Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

property as returned Oy ass rs O,9oo,ooo w
AS equalized by the com. 1864 452 %
Total value of lands and i'm -
provem'nt as ret'rned by ass'rs 25,0309O5 O0
AS equalized by the com. 29,5437lo w
Total val of city and village lots
as returned by assessors 4645,39l w
AS equalized by the com 5,172O08 w
Grant total as r't'rned by ass'ors 31.827 $50 90
!" /" eQualiZed by COM 30 ,508, l67 w
Personal property we have equallzed as
follows:
Horses Horses pei. head 81 ii .aes go 30 GO 60
Mules and asses .........-.......... so 90
Sheep and lambs .-.-..-..---.-----.- 20
Swine. .-.. ~
Wagons, carriages and sleighs.... IT so
All other personal property we havel lett
as returned by the several assessors
(Signed by the Conn
Mr.. Kelley presented the following:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant
Co., Wis.-We the undersigned supervisors
of the town of Woodman in Grant county,
would respectfully set forth that said town
in addition to levying the usual highway
taxes, did at the last annual town meeting
held in said town vote to raise special
highway tax of two and half mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation OF said
town tor the construction of permanent
highways in said town in accordance WIN
chapter 312 Wisconsin laws 1901 for the
purpose of macadamiZing the following
described highways: The main travelled
highway leading from the village of Wood
man TO MT Hope in section 27 and on the
main Travelled highway Leading from the
village of Woodman to village of Werley
through section %, and on main traveled
highway leading from the village of Wood
man to the city of Boscobel in section -,
the same has been properly g era S,,s at
special highway tax so levied, and to be
raised by said town will amount to the
sum of $8O8.2s, and we therefore petition
your honorable body to levy like amount
on the taxable property of said county to
aid the said town in constructing, perman-
ent highways therein as provided Tor IN
oh nfa
Dated this 18th day of Nov 1903.
(Signed by Board.)
On motion of Mr.. Jeffery the re-
port was adopted.
The report of the comm ttee on
sheriffs claims was presented as fol
lows:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant
Co.. Wis-Gentlemen Your Committee to
whom was referred the sheriffs claims
report as follows. We carefully examined
said claims and find them substantially as
follows:
Amt claimed by @. G. Dickinson
which is correct and is allowed in
Amt mt claimed by j. w. Watson which
is correct and allowed in full. $2423 "a
(Signed by Conn
On motion of Mr.. Bradbury report
was adopted.
The following report was presented
and on motion Of Mr.. lockwood was
adopted.
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant
Co. Wis.-Your committee TO whom was
referred the petition from the town OF
Bloomington setting forth that at their last
annual town meeting it was voted to build
certain permanent highways in said town
in accordance with chapter BIZ Wis. laws
of 1901, the location of said public nigh
ways being as designated in said petition,
1870 hiCr TOW ouin6 wa mi
on the dollar of all the assessed valuation
of said town, and that the amount one mill on
the taxa BILE property of Bloomington would
be is S42l. so; your committee recommend
that Grant county appropriate the sum of
$421.60, and upon completion and acceptance
by the county committee, Grant county
nav the town of Bloomington the sum of
$I2l6O
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
(Signed by Conn.,
Mr.. Leighton presented the follow
ing report which on motion of Mr..
Birkett was adopted:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant
Co. Wis.-We the undersigned committee
to whom was referred the petition of the
supervisors of the town of Boscobel asking
county aid in building three iron bridges,
location as described in petition, and re-
presenting that the total cost of said
bridges was 1852. 40, and asking Grant Coun-
ty to appropriate the half OF said amount,
Your committee finds that each ndi-
vidual bridge cost to to e1cee De oneeigat OF OF
said town according to the last eQualized
valuation, and we recommend that Grant
county appropriate and pay to the town of
BosCobel the sum of $476.20.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
(Signed by Conn.,
Mr.. Leighton presented the follow
ing report which on motion of Mr..
Schneider was adopted:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Grant
Co, Wis.-We, the undersigned committee
to whom was referred the petition of the
supervisors of the town of Paris asking
Grant county for aid in building an iron
bridge across Platte river in section 10 of
said town of Paris, report as follows:
We find that there is a contract with the
Clinton Bridge and Iron Works OF Clin-
ton, Iowa, to furnish and erect an iron
bridge at cost of $780, that on the 9th day
OF November 1903 the county committee
met with the town supervisors of Paris
to said bridge to be 5000, and that the total
cost of said bridge and estimated cost of
approaches exceeds one-eighth of one per
cent of all the taxable property of the town
of Paris according to the last equalized
valuation.
county appropriate and on completion and
acceptance by the county committee of
Grant county, pay the town of Paris the
amount is not to exceed S1450,
All of which is respectfully submitted. =
(Signed by Conn.,
The following report was also pre-
sented and on motion of Mr.. Gardner
was adopted:
To the Hon Board of Supervisors of Grant
County, Wis.-Your committee on high
WAYS, bridges and ferries to whom was
referred petition from Alfred D. Dietrich
asking Grant county for license to run
a ferry across Mississippi river T5 at the vii
we recommend that the license asked
for be granted, that the district attorney,
county chairman and county clerk be, and
license.
All of which is respectfully submitted
(Signed by the Conn
Mr. Leighton presented the follow
;,,o. y,liob m, pootiop Of Mr. Walls