Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-11-21
Morrissey Measure Gets AZ.

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. Neyt in order of Importance was tine
defeat of the Morrissey resolution to
impose a Il mill tax for three years
for the purpose of completely hard
surfacing S. T. l.. IS from Platteville
to Patch Grove via Lancaster and
Bloomington, and S. T. l.. 80 from
Dick eyville to Boscobel via Lancaster
and Fennimore. A resolution pre-
viously presented by Mr.. Pink asking
for. $4,000 to improve the Lancaster
Platteville road, was withdrawn fol-
lowing the defeat of the Morrissey
measure, SO to 26.
Marcus Substitute Passes.
The Board passed the Marcus sub
stitute asking the county highway
committee to prepare plan showing
amounts of state and county trunk
lines already surfaced, an estimate Of
unsurfaced lines and probable cost of
completely surfacing same. The same
to be presented at the next meeting
and plan formulated to carry out the
work over a period Of years.
sDance HalY' Bill Tabled.
The dance. hall regulatory ordi-
nance was tabled following discussion
by vote of 80 to 20. This ordinance
was designed to control moral condi-
tions around public dances. 1t pro-
vided regulation for all public dances
operated for profit, including dancing
classes and excepting dances given
under church or parent-teacher du-
spices.
A ball room license of SIS.
Forfeiture of license for six months
for failure to comply with ordinance.
dance permit fee of S. for each
dance.
A 500 annual permit fee for all per-
sons operating more than ten dances
a year.
An inspector, paid mileage and 80
for each dance. Inspector to be en-
powered as deputy sheriff.
A committee to select list of re-
putable persons to act as dance hall
inspectors.
Authority given inspector to close
dance in case of gross, vulgar or dis
orderly conduct.
Each dance to have floor manager.
Dances to operate from p. m. To
1 p. m.
No leaving of hall for more than 10
minutes at a time.
No liquor, idlers or Objectionable
characters at dances.
No person under 16 at dance unless
accompanied by parent or guardian.
The penalties for infraction of the
ordinance were:
Fine of not less than $25 or more
than $1,000 Imprisonment Of not less
than 80 days in jail or one year in
the penitentiary.
1t is probable that a less drastic or
dinance would have passed. Two or
dinances were prepared. One by the
district attorney was not presented.
Another prepared by the committees
attorney was presented and tabled.
Farm Valuations Drop Five Millions.
The assessed valuation of the coun-
ty was lowered about $5,000,000. The
bulk of this drop applies to farms,
town property being raised if any
thing. The total valuation is:
Personal Property ----$12,393,130
Real Estate ---------- 8O,374,O61
Total----------$92,7 67,197
A new salary list was established
effective Jan. 1, 1925. This is as fol-
lows:
Establish 1925 Salary List.
County Treasurer, $1,000 and no
clerk hire.
County Clerk, $1,000 and $1,000
clerk hire.
Register of Deeds, $2,400, no clerk
hire.
Clerk of Court, 5000, no clerk hire.
Register in Probate, $1,000.
District attorney $1,000 and $500 for
stenographer.
The County Clerk is allowed $1,000
clerk hire in 1924 on account of the
new state accounting system to be in
stalled soon.
Geo. Barden was defeated as asy-