Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22

within their boundaries no city or
village, incorporated or unincorporate
with a population of five hundred or
more. one hundred dollars, and in all
cities and villages and other towns,
two hundred dollars"
Respectfully submitted,
By Judiciary Committee,
To the County Board, of Supervisors
of Wood County, Wisconsin.
GentIemen:- Your Committee on
Judiciary, to whom was referred the
petition of the Register of Deeds per
his attorney, J. w. Cochran, respect
fully report as follows:
First,-That the Statutes referred
to in such petition are correctly quot
ed but the decision Of the U. S. Courts
cited refer to the grantor, grantee
index provided by our statutes and
have no application to the question
here involved.
Second, THAT this question is new
ertheless not free from serious legal
difficulties and we recommend that
the whole matter be referred back
to the original committee consisting of
P. n Christensen, E. NJ. Deming and
Amos Hasbrouck for report at the
next regular meeting of this Board
And that in the meantime, nothing
further be done toward making the
contract or doing the work referred
to in the resolution recited in said
petition.
Resp ectfully submitted,
B. R. Goggins, Chm.
E. M. Deming,
0. J. Leu.
Judiciary Committee
On motion, duly seconded and car
ried, the report of the Judiciary Com
m1ttee was adopted.
REPORT OF BOND SALE COMMIT
TEE.
Your Committee on printing and
negotiations Of sale of Insane Asy-
lum Bonds respectfully report; That
they caused said bonds to be printed
and upon due advertisement sold the
same to Harris Trust and Savings
Co. and Dewitt, TrembIe & Co. at
the best price that could be obtained
therefor to-wit: par, except as to
accrued interest, to be paid as needs
OF the work require, that is to say,
S50,00000 Jany. 18th, 191O,$25, OO0. 90
July LIST, 1910, $25, 100000 Oct. 1st,
1910 and 100000 Jany. 1st, 1911
That the Bond market was not as
favorable as was anticipated by the
Board at it's last annual meeting. but
the price obtained for said bonds
was as favorable if not in fact the
most favorable of all sales of NUM-
clpal bonds in the West then or since
made.
That the first instaIlment of $50
10000 was paid Jany. 18th, 1910 as
agreed.
That the cost of printing said bonds
was $4,000.
That other expenses, except Com
mittee work were as follows:
Stenographer fees, $500; Express
charges on blank bonds, rs cents; Elk
press charges on delivery of execut-
ed bonds $4,000
Respectfully submitted,
B. R. Goggins,
E. NJ. Deming
Judiciary Committee.
Dated May 18th, 1910.
On motion the above report of the
Bond sale Committee was adopted
and ordered spread at length upon
the minutes.
Resolution No. 6.
RESOLVED, that the Public PROM
erty Committee be and hereby are
directed to sell the buildings on the
lots in the City Of Grand Rapids. re
Gently purchased, at the best cash
price that can be obtained therefor
and to grade and seed said lots.
Supervisor Goggins moved the a.
doption of Resolution No and mo-
ton was carried.
Resolution No. Z.
RESOLVED, That the matter of
opening up the street on South end
Of the lots in. the City of Grand Rap
ids recently purchased, together with !
all the matters connected Herewith |
be left to the discretion of the Pub |
lie Property Committee.
On motion, by Supervisor Goggins.