Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-16

yisors met ia 50 ecial session , er
o'clock Tuesday, to perform aud 8 NJ
the yearly business of this splendid % W
ing county of ours. AT the stated hour
Jens Davidson, chairman of the last
session, called the body to order and
Deputy Clerk Moore called the roll, al
answering to their names except Messrs
| OFT, McAuley and Fowell, all of whom
| came in later. The board Membership
is as follows;
! Berren-Chas, j. Mcclellan
| Chrstiana--SOren Larson.
! Clinton-Michaei BrodY.
| Coon-Helge Larson.
| EOrest-C. ]. Eastman,
| Franklin-Chris EIlefson.
| Geuoa-Charles OFT,
| GreenwoO0-J. f. ShreYe.
| HambuFg--Wiltamk kapanke,
| Harmony-J l.. CiawsOn
| Hillsboro-Wi william X. Jewel
| JefTerson-Martin Root
| kickapoo-L, 0. Thompson
| Liberty-WarFen Fish
Stark-FSW Ericsson,
Sterling-J NJ Vance.
| Ini0n-John ]. Butcher
ViFOQua- Lars II. Larson,
Webster--W. II. Buchanan
Wheatland-Alex TuIioch.
Whites tOWu--NNn s. Bennett.
DeSoto Vlllsge-R NJ McAuley.
IinlsborO Vilage--F.J. Board
La targe Niliage-LfeO. h. Tate
Ontario Village-John A. Newlun.
Re0dstown Ntllage-C w. Fowell.
StoddaFd Niliage-John e. johnson.
Viola NiIlage-J. II. Shredder.
Westby Vlliage-Albert Spellum.
Niroqua City--kiFst Ward, A. u, Helgeson.
second v ard, ). II. Tate; Third Ward, Daniel
Wise.
On motion Of Supervisor Ericsson, the
board proceeded to election of chairman
by ballot, with MessTs. Shreve and Ellef-
son as tellers The informal ballot re-
suited Bennett 5, Brody 10, Helgeson o,
Ellefson 4, Tulloch /. On the first for
NAL ballot Mr. Brody received Is votes,
| and was declared elected. The chair
man elect was escorted TO the chair by
Messrs, Bennett and Helgeson, who
acknowledged his appreciation of the
honor his fellow members ha2 conferred
| upon him, and ask their indulgence,
/ promising endeavor to act impartially
between them and for the best interests
Of the tax payers.
On motion Of Mr. Ellefson the board
adjourned till two o'clock p. IN
On reassembling Chairman Brody an
nOunced his selection of standing com
mittees for the session as follows:
Judiciary-superYisors olawson, Jewel and
| Sbreve
claims Supervisors Lars 7, Larson, Eric
| son and Nulun.
Flnance-sopervlsor Helgeson, Vance and
| Butcher
Ways and supervisors ]. II. Tate,
kapgnke, Ellefson, Thompson, johnson and
Roads and Bridges-sapervlso Bennett,
| Buchanan. Shroeder, Root aud OFT.
| Poor and lnsane-supervisOrsM Mcclellan,
/ Board and Geo. e Tate.
| Equalization - Supervisors Tulloch, Helge
| Larson, Wise EOweil and Eastman.
Frinting-Supervisor Fish, McAuley and
| Soren Larson,
On motion of Mr.. Helgeson the rules
Of last session were adopted for govern
ment Of this board.
Communications were read from asy.
lam and aims house authorities inviting
the board to dine ut the former on
| Thursday, and at the latter institution
Friday The invitations were unani.
mously accepted,
Then the question arose whether or
not the county should provide convey.
ance Tor members to visit officially these
| institutions, as usual md the PROPOSE
| tion went to an aye ald nay vote and
1t was decided by majority Of one to
have the buses.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.
If there ever were any political lines
! drawn 10 Vernon county board affairs
| they have been entirely obliterated. as
instance for two terms Just closed. the
unanimous election of Jens Davidson aa
/ chairman while the board membership
was almost exclusively republican. The
| present board is very largely Of that
political faith.
One thing Is r. little remarkable, the
| number Of men who have served on the
| board before, twenty-seven having beer
members in past years Those without
| experience are messrs Root, Butcher
Nulun, Johnson and Spellum. five
| Messrs Bennett, Ellefson and Vance
represented their constituencies oi
! Whitestown, Franklin and Sterling nj
far back as thirty years ago, and it Is g
toss-up to know which of them has ser
we'd the greater number Of terms MIR
Vance is the longest resident Of tht
county among the board membership
having settled here in 1S49 with hii
parents. Mr.. Tate is the senior mem
Der Of the board in age, and Mr.. Spellun
the youngest. There are four natives o,
the county IN the present board member
ship-Cbairman Brody, Messrs Claw
son, Butcher and Spellum In presen'
consecutive years service Mr. Mcclellan
has the medal
| There are tonr veteran soldiers on the
board, Messra Wise, BenneLs Vanct
and Tate
Ap unusual thing is three men by tn,
eame narle on the board, Larson HelRe
! Soren and Lars Z.
1t is probable that the board will com
plete its labors and adjourn in ten DAYS
that being the usual term of late years
J A brief look at the annual report Of
Commissioner Glenn Of the poor depart
nent makes good showing and carefu
management Of that important post oi
county government The financial re-
port Is unusually favorable as follows:
Balance on hand at beginning OF year s2z6s j
! Ceberal appropriation for current
CA lfSunta .ss..........+. tijD ~
! special appropriation for permanent
J tiAHtDfetuHu ts5...s...s.. 200 NJ
( safes from farm, paid county treasr fIa 3.
| hoard receipts, paid TO county treas'r 81 q
| refunded from other cOunties-..... 1876 q.
! Miscellaneous recr tpts..... ....-..... So 4.
Total casn receipts ............ $685.
EXPENDITURES.
Outside aid 90 poor in townships vii
iages and wards. ............ ..... 2JGg5 As
Currcnt expenses OF County Farm. 2-95 s
icrmaneut improvements aL Go Farm 10 gi
County al large ........ ..,........... III D..
balance on hand this date .....-..... 1882 81
Total expend .tufcs.-... .....--.-..... SO s;