Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-23
THE DEMOCRAT.
Special Meeting of the
County Board

Pursuant to a petition OF major
ity of the members of the Board or
Supervisors of Iowa County, the
board met in special session at two
o'clock, p. m. in the Court House in
the city of Dodgeville, Mr.. Roethe,
chairman of the board for last year
in the chair.
Roll of members called and the
members representing the several
towns, villages and cities responded
to their names as follows:
District. Member. Address.
Brigham, o. C. Evans-Barneveld.
Clyde, Frank Flannery-Avoca.
Dodgeville, E. G. Williams-Dodge-
vile.
Eden, A. e. Thomas-Cobb.
Highland, Thos. F. Wall-Highland.
Linden, e. d. Baker-Edmund.
Miffiin, Thos. Rain. Mif1in.
Mineral Point, Reuben Ellsworth
Mineral Point.
Moscow, Henry Bollerud-Hollan-
dale.
Pulaski, William Meyer-Avoca.
Ridgeway, Teddy Ryan-Ridgeway.
VALID wick, James Jackson, Sr.-
Jonesdale.
Wyoming, Albert misunderstanding
Green.
Avoca Village, ]. B. Eagan-Avoca.
Barneveld Village, Byron Jones
Barneveld.
Cobb, D. e. Bennett-Cobb.
Highland, A. G.. Roethe-Highland.
Hollandale, Edwin Thompson-Hol-
landale.
Linden, J. W. Taylor-Linden.
ID
Ridgeway, James Ryan-Ridgeway
Dodgeville City, LIST Ward, T. H.
Davis-Dodgevill
Dodgeville City, End Ward, William
Mari, Dodgeville.
Dodgeville City, 3rd Ward, j. l.
Hahn--Dodgeville.
Mineral Point, LIST Ward, George
Crawford-Mineral Point.
Mineral Point, End Ward-W. j.
nhallegon-Mineral Point.
Mineral Point, 3rd Ward, John Cor
gen-Mineral Point.
Mineral Point, 4th Ward, ]. w. Horn
Mineral Point.
Mr.. w. S. Sawle of the town of
Arena presented his credentials as
member for that town in the absence
of G. w. Davis the regular super
visor, and no objection being raised
he was seated as supervisor, for
that town for the present session.
The following call for the special
session was read by the county
clerk:
Dodgeville, Wis. May 10th, 1910.
To Richard X. Gribble, County Clerk, Iowa
County, Wisconsin.
We the undersigned, members of the Iowa
County Board of Supervisors of Iowa Coun-
Wisconsin Statutes of 1898, that special
session of the Iowa County Board of Super
visors be held in the city of Dodgeville, Wis
consin, on the first Tuesday of June, 1910,
being the seventh day of said month, in the
Court House in said city, at two O'Clock in
the afternoon of said day, for the purpose of
organizing said board and for the transact
ing of any other business that may come be-
fore the board.
John /. Hahn, Dodgeville. Wis.
VIM. MARI, DOdgeville, Wis.
w. j. Penhallegon, Mineral Point, Wis.
o. G.. Rewey. Rewey, Wis.
Thomas Rain, Miffiin, Wis.
T.. G. Williams, DOdgeville, Wis.
Teddy Ryan, Ridgeway, Wis.
James Ryan, Ridgeway, Wis.
A. G. Roethe, Highland. Wis.
TT. Wall, Highland, Wis.
ID. K. Bennett, Cobb, Wis.
j. b. Eagan AVOca, Wis.
Byron Jones' Barneveld, Wis.
o. @. Evans, Barneveld, Wis.
Albert Richardson, Spring Green, Wis,
A. X. Thomas, Cobb, Wis.
- William Meyer. Avoca, Wis.
On motion of Mr.. Bollerud the
Board proceeded to take an informal
ballot for chairman, the chair APP
pointing Messrs j. [. Hahn of the
city of Dodgeville and Reuben Ellis
worth of the town of Mineral Point
as tellers.
Result of informal ballot:
j. B. Eagan received fifteen Q5)
votes, O. G. Rewey. received ten (1O)
votes, J. w. Taylor, one Cd vote
Mr.. Bollerud, one % vote, blank
two (2).
On motion of Mr.. Horn, the in
formal ballot was declared formal
and Mr.. John B. Eagan of the village
of Avoca declared elected chairman.
Mr.. Eagan on taking the chair
thanked the members for the honor
conferred on him in a few well
chosen words and asked the co-opera-
ton of the members in the discharge
of the duties imposed on him.
Mr.. Richardson moved that the
rules of the last board be adopted
for the government of this with the
exception of Rule No. Z, and offered
the following as substitute for that
rule:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors o.
Iowa County:
RESOLVED, That the following substitute
for Rule No. be adopted; Rule No.7. The
Committee on EqualiZationa and Assessment
shall consist of seven members, four o.
which shall be elected by the members o.
the townships and three shall be elected by
the members from the cities and villages
said election to take place soon after the
election of chairman as possible.
The following committees shall be ap
pointed by the chairman: lst, Genera
Claims, End, Finance and Taxation; Sd, Ta1
Claims; 4th, Treasurer's Accounts; 5th, Pub
lie Property; 9th, Clerks Accounts; 18th
Register of Deeds, Clerk of Court and Dis
trict Attorneys Accounts; Sth, Roads anC
Bridges: 9th, Publishing Proceedings o.
County Board and Printing; 10th, Bond.
and Salaries: nth. Accounts of Trustees O
Asylum and Superintendent of Poor; 18th
Report of Superintendent of Schools.
ALBERT RICHARDSON.
Dated June 7th, 1910.
Mr.. Jackson called for the Ayes
and Mays" on the resolution, with
the following result:
Ayes-Messrs. Flannery, Jackson
Jones, Rain, Richardson, Teddy
Ryan and Williams-7.
Nayes-Messrs. Baker, Bennett