.
THURSDAY, NOV. 10.
Board was called to order pursuant to
adjournment. Roll called. Full Board
present. Journal read and approved.
The special committee appointed to con-
slider the resolution relating to building a
pest house reported as follows:
To the Honorable the County Board of
Pierce County:
Your committee to whom was referred
the resolution of Supervisor Ottman, re-
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by the county, respectfully report, that
we have had the matter under conSidera-
ton and after due elaboration thereon
have determined that in our judgment
the erection of such a building by the
county is not advisable.
And as reasons for our determination
we would say
county to provide such a building because
it would be too remote for the use of the
towns lying on the border of the county.
Second. That several of the towns and
cities have provided buildings of this
kind at their own expense and that it
would be unjust to them to incur the
expense of such a building, thus incur
ring to them a tax on both the county
building and their own.
Third That in case of contagious dis
eases it frequently occurs that the dis
ease is too far advanced for safe re-
moval of the patient before its nature is
fully determined and in such case it be-
" and that it is then more economical
to care for the patient at his own home
than to do so at a building specially pre-
pared for the purpose.
Fourth. The Statutes (Sec. 1416 Of the
Revised Statutes) imposes the duty of
providing accommodation for patients
suffering from contagious diseases upon
the boards of health of the respective
municipalities where such disease occurs
and such liability would not be avoided
even if the county should possess such
building.
JOHN CARLSON
S. P. ROATCH,
J. FREAS,
T. w. TAFT,
MARK MOFFATT
Committee
On motion the above report was ac-
copied and adopted.
On motion the chair appointed the fol-
lowing special committee to examine into
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