Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-01-25
Proceedings
of the
Iowa County Board
November Session 1916
Dodgeville, Wis, Nov. II, 1915.

ID. EdSdn, CndlTLldH vi tHc Dooiu Va
1915.
Roll call by Towns, Villages and
Wards, all members present except
Supervisor Ryan Of Fidgeway Viii
lage.
The Board proceeded to the cleo
lion of a Chairman for the present
Board An informal ballot was TAX
en- which resulted as follows: J. B.
Eagan 1G, J. w. Horn -. a formal
ballot was taken which resulted as
follows: j. b. Eagan 16, ]. w. Horn
13, A. d. Richardson, l. Sup. J. B.
Eagan having received a majority OF
all votes cast, was declared, by the
Clerk. to be elected Chairman of the
Board for the present year.
Chairman Eagan thanked the Board
for the favor shown him.
Sup. J. w. Horn moved that the
rules governing the Board of 1915 be
adopted to govern this Board.
Motion carried.
Sup. AID. Richardson moved to ad-
journ until 800 p. NJ.
Motion carried.
$3.50 p. VI. Board called to order
by Chairman Eagan, members all
present The chairman announced the
following committees:
County Board Committees 1916-1917
J. g. Eagan, Chairman.
r. T.. Gribble, Clerk.
('Iairne-Jo@ j. Fielder, Frank ran
merry, VIM. Smith, o. +. Stenseth' carr
E6uaIization-W. :. PembalIegon, John
T. f. Roach, W. e. Skilicorn, VIM.
Meyers. A. y. Richardson, Chas. Bilkey,
' Trras iiS ~'; Accounts-R q. White,
C;oo. A. Billings, W. S. Egan
Finance ana Taxation r. Thomas
Thos Wall, J, W. Horn . an,,,ns -
clerks Account ole Christopher, ThoS.
Iohns. VIM. KiSlngbury.
Tax Claims-J. w. Horn, Gabriel Lew
is, A. +. Ketterer.
Bonds and SaIares-A. =. IhomaS,
John Thompson, James Waters
Register Of Deeds, Clerk Of Court ana
District Attornev-Thos. Clark, Thos.
Johns, John Thompson; =, c,ra,,,on las
Public Buildings-f. w. StratInai' Jas
RYAN, g. w. Davis.
Publishing Proccedings-Jas Ryan, +.
" stratnan, VIM. KisIingbury. r
Report Of County SuperintendentIc!;
W. Davis, Ole Christopher "aorle'
WIN. Meyrs Thos. Clark.
The general claim sheet was pre-
scented. on motion of J. w. Horn was
referred to the Committee on Claims
without reading.
70 letter from the County Clerk or
LAFAYETTE County to County CLERK
of this County requesting this coun-
ty to petition the Legislature to abol-
ish the county school board conVen-
tions. was read and referred to the
Committee on superintendent Ac-
counts.
A letter to the County Clerk re
garding putting the road from Dodge
Vile to Hollandale upon the State
Highway system was read and re-
ferred 20 the Committee on Roads
and Bridges.
The following communication from
the State Highway Commission was
read
Oct 20 1916.
Mr.. r. e. GribbIe County Clerk,
Dodgeville. Wisconsin
ncar Sir. I'm accordance with the pro-
visions of sub section Of section l3llm-S
az IN. statutes, you are hereby notlted
that Iowa County is entitled to receive
from the appropriation for state ala LOT
highways available for distributor III
IoI7 the sum of $13, 079 SO. The valuation
of your county as equalized by the STATE
Tax Commission for 1916 is 14l9ll4 per
cent of the total valuation OF an lne
COMMITTEES in the state. Therefore, IN &C
cordapce with the provisions or Sup-sec
tion 9 OF section 1317m-8 OF the statues
of your county is entitled to receive lhls
same percentage of the total state !lIsL
way appropriation aVallable LOT dnS sioh
hntion for 1917 construction, Wnlch
amounts to 1921 .700.37, made up or $1So'
600 appropriation from the general tCno
and 1886, 81 derived from the auto IL
cense fees. -, o,,,o,,,,t
ls12 O7q 9S) available from the state Tor
state aid road and bridge construction
IN vo,,, county should be made by your
county board. at the NoEemDer SesSloIi'
The method OF lesal dlStllpiuIion Ia
0ughIy covered in Sub-SecuohS J. Id -
2 md of section 13l7m-5 of the stat
utcs If the applications iof STATE anu ~
any county shall not call for the IulI
amount valuable, the procedure 10 /, f,,lIl
the additional amount uncalled Tor IS llllaE
oovercd by Sub-Sections and OF sec
ton 1317m-S of the statutes ,.
II may be stated that in ACCORDANCE
with the present statutes, the amount di
Jotted 10 your county is based entlreN
unon the valuation of the county, ana me
anplication for state aid by the county
and units of government III IL hdNe "a -
influence on the amount allotted; anu
may he we'll to state further That no mat
tor what the action of the county bodTo
in granting petitions or what may % ny
deficiency in the state and aliotteo anuSe
there is no possible way in Whl?h lurtHe.
state aid may he made aNallaole lor
Construction in 1917. unless the next leg
islature shall see fit to provide further
state funds for 1917 constructions
Yours very truly,
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY CoMM'TE,H - 2t,i,1as,
Nv a r. Hirst, State Highway Engineer:
letter from the State Board OF
Control concerning the Jail improve
ments and the County Clerks answer
were read and referred to the COM
mittee on Jail improvements.
Report of the Soldiers Keller COM
mission was read.
TO the Honorable Board of super
visors of Iowa County, Wisconsin;
The Commissioners Of the Soldier
Relief Commission of Iowa County,
respectfully submit their annual re-
port: -.
We have extended relief during d the
mast wear, ending December olst, tsIo
to thirty-five persons, oelns Ssn -;
whom six (6l are veterans, tWenty-eisn1
(2S) widows and one Q) soldiers orphan,
who is a cripple and unable to work. we
also submit list of persons 10 wno.ll ae re- e
lief has been extended, their postcHlce
address and amount allowed TO each.
Elizabeth Lofts and Mary Sieger have
died during the past year. We recon,
mend that the sum OF Two thousar,u
Is9 OO0l dollars be levied for the coming
wear for the Soldiers relief fund.
RECAPITULATION.
balance on hand last year.. 500. 90
Amount levied in 1915. 100 90
s1,70n. 90
po,5 ont during wear. see list s1,70o. 90
Tho nor diem and EXPENSES of the Com
missioners and the salary OF the secre-
tary are as follows:
GeOrg ense seu'N' iou $40. 90
John M; ne'aNe' ioui ua w 1000
p;cherd Carter. three days 1900