History of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens.

              HISTORY OF VERNON COUNTY.
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The committee on ways and means made the following report:
We, your committee on ways and means, to whom was referred the resolution for the elec¬ tion of a building committee, beg leave to re¬ port that they have had the same under consid¬ eration and recommend its passage.
On motion of Mr. Hoyt the report was adopted and the resolution passed by a vote of ayes and nays, all the members present voting aye except Messrs. Sherman and Williams, who voted nay.
Resolved, By the board of supervisors of Ver¬ non county, that this board elect a committee of five persons to be designated as a building committee. Said committee shall have power to contract for the building of a court house, the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of $17,000, and for a jail and jailors' house, the cost of which shall not exceed $6,000. Said committee shall employ a competent architect to prepare plans and specifications, and super¬ intend the work of construction of said build¬ ings; they shall cause public notice to be given that sealed proposals will be received for the construction of said buildings, and the material of which the same shall be constructed, and shall reject any and all bids exceeding the amount above stated. Said building committee shall require of the party or parties to whom contracts are awarded, to give bonds for the faithful performance of their contracts, as fol¬ lows: For the construction of the court house, in the sum of $34,000, for the construction of the jail and jailors' house, in the sum of $12,000. Said committee shall give bonds to Vernon county in the sum of $50,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties and the proper disposition of all moneys of the county, placed in their hands, for the construction of said buildings. Said committee shall receive for their services, the sum of $2 per day each, for each days time actually spent in the per¬ formance of their duties, and six cents per mile, for each mile necessarily traveled.    Said com¬
mittee may elect a treasurer who shall give bonds in the sum of $26,000, for the faithful performance of his duties, and may make such rules and regulations for the government of their body as they may deem proper, provided such rules do not exceed the authority granted said committee by the several resolutions of the county board. All the bonds mentioned in this resolution (excepting the bond of treasurer of the building committee) shall be approved by the chairman and two other members of this board, and the bond of the treasurer of the building committee shall be approved by a ma¬ jority of said building committee.
J. W. Hoyt.
Mr. Schlong introduced an order in relation to building commissioner. Referred to com¬ mittee on finance.
On motion of Mr. McMichael, the board pro¬ ceeded to elect by ballot a building committee of five members. Messrs. Hoyt, Snyder, Powell, McLees and Anderson were elected such com¬ mittee.
Mr. Williams offered the following resolu¬ tion, which was passed:
Resolved, That Col. C. M. Butt be requested to draft an order defining and limiting the pow¬ ers and duties of the building committee, so that said committee shall not be able to make the cost of court house, jail and jailors' residence exceed the sum of $23,000, without being liable upon their official bond, for the excess of the said amount of $23,000.
The committee on finance made the following report:
Your committee, to whom was referred the order, in relation to electing building commis¬ sioners to superintend the construction of county buildings, have had the same under considera¬ tion, and respectfully recommend its passage as 1 amended, by inserting two in place of one.
On motion of Mr. McMichael, the report was adopted and order passed.
The county board of supervisors, of the county of Verfion, do order as follows: