The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-18
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
County Board Of Supervisors
Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Special Session of the County Board of Supervisors
of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Kenosha, Wis.
MORNING SESSION.

MORNING SESSION.
April 2Sth, 1914.
Board was called to order by Chair
man Yule.
Roll was called and the following
members responded to the call from
their respective towns and wards of
the City of Kenosha, as follows:
Brighton, James Martin; Bristol,
w. A. Epson; Paris, ]. P. Spartz ;
Pleasant Prairie, P. H. Tobin; Ran
dali, Ben Elvermann Salem, Thomas
Fleming; Somers, j. j. Barrows I;
Wheatland, VIM. Luke; City of Keno
sha, LIST Ward, L. r. Grosvenor; End
Ward, John T. Yule; 3rd Ward, Philip
Hartman, Sr. 4th Ward, d. f. Brister ;
9Th Ward, George Strangberg; 9Th
Ward, Michael Link; 7th Ward, Fl. B.
Schwan; 9Th Ward, Michael Hensgen ;
9th Ward, J. H. Karnes, Sr.
The call for the Special Session OF
the County Board was read by the
County Clerk, as follows:
Kenosha, Wis, April 18th, 1914.
TO Russell III. Jones,
County Clerk of Kenosha County,
Wisconsin.
You are hereby authorized and in
Structed to call a special meeting of
the County Board of Supervisors of
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, to be held
at the Court House in the City of Ke-
nosha on Tuesday, being the 2Sth day
of April, A. d. 1914.
The aforesaid Special Session is
called for the purpose of organizing
the Board, eIecting a Chairman and
appointment of standing committees for
the ensuing year and the transacting
of any business that may be legally
brought before the Board at this time.
H. r. Grosvenor,
Geo. Strangberg,
p. II. Tobin,
John T.. Yule,
John p. Spartz,
M. Link,
J. III. Karnes, ST.,
Herbert B. Schwan,
Philip Hartman, ST.,
Michael Hensgen,
Supervisor Schwan moves 70 proceed
ito the election of Chairman for the
ensuing year.
Motion carried.
Upon motion Chairman Yule ap
pointed Supervisors Grosvenor and
Strangberg as tellers.
The Board proceeded to take an in
Normal ballot for Chairman, Which re
suited as follows:
Whole number of votes cast II, oil
which Supervisor Luke received 6, Su
pervisor Yule 5, Supervisor Hensgen
Supervisor Tobin 1, Supervisor Elem
5ing /, Supervisor Epson /, Supervisor
SSchwan 1.
No choice being made the Board was
INSTRUCTED to proceed to the first\ for
NAL ballot which resulted as follows
Whole number of votes cast II, OF
which Supervisors Yule received 8
Hensgen 4, Schwan /, Luke /, Fleming
a. blank 1.
Supervisor Yule having received a
majority of the votes cast was declared
duly elected, Chairman of the Board
for the ensuing year.
Mr. Yule, with a few we'll chosen re
marks, accepted the Craftsmanship.
Supervisor Hensgen moves to ap.
point a committee of five to recon-
mend standing committees for the en-
suing year.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Epson moves that the
Chairman of adjoining towns, north
and south, act as an advisory commit.
tee with the Highway Commissioner
Tor work in either of the two towns
Motion carried.
Supervisor Yule appoints Supervis
ors Grosvenor, Luke, Fleming, Upsor
and Spartz to act as committee e
recommend standing committees.
Supervisor Schwan moves to adj
journ until 2 o'clock p. M. in order
that the committee on standing com
mittees be given time to report or
same.
Motion carried and Board adjourned
Russell H Jones,
County Clerk.
AFTERNOON SESSION