Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-11


man Davidson An Members Present - Shor'
Session Predicted "A Little "Reminiscences on Rirs
Assembling Of Bad AK Beard.
The county board of supervisors met
in regular annual session at the court
house at ten o'clock Tuesday, and was
called to. order by Chairman Davidson
of the old board. Clerk Marshall called
the roll and all members answered to
their names as follows;
Bergen-Chas. j. Mcclellan.
Christiana-E. b. Homstad,
Ciinton-Aiichael Brody.
Coon-Helge Larson.
Forest-C.J. Eastman. =
Erankltn-Torgor Rergey&s
| Gonoa-Chsrles Ott.
GreenwOod-Js f. Sbreve.
INSTRUMENTATION kapanke.
Harmony--J. l.. Ciawson,
Hillsboro-wiIiiam X. Jewell
| Jeferson-Truman Kendall.
kickapoo--Isiah Guist.
Liberty-Warren Fish
Stark-FsW Ericsson.
sterltng-J. VI. Vance.
Gnion-Joseph Haugh.
| NiroQua-Lars It. Larson,
Mebster-W II. Buchanan,
| Wheatland-Alex, Tullock.
| Whitestown-Yan 8. Bennett
| DeSoto Villege-R M McAuley.
| Hillsboro Viiiaga--F. /. Pinch.
| La Fargo ViliSc 81 Joseph Cowan,
Ontario VtilaFs-E. ". Sandon.
| Readstowp Vflage-C. W. Eowell,
Viola Village J. Fl. Shredder.
| Vestby lta1e-Jens Davidson.
ViroQua Cfty-First Ward. A. ID, Helgeson
Second Ward. J. Ii. Tate; Third Ward, Daniel
! Wise.
The chair stated that the first busi-
ness in order was the election of q chair
man. Supervisor Helgesen nominated
| Mr. Davidson to succeed himself, which
| 1aI ~ Gr1y.
and Mr.. Davidson was chosen unani-
mously and by acclamation. On assum.
| ing the position Chairman Davidson
very gracefully acknowledged the honor
! and assured the members that 1t would
be his aim to act impartially and ex-
pressed the hope that the session would
| be briei and business one.
By new law boards are authorized
! to alect vice-chairmen, who are to act
| in case of absence or incapaeity of chair.
man during the annual session or at any
time when his services are demanded.
For such vice-chairman Supervisor Eric
| son nominated Supervisor Pinch who
was chosen by acclamation
Chairman Davidson appointed com.
mittee of FIVE on rules composed Of Sup
ervisors Bennett, Berge. Pinch, Kendall
and Tullock
On motion of Mr. Bennett the board
adjourned till two o'clock.
On reassemblin MIR. Bennett, for the
committee, reported slight amendments
| to the rules OF last year, and the rules as
amended were adopted.
Chairman Davidson announced the
| following standing committees:
/ On neutrality-suspicious. Brody, Clawsln
| and Jewell.
ON Claim s-supervlsors Lars t. Larson.
Kendall anC Ericsson.
I On Finsncs-Supervisors Helgesen, Vance
and Berge.
On Ways aud kaans-Supervisors Haugh,
Tate, kapanke. OFT and Sandon.
On Roads and Bridges-supervIso HON.
stad, Bennett Buchanan Gnist and Schroed-
er.
Poor and Insane Supervisors Mcclellan,
Pinch and Eastman
Equalization-S supervisors Tullock, Heige
Larson, Wise Foweli and Oowan.
ON printing-Supcrvisors Fish, Shreve and
w Aaleys e8
On motion the board adjourned till
Wednesday at nine o'clock.
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There are fewer inexperienced men
on the board than usual. They are
Messrs. Shreve, Jewell, Guist, Ericsson
and Clawson, the latter representing the
town that his honored father served in
the same capacity years ago. 1t seems
old-fashioned to have Van s. Bennett
again circulate about the court houee,
after many years of retirement, He
served as chairman of that body repeat
edly II the past, his early work COM
mencing quarter of century ago.
Ex-Chairman Pinch, Eastman, Berge,
| OFT, McCauley and Sandon return to the
board after periods of short retirement.
Mr.. Mcclellan is the senior member in
present continuous years service. Mr..
Vance has served more years than any
Il an now member of that body. Sup
eryisor Fowell is the baby" of the board,
Torger Berge the solitary bachelor.
History tells us that the first meeting
of a board in Vernon (then Bad AK
county, was held in November, 1851,
and the only business performed was to
canvass the vote for county officers,
when it was declared that the following
were chosen Clerk, William s. McMich-
ael; sheriff, James S. Bailey; register of
deeds, Jacob Higgins; district attorney,
| Lorenzo A Pierce; coroner, Clement
| Spaulding; surveyor, Samuel McMich-
ael; assemblYman, Andrew Briggs The
| board consisted of AErsm Stiles and Pc
| ter LaMorse. At that time the county
was organized as one civil town, and It
appears that the members acted as both
town and county trustees, and frequent.
ly the board would meet as town trus-
tees. then organize themselves into the
board of supervisors and proceed to the
transaction of county business At the
meeting in 1851 taxes were levied, the
entire valuation of the county being
| $32, 697. In 1858 the board divided the
county into four towns Bergen, Jeffer-
son, Bad AK ahd Kickapoo.
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