Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-11-18
THE COUNTY BOARD
ENDS BUSY SESSION
CONTINUED from page J.


Peoples State Bank, Lancaster /:
4 per cent for six months; A L for
balance.
State Bank of Fennimore: 3 per
cent.
Union State Bank, Lancaster: A
per cent for six months Al per cent
for balance of year.
Referred to special committee
above named.
Chair appointed Messrs. Mcdonald,
Kleinhammer Guentzel, Metcalf and
Brown a committee to consider the
matter of a sanitorium in Grant
county for tuberculous patients.
Mr.. Fessel stated that the finance
committee and clerk of the court had
been in conference concerning certain
funds that have been over six years
in the hands of said clerk and un-
called for, amounting to $3O5O.21,
and stated that the clerk of the court
would like to have these funds
transferred by the board to the
general fund of the county and get
them out of his hands, an account of
them to be kept by the county treas
urer, so that in case those rightfully
entitled to the same demanded pay
ment, it could be paid from the
general fund.
On motion this matter was laid
over until the next session of the
board.
The board then took an adjourn
ment until Friday afternoon at 1
o'clock.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
Board convened at one o'clock pm.
Roll call, quorum present.
Mr.. Fessell stated that the COM
mittee on general claims announce
that they cannot present their report
this evening if they attend the ses
sion, and, therefore, moved that the
board attend to no other business at
this afternoon session except receiv-
ing committee reports and resolutions !;
and that the remainder of the bust
ness be carried over to the evening
session. Which motion was seconded
and carried.
Report of the committee on print
ing was presented and adopted.
The committee on bank deposits
presented their report, showing that
the Union State Bank, Lancaster
State Bank and Peoples State Bank
have offered the highest rate of in
terest on daily balances of county
funds and are hereby designated as
county repositories under the provi
sions of the statute, the bond to be
given by each to be eighty thousand
dollars. On motion of Mr.. Fessel
the report was adopted.
The committee on highways, bridges
and ferries and the committee on
county and state highways presented
their reports which, on motion were
adopted.
The committee on public proper ty
presented their report, which on
motion was adopted.
Mr.. Knapp presented resolution pro-
viding for an appropriation of So, 500
by the county for the purposes of an in
demnity fund, which was on motion,
adopted.
r. I. Dudgdale, register of
deeds, addressed the board rela-
tive to the resolution adopted at the
1913 session of the board, changing
the office of register of deeds from
the fee system to salary. No action
was taken in the matter.
LID. Eastman was elected vice chair
man of the board for the ensuing year.
Board then adjourned until Friday
evening.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION
Board called to order at Z
p. m.
Report of committee on sher-
ifs claims was presented and on
motion adopted.
Committee on general claims pre-
sented their report showing that they
had approved bills amounting to
total of So, 695, and disallowed 1884,
50 On motion of Mr.. Natives the
report was adopted.
The committee on equalization pre-
scented their report, which, on motion
of Mr.. Kleinpell, was adopted.
Mr.. Brennan, retiring chairman of
the board, being present, Mr.. Brown,
of Millville addressed the board and
presented Mr.. Brennan with a hand
some clock, on behalf of the board,
as token of their appreciation of his
services as such chairman for the past
nine years.
Mr.. Mathews placed in nomination
the name of Henry Mink for county
highway commissioner and moved his
election. This motion was duly