Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-11-18
THE COUNTY BOARD
ENDS BUSY SESSION
Completed the Work of Annual
Meeting Saturday.
Much Business of Importance Trans
acted and Affairs of County
in Good Shape.
TUESDAY EVENINGS SESSION

TUESDAY EVENINGS SESSION
The board was called to order by
chairman Bennett. Quorum present.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
1t was moved that E. j. Morse
be employed to report the proceedings
of the board. Motion carried.
The annual report of the county
superintendent of schools was pre-
sented and referred to the committee
on education. Copies of the report
were distributed among the members
of the board.
Forty -one petitions for aid in build
ing bridges were presented and re-
ferred to the committee on bridges
and ferries without reading.
The report of the asylum building
committee and special committee to
settle with contractor was presented
and referred to the committee on
charitable institutions.
The annual report of the soldiers
and sailors relief committee was
presented and referred to the COM
mittee on finance.
The report of the special COM
mittee appointed at the 1913 ses-
sion of the board in the matter of a
macadam bridge in the town of Paris,
was presented, and on motion of Mr..
Mcmahon the report was adopted.
The report of the county board of
education was presented and referred
to the committee on education.
Mr.. Mcmahon moved that the
chairman appoint a committee of
three to investigate the matter of
industrial insurance, referring parti-
cularly to the highway workers, and
to bring the matter before the board
this week for their action. Motion
carried. The chairman appointed
Messrs. McMahon, Knapp and A. F..
Rundell.
7. L. Cleary, supervisor of assess
ments, addressed the board upon the
subject of taxation.
Tn motion of Mr.. Hartmann the
board then adjourned to Wednesday
evening at seven o'clock.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION.
Roll call; quorum present.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Twenty-four petitions for aid in
building bridges were presented and
referred to the committee on high
ways, bridges and ferries.
Mr.. Miller, of the town of Fenni-
more, presented a letter from the
state highway commission, with re-
ference to repairing a piece of state
road in the town of Fennimore. Re-
ferred to the committee on county
and state highways.
A resolution was presented to the
effect that whereas I. A. Thompson,
register of deeds elect, was put to
the expense of SIP through clerical
error in the counting of ballots, and
through no fault of his own, the
county board should at this session
reimburse T. A. Thompson for the
amount of bill attached. Resolution
laid over, under the rules to next
session.
Mr.. Mcmahon presented the report
of the committee appointed at the
1913 session of the board, on the
purchase of road machinery. Re-
ferred to the committee on state and
county highways.
The committee appointed at Tues
dsy evenings session on the question
of liability insurance for the county
presented their report.
Report was laid over until the
next session of the board.
H. E. Carthew, district attorney,
at the request of the chairman, ad-
dressed the board upon the question
of making some provision for meet
ing liabilities incurred by the county
in highway work, in two cases now
pending before the industrial COM
mission, and for meeting the liabi-
lities which may be in the future
similarly incurred.
On motion of Mr.. Morse the dis
trict attorney was instructed to in
vestigate fully the matter of the
collection of the tax against the
East End Mining Company, and to
defer any definite action until the
meeting of the county board in 1915,
and to report to the board at that