Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-02-19
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ever SO many policemen and things
and the buildings just seem as if
they are going to fall on you. He
states that he saw the Montgomery
Ward building which is $1,000 feet
or two miles high and the Masonic
temple, which is also quite high.
He says the squirrels that used to
play on the seth story window stills
of the Masonic temple are all frozen
to death. There is a theater going
on there this week and he is going
every night. A gentleman running
a fruit stand told him where the
opera house was. Lake Michigan is
frozen up and the ice has been haul
ed away by the ice man. The place
where it used to be now plated for
a fair ground. He writes that the
Chicago American is quite an enter
prising paper and they got out an
extra as soon as they learned he
was in town. Bananas are selling at
five cents per dozen and all the IL Ks
are pretty we'll There was a fire
alarm the first day Doc. was there
but the fire was over at the other
side of town and was nearly out
when he got to it, He tells me that
running to a fire in Chicago is diff
trent from running to one in Lam
caster on account of the street cars
and things. One man ran into an
automobile and never did get to the
fire.
A BILL PROVIDING FOR AN AMBULA-
TORY COURT IN GRANT CO., WIS.
Inasmuch as Chap. Is, L., 1901,
authorizes the County Court for
Grant County, Wisconsin, to hold
special terms at the city of Platte
vile, in said county; and
Inasmuch as a bill is now pending
before the legislature to confer up
on said County Court civil jurisdic-
ton concurrent with that of the Cir
cult Court, where the amount in con-
troversy does not exceed the sum Of
$4,000 and providing that said court
shall hold two terms per annum at
the city of Platteville; and
Inasmuch as the other cities and
villages in said Grant County are
equally entitled to become de facto
county seats; and
Inasmuch as said city of Platte
vile is constantly growing in i'm
portance, and will still be shy a SUI
preme court:
THEREFORE,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
Assemb-.y of the state of Wisconsin,
(the Platteville attorneys concur
ring),
Sec. 1. That said County Court
for Grant County, Wisconsin, be,
and the same is hereby constituted
an ambulatory court, with the con-
currenG jurisdiction aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Said County Court, sit
ting as a court of general jurisdic-
ton, shall hold two terms per an
mum in each town in said county
which contains city or village, in
corporated or unincorporated, of
more than twenty-four inhabitants.
Sec. 3. Each such city and vii
lage shall, during the time said court
shall remain in session therein, be
the county seat of said Grant COun-
ty; and it is hereby made the duty
Of the County Clerk Of said Grant
county, on or before the 31st day Of
June, in each year, to compile and
publish in neat book form, in small
plea type, conveniently indexed, a
list of all cities and villages in said
county in which said ambulatory
court will sit during the ensuing
twelvemOnth, with prospective date
Of each sitting, in order that the
citizens of said county may at any
time, by simple reference to said
compilation and publication, be en-
abled to find the county seat pro
tenapore and locate the county rec
ords.
Sec. 4. The expense of carting
the county records from place to
place shall be borne by the city or
village to which they may be re-
moved under the provisions of this
act, and in case of their destruction
by fire, flood, theft, rodents, mildew
or any cause whatever, while ac-
companying the aforesaid ambula-
tory court, it shall be the duty of
said county of Grant, within ten
days after written notice of such
loss, to furnish said court with a
complete new SET
Sec. 5. If, upon such destruction
and notice thereof, as aforesaid,
said county of Grant shall neglect
or refuse to provide such complete
new set within the time aforesaid