Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-07

SATURDAY MORNINGS SESSION.
Pursuant to adjournment of Friday
evenings session the Board met at 10
a. m. this Saturday morning. Roll of
members called. Quorum present.
Mr.. Roach moved that the reading
of the minutes of last evening be dis
pensed with, being seconded and car
ried.
Mr.. Roach presented a resolution
pertaining to county officers keeping
their offices open during certain hours
on secular days of the week, as fol-
lows:
Resolved by the County Board of
Supervisors of Grant County, Wis:
That from and after January LIST,
1914, the County officers having charge
of the respective Offices in the Court
House shall keep their offices open for
transaction of business upon all Secu-
lar days between the hours of eight
thirty $500 o'clock a. m. to twelve
(12) o'clock m. and from 1870 o'clock
p. m. until 5 o'clock p M each such
day. Excepting special request of par
ties who may have special business to
transact to make train connection.
Dated Nov. 18th, 1913.
VIM ROACH.
He moved it's adoption, which motion
prevailed.
Mr. Bennett presented a resolution
authorizing and directing the Chair
man and Clerk to issue County orders
as follows:
Resolved by the County Board of Grant
County, Wisconsin,:
That the Chairman of this Board and
the County Clerk be, and they are here
by instructed and directed to draw
County orders for all claims and bills
oil of Of a
and to deliver the same to the person
or persons entitled to them; also to
draw County orders for the payment of
all moneys which should be paid to
any person or persons including County
officers salaries, payment of soldiers
relief, bounties and all other matters
during the interim between the meet
ings of the County Board.
J. T. BENNETT.
On motion the resolution was
adopted.
Dr. Mcdonald presented the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED, That all persons who
are by law required to make reports
of matters before them shall file such
report on or before the first day of
November prior to the meeting of each
regular session of the county board.
and that all bills shall be filed on or
before November the first of each
year so that an opportunity may be
given to the District Attorney to look
over all officers claims, as he is re-
Quired by law to do, prior to the meet
ing of the County Board.
ED. MCDONALD,
On motion the resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Metcalf presented the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED, That committee of
three members of this Board of whom
the Chairman shall be one, and two
others to be appointed by the Chair
man for the purpose of examining and
approving the bond of Judge GOOdSell
before entering upon his duties as
County Judge for the term for which
he was recently elected, said term
commencing the 1st Monday of January
1914. M. w. METCALF.
On motion the resolution was
adopted
Mr.. Metcalf presented the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED, That the County Clerk
be, and he is hereby authorized and
Instructed to correct all clerical errors
in the proceedings of the Board at this
session and that he have the proceed
ingS of this session of the Board print
ed in pamphlet form and send a copy
thereof to each member of this Board
and to such County Clerks in the State
for the County he represents as desire
to exchange a copy of it's County Board.
proceedings for 1913.
M. w. METCALF.
On motion the resolution was
adopted.
The Committee on Charitable Insti-
buttons presented the following sup
Elemental report, principally pertain
ing to the asylum building and asked
that the same be adopted.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Grant County, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:-We, your committe on
charitable institutions, beg leave to
make the following as a supplemental
report to our report which was filed
at last evenings session, particularly
pertaining to the new asylum building
and the report of the building commit
tee which was referred to US during
the session of this Board.
We find that the financial part of the
building committees report has been
carefully checked over by the finance
committee of this board and we under
stand from members of said commit
tee that all orders and sums of money
paid for estimates as shown by said
building committees report are COR
rectly and satisfactorily made and the
committee has been very careful in all
matters pertaining to the same and we
commend their action very highly.
w Z uHO from the SAID report the
following: Total amount received by
the committee, $125,34O.71.
Amount paid to architects. IS 3,O25.OO
Amount paid for advertis-
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 17,4O
Amount paid for water mains 5000
Amount paid Wagner & Bau-
man, contractors ..... 6420755
Amount paid heating contrac-
tor .............. 12,524O7
Amount paid supervising ar
chitect $4,000
Amount paid Committee 80. 1886
Total amount paid out, $S1,96O47
Balance on hand .$43,3S0.24
We also find from said report that
Wagner & Bauman, the contractors
for the building of said asylum build
ing filed with the said committee a
written request asking for a ninety
days extension of time from November
1st, to complete said building, which
date is the date set in the contract for
the completion of said asylum build
ing We find that the said build
ing committee turned over to the
Chairman of this BOARD ba cajd