The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
Annual Session OF the County Board
Begins at the County Building
This Morning.
SURVEYOR ALVIN BLOOD RESIGNS
Principal Business of the Session VIII be
Bridge. All Members Present.
(From Tuesdays Daily,)

The zero weather of the day had nc
effect on the loyalty to duty of the
members of the Kenosha County
Board and when Chairman Tiph
brought his gave1 down this morning
for the opening of the annual January
session every nembe of the Board was
in his place and ready for business.
The session promises to be one of
little interest and during the first two
meetings of the Board very little of
interest to the tax payers was brought
up. The usual number of bills had
been filed for the consideration of the
Board and the usual routine work will
be necessary to secure their allowance
and payment.
The old fight between the North
Western railway company and the
county has been revived by the pre-
sentation of petition from the man
ayers of the company asking that GER
tain tax certificates issued against the
property of the company be cancelled.
on the ground that the property men
toned in the certificates is not prop
erly taxable in the county. The prop
erty is located in the city and in the
town of Randall, and it is claimed by
the company that all of it is used for
railway purposes and under the law
should be exempt from taxation. The
amount in controversy is very small,
being less than $175, and for this rea-
son it is very probable that the PRAYER
of the managers of the company will
be heard and the certificates cancelled.
In the past few years the company has
been paying large sums of money to
the county for taxes and many pieces
of property formerly on the free list are
now being regularly taxed.
One of the surprises of the first meet.
ing of the session of the Board was
the presentation of the resignation of
Alvin H. Blood from his duties as
County Surveyor. InIhis resignation
he assigns no cause for this action,
but it is stated by members of the
Board that the office in recent years
has been very unrenumerative one
and hardly pays for the honor of hold
ing it. No candidates for the office
are in the field but a successor will be
selected before the close of the present
session Of the Board. Jason Lothrop,
who recently declined to accept anon.
ination for the office, is the .favorite
candidate among the members of the
Board, but it is possible that he will
decline to accept an election. Survey
ors are scarce article in this county
and it is possible that the office may
remain vacant for many months.
There are people in Kenosha county
who refuse to take good money when it
is offered to them, and this fact was
shown this morning when the County
Clerk returned to the County Board
| outla we'd and unca1led-for orders to the
extent of nearly a hundred dollars,
| These orders are three years old. and
In some cases it has been impossible to
find the men to whom they are ordered
paid. In other instances they have
been drawn to the order of we1l-known
citizens, but they have declined to &C.
cept the amounts. The orders will be
destroyed by FIRE by the Board later in
! the session.
The main point to be taken up dur.
ing the session is the making of an
appropriation for the construction of a
new bridge in the town of Wheat1and
on the line road separating Kenosha
and Racine. The Racine County Board
and the two Town Boards interested
have made appropriations, and the
County Board will be asked to provide
an appropriation of two thousand dol.
lars for the bridge. The estimated
cost of this improvement is eight thou,
sand dollars.